How to Raise a Baby in an Apocalypse - Chapter 418

An Ran gives Little Mint another copper-skinned zombie crystal core and lets her absorb it. Similarly, Little Mint’s body gains the effect of invulnerability to blades and weapons, and she feels no pain. However, this blessing lasts only about five minutes and can’t be sustained for long.

An Ran’s advantage is having many copper-skinned zombie cores.

As time passes, the fat thorn balls in the mall’s lobby on the first floor keep growing in number. Previously, An Ran loses control of the underground root plants, causing her to become deaf and blind to her surroundings and lose control over the environment.

Now, with more and more fat thorn balls, An Ran can “see” the environment around the mall. The rats mostly come from the nearby bus station—that direction is likely the nest of this wave of mutant rats.

At night, An Ran feeds Doll, who grows tired of playing with the rocking car. She pries open a maternity and baby store, finds a play mat, and spreads it on the ground for Doll to crawl on.

Zhao Ru then begins letting everyone use water, letting the men fighting outside come in one by one to bathe.

The number of rats attacking still shows no sign of decreasing, but large rats are now rare. After all, large rats need time to evolve, while small rats reproduce quickly. As long as female rats keep giving birth, small rats keep popping up endlessly.

So although dealing with them is easier than before, the main gate cannot be left unattended. Everyone takes turns coming inside to bathe and grab some food.

Seeing everyone ready to return, An Ran orders all the fat thorn balls in the hall to leave, just in case some uncontrolled ones attack humans. She quietly guards the rear for Zhan Lian and the others.

Xu Li’er does not appear, and no one knows where she is hiding. She doesn’t come out from the second floor until Wang Wei returns from the front. Then she pulls Wang Wei aside, preparing to give him a bath.

Zhao Ru, having finished bathing everyone in turn, walks over to An Ran, winks, raises her eyebrows, and says, “That team looks peaceful on the surface, but there are actually many problems inside.”

“You knew this already?” An Ran asks.

At that moment, An Ran sits on the play mat in the maternity and baby store, arranging clothes for Doll. She has gotten a baby bathtub and asks Zhao Ru to fill it with water. Luxuriously, they even wash the bathtub once. With Zhao Ru around, there is more water than they can use.

Zhao Ru stands by the bathtub, filling it while saying, “Didn’t you notice? Wang Wei’s team has at least ten people, but Xu Li’er is the only one with water-based ability. Xu Li’er is not as generous as I am.”

It is obvious—Xu Li’er only appears to fill the bathtub for Wang Wei when he goes upstairs. Before that, while they eat instant noodles, Xu Li’er has been stingy and hasn’t helped Zhao Ru fill the bathtub.

Wang Wei’s teammates also accommodate Xu Li’er. Besides Wang Wei’s favoritism, Xu Li’er feels her status in the team is special, so she fills the bathtub when she is in a good mood. If not, even Wang Wei can’t get a bath.