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

With Pei Sinian and Meng Xiaoyou's cover, the group found a car and quickly left Pingyang County.

Zhou Ziming, sitting in the passenger seat, breathed a long sigh of relief: "We're saved. I thought I was going to die in the line of duty today."

"you do not say!"

The driver couldn't help but sigh, "Zombies have evolved to this extent. Before long, they'll be just like humans, right? They'll be so big that you won't be able to find them even if they blend into a crowd."

“Yeah, the research institute has been studying zombies, but unfortunately they haven’t been able to find a solution. Oh, by the way… Brother Pei, are you alright?” Zhou Ziming turned to look at the two people in the back seat.

From the moment he got into the car, Pei Sinian looked extremely weak. His skin was already pale, and now it looked even more frightening. His tall body bent over, his arms around Meng Xiaoyou, as if Meng Xiaoyou was his support.

His eyes were half-closed, and his chin seemed to be lightly brushing against the head of the person next to him. His voice, which was usually devoid of emotion, was now tinged with obvious fatigue. "It's nothing. I just overused my powers. I'll be fine after resting with Xiaoyou for a while."

Let the little idiot recharge him more.

He lightly tapped Meng Xiaoyou's shoulder with his fingertip. "The higher the level of the zombie, the faster my superpowers will be depleted."

Meng Xiaoyou tried her best to straighten him up, but each time he was too weak to turn over, so she could only hold him up guiltily and let him lean on her.

"Next time...we'll act according to our abilities, and if our powers aren't enough, we'll leave."

Mushroom's last shred of conscience was consumed by guilt. Her fair face was filled with unease, and her clear black and white eyes kept glancing around furtively. Her palms were almost purple from pinching herself.

"I'll give you bubbles."

The car quickly drove away from the county town and onto the expressway in the suburbs. The snow had melted, and the land along the roadside was wet. The seedlings in the soil had already taken root, and the willows on both sides were showing signs of green. Meng Xiaoyou was coaxing Pei Sinian in the car.

She offered him bubbles and would occasionally rub her head against his chin; it was fluffy and crackled with static electricity, just like her own restless nature.

Pei Sinian lowered his eyes and stared at her as she bustled about, shamefully enjoying the treatment befitting an ancestor.

In the past, he was the one who served this little princess from all sides, but today it was the other way around. His heart, which shouldn't have been there, was beating intermittently. In the end, he couldn't bear to see her busy, so he held her tightly in his arms and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't move, this is just right."

He didn't need her to do anything for him; he just wanted to hold her like this.

The body temperature in his arms was warm, a stark contrast to his own, like a small heater gradually warming him up.

It's so hot, it warms my heart.

He thought, this must be what people mean by "warm and fragrant jade".

The man brushed aside her disheveled hair, which had become messy from her movements, and easily cupped the back of her head with his large hand, rubbing it affectionately.

In the past, Meng Xiaoyou would have stopped him from touching the umbrella long ago, but now, she blinked, didn't say anything, and even took the initiative to rub against his palm. The purple mushroom in the space comfortably shook the Little Red Riding Hood umbrella.

She thought, "Never mind, humans are too weak, let's just let him have his way."

As they kept giving in, the mushroom lowered its head, plopped down, and fell asleep.

Originally, Pei Sinian was leaning on her, but the moment she fell, he turned around and let her lean on him instead.

On the way back, a reassuring atmosphere filled the car. The two embraced, and no one in the front seat spoke.

However, about half an hour later, the car jolted violently, and a powerful sense of pressure and danger suddenly struck.

Pei Sinian suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with intense coldness. His water-based powers instantly broke through the car door, blasting the people inside out.

In that instant, the car was crushed into pieces by the intense pressure.

If they had been even a second slower, they would have ended up like the car.

However, the rest of the team were not so lucky.

A strong stench of blood filled the air. The car was crushed beyond recognition, and bright red blood dripped from it.

Zhou Ziming stared in disbelief and ran over like a madman. Another teammate rushed over to help. The person they dug out from under the car was a bloody mess, with his internal organs squeezed out. Bright red blood clots, misshapen organs, kidneys, and intestines were dragged all over the ground.

"Liu Shoujiu?...Aren't you supposed to survive the apocalypse, get married...and have a wife, kids, and a warm bed?" Zhou Ziming's eyes were bloodshot, his whole body was trembling, and his voice was hoarse beyond recognition.

The other teammate wasn't much better off. He and the others dug frantically, but apart from the four people in their vehicle who managed to escape in time, everyone else perished. Flesh and bone were all mixed together, indistinguishable from one another.

These are all soldiers, some of whom even have children and wives. After the apocalypse broke out, they obeyed military orders and went everywhere to rescue survivors, having to abandon their own families for the greater good.

They had no chance to go back and save their relatives far away; they could only save the victims in front of them, saving as many as they could.

When the apocalypse broke out, they did not die.

Surrounded by zombies, they did not die.

They rescued one victim after another; they didn't die, but in the end, on their way back, they were attacked without any explanation.

Besides the stench of corpses and blood, there was also a faint residual energy fluctuation in the air.

The roadside was quiet, save for the two humans crying hysterically.

Meng Xiaoyou had been startled awake as soon as she got out of the car. Pei Sinian had covered her eyes, but she could still smell the odor. Her empathy was strong; at that moment, her heart was in turmoil, like a frightened little animal. She clung tightly to Pei Sinian, her voice choked and trembling: "Pei Sinian...they..."

Pei Sinian hugged her trembling body tightly, covering her eyes with one hand, "Don't look."

The situation was urgent, and he was in a state of mental relaxation. By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late. He could only barely save the people in their car.

In the zombie's eyes, the lives and deaths of these humans were none of his concern, but he feared that Meng Xiaoyou might be affected...

Meng Xiaoyou had been well protected and rarely encountered such a life-or-death separation. She stood there, not knowing what to do, biting her lower lip tightly, her face pale and angry. "Who is it!"

Pale purple bubbles overflowed from the corners of her eyes, like her eyes reflecting all the sights she saw.

Her body trembled. Among the dead was the same cheerful man who had said he was ugly.

Vibrant lives were lost right before her eyes, flowing away with her blood.

Pei Sinian wouldn't let her see it, but she knew that this was how things were supposed to be in the apocalypse, and she would experience it sooner or later...

Moreover, she wants to find the murderer.

She suppressed her fear as the bubbles dispersed in all directions, only to collide violently with a distorted spatial fluctuation in mid-air.

The attacker's attack came again.

Pei Sinian also noticed immediately that the ice wall condensed almost at the same time as the purple bubbles, enveloping the survivors within it.

At the same time, that oppressive force slammed into the two defenses.