Lin Yang and Jiang Jingchao walked over with their guns, meeting up with Gu Yicheng. “Brother Gu, the clean-up is done.”
“This place doesn’t have many zombies, not much fun to fight,” Lin Yang said lazily as he holstered his gun.
“By the way, is Ruan Ning really here?” He looked around curiously.
Gu Yicheng didn’t even glance at the corpses on the ground, turning to glance at the surveillance above, a hint of indifference in his expression. “No, her luck ran out.”
It was quite a coincidence that Gu Yicheng and his group ended up here.
Survivors who lived through the early days of the apocalypse knew that zombies underwent their first evolution on the tenth day. Evolved zombies were more sensitive to human presence and needed flesh and blood to replenish their energy, leading to an increase in the human death rate.
What most ordinary people didn’t know was that some zombies evolved earlier, developing crystal cores on the ninth day of the apocalypse.
These prematurely evolved zombies grew faster. Just like the zombie king from the previous apocalypse, it reached the sixth rank within two years. Information gathered from various sources indicated that it completed its first evolution in the early hours of the ninth day of the apocalypse.
There was also a spiritually evolved zombie in City S, somewhat famous during the apocalypse.
In the previous apocalypse, City S turned into a dead city within just three months. Low-level ability users dared not enter, and they couldn’t ignore this spiritually evolved zombie.
This elusive zombie, Shenlong, always lurked in the shadows, manipulating a group of lower-level zombies to deal with humans, showing intelligence and cunning.
Once, the authorities in the third base of Province B sent dozens of ability users, including two fifth-rank ability users, to eliminate this zombie in one go, but they couldn’t even catch a glimpse of it. Instead, they suffered several casualties and had to retreat in frustration.
At the crucial moment when Gu Yicheng was about to break through to the sixth rank, he didn’t pay much attention to this. It was only later, when he overheard one of his ability users mentioning it, that he learned about this zombie. At that time, it had just completed its first evolution and was capturing humans in large numbers for food. He barely escaped from this zombie’s clutches by awakening his speed ability at the last moment.
Its appearance was near the area of Shangyang Street.
Six days ago, Gu Yicheng went to Shangyang Street, hoping to find this spiritually evolved zombie early and eliminate the threat, but there weren’t many clues. So he decided to improve his ability nearby and wait for it to reveal itself on the ninth day.
In fact, this spiritually evolved zombie did evolve in Shangyang Street, just as the ability user had said.
Spiritually evolved zombies could control lower-level zombies, but since it had just completed its evolution today, its ability was still weak, especially since it was still engaged in conflict with another group, which divided its fighting power.
With Gu Yicheng’s lightning ability already at the second rank, he easily dealt with this zombie. Killing it was much easier than finding it.
The other group consisted of a five-person squad, coordinated and efficient. Although none of them were wearing military uniforms, due to their family backgrounds, Gu Yicheng, accustomed to military personnel, keenly recognized their identities and helped repel the zombie horde, rescuing them in the process.
Unexpectedly, the leader of the group turned out to be someone Gu Yicheng knew. The man informed him of their mission this time, which was to rescue Ruan Ning from the apartment.
Gu Yicheng was somewhat surprised. How could the “sister” who should have been at school end up there? Since he had just dealt with a problem and was in a good mood, he decided to come over and take a look.
As for whether they would find her or not, he didn’t really care.
Lin Yang couldn’t deny Gu Yicheng’s indifferent attitude, but deep down, he still hoped that Ruan Ning was there.
Since the apocalypse, Lin Yang hadn’t seen a pleasing beauty, just ugly zombies every day. He was almost aesthetically fatigued.
Now that he could finally see a living beauty, how could he not feel a bit hopeful? Even if he couldn’t have her, having her around to feast his eyes on would be good enough.
With this in mind, in order to earn the favour of the pretty girl, Lin Yang volunteered to walk ahead and knock on the door, cheerfully calling out, “Sister Ruan Ning, it’s us. It’s Lin Yang, and Brother Gu is here too. Open the door, we’re here to rescue you.”
However, several minutes passed, and there was still no sound from inside the door.
“…Could Sister Ruan Ning have fainted from hunger inside?” Lin Yang thought of this possibility and said with a worried expression.
“She didn’t faint,” Jiang Jingchao, who had been silent, interjected, “Someone inside just disabled the alarm.”
Just as Gu Yicheng was losing patience, preparing to forcefully break down the door with his ability, suddenly the door opened from the inside.
Standing inside the door was a petite girl, delicate in appearance, resembling a porcelain doll, except for her slightly red eyes, indicating she had been crying recently.
She timidly looked over and, without saying a word, rushed straight into Gu Yicheng’s arms, “Brother.”
The girl’s movement was too sudden, and since he hadn’t expected her to have the courage to rush over, Gu Yicheng didn’t have time to avoid her.
Ruan Ning, knowing the male lead’s temperament, was afraid he would push her away, so she hugged him even tighter and said, “Brother, you finally came to pick me up.”
“Something hit the door just now, and I… I was really scared… I thought I’d never see brother again in my life.” Ruan Ning unleashed her lifelong acting skills, swearing to portray herself as a dependent, obedient, and sensible sister to the male lead, playing the sympathy card.
Although, this reincarnated male lead didn’t have much sympathy to begin with.
Despite the sarcasm, Ruan Ning had deliberately made herself appear pitiful to win his sympathy. If he could pity and take care of such a “poor, helpless little girl” it would be even better.
This plan to act pitiful came to Ruan Ning when she saw the male lead effortlessly deal with the zombies on the monitor.
Opportunities should not be missed.
Regardless of why the male lead had come to rescue her this time, in such a situation, she had to seize the opportunity to flatter him. If the male lead recognized her as an ally, her life would be guaranteed.
Although Ruan Ning thought her plan was good, she still felt quite insecure about putting it into action. After all, the man in front of her was not a kind-hearted person, and his heart was not easily moved.
Just now, to muster the courage to throw herself into the male lead’s arms, she had done so much psychological preparation! Endured so much pressure!! And now she was still trembling in fear.
Gu Yicheng didn’t like physical contact with others. Feeling the warmth in his arms, his eyes darkened slightly, feeling displeased. His fingers twitched, about to push her away, when he heard a faint whimper, like that of a new-born kitten. The person in his arms shivered.
For some reason, instead of pushing her away, as he originally intended, his hand landed on her head and stroked her soft hair. Surprisingly, it felt unexpectedly good. His feelings of displeasure lessened quite a bit. If it weren’t for his eyes, which were dark and devoid of warmth, his voice would have given the illusion that he was very gentle, “Don’t be afraid. Didn’t brother come to pick you up?”
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