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

The crystal cores were scattered all over the ground, and the two embraced tightly.

Jiang Yue was dazed and confused as Lu Yize held her, yet she could sense his deep and undisguised love through his body temperature and his constantly beating heart.

Exhaustion and tension made Jiang Yue tense all over, and she only relaxed when Lu Yize held her tightly.

Jiang Yue found a comfortable spot in Lu Yize's arms and fell asleep.

Lu Yize was unconscious for three whole days after his powers were enhanced.

Jiang Yue wasn't much better off than him, and was even in a worse state, with her entire zombie in a coma undergoing repairs.

When Lu Yize woke up again and opened his eyes, he found that his perception of the world had improved even further, and everything around him was surprisingly clear.

In his previous life, Lu Yize had reached level 2, unlike now, where his spiritual power was being expanded rather than his abilities were being enhanced.

In the later stages of the apocalypse, in addition to superpowers, a new concept was proposed: mental power.

Mental strength will continuously expand as one's superpowers improve.

At the same time, mental strength also determines a person's potential and talent.

In the later stages of the apocalypse, Lu Yize conducted research related to mental power, and he roughly divided mental power into several levels from S to F.

The stronger one's mental strength, the easier it is to concentrate and control one's superpowers.

Whether it was the initial perception ability or the later connection of ability core fragments to upgrade the ability, it was much easier.

In the field of supernatural ability research, not to mention that the apocalypse has just begun, even in his previous life, there were few people who understood it better than Lu Yize.

Generally speaking, even if an ordinary person awakens superpowers, their mental strength is only at the F level.

Later, as their superpowers improve, their mental strength might also improve if they are lucky, but this is only a small number of accidental events.

Some people may only be able to improve their mental strength by one level in their entire lives.

Those who start with a high level of mental strength can upgrade their abilities more easily than ordinary people.

As the apocalypse progressed, others began to vaguely realize that the speed at which psychic ability users were improving their powers far exceeded that of others.

That's why, in her previous life, when Jiang Yue revealed her identity as a high-level mental zombie, so many people risked their lives to obtain her crystal core.

Perhaps it was because Jiang Yue willingly gave up her crystal core in her past life, but in this life, Lu Yize discovered that his mental strength was far stronger than his own at the same stage in his past life.

Previously, his level was too low, so he couldn't detect anything unusual. He could only control the mutated plants and intimidate Jiang Yue, who was currently at a lower level than him.

In retrospect, all of this must have been due to the improvement in mental strength.

Before Jiang Yue's sacrifice in his previous life, Lu Yize's mental strength was only at level B, while he was already a level 4 ability user at that time.

Now, he has only just entered level 2, but his mental strength is far superior to what it was before. If he is not mistaken, his mental strength has reached level S in this lifetime.

The reason for this change should be Jiang Yue's sacrifice.

Lu Yize sighed softly, picked up the still unconscious Jiang Yue, his gaze deep and complex.

He thought that with such a good opportunity, even if Jiang Yue didn't take advantage of him, she should be able to escape his control, and he even resigned himself to giving her the chance.

Unexpectedly, this zombie was still foolish enough to injure itself all over, only to return with a pile of zombie crystal cores to him.

Lu Yize stroked her injured abdomen. Two very obvious black scars were visible on her smooth, jade-colored abdomen, like flaws that marred the beauty of the jade.

These two black marks were left entirely for Lu Yize. What did he do to deserve such treatment from her?

Lu Yize hugged Jiang Yue tightly, a surge of air rising in his chest, choking him and preventing him from uttering a word, though his eyes shone with a burning light.

The only way to repair a zombie's wounds, besides waiting for them to heal on their own, is with crystal cores. The hundreds of crystal cores that Jiang Yue dug up yesterday have all been absorbed by Lu Yize.

Lu Yize remembered the orange crystal core he had placed in his spatial storage, which he had taken from the body of the mutated centipede and used to heal Jiang Yue.

But the next moment, Lu Yize froze on the spot. Not only the orange crystal core in his space, but even the other lowest-level red crystal cores were all annihilated into powder.

He withdrew his hand slightly embarrassed. No wonder he suddenly entered the advanced stage of superpowers without being prepared.

It must be the resentment left on the crystal core by that mutated centipede that forced him to absorb energy beyond his capacity, thus compelling him to enter the power upgrade phase.

If Jiang Yue hadn't returned with hundreds of crystal cores in time yesterday, Lu Yize would most likely have exploded and died.

Now, for Jiang Yue's sake, he needs to go out again and bring back more crystal cores.

After taking Jiang Yue into his supernatural space, Lu Yize immediately went outside without delay. Stepping out of the safe house, he found the area outside in a mess.

Xian Wenrui's house was in ruins, and he used the remaining wood to build himself a doghouse.

When he saw Lu Yize come out, he immediately felt like he was seeing a relative. "Brother Lu, I'm so glad you're alright. You scared me to death the other day."

"Tell me, what happened?"

Lu Yize tossed the car keys to Xian Wenrui, who had previously said that he would take Lu Yize with him whenever he went out.

Without saying a word, he took the car keys.

“Three days ago, Brother Lu, did something happen to you? The plants that were relatively well-behaved around here suddenly went crazy and started attacking your area. They almost managed to penetrate it.”

Xian Wenrui still feels lingering fear when he recalls what happened before.

Lu Yize had forgotten about this; those mutated plants were only obedient because he had suppressed them before.

However, when they sensed that his powers were unstable and he was weak, they naturally wanted to swallow him whole to increase their strength.

"And then?" Lu Yize asked in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Xian Wenrui immediately turned around and anxiously asked, "Brother Lu, is your wife alright? It was fortunate that she was there before, which allowed us to kill all those mutated plants and the zombies you attracted. However, she seems to have been injured as well."

Xian Wenrui was too embarrassed to say that if he hadn't escaped quickly, Jiang Yue would have almost killed him as well.

Because he escaped quickly, he didn't see Jiang Yue's stomach being pierced by the strongest mutated plant, with her intestines exposed.

However, based on what Xian Wenrui said and combined with the wounds on Jiang Yue's body, Lu Yize was able to roughly deduce what happened at that time.

If it weren't for Jiang Yue, he would probably be nourishment for mutated plants by now. A fierce glint flashed in Lu Yize's eyes as he looked out the car window.

Even Xian Wenrui sensed the powerful fluctuations of supernatural energy.

The next moment, the giant mutated plant that was forcefully clinging to the mountaintop began to swell at its roots and branches. It struggled to escape, but found that it could not leave the spot no matter what it did.

It kept filling up, like air being constantly injected, rapidly expanding to its limit.

After wriggling a few times, the mutated plant exploded completely, scattering green juice and residue everywhere, revealing the red crystal core that was gradually turning orange.

The moment it appeared, the crystal core vanished from its original spot and reappeared in Lu Yize's right hand.

Xian Wenrui was startled. He hadn't expected that Brother Lu's superpowers had improved again. It seemed that he would have to catch up quickly.

Lu Yize sat in the back seat and released Jiang Yue from the superpower space. He fed Jiang Yue the superpower crystal core he had just obtained from the mutated plant.

Jiang Yue has now woken up, but is resting due to her serious injuries.

After feeling the superpower crystal core stuffed into her mouth, she opened her eyes, looked at Lu Yize who was feeding her, and rubbed her head against his hand with satisfaction.