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Chapter 202: The Senior Commander

Ning Shu walked to the school doctor uncle's side and asked, "Uncle, what do we do now? We're lower cla.s.s people so we don't even have a place to stay."

It was already kind of the base to accept 'lower cla.s.s people,' so they usually only gave them some simple supplies, or provided a few very crowded and small houses.

Wolf and the rest had already left since they had been given much better lodgings and supplies.

However, Ning Shu and the uncle were in a sadder situation.

The uncle didn't mind at all and walked straight into the base. Ning Shu hastily followed after him.

"Wait here for me, I'm going to deal with some things first. Wait right here alright? Don't run around and just wait for me to come back." After saying this, the school doctor uncle turned and left.

Ning Shu waited obediently without moving for the uncle to come back. She looked around and saw that everyone that pa.s.sed by all had one of two expressions.

One was a very dark and lifeless expression. Their eyes were completely dim as if they couldn't see any sort of future. They seemed almost like walking corpses.

The others gave off a very strong and powerful aura. Most of these people had awakened special abilities, so their expressions were all smug and self-satisfied.

Those who had awakened their special abilities looked at Ning Shu with probing gazes as if they were trying to determine whether she was one of them.

"Daisy?" A voice came from behind her. Ning Shu turned around and saw that a person in military uniform was walking over with a surprised expression. When he reached her, he remarked, "You're still alive?"

Ning Shu knew due to the original host's memories that this middle-aged man was the senior commander of the special forces. Ning Shu was surprised and a little happy to see this senior commander. She greeted him respectfully, "Senior Commander."

"Where are the rest?" The senior commander asked as he looked at Ning Shu.

Ning Shu replied, "Wolf and the others are already back, but we lost two people."

The senior commander's eyes filled with a rare trace of gentleness. He sighed and said, "Not long after you guys left, our nation fell apart."

Ning Shu didn't know what she should say. After thinking about it a little, she took out the gene essence and handed it to the senior commander. "This is the gene essence I found. Wolf and the others don't know about this."

The senior commander shook his head and said, "You should keep it for yourself. Have you awakened your special ability?"

"Humans are now able to awaken their special abilities on their own so there's not much use for the gene essence anymore. If you haven't awakened your special ability, then just use the gene essence to awaken it." The senior commander had a melancholic expression on his face. "The apocalypse world is very cruel. You have to protect yourself well."

When Ning Shu heard this, she couldn't help but sigh. This man had taken the original host out from an orphanage and raised her while teaching her essential skills. He was probably the most important person in the original host's heart.

"Senior Commander, you should take this gene essence. This is Daisy's first mission, Daisy really wants to complete the task that Senior Commander had entrusted," said Ning Shu earnestly as she gave the gene essence to the senior commander.

The senior commander didn't try to dissuade her anymore and took the gene essence. Then he asked, "Do you have a place to stay yet?"

Ning Shu shook her head and said, "Not yet. I don't know where I should stay."

"Let me arrange a place for you," said the senior commander.

Ning Shu was just about to nod when she heard the school doctor uncle's voice. "Daisy."

Ning Shu and the senior commander looked towards the school doctor uncle. He was taking long, elegant strides in this direction, causing his large, black windbreaker to lift with his movements. His presence seemed to make everything around fade in comparison. He was probably the only one who possessed such a strong aura.

The school doctor uncle soon reached Ning Shu. Ning Shu said in introduction, "Uncle, this is my senior commander."

The school doctor uncle glanced at the smile on Ning Shu's face, then reached out to shake the senior commander's hand. "h.e.l.lo."

The senior commander scrutinized the school doctor uncle's face with furrowed brows. "You look familiar."

The school doctor uncle didn't respond and just lifted his hand to show Ning Shu a key. "I found a place to stay."

#comment: That moment when the school doctor repeatedly tells Ning Shu to wait right here… Then when he called out to Ning Shu when he saw her talking to another man. Then when he shook hands with the senior commander despite his mysophobia because Ning Shu was smiling. Aaah, I so s.h.i.+p the school doctor uncle with Ning Shu!!! Even though they don't really match! But I love it when he bullies Ning Shu~ :3

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Chapter 203: Highest Quality, You Know

The school doctor uncle had been able to find a place to stay after just taking a stroll. As she looked at the key the school doctor uncle held, she said, "Uncle, I've found a place to stay. Senior Commander said that he would find me a place to stay."

This senior commander was a trustworthy person and was like a father to the original host. This was why Ning Shu instinctively felt close to the senior commander.

When the school doctor uncle heard this, he lifted his brows and looked at the middle-aged senior commander. "You've found a place for this girl?"

Before the senior commander could reply, the school doctor uncle said to Ning Shu, "This room is the highest quality in the base you know."

Ning Shu blinked, then responded, "Thanks ah, Uncle."

Ning Shu felt that she shouldn't bother the uncle anymore since he had already helped her a lot on the way here.

The senior commander patted Ning Shu's shoulder and said, "Since you have a companion, then you should just go with your companion. Although I'm a high ranking official in this base, it's really not good for me to use my connections for private matters. The apocalypse world is very harsh, it's good to have someone to rely on."

After the senior commander said that, he folded his hands behind his back and left just like that. Just like that…

Ning Shu stiffly turned around and said awkwardly, "My senior commander has quite a sense of humor."

The school doctor uncle closed his hand around the key, then glanced at Ning Shu and sneered, "Hopeless."

Ning Shu awkwardly followed after the school doctor uncle until they arrived at a residential building. This place really was quite nice.

"Uncle ah, how did you get this room?" asked Ning Shu.

The uncle opened the door, then swept a glance at Ning Shu. "You want to know?"

"It's not something you can tell?" A scene of murdering and s.n.a.t.c.hing immediately appeared in Ning Shu's mind. This sort of thing was extremely common in the apocalypse world. After all, strength was law.

As Ning Shu and the uncle talked, the door next to them opened and a person came out. When they saw each other, they were stunned.

Ning Shu was astonished by the uncle's planning skill for having even chosen the room right next to the female lead-sama. Meanwhile, Phoenix was shocked at the fact that two lower cla.s.s people without special abilities had been able to get a room here.

Phoenix sized up Ning Shu and the school doctor uncle as she asked, "Why are you guys here?"

Ning Shu shrugged. She didn't know either? When she saw that Phoenix looked as if she had just swallowed a fly, she felt depressed. Why weren't they allowed to be here? Phoenix was acting as if them being here was dirtying her air.

The school doctor uncle swept his gaze over Phoenix indifferently, then pulled Ning Shu into the room by her elbow. The door slammed with a 'bang.' Phoenix, who was left outside, was furious.

They were just lower cla.s.s people that didn't even have abilities! That man had looked down on her from the start, but even after she had awakened her special ability, that man still paid no attention to her.

The plain truth was that Phoenix's attempts to charm the school doctor uncle had been thwarted so she started feeling resentment towards him.

Why didn't you fall for me? What right did you have to not fall for me!? Phoenix's heart was filled with complaints.

Ning Shu sized up the room. Before the apocalypse, this sort of room could only count as simple. It also wasn't very large, at most it was only seventy to eighty square meters. However, in the current conditions, this room was very nice and could count as a grand residence.

After all, the base was only oh so big and had to house a huge amount of people. The fact that they were able to get a room to themselves was already a grand luxury.

Ning Shu became even more curious about how the uncle got this room.

"I'm going to shower," said the school doctor uncle to Ning Shu. Then he bent down a little and walked into the bathroom. The bathroom door was a little low so the school doctor uncle had to bend down a little every time he walked in and out.

#comment: "The school doctor uncle had been able to find a place to stay after just taking a stroll" Ning Shu, you really need to learn from him.