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

Lu Yize didn't mince words. Morse, looking at the dimmed ability ring, couldn't help but ask, "Do you think he's henpecked in some way?"

Neither Xie Hongyang nor Chen Mingzhang echoed this. Xie Hongyang went out to continue controlling the zombies, while Chen Mingzhang patted Morse on the shoulder as he passed by, offering a reminder.

“Lu Yize kept the zombies within his sight while Jiang Yue was still completely out of her mind. Don’t mention finding another partner in front of him in the future.”

Although Chen Mingzhang didn't know exactly what Lu Yize had been through, he knew that Lu Yize was extremely wary.

Up to now, the only person he truly trusts is probably Jiang Yue.

However, Jiang Yue's actions did surprise Chen Mingzhang. A zombie with no memory and only relying on instinct to survive would repeatedly resist the temptation to swallow and advance, and would not bite Lu Yize.

If Jiang Yue is Lu Yize's exception, then Lu Yize is a part of Jiang Yue's very being; she can restrain her instincts and firmly support him.

When facing anyone else, Jiang Yue is just a zombie; she is only Jiang Yue when she is facing Lu Yize.

Lu Yize has almost become an indispensable part of Jiang Yue's complete soul.

The promiscuous Morse couldn't understand their inhuman loyalty, but putting himself in her shoes, if someone loved him to that extent, it seemed he could give her even more favoritism.

After Lu Yize ended his communication with Chen Mingzhang and the others, he once again used his spiritual power to check on Jiang Yue's condition. The crystal core between Jiang Yue's eyebrows had gradually returned to calm and could still generate supernatural abilities on its own.

It should take another day to absorb and digest. Lu Yize withdrew his hand and took out the purified black crystal he had stored in his spatial storage.

Noah, this insect, secretly learned forbidden techniques and extracted black crystals while avoiding the insect eye. Most of his memories were exposed, and some things were beyond Lu Yize's expectations.

Lu Yize stroked the black crystal, pondering how to exploit Noah's loophole. His supernatural power was running spontaneously again. Lu Yize only opened his eyes after connecting to the last starry sea within his body.

After digesting and circulating his energy these past few days, he finally reached the bottleneck of the fifth rank. However, Lu Yize noticed that this advancement was different from the past. He could clearly feel his mental energy rapidly depleting.

The black crystal that was originally lying flat in his palm was now faintly emitting a deep black light. Lu Yize noticed the change in the crystal in his hand and frowned in confusion.

He hasn't even reached the sixth rank yet, so why does advancing require consuming the Black Crystal Stone? When Jiang Yue advanced to the fifth rank before, the Black Crystal Stone lay flat and didn't move at all.

Jiang Yue's advancement consumed the power surge within her own body, as well as the special substance "rhodium" left for her by Lu Yize. Just like when Xie Hongyang advanced to the fifth rank, Jiang Yue also needed this substance to advance.

Previously, Lu Yize didn't understand why, but now it seems that the most important function of this substance is to help them deal with the impurities in their bodies, which is the mist on the crystal core.

However, Lu Yize was unsure about the current consumption of Black Crystal Stones, and he couldn't provide an answer based on the memories in Noah's mind.

Whether it's about superpowers or these crystal cores, they're like people groping in the dark, only able to take it one step at a time and figure out the answer later.

Lu Yize closed his eyes and, as his supernatural power circulated, absorbed the vast supernatural power within the purified black crystal. A large amount of supernatural power surged into his meridians. Lu Yize was like a grain of sand in a desert that had reached its extreme thirst, frantically absorbing it to nourish his parched pulse.

A continuous stream of supernatural power poured in, nourishing and moisturizing even the parched spiritual sea, causing Lu Yize's original wounds to heal at a visible speed.

As impurities were continuously expelled from his body, he perceived the world with a clear mind. He could clearly sense that the range of his mental power was constantly expanding, and his perceptions were becoming more refined.

The sound of wind and rain, the heat waves from the scorching temperature, and even the tiny microorganisms scurrying about on the ground—Lu Yize's world instantly became even more chaotic.

Amidst the cacophony, a sense of unease gradually crept in. The scorching heat amplified this restlessness, with cacophony of screams and howls of skin being torn apart, a constant state of mortal danger in this apocalyptic world.

Lu Yize had long been disgusted by these voices. He had become numb to them during the fifteen years of the apocalypse. Perhaps at first they could still evoke the goodwill in his humanity, but as time went on, all that remained was annoyance.

What did the destruction, death, despair, and collapse of his race have to do with him? He did not create these sufferings, but his suffering was inextricably linked to this terrible world.

The violent and negative emotions almost overwhelmed Lu Yize until he could distinguish Jiang Yue's breathing amidst the cacophony of sounds.

The calm, gentle, and shallow breathing sounded so familiar that it pulled Lu Yize back to countless nights when he listened to her breathing as he fell asleep.

He held her body, guarding her for days and nights, but never heard her breath return. Foolish people need death to recognize the cheap feelings they've been running away from for so many years.

Jiang Yue's breathing gradually pulled Lu Yize back to reality. He slowly controlled his spreading mental energy within the small bedroom, isolating him from the outside noise and calming his previously agitated heart.

Xian Wenrui emerged from the house in a disheveled state, followed by Sheng Xue, who was pushing a wheelchair.

Xian Wenrui swallowed hard, still holding the experimental equipment in his hands. "What? What happened? The ground shook violently. What was that energy fluctuation just now? The space was so compressed and distorted. I almost suffocated."

Sheng Xue wasn't much better off than him; her wheelchair was somewhat deformed. If it weren't for Sheng Xue using her special ability to protect her, it would probably be completely destroyed by now.

Sheng Xue looked up at Lu Yize's still calm room and guessed, "Lu Yize is probably advancing in his cultivation level."

Xian Wenrui was initially delighted, but then his face turned pale. "What's going on now? Why did things suddenly quiet down? Could Brother Lu... have gotten into trouble?"

Sheng Xue pushed her damaged wheelchair into the house, saying, "Don't worry, Jiang Yue is in the same room as him, he won't let anything happen to him."

After saying that, Sheng Xue added, "Jiang Yue wouldn't let anything happen to him either."

Xian Wenrui looked up at the still tightly closed door. Although he wasn't sure if it was as Sheng Xue had said, they couldn't possibly barge in when someone was advancing in their cultivation level; that would only lead to worse consequences.

They could only wait outside. Once they came out, Xian Wenrui stopped thinking about it and walked back with the experimental equipment he had hurriedly taken out.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yue, who had forced herself to wake up, leaned weakly on Lu Yize's shoulder, closed her eyes, and accompanied him through the most dangerous advancement period.