Zuo Shi's Talent

"Let's go then, I'll take you there."

Zuo Shi had already turned around and walked briskly in the opposite direction from the reef.

The hem of the denim mini skirt was lifted by a corner by the sea breeze.

She turned her head to the side: "You guys need to stay close. The first time I walked down this path, I almost fell."

"Over here!"

Zuo Shi pointed ahead.

Wang Mengmeng immediately whispered in Li Mengyao's ear: "Look at her, she's starting to pretend again."

Li Mengyao ignored her.

Undeterred, Wang Mengmeng muttered under her breath, "What a terrible road they chose! It's so hard to walk on..."

The front.

Zuo Shi suddenly turned around: "Mengmeng, don't you want to take this path?"

Wang Mengmeng was taken aback: "Huh?"

"If you don't want to, you can take the main road."

Zuo Shi said very seriously, "Go through the main gate of the square, turn left, pass the contact point, and then..."

"etc!"

Wang Mengmeng frowned: "How come you seem so familiar with this place?"

Zuo Shi simply smiled slightly and stroked her chin: "Perhaps I'm better at observing than most people?"

"..."

Wang Mengmeng remained silent.

She is also very observant, and her 5.1 vision often helps the team.

Surprisingly, someone wanted to replace him.

Before long, the sand and reefs underfoot gradually turned into gravel, and then into cracked cement.

This is a narrow alleyway sandwiched between two abandoned shops.

Deng Yuxin carefully walked around a pile of broken glass: "It's so hot! We were just riding in a car in a blizzard!"

Yang Kexin pulled the neckline of her tank top out a bit, revealing a section of her sun-reddened collarbone: "Yeah, I've never missed a down jacket this much in my life..."

"That's not right, you were complaining yesterday that down jackets make you look fat."

Zhang Wanyue suddenly contradicted him.

"That's different!"

Yang Kexin immediately retorted, "Between looking fat and dying of heat, I choose looking fat!"

"That can't be right..."

Shen Qingci chuckled, "Who said that? Better to freeze to death than dress like a bear?"

"(＝＝) Uh...did I say that?"

"I said it, just last night."

"That must be caused by the low temperature...that temporary cognitive impairment!"

Zuo Shi, who was walking in front, suddenly chuckled softly.

Yang Kexin was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

Zuo Shi didn't turn around, and said in a serious tone, "It's nothing, I just think you guys are quite energetic."

In the apocalypse, vitality is a rare and precious commodity.

Yang Kexin wasn't in their class, but she managed to fit in so well.

They must have plenty to eat and drink on the bus.

They even find fault with down jackets; it's enough to make anyone envious.

Liu Ming, Zhang Yufeng, Miao Yin, and others felt the same way when they saw this scene.

It's like this: everyone attends classes the same way in school, but once they leave school and enter society, the class differences become immediately apparent, showing absolutely no mercy.

"Hey Chen Yu, is this always like this on your bus?"

Zuo Shi suddenly asked with a smile.

Chen Yu nodded: "More or less."

Zuo Shi nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

Wang Mengmeng squinted at Li Mengyao from behind and whispered, "Look, she's trying to get close to her again."

Li Mengyao said helplessly, "Wang Mengmeng, can you please shut up for a bit?"

"I'm just worried about you!"

"Why are you in such a hurry for me?"

"What's the rush!"

Li Mengyao ignored her.

By this time, everyone had circled around to the side of the square; the efficiency of the shortcut was indeed remarkable.

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "No normal person would take this route."

"What do you mean?"

Deng Yuxin and the other women were taken aback.

Chen Yu continued, "Zuo Shi, your talent lies in reconnaissance, right?"

Zuo Shi paused, met Chen Yu's gaze, and nodded.

"Yeah, more or less. My talent is that I can see things."

Wang Mengmeng frowned: "Looking at something?"

What an abstract answer!

Who doesn't look at things?!

Only blind people can't see!

Zuo Shi didn't explain immediately, but instead looked around and saw a bicycle lying askew against the wall.

It's very old.

The basket was dented, and the seat cushion had been ripped open, with the foam inside out.

Zuo Shi squatted down and touched the front of the car with her palm.

"?"

The crowd looked at each other, not quite understanding what she was doing.

Wang Mengmeng couldn't help but want to speak, but a hand gently pressed down on her arm.

"Shhh."

Liu Xiaoqian whispered, "Mengmeng, when Zuo Shi touches things, she's using her talent. Don't disturb her."

Miao Yin nodded and stood to the side, looking completely unfazed.

Wang Mengmeng blinked and swallowed her words.

Then everyone fell silent.

Only the sound of the wind and the faint noise in the distance remained in the alley.

Zuo Shi squatted there, her eyes downcast, without moving.

Five seconds.

ten seconds.

Until thirty seconds.

Zuo Shi opened her eyes and withdrew the hand: "Hmm? What a coincidence, there's a shortcut here!"

"No, you think you can tell there's a shortcut just by touching the car?"

Wang Mengmeng took a step forward, staring at the bicycle intently. "Is this bicycle sentient or what?"

Zuo Shi nodded: "This is my talent."

"what?"

Everyone looked over, and Zuo Shi smiled slightly: "In the minutes before the end of the world, I was in the library reading room, helping the teacher organize books, and I accidentally bumped into the magnifying glass."

"An accident became the medium for my talent."

"A-level skill talent [Information Capture]".

"I can see the basic information about the item, as well as some additional information."

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes: "Additional information?"

Zuo Shi explained earnestly: "For example, when I just touched this bicycle, the basic information was roughly the material, year, size, and load-bearing capacity."

"But the additional information includes where it came from, along with a map!"

Wang Mengmeng asked curiously, "Where's the map...?"

Zuo Shi smiled mysteriously and pointed to her head: "It's here!"

"Tch~"

Wang Mengmeng waved her hand, and said irritably, "Just say you don't have one..."

Despite saying that, she didn't stop walking and followed closely in Zuo Shi's footsteps.

After taking only a couple of steps, everyone realized something was wrong.

Zuo Shi specifically chose to squeeze into the gaps between two buildings, as well as various alleys and diagonal streets.

"This road is way too hidden!"

Deng Yuxin couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Wait... I remember this place! I took a huge detour just now!"

Liu Ming shrugged: "Of course, she can even find out which room in a building has the most supplies!"

Zuo Shi waved her hand: "That's only occasionally. It works when I'm lucky. After all, the additional information is unstable. I can only activate my talent once per hour, and most of the time the additional information is meaningless."

About twenty minutes later.

As the group emerged from a narrow alley.

Suddenly, everything became clear.

The sunlight shone down, making people squint.

The clamor, like a floodgate opened, instantly engulfed everyone.

"This is...the central square?!"

Li Mengyao exclaimed in surprise, "That was way too fast!"

Wang Mengmeng's mouth dropped open. It had taken her a full half hour to get from the central square to the beach!

Back then, she complained that the residential area was terrible and that walking around there was exhausting!

Now look what's happened...

A shortcut that shortened the journey by two-thirds?!