The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

Chapter 435-436: Food Issues; Zombies Appear

435: Food Issues

Camille turned and asked Anma, “Senior Sister Anma, are these fruits and plants Feng Wu picked edible?”

“I don’t know either.” Anma knew little about the plants in ancient times. Most were extinct in the modern day and few were ever recorded in any books, so she really couldn’t tell which ones were poisonous and which ones were edible. She could only answer that she didn’t know.

“See? Even Senior Sister Anma doesn’t know. You think you know which ones are edible. Stop joking,” snorted Camille.

Feng Wu’s only reply was to pull out a fruit, rub it against her clothes, open her mouth and take a big bite.

Their faces froze at the unmistakable crunch. If Feng Wu was poisoned, then all of them would be booted from the challenge. No!

But Feng Wu had already eaten the fruit. It was too late even if they wanted to stop her, so no matter how unhappy they were, there was nothing they could do. Why couldn’t she think of the group?! They blamed her wholeheartedly in their hearts.

They could only hope the fruit she ate wasn’t poisonous. When Feng Wu didn’t exhibit any signs of a negative reaction after an hour, they began to wonder if perhaps, if maybe, the fruit really was edible. . . 

They could eat it! They might not go starve after all!

“The fruit is really edible!” Sandy was the first to exclaim. She was worrying about what to do after their rations ran out.

It was a huge problem that pressed on all their hearts, but everything would be fine because now they had food they could eat.

Feng Wu unknowingly completed a counterattack and went from being the team deadbeat saboteur to the team’s hero.

They climbed the trees and picked the fruit Feng Wu had eaten, while outside the arena, the team’s conflict was broadcast to the audience.

“Wow! That Feng Wu girl is too awesome! She can recognize ancient plants!”

“What? Maybe she’s cheating somehow?”

“Cheat?! Where do you see she’s cheating huh?”

“But that girl named Camille sure has a bad attitude. Feng Wu never did anything to her. Why’s she targeting Feng Wu so much?”

“Che. I don’t know. But hearing the name Feng Wu, doesn’t it remind you of something?”

“Remind me of what?”

“Oh, she’s one of Senior Ming Xi’s suitors. There was that huge deal where she proposed to him in the school cafeteria. Afterwards, there were a bunch of allegations concerning her, but they were eventually debunked from lack of credibility.

Camille is in our class and she has a huge crush on Senior Ming Xi. She never liked Feng Wu’s splashy proposal. Oh yeah, and for the end of year excursion Senior Ming Xi brought Feng Wu. Camille is definitely targeting Feng Wu out of jealousy.”

“I see. But how do you know all this?” josei

“How do I not know? That girl’s got a serious case of Princess Syndrome. So annoying every time I look at her.”

Poor Camille, she didn’t know her whole story was going to be let loose in a flood of gossip by a bunch of girls who’d gotten together to talk about her.

“As you can see from the screen, this girl, Feng Wu, can identify edible plants. I did not expect that. I didn’t think the team would last long when I saw them enter the woods. Things have really turned around for them; now there’s a chance they can make it out. What their performance will be like, we will have to wait and see. . . ”

Everyone, even the onlookers outside the school, could hear Tamansha’s voice clearly. A few of Feng Wu’s friends were among the people watching the excitement.

“That woman is unbelievable! She dares trouble Xiao Wu like that. I’ll have to correct her attitude the next time I see her!” Wind said as he glared.

“Count me in! Let’s beat her up together!” Rain wholeheartedly agreed with her brother.

“I haven’t seen you in so long Xiao Wu and you’re still as foolish as ever.” Pei Qing shook his head of hair and sighed as he stared at the screen.

The three were members of the Masters team. They hadn’t seen Feng Wu or Jier in a while, so when they heard Xingguang Holy academy would be holding an extreme survival competition, they thought they would go and watch and maybe get to see them. They hadn’t expected to see Feng Wu’s game so soon.

Feng Wu didn’t know three old friends were complaining on her behalf, and that they were planning on getting justice for her.

Feng Wu’s party didn’t have to worry about food after she found the edible fruits. The group’s perception of her changed a lot. Her ability to recognize edible plants was incredibly useful. As long as they could find food, they wouldn’t have to worry about poison or starvation.

Their mood was a lot better with the pressure gone. They could finally focus on how to escape as they made their way slowly out of the woods.

They tried marking trees, but no matter where they walked, they ended back at the start. They had been walking in circles the entire time! What bad news! They needed to leave the woods as soon as possible in order to search for badges. They needed the badges to pass the team competition.

They couldn’t see any birds or insects though they could hear them. There weren't any around so Feng Wu couldn't ask the small animals for directions even if she wanted to.

They did end up finding two school badges along the way. With that, they only needed eight more to pass the challenge. They wandered around trapped for ten days but finally found the exit on the eleventh day.

They were on a straight, flat path heading away from the woods. Ahead of them was a village with many people walking about.

“Fantastic! There are people up ahead!” Camille was excited.

436: Zombies Appear

For days now, they had had nothing to eat and drink but wild edibles and purified water purified with Feng Wu’s water purification tool. Her tool and pot had been so useful.

With it they were able to make “soup” with the wild plants. It was a good thing because eating fruits all day would have given them indigestion and made them vomit.

They were looking forward to having a filling meal and a good night’s rest in bed. It would be great if they could find more badges in the village too. Although they were a bit on edge, they were joyed at the sight of the village filled with people.

As they got closer, they got a better look at the villagers.

This place. . .  Feng Wu frowned. She hadn’t noticed it before because of the distance, but now that she was closer, she could see strong grievance all over the village. The grievance was filled with fear, panic, despair and other similar feelings.

She didn’t know what was going on, but this kind of powerful resentment told her the place was dangerous and not a place they should be.

After analyzing the danger presented by the village, she took several quick steps forward and blocked the group from moving forward.

“What are you doing?” Camille stared at Feng Wu suddenly blocking their way. She wanted to get to the village as fast as possible. She didn’t have time to waste on Feng Wu.

“The village is very dangerous! You can’t go in.”

“Ha, so what if you say there’s danger? You can’t stop me from going in!” Camille waved Feng Wu’s hand away and strode forward.

“What’s the matter?” Ober was a sensible captain. After spending so many days with Feng Wu, he knew she wasn’t the type to talk nonsense. If she said there was danger ahead, then the probability was high that there was some as yet undiscovered danger in the village.

“There is strong grievance in the village ahead. Though I don’t know what’s going on, I know it is dangerous.” Feng Wu replied seriously.

“Grievance?” Ober hadn’t expected her to say this was the danger that had her worried. Could she really see grievance? Wasn’t it the kind of thing invisible to everyone but necromancers? How could Feng Wu see it?

If she had the talent to be a necromancer, why was in the Sword division? It was much better to become a famous magician than a famous swordmaster.

“Ah! Monsters!” The scream came from Camille.

Ober was about to ask a few more questions but the scream interrupted him.

No one had noticed Camille running to the village while Ober was talking to Feng Wu. She screamed miserably within a minute of entering.

Before their brains could register the situation, their bodies had instinctively moved on their own and they rushed toward the village.

The group believed Feng Wu about the village being dangerous, but Camille was trapped inside and they had to rescue her.

It was all because of the awful rules! They wouldn’t be able to move forward in the challenge if they didn’t save her.

Once they got to the village, they realized what they thought were villagers were in fact terrifying monsters!

The monsters looked humanoid but they were not humans! Their movements were stiff, their skin dry and flat without any luster, their eyes were red, and they had prominent fangs in their mouths.

Had either Zi Cheng or Ai Lin been there they would have screamed “Zombies!” in their hearts.

Yes these monsters were zombies. In the beginning, Longzie had designed the zombies to be like those found in popular modern 21st century apocalyptic literature. They were to act as dungeon monsters in the virtual world.

The contestants didn’t know it, but zombies would be the central theme of the field they were in.

“What are those?!” Anma cried out.

“It doesn’t matter. We need to get Camille out first.” Ober drew out his long sword as he spoke. He went after and slashed at the zombie chasing Camille, but he encountered an unexpected obstacle.

He had been confident he could cut down the zombie with this sword, but he had not expected its skin to be as hard as stone. All he managed to do was get the zombie to chase after him.

Ober had to rely on his physical strength and muscle memory to fight because his internal strength was sealed. Without qi, his combat abilities were reduced by an entire level. It took him a long time to rescue Camille, but he finally did. She was lucky to survive with just a scratch.

Ober got the group out of the village before the other zombies could converge on them.

They retreated several meters away from the village and were relieved the zombies didn't give chase..

They ran a bit farther to the nearby river that was as black as ink.

“Well, let’s rest here. It doesn’t seem like they can leave the village!” Anma looked back.

“What were those things? You can’t kill them with a sword; their skin is as tough as stone!” Luo was relieved to escape, but he was really puzzled by the monsters.

“Yeah, they were way too scary.” Meijian was also relieved.

“Never mind that. Come here and look at Camille. I think something’s not right with her!” Sandy’s voice came out sounding really anxious.

“What’s the matter?” Anma was the only one in the Pharmacy division so she immediately stepped over and asked Sandy what was wrong.

“Senior Anma, look! Camille looks sick. She’s got a fever but we don’t have any medicine. What do we do?!” Sandy was really worried.

“So what if she has a fever? It was her fault for running off to the village. We wouldn’t have had to go in there if it weren’t for her.” Kaibu didn’t have anything nice to say about Camille, and was in fact rather angry and red in the face. It was her fault the team nearly got kicked out of the competition.