Chapter 33: Short-term Task Package
It should be due to his supernatural ability.
But this posture was really a bit embarrassing. Yu Yue couldn’t help but want to act more natural, slowly removing her hand from her pants.
Suddenly, she felt the coolness around her waist slide down a bit.
Her heart skipped a beat, and her hand pressed onto the young man’s firm forearm.
“Eek”
The danger was gone, and Su Huan’s mood lightened considerably. He couldn’t help but want to tease her.
In a casual tone, “It’ll heal faster with ice. The clothes are covering it—lift them up a bit.”
“Oh, okay, okay.”
Yu Yue realized she had overthought it. Feeling conflicted and embarrassed, she grabbed the hem of her ginger-yellow clothes and pulled it up a bit. She sighed inwardly— she already had a daughter, so why was she still being so coy about something small like this.
“The belt is too tight—loosen it a bit.”
Su Huan tugged at her pants. Her plump hips caught on the jeans, leaving no room at all.
Because she had misunderstood Su Huan before, she hesitated but still loosened the belt a bit.
Looking at the obedient woman, Su Huan’s lips curved up.
The cool palm lifted up, leaving only one index finger touching the skin, sliding along the smooth skin up the side of her waist by about a dozen centimeters.
The tingling and icy stimulation from her nerve endings made Yu Yue bite her lower lip tightly.
She felt something was off, but Su Huan’s finger stopped just before reaching the forbidden zone. If it went up just a little more, even one centimeter, she would immediately stop it.
But now… he was kindly helping her with ice to reduce the swelling, and here she was being suspicious. What was there to agonize over? Be brave!
Yu Yue thought in a daze, completely forgetting whose claws had left the bruises on her waist.
The cool fingertip lingered for only a moment before the whole palm was placed flat, going up a bit more.
“Hiss~”
Yu Yue sucked in a breath of cold air.
Is this the spot?
It seems like it should be a bit lower…
But the conflicted woman wasn’t sure either—the feelings of cold and pain sometimes got mixed up.
Su Huan looked down at this silly Aunt Yu, an inexplicable smile on his face that he couldn’t suppress.
The palm gradually slid downward.
Aunt Yu not only had a timid personality, but her figure was surprisingly plump and rounded—unlike those women in the apocalypse who always had some edges, either calluses on shoulders and elbows or overly prominent hip bones from hunger.
Her pores contracted gradually under the icy stimulation, making her skin even smoother, like the finest satin.
The palm glided over her soft waist, slightly past her hips, stopping at the upper rear buttocks without crossing the line.
But the sensation here was already plenty full.
To make the bruises fade faster, Su Huan repeated it four or five times, each time expanding the range a little for better treatment effect.
“Mom, are you still up there?”
Her daughter’s voice suddenly rang out.
Yu Yue jumped in fright, suddenly realizing that her waistline and half of her round buttocks were exposed. Her cheeks flushed red, and she quickly dropped her clothes, stepping back to put distance between her and Su Huan.
‘I should have expanded the scouting range to this carriage.’
She regretted inwardly.
The sweet scent of sugar-roasted chestnuts lingering at the tip of his nose suddenly faded. Su Huan shook his head, reining in his unusual feelings, and put on his habitual fake smile again.
Yu Yue looked up and glimpsed his distant eyes, a ripple of inexplicable sadness rising in her heart.
“It’s so dark up there—I can’t see you guys,” Yu Jing said faintly.
“There was a very scary snake-shaped mutated beast chasing us, but it couldn’t catch up and left.”
Yu Yue said, struck by a flash of inspiration.
“Good thing it didn’t catch up.”
Yu Jing walked over.
Su Huan narrowed his eyes and glanced at Yu Jing’s clear eyes, then looked back at Yu Yue, who had obviously let out a sigh of relief. He chuckled inwardly.
Clearly so silly, yet always pretending to be calm in front of her daughter.
He raised his wristwatch and saw that half an hour had already passed.
Looking up at Yu Jing, he said, “Tell Liang Kuan not to run anymore. Prepare to reverse back, and have Wang He and the others get ready—we’ll head out together in a bit.”
Yu Jing raised an eyebrow. “Aren’t there mutated beasts chasing us from behind?”
“They’re aquatic mutated beasts after all. Though some can come ashore due to evolution, they’re more accustomed to aquatic environments. Once the inducer smell dissipates, they’ll go back.”
Su Huan explained simply.
After about fifty minutes, the train finally reversed back to about one kilometer from the water plant.
Compared to going forward, reversing took more time.
Su Huan planned to add another front of the train to the platform next time and hang it at the back specifically for reversing.
That way, escaping would be more convenient.
Perhaps he could think bigger—install a power carriage every three to five or six to seven carriages.
Distributed power layout.
This would double the armored train’s load capacity, and the armor thickness could double too.
30mm steel armor—just thinking about it gave a super sense of security.
While Su Huan was lost in wild thoughts, the group had gathered in Carriage 2.
He looked up and scanned everyone, then said calmly, “The inducer dissipates in about half an hour, while high-level mutated beasts’ scent lingers for about three hours. It’s been an hour and a half now, so we have another hour and a half.”
“That means if we go now, we’ll only encounter some lingering mutated beasts and scattered zombies.”
“Next, I’ll say this once: for all outings, no matter how hot it is, wear a jacket. No large areas of exposed skin, and the jacket and inner shirt must be separate.”
“Otherwise, follow commands, no panicking, no startling at every little thing.”
When saying the last sentence, Su Huan’s gaze fixed on Yu Yue.
Only after seeing her nod did he continue, “This outing task is to transport the water purifier. Personnel as follows: Qi Xiao Ba, Yu Jing, and Wan Xing stay on the train. Liang Kuan, Yu Yue, and I will carry out the task. Yu Yue handles perception scouting, Liang Kuan handles defense and support. Any problems?”
Hearing Su Huan’s clear and logical arrangement, everyone shook their heads.
“Xiao Ba guards the storage carriage. Wan Xing continues extracting general energy crystals. Yu Jing, you need to speed up.”
“Evolving within 1-3 crystals is safe. Over three general energy crystals, the failure rate increases greatly.”
Su Huan emphasized.
“I’ll be quick.”
Yu Jing’s phoenix eyes lifted slightly, showing a bit of seriousness.
Su Huan took three palm-sized small bags from the wall behind him, unzipped them, and poured out some miscellaneous items.
There was water and food, as well as a very familiar cylindrical object.
Su Huan introduced, “This is the short-term task pack I prepared. Remember to bring one next time you go out: one bag of 1000ml saline solution, a small pack of dried beef. But this beef isn’t for you to eat—it’s to lure away sensitive-nosed mutated beasts at critical moments.”
