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(Sponsored chapter 3/7)

With the intention of rushing home as soon as possible, Ji Cha specially set the alarm clock for 6:30 AM before going to bed. When the alarm clock rang the next day, he immediately turned it off.

Liang Jincheng was still sleeping soundly with his eyes closed. One hand was unconsciously wrapping Ji Cha’s waist, making Ji Cha’s face almost touching his chest.

Ji Cha carefully moved out of Liang Jincheng’s arms, sat on the edge of the bed and looked back at him. He couldn’t help patted his chest and thought with relief. Fortunately, he got up before Liang Jincheng woke up, otherwise he would be caught by him and might be misunderstood that he had crawled over on his own initiative.

Ji Cha neatly dressed after taking a shower, and holding the key card, he tiptoed out of the room.

The man on the bed, who was thought to be still asleep, slowly opened his eyes.

The warmth in his arms, on his body, and from the pillow, he told himself that it was indeed Ji Cha who was lying in his arms just now. But this still can’t change the fact that everything was so beautiful to him like a dream.

Liang Jincheng folded his fingers together, buried his head into the pillow and took a deep breath. Please read this on hololonovels, can you?

On the other side, Ji Cha carefully and slowly walked out of the hotel. The small hotel does not provide breakfast, so he turned around twice before he came to a small alley. After taking two steps, he reached the end and arrived straight at a bustling street.

The morning market in the small town is very lively. The stalls on both sides of the street are operated by old farmers who live nearby, and the breakfast shop has been open for a while. There are not many items on the menu, but the prices are cheap and the things made are very affordable.

Ji Cha chose a corner location and asked for a bowl of wontons and two buns. The shopkeeper’s movements were very neat, and she put the orders down in front of Ji Cha in the blink of an eye.

“The vinegar and chili sauce are over there.” She pointed to a table in the corner. “It’s too busy now, you can do it yourself.”

Ji Cha nodded, holding the buns. The steamed buns had just been taken out of the container, still steaming with heat, and even more so after being torn open, a strong aroma of meat hits Ji Cha’s face.

He endured the heat and ate the steamed buns and the entire bowl of wontons in one go. Then he got up and packed a similar amount for Liang Jincheng, ready to slowly pace back.

Early in the morning, half of the shop was on the raised sidewalk next to the road. Ji Cha wanted to go straight down and return as he came. But when he was about to take the to-go box handed over by the shopkeeper, there was a commotion in the crowd.

“Biting people! Biting people!” Someone suddenly screamed, forming the crowd to be like a pool of water that spread out to the side.

Ji Cha was still standing far away, so he was not affected by this panic, and can stand on a high place and overlook the situation over there.

An old man dressed in ordinary clothes was looking fierce at the moment, his eyes were clouded and he was on top of another old man’s body, gnawing at the face below as if he lost his mind.

The opponent was powerless to resist, and could only scream, blood spurting out.

“The rabies is here!” Someone also went up and pulled the old man, who turned his head and bit the man.

This interrupted the old man’s concentration on biting the person on the ground, and immediately began to attack passersby aimlessly.

“Everyone, hide, I’ve already called the police, the ambulance will be here soon!” In the middle of the road stood a man who was maintaining the scene in an orderly manner, but in Ji Cha’s view, his behavior was actually useless.

The people who were eating in the breakfast shop all stood up at this time, gathered in one or two, whispering about the chaos over there.

“He must have been bitten by a dog, and probably he was reluctant to get an injection. Isn’t this a scourge to others?”

“Oh gosh, so much blood, so scary.”

“Scary, really scary.”

There are also people shouting at the other side, “You can’t even catch such an old man and let him bite people?!”

When there are many people on the street, pedestrians can’t run fast, and many stall owners are farmers. How can they be willing to leave their vegetables on the ground and let the chaotic crowd trample on them?

Squatting down to clean up was another delay, but within four or five minutes, the mad old man had injured six people, big and small.

Because he heard someone shouting from the breakfast shop, the mad old man turned his head stiffly with a look of pain and entanglement on his face. Ji Cha almost think for a moment that the crazy old man may still have a sober humanity?

Only the next moment, this thought was slapped in the face by reality. The old man came straight to the source of the sound from the breakfast shop.

The people who had been watching the fun with sweat just now panicked and yelled, half of them hid in the shop, and the other half rushed outside.

Ji Cha walked at the front of the crowd, and hurried to a safe place, paying attention to the old man who went mad first, and locked the people who were injured by the old man in the corner of his eyes to prevent them from dying and changing suddenly.

There are still very few zombies now, so it is easy to control, but many people don’t know about the news of these events, and they didn’t even think that they are zombies, which has caused a lot of irreparable losses in the future.

It’s just that it’s hard for Ji Cha to blame today’s people for not being cruel enough. After all, when he and Wang Qinxue were interning in City A, they were not able to ruthlessly kill two of their roommates. When they were cornered, they just tried to push them away and ran out.

Ji Cha and Wang Qinxue would still be blaming themselves for not providing necessary medical treatment to their friends if they hadn’t learned what kind of phenomenon this was later on.

“Hit the head!” Ji Cha couldn’t help but tell the shopkeeper of the wonton shop who was beating the crazy old man with a big spoon.

The few middle-aged men who were watching the fun, while standing behind the shopkeeper, scolded Ji Cha, “You idiot, why don’t you come do it yourself? Then I’ll slave the rest of my life at your house!”

Well, he did say something a madman would say. Ji Cha didn’t care, turned his head and walked quickly.

What he has to do now is to go home as soon as possible, to return to his grandma without anymore delays, and to win a bigger chance for himself and for the people he cares.

 The situation was chaotic for a while, and the sound of sirens and ambulances came from afar. He didn’t know what the future development will be like.

Fortunately, the hotel is still very peaceful. A yawning cleaning aunt is carelessly sweeping the floor of the hall. A few girls at the front desk are chatting about the latest TV series that aired last night.

“He’s really handsome! So attractive…”

Ji Cha got on the elevator, his eyes fell on the constantly changing number, and with a ding, he stopped on the floor where his room was.

When the door opened, Liang Jincheng was already awake and was making a video call with someone.

Ji Cha didn’t know what was going on the inside, so he opened the door and only saw Liang Jincheng’s back sitting beside the bed, so he said loudly, “Senior, I brought you breakfast, it’s still very hot.”

Liang Jincheng turned his head in response to the sound, and the mobile phone in his hand made a circle following his movements, revealing the yellow-haired head over there.

Ji Cha glanced from a distance and recognized the person who was talking to Liang Jincheng, he met him yesterday.

“WHOA!” The yellow hair on the other end called out in a weird tone for some reason, rather like a coax.

“You guys slept in the same room?” he asked Liang Jincheng.

Ji Cha hurriedly lowered his voice, put breakfast on the table to the side, and then pointed to Liang Jincheng with his mobile phone outside the room, saying that he would go out first so as not to disturb him.

Before Liang Jincheng could stop him, there was a sound of the door closing with a click.

“Seriously,” the yellow hair on the phone’s display suddenly changed his tone to serious, “Are you going to spend so much time on someone like this? He doesn’t look bent. Let me tell you, he seems like a straight man who can’t be bent. There are more, I heard that Ji Cha is straight.”

“I’m straight, too.” Liang Jincheng frowned and refuted Huang Mao seriously.

Huang Mao sneered, “Yes, yes, you’re straighter than a steel pipe!”

He has never seen a man who lusted after another man for several years, and dared to call himself a straight man.

“It will take a few days for me to go back to City G. If there is anything that needs care, please remember to help me out.” Liang Jincheng didn’t care about Huang Mao’s teasing.

“I know,” Huang Mao said impatiently, “Just like that, with a straight face, if you can seduce Ji Cha, you will be a ghost.”

He said that he turned off the video call, leaving a frowning Liang Jincheng.

Liang Jincheng glanced back at the closed door, then glanced at the breakfast Ji Cha left him on the table, then got up and walked out the door.

Ji Cha was making a phone call at the end of the corridor.

Liang Jincheng stood at the door and heard him say, “As long as you sell it quickly, I don’t care about other things. No, no one died or anything like that. Huh? Oh, I owe five million in gambling, and now I’m short of money to pay my debts. Ah! Yes, that’s it, hurry up and sell the apartment. OK, I’m hanging up then.”

Ji Cha hung up the phone with the broker like dropping a hot potato; he breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned back, he saw Liang Jincheng looking at him strangely.

“You’re short of money?” He paused for a while. When he came back to his senses, he walked over to Ji Cha, “I have money, how much do you want?”

Ji Cha didn’t know what the God of Wealth looks like, but now Liang Jincheng just looks like one.

However, he still shook his head vigorously, “No, I don’t need money.”

Money doesn’t impress me.

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Ji Cha: Money doesn’t impress me, but your body does!!!!!!!!!!

(Sponsored chapter 2/7)

Ji Cha felt that the young couples, who did not know that the end of the world was coming, were still in love care-freely. Would they be prepared for the upheaval in the future?

Nonetheless, he was completely stunned and frozen in place.

This unfamiliar number knew his name, so he didn’t send the wrong text message.

The first one that said about wanting to kiss him was with a little restraint and shyness, and the second one was full of the aggression! Ji Cha also had a crush on one or two girls with big breasts before the apocalypse, but after the apocalypse, he was completely reduced to the bottom of the food chain. Please read on hololonovels for best reading experience. Baby, believe that.

Men and women in the post-apocalyptic era can be roughly divided into two categories: those who do not have the ability to protect themselves and must rely on others to survive, and those who survive on their own and run around for life.

Regardless of gender, the former will be beaten to death by the powerful people, and the latter will be beaten to death by themselves.

When he was in school, he listened to the teachings of his teachers – never fell in love early and never fool around. He sang the single march all the way to college. He finally looked forward to touching the little hand of beautiful sisters after the completion from the internship, but then the end of the world came. So in general, Ji Cha has not gotten much comfort from any girl so far.

In short, he was a horny old leftover man.

However, at this time, he was eager to get a handful of romance. Ji Cha, who was late in the spring, didn’t think that such a text message might come from a man because he thought the other party clearly knew his gender.

The man who is now taking a cold shower and thinking about masturbating; the man who sends him little *yellow text messages; the man who lurks beside him pretending to be a big tail wolf, waiting for an opportunity to eat him clean.

*(T/N: yellow = sexual in nature)

Ji Cha was thinking about how to reply to this text message, firstly, remind the girl to take it easy, and secondly, slowly inquire the girl’s information, but the mobile phone vibrated and the notification stating that a new message came in.

Ji Cha clicked on it.

“We have already arrived in City A, and just settled in the rental house, *Lao Ji, if you change your mind, let me know, and I will help you to ask for a leave from the supervisor, and say that you have something to do at home, and you will be late for a day or two before coming here. By the way, how’s it going?”

*(T/N: Lao = Old; here it is said in a familiar tone).

Wang Qinxue sent a WeChat message. This brought Ji Cha’s scattered thoughts back to business.

If things started on the same trajectory as last time, then Wang Qinxue would have survived the initial stage of the virus outbreak. This guy was his brother who had been through thick and thin with him for ten years after the end of the world, Ji Cha certainly didn’t plan to abandon him this time.

The formation of a post-apocalyptic team is extremely important. Anyone who can trust unconditionally is a treasure.

It’s just that how to bring Wang Qinxue over this side of the country is the key. He can’t let Wang Qinxue thought he was some lunatic.

Ji Cha thought for a while, typed it and sent it, “*Er Gou, do a good job over there, but be careful when you go out, and don’t worry about any crazy things that happen to you. I’m going home now and come over to play with you when I have time.”

*(T/N: Er = Second, Gou = dog, Ji Cha is calling him second dog because I think Wang Qinxue was like the second oldest or something in their dorm in like chapter 1. I don’t remember much hehe).

Wang Qinxue’s reply came back after a long while, “Alright then, see you at the beginning of school.”

The disappointment in the tone was obvious.

Ji Cha sighed, the conversation with Wang Qinxue brought him back to reality. Although he wants to hook up with a girl, the most important thing now is to prepare for the end of the world.

He frowned as he thought, and his fingers swiped meaninglessly on the screen of his mobile phone. Suddenly, an ad of taobao.com jumped into Ji Cha’s eyes and caught his attention.

There is a widely circulated general phrase on taobao.com, from birth to death, taobao.com can meet all your needs. This slogan is really not bragging.

Ji Cha used to be a frequent visitor to this shopping platform, but it was just for a few pairs of socks, a pair of rackets and other small things. However, he doesn’t know if there is something here that he was thinking of buying, Ji Cha is still skeptical.

He tentatively entered “harvester” in the search box, unexpectedly, a large number of results popped up, for small and big harvesters.

Ji Cha’s heart was not big in the first place. From the very beginning, he was only going for the purpose of being self-sufficient for a small family. Whether he could be well off in the future, that’s another story.

He is used to being a small person, and he is very easily satisfied.

Ji Cha searched all kinds of tools that he thought of on the website in one breath, but he didn’t expect to find a lot of what he was searching for.

Not only a lot, but they also had a variety of different functions.

As for things like most machines which are diesel powered, it’s entirely possible to convert it to a rechargeable one when after he bought it. Maybe it will affect the performance of the machine a little, but compared to the overall mechanization convenience, this is not a problem.

When it comes to charging, Ji Cha has already made his own plans in advance.

He was so immersed in his own world that he didn’t notice Liang Jincheng had taken a bath of suspicious length.

After finding what he wanted, he took a rest for a while, and couldn’t help but open the text message and read it again.

His memory from almost ten years ago was laboriously searched.

Which girls does he know?

When Liang Jincheng came out of the room, Ji Cha was lying on the bed, with one leg on the other, dangling leisurely with the faint smile on his face.

Liang Jincheng’s cheeks were suspiciously red. He sat down beside Ji Cha silently, and the other side of the bed immediately collapsed a little under the weight.

Ji Cha followed the slope and rolled next to Liang Jincheng, then handed him the text message interface with a smile on his face.

Liang Jincheng was stunned by his almost abrupt move.

The two used the cheap shower gel that came with the room, and the smell was very unnatural. Ji Cha’s turning over brought a small air current, pushing the scent from his body into Liang Jincheng’s nose, smelling fresh and delicious.

It was obvious that the two of them used the same product, but Liang Jincheng still felt that the aroma of Ji Cha’s body was like aphrodisiac. His atrium was full and uncomfortable, and he couldn’t find a way to vent.

“Look at this text message.” Ji Cha was afraid that Liang Jincheng would think he was making a fuss, so he reluctantly put away his smile and made a serious appearance.

Following his voice, Liang Jincheng shifted his gaze to the glowing interface.

What was displayed above was a text message he sent to Ji Cha with another number.

Liang Jinchen was a little startled, his throat tightened at the moment, and his heart is suddenly pinched together. He thought that Ji Cha knew the source of the text message, and subconsciously opened his mouth to explain, but he heard Ji Cha happily said, “I can’t believe it. Now there is a girl so enthusiastic, senior, how do you think it would be appropriate for me to reply to her?”

“Reply?” Liang Jincheng’s eyes opened slightly, and then hesitantly asked, “girl…?”

Does he take the person across from the text message as a girl?

Ji Cha nodded and looked at Liang Jincheng with some envy.

The other party’s ripped muscles are all over the body, Ji Cha wants to be compared with him, but is consciously turned into a waste in seconds.

“Senior, you must be chased often. I’m not very good at talking to girls. Can you think about it for me?” Ji Cha was looking forward to it, and handed his phone into his hands.

Liang Jincheng looked at Ji Cha’s soft brows, and the sullenness that had just swelled up in his heart dissipated and finally turned into helplessness. He couldn’t get angry with Ji Cha.

It turned out that he didn’t receive Ji Cha’s reply, not because the other party was too shocked and didn’t know how to reply, but because he took the person across from the text message as a girl.

“We have to travel tomorrow,” Liang Jincheng pushed the phone over, then held Ji Cha’s hand very naturally, and put it next to Ji Cha’s ear, “Go to bed early.”

His voice was low, and at this moment, it had a slightly sultry undertone, making the hearts of those who hear it go numb.

Just out of the bath, Liang Jincheng’s hair was soft, and a few strands hung down on his forehead. He restrained his usual sense of distance. His eyes were deep and shinning, his eyelashes were sticking with water vapor, and he was so focused like he could almost see through people’s hearts.

Ji Cha was stunned for a moment, so handsome…

Then he got even more jealous.

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Iron: Is he just doing this to seduce Liang Jincheng? Doesn’t seem so dumb to me, Ji Cha. I can see through you haha

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Liang Jincheng calmly picked up his phone and clicked on the text message sent by Ji Cha.

There was only a simple picture emoji on the text message, “☺️.”

In conjunction with the previous text message, “I want to fuck you.”, Liang Jincheng felt an indescribable sourness in his heart at this moment.

“It’s from work,” Liang Jincheng put down his phone and asked Ji Cha in a normal tone, “What did you say about the coincidence just now?”

Ji Cha shook his head and stood up mysteriously, “It’s nothing.”

What the hell is with this feeling that the person who has a crush on is the one in front, but it is actually his own derailed imagination?

Liang Jincheng stood up behind Ji Cha.

“I’m going to have a look at my factory.” Ji Cha suddenly turned around and grabbed Liang Jincheng’s wrist, “Senior, you are very handsome, take me there.”

After getting into close contact with Ji Cha, his words and deeds seem to have no morals.

Liang Jincheng looked down at Ji Cha’s eyes and smiled slowly.

It’s so cute though, he likes it more and more.

Driving back and forth, the factory area is not so far away.

Ji Cha’s factory was built too early, and the location was wrong. It was dozens of miles away from another large modern factory. In addition to the difference in wages, Ji Cha’s parents died, and the people in Ji Cha’s family didn’t know how to manage, and soon the factory closed down. Dear, are you reading this on hololo novels? If not, please do so. Don’t break this translator’s heart.

The gate of the factory is two heavy steel doors, Ji Cha opened the heavy chain hanging on it, and immediately got a layer of dark yellow rust marks on his hands. He clapped his hands indifferently, and after rubbing it on his clothes, he couldn’t wait to run into the yard.

There is not much difference between the courtyard of the factory and the one Ji Cha’s memory, except that there are a lot of weeds in the compound now, and some vegetation has climbed on the walls.

The whole building is a rectangular in shape, and it is located in the center of the yard, with an equal distance from the fence walls on all sides.

The grass is about as high as Ji Cha’s calf. He circled back and forth in it twice, and he saw a few frightened little frogs, but he didn’t see anything else.

However, his defenses were not completely relaxed, because there was a high possibility that animals would mutate.

Yesterday’s chicken is a proof, but at this moment, the mutation of animals is much less harmful than humans.

In general, Ji Cha visited once and was very satisfied with the layout here.

Liang Jincheng still didn’t know Ji Cha’s purpose, so he asked, “If you sell the house, it will take a month at the earliest for the transfer procedures to be completed, and it may be too late to use the money in a hurry.”

Ji Cha didn’t understand these matters, so when he told Liang Jincheng, he was immediately enlightened, “Is that so?”

At first, he thought that selling the house is a matter of paying the money and delivering it with one hand. How difficult can it be to transfer the property?

If according to what Liang Jincheng said, it would be too late to wait until a month later.

Liang Jincheng looked at Ji Cha’s embarrassed look and said, “If you are in a hurry with the money, I can lend it to you,” he added later, “No interest.”

Liang Jincheng’s generosity almost made Ji Cha felt that he also knew that the end of the world was coming, otherwise, which fool would borrow millions in one go without interest.

Ji Cha didn’t dare to call Liang Jincheng a fool in person, so he asked carefully, “Is it okay to borrow a lot…?”

Liang Jincheng nodded, “I can get five million.”

Ji Cha was a little embarrassed, “I really don’t owe a gambling debt… I don’t need five million, two million is enough, and I will pay you back when my house is sold.”

“Don’t sell the house yet. You don’t have to rush to exchange the money. The house will appreciate in value. It will be good for you to keep it. Tell me the number of your bank card.”

This is not bad, Ji Cha thought, they are now creditor and debtor, and the bond between them is as deep as the Mariana Trench.

He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and then reported his card number.

Liang Jincheng only listened to it once, and then completely relayed it to the person on the other end of the phone. After hanging up the phone within a minute, he turned around and said to Ji Cha, “The money will be sent to you within today.”

Ji Cha felt that it was hypocritical to say anything now, so she stepped forward and hugged Liang Jincheng tightly.

“Senior, you are really too awesome!”

Liang Jincheng put his hand on Ji Cha’s shoulder and let out a low laugh with helplessness. He closed his eyes and enjoyed Ji Cha’s closeness to him at the moment.

When the two returned home, Ji Cha’s Grandma had already prepared a large table of food, and greeted Liang Jincheng warmly for dinner, “Xiao Liang is very tired from driving all the way, so take a rest after eating, and then go to the Cha Cha’s room to nap. Now, I’ll go out with him and pick watermelons for you to eat.”

“I still have a lot of things to do, grandma. It’s also so hot outside, let’s not go out. I saw a few melons behind the door just now. Take them out and soak them in well water.” Ji Cha hurriedly said.

Two month period is counting down every minute and every second. Now that he has money in his hand, he must begin his plans.

Ji Cha’s Grandma also felt sorry for her grandson. She heard Ji Cha say so, although she was helpless, she still agreed. After eating, she took Liang Jincheng to Ji Cha’s room for a nap. She did not allow Ji Cha to disturb Liang Jincheng, and he went to the study with his grandma.

“Your senior really is good looking.” Ji Cha sat behind the computer and opened the website of taobao.com, while his Grandma stood by and wiped the bookshelves. With a swipe, they shine brightly.

“Is his family good?”

“Yeah.” Ji Cha replied, “He’s from City A. Grandma, don’t even think about setting up a blind date, you’re gonna embarrass senior.”

Grandma said with a smile, “I know, I know, you little brat is ignorant. I don’t know how you can make such a friend.”

Ji Cha was about to refute when a text message sounded on his mobile phone. He glanced down, and was almost blinded by the number of zeros.

He repeatedly counted, and it turned out to be two million, a solid two million!

When Grandma saw that he didn’t speak, she only said, “Then you can play by yourself, I’ll go watch TV, and call me if you need something.”

“Okay, okay,” Ji Cha replied, holding the phone for a while, feeling confident in his chest, he quickly logged in to his account on taobao, and immersed himself in shopping on the website. Several mechanized products were bought in a set of three each. He got them pretty cheap, but most of them require diesel to drive, which is very rare in the last days, and it is actually even rarer than electricity. Country C itself is very deficient in oil resources, enough for the entire country’s population. After the end of the world, not only the supply chain has been broken, but also many bases with its own crude oil production have been completely shut down. The rupture of the industry makes it hard to for the national supply.

Buying these mechanized products is only the first step. The next important thing is to convert them into electricity dependent instead of diesel.

Ji Cha searched the Internet for a long time, only to find a small advertisement in the corner, which was released more than half a year ago. .

He called the number on the ad, the voice on the other end of the phone sounds lazy, and the background noise is a popular large-scale online game.

“If you have something to talk about, I will hang up first and call you back if it’s okay, hey, will you take your seat, you idiot!”

There was a very young voice on the other end of the phone, and the impetuousness made Ji Cha subconsciously think that he had made a wrong call, or that the advertisement was a scam.

With the mentality of giving it a try, he hesitantly asked the other party if he had posted this advertisement half a year ago. The other party was silent for a while, and then asked Ji Cha, “Damn it, I didn’t expect anyone to actually contact me. What about that stupid ad?”

When Ji Cha heard that the ad was legit, he quickly asked, “Then can you help with the modification? I won’t treat you badly in terms of money.”

Unexpectedly, the person on the other end of the phone laughed out loud, “The modification is actually not very complicated, you can just find someone who knows how to do it. Wait, haha, look at me, this idiot, don’t I need money? Wait a minute, I’ll call you back after finishing this round in five minutes!”

Without waiting for Ji Cha to respond, he hung up the phone with a beep.

Ji Cha was inexplicably stunned for a while while holding the phone, but fortunately, he believed the other party’s words, and sure enough, after about four or five minutes, he called back. He then told the reader to read on hololonovels.

This time the background was much quieter.

“What do you want to modify?” the other party asked.

“Several harvesters, lawn mowers, plows and the like.” Ji Cha briefly explained his needs to the other party, and the person on the phone agreed neatly.

“This, it’s very simple. You can report the address to me. These things are not easy to move. I’ll come to the door. Anyway, you don’t look like you’re short of money, do you?”

Him coming to the factory to do the job just meets the expectations of Ji Cha, he reported his address, “I just placed an order for these machines, and it may take a few days to get them…”

The opposite side interrupted Ji Cha’s voice before he could finish speaking, “I know, I have to prepare materials here too, and I will contact you in three days.” After he said this, he hung up the phone again, without any hesitation more so than the last time.

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Of course, Ji Cha has no scruples at the moment and has no room to consider for all mankind. He changed his mind and considered the preparation of tools.

First of all, harvesting, plowing, weeding and even spraying pesticides can actually improve production efficiency through corresponding machinery. It is not difficult to convert diesel engines into rechargeable machinery at the current level of technology.

The corresponding irrigation system can be used for watering, and the self-sufficiency of fertilizer production can also be easily produced by using compost bins to meet production after the entire life circle is formed. Please read on hololonovels for best reading experience. Baby, believe that.

But before that is very important: electricity.

After the end of the world, electricity is very scarce, and there are only a few lights left in the busy city, and the outside is almost as good as dead.

How to solve the problem of electricity is the fundamental premise of improving productivity, as all his plans cannot be maintained without electricity.

The scenery outside the window receded rapidly, and a dejected figure suddenly appeared on the far road, slowly walking with his head down on the speeding highway. A lot of people die every year because of crossing the highway, but this man’s body and demeanor are too unlike a normal person…

Ji Cha was immediately attracted. He leaned over to see the other person’s face clearly in order to complete his judgment. However, on the highway, the car was moving fast and before he could see clearly, the man got on the road, hit by a car, and the body flew into the air, and the next moment he was thrown down limply and lifelessly.

Ji Cha turned around and wanted to see the follow-up, but before his eyes could catch up, a big warm hand suddenly covered his eyes.

“Don’t look.” Liang Jincheng didn’t turn his head, his eyes were still on the road full of vehicles, his voice didn’t even rise, but out of thin air, Ji Cha could hear some comforting meaning, “otherwise, you won’t be able to eat for a while.”

Those hands were strong and firm, and they blocked him from the possible ugliness outside, which made Ji Cha feel very at ease.

Liang Jincheng’s palm almost touched Ji Cha’s eyelids, which made him subconsciously blink his eyes quickly. His eyelashes ran across Liang Jincheng’s palm. Before Ji Cha could speak, Liang Jincheng pulled back his hand like there was an electric shock.

Ji Cha looked at the man suspiciously and found that Liang Jincheng’s ears were a little red.

It has been five hours since they drove all the way, and although there were at rest stops to eat in the middle, there is not much rest.

As it was summer, even if it was getting late, there would be two or three hours left before it gets completely dark.

Ji Cha wrapped his coat tightly and persuaded Liang Jincheng earnestly, “Senior, if you are really hot, turn down the temperature of the air conditioner a little bit. It’s really warm for me to wear your coat.”

Liang Jincheng’s palm still seemed to have the touch left by Ji Cha’s eyelashes earlier. An itch that permeated from the middle was still unwilling to leave, and it was constantly stirring up his thoughts.

His eyes swept towards towards Ji Cha sitting in the passenger seat with eyelids slightly drooping.

Liang Jincheng’s heart was beating wildly, and he almost wanted to cover his chest, too, too cute.

Ji Cha half-squinted his eyes and thought about how to survive better in the apocalypse. As for Liang Jincheng, who didn’t have the foresight of the impending apocalypse and even if he does at this time, being with Ji Cha in such close proximity, all he can think of is probably “one hundred and eight tricks on how to sleep as soon as possible with Ji Cha during the end of the world.”

There were still more than five hours before they arrive, but it was already completely dark.

The car got off the highway and stopped in front of the hotel near the toll gate.

“I’m sorry, there’s only one room left.” Ji Cha woke up the sleepy front desk. At this time, Liang Jincheng was looking at him with a red face, his eyes were dodging and uncontrollable.

“It doesn’t matter, both of us are men,” Ji Cha said with ease, nodding to the front desk, “We’ll take it, or we’ll have to sleep in the car til dawn.”

After speaking, he immediately took out his wallet, handed over the credit card, and turned his head slightly, “Senior, let’s keep this room, is that alright with you?!”

He was very at ease with no distractions, and went straight to flatter Liang Jincheng, but the man himself was dazed by the surprises he had encountered today.

Big bed room!

Sleep in the same room with Ji Cha and even on the same bed? Liang Jincheng’s mind was like a wild horse running away, and he was happy all over, imagining the appearance of Ji Cha with a red wedding veil waiting for him to lift it up.

Ji Cha walked ahead with the room card unknowingly, and looked around to find the room number corresponding to the room card.

His jacket has been taken off, and the white t-shirt is a little loose. When he turns around, the thin fabric will inadvertently stick to his body, revealing the waistline that makes Liang Jincheng’s brain burn.

He could also see Ji Cha taking a bath. It is so hot in summer that you have to take off your clothes and shower, right?

A subconscious smile appeared on Liang Jincheng’s handsome face, his eyes fixed on Ji Cha’s figure for a moment, watching him swipe open the door with the key card.

The decoration of the small hotel is average, and the bed sheets are as expected, very rough. Ji Cha doesn’t have many requirements, he thought it was all already very good.

Although it was just a short walk from the parking lot to the front desk, in a hot summer time like this, he was unbearably hot.

Ji Cha took off his shirt as soon as he entered the room jumped aside and took the remote control of the air conditioner, adjusted the temperature to 20 degrees, and muttered, “It’s killing me.”

The hotel room is so small that it is usually impossible to avoid this scene from getting into Liang Jincheng’s eyes at this time. He won’t even blink if he falls into the cesspool now. He stood by the door, his eyes tightly wrapped around Ji Cha’s figure.

Ji Cha over there lay on his back on the small sofa, facing the air-conditioned wind, his eyes closed, so comfortable.

His complexion was pale in comparison to other boys, but at this time, under the orange lighting of the hotel room, he looked a little childish and milky, instead of appearing obscure and ambiguous. His knees folded in front of his chest, facing the cool wind coming from the air conditioner, Ji Cha felt all the heat brought by the summer heat was swept away.

“So cool!” Ji Cha sighed, one hand casually hanging on the edge of the sofa, the other hand slowly fanning the wind towards his face. Liang Jincheng’s footsteps seemed to stick to the floor at the door. He held the wall tightly with his fingers and closed his eyes with heavy breathing.

He clearly knew that if he stepped forward and went further, he might not be able to control his actions and do things that Ji Cha would hate.

The phone rang at this time, temporarily interrupting Liang Jincheng’s tangled thoughts and letting him breathe a sigh of relief.

Turning around, he pressed the answer button, and Ji Cha’s eyes also opened to look over.

It was the company’s business. Liang Jincheng’s attention was now on the phone, the company still had a lot of things that needs to be taken care of.

When he turned around after call ended, he found that Ji Cha’s hands were on his underwear, looking confused.

“I don’t know if there are any underwear here.”

As he said that, he walked quickly to the wardrobe beside Liang Jincheng with his bare legs, opened the wardrobe, and bent over to look inside.

Ji Cha’s legs were straight and slender, and his waist was so thin. His casual moves almost rubbed against Liang Jincheng’s crotch. Liang Jincheng was unprepared, and the little sanity left in his mind was pulled away again. His hands and Ji Cha’s waist were like a single gravitational magnet, and his slender fingertips were almost unable to resist touching the pale skin in front.

“Found it!”

Just when Liang Jincheng’s hand was almost touching the slim waist, Ji Cha suddenly straightened up, staggering the trajectory between the two, turned back, and raised his underwear towards Liang Jincheng contentedly, ignoring the forbearance on Liang Jincheng’s face, “Just two for men. Senior, I’ll take a shower first.”

As he spoke, he tore off the package of the underwear, took out a pair, and shoved the remaining pair into Liang Jincheng’s hands.

The back of Ji Cha’s finger inadvertently brushed across Liang Jincheng’s palm because of this action, bringing out a hot temperature.

Liang Jincheng walked to the bed and sat down, staring at Ji Cha’s hazy figure reflected in the foggy glass. He couldn’t see the entire body clearly, but he could see every movement of Ji Cha bending down, getting up, and rubbing his back.

With the sound of water splashing on Liang Jincheng’s heart, he suddenly felt like it was about to jump out of his chest.

When Ji Cha wiped his hair and walked out of the bathroom leisurely, Liang Jincheng was shaking off the hotel quilt with his back to him. If Ji Cha paid attention, Liang Jincheng’s fingers were deeply embedded in the white sheet. If the sheet was human, it might have been strangled eight hundred times by now.

He looked like an extremely picky person, Ji Cha felt very embarrassed, and went up to sit by the bed just as he wanted to have a casual chat with Liang Jincheng, but the other person was in no good shape to speak. Liang Jincheng quickly turned around and said, “I’ll go take a bath.” He hurriedly fled to the bathroom.

It’s just that although he walked fast, the protruding bulge somewhere was still very conspicuous.

Ji Cha looked down at himself, a little angry. He actually paid attention to Liang Jincheng all the way in the car today, and he was very excited to get acquainted with the future boss. He sure appeared to be a very intelligent man.

Ji Cha lay down on the bed with envy, grabbed his mobile phone, and turned off the airplane mode. The people at the internship who might call him should all be off work by now, no one must be so dedicated to still bother with his after hours, right?

Ji Cha thought about it and remembered that he could connect to the hotel’s wifi. At this moment, a text message popped up on his mobile phone.

“I really want to touch your waist, if you wrap your legs around me when I’m kissing you, that would be great.”

It was still the unfamiliar number from that morning.

The first message “I really want to kiss you.” was still in his inbox.

Ji cha copied the number to the browser, and the location of the number displayed is G city.

This time he couldn’t help but reply, “You sent to the wrong person.”

The mobile phone numbers for students in the school are all consecutive numbers. If one number is wrong, it may be sent to someone else’s mobile phone.

It’s just that Ji Cha didn’t expect to receive another reply immediately.

“Ji Cha, I want to fuck you.”

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Iron (Juvenile translator) has something to say: Wow OK, horny much, Liang Jincheng? So totally understandable lol

After taking a short break, the two of them resumed their journey. Ji Cha moved from the back seat to the passenger seat, holding a bag of snacks in his arms. With one hand grabbing a piece of dried mango and the other holding his phone, he clumsily typed.

On a classified information website, a message suddenly popped up.

“Urgent sale: 3 bedrooms, 1 living room, 2 bathrooms, 120 square meters in West Hong Residential Area, S City. Selling price: 2.4 million.”

Several real estate agents who happened to come across this listing were shocked. This price in S City was truly surprising, especially considering the “urgent sale” label.

S City was not a major city, and the average housing price was around 15,000 yuan per square meter. However, the location of Ji Cha’s property was excellent. With a bit of patience, it could easily sell for 31,000 yuan per square meter. But now, the price had been slashed by almost one-third. Even the real estate agents couldn’t help but think that this was either a foolish move or a scam. Seeing such a prime property right in front of them, they hesitated to dial the phone number provided.

Ji Cha switched his phone to airplane mode and stuffed another piece of dried mango into his mouth, causing his cheek to puff up slightly, making him look like a hamster.

What is most lacking in the apocalypse?

Food!

Delicious food!

A variety of abundant food!

The stomach, which had been hardened and numb from constantly struggling to survive, completely regained its senses after a steaming hot meal of rice. It was as if it had come back to life, almost human-like!

With the choices he now had, why wouldn’t he choose food? In order to eat full meals and sleep well in the future, he had to make the most of these two months.

What if there was no food? Grow it yourself!

Ji Cha might not be familiar with many things, but he knew about farming. He had been cultivating fields in the S City base for five years. However, in order to live a stable life in the apocalypse, the most important thing was to have a solid fortress. Ji Cha had thought about it, and the factory in the suburbs where his family lived was enough. The remaining empty space inside could even be used for farming.

If he reinforced the walls of the factory and the internal facilities, it would be the ideal setup to use directly. After all, the suburbs of S City had already been divided into various new factories, and the remaining farmland was just small scattered pieces of land owned by someone else.

Even his grandmother, who had been farming all her life, ended up losing her land for just a few tens of thousands. It had been five or six years since she had worked on the land. The only place left to tend was a small vegetable patch enclosed by a bamboo fence at their doorstep.

Ji Cha tore open a lollipop and put it in his mouth, slowly pondering the trivial matters of farming.

One major prerequisite for cultivating the fields was to have a solid fortress, not only to withstand the clumsy attacks of the zombies but, more importantly, to defend against the post-apocalyptic humans who indulged in their primal instincts. They were often more difficult and dangerous to deal with than the zombies.

The factory’s perimeter wall was only about two meters high and not very sturdy. If someone was determined, any grown man could easily climb over the wall. This needed to be changed.

The wall needed reinforcement and heightening. How tall were prison walls again? Ji Cha furrowed his brow. Four meters? Five meters?

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Liang Jincheng struggled to multitask while driving (please don’t imitate), and Ji Cha’s presence beside him seemed so unreal. He played with his phone, put it down, ate dried fruit, ate candy—every movement he made, Liang Jincheng observed out of the corner of his eye until his gaze fell on the slightly rosy corner of Ji Cha’s mouth.

The candy brushed against his lips, leaving a layer of sticky syrup, and the sweetness permeated the air, not just the fruity taste, but also the captivating sight of the candy swirling around in Ji Cha’s mouth as he manipulated it with his fingertips, producing a sucking sound with each sip.

It was truly maddening…

Liang Jincheng tightly gripped the steering wheel, his breath involuntarily growing heavy. He tried to focus his gaze on the fast-moving vehicles on the road, but his thoughts scattered like wild horses.

A single candy now made Liang Jincheng feel jealous.

Unaware that he was being ogled, Ji Cha suddenly reached out and grasped the stick of the lollipop. He wrapped his lips around the candy ball and pulled it out, producing an almost inaudible “pop” sound.

Then he heard Liang Jincheng gasping beside him.

Turning his head with a hint of concern, Ji Cha asked, “Senior, what’s wrong with you?”

Ji Cha really wanted to please Liang Jincheng. He was so anxious that he scratched his head, but the abnormal social dynamics in the post-apocalyptic world made him even more worried about doing something that would scare Liang Jincheng.

For instance, deep down, he wanted nothing more than to cling to Liang Jincheng’s thigh and beg the big shot to take him in, but on his face, he maintained an expressionless look as he gazed at Liang Jincheng.

His gaze was so pure and natural that it immediately pulled Liang Jincheng out of his forbidden fantasies. Uncomfortably, Liang Jincheng shifted his legs, afraid that he couldn’t fully conceal them. In the end, he simply pulled out the shirt that was partially tucked into his waistband, loosely covering his thighs.

“It’s nothing,” Liang Jincheng shook his head, pretending to concentrate on the road, but his slightly flushed cheeks betrayed his emotions.

Thinking that he might be feeling hot, Ji Cha quickly grabbed Liang Jincheng’s jacket from the back seat and wrapped it around himself. Ji Cha wasn’t short among boys, standing at 176cm with shoes that had thicker soles, which easily put him at a height where most girls would look up to him. However, when Liang Jincheng’s jacket was on Ji Cha, it almost covered half of his face, making it difficult for him to emerge.

Ji Cha deftly put on the jacket and raised his eyes, only to notice that Liang Jincheng had just withdrawn his gaze from him, wearing a look of surprise and confusion.

“I’m feeling cold, so I borrowed your jacket for a while. If you’re feeling hot, you can lower the air conditioning temperature a bit,” Ji Cha explained earnestly. Then he found a comfortable position and put the lollipop back into his mouth, allowing his thoughts to wander.

Ji Cha was wearing his own jacket, and this wasn’t just imagination, it was reality.

Oh… Liang Jincheng was practically breaking out in a sweat on his forehead. He was definitely feeling even hotter now.

Completely oblivious to the other person’s discomfort, Ji Cha continued to ponder over the details.

With a solid external structure in place, attention was turned back to the interior. In addition to the foundation underneath the factory building, there was a large area of land within the walls that could be used for cultivation. It would be highly beneficial to utilize all of it.

In order to produce, tools were necessary. The cultivation efficiency in Base S was not high, and one important reason was the limited availability of tools.

The horrors of the apocalypse, aside from the unfathomable human nature, lay in the fact that it stripped people away from their familiar environment, almost back to a primitive state. Especially in the tenth year after the apocalypse, there were still a significant number of people in S city base who couldn’t solve the problem of subsistence. Without resolving the issue of subsistence, it was impossible to develop productivity and achieve the return of technology.

Ji Cha had witnessed children born within the base grow up to four or five years old, unaware of traditional poetry, and never having heard of mobile phones, tablets, or laptops. Moreover, in the years that followed, even if he grew older, the loss of knowledge and talent created a cliff of knowledge. Countless scientists had dedicated their entire lives to research achievements that might never be known to anyone again.

Humanity was reduced to ants, returned to their original state overnight.

At this thought, Ji Cha furrowed his brows tightly. The remaining half of the candy couldn’t withstand the force of his teeth, and with a crisp sound, it broke into two pieces in his mouth.

Liang Jincheng’s fiery breath hesitated, and his shoulders couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

“Damn, that hurts.”

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Translator has something to say: Liang Jincheng, sir, you have way too much wild imaginations lol.

The scenery outside the window didn’t change much until they drove away from the city. Ji Cha, who was eating snacks in the back seat, couldn’t figure out how he was persuaded by Liang Jincheng. Liang Jincheng exudes self-confidence and determination. He is very polite in every remark, but he has the ability to convince people till they are unable to refuse.

Maybe this is the leadership skills? Ji Cha thought this was possible considering Liang Jincheng’s development in the post-apocalypse. Even if the end of the world hasn’t officially arrived, strange things has already started happening. Ji Cha feels more at ease travelling with Liang Jincheng, the destined ultimate boss.

He even had a guilty conscience. He felt that Liang Jincheng was just being polite by offering him a ride. Ji Cha didn’t really expect Liang Jincheng would drive him all the way to city S from city A. Driving between two cities with a straight-line distance of over a thousand kilometers takes more than ten hours.

“Having a car makes it more convenient to do things.” Liang Jincheng looked at Ji Cha from the rearview mirror and once again restated the reasons he had said before, “also, there have been some unexplained disturbances lately, and crowded locations are still not safe.

Liang Jincheng was only babbling, and the matter of fact is that he just wants to spend more time alone with Ji Cha. What could be better than being confined in a little car with only the two of them, unable to get in and out, and him controlling the speed!

Ji Cha lay in a few large bags in a daze, thinking about how he could hug Liang Jincheng’s thigh in a reasonable and discreet manner until he heard Liang Jincheng. He raised his eyes to meet Liang Jincheng’s gaze in the rearview mirror and asked, “unexplained disturbances?”

“En.” Liang Jincheng shifted his gaze away from Ji Cha. In places where Ji Cha didn’t pay attention, the fingertips holding the steering wheel turned white due to strong force, and his heart was clamoring to explode, but outside, Liang Jincheng, however, straightened his waist and continued to say in a relaxed tone, “there have been probably five or six cases, but in order not to cause any public panic, the media is temporarily instructed to suppress these news.”

He paused, and the words that followed were meant to placate Ji Cha “But it shouldn’t be a big deal. Security checks in various places are being reinforced, and it will be calmed down after a while.

Liang Jincheng couldn’t help but glanced at Ji Cha, who was looking out the window thoughtfully, in the rearview mirror again.

Liang Jincheng breathed deeply, operating the steering wheel with both hands, and drove into the highway entrance. For Liang Jincheng, being isolated in a small space with Ji Cha for several hours was a pleasant treat. He even felt that the air was full of sweetness, which made him intoxicated.

He is now sure that Ji Cha was not crying because of the text message he sent helplessly from the bottom of his heart like a wretched idiot. Although he doesn’t know why Ji Cha cried, it still made Liang Jincheng feel very troubled and annoyed.

If it is because of something, then he will desperately try to resolve it for Ji Cha. If it was because of someone, Liang Jincheng would almost certainly want to kill whoever that is regardless of right or wrong.

It’s terrible.

Liang Jincheng would occasionally wake up in the middle of the night from a spring dream, and when the sleeplessness subsided as dawn approached, he would regain his senses. He felt the strong desires surging from his bone marrows and swallowing his sanity.

He is a very self-disciplined person. For a long time, Liang Jincheng had not allow many people or things to influence his habits and decisions, until he met Ji Cha.

Speaking of his attraction to Ji Cha, he has to say it happened to him naturally. The first encounter between the two of them took place in a very ordinary setting.

He returned to his alma mater two years ago because of his business, which happened to be a lively time for new students. So, Liang Jincheng decided to take a detour around the back of the library, where he happened to get a glimpse of Ji Cha dozing by the window. When Liang Jincheng recalled the scene later, he remembered it vividly, as if it was a picture he had drawn from memory.

Ji Cha was just a regular boy, youthful and innocent. He should have been nothing more than a passerby. There are really a lot of people like him in the same age group. It wasn’t easy to have a lasting first impression.

However, Liang Jincheng continued to notice strange things in many occasional encounters later. At first, when he returned to school several times later, even if he didn’t mean to, Ji Cha’s voice would become something that he subconsciously paid attention to in his mind like a warning bell. Other persons nearby, even friends, will have their voices and smiles aggressively rejected to outer space by his brain at such times, and they will be regarded as a secondary existence.

Later, he began to follow Ji Cha unconsciously. When Ji Cha was there, it became difficult for him to notice other things. After the symptoms became severe, he couldn’t help but leave the business at hand and follow Ji Cha silently. When he finally discovered how much this was affecting his life, Liang Jincheng still had no idea who Ji Cha was or what his name was.

An almost unreasonable infatuation; it was overwhelming.

He started to do strange things. For example, secretly inquiring about Ji Cha’s identity and family background, forming a habit of visiting the university at least twice a week to peek at Ji Cha, repeatedly watching Ji Cha, who was sitting in the front row and laughing with friends during school celebrations, and feeling deeply jealous of his friends.

Liang Jincheng even memorized all of Ji Cha’s class schedules, taking advantage of the large class to sneak into the classroom with hundreds of people and hide in the corner, watching Ji Cha doze off. At night, he was immersed in a fiery dream with fragments of Ji Cha.

Such a secretive behavior brought him taboo satisfaction. While Liang Jincheng blamed and puzzled himself, he felt as if he was addicted to drugs.

As a result, he has combed through a wealth of knowledge and spent six months with a psychologist. He was afraid that his increasingly uncontrollable impulses and desires would hurt the innocent Ji Cha. However, at the end of the day, all his efforts returned to zero.

Humans are, after all, animals who succumb to hormones.

Liang Jincheng even suspected that Ji Cha’s appearance was a retribution for his excessive self-control over the past two decades, and that it was the forbidden fruit he couldn’t endure but want to devour into his stomach.

“I just called my grandma, and she said the chicken in the neighbor’s house had been beheaded but was still alive and even pecked others.” Ji Cha suddenly said, interrupting Liang Jincheng’s thoughts.

In Ji Cha’s view, Liang Jincheng will become an outstanding leader in the post-apocalyptic era, and he must have his extraordinary qualities. Maybe he already knew something by now? Ji Cha couldn’t be sure, so he could only try it out first.

It took some effort for Liang Jincheng to withdraw the joy of Ji Cha’s active communication with him, but after pondering what Ji Cha said just now, his face couldn’t help but show a surprised look, “Can it still peck people after the head is chopped off?”

Ji Cha kept his expression in his eyes, and changed the subject again, “Senior, are you going to S city for business?”

Liang Jincheng smiled and said, “That’s right,”

It’s hard for him not to notice that Ji Cha’s mood is not high. Combined with seeing his red eyes earlier, Liang Jincheng carefully phrased the sentence and asked, “You are a junior this year, do you have any plan for an internship?”

Although he learned that Ji Cha had found a good internship, maybe the company made a last minute decision that caused Ji Cha choose to go back to S City? Liang Jincheng thought this was a possibility, so he added, “Speaking of which, our company is also recruiting interns, and your major is just right.”

He lied without blushing; after speaking, he planned to stop at the rest area to call HR and let them temporarily create the most suitable position based on Ji Cha’s resume.

Ji Cha shook his head, “Thank you, senior, but I don’t plan to look for an internship for the time being.” He also thought carefully of his own words. He’s been living in the apocalypse for so long that even when things are still calm, there is a sense of distance from reality. So, although Ji Cha clearly wanted to take the opportunity to hug Liang Jincheng’s thigh, he forgot how to even flatter people.

“It’s okay,” Liang Jincheng was a little disappointed, but he naturally concealed it and took the opportunity to call out his phone number, “We can exchange numbers. If you want to find a job, you’re always welcome at my company.”

“Okay.” Ji Cha agreed immediately, heaving a sigh of relief, turned on the phone, and entered Liang Jincheng’s number. After giving some thought for a while, he changed the contact name to “Big Brother”.

The distance between him and Liang Jincheng was thus one step closer, and the corners of Ji Cha’s tightly pursed mouth curved up.

After driving for more than an hour, they arrived at the first rest area, and it happened to be lunch time. The two decided to eat something at the rest stop.

The taste of the food in the rest area is actually quite average. In terms of Liang Jincheng’s picky palate, it is almost unbearable. He held the chopsticks and stopped after taking a bite. He was about to ask if Ji Cha wanted to eat somewhere else, when he saw the other took two or three mouthfuls of rice and downed half the bowl, then picked up overcooked shredded potatoes, stuffed everything in like some hard-working food broadcaster.

For Ji Cha, the food here is considered good?

Yummy! Simply delicious. Resource consumables like salt have almost been fired to sky-high prices in the S City base. Not to mention other condiments like soy sauce, when everyone is still busy for food, no one is stupid enough to waste food to process these dispensable things.

Now this plate of overcooked, a little salty and very sour potatoes tastes the world’s best in Ji Cha’s mouth. It’s been too long.

“Delicious?” Liang Jincheng pushed the vegetable plate towards Ji Cha.

Then staring at Ji Cha’s food, he feels soft and intoxicated, my wife is really good.

Ji Cha nodded, he choked a bit because he ate too fast, then he put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, got up and said, “I’m going to get some water, do you want to drink too?”

Liang Jincheng’s eyes fell on Ji Cha’s chopsticks on the bowl, and he deliberately stopped the movement of getting up to follow and nodded, “Okay, thank you.”

Ji Cha turned around and walked towards the water dispenser at the corner, while Liang Jincheng quickly switched the chopsticks Ji Cha put on the bowl and his own, feeling excited and sweet, his heart beating like a drum.

Ji Cha finished drinking a cup of water and felt more comfortable. He was about to take another cup, but someone reached out and took the last cup away. He had no choice but to go back with the cup of water, and said to Liang Jincheng a little embarrassedly, “Well, there are no other cups. I have used this cup, so I will buy you a drink.”

As he turned around and was about to leave, Liang Jincheng got up and grabbed Ji Cha’s wrist, looking at him with burning eyes, “No need.”

He let go of Ji Cha’s wrist, picked up the water cup on the table, and quickly drank half of it.

Ji Cha did not suspect anything, but thought that Liang Jincheng might actually be really thirsty, and his face was a little red.

He moved his wrist and thought again that Liang Jincheng’s hand seemed to be quite hot, and decided that he would give him another cup of water after a while.

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Translator has something to say: A lot of planning has to be done first, so the apocalypse might be a while to come lol

READ THIS BEFORE YOU BEGIN: ML is obsessed with MC and a little creepy in the beginning, but there is no non-consensual stuff involved. However, such a character setting might upset some readers so, if you don’t like this kind of characters, please do not continue reading this novel. Otherwise, enjoy 🙂

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Although the Wujiang River runs through the entire city A, this small section of the road is not particularly beautiful. The sellers from the food stalls on the side of the street are ushering in the potential customers.  The noises from the diners’ chatter and the clinking of cheap beer bottles indicate that it is the busiest time of the day.

Ji Cha stood in front of the grill, watching the squid skewers releasing a burst of aroma in response to the boss’s skillful flipping movements over the charcoal stove. If you’re not reading this on h olo lo novels, the ending will be missing..

He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply.

The spices combined to create a rich and appealing fragrance that rushed into the nasal cavity, almost made the intestines churn together from the increasing appetite.

This kind of hunger comes from the bones and is hard to suppress.

When he was being intoxicated, the squid skewers on the grill suddenly morphed into a fat and oily human leg. The aroma from the spices could not cover the rotten flesh and sores atop, and the maggots squirmed and fell together with the decayed flesh. The charcoal fire emitted a foul odor.

Even the boss, who had been agile in his grilling actions, became a living dead with muddy eyes and a dull complexion.

“This… meat… you… want… more… less?” His voice abnormally lengthened and slowed down, his eyeballs rolled around in the eye sockets and eventually fell out.

Ji Cha was so frightened that he took two steps back. When he looked up, he noticed that the surrounding landscape had changed to an unimaginable state of degradation and depression.

People who were sitting in their seats and happily eating barbeque have all turned into expressionless zombies holding various parts of the human body and devouring with relish. Blood, rancidity, and the familiar stench filled the air.

His expression ultimately relaxed. After so many years of living in hell, he was constantly being frightened, hungry, and worried whether he would die at any moment. He lived his life one day at a time after the end of the world. If you’re not reading this from the original source, there will be extra, unnecessary parts embedded throughout the chapter.

He had a lucid dream. Ji Cha woke up and smiled bitterly. He tried his best to wake himself from this nightmare, but he suddenly wondered, “Where did I fall asleep?”

In the tenth year after the end of the world, even sleep has become a luxury that must be done with much caution. If you don’t pay attention, you may be killed. Only then did he truly felt terrified, and desperately wished to wake up from this nightmare.

In the dim university dormitory room, a young man was half-rolled with a quilt on a narrow bed less than one meter wide. The worn-out air conditioner was blowing cool wind, ignoring the scorching temperature outside. Ji Cha took of his clothes and laughed like a fool.

His brows were furrowed, and he looked as if he was having a bad dream.

Unexpectedly, the phone under the pillow vibrated.

The young man’s body jumped up in haste. He opened his eyes at once, shrank to the corner of the wall subconsciously, and then scanned his surroundings with vigilance.

The phone continued to vibrate, and the air conditioner emitted a low, inaudible noise. Three of the four desks in a row opposite the bed were empty, and only one was left with a laptop on it, with the power source fleshing regularly.

The heavy blackout curtains were pulled, revealing a dim light in the gap and a faint reflection of the sun outside.

Ji Cha’s eyes widened; his shoulders gradually relaxed from the stiffness. He couldn’t believe his own eyes and stretched out his hand to touch the metal railing beside the bed. It was cold to touch by the air-conditioning wind, and there were brand-new scratch marks on the bottom. It was when a student was hurt when he accidentally rolled from his upper bunk to the ground while sleeping last year.

The phone eventually stopped vibrating, but it stubbornly rang again two seconds later.

Ji Cha grabbed the small piece of metal with a little uncertainty and awkwardness, and then he lowered his head to see the caller’s name displayed on the screen: Wang Ergou.

What exactly is going on……?

He swiped in unfamiliar movements to answer the phone, but before he even put it by his ear, there was a loud male voice speaking in a hurry, “Ji Cha, the train will leave in half an hour, don’t tell me you are still in bed sleeping!”

“Train?” Ji Cha whispered softly, with a questioning tone. Where is the train coming from?

The nation’s transportation system has been entirely paralyzed less than a month after the emergence of the virus that brought the apocalypse, and the intricate transportation network such as a train was the first to die.

Wang Qinxue, on the other end of the line, heard Ji Cha’s stunned tone, and his voice suddenly climbed an octave, and he yelled, ” Ji Cha, are you serious? You’re going to miss the train because you were sleeping? Do you no longer wish to practice? Let me tell you, it’s not that easy to get this internship. Believe it or not, if you act like this on the first day, they can kick you out without saying anything.”

What seemed to be a recollection of long-term memories slowly poured into Ji Cha’s mind. This seems to be about two months before the end of the world. He just finished the second semester of his junior year and found a very good internship with his three dormmates. The three of them went by themselves that morning and made an appointment to meet at the train station. He overslept before receiving a call from Wang Qinxue, and when rushing to the train station, he accidentally lost his phone.

“I … you go, I won’t go.” Ji Cha returned to his senses and said to Wang Qinxue who was still anxiously urging on the other end of the phone.

Is he truly lucky enough go through a rebirth, or is the current situation a dream, or has he arrived in a parallel time and space? Regardless, Ji Cha doesn’t feel that he can really be happy.

Purgatory on earth is destined to come. Who would want to go through it all over again!

“What are you talking about?” On the other end of the line, Wang Qinxue thought Ji Cha was sleep-talking, so he paused and tried to soften his tone, “no, Ji Cha, you hurry up. It’s still not too late to take a taxi, and the school is only 20 minutes away from the train station…”

“I really don’t plan to go, Ergou … you guys …” Ji Cha climbed down from the top bunk while holding his mobile phone. He wanted to tell Wang Qinxue and the others not go either, but stopped without saying anything.

He just gave up an excellent internship opportunity that others would kill to get. That was crazy enough. Now, if he asks his roommates to give up this opportunity too, he’s afraid it would not just be considered crazy.

They are all poor students, and they want to seize every opportunity to take one step further. No one will be stupid enough to listen to his nonsense.

“Are you really not coming?” Wang Qinxue’s voice became calmer; he didn’t want to force Ji Cha. “Ji Cha, it’s a pity, really.”

“Yeah, I know.” Ji Cha had walked barefoot to the window at this moment, holding the curtain, he pulled it open. The sunlight outside the window was dazzling, illuminating the narrow bedroom in an instant. Under the blue sky, the green foliage waved softly outside the window, and the cicadas cried.

Ji Cha hung up the phone and put his palm on the glass sliding door. The sliding door isolated the temperature inside and outside, but still making it slightly hot. He looked at his hands, his fingers slender and the neatly trimmed nails still pink. They didn’t have the rough and dark appearance he had been familiar with for many years.

Did the apocalypse really happen? He entered the attached toilet in the room and stood in front of the small half wall of the mirror. The reflection showed a youth with his appearance still immature, but his expression perplexed, as if he had just woken up from a sleep and had a bad nightmare.

In his dream, he and his companions went to City A for an internship, but an ordinary trip suddenly became another experience with the sudden virus outbreak that swept the world at the end of the internship. Two of his dormmates were infected with the virus, and they almost ate him and Wang Qinxue when they woke up in the middle of the night from the noises. As the capital, City A is too densely populated, and the number of people who were not infected with the virus is less than half of those infected with the virus. He and Wang Qinxue tried their best to escape from City A. They ended up joining a team and staying with the same team for ten years. Human society has almost returned to its original state in the later few years.

Such primitiveness entails not only a separation from modern technology, but also the fragmentation of the concept of modern society, revealing the raw reality within.  Everyone wants to survive, everybody wants to live, and everybody is for themselves. In addition to small groups formed by families, suspicion and mistrust inevitably exist in larger settlements.

In the modern society, distrust can lead to emotional breakdown, business failure, or hypocrisy. However, during the last days, distrust can lead to murder, brutality, and sufferings.  You live with constant fear of someone might take away your supplies and even your life. So, for self-protection, it is better to take the other person out first.

In the face of survival, the word morality is meaningless, and the bottom line has shifted even more.

Ji Cha opened the glass door and took a deep breath. The lawn downstairs was just trimmed in the morning. At this moment, the air is mixed with a faint smell of grass, making him feel peaceful.

It seems to be just a terrible dream. Ji Cha touched his stomach, he’s a little hungry, but it wasn’t the endless hunger he was familiar with.

Ji Cha turned around and walked back into the dorm. On the balcony behind him, no one saw three or four sparrows falling weakly from the sky, twitching and twisting on the lawn.

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Translator has something to say:

Hello, hello, hello. This is Iron Thandar. Why iron, not steel? LOL If you’re an avid C-novel reader, you’d know what I mean 😉

Anyway, I’m a new translator. I’ve never done translating before and a little intimidated. Please let me know if there’s something I need to fix or improve. Appreciate constructive criticism at any time 🙂

As of now, I don’t have an update schedule. I’m still trying to figure things out. Thank you in advance for your understanding :D:D:D