The end of the world is coming: My waiter is too Buddhist

Chapter 299: Living as a Human

Looking Qian Baoyu up and down with a suspicious look, Lin Xiaoxiao walked towards the rest area in the corridor: "Since it was your team member who discovered it, then ask him to come over and report together."

It was bedtime, so there was no one in the rest area. Lin Xiaoxiao let her body sink into the soft sofa. Qingqing considerately handed her a cup of warm water and stood quietly behind her to relax her shoulder muscles.

Feeling a moment's comfort, Lin Xiaoxiao rubbed his temples tiredly and asked Qian Baoyu and a thin boy who came over to sit down.

"Tell me, why do you think you are wild survivors? Also, why did you go so far away from the shelter?"

Qian Baoyu was about to explain, but when he saw Lin Xiaoxiao's disapproving gaze, he shut up and just patted the uneasy skinny boy: "Don't be afraid, just tell me what you know."

It seemed that he was really encouraged. The boy tightly grasped the corner of his combat uniform which he had not yet taken off, stared at Lin Xiaoxiao's fingers holding the cup, and slowly told her about what he had discovered today.

"Captain, it's not the captain's fault. The captain... the captain didn't let us go that far. We all knew before we set out that the exploration range couldn't exceed two kilometers from the shelter. This is not the captain's fault."

The boy's thin body kept shaking as he spoke these words, and at the end he could hardly control himself and was about to pull himself up from the sofa. However, when he saw Lin Xiaoxiao put down the water cup, he immediately lowered his head and pinched his palm.

Ding!

The glass hit the table with a crisp sound, which made the boy tremble all over as if he was electrocuted.

But even so, he still explained weakly: "It's not the captain's fault, it's me..."

Lin Xiaoxiao stuffed a candy into his hand and said in a gentle tone: "You must be hungry. Eat something first."

If she still doubted Qian Baoyu before, then after seeing the boy's condition she completely dispelled her doubts.

The child's worn combat uniform was covered with scratches from tree branches, and there was even blood on his shoulders. It looked like he had been in a battle in the wild.

In such a situation, he was still able to defend Qian Baoyu, and even kept getting closer to Qian Baoyu when he was scared. This is enough to prove that Qian Baoyu cares about his team members, at least for this little child.

If he really cared about his players, he would never let them violate the warning and run so far, so there must have been some accident.

This made Lin Xiaoxiao somewhat curious about Qian Baoyu's previous guess. Could it be that in such an environment, there were really people struggling to survive in the wild?

Or are there other shelters not far from here?

Lin Xiaoxiao immediately rejected this idea that had just popped up. As a system, Ling Hao's detection of the surrounding environment would not be wrong. She hoped that there would be no human gathering places around the shelter. This was why she dared to let the hunting team go out without any worries.

Licking his dry lips, the boy stared at Lin Xiaoxiao with gratitude and surprise for a while. After receiving the affirmative look, he couldn't wait to stuff the candy into his mouth.

"Thank you, Director."

Although his voice was still trembling, it revealed a sense of relief, which made Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but reach out and rub his head: "Thank you for your hard work, you are very brave."

"It's okay, I ran fast and the injury wasn't serious, and the captain showed up in time to save me."

The boy obediently lowered his head to let Lin Xiaoxiao touch his head, but Qingqing next to him suddenly asked, "So why did you leave the team alone?"

Her voice was cold and her eyes were scrutinizing, as if she wanted to see through whether the boy was lying or not, but her gaze stayed on Lin Xiaoxiao's hand intentionally or unintentionally.

"I...I was suddenly attacked by a mutant beast and dragged into the woods. The mutant beast was very fast and I was dragged far away before I had time to struggle."

"you are lying!"

Qingqing suddenly shouted loudly, and her unquestionable tone made the already nervous boy jump up instantly and stand there at a loss, his face so pale that it was bloodless.

Looking at his expression, Qingqing showed no mercy: "You are lying. The hunting team that goes out will let the younger children walk in the middle of the team. Even if there is an attack by a strange beast, you will not be the first to get hurt."

Walking up to the boy, Qingqing grabbed his shoulder and said, "Also, the wound on your shoulder was clearly caused by a mutant vine, not a mutant beast at all!"

Ignoring the boy's reaction, Qingqing turned to look at Qian Baoyu who was clearly feeling guilty: "Captain Qian, you taught him to say that, right? It's full of loopholes!"

After being exposed by Qingqing, Qian Baoyu no longer felt guilty. Instead, he pulled the boy to sit down with a relaxed look and smiled broadly.

"Don't be so serious. No matter what the process was, what the child observed is true. There are indeed signs of human life in the woods over there."

Seeing his nonchalant look and ingratiating smile, Qingqing snorted coldly and stood behind Lin Xiaoxiao again.

After all, Qian Baoyu is the son of the Qian family. She didn't want to make things too embarrassing and embarrass Lin Xiaoxiao. After all, Lin Xiaoxiao had a close relationship with the Qian family.

She belongs to her elder sister, so naturally she has to share her sister's worries and help her solve her problems.

Just when Qingqing lowered her head to think, her hands were suddenly grabbed by someone. When she looked up, she saw the gentle smile of Captain Lin Xiaoxiao.

Before she could react, Lin Xiaoxiao gently touched her head: "Don't be angry, I will figure this out, thank you."

"Oh, I'll go on patrol then."

Qingqing left quickly with red cheeks. The whole corridor was filled with the sound of her running. Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing and shaking her head: "What a child."

After learning more about the situation, Lin Xiaoxiao finally understood that the boy took the risk to collect valuable mutant plants during his break while out for his sick parents, but was dragged away by the mutant plants.

Fortunately, the kid was smart and once he reached the mutant plants' lair, he used the wind blade to cut off the mutant plants' main veins, thus escaping. On the way back, he found a burnt bonfire, and there were even traces of mutant plants being chopped by humans with knives and axes nearby.

Knowing this, Lin Xiaoxiao had to wonder whether there really was a human gathering place nearby.

But it was already late at night, so she notified the guard team to strengthen the night patrols and then prepared to go back to rest. As for finding out other human gathering places, she planned to leave it to Yang Kan after dawn tomorrow.

You can even bring along those kids from the laboratory who have been trained well recently, and let them go out into the wild for some experience.

However, when Lin Xiaoxiao returned to her bedroom, she saw Ling Hao in combat uniform, standing very straight at the bedroom door.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't quite understand, because Ling Hao never wore combat uniforms before, and his beautiful long hair was tied into a high ponytail.

"Captain, I want to go into the wild with the hunting team in the future. I want to live as a human."