A cute, timid mushroom mistakenly takes the zombie king for her boyfriend and sticks close to him.

"Boss, something's not right."

"Nonsense, I'm not blind, I can see for myself!" Gu Jianguo sat up straight and peered out the car window.

Having lived for over thirty years, this was the first time he had witnessed such a bizarre event. He scratched his beard and asked Pei Sinian, "What should we do?"

Pei Sinian took a sniff. After entering Muquan County, the smell of the little gourd in the air was gone, replaced by a strong smell of the same kind.

Moreover, its level is not low; it is very likely that, like the fifth-tier zombie we encountered before, it can speak human language.

The other party's superpower was very strange; even Pei Sinian couldn't figure out his movements for the time being.

However, Pei Sinian remained calm and composed, instructing, "Just wander around." He figured he might just bump into the little fool.

Just wandering around?

Is this some kind of bizarre scene from a farmers' market? Why is it being described so casually as just a casual stroll?

At this moment, Gu Jianguo regretted his previous decision, but seeing Pei Sinian's confident and resourceful demeanor, he gritted his teeth and said, "Listen to him."

Since I'm already hooked, I have no choice but to go all the way down this path.

His female companion huddled fearfully in his arms, whispering, "Brother Gu, will we be alright?"

"Don't worry, little darling, what could possibly happen if you're with me? Besides, there's something else up ahead... By the way, what's your name, brother?"

Pei Sinian: "...Pei Sinian."

Gu Jianguo nodded, then began to coax the girl: "Even if you don't believe me, you should believe Brother Pei, right?"

The woman nodded tearfully, and the vehicle continued moving forward. The man and woman behind them began to whisper sweet nothings to each other.

Pei Sinian found it annoying just to look at it, so he simply closed his eyes and stopped looking.

What's so great about two foods?

The driver greeted the other drivers and told them to stay close to him. Then, following Pei Sinian's instructions, they drove around the streets. Even before entering the county, it was clear that the town was not very large. The driver drove in a straight line, and normally it would take half an hour to get out of the town. However, an hour later, another strange event occurred.

That is, they've been going around in circles...

Of course, they weren't the only ones; another team also noticed this.

Mu Qingfeng stared at his watch with frustration. The hands kept turning, indicating that time was passing by. And in front of them was still that "Times Internet Cafe". This was the third time they had seen it.

No matter which road I take, I always end up back at this internet cafe, and it takes two hours to get there. I'm worried about running out of gas, so I don't turn on the car's heater. I only turn it on to blow away the condensation when it gets on the windows and obstructs my view.

It was at this moment that everyone finally felt a sense of crisis.

This apocalypse is getting weirder and weirder; besides zombies, we often encounter strange things.

"What exactly is going on..." Jiang Xiaofeng muttered to himself in the back seat, "There's this kind of ghost wall in the ghost stories I read before. Could it be that besides zombies, ghosts have appeared in this world?"

Meng Xiaoyou, who had been pretending to be dead, was startled and subconsciously thought of the "ghost face" she had seen before. Instantly, she felt uneasy, as if Jiang Xiaofeng beside her, Mu Qingfeng in front of her, and Su Lanyue in the passenger seat might turn into a ghost and bite her at any moment.

Besides, a ghostly hand might appear through her side window, blood might suddenly fall from the roof, and a disheveled head might crawl out from under the seat...

The more I think about it, the more terrifying it becomes.

She hugged her arms tightly in terror, wishing she could lift her legs up and cross them.

"There's no such thing as being trapped in a maze. It's just that it's too dark, causing people to lose their sense of direction and their self-awareness to decrease. Don't scare yourself."

Mu Qingfeng wasn't buying it, so Jiang Xiaofeng asked in a low voice, "But it should be morning now, so why is it dark?"

Mu Qingfeng: "..."

This stumped Mu Qingfeng. Clocks don't lie unless they're broken, but his watch had been used for a long time and had never had this problem before. Besides, they had indeed rested for a long time and didn't feel tired. Surely their biological clocks wouldn't lie?

Here, there is endless darkness, and the moon appears and disappears on the horizon. Even if you keep chasing the moon, there is no end in sight...

"Let's get out of the car first." Mu Qingfeng rubbed his temples, looking troubled. Then, Su Lanyue took his hand and said softly, "It's okay. With so many of us being superhumans, we have ways to deal with any danger we encounter."

That's all it can do now.

Meng Xiaoyou stared longingly at the strange atmosphere between the two of them, then looked down and pouted. She really wanted to see Pei Sinian...

Before the truth could be revealed, the group, not wanting to waste any more fuel, got out of the car and returned to the Times Internet Cafe.

As soon as they entered, they suddenly heard a rustling sound, which startled everyone. The superhumans that Mu Qingfeng brought, holding guns warily, rushed in.

I thought they were zombies or something, but they ended up grabbing two humans.

The two children looked alike and were probably a brother and sister. They were about twelve or thirteen years old and were holding up their hands in terror, crying, "Don't...don't kill us."

The flashlight shone on them; their clothes were tattered, but they hadn't washed for a long time. Unlike others in the apocalypse, they weren't sallow-faced or emaciated from hunger.

Mu Qingfeng stood in front of the two people. "What are you doing hiding in there?"

The girl huddled behind the boy, trembling. The boy swallowed hard and explained in a shaky voice, "We were trying to find something to eat..."

Mu Qingfeng wasn't so easily convinced and continued to ask, "Go to an internet cafe to find something to eat?"

"Yes...we saw you come here and wanted to see if we could find anything," the boy explained. "We've run out of food and haven't eaten for two days."

He was timid and still a child. Su Lanyue's eyes flashed, and she took out some food from her spatial storage and handed it to them. "Is your family from here?"

Meng Xiaoyou, who was behind, noticed something flash on Su Lanyue's wrist when she used her superpower. Upon closer inspection, she saw that Su Lanyue had withdrawn her hand, and her wrist was now covered by her sleeve.

The two children immediately began to wolf down their food, nodding as they ate.

Is it always dark here?

They gave them food, and the two children thought they were good people. The little girl was less afraid and cautiously said, "It wasn't like that a few months ago. Then a lot of monsters appeared. My parents went out and never came back. My brother and I hid at home and were too scared to go out. We still had a bag of rice at home, and we've finished it all. After that... the monsters outside disappeared, and it's been dark ever since."

Their parents must be deceased by now.

According to their descriptions, at the beginning of the apocalypse, this place was also full of zombies, and strange phenomena appeared after the zombies disappeared.

The group drove around in circles several times, but there wasn't a single zombie on the road.

Is it possible to live in a post-apocalyptic world without zombies?

Seeing the group deep in thought behind her, Meng Xiaoyou blinked. Realizing she shouldn't be the only one afraid, she quietly crept up behind Su Lanyue and whispered unexpectedly, "The zombies have all been eaten by ghosts!"

Hmph, bullying mushrooms will scare you to death.