Oliver looks at Victoria, who looks so pitiful in front of him, with a somewhat amused expression. He's thinking, how could she possibly think he'd blow up over a meal? He had a great meal with plenty of meat just yesterday. Why would he get mad about this black - charred, half - cooked rice without any side dishes? Looking at the rice, Oliver loses his appetite. So, he makes an excuse, saying he's not hungry and suggests giving the food to Leo and the others.

  Victoria thinks he's angry, and she quickly explains that they took his food yesterday, and he won't have the strength if he doesn't eat today. All of a sudden, Oliver smiles and says,"You finally looks like a woman now. "

  Victoria blushes and gives a rebuke.

  Then she turns around, trying to get off the vehicle. Oliver calls out to her, secretly takes out a can of Coca - Cola from his storage and gives it to her. Victoria takes it, her face still red, and then hurries into the vehicle.

  After everyone gets their things packed up, the team continues their journey.

  When Oliver gets on the vehicle, Victoria throws him a piece of clothing, then silently sits in the driver's seat and starts driving.

  Only then does Oliver realize his clothes are covered with the stinky liquid of rotting flesh.

  After changing into the new clothes, he distributes cigarettes to Liam, James, and the three old men. Soon, the inside of the vehicle is filled with smoke.

  Liam sighs, saying he hasn't felt this comfortable in years. He also apologizes to Oliver for what happened before. Oliver says it doesn't matter, as there's still rice in the bucket and they can cook it later.

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  James remarks that Oliver is really good at fighting. Close - range combat with zombies requires a lot of courage. If one is infected with the XR virus by accident, the consequences would be disastrous.

  Oliver is actually scared too. He only resorted to this method because of the shortage of ammunition at that time. He decides to avoid such situations as much as possible in the future. But now, with the lack of ammunition, it's a real problem to stop the zombies.

  The journey goes fairly smoothly. They occasionally come across a few zombies and some abandoned cars. To save ammunition, they just drive straight through. The impact of the minibus is enough to crush the zombies that get in the way.

  Oliver closes his eyes to rest and communicates with Isabella in his mind. He learns that his genetic strength has increased by nearly half, reaching 975, which makes him really excited.

  He asks Isabella how the genetic strength is calculated.

  Isabella says there are two ways.

  One is the degree of familiarity with using the genetic power. High - intensity use will generate familiarity, which will be counted towards the genetic strength.

  The other is that killing zombies can slightly increase the genetic strength.

  There's also an extreme way to stimulate genetic potential, but it can only be triggered when one's life is under a fatal threat. After hearing this, Oliver is a bit scared and doesn't want to experience such danger.

  By noon, the team has advanced 230 kilometers, and there's only half the distance left to their destination. When they find an open area to rest, Victoria comes to Oliver, looking worried.

  She tells him that the minibus is running low on gas and can only last about three hours. They have to refuel at the gas station ahead. But gas stations in the apocalypse are hard to deal with. They passed a gas station before, where there were more than a dozen cars parked and dozens of zombies.

  They couldn't clear the zombies with their strength, so they chose to give up.

  Oliver frowns and sighs. With the shortage of ammunition, it seems there will be another tough close - range battle.

  He can only hope not to be infected by the zombies.