The Most Random System

"Gurgle——" An untimely sound emitted from Ye Jing's stomach.

Starving.

"Can I eat it?" Ye Jing looked up at Lin Li, but her gaze remained fixed on the chocolate as she spoke.

"Little cat, you can eat a cheese hamburger." Lin Li nodded.

Ye Jing didn't get the joke, but she only knew Lin Li nodded.

Slightly trembling fingers hooked the edge of the mask, hesitating for a moment before finally pulling it down.

Ye Jing's features indeed had a touch of maturity, with traces of former beauty in her brows and eyes, but several hideous scars ruined all that, like ugly centipedes crawling across her face.

Her lips were chapped. Clearly, she should be ravenous, but she restrained herself, slowly tore open the package, and took a careful little bite of the chocolate. As it melted on her tongue, her eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a faint smile.

Unfortunately, the scars twisted grotesquely with the movement of her facial muscles, making them even more glaring.

It seems that even with powers, the survival situation at Ye Jing's refuge was still not good.

"Aren't you afraid I'd poison it?" Lin Li joked.

"Doesn't matter, it'd be worth it even if I died." Enjoying the wonderful taste of the food, Ye Jing said, her voice slightly hoarse.

Lin Li hadn't expected the chocolate to have such a powerful effect.

But perhaps it was also his privilege to think nothing of eating minced meat.

Truly surviving for two years in the apocalypse, he might be even less capable than Ye Jing.

She probably hadn't eaten such food in a long, long time, and who knows what they're eating now.

"Ye Jing, let me share a survival tip with you: don't eat things given by strangers because they might be drugged. But you can actively ask or snatch food from strangers; that way, they won't have time to drug it." Lin Li said with a smile.

In a "whoosh," Lin Li's box was 'snatched' in front of Ye Jing.

"Thanks."

Indeed, she learned fast.

But Lin Li didn't mind. There was still a bit in his bag, and to him, it wasn't worth much, so he took out a bottle of electrolyte drink and handed it to her.

"Your world is so blissful..." She took the drink and sighed softly.

"Oh right, Ye Jing, later Miss Beauty and I plan to make a hot dinner... What time is it now? Anyway, in the evening, I'm going to cook a dish. If you want, you can join us and share." Lin Li mentioned casually.

"Miss Beauty is..." Ye Jing's voice stopped abruptly as she looked at the zombie head in the snakeskin bag, halting her words.

She still couldn't get used to calling a genderless zombie "Miss Beauty."

Then Ye Jing's voice grew more perplexed: "You're making it together with her? How does she cook? Do you actually have the ability to revive zombies?"

"Of course not, but I've already thought it through," Lin Li immediately introduced his idea to Ye Jing. "Does your world have a method to make meat soup? Later, I plan to make a pork soup. Look, this is the pork I brought."

Lin Li took out the fresh pork from his bag to show Ye Jing and continued to introduce:

"This is the original pork. Pork soup needs minced meat, so I need to mince it. This is where Miss Beauty can come in. Her bones, once cleaned, can perfectly serve as the original wooden hammer. I'll use it for pounding."

The system task required him and Miss Beauty to jointly prepare and enjoy a dish. If this didn't count as co-creation, Lin Li didn't know what would. Without Miss Beauty, it really wouldn't work.

Ye Jing: "o.o?——o.O?——O.o?——O.O?"

Is this something a human could say?

Are people from another world really that terrifying?

"I'm not sure I dare to eat it," Ye Jing confessed.

"Don't worry, I've thought about that too. I brought cling film. When cooking, of course, gloves must be worn, and the bones won't contact the food, and bacteria won't be an issue," Lin Li explained.

Lin Li would never really eat anything related to zombies just for a task.

When the time comes, a bit of pounding would suffice.

"Let's just say we'll see when the time comes." Ye Jing left herself a way out.

She slowly and carefully finished eating the chocolate bar, but only that bar, and then refolded the chocolate wrapper and put it back in the box.

She then looked at Lin Li: "Lin Li, you'll be our savior."

"Overly high praise, just fulfilling needs mutually, I can save time too." Lin Li waved his hand.

Searching aimlessly here was also tiring, not nearly as satisfying as earning thirty million in one go.

"Is your refuge far from here?" Lin Li asked.

"Not too far. At my speed, I can return in about half an hour, but I came across the buildings, almost in a straight line. If walking the roads on the ground, it would take about an hour." Ye Jing answered and, after hesitating a bit, added:

"By the way, Lin Li, I hope you understand that I can't take you back directly. I need to discuss with the others at the refuge first; I can't make decisions alone."

"That's fine, and actually, I had no intention of going back with you. After all, I don't know anything about the people in your refuge, and I don't trust them. I was just pondering when to tell you this."

Lin Li hadn't let down his guard. Although presumably, there was no necessary conflict point between the people in the refuge and himself, since even if they killed him, they couldn't gain anything, Lin Li was always prepared to leave and remain in an invincible position.