GENE DEVOURER
Chapter 41: In Wine, There Is Friendship

Chapter 41: In Wine, There Is Friendship

If so, where was she?

"Really?! No problem!"

Marcus was lost in a daze when Ming said she would double his rewards, which meant he was getting ten million Yuan. This made him exclaim, drawing Ming out of her thoughts.

"Yeah"

"Are you sure all is well?"

Marcus walked towards Ming at a slow pace, then he stopped as he reached her side.

"W-what are you talking about?"

Ming’s voice trembled, she was starting to pray that Marcus hadn’t gotten the hint of the matter.

"Well, you see, with the issue concerning the young mutant fire ant, I don’t think all is well"

Marcus maintained his calm demeanor while speaking almost in a whisper.

"What did you know about that?"

As if Marcus had nailed it, Ming’s breath was becoming heavy, it seemed she was getting nervous, and as if to confirm this, Marcus started hearing her heartbeat.

’I guess I can hear a heartbeat at this distance due to my perception’

"Well, it’s just a guess, let’s just pray all is well"

As if she was anxious to leave, Ming turned back and walked back to the team and so did Marcus.

***

"We have to find a place to stay for the night since we have regrouped, we should all find the safest building to stay, tomorrow we will defeat the Area Boss"

As Ming started matching away, one of the members who didn’t seem to be among them before jumped out of the broken window of a bar, then he opened and gulped down some drink from the bottle he brought out.

"Perhaps you are not some worthless rankless Awakened, to be able to kill this small mutant fire ant, you have my kudos"

As if drunk by the small gulp he took, he went to wrap his arms around Marcus’ shoulder, gulping down more of the drink.

"It is okay, brother, I’m all sober, let’s celebrate tonight, we men, you girls can also join us"

Every other member had already had a disapproving expression etched on their features.

He handed over the bottle of wine to Marcus, Marcus feigned an irritated expression but later took the bottle and also gulped down some.

Come to think of it, he didn’t even carry any food resources that he would need to survive, and he was kinda thirsty too.

Well not everyone among the members carried any food resources, after all, they thought they would finish the raid before twenty hours.

And also the fact that you could always find free food to eat in an apocalyptic location like this.

[Toxic substance detected!]

[Body system has been detoxified!]

As Marcus kept gulping down the alcoholic wine, the system was also notifying him.

[Toxic substance detected!]

[Body system has been detoxified!]

Marcus checked the bottle’s label, the alcoholic percentage was forty-five percent and he only received the drink when the man had drunk about half of it.

’I just turned eighteen years this month, without this immunity, I would have become intoxicated’

It seemed his immunity to stun and poison status effects was working after all.

"Whoa! I can’t believe you finished the remaining drink, it took half of that to intoxicate Yu But look at you, you are all sober up"

The leader of the bully walked over to Marcus with a big smile on his face.

"You are a man among men"

"Boss, what about me? Am I not man enough?"

Hong Yu said, his legs hitting each other as he hobbled about.

’Well, in wine, there is fellowship’

Perhaps the bullies didn’t seem that bad. In Marcus’s case, he could drink all night without getting drunk.

"Enough playing around! We’re lodging here tonight," Ming said as she stood and pointed toward a building. It was a hotel, one of the few buildings that hadn’t turned into an anthill. To top it off, its lighting was stable, unlike the flickering lights in the others.

"Let rest here, the awakened league reconnaissance team has used the satellite to identify the safest building"

The rest of the team trudged towards the entrance.

"A hotel?"

"Thank God, everyone will be comfortable since the hotel has enough rooms"

The group felt somewhat relieved that they wouldn’t have to spend the entire night out in the cold. However, they knew they couldn’t risk entering any building, even if no mutant beast was visible. There was no guarantee that a mutant beast capable of stealth wasn’t lurking inside. To ensure utmost safety, the building would need to be monitored for several days.

"Wait a minute, leader"

At the sound of a certain voice in the group, everyone stopped in their track and then turned to the owner.

It was a slim and pretty girl with purple long hair among the girls, and she had a calm and elegant demeanor, at least that was what she appeared to be, she wore a delicate breast armor with noticeable dragon patterns engraved on it, while her sword was in its sheath by her side, looking at the long sword by her side, her legs were quite long and look pretty in the black stockings she wore.

"As you can see, this hotel has presidential suites and other ones, I say the boys should use the other ones while I and the other girls use the VIP sections, I think it will be fair because we girls have a lot to do in the matter of body maintenance, after what we have been through in the battle"

The others looked stunned at this request, especially the men, was that what she was supposed to be thinking about? Body maintenance.

That was ridiculous, especially during a raid.

Marcus couldn’t give a damn though, but what was prickling him was that the face looked familiar.

Marcus didn’t know where he had seen her.

"Fiora is right"

As expected, some females went to side with her.

One said: Cai Fiora, you are my role model, I chose this raid because I wish to meet you"

Marcus recalled that she was the only one among the females who awakened speed power aside from the bullies.

He could remember the way she swung that sword at a terrifying speed, slicing through mutant fire ants like they were mere butter under a hot knife.

Marcus then remembered seeing her on TV when she was in a commercial for a breakfast cereal.

’I guess an Awakened who was an athlete before, even if she wasn’t a popular athlete, she would become a star immediately upon awakening’ Marcus never heard of her name before during the pre-awakened era

Now she was wanted in almost all commercials and already has someone looking up to her as their role model.

’It isn’t even up to a year since this mutation event happened’