I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

"Then let's go."

Xiaoqi pulled Yuanyuan and started walking in one direction. Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment before suddenly grabbing her: "Xiaoqi, where are you going! Isn't that where that big guy appeared just now?!"

"That's where we're going. Maybe there are still people alive there," Xiao Qi said righteously.

That's only one aspect. The biggest reason that truly drove her there was the peculiar fluctuation she had just felt.

She had experienced this fluctuation not long ago.

Right there... in the square that time, Yan Ziming even scolded her.

That incident seemed rather strange no matter how you looked at it, and Xiaoqi wanted to get to the bottom of it, but she never encountered a similar situation again.

Now that this phenomenon has reappeared, she feels she has to satisfy her thirst for knowledge.

Yuanyuan didn't know Xiaoqi's intentions, but she couldn't resist her, so she was half-forced to be pulled over.

The area was a scene of utter devastation. As the epicenter of the incident, all the houses here had collapsed, with not a single building intact. Many corpses were buried there, and the stench of blood was overwhelming. But even more so, there was the dust and smoke kicked up by the collapsed buildings.

The people buried under the rubble she saw were all lifeless. She could tell they were all soldiers in green uniforms. This place was like a military base.

But Xiaoqi clearly remembers that this is a scientific institution.

"Well--"

Yuanyuan suddenly covered her mouth, trying to suppress the urge to vomit, tears welling up in her eyes.

How could a little girl who had lived in a greenhouse have ever seen such a scene? Her face was so pale that she seemed powerless, unable to muster any strength.

"Yuanyuan, why don't you rest here? I'll continue to explore further."

Poor Yuanyuan finally vomited, making a huge mess, and could only nod in acknowledgment, unable to speak.

After settling Yuanyuan in, Xiaoqi ventured into the institution alone.

Compared to outside, there were far fewer corpses here. Slowly, she came to a building that still barely retained the concept of a "house".

hum-

Something suddenly went "buzz" in her head, and her vision blurred for a few seconds before returning to normal.

She saw it.

—A green orb of light

There were about a dozen or so green orbs of light filling the room, swirling and drifting...

Xiaoqi covered her mouth in surprise. Was this something only she could see, or was it a phenomenon that everyone could see?

There wasn't any a moment ago, I was just dizzy for a second, and now so much has appeared...

"Can you...hear...it?" she asked, almost as if possessed.

Before she said anything, all the orbs of light seemed to be drawn towards her, as if by some force.

If a normal person saw this scene, they would probably be scared out of their wits, but Xiaoqi did not feel any resistance. Her intuition told her that they had no ill intentions.

She could sense emotions, wisdom, and intellect emanating from these orbs of light.

It's almost like a human soul.

"......"

Xiaoqi watched this scene silently; all she could do was watch and wait.

Just then, the tranquility was broken, and the light scattered in all directions. Strange noises came from the doorway, and about a hundred soldiers ran in, carrying equipment, and began the rescue operation.

"Quick, quick, save them!"

"Over there! Three, two, one! Hah—!"

"Be careful! Don't crush him!"

Why is there a little girl over there?

Soon, a lieutenant ran up to Xiaoqi. Seeing her dazed, he assumed she was frightened by the bloody scene and said in the gentlest tone possible, "Little sister, you can't stay here. It's dangerous here."

"......"

Xiao Qi nodded silently. The lieutenant sighed inwardly, thinking why the world was so cruel, forcing such a young child to witness such a scene, which would likely become a lifelong shadow for the child.

"Big brother, can I ask where this place is? Why is there such a big monster running out?"

Suddenly, tears welled up in Xiao Qi's eyes, and she asked pitifully.

The lieutenant was taken aback by her question. Judging from her expression, she was another pitiful person whose hope for life had been taken away by the mutated species. He subconsciously replied, "The institutions that house people with mutated symptoms probably don't have many left to survive."

"...Bye-bye." Xiao Qi muttered, then broke free from the lieutenant's hand and ran out in a flash.

"Can this hatred... ever be resolved?"

The lieutenant couldn't help but sigh. Suddenly, his walkie-talkie rang. He listened for a moment, then ran back with a panicked expression.

............

"war......"

No one noticed that in a corner of the collapse site, a person covered in blood slowly walked out.

He walked and walked... until he came to a small alley. His body was flashing with crimson light, and his eyes were cloudy, but he always held onto a glimmer of light.

Or obsession.

He marched in the direction where the bugle call had sounded, letting out a hoarse roar as if he hadn't drunk water for more than ten days.

"I am... Li Haoyi... I am a soldier, I want to—"

When the country and the people need me, I will stand on the battlefield.

This is the meaning of my existence.

In the end, he collapsed in the deserted alley, dark and filled with a stench.

A crisp footstep sounded. Xiao Qi pursed her lips and squatted down in front of him, looking somewhat sad.

"I want to... go to battle..."

"Mm." Xiao Qi ignored how dirty Li Hao's hands were, covered in blood and mud, and reached out her porcelain-white hand to take his: "I'll take you there."

Li Haoyi seemed to have heard it, and a slow smile appeared on his lips.

"Thanks......."

Chapter 83 Too lazy to think of a title

Bei'an City

Ye Qianxue wandered aimlessly across the rooftops of the buildings like a walking corpse, trying her best not to be seen by others.

She would go crazy if someone else saw her.

With a light leap, she seemed to use too much force, covering a distance of over a hundred meters in one go. Instead of landing on the building behind her as planned, she was about to land on the street.

Relying solely on physical strength.

The next moment, the violent spatial force shattered the space within a ten-meter radius around her like a mirror. She was surrounded by these transparent 'glass shards' and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Almost simultaneously, on the top of a building ten miles away, the space there also shattered into pieces, and a beautiful figure fell out from inside.

"Well......"

Ye Qianxue groaned in pain on the ground, writhing, then opened her exhausted eyes and looked at her hands with the gaze one would give a monster.

Her hands were still so slender, the only difference being that they were black.

Fine scales covered her palms and extended to her arms.

These scales were as thin as cicada wings, their tips bobbing up and down in the wind as if breathing. They were so black that they seemed to swallow even the light.

At the tips of each of the ten fingers, a sharp spike nearly three centimeters long had appeared, turning the once tender and delicate hands into something so ferocious.

This is from Ye Qianxue's perspective.

To others, these hands, while possessing a sense of strength, also exude elegance and nobility. The black scales are like a long glove, and combined with her own temperament, they reveal a breathtaking beauty.

If this point is still acceptable to the public, then what follows is outside this scope.

Slightly above her buttocks, there was a strip-like object, about as thick as her perfectly proportioned thigh, tapering towards the back, but even at the very end, it was as thick as an adult's arm, swaying from time to time.

--Tail.

A human body has grown a tail.

The tail's appearance is similar to that of the arms, covered in black scales, with a round ball at the end... oh no, calling it a ball isn't quite right, it's more like a flower bud about to bloom.

"monster......."

Whispers of hatred escaped her lips, and two lines of clear tears streamed down Ye Qianxue's face.

His bright red eyes seemed to be dripping blood, as red as gemstones, and were full of violence.

Her thinking ability was getting weaker and weaker, and her body was getting hotter and hotter, like a scorching furnace that was about to melt her... and she would never be able to go back to the way she was before.

Should we... go find my older sister? She'll definitely have a solution.

But what will she think when she sees herself like this? Will she see Chiyuki as a monster?