Survival on the bus in class, I'm the only boy in the whole class.

Han Qingxue, accompanied by two girls, protected the bouncy Yu Ranran as they headed towards the snack area.

Han Qingxue, dressed in a black trench coat, is tall and slender, and her black stockings make her legs look even longer and straighter. She exudes a cool and aloof aura as she walks through the crowd.

Yu Ranran next to her is only 1.5 meters tall... uh, 1.51 meters.

She wore her hair in pigtails, and her short legs moved incredibly fast.

When the two walk together, strangers might mistake them for a mother with her daughter.

Who would have thought these two are the same age?

"Tomato flavor, cucumber flavor, barbecue flavor, wow, they even have original flavor."

As soon as Yu Ranran rushed to the potato chip shelf, her eyes widened and her little paws frantically scrambled to grab the chips.

They would specifically pick out those with intact packaging and no leaks and stuff them into their arms, their mouths watering so much they were practically drooling.

She tore open a bag of tomato-flavored potato chips and stuffed them into her mouth, crunching them with gusto, her cheeks puffing out like a little hamster.

Han Qingxue looked at her making those smacking noises and asked, somewhat bewildered.

"Will eating just these potato chips really give you strength? Or... should we go get you something more nutritious?"

Yu Ranran, who was engrossed in eating, paused, blinked her big, round eyes, pondered for a few seconds, and felt that what Han Qingxue said made a lot of sense.

She swallowed the potato chip in her mouth and said indistinctly, "Oh right, I want Want Want Milk. It's nutritious, and drinking it will help me grow taller and stronger."

Han Qingxue nodded and turned to look for drinks in the nearby beverage section.

And so, Yu Ranran downed a mouthful of Want Want milk and a bite of potato chips in one go.

They were thoroughly enjoying their meal.

Han Qingxue was stunned by what she saw.

How can this little thing be so edible?

No wonder I'm not growing taller; eating potato chips every day won't make me grow taller.

.......

the other side.

Chen Qing, Yan Xia, and others are collecting weapons.

Steel pipes, wrenches, mop handles—anything usable was taken.

Yan Xia rolled up her sleeves and stood on tiptoe to reach a thick iron bar on top of the shelf. "This bar looks pretty good."

Just as she was about to grab it, her foot suddenly slipped.

"Ouch!"

She gasped, her feet feeling as if they were covered in oil, and she leaned back uncontrollably.

Looking down, I saw a half-eaten watermelon rind stuck to the sole of my shoe, looking rather wilted.

Just as Yan Xia was about to fall on her backside, Chen Qing reacted quickly, rushing over and grabbing her waist.

"Are you even capable of walking properly? Don't you even watch where you're going?"

Yan Xia patted her chest, still shaken. Looking down at the watermelon rind, she stomped her feet in anger.

"Where did this watermelon rind come from in this godforsaken place? It must be my lousy talent that's causing this."

wow-

As soon as she finished speaking, the shelf above her head suddenly shook, and a bag of dusty instant noodles hit her on the head with a "thud".

Yan Xia: "..."

Chen Qing couldn't help but click his tongue: "Why are you having more and more bad luck?"

Yan Xia rubbed her head angrily, "Luckily, they were all minor unlucky incidents. If I had run into some scary guy, that would have been terrible."

Chen Qing quickly covered Yan Xia's mouth: "Damn it, don't jinx it."

Yan Xia quickly shut her mouth: "OK, OK."

Gradually, Chen Qing collected several tough hardwood poles, a bundle of sturdy-looking nylon rope, and a few rusty tin cans.

Yan Xia asked, "Why are you collecting such useless things?"

Chen Qing squatted down and started tinkering: "Axes and steel pipes are certainly good things, but they can only be used for close combat with ghosts and monsters."

"So I want to use these materials to make a simple crossbow."

"In this way, we will be lethal from a distance."

Yan Xia nodded: "Oh... but can these things be made into crossbows?"

"Just watch me do it."

Chen Qing first sharpened one end of the wooden pole, and then used rope to tie the sheet metal removed from the cans to the middle of the wooden pole for reinforcement.

Finally, a flexible rubber band was pulled out and fixed to both ends of the wooden pole to make a bowstring.

After some tinkering, a simple crossbow that looked crude but exuded a fierce power was completed.

Mission accomplished.

Chen Qing picked up the crossbow and tested it a couple of times. It felt pretty good in his hand. He casually picked up a small stone, placed it on the crossbow, and pulled the trigger on the broken cardboard box next to him.

With a "whoosh," the pebble pierced the cardboard box precisely and embedded itself in the wall behind it.

"Frog Fun!"

"The class monitor is amazing!"

"This crossbow looks really good; it's much more powerful than a steel pipe!"

The girls watching burst into gasps of surprise, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at Chen Qing.

Yan Xia reached out and poked the simple crossbow, clicking her tongue in amazement: "Not bad, Chen Qing, so you're a craftsman too."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Of course, I have a lot of skills."

Yan Xia looked at Chen Qing meaningfully, "For example..."

She made a flashy LOL gesture.

The girls next to them covered their mouths and chuckled when they saw this.

Chen Qing coughed twice: "Ahem... Alright, we have enough weapons. Now let's go see how Ranran is eating."

.......

Chen Qing, Yan Xia, and their group arrived at Yu Ranran's place.

Upon arriving at the snack section, the sight before them left them all speechless.

The ground was littered with snack wrappers piled up like a small mountain; potato chip and spicy strip wrappers were everywhere, along with Want Want milk.

Right in the center of the snack pile, Yu Ranran buried her head and ate her rice with gusto, her cheeks puffed out like two billiard balls, muttering incoherently.

Han Qingxue and two other girls beside her were mechanically tearing open various packaging bags and handing them to her.

The movements were fluid and natural, like a professional feeding assembly line.

"Don't rush, don't rush, take it one at a time, finish yours first, then eat yours."

Without even looking up, Yu Ranran swiftly snatched a new bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips.

Chen Qing stared at the mountain of packaging bags, his lips twitching wildly: "Dude, how many bags of potato chips did you actually show off?"

The absurd thing is that after eating so much, Yu Ranran's belly was still flat and didn't bulge at all.

As expected of the A-level talent "Big Stomach," it's a bit too overpowered.

Hearing the noise, Han Qingxue looked up and said, "You've come."

Chen Qing nodded, his gaze falling on Yu Ranran, who was still engrossed in eating.

"Hmm, can elementary school students still eat this?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Ranran immediately became displeased, "You're the one who's in elementary school, your whole family are elementary school students!"

She hated it most when Chen Qing called her a primary school student.

Have you ever seen a primary school student who's only 1.51 meters tall? Seriously.

"I've only eaten a little bit, and I can still show off three more big boxes."

Chen Qing asked, "What's your combat strength now?"

After all, Yu Ranran strengthens her physique by eating, and her combat power is the most direct reflection of her current strength.

Upon hearing this, Yu Ranran finally stopped talking and blinked her big, round eyes as she glanced at her system panel.

"It's already 367."

367?

When this number was revealed, everyone present was shocked. It was more than twice the current combat strength of Chen Qing.

Chen Qing finally smiled with satisfaction and patted her head: "Alright, once your combat power reaches 500, we'll take care of those three silver-collecting ghosts."

They can't afford to waste too much time here.

Although they are still in the newbie protection period and the monsters won't catch up, they absolutely cannot linger here for too long.

The more preparation we have, the better our chances of success. We must race against time and leave enough room for error in the later stages of the trip.