He ran away and bumped into Xie Lu who had responded to the call. Shen Yimian's face turned pale and he pointed to the inner room, "There's a dead person in there, go and see!"

Xie Lu frowned slightly, pulled him behind him, walked to the bed and lifted the quilt.

A shivering little girl curled up on the bed, her eyes closed, holding her breath, not daring to move.

"It's a living person."

These words were not only spoken to Shen Yimian, but also to the girl on the bed.

Shen Yimian was stunned for a moment, then moved forward to take a closer look. Although the girl looked pale and thin, it could be seen from her slightly trembling eyelashes that she was indeed alive.

After hearing their words, the girl still kept her eyes closed, and remained curled up as if she was unaware.

"She was scared," Xie Lu said calmly. "Someone must have told her not to answer or move no matter who spoke to her. That's why she survived."

Shen Yimian looked stunned and whispered, "Since you know all this, why don't you escape during the day?"

"Maybe there's a reason they can't escape." Xie Lu turned to look out the window. "Perhaps there will be zombies appearing during the day, but we were lucky enough not to encounter any."

Shen Yimian thought about it and broke out in a cold sweat, "Maybe I have touched it." He said that the hand he saw when he urinated and defecated in public was definitely not an illusion.

Xie Lu did not comment, but took out a few pieces of talisman paper from his arms and pasted them on the window. Then he checked the house from top to bottom, inside and out, and only returned after making sure that there was no one else there.

"I'm going to go outside to find some food, you wait here for me."

They had all been fasting, so no one brought any food.

Hearing this, Shen Yimian felt a chill in his heart, "You want to leave?"

"Well," Xie Lu turned around and looked at the rotten apples on the table, and whispered, "You've fasted, but she hasn't. The food is already highly rotten. Eating it will cause food poisoning or gastrointestinal infections."

Hearing this, Shen Yimian pursed her lips, looked at the pitiful and thin girl on the couch, and nodded with pain, "Then go ahead and come back soon."

"One hour." Xie Lu paused and added, "I'll be back when the sun sets over the top of the poplar trees outside the window."

"good."

Shen Yimian eagerly watched him leave. His originally calm heart became nervous again. The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

He sat at the table, looking at the apple that was so rotten that it was infested with maggots. He couldn't imagine how the little girl had survived all those days. There might be many other people like her hiding in the houses in this city, but no one dared to come out.

The sun set slowly and hung on the treetops, but Xie Lu still hadn't returned. The longer the time went on, the more anxious Shen Yimian became.

It was not until half an hour later that the door was finally opened.

With a creak, Shen Yimian stood up quickly, grabbed the sword and walked cautiously to the outer room. He met Xie Lu's calm eyes, and the stone in his heart fell instantly.

"I'm late, sorry. It took me some time to survey the entire city."

Shen Yimian looked at him. The young man was holding two pheasants with arrows stuck in their bodies in his hands. His snow-white clothes were spotless. It seemed that no accidents had happened along the way.

"Where did you get this chicken?" Shen Yimian stepped forward to help him take the pheasant and looked at it in surprise. It was actually quite fat.

Xie Lu took out a handkerchief and wiped his palms, then whispered, "There are a lot of them in the mountains nearby. I'll go cook."

“You can also cook.”

"There are tons of recipes in the database, whatever you want to eat"

Shen Yimian didn't expect that there would be a portion for him, and he swallowed his saliva subconsciously, "How about spicy fried chicken?"

"Okay, one serving of spicy stir-fried chicken and one serving of clear-boiled hen soup. The girl hasn't eaten for a long time, so she needs to eat something light." Xie Lu took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and brought the two chickens into the kitchen.

Shen Yimian followed him in and saw him plucking the hair and chopping the meat neatly and efficiently, as if he was a veteran restaurant chef with thirty or forty years of experience. He couldn't help but click his tongue. This seemed different from the life-or-death mission scene he had imagined. It felt like a spring outing.

This isn't a service type, it's more like a wife type...

Soon, a fragrant aroma wafted from the kitchen. Xie Lu removed the rotten apple and set out two large dishes. The diced chicken was stir-fried in a broth made from pheasant, the oily liquid glistening with a hint of dried chilies. The diced chicken and mushrooms were neatly chopped, the clear broth brimming with a rich, rich chicken fat, and garnished with just a pinch of scallions. It was incredibly delicious.

After Xie Lu sat down, Shen Yimian couldn't wait to grab the chopsticks and said, "Let me try it first."

The diced chicken tastes spicy and fragrant when you put it in your mouth. The tip of your tongue will feel tingling at first, and then you will feel the tender and fragrant taste of the chicken.

"Delicious!" Shen Yimian praised while eating, "It tastes even better with a bowl of rice!"

"There's no rice in the rice jar. I'll think of a solution tomorrow." Xie Lu didn't pick up his chopsticks, but just watched Shen Yimian eat heartily. He felt a vague sense of satisfaction in his heart, which he attributed to the fact that he was a service-oriented AI.

The more satisfied the user is, the better his work is.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze and whispered, "I'm going to do the mission. Don't leave this room no matter what."

Seeing that he was about to leave again, Shen Yimian suddenly lost the taste of the meat in his mouth. But then he thought, if Xie Lu finished his task sooner, they could go back sooner.

"Okay, be safe."

After he left, Shen Yimian ate her fill and took a nap with nothing to do, spreading the bed sheet on the floor.

Xie Lu is the male protagonist and definitely has the aura of the protagonist. He is also a humanoid AI with extremely high intelligence. He is not too worried about Xie Lu's safety. He is more worried about whether there will be ghosts knocking on the door at night.

After tossing and turning, Shen Yimian finally fell asleep in a daze.

Si Wuxing always said that he was heartless, and he was right.

As the sun sets, the sky gradually darkens.

While he was sleeping, he heard some noise coming from the inner room. Shen Yimian woke up suddenly, tilted his head slightly, and saw a sneaky little figure slowly approaching the table.

He understood what was going on and continued to pretend to be asleep.

The noise at the table was getting louder and louder, and the chopsticks were knocking against the bowl, making a crisp sound. It was obvious that they were extremely hungry and didn't care about anything else. They just wanted to have a good meal.

What a poor child.

When she had almost finished eating, her voice gradually became softer. Shen Yimian rested his chin on his hand and looked up at the skinny little person. "Are you full? There's more in the pot."

The little girl trembled all over, turned to look at him in horror, and was about to run, but her legs went weak and she fell to the ground.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" Shen Yimian quickly got up and went forward to help her up. "I am a cultivator from Yanshan. I am here to exorcise demons. I am not a bad person!"

Hearing his words, the little girl's struggles stopped abruptly. Her big almond-shaped eyes looked at him with tears in them. When she opened her mouth, her voice was hoarse, "I want my mother, I want my father..."

Shen Yimian withdrew his hand with a complicated expression, brushed off the dust on her clothes, and whispered, "What's your name?"

He couldn't promise to help her find her parents, as they might have already died.

The little girl tried her best to hold back her tears and choked out, "Chunhua."

"Good girl," Shen Yimian touched her head and asked softly, "How long have you been hiding here?"

"I don't know." Chunhua sobbed and whispered, "Dad and Mom said they were going to find food, and they never came back. Brother, please help me find them, okay?"

Shen Yimian pursed his lips. He really couldn't take on the side quest. He could hardly protect himself.

But this is too cruel to the little girl. Shen Yimian hesitated for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Wait until the other brother comes back, and ask him for help. He should be able to help you."

Chunhua wiped her eyes, "What about you?"

Shen Yimian coughed dryly, "I'm not as good as him, I'm about the same as you."

Chunhua looked at him in confusion for a moment, then whispered, "Actually, I know that many monks came here, but they all died."

"There were people wearing blue clothes, black clothes, and they were all eaten. But I have never seen the yellow clothes you are wearing."

Shen Yimian listened in horror. Blue is the Xuan level, black is the Di level. Oh my god, it seems that the entire army has been wiped out!

He heard Chunhua say softly, "By the way, what color clothes was that brother wearing just now?"

"White." Shen Yimian stroked the goose bumps on his body and tried to calm his voice to comfort her, "He is more powerful than the blue and black ones. Don't worry, he will be fine."

Chunhua seemed to be relieved. She turned her eyes to the kitchen and licked her lips. "Can I have some more?"

"sure."

As soon as Shen Yimian finished speaking, Chunhua ran into the kitchen.

He sighed and lay back on the bed, feeling mixed emotions, not sure whether Xie Lu could complete the task.

Such a big city, I wonder how many zombies and demons are hiding there. The project is too huge.

It turned out that every time his senior brothers and sisters went on a mission, it was so dangerous, but every time they came back they would bring him some local specialties to eat, and they actually shielded him from all the hardships in the past three years.

He is so lucky.

Without good senior brothers and sisters, a good junior brother comes.

When Shen Yimian was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the kitchen. He was startled and quickly got up and rushed into the kitchen.

Dust was flying everywhere, and the kitchen window was smashed by a punch. At his feet was a yellow talisman that was originally pasted on the window.

He looked in astonishment. In the darkness of the night, a distorted, hideous, masked face with a bloody mouth appeared outside the window. There was no white in the eyes under the mask, and black pupils filled the entire eye sockets, staring at him like a vengeful ghost.

Shen Yimian's whole body instantly went cold. He didn't have time to think about why the yellow talisman fell. He subconsciously drew the long sword at his waist and looked around. He saw Chunhua shivering in the corner, "Chunhua, come here quickly!"

Chunhua was obviously huddled in fear, but she stretched out her hand without hesitation and pointed at Shen Yimian, "It's him."

"There is still a person in white clothes who hasn't returned. There are only two of them. I didn't lie to you. Please return my father and mother to me."

Shen Yimian stood there in a daze, his mind going blank.

After a moment, when the masked man started to climb in through the window, an idea finally emerged in his mind.

--Help!

Thank you, thank you!!!