Zombie Apocalypse: Reborn With A Farming Space-Chapter 217: Recruiting Team Members ( 2 )

With death looming over them, the children had already lost the will to survive. Even if they still had the will, their bodies were too weak to hold on. Since the outcome seemed inevitable, why bother struggling?

Gu Shaoze crouched down in front of them and asked, "Kids, do you guys want to live?"

At the sound of his voice, the children finally lifted their heads and looked at him. After a moment, one of them opened his chapped lips and said hoarsely, "Even if we want to live, we can't."

"If you came here to make fun of us, go ahead," another child added, his eyes dull.

Gu Shaoze chuckled at their response and said, "I didn't come to make fun of you. I came to offer you a job."

Seeing the disbelief in their eyes, he didn't try to convince them with words. Instead, he reached for an empty bottle lying behind the children. The outside was caked with dirt, but the inside was still relatively clean.

With a snap of his fingers, a small ball of water appeared in midair, floating above the bottle. He used the water to rinse the outside and inside thoroughly before filling it up.

The moment the children saw him waste water just to clean the bottle, they couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. Lately, they had been forced to drink muddy puddle water. Now, faced with clear water, they instinctively licked their cracked lips.

Gu Shaoze handed the bottle to the boy in front of him and said, "I'm a water-type ability-user. If you work for me, I will pay you with five liters of water every day. You know how valuable water is and you can use it to exchange for other supplies."

The boy clutched the bottle and asked, "Are you serious?"

Gu Shaoze nodded and replied, "Of course. This bottle is for you and your friends."

After a moment of hesitation, the boy opened the bottle and took a small sip. The water was cool and refreshing—far better than any bottled water he remembered.

He only took two sips before passing it to the others. The youngest of the group was a three-year-old girl, and the oldest was the boy himself, who was around fourteen.

After drinking the water, they regained some of their energy. Seeing that his friends were no longer at death's door, the boy looked at Gu Shaoze and said, "Brother, my name is Zeng Changchao. I accepted the job. Tell me, what should I do?"

When he heard this, Gu Shaoze smiled and said, "Before that, you and your friends should follow me first."

This time, Zeng Changchao didn't ask any more questions. He packed up their belongings and followed Gu Shaoze and Rong Mo'er, leaving the slum area.

After leaving the slum area, Gu Shaoze brought them to the house he was staying at the moment.

When his roommates saw him bring back a group of children, they were stunned. The young girl looked at them and asked, "Brother, why did you bring these beggars back?"

The moment she said this, Rong Mo'er frowned and said, "Comrade, these children are not beggars. They are unfortunate for losing their families and forced to depend on themselves to survive. Even if you have no intention to help them, please watch your words."

The young woman was embarrassed being called out like this. But when she thought about Gu Shaoze, she held back her anger and said, "Sister, I misspoke. Please don't be angry."

Rong Mo'er was too lazy to bother with this kind of petty-minded person, so she snorted and said, "Shaoze, let's go."

Gu Shaoze smiled and followed his girlfriend to the backyard. In the backyard, they found several unused oil barrels and cleaned them up.

Afterward, he filled the oil barrels with water until they were almost full. Then, Rong Mo'er used her fire to heat up the water. When she was done, she turned to the children and said, "Undress and take a bath first."

The younger children had no embarrassment and quickly undressed, but those older children were standing there unmoving.

Noticing their awkwardness, Gu Shaoze found several drying racks and curtains at the house and used them to block the view.

"All of you can go wash up now," he said.

With the partitions, the older children no longer felt shy and went to take a bath. While they were bathing, Gu Shaoze and Rong Mo'er went to check their supplies. Since they didn't have any space-type ability-users, they could only store all of their supplies in their room.

Thirty minutes later, they went to check up on the children and brought some clothes over.

Before the children could wear their dirty clothes, Gu Shaoze gave them the new clothes and said, "Change your clothes. Those clothes are too dirty. If you are not careful, you will be infected and become zombies."

Hearing this, the children didn't dare to wear dirty clothes and changed into new clothes. Since the water had turned color, Gu Shaoze threw it away and filled up half an oil barrel before he threw the dirty clothes into the barrel.

After he added some clothes detergent, Rong Mo'er heated up the water until it boiled and soaked the clothes there.

Inside the house, their roommates watched them with curiosity.

When they entered their room and closed the door, their roommates looked at each other and decided to return to their rooms.

Inside the room, Gu Shaoze took out some food and water for the children. As they sat on the ground, he said, "Eat."

After hesitating for a moment, Zeng Changchao finally opened one pack of biscuits and started to eat. Seeing the eldest of them eat the food, the younger ones felt at ease and started to eat.

While they were eating, Gu Shaoze asked, "Who has had a high fever before?"

Hearing this, the children looked at each other before they raised their hands. Besides the youngest girl, everyone had a high fever before.

Seeing this, Gu Shaoze asked again, "After the high fever, do you feel anything different with your body?"