Chapter 79

Drip, drip, drip... Drip, drip...

In a state of oxygen deprivation, Lin Yifan woke up with a groggy feeling, slowly opening his eyes. △

The ceiling fan rotated, and the sounds of the wind, birds chirping, and water flowing filled the air.

Instinctively, he reached out in the direction of the sound.

Smack!

A slap landed, feeling soft and elastic, causing a tingling sensation in Lin Yifan's palm. It didn't feel like a clock...

A "hmm" came from beside him, making the still somewhat dazed Lin Yifan sit up abruptly.

Looking around, Toxico Sae stood in the kitchen, holding a kitchen knife, motionless.

Takagi Saya, wearing a pink nightgown, had an expression as if she were looking at a scumbag.

Nan Ayako, who had just entered through the door, was wearing a pair of athletic shorts and a crop top, seemingly just back from a morning run. However, her face showed a playful smile.

Initially confused and still adjusting to the time difference, Lin Yifan thought he was at either Jukawa Shizuka's or Nan Ayako's place.

But upon closer thought, this was his own home!

Wait, did he do something terrible? Why were they all standing there, staring at him?

Lin Yifan swallowed hard, following his arm to see Jukawa Shizuka, who was kneeling beside him, looking down at her chest.

Quickly retracting his hand, Lin Yifan feigned calmness, "What's going on? I just woke up, what happened?"

"Tch." Saya rolled her eyes and turned to go into the bathroom.

Toxico Sae remained even calmer, continuing to chop vegetables and cook without any expression.

"Good morning, Lin Yifan. Nothing, nothing happened." Jukawa Shizuka, with a red face, waved her hands, the only one who had been taken advantage of and was still trying to explain.

Still groggy from just waking up, Lin Yifan didn't feel too much, accepting the presence of these girls in his home quite calmly.

Both bedrooms had been taken over by the girls. Last night, when Lin Yifan returned through the mirror, he accidentally saw Saya changing in front of it, which was quite awkward.

Yawning, he picked up the clock, "It's 8:30!?"

"Yep, everyone is very tired and woke up late. The teacher saw you were very tired and didn't wake you up." Jukawa Shizuka, with a blank look, touched her chin, showing her signature dazed and cute expression.

"Oh no, I'm going to be late! I won't have breakfast here, I have an appointment and might come back at noon."

Rushing to the bathroom, Lin Yifan completely ignored Saya, who was sitting on the toilet with a red face, quickly washing up.

"You..." Saya, who was peeing, had a face so red it looked like it could bleed, but she watched as Lin Yifan brushed his teeth and washed his face without even glancing at her.

Unable to move, she let out a stifled "ah" as she watched Lin Yifan leave the bathroom.

After Lin Yifan ran out, Saya hurriedly pulled up her green and white striped underwear.

"I'm going out!" Lin Yifan, now in casual clothes, greeted the girls.

Toxico Sae, who was making breakfast, felt a hint of disappointment in her eyes. Lin Yifan opened the door and sped off in his carbon-iron motorcycle towards the leisure bar.

Riding the motorcycle at high speed, there were very few other survivors early in the morning. Apart from the occasional security officer driving by, there were no other survivors, but the original residents of the Infinite City were quite numerous, preventing the city from being too desolate.

Coming to a sudden stop, the tires screeched as Lin Yifan steadily parked in front of the leisure bar.

Turning his head, he glanced at the nearby red door. The weapon shop was already doing good business in the morning, and two survivors were sitting on wooden chairs at the entrance, occasionally observing the people coming and going.

"Are these the surveillance personnel of the Arbitrators Group?"

Lin Yifan squinted and muttered. If you asked which survivors were the most numerous in the Infinite City, it would probably be the weapon shops.

The weapon shops in the Arbitrators' territory would definitely have dedicated personnel monitoring and tallying non-group members and unorganized survivors.

Not wanting to draw attention to himself, Lin Yifan parked his bike and, following his memory, went to the same private room as before, lightly knocking on the door.

"The door is unlocked." Liu Ming's voice came from inside.

When Lin Yifan pushed the door open and entered, he found that besides Yao Ling and the others, there were two more people in the room.

Two young men in hoodies, looking like they were from a school, not older than twenty.

Pop, pop!

Two slight explosions made Lin Yifan instinctively tense up, but the next moment, confetti fell onto his hair.

"Congratulations! A new survivor actually made it through the second cycle, not bad!" Liu Ming put his hand on Lin Yifan's shoulder, laughing heartily.

Yao Ling stood beside him, not as exaggerated as Liu Ming, but her eyes showed joy.

"Come in, come in, sit down! Let me introduce you. These two guys are new members of our group, but don't let their youth fool you. They've already completed five cycles and are now second-class soldiers."

The two men shook hands with Lin Yifan in a friendly manner, and the atmosphere was quite good.

"Come, today I'm treating you. Newcomers, order whatever you want!" Liu Ming patted his chest, looking very generous.

Lin Yifan, holding the menu, smiled wryly, "Why are you all so happy? It doesn't seem to be because of me."

Liu Ming took a swig of beer, feeling particularly elated, and laughed heartily, "That's right, the four of us recently pulled off a big deal!"

Not having much contact with the lower-level survivors, Lin Yifan was a bit curious about their lives.

Yao Ling, sipping green tea, said lightly, "Look at how excited Captain Liu is, he forgot to introduce them."

"Oh, right! This big guy is Zhang Chi, and the more scholarly one is Xu Bin."

Liu Ming pointed to the two, one looking like a school basketball player.

The other, a student-like survivor, seemed more scholarly, but the solid muscles on his arms, like his name suggests, were both literary and martial.

From their friendly expressions, they didn't have the arrogance and self-importance of other survivors, and seemed quite nice.

Lin Yifan nodded and smiled lightly, "From the look of it, Brother Liu, you must have made a fortune recently?"

Liu Ming grinned, "I had a reward mission that I hadn't completed before. I just finished a cycle and got new equipment, so I went to rob with these two guys."

At this, Lin Yifan raised an eyebrow, and the image of the con artists in the prison flashed in his mind.

Liu Ming continued, "We're all brothers who have been through life and death together, and we trust each other. If you hadn't been on a mission, I would have called you to help move the money."

Lin Yifan didn't rush to speak but took a sip of tea first.

Seeing Lin Yifan's "confused" look, Yao Ling explained, "When you become a first-class soldier, you get a reward mission. The money you earn is crucial for the next officer mission. If you don't earn enough to buy good equipment, you might not survive the officer-level cycles."

Yao Ling explained very seriously, emphasizing the officer-level missions.

It seemed that each rank's missions were particularly difficult, and the transition from new recruit to officer was quite brutal.

At this, Lin Yifan suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively, "So, your organization doesn't send people to help you?"

"Help? We're not core members of the organization, just regular members. We can only seek help from the organization when we encounter enemy forces." Liu Ming shook his head, seeming helpless but unable to change the reality.

"Actually, there's no real reason for calling you here. We're planning to form a mutual aid team because we're all about to reach the first-class soldier rank. Do you understand what I mean?" Yao Ling picked up her phone, pointing to her rank and the reward mission she hadn't completed.

Lin Yifan was taken aback for a moment but quickly understood, "You mean we should take turns entering each other's reward missions?"

"Exactly. I trust everyone here. We can take turns sharing the money and completing each other's reward missions to maximize our benefits!"

Hearing Yao Ling's words, Lin Yifan agreed without hesitation.

If they knew he had already reached the first-class soldier rank and wanted to join his reward mission, Lin Yifan would have been wary.

But now, it was Yao Ling's mission, and she should be wary of the others instead.