Chapter 41: I’m a Vibe of Delicate Weakness (10)
Perhaps consciously, perhaps unconsciously.
Jiang Zhiyan’s hair spread across the pillow, her fair skin flushed slightly, her lips parted slightly as if in silent invitation. She looked like an unguarded strawberry cream cake in the midst of the apocalypse.
However, there was a hint of aggression in her eyes, making Si Xu feel a flush of heat.
“I don’t know, Senior’s bed just feels more comfortable.” Jiang Zhiyan turned on her side and yawned.
Si Xu came back to her senses, realizing Jiang Zhiyan was answering her earlier question.
She understood what Jiang Zhiyan meant. However, she only had one option: play dumb and refuse.
“Do you want to switch rooms with me?” Si Xu asked.
Jiang Zhiyan’s disappointment was evident, like a wilting flower. She shook her head, looking at Si Xu pitifully, her voice low: “Then I’ll go back to my room, Senior. Call me when it’s time for the meeting tonight.”
“Okay.” Si Xu nodded, avoiding Jiang Zhiyan’s eyes. If she looked any longer, she was afraid she would soften and let Jiang Zhiyan stay.
Jiang Zhiyan left, the system’s raucous laughter echoing in her ears. It replayed their conversation, its sarcastic tone and laughter incredibly annoying.
“Hahaha, didn’t work, did it? ‘Oh, Senior, your bed is so soft.’”
“‘Do you want to switch rooms with me?’”
“You’re so dense! She was clearly too embarrassed to let me stay. If she directly let me stay, it would mean she didn’t think much of it. She’s playing dumb because she has other thoughts, otherwise she could have used another excuse to refuse.”
“You’re just too confident…” The system said reasonably. “That wasn’t a hint, it was a blatant invitation. She’s probably playing dumb to avoid embarrassing you. It’s called a polite refusal.”
The system checked Si Xu’s heart rate, which had clearly increased, now gradually returning to normal, but still higher than usual.
It decided not to tell Jiang Zhiyan, in case she got too proud.
“What’s your system ID again?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
“Hmm? C18798.”
“Oh.” Jiang Zhiyan nodded, committing it to memory.
System: ?
It had a bad feeling about this.
The tasker meeting started at 7 pm. Jiang Zhiyan lay in bed all afternoon. When Si Xu called her out, she quietly followed, barely speaking. Qian Rongrong glanced at the two several times.
How did the atmosphere change so much after she took a nap?
Qian Rongrong narrowed her eyes, something was definitely up.
“Jiang Zhiyan and I are starting training tomorrow. Si Xu still has another day off.” Qian Rongrong looked at Jiang Zhiyan. “We have to wake up at six tomorrow morning. I haven’t woken up this early since graduating high school.”
Jiang Zhiyan sighed, her face crumpled in mock despair.
“I heard the training is intense.” Qian Rongrong rubbed her temples. “I’m just a weak woman who can’t lift anything heavy. Xu Xu, come and see us, okay?”
After saying that, Qian Rongrong looked at their faces, observing every detail.
Jiang Zhiyan glanced at Si Xu expectantly, then lowered her head, saying nothing.
Si Xu hesitated for three seconds: “If I’m free, I’ll go.”
“That’s great, are you happy?” Qian Rongrong went around to Jiang Zhiyan’s side and bumped her shoulder.
Jiang Zhiyan stumbled sideways, bumping into Si Xu. Si Xu steadied her.
“Thank you, Senior.” Jiang Zhiyan whispered, then moved away from Si Xu, lowering her head, acting very demure.
“Qian Rongrong is still using such outdated methods.” Jiang Zhiyan sighed.
“It’s nice of her to create opportunities for you.” The system was speechless. “But what are you doing?”
“Chasing someone too persistently isn’t good, everything needs moderation. Her mind must be a mess right now.”
“Saying so much, isn’t this just playing hard to get?”
The system checked Si Xu’s data. Her mind was indeed a mess. After the three of them left, she had glanced at Jiang Zhiyan several times. Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t speaking, and Si Xu didn’t know how to break the ice.
Just now, when Qian Rongrong created the opportunity for Jiang Zhiyan to bump into her, Si Xu was happy, thinking this awkward atmosphere would change, but it didn’t, and it became even stranger. Now she didn’t know how to speak even more.
Qian Rongrong stroked her chin, observing the two, truly unable to understand what they were arguing about.
“What are you two doing now?” Qian Rongrong couldn’t take it anymore, this atmosphere was suffocating.
“Nothing, don’t overthink it.” Jiang Zhiyan smiled and ran ahead. “Let’s hurry, I think we’re going to be late.”
Qian Rongrong frowned and looked at Si Xu, who didn’t speak, her gaze just fixed on Jiang Zhiyan.
If it were someone else, Si Xu might be direct, or she might ignore them completely. She didn’t have anyone she particularly cared about. Apart from her family, there was hardly anyone she considered indispensable. So, when it came to interpersonal relationships, she was always very casual. If someone talked to her, she would respond. If someone deliberately acted up in front of her, she would just pretend not to see it. She didn’t hold grudges, but she also didn’t bother to go out of her way to maintain relationships or please anyone.
But Jiang Zhiyan was different.
She didn’t want to treat Jiang Zhiyan like that.
Si Xu thought of what happened during the day and rubbed her temples.
They entered the auditorium just before seven. Many people had already arrived, but many hadn’t. The people checking attendance weren’t surprised, seven o’clock was just a general concept. There weren’t many seats, so many benches were added. Si Xu and the others’ seats were in the front. Today, the base personnel would introduce them to other evolved humans, making it easier to form teams in the future.
Jiang Zhiyan sat down next to Si Xu, looked at her, wanted to say something, then closed her mouth, sitting quietly beside her.
Si Xu, who had been prepared to respond, frowned.
“Aren’t you afraid she’ll just ignore you later?” The system felt that Jiang Zhiyan’s game would backfire.
“She’ll ask me.” Jiang Zhiyan held her cup, which was half-filled with water, took a sip, then rested her chin on her hand, waiting for the meeting to start.
She seemed to be spacing out but was actually carefully observing every person passing by. The system helpfully labeled each person’s level. Almost everyone held their heads high and walked with a confident stride. Some even had a few lackeys following behind them, looking very impressive. They swept their gazes across those sitting in the first row, sizing them up without any pretense, as if appraising goods.
Xue Lin and the others also arrived, in wheelchairs, with casts on either their arms or legs, looking rather dispirited. He raised his hand and greeted a few people.
Nine of the twelve survivors were present.
“Staying here from now on?” Xue Lin’s wheelchair was placed in front of Jiang Zhiyan and Si Xu. He turned around and lowered his voice, rubbing his temples. “Many people came to recruit me today. There seem to be… many factions here.”
This was putting it mildly, Xue Lin wanted to say “divided,” but there were other people here, it wasn’t appropriate.
Jiang Zhiyan looked at Si Xu, who lowered her eyes, looking at the table: “We can only stay here for now.”
“I’ll follow you.” Xue Lin said. “The others also said they want to follow you.”
Si Xu looked up at Xue Lin: “Why?”
Xue Lin pointed at his eyes: “I’ve always had good judgment, and it’s even better now.”
“Then what about me?” Jiang Zhiyan asked curiously, leaning forward.
Xue Lin stared at Jiang Zhiyan for three seconds, then shook his head: “I still don’t understand. Your ability is also very powerful.”
“Just surviving.”
“Being able to survive is already very impressive now, Junior, don’t underestimate yourself.” Xue Lin looked at Jiang Zhiyan. In just five seconds, the weaknesses on her changed seven or eight times, clearly teasing him, or perhaps hiding something.
Although Jiang Zhiyan hadn’t done anything yet, Xue Lin still felt a strange dislike towards her. He always felt that Jiang Zhiyan was even more dangerous than those aliens.
Jiang Zhiyan noticed Yu Wenyu entering from the corner of her eye. She hadn’t seen him clearly in the car before, but now, looking at him, he indeed looked very young. He had two new knives and seemed to have recovered, talking and laughing with the people around him. Seeing Jiang Zhiyan and the others, he walked over and greeted them.
“Any progress with the aliens at the university?” Si Xu asked directly.
Jiang Zhiyan was very satisfied with Si Xu’s businesslike attitude, clearly not giving Yu Wenyu any special treatment.
Yu Wenyu shook his head and said apologetically: “Couldn’t find anyone willing to go over there, but don’t worry, those aliens haven’t shown any intention of coming to the base for now. Maybe there’s something at the university that’s particularly attractive to them.”
“You’ll probably need to finalize your teams in the next few days, because we’re going out to search for supplies in five days. You can consider joining us.” Yu Wenyu said. “Our team has a good atmosphere.”
“Ha, join you? Yu Wenyu, your highest level is only five, don’t drag others down with you.” Someone nearby scoffed. “You’re all a bunch of newbies, of course the atmosphere is good, hahaha.”
Yu Wenyu glanced at them but didn’t say anything, just placed a hand-drawn flyer on the table.
“I’ll consider it seriously.” Si Xu nodded.
Jiang Zhiyan looked at Yu Wenyu, who, feeling her gaze, looked back at her questioningly.
“Did you prepare this flyer?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
“Yes.” Yu Wenyu nodded.
Jiang Zhiyan glanced at the flyer in Si Xu’s hand again and said: “You seem very suited to helping people optimize their resumes.”
Yu Wenyu: ?
It took him a moment to realize Jiang Zhiyan was mocking him.
“You can consider it, our team has a lot of room for development.” Yu Wenyu nodded, then quickly left, turning to the person beside him. “Did I offend her when I brought them back that day?”
“I don’t think so, maybe she just doesn’t like you.” The person beside him replied.
Yu Wenyu recalled the hostility he felt in the car. Could it have been that girl just now? But he was just spacing out in the car.
He glanced back at the group in the distance and lowered his voice: “Their abilities are quite impressive.”
“Yeah, that’s why they’re so sought after.” Yu Wenyu’s companion patted his shoulder. “Normally, shouldn’t your face be very popular? What’s going on?”
Yu Wenyu thought of Jiang Zhiyan and Si Xu in the car and lowered his voice: “Those two girls seem to be a couple.”
“No wonder.” His companion suddenly realized. “So how do we attract them to our team? That Si Xu girl seems to be the leader. If we can get her to join, we can quickly reach fifty people and upgrade to a level two team.”
“I don’t know.” Thinking of Jiang Zhiyan’s comment, Yu Wenyu felt a bit defeated. Although he had indeed borrowed some resume optimization techniques for the flyer.
Jiang Zhiyan lay on the table; Si Xu was still looking at the flyer.
“Are you interested?” Xue Lin asked.
“No, I’m wondering why their team has twenty-six people, but only twenty-five abilities are listed.” Si Xu rested her chin on her hand. “Yu Wenyu’s is missing, that guy just now. Did he use his ability at the time? Why wasn’t it listed?”
“Either it’s incredibly powerful, or incredibly useless.” Qian Rongrong said. “As for his ability, I didn’t see it.”
Jiang Zhiyan rested her chin on her hand. The male lead’s ability could be considered powerful, but it was difficult to control. The ability was called Berserk. At max level, it could increase his attack power by 1000% for two hours. Currently, it could only increase it by 200% for five minutes. After the ability ended, he would collapse from exhaustion. This ability was very likely to injure his teammates, so it wasn’t listed, probably to avoid scaring people away.
After activating this ability, Yu Wenyu was basically waiting to die, so he didn’t use it often throughout the entire book. Every time he used it, he had to be carried back half-dead. However, later, Si Xu would replicate Yu Wenyu’s ability, and the aftereffects were much lighter for her, clearly showing that the female lead was the favored child.
“Most likely useless.” Jiang Zhiyan shook her head. “Choose carefully.”
However, after staying at the base for a while, they would definitely find out about Yu Wenyu’s ability, because upon entering the base, everyone had to deplete their energy, so it couldn’t be hidden. Clearly, this flyer was just to trick newcomers.
“It seems his resume optimization skills are pretty good, and he also has the deceptive skills of an unscrupulous HR manager.” Jiang Zhiyan commented. “Only eighteen years old.”
System: …
“That team is currently at the bottom, I advise you to find a good team, your life at the base will be much better.” A person sitting in the second row said. “You can check the team rankings, it’s posted on the bulletin board outside. That team, not only are they weak, their abilities are also pretty useless, only the flyer is flowery.”
“Thank you.” Si Xu nodded and put Yu Wenyu’s flyer aside.
“The competition is fierce.” The system sighed.
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