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

Yan Ziming brought Wen Xintong here so that she could use her special abilities and take the opportunity to test her actual capabilities.

"Come on, let me see what you're capable of now."

"Uh-huh."

Wen Xintong took out a small compass from her bag, which was similar to a compass... no, it was a compass.

Yan Ziming couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Was she trying to find the mother insect's location using this thing?

However, she still chose to watch quietly, after all, people with mysterious abilities cannot be judged by common sense, and there are all sorts of strange and wonderful things about them.

As Wen Xintong closed her eyes, Yan Ziming sensed that she seemed to be emanating some kind of invisible, peculiar force field that spread very far.

The compass in her hand, disturbed by this force field, began to spin wildly.

Subsequently, the compass gradually stabilized and finally settled in a position slightly to the southwest.

“In that direction,” Wen Xintong said.

"Hey, how did you do that?"

"Hmm... I don't know. I've heard people say that I seem to be able to sense some kind of special fluctuation in others from a great distance?... That must be it."

Wen Xintong herself didn't understand. At the time, those people were just guessing and didn't know exactly how her special ability was used to locate enemies.

Hmm, looks like it's a puppy.

Yan Ziming made up his mind.

36. One day

About two thousand meters underground

Logically, this place should have been a quiet place, but now it is filled with the chirping of insects, densely packed with them underground.

In a huge compartment, a mother worm about sixty meters long lay on the ground, with eggs falling continuously from her abdomen, each egg the size of a human head.

Whenever an insect egg falls, a worker insect will carry it away, and this process repeats.

After this process was repeated thousands of times, the egg-laying trend of the mother insect eased and was about to come to an end. Hundreds of ant-like insects were already in place, ready to carry away and relocate the mother insect, which weighed tens of tons.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside. The swarm of insects seemed to have been startled and began to mobilize. The atmosphere inside the mother insect's chamber changed instantly, and they had to start an emergency relocation.

Rumble, rumble, rumble——

A tremendous tremor came from above, as if something was crashing down from above with devastating force.

boom!

Suddenly, a plume of smoke burst from the top of the stone wall, and two uninvited guests broke into the heavily guarded insect nest.

"Oh...is this the place? You've been hiding pretty well."

The insect beasts responsible for guarding the mother insect were immediately on high alert, surrounding her in layers and letting out a shriek. More insect beasts were on their way.

"Waaaaah, what a huge and disgusting bug!"

Wen Xintong had never seen anything like this before. Insects are a girl's natural enemy, and she felt like she was having nightmares every night for the past few days.

"Don't worry, you don't need to eliminate them."

Countless active lightning elements appeared around Yan Ziming, rapidly converging in front of him and gradually forming a slurry that swept over him.

No matter how many insects or beasts there are, they can only be reduced to ashes in the face of such terrifying lightning.

Originally, Yan Ziming wanted to use the Elemental Wall to defeat the opponent, but this made him very annoyed.

Over several months, she persevered in exploring the mysteries of the Elemental Wall, and as time went on, her advantages as a Thunder Spirit allowed her to make rapid progress in this area.

At first, it took her more than a minute to condense one side, but now she can do it in just over ten seconds.

However, she recently discovered that she was unable to shorten the condensation process of the Elemental Wall to within ten seconds.

Without a long period of adjustment, it's difficult to make significant progress. Yan Zimo isn't in a hurry; time will prove everything.

"What a pity, I really wanted to see these dead bugs get crushed by the elemental wall..."

Yan Ziming's extremely bizarre idea sent a chill down Wen Xintong's spine.

After a wave of lightning passed, the mother insect's body, which was tens of meters long, shrank drastically. All the nutrients in her body had disappeared under the high temperature, and she had become a piece of charcoal.

The insect eggs it had laid before also vanished into thin air.

"Alright, let's continue, Xintong."

Having easily found and eliminated a mother insect, Yan Ziming was overjoyed, thinking that his subsequent actions would proceed smoothly.

Following her instructions, Wen Xintong used her special ability to reposition herself, and the broken red needle of the compass continued to point southwest.

"This time it's over there...!"

"Let's go!"

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

A day passes in the blink of an eye.

Yan Ziming eliminated all four queen insects in the 38th insect hive, bringing the situation under control. There will be no major threat to the hive for a long time to come.

"Next..."

"That's it for today. The operation is over. Thank you for your hard work."

Yan Ziming supported Wen Xintong, who was swaying slightly. Her spirits were much lower than they had been at the beginning.

Mystic ability users have limits to how much they can use their abilities each time, and Wen Xintong's reaction was within Yan Ziming's expectations.

It's a remarkable achievement to wipe out the entire queen of an insect hive in just one day. It's already quite gratifying to have accomplished this.

Wen Xintong leaned against Yan Ziming, feigning exhaustion as she said, "Then... I'll have to trouble Senior Ziming to take good care of me..."

"..."

Yan Ziming reluctantly released his hands, thinking to himself that this girl had become cunning and was now using her power to coerce people.

Is the place you used to live in still registered in your name?

"No, not anymore... I was transferred to Sheng'an during a previous job relocation..."

"Tell me your address, and I'll take you home."

"Hey, Senior Zimo, aren't you going to take care of me?"

Wen Xintong immediately looked up, and Yan Ziming raised her eyebrows slightly. "Nonsense, I'll just take you home. You're an adult now, you need to learn to take care of yourself!"

"Tch..." Wen Xintong lowered her head in frustration, muttering under her breath, "Number seven in Huaihe Residential Area..."

ten minutes later

Sheng'an City.

Yan Ziming opened the door to Wen Xintong's house, but the scene inside made him hesitate to enter.

--chaos.

Garbage bags were piled up like mountains, filling the entire corridor with no place to stand. The living room was in a similar state, with mountains of unwashed dishes piled on the kitchen sink counter. In short, it was a complete mess.

Seeing this scene, Yan Ziming, whose "wife index is MAX", kept twitching her eyebrows, her little hands trembled with anger, and her eyes blazed with fury.

"This is your home?"

“Hey hey hey…”

"I wasn't praising you!"

Yan Ziming has lost count of how many times he's sighed today. Just what kind of decadent life is this girl living?

If her own sister lived like this at home, she would scold her to death. Even Mu Mu and Liu Mengxian could not cross her bottom line.

"Stay outside the door."

After giving Wen Xintong a few instructions, Yan Ziming entered her room, tied her hair into a single ponytail, first piled up the garbage bags, then used lightning to artificially destroy them, then swept, mopped, and sprayed disinfectant. He also washed the dishes and clothes, and even changed the bedding for her, showing meticulous attention to detail.

It took her less than half an hour to complete the entire process.

Yan Ziming dried his hands, looking at the room that had been dirty and messy at first, now clean and bright under his hands.

"Phew~~ That felt pretty good..."

The moment this thought crossed Yan Ziming's mind, she had already accepted her place in the family.

Sure enough, I still belong to the type of older sister who loves to worry.

"You can come in."

She called out to the door, and Wen Xintong cautiously walked in. Her eyes lit up when she saw the newly renovated interior.

"Wow—is this magic, Senior Zimo?"

"It is the fruit of my hard work!"

Yan Ziming flicked her forehead with a "smack," tidied himself up, and prepared to leave.

"I'm leaving now. Call me anytime if you need anything, but if you come to me for every little thing, see how I deal with you!"

Before leaving, Yan Ziming gave Wen Xintong a fierce threat. She was really afraid that this scatterbrain would come looking for her even if she accidentally spilled tea, which would probably annoy her to death.