Chapter 19: Upgrading
Lilian Mo and her two companions would stop from time to time during the ride to kill mutants in the road.
Each time Mu Qingqing and Mizuki Rei was able to kill ten mutants, she would reward them with snacks and all sorts of food.
Because food was scarce in the apocalypse and the two were foodies, they immediately took the bait and became motivated, bashing through skulls and kernels with vigor.
On the other hand, Lilian Mo would quietly sip her chocolate milk while supervising them.
She would fight from time to time when the two people were tired but it was all cleanup and nothing more. They were lucky to get three more resins in the process.
This kept on for five more days. Lilian Mo made sure that they eat three times a day and one apple a day each. Nutrition was essential due to constantly fighting against mutants. Even more so due to the fluctuating weather.
There were days when it was too hot and days when it was too cold.
At first, Mu Qingqing had a hard time keeping up since the girl was pampered from birth but one word from Lilian Mo and a few bribes containing good food was enough to to motivate her.
Mizuki Rei wasn't as hard to manage because he understood the situation very well and growing stronger was the only way to survive in the apocalypse.
Lilian Mo did not forget to call him 'Mr. Ling' or 'Old Ling' from time to time since he was the oldest in the group. Physically at least. Lilian Mo was still mentally older.
While they were staying at an apartment, Lilian Mo was cooking braised pork and two vegetable dishes. Mizuki Rei was on the living room, doing pushups while Mu Qingqing was sitting on his back cross legged.
"Momo, I'm hungry~" The girl complained.
"Just a minute. I'm almost done." Lilian Mo said.
After ten more minutes, they gathered around the table.
"Thank you for the food," they chorused before digging in.
"Momo's cooking is really top notch! Momo would make a good wife someday!" Mu Qingqing praised with a mouthful of meat, making Lilian Mo smile. She flicked the girl's nose.
"Little girl, don't talk when your mouth is full."
Mu Qingqing smiled and nodded, obeying like a domesticated puppy as she batted her peach blossom eyes cutely. Lilian Mo shook her head.
She felt like she was raising a child.
"Qingqing, eat more meat. You're going to need it." Mizuki Rei who was eating vinegar became more attentive to his role as the girl's fiancé.
Although he respected Lilian Mo for her strength, there were times when he would get jealous at her because Mu Qingqing would pay more attention to her.
'Mother, I feel like the third party here.. wooo...Qingqing, praise me, too.'
Mizuki Rei felt more depressed when his little fiancée kept talking to Lilian Mo and ignored him. He couldn't help but glare at his rival with determined eyes.
He swore he would overpower this scary girl and become number one in Qingqing's eyes!
Lilian Mo did not know his thoughts and was calmly eating her share while listening to Mu Qingqing's chatter.
During the night, they slept soundly and kept a strict schedule of sleeping before nine and waking up as early as six.
Lilian Mo would wake up much earlier to clean the mutants around the area before taking a shower and cooking breakfast.
The smell of freshly cooked food would wake her two sleeping pigs and the two would get up on their own without Lilian Mo exerting any effort.
Mealtime was their favorite time. Getting to eat good food after fighting a group of ugly mutants always brightened their day.
Sometimes they would stop in the road and eat around a pile of dead bodies.
At first, her two companions couldn't stomach the sight but as time passed by, they were able to adapt. They didn't mind eating apples while leaning on the car, a severed head under their boots.
In the apocalypse, there was no room to be squeamish. They need to get used to killing these monsters and to adapt under certain harsh conditions.
They also have a tacit understanding. Each time the weather would drop and turn cold, they would go to pick up warm coats from the trunk and get back outside to fight. When the weather was scorching hot, they would remove their thick outer wears and go out to fight again.
Lilian Mo took care of them meticulously. She monitored their bodies' condition and would call them back if they couldn't take the weather anymore. She would give them a water bottle to hydrate themselves and some snacks to keep their stomach from getting hungry.
"Momo is like a mother hen." Mu Qingqing said once, hugging Lilian Mo with a happy smile on her face. She had upgraded to Level one after a week and a half while Mizuki Rei was stuck, eating her dust.
He has more battle experience but a wind ability user like him could not compare to a fast upgrading strength ability user.
"Why did Qingqing level up while I'm still stuck and without a level?" Mizuki Rei felt wronged as he paced around, trying to think whether his efforts were still lacking.
He immediately got back to meditating, absorbing the wind elements in the air.
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