The zombie apocalypse has surrounded the city, and the whole world has fallen.
My engagement banquet turned into a zombie feast. My fiancé pushed me off in order to squeeze onto the escape vehicle.
After being reborn, I awakened my superpower in advance, and my fiancé began to plead with me bitterly not to abandon him.
01
“Lin Chu, is this for me? You’re so kind to me.”
I came back to my senses, turned around blankly, and stared blankly at the person in front of me.
Round eyes, fair face, with a cute and naive look.
She is my cousin, Zhou Zhou.
I lived in her home for a few years when I was a child. So, after she was admitted to a university in my city, I felt sorry for her and gave her one of my houses to live in.
She lived there until she graduated from university. Even after she started working, she showed no sign of leaving.
Three days later, it was my engagement banquet, and she accompanied me to go shopping.
Nine out of the ten things I picked ended up in her bag.
She was holding a limited – edition bag in her hand. I liked it very much and specially asked the counter to reserve it for me. It didn’t arrive until today.
If it was before, if she wanted it, I would have given it to her.
But now I don’t want to.
I was reborn.
Thinking of the experiences before my rebirth, I really can’t feel the slightest bit of joy when looking at this face.
I endured the nausea churning in my heart and said lightly, “It’s not for you. It’s for me.”
Zhou Zhou looked desolate and said “Oh” softly. Her eyes reluctantly returned the thing to me.
Her pitiful expression was very powerful to me.
She knew me too well.
I have a people – pleasing personality and can hardly refuse others’ requests. I always hope to gain others’ affirmation and love through my own efforts.
In the past, she was like this. As long as she acted coquettishly and said a few nice words, I would offer everything I had with both hands.
But before my rebirth, I met someone.
That person told me that I didn’t need to please anyone, and my existence itself was worthy of love.
Only then did I understand that I had been making mistakes all along. I had spent my time, energy, and money on blood – suckers and even dreamed of getting something in return from them.
I was really dreaming.
I took the bag and told the salesperson to wrap it up.
Another voice rang in my ear.
“If Zhou Zhou likes it, just give it to her. It’s just a bag.”
I raised my eyebrows and looked at the person coming – my fiancé, Zhang Yang.
He was choosing a belt. That belt was very expensive, costing 80,000 yuan.
I paid for it at that time.
Thinking carefully, Zhang Yang is much better to Zhou Zhou than to me. He is like Zhou Zhou’s own brother. Under his “generosity”, I seem like a mean sister – in – law.
The efforts between Zhang Yang and me are not equal.
I remember his birthday, his favorite stars, the brands he uses, and his little quirks.
But he can never remember mine. When I ask, his answer is “Men don’t care about those little things.” But how could he personally accompany Zhou Zhou to the hospital when she was sick?
At that time, I felt strange and asked him why.
He said that I only had my uncle’s family as my closest relatives. He was good to Zhou Zhou because he hoped that even if my parents passed away, I could still have a place to call home and a place to stay.
At that time, I was so touched that I felt my life was complete. I even ignored the fact that when I was sick, he only told me to “drink more hot water.”
Later, after he accompanied me to handle my parents’ funerals, he learned from the lawyer that I had inherited ten properties and three companies from my parents. He immediately proposed to me, saying that he wanted to give me a home, and I cried and agreed.
Until later, at the engagement banquet, the zombies attacked, and reality gave me a hard slap.
Zhang Yang pulled Zhou Zhou onto the escape vehicle, and I was pushed off…
02
My eyes fixed on Zhang Yang. For the first time in my life, I told him seriously and firmly.
“I reserved this bag three months ago. It didn’t arrive until today. I planned to use it at the engagement banquet. Do you know how much time and energy I spent on it? Moreover, this bag costs 250,000 yuan, which is equivalent to your annual salary. Why do you casually ask me to give it away?”
I watched as Zhang Yang’s face turned gloomy, and I felt extremely happy.
At that time, I endured the heartache and gave the bag to Zhou Zhou. Watching her shine at my engagement banquet, my heart was almost bleeding.
That day, she dressed more ostentatiously than me, the bride – to – be. Everything on her was paid for by me.
Obviously, I was unhappy, but I still thought she was young and naive, so I let her do as she pleased.
Later, I learned that she did it on purpose.
She was not ignorant at all. The ignorant one was me.
Zhang Yang looked ugly. He put down the belt and turned around to leave.
He walked very fast, as if clearly telling me that he was angry.
If it was before, I would definitely quickly catch up, carefully coax him, and please him. Getting a smile from him would make me content. I would even try every means to buy things he liked as compensation for hurting his feelings.
Actually, I spoiled Zhang Yang.
Before he was with me, he was a wage – earner who would feel pained when buying a pair of 200 – yuan sports shoes. But after being with me, only shoes worth 10,000 yuan were worthy of his feet.
It’s all because I spoiled him!
I ignored him.
Instead, Zhou Zhou became anxious. “Lin Chu, Zhang Yang is angry. How can you say his salary is low in front of so many people? He also has his pride! Quickly buy that belt to coax him!”
A woman’s age and a man’s salary are both sensitive topics.
I looked at her deeply. “You are so kind – hearted. Then you buy it to coax him.”
Zhou Zhou’s face turned red and white, feeling ashamed and angry. “Where do I have so much money? Besides, he’s not my fiancé.”
“Then why do you care about him so much? Is there something going on between you two?” My eyes never left her.
Zhou Zhou was in a panic but turned the tables and got angry.
“Lin Chu, what do you mean? I regard him as my brother.”
I laughed.
From childhood to adulthood, she has never called me sister. She always calls me by my name.
Now, she regards Zhang Yang as her brother. It’s really ridiculous.
I said coldly, “If you regard him as your brother, then ask him to buy things for you. Put down the things I bought for you.”
My quarrel with her attracted many onlookers. Under the eyes of everyone, Zhou Zhou was about to cry.
In full view of the public, she had no face to take those things anymore. She angrily threw the things on the ground.
“Here, I’ll give them all back to you. Don’t come to me in the future, and don’t expect me to be your bridesmaid.”
She turned around and left, in the same direction as Zhang Yang. She walked very slowly, as if expecting me to chase after her.
I took a look and then bent down to pick up the bags on the ground. They were all luxury goods, costing me nearly a million yuan.
What on earth was I thinking at that time?
Probably the sunk cost was too high, and I couldn’t just leave.
I really regarded Zhou Zhou as my own sister, but she really regarded me as a big fool.
I gave the things one by one to passers – by and several salesgirls.
They were utterly astonished when they took the items and attempted to decline. Upon realizing that I genuinely wished to give them away and would discard the items into the trash if they refused, they ultimately accepted them.
Before leaving, I said to those people, “I have insider information. An economic crisis is coming. These luxury goods are actually not very useful. If you can return them, return them. Buy some food and drinks and store them at home.”
The salesgirls who were happy just now suddenly lost their smiles…
03
Three days later, the zombies will come.
My engagement banquet will turn into a feast for the zombies.
God let me be reborn. There must be a reason, not to let me wait for death.
I carefully reviewed what happened in the last days.
I died in the second year of the last days.
At that time, people already had a certain understanding of the zombies.
The first people to awaken their superpowers were those cancer patients. They had been lying on the hospital beds dying, but after being bitten by the zombies, they had a high probability of awakening their superpowers.
Some research said that the zombie virus was originally developed to treat cancer, so it had a miraculous effect on cancer patients. But later, due to the manufacturer’s reasons, the medicine for treating diseases became a poison that caused diseases.
And in the last days, although I also awakened my superpower, my superpower was very useless. I could teleport, but the teleportation range was very small. It was difficult to even escape, let alone fight on the front line.
Precisely because of this, when surrounded by zombies, my teammates did not hesitate to push me out to draw the fire so that they could make their escape.
At that time, I still hoped that Zhang Yang could stand up and say something for me, but he avoided my eyes as if I were a stranger.
I died in the pile of zombies. However, they didn’t have a good end either.
When I was being bitten by the zombies, I saw them being killed by a mental – power superpower.
And that person was the one who saved me.
Now, if there are no accidents, that person should still be waiting to die in the brain – tumor hospital.
I was reborn. I should be here to repay his kindness.
I quickly set three goals:
One is to move to the imperial capital as soon as possible. The imperial capital was the first to establish a base and establish rules and order. I want to reach Rome first.
Two is that I want to find my benefactor and take him with me.
Three is that I want to awaken my superpower in advance and make myself stronger.
In the last days, everything is virtual. Only strength is the kingly way.
I made up my mind and took action immediately.
I quickly booked a round – trip ticket to the imperial capital on the Internet. At the same time, I began to entrust a lawyer to deal with my assets.
I called my company partner and asked him if he wanted the company’s equity. I could sell it to him at a low price.
The company partner was originally a friend of my parents. However, since my parents passed away, he has overshadowed me and told me not to interfere in the company’s affairs, just wait to get the dividends at the end of the year.
And I already knew that he was secretly transferring the company’s assets, waiting for the company to go bankrupt at the end of the year and leave me with nothing.
At that time, I was reluctant to part with my parents’ hard – work and still wanted to have a good talk with him. Now it seems that there is no need.
The partner was very cautious and asked me if it was true.
I tried my best to use the most sincere tone to make my words sound believable.
“I’m going to get engaged to my boyfriend, but the company was left to me by my parents. It’s my pre – marital property. This makes my boyfriend feel insecure. I want to sell the company and establish a new company with him as our post – marital property. I love him and want to give him the best. If you are willing to buy it, that would be great. If not, I’ll ask others.”
A low laugh came from the other end of the phone. “You are so good to your boyfriend. Whoever is your boyfriend is really lucky in his previous life. Wait for me to calculate it.”
“Okay, I want to sell it before the engagement banquet to give him a surprise. Please keep it a secret for me.”
The partner agreed to me. When hanging up the phone, I could still feel his joy and mockery.
Probably he thought that my parents were so smart all their lives, but how could they give birth to such a fool like me?
Am I really stupid?
If I were stupid, I wouldn’t have been admitted to the best university as the top student.
It’s just because of my personality that I can’t let go of my feelings.
I deliberately let the lawyer reveal to him the news that I was still dealing with other assets and also contacted others to say that I wanted to sell the equity to put some pressure on him and force him to make a quick decision.
At the same time, I contacted a real – estate agent in the imperial capital and asked him to help me find a property with the best security in the future base area.
After finishing all these things, I immediately went to the provincial tumor hospital to see my benefactor – Sang Yu.
04
Sang Yu was lying on the hospital bed.
He had a brain tumor, which was probably the reason why he later awakened the mental – power superpower.
In the last days, he was a psychologist in the base.
The last days had a huge impact on people’s mental state. Watching their own kind turn into zombies with their own eyes was like a meteor hitting the earth. Many people were on the verge of collapse.
Sang Yu worked with many psychologists to do psychological counseling and soothe people’s emotions.
Every superpower team had to go to him to check for mental illnesses after completing a mission.
He helped a lot of people, including me.
At that time, I was pushed off the escape vehicle by Zhang Yang. Although I was lucky enough not to die and followed another team, I fell into deep self – doubt – why did Zhang Yang choose to help Zhou Zhou and give up on me?
Was I not good enough?
Was I not worthy of love?
Or did I do something wrong?
I was tortured by this kind of psychology and felt that life was worse than death.
I always habitually thought that only if I was good to others, would others be good to me.
I asked myself that I had given Zhang Yang my full – hearted sincerity. I introduced his job, solved the enrollment problem of his sister’s child, and contacted the best attending doctor when his mother was sick and hospitalized.
I didn’t dislike him for being poor and didn’t ask him for a house or a car. I didn’t ask for anything, just asking him to be good to me.
But later, he chose Zhou Zhou.
I had countless questions in my heart, but there was no one to talk to.
In the last days, everyone was busy escaping for their lives. Those little romantic things seemed like a joke.
It was Sang Yu who noticed something was wrong with me, guided me to speak out the questions in my heart, and told me in a sincere and affirmative tone.
“It’s not your fault. You can be loved without having to please others. Your existence itself is worthy of expectation.”
That sentence “It’s not your fault” saved my life.
Indeed, it was not my fault. I didn’t need to be anxious or blame myself.
Later, when I saw Zhang Yang and Zhou Zhou again in the base, my mentality became much calmer.
But after all, I’m not a saint. I hoped they would feel a little bit guilty towards me, but they didn’t at all.
At that time, I truly understood what Sang Yu meant by “putting your own needs first.”
I gradually learned to love myself, but I didn’t have the opportunity to practice it well before I died in the pile of zombies.
I asked the doctor about Sang Yu’s condition. The doctor was reluctant to say. Only when I stated that I could afford the treatment costs for Sang Yu did he agree to tell me.
Sang Yu had been diagnosed with early – stage brain tumor.
His parents were divorced and each had formed a new family.
Sang Yu’s illness brought a burden to their respective families. His parents quarreled endlessly over the amount of money they had to bear. In order to force the other party to give in, neither of them came.
Now Sang Yu had no one to take care of him.
“What a poor young man. He had a bright future, but it’s a pity.” The doctor sighed deeply.
I said “hmm” softly.
Sang Yu graduated from a prestigious university majoring in psychology and entered a famous psychological counseling room. His future was bright. His parents used to compete to show concern for him, but now, they avoided him like the plague.
I asked the doctor if there was any special medicine that could cure Sang Yu’s illness. It didn’t matter if it was expensive, as long as it could cure the disease or even relieve his pain.
The doctor hesitated for a while before saying, “There is a kind of medicine abroad that has a miraculous effect on cancer, but it’s very expensive. One kind costs 80,000 yuan a dose, and the other costs 50,000 yuan a dose.”
He said the name of the medicine.
My heart skipped a beat. I had heard of this medicine.
Scientists in the last days studied the origin of the zombies. There were two manufacturers of this medicine. The medicine of one manufacturer was really used to treat diseases, while the medicine of the other manufacturer was a counterfeit. It was cheap but would create superpowers and zombies.
I took a deep breath. Sang Yu was lucky to awaken as a superpower after using the medicine, and I awakened my superpower because there was a slight zombie virus in the air in the last days.
Now this medicine was right in front of me. It was the key for me and Sang Yu to awaken our superpowers in advance.
I said firmly, “I’ll buy the medicine. I want all of them, no matter how many there are.”
Half an hour later, I paid two million yuan and got forty doses of the medicine. The doctor only agreed to prescribe a one – and – a – half – month supply. He wouldn’t give any more.
I was quite regretful. I wanted to buy out all the medicine. When a certain dose of this medicine is reached, people will mutate. By then, this hospital will become a living hell. If I bought it all out, the mutation would be delayed, and they would have a greater chance of escaping.
However, sometimes, fate is beyond our control.
When I left, I said to the doctor, “You’d better not use this medicine on patients in the next two days. I’ll take the medicine to an institution for appraisal. If there’s a problem, I’ll sue you.”
The doctor’s face changed drastically, and he looked at me like I was a scumbag. He slammed the door shut with a “bang.”
Once again, I achieved the “annoying people” achievement.
I went to see Sang Yu. He was staring blankly at the ceiling. When he saw me looking at him, he also looked at me, not saying a word.
He had shaved his head, but he was still astonishingly good – looking, with a pair of eyes as if embedded with stars.
It is said on the Internet that being bald is the only criterion to test one’s appearance. This statement is really true.
I walked closer to him, not knowing what to say.
Should I say that I was reborn? That the zombies were coming? That I was thanking him?
That’s so stupid!
As I was thinking, he said softly, “Do you know me well?”
I nodded.
He was silent for a while, probably thinking about where he had seen me. After a long time, he said again, “I haven’t seen you. What do you want from me?”
I held his hand. His fingers were cold, slender, and beautiful.
I didn’t have such a chance in the last days. At that time, he was a powerful and rare mental – power superpower. One look from him could freeze me in place.
Now he was weak, pitiful, and helpless. What better time to take advantage than now?
I said sincerely, “My name is Lin Chu. You helped me inadvertently before. Now I want to help you. Come with me to the imperial capital. Your illness can only be treated there.”
He quietly withdrew his hand, stared at me carefully for a while, and asked, “What did I help you with?”
There were so many things, but it was all about what happened before my rebirth.
Seeing that I didn’t speak, he seemed to see through something and smiled. “I’ve checked. The cost in the imperial capital is twice as high. Here, it can be reimbursed, but it can’t be reimbursed if it’s in a different place.”
Me: “…”
I never expected that a top student would also be a poor working – stiff.
I held his hand again and made up a random excuse.
“There’s a kind of medicine that can cure it. They’re currently recruiting tumor volunteers. If you go, you have a fifty – percent chance of surviving. The cost is fully covered during the treatment. I have a way to get you a spot. Trust me.”
05
Sang Yu agreed to go with me. I don’t know if it was because I was too sincere or because of the words “the cost is fully covered”…
I hired a nurse to handle his discharge procedures and went back to my apartment to pack my things first.
As soon as I got home, I received a call from my aunt. As soon as she answered, she started questioning me why I was selling the house where Zhou Zhou lived. Didn’t I give that house to Zhou Zhou?
Huh?
When did I say such a thing?
Or did Zhou Zhou really regard the house as her own after living in it for free for five years?
I took a deep breath and told myself not to get angry.
“Aunt, I originally planned to give the house to Zhou Zhou, but my boyfriend disagreed. Now, I plan to sell all the houses and buy a new one after marriage as the post – marital property of my boyfriend and me.”
“How about this? I’ll sell the house to you at a low price. I’ll only charge you half the money. Don’t tell my boyfriend, or he will definitely not agree.”
Although it was only half the price, it would still drain my aunt’s family fortune.
Although money was severely hit in the early days of the apocalypse, later, when the base stabilized, the function of money was restored, but there was severe inflation.
Dragging out their family fortune, presumably they won’t be able to live as comfortably as they did before my rebirth.
When I was a child, my parents were out starting a business, so they sent me to live with my uncle’s family. My aunt always looked down on me. It was not until my mother sent a large sum of money that my aunt started to treat me properly.
In order to have a better life, I washed the pots, swept the floor, wiped the tables, massaged her back, head, and feet after school.
I tried my best to please her, hoping to get a smile from her.
Until my parents picked me up, I thought this kind of life of pleasing others was over.
But in fact, this kind of personality had formed and affected my entire life.
In the apocalypse, she was fully aware of how Zhou Zhou had treated me, yet she still wished that I wouldn’t harbor any resentment and would instead facilitate the union of Zhou Zhou and Zhang Yang.
In their eyes, they probably really thought they could decide my life and take whatever they wanted from me.
My aunt started cursing, “Lin Chu, are you crazy? Zhang Yang is an outsider. We’re your uncle and aunt! You give what your parents left to an outsider to deceive you, but you’re not willing to give it to us. Are you out of your mind?”
She kept scolding. I moved the phone away a little to let her vent.
After a long time, when she started calling my name non – stop, I continued, “Aunt, that’s how it is. I’ll deal with all the houses before the engagement banquet. You think about it.”
I hung up the phone.
In the family group, my aunt started sending messages non – stop to condemn me, saying things like “being deceived by a man,” “ungrateful,” and “love – struck.”
Zhou Zhou, on the other hand, was acting pitifully, trying to persuade her mother to “talk to Lin Chu nicely.”
I laughed. Trying to morally blackmail me?
After Sang Yu’s psychological treatment, I was already immune to them.
I sent a message in the group, “The house where Zhou Zhou is living now was left to me by my mother. The market price is three million yuan. Now I’m selling it for one and a half million. Those who are willing to buy it, add me.”
After a brief silence in the group, it started to beep non – stop. Many relatives rushed to add me, asking if it was true.
My aunt called again, “Give me the house and transfer the ownership now.”
“Okay. Pay today, or I’ll sell it to someone else.”
My aunt hung up the phone viciously.
I rushed to the real – estate management office with the lawyer before it closed and completed all the procedures.
Zhou Zhou was happily holding the house deed, her eyes curved with a smile. My aunt rolled her eyes. Zhou Zhou whispered a few words in her ear, and then she had a better expression.
Zhou Zhou smiled and said, “Lin Chu, thank you. Are you selling the house to make Brother Zhang Yang happy? I knew you couldn’t let him go.”
I nodded, “Yes, it’s a surprise for him. You keep it a secret for me.”
Zhou Zhou gave me a “don’t worry” look.
She said with a smile, “Lin Chu, I’m not angry with you anymore. Give me the things. Are they at home? I’ll go back with you to get them.”
I looked at her in disbelief. “What things? You mean those luxury goods? I’ve already thrown them in the trash. I thought you really didn’t want them. What a pity! If I had known you wanted them, I wouldn’t have thrown them away. How about I tell you where to look for them?”
I watched as the smile on Zhou Zhou’s face collapsed, and I felt a sense of accomplishment again.
06
Not long after I walked out of the real – estate management office, I received a call from Zhang Yang. On the other end of the phone, his tone was arrogant.
“I’ve taken a fancy to a house. Come and have a look with me.”
I was silent for a moment and quickly understood what was going on. He wanted to empty the cash in my hands quickly.
I just sold the house, and he found out right away. Zhou Zhou really knows how to “keep secrets.”
I said calmly, “Do you know what you did wrong?”
“What?” Zhang Yang was stunned.
I repeated it again.
For the first time in my life, I didn’t apologize to him. Instead, I asked him to apologize. In his eyes, I must be extremely bold.
Even through the phone line, I could feel the piercing coldness.
Zhang Yang’s cold voice came, “Lin Chu, I’ll give you a chance. Come here now, pay half of the down – payment, and I’ll add your name to the house deed. Otherwise, forget it.”
I stubbornly repeated it again, “If you say you’re wrong, I’ll come. Otherwise, I won’t…”
Before I could finish, the phone was hung up.
I shook my head. Based on my understanding of Zhang Yang, he was probably sulking and paying for the house by now.
Very good. Another wallet was emptied.
My sense of accomplishment doubled, and the pent – up anger in my heart finally dissipated a bit.
In the evening, the lawyer told me that all the assets under my name had been dealt with. All the real estate was mortgaged for a loan, jewelry, luxury goods were sold to a pawnshop, and the equity was also sold at a low price to the partner.
After such a series of operations, I actually had two hundred million yuan in my hands.
I was surprised for a moment when I saw the large amount, but soon I lost interest.
The housing price in the imperial capital is not cheap, especially near the future base. The price is astonishingly high.
Although I took advantage of the information gap to make some money, at the same time, I also had to use real money to buy a house in the imperial capital and set aside some money to store supplies.
Looking at it this way, the money in my hand is actually quite tight.
Just then, the real – estate agent in the imperial capital called me and told me that there was an aerial courtyard that perfectly met my requirements, but the asking price was high, about 180 million yuan. He asked me when I would come to see the house.
My heart skipped a beat. Goodness, why is it so expensive?
I made an appointment with him to see the house tomorrow.
Seeing that the time was almost up, I started packing my things and headed to the airport.
On the way, I casually scrolled through my WeChat Moments and saw Zhang Yang showing off his house – purchase contract. He wrote, “After years of hard work, I finally have my own house. The house is not big, but the future is promising.”
The pictures were beautiful, including the house – purchase contract, as well as lobster and red wine.
I scrolled down a bit and saw Zhou Zhou’s WeChat Moments: “I got my own house after working for one year. Thank you, dear mom and dad.”
The picture was also a house deed, along with lobster and red wine.
Were they having a meal together?
I sneered. I hope they can still laugh three days later.
I liked their posts respectively and left two similar comments.
“Seeing how well you and my cousin—or should I say, my future brother-in-law—click, you two really seem like a match made in heaven!”
Soon, when I scrolled again, Zhou Zhou’s WeChat Moments disappeared. Only Zhang Yang’s was still there, just like him, probably still waiting for me to come and plead.
When I arrived at the airport, I saw Sang Yu. I carefully accompanied him to go through the boarding procedures.
He smiled and said, “I’m not that weak. I can do it myself. You take a rest. Are you so good at taking care of people because you’ve been taking care of others since you were a child?”
My heart was deeply touched.
Maybe I would have hidden it before, not wanting others to think I was pitiful. But in front of him, I felt that I should show my true self.
I said yes and then slowly told him about my experiences.
Sang Yu listened carefully, occasionally guiding me to continue. By the time the plane took off, I had almost told him everything about myself.
We remained silent all the way. Just before getting off the plane, he asked me, “Do you need me to do psychological treatment for you?”
I almost blurted out a refusal. “No!”
My voice was a bit sharp, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
He looked at me in confusion and said gently, sorry.
I lowered my head, my heart in turmoil. The only psychologist I would never go to in my life was Sang Yu.
Because one of the professional ethics of psychologists is that they cannot have a romantic relationship with their patients.
07
In the last days, I liked Sang Yu, but he rejected me.
He said I was “transferring my emotions.” Because he helped me solve my psychological problems, I thought he was powerful and became attached to him. This was an unequal relationship. He was in a dominant position, and I was a weak person. The strong over the weak would inevitably lead to exploitation.
I agreed with what he said and started to stay away from him.
But later, when I died, why did he go crazy and blow the heads off those superpowers?
In the base, self – harm among superpowers was prohibited. Killing a superpower of the same kind would be punished severely. Why did he kill them?
I had so many questions in my heart, but I would never get the answers.
But this time, I won’t let myself and Sang Yu fall into a doctor – patient relationship again.
He’ll never be able to do psychological treatment for me in this life.
After getting off the plane, I took Sang Yu straight to the real – estate agent’s place to see the 180 – million – yuan mansion.
It was a single – family villa within the scope of the previous base. It also had an underground garage. Most importantly, it was a single – door and single – courtyard house with first – class security. Once the door was locked, it was isolated from the world.
The area of the villa was not as large as the nearby courtyard house, but I didn’t dare to buy that courtyard house either. The courtyard house was the power center of the previous base. Even if I bought it, I would have to vacate it, so there was no need to bother.
I made a request. I could pay immediately, but the house had to be transferred today.
The agent was stunned, then the whole person trembled with excitement. He immediately helped me contact and soon told me good news: the house could be transferred today, and he took the initiative to give me a discount, reducing the price to 170 million yuan.
After I completed the procedures, he told me the truth.
This house had been on the market for a long time. Its price was comparable to that of the courtyard house, but it didn’t have the area of the courtyard house. Except for a higher degree of modernization, it didn’t have many advantages. Many people came to see it, but there were no buyers. He didn’t expect me to really buy it.
I smiled. It seemed that I really lost money now.
However, in the future, this place will become extremely valuable, even more expensive than in the prosperous times. So, in a way, I’m making a profit.
I directly hired the agent to work for me and asked him to help me contact the surrounding wholesale markets. He was a local, very familiar with this place and had connections. He quickly helped me make the arrangements.
He looked at the goods list I gave him and was stunned.
“You’re going to open a supermarket!”
The supplies list included a large amount of rice, flour, oil, vegetables, meat, sugar, seasonings, and other necessities, as well as many canned foods, compressed biscuits, candies, instant noodles, white wine, milk powder, etc. that could be stored for a long time.
There were also generators, flashlights, binoculars, lighters, clothes, shoes, backpacks, medical supplies, medicines, protective equipment, and winter supplies.
Of course, the most important things were water, electricity, and gas.
At the beginning of the last days, water, electricity, and gas were all cut off. It would take two or three months to restore order.
I directly bought five large military – style water tanks and placed them in the yard, filling them with water. These waters, if used sparingly, would be enough to last until the order was restored. For electricity, I used solar energy, and for gas, I used liquefied gas.
The agent felt very distressed. The beautiful landscape was all crushed by the water tanks. He kept sighing but still followed my arrangements and found a construction team to come and install.
I had only one requirement: to ensure that the water, electricity, and gas equipment in the villa could work normally under extreme conditions.
I paid them five times the money and asked them to get everything done overnight.
The supplies arrived one after another, and the workers carried the things in one truckload after another. Fortunately, the agent had informed the property management in advance, so everything went smoothly.
When everyone left, it was already dawn.
I gave each worker a batch of supplies and told them that the policy might change and the city might be locked down. I asked them to prepare more things at home.
They were very hesitant, but when they saw the supplies I had stored and the mansion I lived in, they subconsciously thought that I was a powerful person with insider information.
They quickly rushed back home in a panic.
The villa was stuffed to the brim, and there was not even a place to set foot in the underground garage.
I estimated that the stored supplies were enough for five hundred people to survive for a month.
And the money in my hand was also spent like water.
Sang Yu spontaneously helped me check for omissions and shortages and take inventory of the supplies. We didn’t rest for a whole day and night. His pale face took on an abnormal flush. I felt very sorry. He was still a patient, yet I subconsciously treated him as the powerful superpower from the apocalypse. But time was tight, and we didn’t have time to rest. There was still one very important thing for us to do.
08
I hadn’t thought about how to tell him yet, but he asked me first.
“There’s no such thing as tumor volunteers, is there?”
“Uh…”
“Is something bad going to happen?”
I nodded heavily. At that moment, I felt a bit uncomfortable in my heart. I was reborn, which was too mysterious to explain. And I didn’t know if the future events would unfold as they did in my previous life after my rebirth. I was like a lone traveler, able to do only what was within my power.
I asked him to open two bottles of peach canned food, one for him and one for me. We ate the canned food, and the sweet juice made me feel a bit better.
I said, “There is indeed a kind of medicine that can cure your illness, but there’s also a fifty – percent chance of death. I’ll try it first.”
He stopped and asked, “Are you also a tumor patient?”
“No!” I turned to look at him. “I’m allergic!”
His eyes widened in surprise, but soon he regained his composure, maintaining a polite expression. I knew I must look terrible. I’m allergic to peaches by nature. Eating one bite of a peach can make my whole body break out in red spots. I must have red spots all over my face now. I look so ugly! And it itches unbearably. But there was no other way. In my previous life, my superpower was too useless. Euphemistically speaking, it was teleportation, but what’s the use of a teleportation ability that can only move two meters? Later, I practiced martial arts hard, but compared with those superpowers who could control elements, I was still worlds apart. Zhang Yang awakened a gold – type superpower, and Zhou Zhou awakened a healing ability. My superpower was often ridiculed by them as “zombie express delivery.” If two zombies stood side by side, my teleportation would be equivalent to being “delivered” from the embrace of one zombie to the embrace of another.
In this life, I want to make my superpower stronger. Scientific research in the apocalypse showed that patients with severe illnesses usually awakened more powerful superpowers. I’m healthy and have a good appetite. I don’t have time to get a terminal illness, so I can only make my allergy more severe and then take the medicine, hoping this can make the superpower I awaken stronger.
Sang Yu grabbed me. “Stop eating. Come with me to the hospital.”
“Wait, I have the medicine. Bring it here.” I was a bit out of breath, but I still stubbornly put the last piece of peach into my mouth. I’ve never had a good taste of a peach in my life. Peaches are so delicious…
Sang Yu was angry and amused at the same time. He quickly brought the medicine. After just one look, he was stunned.
“This is medicine for treating cancer, not for allergies.”
“Give it to me. It can cure me. It’s too late to go to the hospital. If you don’t want me to die, give it to me. Trust me.”
My body was getting hot. I had a fever, but I still stared at him firmly. Under my repeated urging, Sang Yu seemed to make up his mind and quickly opened the medicine and handed it to me. I quickly drank it. “Not enough. More!”
The mutation of the medicine wasn’t caused by one or two bottles but by long – term accumulation. I drank ten bottles in a row. I felt extremely hot and then extremely cold, as if there were two forces in my body fighting for control. But soon, the feeling of alternating hot and cold disappeared. I opened my eyes and saw the redness on my arm fade. My face was smooth, and my eyesight was significantly better. I flashed, and I was already from the side of the sofa to the window. The distance was five meters. I had a feeling that I could teleport even farther, maybe up to ten meters. With this distance, it was no longer “zombie express delivery.” I had the ability to escape. Coupled with martial arts, I could sneak – attack anyone I wanted to. The suffering wasn’t in vain. However, this also meant that the apocalypse was really coming.
Sang Yu looked at me seriously. “Superpower?”
I nodded. “It’s your turn. Dare to drink?”
Sang Yu smiled. He drank fifteen bottles before he had a reaction. His symptoms were different from mine. After drinking, he felt drowsy and soon fell asleep. I kept watching him, afraid that something might happen to him. His sleeping face was extremely handsome. I could only secretly look at him before, but now I could look at him openly. I even had an impulse to… I rubbed my face, quickly getting rid of this shameless thought.
I took out my phone and checked. Tomorrow was supposed to be my engagement banquet with Zhang Yang. Up until now, he hadn’t called me even once. It seemed he was still waiting for me to apologize. If I didn’t apologize today, I was afraid he wouldn’t even show up at the engagement banquet tomorrow. He was definitely capable of doing such a thing. But if he didn’t go, how could he be chased and bitten by zombies? He had to attend, and yet I didn’t want to reach out to him. So, I sent a mass message to all the guests invited to the wedding banquet, informing them that the event was canceled and they didn’t need to come. I deliberately excluded my uncle’s family from the message.
Then, among a pile of documents, I found my house – purchase contract, took a few pictures of the interior of the mansion, and posted a WeChat Moments that only my uncle’s family and Zhang Yang could see: “A 170 – million – yuan mansion. It’s so lonely to live alone.”
Ten minutes later, Zhang Yang’s call came. His tone was gentle, but I could still hear the suppressed anger.
“Chuchu, you bought a house? Didn’t you say we would buy it together after marriage?”
170 million yuan. I imagine his heart must be bleeding at this moment.
I said lightly, “Yes, that was the original plan. But you didn’t apologize to me, did you?”
There was a long, suppressed silence on the other end of the phone. Zhang Yang said, “Chuchu, I’m sorry. I thought it over carefully. I really shouldn’t have asked you to give away the things you liked. I should have considered your feelings first, distinguished the priorities, and put you first. I’m sorry. Will you forgive me?”
The extreme depression in my heart finally eased a bit, but then, I felt sad. So Zhang Yang understood the truth! He knew he should put me first, consider my feelings, and respect my needs. He clearly understood but didn’t do it. This only showed that in his heart, I wasn’t a girlfriend or a lover but just an ATM.
I sneered. “I’ll think about it, depending on your performance.”
“You…” He was about to get angry habitually but quickly held it back. “Okay, don’t worry. I’ll definitely perform well in the future. At tomorrow’s engagement banquet, you’ll be the center of attention.”
“Okay. Hang up!” I hung up the phone quickly without waiting for his reply.
I looked at Sang Yu, who was lying on the bed, peaceful and cute. I wondered why I had liked Zhang Yang in the first place. Maybe it was because he helped me carry my luggage when I entered the school? He swiped his card for me when I forgot to bring my meal card? He carried my backpack when we climbed the mountain? There were so many small moments that filled my affection for him. But why did it change later? Perhaps he knew me well and was too lazy to make efforts anymore, instead enjoying my flattery with peace of mind. If that was really the case, it was truly human nature at its worst!
10
The next day, I was woken up by a phone call. I opened my eyes and found myself lying next to Sang Yu, and he happened to open his eyes at the same time. Our eyes met. His gaze was so calm and bright that I felt like I was being seen through. I quickly took the opportunity of answering the phone to avoid his gaze and got out of bed quickly.
On the other end of the phone, Zhang Yang’s suppressed questioning came. “Where are you? It’s already this time. Why haven’t you come yet? I went to your house, but you didn’t open the door. Where did you stay last night?”
I looked at the time. It was already twelve o’clock, the time for the wedding banquet to start. There were only a few minutes left until the zombies attacked. I just needed to hold him off for these few minutes.
I yawned and said lazily, “I’ll be there soon. Are all the people here?”
Speaking of this, he became excited again. “Not many people came today. They said you sent them a message yesterday saying that the engagement banquet wasn’t going to be held today. What do you mean?”
“Nothing. Where’s Zhou Zhou? Is Zhou Zhou here?”
“She’s here, right next to me.”
I listened carefully and heard Zhou Zhou’s shouts on the phone. “Wow, Brother Zhang Yang, this bouquet is so beautiful. I want one like this in the future. Ah, this one is also beautiful. I…”
Then, a shrill scream. “Ah! This crazy person is biting.”
“Zhou Zhou!” Zhang Yang let out a roar.
Soon, there were the harsh sounds of tables, chairs, and benches being dragged, and the sound of cups and plates breaking on the ground.
The phone was still on the call, but Zhang Yang put it in his pocket. I could only piece together what was happening there based on some sounds. The zombies had attacked.
Zhang Yang pulled Zhou Zhou and ran all the way. They got into a car, but soon the car couldn’t move because of the chaotic traffic. The two could only get out of the car and flee in a panic.
Perhaps feeling the phone getting hot from being on the call for a long time, Zhang Yang realized something. He took out the phone and roared at me, “Lin Chu, you set me up? Did you know something was going to happen today?”
“Zhang Yang, enjoy it!” I laughed and hung up the phone.
I wondered if they would still find the city rescuers and get on the car smoothly as they did in the previous life. I’ll wait for them at the base!
The imperial capital was in chaos too. I activated the security system of the villa, and the whole small courtyard seemed to be isolated from the world. The TV station in the imperial capital was still working hard, constantly broadcasting rescue scenes, asking survivors to rush to safe places. The villa area where I was located was lucky. Not many zombies approached. Maybe this was the reason why this place was chosen as the base.
Soon, one afternoon, several bullet – proof cars and military trucks drove in here. A group of people quickly entered the courtyard. The leader was a middle – aged man. He walked a few steps, then suddenly stopped and looked at the villa where I was, looking at me behind the window.
I also looked at him silently, not retreating a single step. Sang Yu stood next to me in a protective posture, also looking at the middle – aged man.
The man frowned, then turned around and went in.
I recognized him. He was the leader of the base in the apocalypse. His superpower wasn’t very powerful, but he was good at management. Under his leadership, the whole base quickly established rules, and everyone had their own responsibilities.
His most powerful subordinate was his son, a thunder – type superpower named Fei Jun. Fei Jun was ruthless and not easy to mess with, but he was very fair. He mainly led the superpowers, and I had once received his protection.
Not long after, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and saw Fei Jun.
At this time, Fei Jun was completely different from how he was in the apocalypse. In the apocalypse, he was tough and powerful, but now the Fei Jun standing in front of me looked pale and weak.
He smiled politely. “Hello, my father wants to see you. Are you available?”
11
I looked at Sang Yu, and Sang Yu nodded.
I said, “Okay!”
I followed Fei Jun to the courtyard. Along the way, the armed guards ignored us, but their serious expressions showed that they were all on high alert.
After entering, I saw the middle – aged man. In the apocalypse, we all called him “Father Fei” because it was all thanks to him that many people without superpowers could survive well in the base.
Father Fei motioned for me to sit down.
He simply and neatly put a stack of materials in front of me.
I flipped through a few pages and found that they were all about me. There was even my file from childhood to adulthood.
I had been discovered.
I thought about it carefully. It was probably because I spent 170 million yuan to buy a mansion and my subsequent warehouse – style stockpiling method that attracted attention.
I threw the materials aside and said calmly, “What do you want from me? Just say it directly.”
He said lightly, “You can talk first.”
This old man wants to test me?
I laughed. “I’m not in a hurry, but those people outside should be. You’ve investigated. The things I’ve stocked up can keep me from going out for two years.”
Father Fei’s brows furrowed slightly. Soon, the guns in the hands of the guards on both sides made a “click” sound as they loaded bullets.
Sang Yu’s face darkened slightly. He looked at the guards, and those guards’ expressions became dazed. The muzzles of the bullets uncontrollably pointed at the ceiling, and no matter how they tried to turn them, they couldn’t.
Father Fei’s face became serious, and he sat up straight instantly. Fei Jun widened his eyes, looking thoughtful.
I said calmly, “I don’t mean to offend you. On the contrary, I respect you very much. However, just because you’re a good person doesn’t mean everyone else is. You’re a good person, and you have so many people protecting you. But if I’m a good person, who will protect me?”
Father Fei’s face relaxed. He looked at me deeply. “What do you want? Just ask. Tell me what you know.”
I said “okay.”
I told the story that Sang Yu and I had agreed on: I had a dream in which zombies attacked. When I woke up, I had a sense of crisis and immediately started preparing things, etc.
Naturally, this story was full of loopholes, but wasn’t the matter of my rebirth even more absurd?
Finally, I took out a bottle of medicine. “You need this now.”
“Now it’s a banned drug!” Father Fei frowned.
I took a deep breath. Their reaction was really fast. They found the source so quickly.
“Indeed, it can create zombies, but it can also create superpowers. Now we have no other choice.”
Father Fei was silent. “Superpowers… The world is going to be in chaos.”
I was also silent. “Yes! But I believe it will get better.”
“What do you want?”
“I want to be the second – in – command of the future superpower organization.”
“Hmm? Why not the first – in – command?” Father Fei smiled, looking at me with interest.
I curled my lips. Did he think I was stupid?
At that time, Fei Jun was exhausted. I didn’t want to be like him.
Father Fei stood up and solemnly stretched out his hand to me. “Welcome to join the First Base. I officially appoint you as the deputy captain of the First Base Superpower Brigade. The appointment letter will come in a few days.”
I shook hands with him.
He invited me to an internal meeting.
Through the meeting, I learned that the military had been dispatched to establish rescue bases in various places. The Second and Third Bases were also being established one after another. The future situation would get better and better.
I listened with enthusiasm, feeling extremely proud: Awesome, my country!
The later part of the meeting was confidential, and I left consciously.
Fei Jun saw Sang Yu and me out. When we reached the door, he smiled and said, “Why don’t you want to be the first – in – command? I think you have the ability.”
“Too tiring!”
“Hmm…”
This reason didn’t seem to convince him. He looked at me thoughtfully. “Do you know that usually, the second – in – command is used to take the blame?”
Me: “…”
I was stunned. I didn’t know. I really didn’t know.
Seeing my confused look, Fei Jun burst out laughing and left.
Sang Yu also laughed. He rubbed my head.
“Go in. He’s lying to you. If there really is any blame, I’ll take it!”
12
The First Base was officially established.
My appointment letter also arrived.
The entire villa area became bustling. Every day, a large number of people poured in, and many of them were injured. Sang Yu’s expression grew increasingly solemn.
Finally, one day, he told me that he wanted to go out and do something.
I knew this day would come sooner or later. In the apocalypse, he was like this.
Psychologists are also known as psychiatrists. I couldn’t stop a doctor from saving lives.
He came to ask me, which meant he regarded me highly. Since that was the case, I couldn’t object.
He went out happily. Before leaving, he suddenly asked me seriously, “Did I like you before your rebirth?”
My heart skipped a beat.
“I don’t know.”
Anyway, I like you very much.
Sang Yu smiled softly and went out. Before going out, he seemed to say, “I should have,” but his voice was very low, and I didn’t hear clearly.
All day long, I was restless and lost in thought.
I didn’t get a definite answer before my rebirth, and I didn’t hear clearly this time either.
What bad ears I have!
The potato chips in my hand didn’t taste good anymore.
Sang Yu went out early and came back late. His reputation in the base grew day by day.
He fought bravely outside. At first, he could blow the head off a zombie. As his proficiency increased, he could gradually control several zombies simultaneously and blow their heads off.
Back at the base, he established a psychological team as he did in his previous life to help people relieve their psychological barriers.
I looked at him, thinking he was really an angel, and this angel had fallen into my hands. I was extremely proud.
One day, as I was patrolling the base with the superpower users, I heard a commotion.
“We’re also superpower users. Why aren’t we allocated accommodation and supplies?”
The voice sounded familiar. I looked up and saw old acquaintances – Zhang Yang and Zhou Zhou.
The two were disheveled and their clothes were in tatters, but their arrogance remained.
The person in charge of distributing supplies was stunned. “But you clearly received a share of supplies at the ordinary people’s supply collection point.”
Zhang Yang sneered. “I hadn’t awakened my superpower back then. Now that I have, why can’t I get another share?”
As he spoke, he spread his fingers, and an iron rod flew into his hand.
It was a nice move.
Among the elemental superpowers, the gold – type superpower is a combat – type superpower second only to the thunder – type superpower. No one wants to offend such a powerful existence.
The person distributing supplies shook his head and sighed, ready to give in and let him take another share.
I pushed through the crowd and walked forward. “You can only take one of the two shares of supplies. Which one do you want?”
Zhang Yang looked up and saw me. His eyes were ablaze with anger. “Lin Chu! You bi…”
“Slap!”
I gave him a hard slap.
He immediately counterattacked with his gold – type superpower.
I used teleportation and martial arts, instantly flashing behind him and dislocating his two arms, then kicking him in the back of his knees.
He fell to his knees with a thud, grimacing in pain, and soon couldn’t hold on and started wailing on the ground.
I looked at Zhou Zhou indifferently. “Now tell me, when did you two awaken your superpowers?”
“On… on… the way here.” Zhou Zhou’s teeth were chattering, and her eyes were filled with panic.
I nodded and said to the person distributing supplies, “Lying about superpowers and cheating for supplies. Both shares of supplies will be confiscated, and they’ll only get half a share. Also, for attacking the captain and being unruly, their mission assignments will be doubled!”
“Yes, Vice – Captain!” The people around looked at me with admiration.
Zhang Yang, who was rolling on the ground, stared at me in disbelief, and his voice softened. “Vice – Captain? Lin Chu?”
I ignored him and continued patrolling.
Then, Zhou Zhou’s trembling voice came from behind. “Cousin, don’t you care about me anymore?”
I was so angry that I laughed.
Zhou Zhou had never called me cousin in her life. Now she was calling me cousin? Was she expecting to ride on my coattails?
Wait!
This scheming girl might really use my name to say something like, “Do you know who my cousin is?”
Then my reputation would be ruined!
I looked around and said loudly, “This person was indeed my cousin before, but not anymore. If she causes trouble in the base in my name in the future, everyone can deal with her harshly because I really hate her!”
Everyone burst into laughter.
Zhou Zhou’s face turned pale, and tears welled up in her eyes. “Lin Chu, what have I done to you that you would say such things about me?”
I looked at her deeply. “Zhou Zhou, you hide your thoughts well, but others aren’t fools. Do you want me to expose what you’ve done in public?”
Everyone looked eager for gossip.
Zhou Zhou didn’t dare to say anything more. She grabbed Zhang Yang and ran away.
I looked at their backs, and a dark feeling welled up in my heart. There were still many days to come. I hoped they could survive wave after wave of zombie attacks.
But I underestimated Zhang Yang’s shamelessness.
After the night patrol, I returned to my residence. Zhang Yang was actually waiting for me outside the villa.
He had a sincere look on his face, and his voice carried a hint of nostalgic tenderness.
“Chuchu, are you still angry with me? I got a bit too close to your sister. I’ll change in the future. Will you forgive me?”
“Let me ask you a question. If Zhou Zhou and I were both bitten by zombies at the same time, who would you save?”
“Of course I’d save you.”
I smiled. “Really? Think carefully before you answer.”
Just as Zhang Yang was about to speak, his face suddenly turned extremely ugly. He seemed to be controlled. I realized something and looked upstairs. There was Sang Yu standing in front of the window.
Huh? Why was he back so early today?
I smiled at him and understood what was going on with Zhang Yang.
Sang Yu’s mental superpower had advanced rapidly. People targeted by him often had to tell the truth, or else they would feel the fear of having their heads blown off at any moment.
Sure enough, Zhang Yang couldn’t withstand the pressure. He forced out the words “Zhou Zhou,” and his whole body was drenched in sweat, as if he had been washed.
I stared at him and spat out one word, “Scram!”
Zhang Yang left like a homeless dog, dispirited. After walking a few steps, he roared unwillingly.
“Lin Chu, I only made this one mistake. Is it necessary for you to be like this?”
“One mistake?”
I looked at him in disbelief, wondering how he could come to such a conclusion.
“Don’t tell me you didn’t know Zhou Zhou had a crush on you. You enjoyed my efforts and Zhou Zhou’s admiration at the same time, playing both sides. Who do you think you are?”
“You kept suppressing me, spent my money with a clear conscience, and even made me spend money on the girl you like. Your face is so big that it can’t be measured with a ruler, right?”
“You clearly didn’t like me in your heart, but you pretended to be affectionate. What kind of plastic bag are you?”
Zhang Yang’s face turned livid. He looked at me, then at Sang Yu, and forced out a sentence. “Don’t pin everything on me. If you’re really clean, who is the man upstairs?”
I looked at Sang Yu, and he looked at me.
I said calmly, “I’m chasing him now. Don’t get in my way. Leave me alone!”
I entered the villa, and Zhang Yang shouted angrily, “Lin Chu, you’ll regret it!”
What bad luck!
I really regretted not leaving this scumbag earlier.
I went upstairs, and Sang Yu brought a plate of fruits.
He said casually, “I was going to teach him a lesson just now, but when I heard him say ‘the man upstairs,’ I stopped.”
I almost choked on the dragon fruit. “What? You could hear that from so far away?”
“Yeah!” Sang Yu approached me, gently wiped the pink juice from the corner of my lips with his finger, and said in a low voice, “When are you going to chase me?”
Me: “…”
Help, this is so flirtatious. I can barely hold on.
Sang Yu smiled softly and kissed my lips…
13
Thanks to Zhang Yang, Sang Yu and I made rapid progress.
We did everything except the most intimate thing.
After Zhang Yang and Zhou Zhou passed the short novice protection period, they started going on missions with the veterans.
On the first mission, Zhou Zhou caused a huge mess. She had awakened the healing ability. She should have treated the most severely injured person, but her eyes were always on Zhang Yang. As a result, a teammate who should have been treated didn’t receive treatment and had to have an arm amputated to save his life.
Fei Jun was furious. He pointed at Zhou Zhou’s nose and cursed, “You cried and insisted on being in the same team as Zhang Yang. You told me you’d do a good job. I really believed you. If there’s a next time, it’ll be military law!”
Zhou Zhou’s eyes were red from crying, and Zhang Yang didn’t even comfort her.
I watched coldly, probably understanding Zhou Zhou’s mentality.
Before my rebirth, she also used her healing ability on Zhang Yang. With her protection, Zhang Yang dared to charge forward. The two of them had a mutually beneficial relationship and could strive for more credit and supplies through such cooperation.
But now the situation had changed. I had a large amount of supplies, lived in a mansion second only to the headquarters, had no worries about food and clothing, and had power.
The little supplies in their hands were insignificant. Maybe they were just being greedy.
Zhou Zhou knew she couldn’t reconcile with me, but Zhang Yang was ambitious and still held hope for me.
The two of them were suspicious of each other. At this time, Zhou Zhou was desperately trying to win Zhang Yang’s favor, but Zhang Yang’s attention was no longer on her.
How pitiful!
Wasn’t she just like me in the past?
The consequence of this incident was that although Zhou Zhou had the healing ability, few people were willing to team up with her. Everyone knew it wasn’t reliable to entrust their lives to her, and they often criticized her. Even Zhang Yang refused to team up with her one day.
I heard that Zhou Zhou cried loudly that day.
One night, Zhou Zhou finally couldn’t help but come to me.
I pressed the switch and let her in.
She looked around my mansion, and envy filled her eyes.
The floor – cleaning robot was working in the room. The serving robot brought out fruits. Soft music played from the speaker with a voice command. When I put my phone down, the smart charging cabinet automatically started charging.
These things were scarce now.
I watched Zhou Zhou’s expression with great interest.
Zhou Zhou probably realized her gaffe. She came to her senses, her eyes red, looking like she was about to cry.
“Cousin, Zhang Yang and I broke up. I want to come and live with you.”
I chuckled. “What about your parents?”
Zhou Zhou’s face froze. A flash of panic crossed her eyes, but she quickly covered it up. “I don’t know!”
“You abandoned your parents, didn’t you? They treated you so well. How could you abandon them?”
“I didn’t. I really didn’t. I wanted to look for them, but in this chaotic world, how could I?”
I smiled but didn’t speak, my eyes seeming to see through everything.
Before my rebirth, I was with my uncle and aunt and caught up with another rescue team. But my uncle and aunt didn’t take care of me along the way. Instead, they got used to ordering me around and even tried to exchange me for supplies. If it weren’t for Sang Yu’s constant help, I wouldn’t have made it to the base.
When we arrived at the base, the four of them lived a happy life. It was really enviable!
I put a stack of documents in front of Zhou Zhou. She picked them up, and her face showed a variety of expressions.
Soon, she let out a scream and threw the stack of documents away as if they were a hot potato.
I said indifferently, “Your parents are dead. You and Zhang Yang pushed your parents off the rescue vehicle to squeeze onto it. A person who doesn’t even care about her own parents, how can I let her call me cousin?”
“Zhou Zhou, you should be glad you awakened your superpower. The base is in urgent need of people now. Otherwise, you’d already be on trial in court. From now on, we have nothing to do with each other. If I hear you call me cousin again, I’ll hit you, and your information will be spread throughout the base.”
“Now, get out of my house. Every word you say makes me sick! You like Zhang Yang, right? Now he’s yours. You two are made for each other. Don’t come out and harm others.”
Zhou Zhou’s face turned pale, and she ran out in a daze, like a homeless dog.
I watched her coldly. The documents were fake. It was impossible to obtain information in this chaotic world.
But I never expected that this fake information was actually the truth!
These two scoundrels actually did the same thing as in the previous life.
In the previous life, I was pushed off because I was the closest to them. This time, I wasn’t there. The four of them were together all the time, and it was my uncle and aunt who were pushed off.
Human nature is really terrifying.
14
After that, Zhou Zhou avoided me whenever she saw me. No one wanted to team up with her. But in the base, supplies were exchanged for credit. Her life became increasingly difficult, so she could only continue to pester Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang avoided her like the plague, but somehow, the two got back together.
Zhang Yang often appeared in front of me, pretending to be affectionate, and tried to team up with me, but was always kicked away by Sang Yu.
Sang Yu had always been a fair – minded person, but in this matter, he showed his partiality without hesitation.
Sang Yu and I had always cooperated well. I accidentally discovered that besides teleportation, I had actually awakened another superpower – luck.
This superpower could increase the effectiveness of my teammates’ superpowers by half within my surrounding range.
This was really amazing.
The team we were in soon ranked first in the entire base and became well – known.
Zhang Yang was also remarkable. He actually managed to rank among the top ten in the individual rankings through his personal ability.
He came to me. The moment he saw me, he knelt down on one knee without hesitation.
“Lin Chu, I’ve now ranked among the top ten by my own strength. I don’t ask you to forgive me. I just hope you can take another look at me. I really know I was wrong. Can you give me another chance?”
After experiencing battles, his face was weather – beaten, his eyes were firm, and he seemed mature and steady. Such an appearance was very attractive to newbies.
But having heard the disgusting things he said with this face in my previous life, I just felt nauseous.
My eyes searched for Zhou Zhou in the crowd. I saw her face was pale, and her hand was subconsciously covering her stomach.
I sensed something and said calmly, “Your so – called ‘knowing you were wrong’ is getting someone pregnant and then coming to apologize to your ex – girlfriend? That’s kind of disgusting. I have a boyfriend now. Don’t pester me anymore. I said that if you pester me again, I’ll hit you, and I always keep my word.”
I teleported in front of him and punched him in the face.
This guy couldn’t control his lower body. He also had superpowers. If I didn’t smash his face, I didn’t know how many newbies he would harm.
Zhang Yang was knocked unconscious by my punch. When he woke up again, not only was his face disfigured, but the news that he and Zhou Zhou had pushed my uncle and aunt off the rescue vehicle had spread throughout the base.
Everyone looked at them with strange eyes and avoided them like the plague.
After all, who would dare to be teammates with people who could be so cruel to their own parents and fight side by side with them?
Not long after, Zhou Zhou had a miscarriage. She had a massive hemorrhage and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment before she was saved.
I heard that she was beaten by Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang blamed her, saying that if it weren’t for Zhou Zhou seducing him, he would be a billionaire now and be with me. He wouldn’t have to suffer so much. It was all Zhou Zhou’s shameless fault.
Zhou Zhou, on the other hand, cursed him like crazy, saying he was a beast and that he had pushed her parents off. If he hadn’t pried her parents’ hands away, she would still have her parents and wouldn’t be bullied by Zhang Yang.
The two of them quarreled loudly in the hospital.
The final result was that Fei Jun took people to teach Zhang Yang a lesson and locked him up for domestic violence.
Domestic violence is wrong at any time.
Not only that, Fei Jun also issued a regulation that for superpower users who commit domestic violence, the punishment will be doubled. Because in the apocalypse, superpower users have absolute power, and we can’t guarantee that all superpower users are good people. We can only rely on rules to suppress them.
Since then, the atmosphere in the entire base has improved a lot.
Many people thanked Zhou Zhou and Zhang…Yang, saying that their fight was worth it and that they had done a good deed for the people.
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But in fact, the two of them were in an even more difficult situation. No one was willing to team up with them. Relying on solo efforts and sneaking attacks on lone zombies was not a sustainable solution.
The situation outside was becoming increasingly severe. With the shortage of supplies, the entire base was in a state of tension. I contributed some of my supplies to the base.
Father Fei patted me on the shoulder and said that he would double – repay me when the apocalypse ended.
I smiled and asked him to write an IOU.
He was stunned, then burst into laughter. “You’re really a money – grubber! But that’s good. I’m worried that people won’t care about money these days.”
I could understand what he meant. The number of zombies was increasing significantly, many resources were contaminated, and even plants had mutated. People’s confidence was declining day by day. With the difficulty of even having three meals a day, people were only concerned about where their next meal would come from and no longer thought about the future.
This was terrifying!
That was why I donated the supplies. An ordinary person may not be guilty, but possessing something valuable can bring trouble. People are more concerned about unfair distribution than scarcity.
I didn’t want to be attacked by the people in the base.
Finally, a large – scale zombie wave arrived.
All the superpower users gathered and were on high alert at the fortress outside the base.
Sang Yu, Zhou Zhou, Zhang Yang, and I were in the same team for the first time.
When the zombies actually arrived, Sang Yu and Zhang Yang both protected me. Zhou Zhou’s face was pale, and she looked at Zhang Yang and me with hatred in her eyes.
I teleported away with Sang Yu. The reason was simple: I didn’t want those two scoundrels to benefit from my luck bonus.
Zhang Yang’s face turned livid as he chased after us. Zhou Zhou let out a scream. “Zhang Yang, don’t you want my healing ability?”
Zhang Yang replied, “You don’t understand anything!” and immediately chased after us.
My eyes darkened slightly. Superpower users are very sensitive. He must have sensed my luck superpower and was shamelessly trying to get close.
But luck isn’t something you can get just by trying.
Sang Yu and I looked at each other and then simultaneously rushed towards the zombie king. Fei Jun followed closely behind.
The three of us had a clear goal: the zombie king. I locked onto the target and teleported for a sneak attack. Sang Yu cleared the surrounding zombies coming to the rescue and attacked when he had the chance. Fei Jun used his thunder – type superpower to attack.
The zombie king was very powerful. We planned to wear it down.
Just as the zombie king was tottering and almost defeated, a healing spell landed on its head.
The zombie king instantly regained its strength. The knife I used to cut off its head broke immediately, and I was sent flying. Fortunately, Sang Yu caught me, so I didn’t fall into the zombie horde.
The zombie king seemed to realize how powerful we were. It quickly retreated into the zombie wave and remotely commanded the zombies to attack.
I looked in the direction where the healing spell came from and saw Zhou Zhou.
She stared at me with venomous eyes. The distance was too far, and I couldn’t hear what she said. I could only see her lip – movement.
“I have nothing left. Neither should you.”
She was crazy!
She wanted to defect to the zombies.
Her arm seemed to be injured. She had lost hope, so she wanted to drag us down with her.
At this moment, Zhang Yang shouted for help. “Zhou Zhou, heal me!”
Zhou Zhou sneered and didn’t move.
Zhang Yang panicked. When a zombie pounced on him, he subconsciously grabbed a superpower user beside him and used him as a shield.
Fei Jun quickly used his thunder – type superpower to blow up the zombie and cursed, “Zhang Yang, you son of a bitch! Just you wait.”
Why wait? We could settle the score right now.
Sang Yu and I looked at each other.
I teleported towards Zhou Zhou. She let out a scream and tried to run, but I grabbed her by the neck. When I teleported again, she was already in the arms of the zombie king.
Taking advantage of the zombie king’s moment of daze, I tried to cut its head with martial arts, but a layer of hard armor had grown around its neck. I had no weapons left, so I could only quickly retreat after the sneak attack.
At this time, Sang Yu controlled Zhang Yang to break through the siege and also approached the zombie king.
Zhang Yang was extremely terrified. He was completely controlled by Sang Yu and involuntarily used all his strength to attack the zombie king’s neck.
Before, with Zhou Zhou’s support, he always held back some strength and was used to reserving power for his escape.
But this time, under Sang Yu’s control, he exerted all his strength without reservation. Dark blue veins appeared on his face, and he looked like a fruit that had been drained of water.
The zombie king was stunned. It threw Zhou Zhou aside and counterattacked with all its might.
Sang Yu threw Zhang Yang away, and we both pounced on the zombie king. I broke the zombie king’s neck, and Sang Yu, with a fierce look in his eyes, stared at the zombie king’s ugly, scarlet eyes and blew its head off…
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After the zombie king died, the zombies, without a commander, quickly retreated.
We narrowly escaped death.
I brought Zhou Zhou and Zhang Yang back.
I cut off one of Zhou Zhou’s arms and said to her in a low voice, “Don’t die. If you die, there’s no way to judge you. It’s better to stay alive and accept punishment obediently.”
Zhou Zhou survived, but she was imprisoned for life for betraying humanity.
Zhang Yang also survived, but all his superpowers disappeared, and he became paralyzed.
His despicable act of using a comrade as a shield also made him lose the chance to receive special subsidies. He could only wait for death in poverty and illness.
The base experienced several more large – scale zombie waves. The various bases rescued each other, and the number of zombies gradually decreased.
In the third year of the apocalypse, scientists cracked the zombie virus. Countless planes sprayed medicine in the air, and a large number of zombies fell.
In the fourth year of the apocalypse, people could finally leave the base and rebuild their homes.
In the first year of humanity’s restoration of power, I received Father Fei’s promised double compensation and became a billionaire again.
On that day, I withdrew one million yuan. In a very vulgar way, I spread the money all over the bed, lay in the pile of money, and threw the money into the air.
I gradually understood that this kind of vulgar happiness is the real happiness that people should have.
After all, it’s not bad to live a simple – minded life.
Also in this year, Sang Yu proposed to me. Now he works for the government, specializing in brain development research, and has become Father Fei’s right – hand man.
One day after we got married, Sang Yu accompanied me to the prenatal check – up. I seriously asked him, “Do you have any secrets to tell me?”
Sang Yu was silent for a moment, about to speak.
I covered his mouth. “Better not say it.”
In fact, in the days that followed, I had already understood that Zhang Yang’s superpowers didn’t disappear for no reason. Sang Yu had erased them.
Sang Yu’s mental superpower had been developed to the extreme. He could erase other people’s superpowers. That’s why Father Fei kept him by his side.
Superpower users had contributed during the apocalypse, but some of them were indeed bad people. In the prosperous times, they started to act recklessly relying on their contributions.
Sang Yu was an enforcer who could bring those who were used to being superior back to the same level as ordinary people.
I thought this was great. What we needed was a good society, not a hierarchical one.
Because I wasn’t sure if my child would be as lucky to awaken superpowers.
Only when fair – minded people rule the world can everyone live a good life…
– The End –
