What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

Protecting Sheng Xue has been an instinct ingrained in him since childhood, from the moment he became conscious of it.

He never understood his feelings for Sheng Xue until his death; his mind hadn't yet grasped this concept. But even with only a vague understanding, protecting her had become a habit.

Sheng Xue turned her head away from the black crystal, which forced her to accept the fact that Fan Jian was dead. Miracles do not happen again and again.

After Sheng Xue left, Jiang Yue's gaze fell on the black crystal. Her saliva secreted unconsciously, stimulating some kind of zombie instinct, and she restrained herself from swallowing.

She looked up at Lu Yize's face. Although he still had no expression, Jiang Yue could tell what he was feeling at that moment.

Lu Yize was in a bad mood at the moment, and even his supernatural ability smelled slightly bitter.

Those with superpowers are food for zombies. Jiang Yue can smell Lu Yize's superpowers, and the scent of superpowers represents the mood of those with superpowers.

Although Jiang Yue now possessed some of the memories of others, her emotions were still based on the instincts of the human soul, rather than on the secretion of hormones.

Just like with the departure of Fan Jian and Zhang Wenjing, people she spent almost every day with, she felt little other emotion except for a moment of disorientation.

But she could sense the melancholy that Lu Yize had not shown.

Jiang Yue kept staring at Lu Yize, scrutinizing every expression on his face. She was thinking in her simple mind, turning her already chaotic thoughts into a complete mess.

"What are you looking at?"

Lu Yize's words interrupted Jiang Yue's confused thoughts.

Jiang Yue moved closer to Lu Yize, looked up at him, and didn't know how to comfort him.

She sighed softly, mimicking a human's gesture, and silently reached out to hug Lu Yize, burying her head in his chest, nuzzling him repeatedly.

Lu Yize didn't understand what she was doing in his arms, so he simply interpreted this abstract behavior as comfort.

Lu Yize reached out and pulled the zombie into his arms, accepting her clumsy attempts to comfort it.

He wouldn't let Jiang Yue end up in the same situation as Sheng Xue; he didn't trust anyone to take care of her.

Having experienced fifteen years of the apocalypse in his previous life, Lu Yize had become numb to the concept of parting.

Negative emotions cannot change any established facts. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, we should focus on improving our strength and cutting off the heads of those Zerg.

Lu Yize led Jiang Yue into the laboratory. Xian Wenrui, not expecting them to come, poked his head out amidst the busyness, "Brother Lu? What brings you here?"

This laboratory was destroyed long ago and is now only barely usable. The reason why Xian Wenrui's experiment failed was because Noah, who was possessing Fan Jian, tampered with it.

Although the laboratory is now mostly damaged and even invaded by some unruly low-level alien plants, things are going much more smoothly without Noah's interference.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Lu Yize asked.

Xian Wenrui knew that his brother Lu was the type who would rather lie down than sit, and rather sit than stand, so it was quite surprising that he was now looking for trouble.

"Brother Lu, your sudden diligence seems like you've been possessed by the Zerg. Don't be like that, I'm very sensitive and suspicious right now."

Lu Yize looked at Xian Wenrui expressionlessly, his eyes revealing obvious disdain.

That familiar gaze, that disdainful expression—such an infuriating look! Xian Wenrui felt relieved; it was definitely his Brother Lu.

"Hey, Brother Lu, I was just kidding. You guys came at the perfect time. I'm so busy right now. I just finished drawing a few design drafts and custom-made a few parts myself. Now I'm just putting these parts together."

"This is quite difficult. There are at least a thousand parts, and you can't leave any out. There are also different ways to arrange and combine them, and you have to record them all."

“Brother Lu, don’t think I’m making things difficult for you. Mechanical things can indeed be quite complicated and require some brainpower. Fan Jian doesn’t have that kind of brainpower; he gets a headache just looking at these things. That’s why I wondered why he suddenly had a brain fart and wanted to help me.”

So it turns out it wasn't Fan Jian at all, but the Zerg who didn't want them to make any progress.

Lu Yize took the drawings; some of the ink marks were still wet, the paper was hastily written, the laboratory was damaged, the designer looked disheveled, and there were detailed data sheets.

Seeing Lu Yize staring at the data without saying a word, Xian Wenrui mistakenly thought he couldn't understand it. "These latest designs are indeed quite difficult to put together. I'm a bit confused myself. Let me do it."

Xian Wenrui roughly calculated that he should be able to finish it within five hours, but if it were left to laymen like Lu Yize and his team, it might take a whole day.

"Brother Lu, why don't you and Jiang Yue work on these blueprints? They're some ideas from Sister Jing and me for smaller weapons. They might be easier to put together."

Lu Yize didn't refute, but simply said he understood. Seeing that he still hadn't started making a move and was just silently facing the pile of things, Xian Wenrui stopped bothering him.

A slight sense of smugness rose in his heart. Hey, it seems that even someone like Brother Lu isn't talented in every aspect.

Lu Yize used his mental power to categorize these fragmented parts, matching each one to its position on the blueprint. Only after mentally constructing the entire structure did he put down the blueprint and begin assembling.

Jiang Yue wasn't interested in any of that. He cooperated with Xian Wenrui in conducting the experiments. Lu Yize glanced at Jiang Yue, who had already started using his superpowers even though his injuries hadn't fully healed, but didn't stop him.

After Jiang Yue withstood the attacks of three supernatural weapons and provided Xian Wenrui with several sets of supernatural data, Lu Yize finally got up and walked to Jiang Yue's side, whose external injuries had worsened.

"Brother Lu? You've finished assembling it?" Xian Wenrui glanced at the ability ring. Only fifty-odd minutes had passed. Was he in a bad mood because he saw Jiang Yue was injured?

Jiang Yue was about to test him, and Xian Wenrui had actually refused, fearing that Lu Yize would feel sorry for him. However, Jiang Yue was also a stubborn mule, and a stubborn mule with a warlike gene.

She wanted to use force, and Xian Wenrui looked at Lu Yize with difficulty, but Lu Yize did not stop her.

Xian Wenrui then allowed Jiang Yue to test the weapon more freely, and attacked without restraint. Jiang Yue's injuries worsened. Although the person involved didn't care, Lu Yize was clearly concerned.

He wouldn't blame Xian Wenrui for this, after all, Jiang Yue brought this upon herself, and if anyone should be taught a lesson, it should be this increasingly wild zombie.

"The assembly is complete. We're heading back now. You should get some rest too."

After Lu Yize finished speaking, he took Jiang Yue back to the house. Xian Wenrui watched the show from behind, clearly not wanting to miss out on anything. Jiang Yue was definitely in for a beating.

Xian Wenrui staggered to where Lu Yize had been, and when he saw the assembled object in front of him, his legs went weak and he stumbled.

Wow, it's all assembled?!