Chapter 35 : C35
The cafeteria was at the center of the entire base.
Chi Ying could smell it from a distance, it wasn’t the fast food they usually cooked, but the real fresh dishes.
“Take a plate,” Gu Chi led her into the cafeteria, and walked toward the stack of silver plates placed at the entrance.
The food was not very rich, there was no meat, but the fruits and vegetables were freshly picked. Although it was not as exquisite and delicious as before the apocalypse, it was definitely a very rare luxury.
After choosing the dishes, she chose a seat to sit. After a while, Gu Chi also came over with a plate and sat opposite her.
“Captain Ye, isn’t this Captain Gu?” A male voice sounded from behind.
Gu Chi pinched the chopsticks with his fingertips.
“Ah, that’s true,” another voice seemed a little surprised.
“Captain Gu, long time no see.”
Gu Chi was quite familiar with that voice, it was Ye Wuhan’s voice.
He raised his eyebrows slightly.
Professor Yu was really right, he ran into him.
Chi Ying on the opposite side raised her head. There were three people standing next to them, two men and one woman, and the one on the far left was an ordinary-looking man who should be Ye Wuhan’s teammate.
As for Ye Wuhan in the front, his appearance could barely be considered handsome. His facial features were to the extent that one would turn their head and glance again, but that was all.
On the contrary, standing beside him was a girl in a white dress. She stood there quietly with her eyes downcast, as if she had come from the sky without eating fireworks.
The corners of Ye Wuhan’s lips curled up, and a simple black pendant hung around his neck.
The system popped up out of nowhere: [That’s Ye Wuhan’s golden finger.]
Chi Ying wondered, “Isn’t the golden finger his ability?”
[No! That pendant is called the spiritual spring space, and inside it is a very powerful space with a whole piece of spiritual spring.]
[The spiritual spring has a miraculous effect on those who have awakened their ability, and could greatly increase it. Ye Wuhan’s powerful ability was also due to the long-term use of the spiritual spring.]
Chi Ying then took a few more glances at the black pendant.
“I don’t seem to have seen you come here to eat before, why did you suddenly come today?” Gu Chi said casually without even raising his eyes.
Ye Wuhan’s expression became stiff for a moment.
He was used to the food in the spiritual spring space on weekdays, how could he go to the cafeteria to eat those things? Didn’t they go there on purpose because they heard that Gu Chi was coming back?
After being pointed out by Gu Chi, his complexion was not very good-looking. But then he thought of something, and relaxed again.
Forget it, Gu Chi was just an ability holder whose ability had not surpassed the seventh-level… He had no need to get angry at this kind of innocuous irony.
Regaining his demeanor, he took the two dinner plates held by his teammate on the left. There were only a few vegetable leaves in them, which seemed to be put in reluctantly. It showed that he disliked the food.
After taking them, he put the two plates that didn’t contain much on the table next to Gu Chi.
It was also at that time that he noticed Chi Ying who was sitting opposite, with most of the plate of food in front of her.
The astonishment in Ye Wuhan’s eyes flashed.
Her beauty was not inferior to Yun Ling.
Since when did Gu Chi have such a person by his side? Why had he never heard of her?
His eyes shifted to Chi Ying’s full dinner plate, and he squinted frivolously, unable to hide his pride.
After all, she was just an ordinary woman. Although her appearance was good, she was still too far behind Yun Ling.
“Yun Ling, sit opposite,” he looked at the girl in a white dress, and subconsciously lowered his voice.
The girl called Yun Ling didn’t answer, but nodded slightly. She walked to the opposite position, which happened to be on Chi Ying’s left.
[Host, this is the female lead, Yun Ling.]
Chi Ying didn’t have any unexpected emotions that time. Compared to Ye Wuhan, she looked like a female lead.
The system glanced at Ye Wuhan, and reluctantly said: [Actually, the male lead is not too ordinary. His body and appearance are good.]
Chi Ying: “Oh~”
She didn’t refute, but just looked up at the expressionless Gu Chi. She whispered to the system in her heart, “This male lead is not as good as one-tenth of Gu Chi!”
Chi Ying didn’t shy away from it, Gu Chi noticed her fiery gaze, and his body stiffened inexplicably.
He didn’t dare to look at her, but just took a big mouthful of vegetables and stuffed them into his mouth, as if that would ease the embarrassment a little.
Seeing that, Chi Ying was full of praise, “Look, he has a good appetite!”
System: [……]
The system was silent. In such a comparison, Ye Wuhan seemed to be a bit self-inflicted.
It decided to let Ye Wuhan go, save some face for the male lead, and changed the subject.
It told Chi Ying about Yun Ling: [The female lead is not actually a normal human being.]
Chi Ying: “Not a human… What is she?”
[She is Ye Wuhan’s golden finger. In other words, she is the spirit body born from that pendant, a collection of consciousness with a physical body.]
Seeing that Chi Ying didn’t react much, the system couldn’t help asking: [Host, aren’t you surprised?]
Chi Ying: “Not really.”
Anyway, as an NPC, she was not considered a human being.
[……Makes sense.]