Chapter 48 (1/2)
Chapter 48
That evening, just as darkness fell, the sounds of blood-curdling screams followed by the sound of gunshots and of people running around could be heard everywhere in the community. This chaos went on until around midnight before the situation slightly improved.
Hearing the sounds outside, Bai Jing lost his mood for sleeping. Instead, he simply went into his dimension and started wandering around, looking at the fertile medicine field, the fruits on the trees that were ready for harvest and the luxurious and comfortable villa. After seeing this, his mood instantly improved. He then went into the villa and took a comfortable bath before exiting his dimension and returning to his room.
Once inside his room, he neatly packed everything into his dimension, before giving the room a once over to see if he had missed anything. Since it was almost morning, he decided to go to the living room for a while and wait for everyone to wake up. He intended to leave this place as soon as daybreak came.
Bai Jing found himself sneering the moment he reached the living room; he hadn’t expected to find anyone else awake at this time.
He saw Li Yi carrying his son in his arms, spinning him around as Li Meng giggled non-stop. There were also a few other people around them who were holding some items in their hands while excitedly speaking to Li Meng. Bai Jing noticed that some people were holding cigars and bottles of wine, their eyes s.h.i.+ning brightly as they said: “This, this, and also this.”
“What are you doing?” Bai Jing raised an eyebrow as he asked. If he wasn’t mistaken, those cigars and alcohol were all owned by him.
“Hehe” Liu Wei laughed to cover his embarra.s.sment as he hid the cigars behind his back.
Bai Jing simply looked away from him. Didn’t he know the saying that the more you try to cover up your actions the more obvious they become?
Li Yi smiled so proudly that if he had a tail it would also be proudly lifted up in the air. He held his son in his arms as he flaunted: “Little Meng has awakened his powers.”
“Oh?” This was actually very good news. “What kind of power?” Bai Jing was also very delighted to hear this. Now that Li Meng has awakened his powers, his chances of survival in the future were even secure.
“A hidden dimension that can store many things.” Li Yi said with a smile and eyes that were br.i.m.m.i.n.g with joy.
Bai Jing’s heart ached. In fact, he would have preferred that little Meng develop an attack type power, like this, if he ever encountered zombies he would be able to sufficiently protect himself. In its early stages, the hidden dimension ability was more like an attractive but not very useful power. However, it should be said that to be able to awaken a power was still a positive thing. Plus, he couldn’t put down the child’s enthusiasm, so Bai Jing asked: “How much s.p.a.ce does it have?”
“It’s like a small room.” Li Meng said, a blush painting his small face and his big eyes flickering with a hint of shyness and expectation as he eagerly waited for Bai Jing’s praise.
“Not bad, little Meng is actually very powerful. Therefore, today I’m going to give you a very important mission, are you ready?” Bai Jing asked as
he smiled gently at the boy. When it was all said and done, little Meng was still a child so all his feelings were clearly written on his face.
“Yes!” Little Meng clenched his fists and nodded his head firmly.
Li Yi rubbed his son’s head and then explained: “There’s about ten square meters.” Little Meng was only eight years old this year, so he still didn’t know how to calculate square meters. Li Yi was only able to guess the size of the dimension based on little Meng’s random descriptions.
Bai Jing was actually quite impressed. Compared to other children little Meng was actually able to develop his abilities, and on top of that, the dimension was ten square meter which was a very good size. He pointed around the house and said: “Teach him how to cla.s.sify the things that go into the dimension. Today the task of collecting the supplies in the house will be left to little Meng, show him how to choose between what is necessary to take along and what is not.”
Little Meng was very pleased. He slightly raised his chest and lifted his small face as he thought that he was now an adult, and could also help his dad and everyone else. He was very happy about this.
Li Yi heard the orders, took hold of his child and immediately got to work. The others also heard Bai Jing’s words and so they quickly grabbed more cigars and alcohol then hurriedly said: “By all means, you mustn’t leave these behind.”
Bai Jing found them to be so ridiculous that he didn’t even bother correcting them. Instead, he lay on the sofa and closed his eye preparing to rest a little bit. However, even before he could do that, Xiao Sa opened the door and walked into the room, his eyes looking exhausted.
Bai Jing frowned lightly. Hadn’t Xiao Sa been resting?
“Good morning, Elder brother.” The people in the room all stood up and called out in greeting.
Xiao Sa nodded then sat next to Bai Jing and opened a map in his hands. He said in a serious voice: “Yesterday I researched online and found that here and here, these several highways are a no go, and here, this city is also a no go. The virus outbreak is too serious in those places. I’ve already memorized this route, the rest of you should also carefully read and memorize the route, and then suggest if there’s anything else that needs to be added.”
“Hehe, there’s no such thing as us adding our opinions. Elder brother is the one who has the final say.” Liu Wei rubbed his head abashedly as he said this. They were only a bunch of rough and uncultured men, how would they ever be able to understand such complicated matters. The rest of the men in the room also did not disagree with Liu Wei’s words.
Bai Jing’s heart complained since he was a little worried about the fact that Xiao Sa hadn’t slept for several days, let alone counting the time when he was searching for Bai Jing. He had also heard that Xiao Sa hadn’t slept for several days and nights back then.
Taking note of Bai Jing’s gaze, Xiao Sa smiled gently and said: “I’m fine, I can also rest in the car.”
Bai Jing remained silent and only nodded his head in response. After
After a while, one after another, the rest of the men also woke up.
After a few days of being around each other, everyone had already gotten used to the shocking sight of Xiao Sa smiling. Now they only praised Bai Jing’s immense abilities, which were even capable of melting the iceberg.
After hurriedly eating breakfast, Li Meng packed up the items in the house that they’d be taking along with them, and then Bai Jing announced their departure.
As soon as the door was opened, they were immediately hit by the cold air from the outside. The temperature had dropped even more since yesterday. Everyone’s heart sank. According to the current weather, it’s possible that after a few days there really would be a snowstorm in June.
Bai Jing took Xiao Sa’s hand and headed straight to the RV.