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

Zhou Ziming may seem simple-minded, but regardless of the quality of his work, he is quite efficient.

Soon, the earth-elemental ability user opened a crack in the ground, allowing them to vaguely see what was happening below.

The little zombie had a special identity, and Zhou Ziming originally wanted to go down with it to rescue people, but Meng Xiaoyou refused.

After being rejected, Zhou Ziming was dejected, as if he had suffered a million points of damage.

He quickly rallied, as if a large tail was wagging behind him. "Here's the rope. Hold on tight, I'll take you down."

Whether it was his imagination or not, Zhou Ziming always felt that the cold-hearted man was looking at him like he was a fool.

Then he saw the man pick up the beautiful girl and step down without hesitation. He didn't fall, but as he walked, transparent ice steps appeared under his feet, descending from top to bottom like a crowned emperor, walking down step by step, elegant and composed.

Zhou Ziming was dumbfounded. No, superpowers can be used like this?

This makes the person with superpowers who hangs himself with a rope seem really silly...

He turned to the earth-elemental ability users and asked, "Can't you control the earth to build a staircase?"

Earth-type ability users: "..."

Oh right, why didn't I think of that?

Zhou Ziming was heartbroken, "So why did we hang ourselves in the first place?"

Everyone: "..."

Before the apocalypse, sliding down the rope was incredibly cool and stylish, but compared to the person just now, it's just plain tacky.

The superhumans looked serious: "Next time, for sure."

"Then forget it." Zhou Ziming didn't want the people at the base to be in danger every day and waiting for him to rescue them.

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On the other hand, Meng Xiaoyou had already gotten used to it. This man did everything elegantly and cleanly, and he took good care of Mushrooms.

However, Mushroom was a bit of a hindrance; she always messed up his neat clothes. Just like now, the clothes that had just been washed were wrinkled by her little hands. She smoothed them out slightly guiltily, and secretly glanced upwards with her little eyes.

The man stared straight ahead, his sharply defined jawline flowing smoothly, his pale lips pressed tightly together, and his brows furrowed, as if he were deep in thought.

"What's wrong?" The timid mushroom immediately tensed up, scratching his chest again with its soft little paws.

She was so nervous that the hair on her head stood on end. Normally, human hair shouldn't be this intelligent, but Pei Sinian thought it was thanks to the special human he raised. No one else could compare to her hair.

He smoothed down her ahoge (cowlick), "Look down."

Meng Xiaoyou obediently lowered her head.

The mutated plant that was so arrogant just moments ago has withered; both its vines and leaves are drooping, not to mention the will-o'-the-wisps that were originally surrounding it have gone out.

She blinked in confusion, her eyelashes slightly upturned, like a startled cat, and asked, "Does a dead tree mean the end of a lamp?"

He changed the words again.

A hint of helplessness flashed across Pei Sinian's indifferent eyes. He did not refute, but nodded lightly: "Yes, the mutated plant is dead, otherwise how could that stupid child have gotten any food?"

"what?"

Meng Xiaoyou was confused. Pei Sinian had already led her to the bottom of the tunnel. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he anticipated that the little fool was going to run away and pulled her back.

"Don't move, look there."

The cowardly mushroom, who was about to dart down but was suddenly pulled back, thought: "???"

She glanced blankly at her legs, then at the ground some distance away, and looked up at Pei Sinian, her beautiful, clear eyes full of doubt.

Pei Sinian remained calm and composed: "You have an injury on your leg. I'll carry you until it heals."

There is an injury, but hasn't the toxin been suppressed?

She wanted to get out of bed and walk around, but Pei Sinian quickly interrupted her, "Weren't you looking for the little zombie? It's over there."

The man raised his long, slender, pale fingers and tapped her shoulder. He pointed in a direction with his index finger, diverting Meng Xiaoyou's attention.

Beside a withered tree standing amidst ruins, something was moving within a pile of vines, and the sounds of a squirrel crackling pine nuts echoed rhythmically in the empty "underground palace."

Meng Xiaoyou shrank timidly into Pei Sinian's arms, wishing she could turn back into her original form and cover herself with the umbrella.

Finally, after a long wait, the thing revealed its true form.

First, a round head popped out from the pile of vines. The bumps on its forehead and back of its head hadn't faded yet. It had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a small mouth that was chewing vigorously.

With each bite, a crunching sound echoed in the empty space.

Meng Xiaoyou exclaimed in surprise: "Hooray?"

Houhou poked its head out, its little hands still holding the crystal cores of the mutated plant that it hadn't had time to eat. Just as it was about to put them in its mouth, it saw Meng Xiaoyou and its eyes widened. It called out in a wronged voice, "Mommy?"

Chew chew chew——

“I thought you guys had abandoned me and didn’t care about me anymore.”

Zombies don't have tears, otherwise they would definitely be teary-eyed like mushrooms that have been wronged.

Meng Xiaoyou touched her nose guiltily, "How could that be?"

In fact, she had forgotten about it and only remembered it when she went upstairs.

The little zombie cried, "I'm so scared, I'm afraid you won't want me anymore..."

Mushroom felt guilty and tried to jump off Pei Sinian, but it only darted off briefly and then did nothing.

A large hand was tightly gripping her waist, like a hard cage. She jumped a few times, but her body was firmly controlled by the man.

Meng Xiaoyou patted Pei Sinian's hand, "Let me down."

How can this man be so oblivious? Didn't he see she wanted to hug Houhou?

“You have an injury on your leg, and besides, it’s eating quite well, isn’t it?” Pei Sinian remained unmoved, his eyes behind his glasses giving the little devil a warning look.

Little Zombie: "..."

It had a sudden inspiration: "Daddy~!"

The great demon's expression visibly softened, and he nodded reservedly: "Yes, eat."

No matter who suffers, we can't let our wives and children suffer.

Mr. Zombie automatically assumed the roles of a good husband and father, and a touch of affection even appeared between his brows.

A father's love is as solid as a mountain. The little zombie almost choked to death on the crystal core in its mouth. It never dreamed that the terrifying big zombie would one day show such a horrifying expression.

The giant zombie even took two steps forward, used its water-based powers to clean up the battlefield, destroying the remains of the plants and leaving only clean crystal cores, before gently setting Meng Xiaoyou down.

"Just a little while." He hugged her again a little while later.

Meng Xiaoyou: "..."

Damn it, her leg is injured, not amputated. If she doesn't move around more, her calf will degenerate from being carried around so much.

Of course, she would rather lie down than sit, and rather be carried than walk. Mushroom just wanted to keep her distance and let Pei Sinian know that she was not easy to coax.

In fact, she still really enjoyed being close to Pei Sinian.

The mushroom, having gotten a good deal, moved next to the little zombie and watched it crunch on the crystal core. Unconsciously, it felt a little hungry.