Chapter 26 is here (1/2)

Ruan Tang had been well taken care of by Yan Yu the whole way, and she didn't even realize that something was wrong. She obediently lowered her head and drank water from his hand.

The cool spring water slid down my throat and instantly calmed the churning in my stomach.

The nausea was forcefully suppressed, and I felt much more comfortable.

Ruan Tang finally caught her breath.

She raised her misty eyes and quietly patted the man's large hand, which was holding a kettle and had slightly bulging veins.

Fearing the tractor noise would be too loud for him to hear, she leaned close to his ear and breathed softly into his ear.

"You should have a sip too."

The voice was soft and sweet, like a feather coated in honey. When the hot wind blew, it directly tickled Yan Yu's heart and sweetened his very bones.

He froze for a moment.

He subconsciously turned his head, and the little girl's face was close to his. A wisp of hair, ruffled by the wind, gently brushed against his temple, and the unique, clean, and refreshing scent of grass and trees that belonged to her forcefully entered his nostrils.

Yan Yu's Adam's apple bobbed violently.

He deliberately avoided the places she had touched and tilted his head back to take a big gulp.

The moment the spiritual spring enters the mouth—

boom!

An incomparably pure and domineering energy suddenly exploded within his body!

The feeling was like parched, cracked earth being instantly soaked by a downpour of sweet rain. Every single superpower crystal core in his body, which had been dormant due to the depletion of energy in the apocalypse, began to cheer and leap with greed and madness at this moment!

What... what is this?!

Yan Yu's dark pupils suddenly contracted, creating a huge uproar.

This is definitely not ordinary water!

The purity of this energy far surpasses any rare and precious treasures he had seen during the apocalypse!

The superpower that had been unable to be cultivated with crystal cores showed signs of loosening under this sip of water!

He abruptly looked away, put the water bottle back in his backpack, and lowered his eyes again, his gaze so intense it seemed to pierce through the young girl beside him.

Yes, your complexion is much better.

The fine sweat on her forehead hadn't dried yet, and she still leaned listlessly against her suitcase, her unconscious dependence revealing a delicate fragility that sent shivers down one's spine.

"Just a little longer, we'll be there soon."

He leaned closer, his hot breath almost hitting her ear as he spoke.

Ruan Tang's ears flushed a beautiful pink, but she still stubbornly pouted and pretended to be calm.

"I'm not a porcelain doll... I'm just a little dizzy..."

"Yes, I know."

The man's deep voice carried a hint of barely perceptible laughter, which surged through Ruan Tang like an electric current, making her ears turn even redder.

The tractor chugged along the dirt road, with endless wheat fields on both sides and rolling, dark green mountains in the distance.

After an unknown amount of bumpy travel, a dilapidated wooden gatehouse with a sign that read "Welcome to Laotieshan Commune" finally came into view.

Driver Chen Aiguo shouted at the top of his lungs:

"We've arrived at Laotieshan Commune! Those going to Jixiang Brigade, stay here. Everyone else, get off! Nobody will care if you get off at the wrong place!"

After a chaotic scene, only Ruan Tang, Yan Yu, Lin Xiangnan, Zhao Weiguo, Chen Siming, and the seemingly estranged Shen Yishan and Gu Jinzhou remained in the truck bed.

The group exchanged glances and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the rough voice of Captain Chen Fengshan came.

"You lot!"

He waved into the truck bed, "The commune has a supply and marketing cooperative. If you need to buy anything, hurry up and go now. We'll meet back here in an hour, or we'll be waiting for you!"

Upon hearing this, the group jumped out of the car.

Ruan Tang wanted to move, but found that her legs were as weak as noodles, and she swayed as soon as she tried to move.

She unscrewed the kettle and took a sip, only then did she feel her strength return.