Farming in the Apocalypse: My Assassin Wife is Super Gentle 13

Chapter 13: Compromised and Leaned Over

Through the faint moonlight from outside the door, Zhang Can’er vaguely saw Wan Feng sitting by the door, keeping watch. She got up from the table, tiptoed over to Wan Feng’s side, and whispered, “Let me take over for you. You go get some sleep.”

Wan Feng knew she was awake the moment she got up, so she didn’t react much.

Hearing Zhang Can’er’s words, she didn’t refuse but asked with some concern, “How are you? Are you feeling unwell?”

“No, I probably just used my skill too much and passed out from exhaustion. I’m fine after a nap. Why don’t you go sleep where I was?” Zhang Can’er said truthfully.

Wan Feng shook her head. “I’ll just sit here and doze off for a bit.”

“How can you do that? You’re not made of iron. I’ll go get the quilt. You can lean on me and sleep for a while.”

With that, Zhang Can’er walked to the table, picked up the air-conditioning quilt, and sat down beside Wan Feng. Without another word, she draped the quilt over her, then patted her own shoulder, signaling for Wan Feng to lean over.

Wan Feng stared at her for a moment, then finally compromised and leaned over, gently closing her eyes. Her nose was instantly filled with a faint medicinal fragrance. She didn’t dislike this scent; on the contrary, she liked it very much, even found it somewhat captivating.

Before long, she fell into a deep sleep.

The night passed without incident. After the sky brightened, the group cooked the entire bag of opened noodles. After cleaning up the day before, they had discovered that the power was out. No power meant no water, as the well water needed electricity to be pumped up. So, the group didn’t dare to waste water, drinking every last drop of the noodle broth.

They also boiled some water and filled all the water bottles they had collected.

After doing all this, the group began to discuss the route to Starshine City and then think of a way to get a working car.

“We definitely can’t take the highway to Starshine City, and don’t even think about the city roads. They’re probably even more chaotic than the highway. We can only choose to take the small paths,” Xiao Feng said in a solemn voice.

“But taking the small paths will take an extra day. I’m afraid if we delay too long, Starshine City will stop accepting survivors,” Xiao Hao said.

“It’s only two days, how is that long? Including today, it’s only been a little over a week since the apocalypse broke out. How could Starshine City not accept survivors?” Xiao Feng shot her a look, her tone dismissive.

Xiao Li, sitting next to Xiao Feng, suddenly spoke up. “By the way, if we just head to Starshine City like this, what if it has already fallen? Wouldn’t we have made the trip for nothing?”

Wan Feng glanced at her, thought for a moment, and then said, “Starshine City won’t fall. Even if it were about to, the Federation wouldn’t let it fall so quickly. At the very least, they would make it hold out for a few months to give the Federation time to react and make adequate preparations to deal with the Mutants.”

Hearing this, everyone turned to look at her. Xiao Li frowned and asked the question everyone wanted to ask, “Who exactly are you? Why do you know so much about the Federation?”

Wan Feng ignored her question. Silence was her best answer.

Seeing that she wasn’t speaking again, the others didn’t say anything either and soon returned to their heated discussion.

Zhang Can’er didn’t join their debate. Instead, she sat down beside Wan Feng and asked in a gentle voice, “Does Sister Feng have any good suggestions?”

Wan Feng turned her head to look at her, stared at her for a moment, then looked away again. She lowered her head as if in thought. After a long while, she spoke, “My suggestion is not to look for a vehicle, but to walk there directly. As for the route, I’ve already planned it out. Although walking will take a lot of time, it’s the safest option.”

Hearing this, Zhang Can’er frowned. “Why?”

“There are only a few routes to drive from Phantom Star Village to Starshine City. Which route do you think others will take? Do you think others can’t think of what we can? No matter how remote the road, it’s bound to have been jam-packed within this week.”

At this point, Wan Feng looked up at Zhang Can’er, her expression serious. “There’s another, most important reason. Cars can’t drive fast on these kinds of roads. Take driving from this residential area to the national highway, for example. The few roads here are all very difficult to drive on. There are countless abandoned cars on the roads, and the number of Mutants following behind the cars will only increase. In the end, it will only lead to the destruction of the car and the death of its occupants.”

Zhang Can’er looked at Wan Feng’s tightly furrowed brow and the fear in her eyes and voiced her guess, “You… tried it, didn’t you?”

Wan Feng took a deep breath, suppressing the emotions in her heart. The memory of almost being surrounded and killed by those Mutants made her shudder.

For an assassin who had been calm and composed for many years to feel fear, one could only imagine how dangerous it must have been.

“Mhm,” Wan Feng responded softly.

Zhang Can’er stared at her for a moment, then lowered her head in thought. If even Wan Feng couldn’t break through alone, what chance did they have? And seeing the fear in Wan Feng’s expression, she knew that she must have been on the brink of death at that time, perhaps even having stepped into the gates of hell.

But how did Wan Feng break out? Thinking of this, Zhang Can’er couldn’t help but look at the unharmed Wan Feng. If it was so dangerous then, how did she get out? And without being scratched or infected.

Thinking of this, Zhang Can’er asked, “Then how did you break out at that time?”

Wan Feng acted as if she hadn’t heard, continuing to look down, as if lost in some memory. But after a long while, Wan Feng spoke, her voice trembling slightly.

“After leaving your house, I went up the mountain, followed the mountain path all the way to the main village path, then went down to the small path, and snuck through the paddy fields. Then I found a car on the side of the main road. After starting the car, I drove according to the route I had planned on the road.”

Wan Feng paused here for a long while before continuing, “But, but after I had driven on several routes, I found that every road was blocked by those abandoned cars. I had no choice but to drive on a remote road, but there were more abandoned vehicles there than on any of the regular main roads.

“In my panic, when I wanted to turn back, the Mutants that had been chasing me all swarmed up. The car was knocked over by them. If I hadn’t reacted in time to protect my head, I might have passed out then.

“And just when I thought I was going to die, all those Mutants suddenly left. When I cautiously got out, I found a few more bodies on the road I had come from, and a wrecked van.”

Wan Feng covered her face with her hands, slightly suppressing the panic in her heart, and continued, “Because I hadn’t driven far on that road, I went back the way I came. I entered the mountain forest next to that main road, cleared out the few wandering Mutants inside, and stayed there temporarily. Later, I saw you all on the platform and went to get you.”

Before Zhang Can’er could process what she had heard, an angry voice came from the group, which had fallen silent at some point.

“So you were the one who led all those Mutants to the side of the road? And you led those two Progenitors there too, didn’t you?” Xiao Feng glared at Wan Feng and questioned her.

Wan Feng kept her head down, neither admitting nor denying it.

“I was wondering why she was so kind as to help us. It turns out she was the one who caused all this!” Xiao Hou said, also glaring at Wan Feng.