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

Lu Yize instantly regained his senses, got up and controlled Jiang Yue's already bloody hands to prevent her from struggling and deepening the wounds.

Seeing the scene before him, Lu Yize felt as if a fire was burning in his heart.

Using her special abilities to investigate Jiang Yue's current situation, she discovered that her crystal core was in a state of extreme energy deficiency.

When Jiang Yue sensed the supernatural power flowing through Lu Yize, it was like a person on the verge of dying in the desert seeing an oasis.

The custom-made gag in her mouth was bitten to pieces, tearing her oral cavity and splattering with bluish-black blood. She opened her mouth and bit Lu Yize's arm.

Sharp canine teeth tore through the skin's texture, and scalding blood gushed into the parched throat, nourishing the shattering crystal core.

Lu Yize completely disregarded the injury on his hand and used his supernatural power to shatter the door into pieces, while the invisible layer of sound waves covering the outside completely disintegrated.

"Fatty! Bring some crystal cores in!" Lu Yize shouted at the outside.

Only then did the commotion inside reach the outside; Xian Wenrui, that night owl, was still awake most of the night.

Upon hearing Lu Yize's voice, he instantly felt relieved, having been on edge ever since entering the base.

After a moment's thought, he immediately sprang to his feet, carrying a large handful of crystal cores to Lu Yize's room, only to be dumbfounded when he reached the door.

"What, what's going on?!"

Although Xian Wenrui was frightened by Jiang Yue's beastly appearance, he didn't dare to delay and quickly stuffed all the crystal cores into Lu Yize's hand.

The moment Xian Wenrui approached, Jiang Yue instantly loosened her jaw, wanting to pounce on him and swallow him whole.

Lu Yize grabbed Jiang Yue and used the crystal core to gag her.

Xian Wenrui dodged with lightning speed; he was just a hair's breadth away from losing one of his kidneys.

Although Xian Wenrui didn't understand what was going on, his greatest strength was his ability to assess the situation. "I'll go outside and borrow some crystal cores," he said.

Not long after Xian Wenrui left, he returned to the house with a strange expression, revealing two first-tier ability cores in his palm.

"Brother Lu, I just went out, and then my squinty-eyed subordinate sent someone to deliver these two ability cores. What do you think... what does he mean by this?"

Xian Wenrui felt a chill as he held the two supernatural cores. Aren't these things only humans have? How come they have everything?

Compared to crystal cores, human ability cores are obviously easier for zombies to absorb. Lu Yize took it, checked it, and only gave it to Jiang Yue after confirming that there were no problems.

After a sudden surge of energy, Jiang Yue collapsed from exhaustion and fell into a coma. Lu Yize did not dare to relax for a moment and kept her in his arms.

"Brother Lu, Zhang Wenjing asked me to give these to you." Xian Wenrui took out another handful of crystal cores and added, "Just in case."

"Thanks."

Lu Yize thought for a moment, then accepted the gift without hesitation.

He disliked owing favors and planned to repay them with supplies or equivalent crystal cores after he left.

Lu Yize held Jiang Yue in his arms, unlocked the shackles that were deeply embedded in her wrists, and frowned, his heart trembling.

Seeing this, Xian Wenrui, who was standing to the side, seemed to feel the pain as if he were experiencing it himself and gasped, "How did it get like this?"

"Who handcuffed her?" The fire in Lu Yize's heart could not be extinguished.

"I don't know. After I delivered the two yellow crystal cores to you, I left. At that time, she was fine... oh no, not exactly fine. It seems that Jiang Yue was very aggressive at that time."

Xian Wenrui recalled the situation back then, and the more he thought about it, the more something seemed off. Then he asked uncertainly, "Is her condition what's known as advancement?"

Xian Wenrui didn't see Jiang Yue advance to the next level, and since he himself had never advanced, he naturally didn't know what was going on.

"She handcuffed herself."

Zhang Wenjing appeared at the doorway at some point, holding her injured arm as she spoke.

She looked rather disheveled, covered in injuries, some of which appeared to have been sustained recently.

“Some time after Xian Wenrui left last night, I suddenly felt that something was wrong with Jiang Yue, so I came to check on her and saw that Jiang Yue had locked herself up while she still had a sliver of reason left.”

“I realized she was advancing in her cultivation, and because I was afraid she would compete with you for your abilities and hinder your advancement, I wanted to take her away.”

"But Jiang Yue, who is in an advanced stage, is extremely aggressive. I was driven away by her and could only leave her a few crystal cores. Good luck to you all."

Lu Yize saw some crystal nucleus powder on the ground, which indeed proved the truth of part of Zhang Wenjing's words.

This man in front of her had been suspicious for a long time, and Zhang Wenjing didn't expect him to believe her directly. She just needed to explain what she knew.

Those handcuffs were custom-made by Lu Yize, and even the dental brakes were made that way. If Jiang Yue hadn't advanced her cultivation level, they probably wouldn't have broken.

Thanks to those two supernatural cores, Jiang Yue's condition has gradually stabilized. Lu Yize picked Jiang Yue up and placed her on the bed, putting all the remaining crystal cores beside her.

He got up and asked the other two, "Who were those people who appeared earlier?"

Although he was delirious from the fever, he still vaguely knew that a group of people had appeared before he fell into a coma.

Zhang Wenjing is a psychic with supernatural abilities and is an expert at gathering information.

"The rescue team came from Donggu Base, the largest and safest base in the country, where most of the armed forces are concentrated."

Lu Yize was no stranger to the Donggu Base, which was one of the three most powerful forces in the apocalypse in his previous life.

The resources and talent they possess are unmatched by ordinary small bases.

"The leader is the captain of the third district of the Donggu Base, a third-tier ability user named Chen Mingzhang. If I'm not mistaken, his ability is... [selection]."

"This ability is particularly special. If it weren't for the fact that some of the people who were tested with me had awakened this ability and it was recorded in the data, I probably wouldn't have guessed his ability."

Based on the situation of Lu Yize and the zombie king at the time, she speculated that the two disappeared at the same time, and when they reappeared, one's wounds were healed, while the other was seriously injured.

"If I choose a superpower, I'll lean towards illusion-based superpowers. Compared to attacking, I'm better at strategy, using illusions to construct mental scenarios and make the best judgments in the current situation."

"Of course, it also depends on how the user uses it. Perhaps this kind of illusion-type ability can also be offensive, just like when he pulled you and the zombie king into the illusion together."

"However, it's strange that the people in the lab killed him without hesitation after discovering that his ability was 'selection,' without even caring about the impact on future experiments."

The ability to "choose" is truly a niche and unique talent.

Lu Yize had lived for fifteen years in the apocalypse and had heard that the captain of the third district of the Donggu Base was a rare genius.

Unfortunately, he died five years into the apocalypse, and I heard that his death was extremely heroic.

Not to mention the corpse, even the superpower core was nowhere to be found.