Rebirth in the Apocalypse: My Ex-Girlfriend's Guide to Winning Me Over

"Don't worry."

Zuo You put down the knife and followed An Yingying to the infirmary.

Her expression changed slightly when she saw the person in the hospital bed.

It was Jiang Xinyu. Her top was undone, leaving only a bra on.

He lay face down on the bed, his whole body red, his hands bound behind his back with straps, and there were two thin, long wounds on his back, clearly from being scratched by zombies.

Sun Zhibin was cleaning her wound, while Qi Yu squatted by the bed, sobbing uncontrollably.

Zuo You asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation now?"

Lin Ling's face was very pale. She replied, "I was scratched three hours ago. Two and a half hours ago, I fed ten crystal cores to her according to the method you mentioned before, and then I passed out. Now my whole body is burning up."

The industrial park was quite large. After clearing out the zombies, the group split into three groups to search for supplies.

Lin Ling and Jiang Xinyu led two people, He Heze and Sun Feiyu led three people, and An Yingying and Erdan led two people.

Before leaving, Jiang Xinyu was scratched on the back by a zombie that suddenly appeared. No one noticed at the time. Later, when she was crying and giving her last words, Lin Ling realized that she was injured.

Zuo You stepped forward and touched Jiang Xinyu's body temperature; it was probably above 40 degrees Celsius.

Qi Yu panicked, "Boss, is there any way to save Xinyu? I beg you, please save her."

Zuo You shook her head. "Whether she survives or not depends on her own willpower."

Once the crystal core is swallowed, the result will be known in as little as twenty minutes or as long as four hours: whether one awakens or becomes a zombie.

Qi Yu collapsed to the ground, his eyes dimmed and his expression numb.

He shouldn't have advised Jiang Xinyu to go out. If she wanted to do logistics, she should have just done logistics; at least that would be safe. Why was she so restless?

Qi Yu has always been bothered by his status as an ordinary person.

He dared to wield a knife to kill zombies, and he was just as flesh and blood, wanting to go out and see the world with his teammates.

Instead of meddling in trivial matters in the neighborhood every day, which annoyed him to no end.

However, those who went out in the team were all Awakened Ones. Because he was an ordinary person, he was always on the periphery of Zuo You's team.

Qi Yu felt that Zuo You might know other ways to awaken, so he thought he should send Jiang Xinyu out to build a good relationship with Lin Ling and the others.

Because they are always out and about at other times, it's hard to see each other. Even if they do see each other, they can only exchange a few words before going about their own business.

When Qi Yu discussed this matter with Jiang Xinyu, she agreed without hesitation.

Qi Yu guessed that perhaps she felt the same way.

Jiang Xinyu on the bed suddenly opened her eyes wide, trembled violently, the veins on her neck bulged, and she let out a painful growl, her skin turning a darker red.

"Xinyu's body temperature has risen again."

"What should we do? Should we give her a fever reducer?"

"I'll get the fever medicine."

"The fever reducer isn't working, let me do it." Zuo You sat on the edge of the bed and applied a thin layer of frost to her to help lower her temperature physically.

High body temperature leading to brain damage is not uncommon in the apocalypse.

There was a case at the T City base where someone was bitten by a zombie and swallowed ten crystal cores. As a result, the person awakened, and what they awakened was a superpower.

But his brain was also damaged by the fire, and his mental age was only that of a 7 or 8-year-old. He only knew how to listen to the eldest brother and could not distinguish between good and evil.

His boss was originally an ordinary person, but because he had a superhuman underling, he suddenly became arrogant and did many heinous things in the slums.

Jiang Xinyu felt her body alternately hot and cold, as if tens of thousands of ants were gnawing at her flesh. She was so hungry, she wanted to eat something. The surrounding smelled so sweet that she unconsciously opened her mouth and started biting.

"Jiang Xinyu, you are a human, not a zombie. Stay rational. Think about how ugly zombies are. Their faces are rotten, their noses and eyes are rotten too. Do you want to become a zombie?"

A cold voice suddenly rang in her ears, startling Jiang Xinyu so much that she broke out in a cold sweat. She didn't want to become a zombie; she still wanted to see her parents and younger brother.

But the smell outside was so sweet, and she was so hungry.

"Jiang Xinyu, if you keep biting the air, your nose will rot, you'll become ugly, very ugly, and nobody will want you." It was that annoying, cold female voice again.

"Ah—I don't want to become ugly!" Jiang Xinyu roared hoarsely.

His grayish-white pupils gradually turned back to dark brown, the restlessness within him slowly dissipated, and reason gradually returned.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Qi Yu rushed forward and asked in a trembling voice, "Xinyu, do you know me?"

"Da Yuzi," Jiang Xinyu replied weakly in a hoarse voice.

"Hahaha—baby, you're alright now."

"Boss, is Xinyu alright?" Qi Yu wiped away his tears, his voice full of expectation.

"Yeah, it's nothing." Zuo You's face was slightly pale, but a smile appeared on her lips.

"You guys go take a shower first. Dinner is ready. We'll go to He Heze's house for dinner later. I'll stay here with Xinyu."

Lin Ling handed over three crystal cores and whispered, "Sister Xiaoyou, you should recover your powers first."

Zuo You took the crystal core and nodded slightly. She had just helped Jiang Xinyu cool down physically for more than an hour.

Although the energy expenditure was small, it couldn't withstand the long duration, and her supernatural abilities were completely exhausted.

After everyone left, Zuo You cut the bandages and glanced at Qi Yu, who hadn't left, saying, "Why don't you go take a shower? You two have plenty of time to chat tonight, no rush."

"Okay, boss, please take care of Xinyu for me first."

"Xinyu, I'll come over after I take a shower. You rest for a while."

Qi Yu left with a couple of sentences and jogged home.

Jiang Xinyu watched Qi Yu leave with a smile in her eyes, then looked away and whispered to Zuo You, "Boss, thank you."

"Why thank me? You got through this on your own."

"If you hadn't said I would become ugly, I wouldn't have woken up."

Zuo You gently curled the corners of her lips. Just now, Jiang Xinyu's skin tone and pupils had changed. She had only tried this as a last resort, but she didn't expect it to work.

"How do you feel now?"

Jiang Xinyu rubbed her wrists and whispered, "I'm just hungry, very hungry."

"Get up, let's go eat. What ability have you awakened?"

Jiang Xinyu sat up, a light green orb of light appearing in her palm. She injected it into her body, and her complexion instantly became rosy. "It seems to be a buff."

"Try unleashing your powers on me."

As the light green orb entered her body, Zuo You felt her supernatural abilities recover a little.

It's a wood-type support skill; this skill increases mana.

Jiang Xinyu's current rank is too low, so the benefits are not obvious yet. But this skill will be very useful in the mid-to-late game.

"Come on, let's go eat first."

......

After everyone had finished washing up, the food was already on the table.

Durian shell chicken soup, braised chicken, beef brisket with tomatoes and potatoes, braised prawns, braised pork ribs, stir-fried yam slices, braised eggplant, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and dry-pot cauliflower—nine dishes in total, all delicious and filling.