Addictive
She was carried back to the room by Fang Anyu.
Jun Yueyue had not lost consciousness. She only felt uncomfortable inside and wanted to escape reality a little.
What had happened to Yueya really made her feel somewhat sick. But after returning to their temporary little nest, Fang Anyu held her and took her to shower. Throughout the entire process, she basically did not need to do anything herself. He gently washed her. Usually, whenever the two of them bathed together, they would inevitably get intimate, but Jun Yueyue was not in the mood now. Fang Anyu, apart from being unable to speak, was now practically the worm in her stomach. The way he washed her was intimate, yet there was not the slightest hint of ambiguity.
Jun Yueyue leaned against his broad, warm chest and felt his silent tenderness. She was truly grateful, and she truly felt that even if they did this over several lifetimes, she would still fall in love with a man like Fang Anyu.
No matter what he became, she would like him. His gentleness and warmth were far too healing. Jun Yueyue had never met anyone like him. It was inevitable that she would fall for him.
After the two of them washed up, Jun Yueyue stood while Fang Anyu gently fiddled with her hair and dried it with the hairdryer, the machine whirring softly. Then he spread several layers of blankets, making them so soft they almost sank into them. Only then did he lock the door with her, draw the curtains, and lie down holding Jun Yueyue.
It was only just past noon. Outside, there were a large number of people waiting to be settled. There were also many things to discuss, such as how to deal with second-stage zombies appearing in groups from now on, how going out to rescue people was too difficult, and how to let survivors find their own way to the resort.
There was also the matter of integrating the ability users in the base, future plans for searching for supplies, combat plans, and so on. There were far too many matters that needed to be discussed. They really should not be resting at a time like this.
But Jun Yueyue accepted everything Fang Anyu did and obediently nestled in his arms, feeling what it was like to be wrapped in his body warmth. They wanted to build a base, and there were still many, many things to do, prepare, and plan. But right now, after directly facing the twisted humanity she hated most, she only wanted to lie on Fang Anyu’s chest and heal.
This time, the perverts were three boys. Perhaps the people in the base, faced with this method of handling things, would think it was too extreme. Even in a society with normal order, they would not have received the death penalty. They might not even have been sentenced very harshly. People would say they were only children.
But looking at it from another angle—boys, already like this when they were only boys. Then, in all the other unknown corners, what would humanity twist into?
Jun Yueyue grieved that this was a society where order had collapsed, because if it were not, perhaps such things would not have happened. But after such a thing had happened, Jun Yueyue was grateful this was a society where order had collapsed. This way, those little beasts would not be forgiven. This world did not need repentance, nor did it need such poisonous flowers to continue any so-called future.
She closed her eyes and leaned against Fang Anyu, focusing entirely on listening to his heartbeat. She stopped thinking about those things that made her feel disgusted and dark. She focused only on sinking into this warmth.
Before long, Jun Yueyue fell asleep. Fang Anyu held her, his fingers very gently stroking the hair at her temples. Not long after, he also fell asleep.
This sleep was very deep. Perhaps it was because the blankets were excessively soft, and Fang Anyu’s comfort had taken effect, but Jun Yueyue did not even dream.
When she woke up, the room was pitch-black. The moment Jun Yueyue moved, Fang Anyu hugged her tighter from behind and kissed her forehead.
Jun Yueyue had slept too deeply just now, so her limbs were weak. But through the gap in the curtains, she could tell that it was already about to get dark outside.
It was that transitional time between day and night, when the sky had not completely darkened, the solar-powered streetlights had not yet sensed the darkness and lit up, but things were already becoming hard to see.
Jun Yueyue turned over and moved closer to Fang Anyu. At this moment, her heart was completely peaceful. She met Fang Anyu’s equally dazed gaze, smiled, and asked, “Are you hungry? When we were at the sanatorium earlier, you barely ate anything. You spent the whole journey driving away zombies, so you must have used a lot of energy. What do you want to eat? I’ll make it for you.”
Fang Anyu did not speak. The wound on his face already looked like it had healed, but a bright red scar crawled across it, somewhat shocking against his overly fair face.
Jun Yueyue reached out and touched it, then searched for the wound where he had been bitten by a zombie. Sure enough, that wound had also healed, but it had left a mark.
This powerful recovery ability was truly impressive. It had been less than a day. Looking at it this way, his wood-type ability was useful too. And when he had said earlier that his face would not recover, he really had been lying to her. He could control the healing.
Just to hear her say she would not leave him, he had controlled the wound so that it would not heal quickly after he was injured. Jun Yueyue felt both amused and helpless.
Jun Yueyue stretched out her hand and traced along the scar on his face. She wanted to ask whether this could be removed. In truth, she knew it could, because in the previous apocalypse, wood-type ability users could not only soothe ability users during advancement, but their own wounds could also quickly recover completely.
But Jun Yueyue did not ask anything. She actually did not care whether this scar was there or not. But Fang Anyu clearly cared. He cared about her attitude.
So Jun Yueyue simply pretended not to see it and asked again, “Are you hungry?”
Fang Anyu nodded.
Both their phones had been lost, and there was no paper close at hand for the moment. Jun Yueyue cupped Fang Anyu’s face and kissed along his scar.
“I’ll go make something to eat. After we eat, let’s go find Jun Yu and collect some supplies. I remember that when we were gathering things, I took some clothes from the brand you like.”
Fang Anyu nodded and got up with Jun Yueyue. The two of them were both wearing loose home clothes. Jun Yueyue cooked some rice and planned to make a simple meatball soup. The meatballs were ready-made. Fang Anyu washed the vegetables, and after Jun Yueyue put them into the pot, she stood beside it and stirred. Fang Anyu stood behind her, hugged her from behind, rested his chin on the top of her head, and watched the pot with her.
The fragrance of rice and vegetables spread together. Jun Yueyue leaned back against Fang Anyu’s chest, feeling as if her heart were like the meatballs rolling in the boiling water. She felt that life had never been so complete.
Before eating, Jun Yueyue and Fang Anyu went to the sink together to wash their hands. Jun Yueyue looked at Fang Anyu standing behind her in the mirror and was a little dazed.
His hair had grown a bit long. Before they had held their supplementary wedding, Jun Yueyue had taken him to get his hair colour redone. Now the black roots had grown out again, but he still looked very good. Fang Anyu was not the type whose looks were striking at first glance. He did not have Fang Anyan’s sharp edges. But his appearance was truly the most pleasing Jun Yueyue had ever seen. It was as if even this overly long, messy, almost neck-length curly hair, which would look sloppy on any other man, somehow suited him. One side was tucked behind his ear, and when he lowered his head, the other side fell down. Yet he did not look feminine at all. Add to that the scar stretching across his clean, fair face, and there was a strange kind of beauty to him.
Jun Yueyue herself was also a bright and gorgeous beauty. The gorgeous beauty was now a little weak, her face somewhat pale, making her look pitiful and moving. But standing with Fang Anyu, Jun Yueyue felt that even disfigured, he was still better-looking than her.
Fang Anyu washed his own hands. Seeing Jun Yueyue staring blankly, he took her hands and washed them too. After washing them, he saw her staring at him in the mirror. First, he tapped her cheek with his fingertip in confusion. Then he slowly curved his lips into a smile. Bending from behind Jun Yueyue, he leaned over her shoulder and kissed the side of her face.
His breath and lips were warm, addictive like his embrace.
Jun Yueyue had always felt that the word “charming” was mostly used to describe girls. But now she felt that this word truly suited Fang Anyu.
He was the kind of person that, as long as you quietly stayed with him, even without speaking, you would become immersed in him.
Only when Jun Yueyue’s cheek was pinched did she come back to herself and slap away Fang Anyu’s hand. Fang Anyu wrapped an arm around her shoulders and brought her to the kang. On the small table, steaming hot food had already been arranged.
The rice was bright white and translucent. Although there was really only one soup, it looked abundant because there were several ready-made pickles in small dishes, filling the small kang table with almost no gaps.
The two of them began eating face-to-face. Jun Yueyue’s bowl continuously gained the meatballs she liked. The timing was perfect: as soon as she finished one, another appeared. Fang Anyu poured soup into his rice. It was clear that he was truly hungry, and he ate very quickly.
Jun Yueyue stretched her foot under the table and lightly hooked his calf. Fang Anyu was holding his bowl and drinking soup. He coughed once, then used his left hand, the one not holding chopsticks, to grab her foot. He rubbed the top of her foot and placed it on his crossed legs.
This kind of quiet companionship made Jun Yueyue not want to go out at all. But after eating, she hung onto Fang Anyu’s back as she watched him wash the dishes. In the end, Jun Yueyue still put on clothes with Fang Anyu and went out together toward the courtyard where Jun Yu and Li Li lived.
As soon as they entered, the two people inside were also eating. But compared with the fake abundance Jun Yueyue and Fang Anyu had just had, what these two were eating was truly abundant. There was all kinds of meat: ribs, braised, stir-fried, steamed—everything was complete.
Jun Yueyue could not help becoming sour. “Oh my, as expected of a base big shot. Even what you eat is different from us ordinary citizens.”
Li Li glanced sideways at Jun Yueyue. “Cut the crap. Don’t you have your share in your fridge? If you don’t cook it yourself, who are you blaming?”
Jun Yu smiled and turned to look at Jun Yueyue and Fang Anyu, greeting them. “Eat with us.”
Jun Yueyue shook her head. There was everything in their fridge too. These were reserves from before, found when they had cleared the resort restaurant. Every courtyard had been issued some. She just really did not have Li Li’s cooking skills. He truly made all kinds of food for Jun Yu every day.
But since they had arrived at the right time, she turned around and pushed Fang Anyu to the table. “Didn’t you want ribs? Hurry and eat.”
As she spoke, she took Li Li’s unused bowl and chopsticks and stuffed them into Fang Anyu’s hand.
Fang Anyu: When did he ever say he wanted to eat…
All right, it did look appetizing.
Li Li got up and went to fetch more bowls and chopsticks. In the end, Jun Yueyue did not eat. She watched the three of them eat.
As Li Li ate, he asked, “You finally bear to come out? You left such a rotten mess behind and didn’t help settle anyone. The few of us were busy until now, but you were relaxed, sleeping until your eyelids are swollen.”
Jun Yueyue smiled. “Ah, capable people should do more work. I’m not good at that anyway. What I’m good at is much better than that. Tomorrow, integrate the ability users in the base, as well as those ordinary people without abilities who are strong and can fight. I’ll train them.”
“Also learned in your dream?” Li Li believed her words. In truth, the entire base believed what she said. On the surface, Li Li was the leader, but in reality, everyone acted according to Jun Yueyue’s suggestions. Yesterday, when she strangled that boy to death, not a single person had stepped out to stop her. It was not that everyone thought what she did was right, but that she had invisibly gained the “right of execution.”
Indeed, this invisible authority had already formed on the road to the resort, when Jun Yueyue killed that officer surnamed Zhang without allowing any argument. The direction of people’s hearts was always the hardest thing to shake.
“Mm,” Jun Yueyue nodded. “Learned in the dream. I have a way to let everyone quickly adapt to fighting zombies. Also, supplies are still sufficient for the time being, and we don’t have many people, so we should rest and reorganize for now. Don’t rush to go out.”
Li Li nodded. “The few of us had a brief meeting today, and that was what we concluded too. This time, the lesson was painful. We lost so many people. Next time, we have to be fully prepared before going out.”
“Oh right, you two didn’t come here just because you smelled the ribs and wanted to freeload, did you?” Li Li looked at the several bones already in front of Fang Anyu and clicked his tongue.
Jun Yueyue shook her head. “We came to collect some things. Isn’t Yu’er managing all this? I remember that when we swept supplies in Qiuhai City, someone picked up phones, right? Both of ours are gone.”
Jun Yu nodded. “Yes, we have some. I’ll go get them.”
“You eat first.” Jun Yueyue held down Jun Yu, who was about to get off the kang. “There’s no rush.”
“You came at just the right time,” Li Li said. “When we got back, several people asked me about them. But there aren’t many of these things, and the signal is getting worse and worse. You know that. Soon, they won’t be usable.”
“I know,” Jun Yueyue said. “But the resort won’t lose power. I’ll just take one for Anyu to use. Give the rest to those who need them, those who want to contact the outside. Or you can also let them use the resort’s office phone at fixed times. Before the line cuts off, let them contact outside as much as possible. If someone can come from the city, we can consider opening the drawbridge.”
“Mm,” Li Li said. “That can be arranged.”
After eating, Jun Yu personally took Jun Yueyue and Fang Anyu to the storeroom.
Aside from the phone, the two of them collected two large bags of things. At the storeroom entrance, there were still a few people collecting supplies, with another person distributing them. This was someone Jun Yu had arranged. The things Jun Yueyue collected were all things no one really wanted—mostly Fang Anyu’s daily necessities and luxury items. They were all from the earliest batch she had stockpiled before, the ones that could not be returned, could not be donated, and had originally been prepared for holiday prize draws.
After the two of them returned to the room, Jun Yueyue plugged the phone in to charge. Then she held clothes against Fang Anyu and asked him to change.
Fang Anyu was very obedient. He changed into a suit, complete with wristwatch, cufflinks, gold-rimmed glasses, that half-long hair and the scar. Jun Yueyue was so overwhelmed by his handsomeness that her legs went a little weak.
Ah, how could someone be injured and still look so good injured?
Jun Yueyue leaned against the wall, holding her chest and frowning. Fang Anyu nervously came over to support her, took the phone, and typed:
—What’s wrong?!
Jun Yueyue frowned with a pained expression. “I think my chest hurts, and my legs are weak. Do you think I’m sick?”
—How could this happen? I’ll take you to the doctor.
As Fang Anyu spoke, he came to support Jun Yueyue. In truth, the “doctor” he meant was the base’s only rare little nurse, who could give IVs but could only treat ordinary colds and fevers.
Jun Yueyue grabbed Fang Anyu’s hand and shook her head. “No, I can’t. I’m done for.”
Fang Anyu almost broke out in sweat from worry. Jun Yueyue hooked her arms around his neck and made him listen to her heartbeat.
“Listen. My heart is beating too fast. It feels like there’s a little deer inside, crashing around so hard it hurts.”
Fang Anyu was truly listening seriously at first. But when he heard Jun Yueyue say there was a little deer in her heart crashing around painfully, he reacted. He immediately lifted his head and glared at Jun Yueyue, his ears turning red.
Jun Yueyue blinked, learning Fang Anyu’s innocent expression. “My legs have gone soft from how handsome you are. What should I do? I can’t use any strength…”
Fang Anyu: “…”
Jun Yueyue was teasing him about the way he had pretended earlier.
He became a little embarrassed and angry. He took off his glasses and threw them onto the kang, then reached out to tug at his tie. The moment he moved, Jun Yueyue pressed her hand to her chest again, her voice somewhat drifting.
“Heavens, what are you going to do? I can’t breathe. You can’t tie me up with the tie. If you do, I definitely… won’t struggle.”
Fang Anyu’s face became outrageously red. He picked Jun Yueyue up in one motion and threw her onto the kang. Then he pulled off the tie and used it to gag her mouth.
With her mouth gagged, Jun Yueyue could not speak now. She could only laugh muffledly.
Fang Anyu also laughed. The two of them embraced among a pile of clothes. Jun Yueyue said, “Actually, I prepared so, so many things before. These are only the tip of the iceberg.”
“Before I remembered what happened before, I already wanted to raise you properly. I prepared everything according to the standards you usually used,” Jun Yueyue said. “This is why I had to have the Jun family. I was thinking, even if the apocalypse came, it didn’t matter. I would use these things to make you a comfortable nest. You could live as if you were in a normal world, with no change to your life…”
Fang Anyu held Jun Yueyue tighter and kissed her eyes. Then he took the phone and typed:
—I don’t need these things. I only need to be with you.
Jun Yueyue shook her head. “I like seeing you live peacefully. That way, no matter what’s around me or what the world is like, as long as I look at you once, I can feel calm.”
Fang Anyu’s fingers moved slightly. He did not type again. He only smiled and nodded.
So the next day, when everyone gathered and prepared to begin zombie training, the ability users stood in line on a patch of grass. Everyone’s faces and bodies still carried the dishevelled traces of these days. Only Fang Anyu wore a limited-edition branded white tracksuit. He even wore a sports headband to hold up his hair, looking youthful and energetic, like a university student preparing to go for a run.
Today, the sunlight was especially dazzling.
Just like Fang Anyu standing among the crowd.
Even Fang Anyan found it a little hard to look at. With a somewhat indescribable expression, he wiped his face. This outfit would have seemed far too refined for an ordinary person even in normal society. At a time like this, it was indeed rather eye-catching.
However, there were not many ability users. Most of them had fought alongside Fang Anyu before. After learning that he had the ability to control zombies, none of the ability users dared look down on him anymore.
In the morning, Jun Yueyue first went to the ordinary combat group. What they were training was physical fitness. Physical fitness was the foundation of everything. So they were doing ordinary laps, with focus on leg strength and arm strength. Various targeted reaction training exercises would come later. Jun Yueyue only briefly introduced them and gave everyone a general direction. They would only begin once their physical fitness reached the standard.
As for the ability users, today’s training was nothing else.
They were going to catch zombies.
This time, Ji Fei was leading the team. In fact, Ji Fei was more suitable for training ordinary people, but Ji Fei’s mercenary training methods were ultimately designed to deal with humans. Some of those methods were not suitable when applied to zombies.
Besides, this was the first day, and Jun Yueyue had not yet had time to privately discuss and adjust the training plan with Ji Fei.
A small captain had been selected from the ordinary group to lead them in stretching and running laps. Jun Yueyue then came over to the ability-user group and began giving suggestions about everyone’s abilities.
Because she had seen them before, the suggestions she put forward amazed everyone.
For example, she suggested that the lightning user could try shrinking his electric arcs and splitting them apart, instead of consuming a large amount of electricity on one person at once. Small, scattered arcs directly attacking zombie heads could kill zombies in batches.
When Huai Wenzhi heard Jun Yueyue’s explanation, his eyes lit up like searchlights. But although this kind of skill sounded impressive, actually implementing it was difficult. Just splitting the electric arcs was already very hard.
Of course, this would also require advancement support. What Jun Yueyue spoke about were things she had heard from survivors who had travelled from all over in the previous base—the ultimate extent to which different abilities could be developed.
For Jun Yueyue in her previous life, these were things she had envied from the bottom of her heart, so she remembered them very clearly. Li Li’s stone ability could eventually be trained into a gun that could fire infinitely without bullets. Of course, the gun was merely a carrier. The important point was that his ability could divide stone into very small, fine fragments with great lethality.
For example, Fang Anyan’s ability could also compress and split fireballs to their smallest form. The most powerful fire-type ability user Jun Yueyue had heard of could release fireballs only the size of fingernails, but the compressed energy inside them did not decrease at all. Once they drilled into a zombie’s brain, they would explode.
Supposedly, when one fire-type ability user made a move, he could blow apart dozens of zombie heads at once.
However, this world was still very different from her previous life in many ways. Fang Anyu, for instance, was an inexplicable existence. Jun Yueyue could understand his ability to control zombies because he was ultimately the master of this world. But his wood-type ability was also real.
There were also Jun Yu and Ji Fei. Ji Fei had died very early in the previous life and had not awakened her shape-changing ability. Jun Yueyue had also never heard of Jun Yu’s iron-type ability.
But she had seen Jun Yu change the shape of the iron gate. She and Fang Anyu would both be key cultivation targets in the team. As long as Jun Yu’s ability was strong enough and she had a carrier in her hand, she could weave a sturdy shelter for her teammates. And Fang Anyu could drive away approaching zombies. The two of them together would be the strongest support.
After all, whether they were rescuing people or searching for supplies, the most important thing would always be safety.
Jun Yueyue went through everyone one by one and explained her initial ideas. The strength- and speed-mutated ability users listened with faces full of envy, but because they did not have those abilities, there was also obvious disappointment.
Only at the end did Jun Yueyue speak about strength and speed mutations. The people below all pricked up their ears.
“Strength and speed mutations, during group combat, can’t mass-kill like other mutated abilities, nor can they shock everyone with one move,” Jun Yueyue said.
After saying this, she paused. Sure enough, the people below looked a little discouraged.
Jun Yueyue had trained ability users before. She deeply understood how to keep people confident for a long time. After waiting for a short while, she continued, “I’m also a speed and strength mutation. Unlike other ability users, once their abilities are trained well, they can attack large areas in a short time.”
Jun Yueyue said, “Although we have weaknesses, we also have one fatal advantage that all other ability users lack.”
Everyone raised their heads and stared at Jun Yueyue with wide eyes.
Jun Yueyue smiled, her face full of pride. “We will never run out of ability energy. When other ability users are in the cooldown period after continuous attacks and are as fragile as little girls, we can still fight at full capacity. Of course, we’re not perpetual-motion machines either. After all, whether it’s doing that thing or killing zombies, everything has a limit.”
As soon as Jun Yueyue said this, most of the men below laughed. Jun Yueyue also smiled and glanced at Fang Anyu. Everyone laughed even louder. Fang Anyu’s ears turned slightly red, and he avoided Jun Yueyue’s gaze.
Only after everyone’s laughter stopped did Jun Yueyue say, “However, compared with them emptying themselves after one shot, strength and speed mutations are relatively endurance-based. So as long as we train our technique well, not only can we make zombies feel so good they want to die, we can also let our teammates fully entrust themselves to us when they are weak.”
Everyone laughed again. Jun Yueyue pointed at the special ability users one by one and said, “Don’t laugh. When all of you are weak like little girls, you’ll be crying and shouting for big brother.”
Her words brought more laughter from the crowd. But once everyone had laughed enough and gradually stopped, Jun Yueyue became serious again.
“Every kind of ability requires hard, long-term practice before its greatest effect can be brought out. This kind of practice is divided into three stages.”
Jun Yueyue said, “The first is physical fitness. Physical fitness will always be the most basic thing. The second is combat. Only by truly facing zombies can people accumulate more experience and technique in battle. Of course, I will have the boss organize the most complete list of zombie weaknesses, so everyone stops fighting blindly and can use the simplest and fastest methods to deal with zombies.”
“The final point is advancement.”
As soon as Jun Yueyue finished saying this, everyone present became excited. Before joining, they had long heard from Li Li’s silver tongue that they had a secret method to let ability users advance.
Jun Yueyue smiled and generously shared the method with everyone.
“Eating the crystal cores inside zombie brains can help us advance?!”
Someone cried out in shock. “Then won’t we turn into zombies?”
Immediately, someone raised doubts. “I heard that if zombie blood splashes into your mouth, you’ll mutate. Can eating something from inside their brains really work?”
Questioning voices rose one after another. Jun Yueyue did not rush to explain. After everyone’s voices quieted, she said, “How do you think second-stage zombies are formed?”
“Second-stage zombies are formed because zombies accidentally eat zombie crystal cores, causing them to advance,” Jun Yueyue said. “I can responsibly tell you that second-stage zombies are not the limit of zombie evolution. Within the next five years, third-stage zombies will also appear.”
“They can not only command their own kind, but even stop rotting, recover speech, and regain the memories from before they became corpses,” Jun Yueyue said. “Imagine it. They have human thought and command ability, and can also drive an army of dead bodies that are impervious to blades and bullets, and that will not stop unless their heads are destroyed. That is the true nightmare of the apocalypse.”
Even those close to Jun Yueyue, if they had not heard about this beforehand, would have been as shocked as everyone else, gasping in disbelief.
But Jun Yueyue quickly continued, “The conditions for third-stage zombies to form are even harsher. You don’t need to worry about them for now.”
“How do you know all this?” Finally, a man in the crowd questioned Jun Yueyue. “How can we be sure what you’re saying is true?”
Li Li and the others immediately became nervous. If Jun Yueyue said in public that she had dreamed it, it would really be far too unconvincing.
But very quickly, Li Li and the others realized their worry was unnecessary, because Jun Yueyue began to bluff.
After glancing at Ji Fei, she said, “Actually, the reason I was able to gain this position in front of the boss is not only because my younger sister is his precious darling. It’s also because, at the very beginning of the apocalypse, I had already awakened another ability besides my current one.”
“And that is precognition,” Jun Yueyue said. “I can foresee most events within five years of the apocalypse.”
The crowd immediately broke into discussion again. Jun Yueyue said, “The next thing I’m going to tell you is even more important. I am a dual-ability awakener. Strength is one. Precognition is the second.”
This time, Jun Yueyue did not give everyone a chance to interrupt. She continued, “Aside from me, my husband Fang Anyu is also a dual-ability awakener.”
“He has awakened wood-type and control-type abilities. You all already know this,” Jun Yueyue’s expression became increasingly serious. “Next, what I’m about to tell you concerns your lives, so please do not casually try it, and do not treat it as a joke.”
Jun Yueyue said, “That is, regardless of whether you believe what I said about eating zombie crystal cores to advance, please absolutely do not try it privately. Advancement is a very dangerous process. Zombie crystal cores will provoke violent emotions in mutants. At best, you may lose your self-awareness and turn into a lunatic. At worst, blood may pour from your nose and mouth, or you may even self-destruct.”
“Bang!” Jun Yueyue made the sound effect. “That kind of self-destruction that explodes from within is not a joke.”
“Then why are you bringing up advancement at all? If it’s so dangerous, do we really need to advance?” someone questioned.
Jun Yueyue nodded. “Good question. Whether it’s necessary or not, once you go outside and truly encounter a zombie tide commanded by a second-stage zombie, we can discuss that question again. Because with your current ability, you haven’t yet reached the standard for advancement.”
“Or you can ask the person beside you. The one standing next to you survived a zombie tide,” Jun Yueyue said seriously. “The current number of second-stage zombies has far exceeded the number I foresaw. The specific cause is unclear, but this will be the biggest obstacle when we go out to rescue people and search for supplies.”
“So all of us need to advance. But advancement requires very strong willpower and self-control. Sometimes, it also requires external assistance.”
Jun Yueyue looked at Fang Anyu and said, “Fortunately, we have the most suitable assistant. He can soothe our violent mental state during advancement and help us safely reach the second stage.”
Everyone followed her gaze and looked at Fang Anyu.
Jun Yueyue said, “That’s right. It’s my husband. One of his dual abilities, the wood-type ability, is the only ability that can soothe advancement. So if you want to advance long-term and become stronger, he is the most important person to protect.”
Li Li cursed in his heart.
Damn.
Now he really had to admire Jun Yueyue. Her ability to incite people was practically good enough for pyramid schemes. She could make even a training speech full of twists and turns, and at the end, she could still find a gap to make everyone protect her husband properly. Truly amazing.
“You’re not just making things up so we’ll protect your husband, are you?” someone said.
But this time, it was not questioning. It carried a hint of teasing.
They had indeed believed Jun Yueyue’s words. Since they believed her, they no longer feared the advancement she described, so their moods relaxed a little, allowing them to say something like this.
Jun Yueyue’s face was serious. “You saw through me. You all know how precious he is to me.”
“That’s because he himself is a treasure. Not only can he soothe advancement, after he advances, he’ll also be able to heal injured and sick people. His control ability is currently the only thing that can directly confront second-stage zombies. Shouldn’t we enshrine him?”
Everyone smiled and began responding sparsely, “Yes… we should…”
Jun Yueyue smiled. “It’s not only my husband who needs protection. My younger sister does too.”
Jun Yueyue pointed at Jun Yu. “Some of you have witnessed her ability, right? As long as she has a carrier, she can weave a safe nest for everyone that zombies cannot tear through. Combined with my husband’s control ability, think about it. With a retreat route, we’ll be invincible!”
“So basically, all the treasures are in your family!” a young man shouted.
Jun Yueyue nodded happily. “Exactly. I also feel very honoured.”
“That’s all for advancement and ability evolution,” Jun Yueyue said. “In the future, there will also be team coordination, abilities assisting one another, making special weapons for strength-type mutants, and so on.”
Everyone’s appetite had been whetted. Jun Yueyue smiled and said, “But we won’t talk about those today. They’re not useful for now. The ordinary people’s group has already run several laps around the resort. I believe you’ve seen that too. Our training today is also officially beginning.”
“The best way to better adapt to combat is, of course, direct fighting. Ordinary people cannot immediately face zombies one-on-one, but ability users can.”
Amid everyone’s varied expressions, Jun Yueyue said, “That’s right. It’s exactly what you’re thinking. Open the bridge and lure zombies over.”
“In a while, our logistics team will disguise you properly. Whether you use abilities or something else, you must capture one alive.”
As soon as Jun Yueyue finished speaking, the crowd stirred again. Jun Yueyue explained, “Of course catching them alive isn’t for fun. We’ll remove their teeth and nails, and use them for ordinary people’s combat practice!”
With that explanation, everyone agreed. There were no more doubts. As logistics wrapped their arms, necks, faces, hands, and almost every exposed part in protection against scratches, the drawbridge switch opened.
Jun Yueyue took advantage of this time to run to Fang Anyu’s side. Her hands were wrapped in thick cloth to prevent scratching. She deliberately shrank behind Fang Anyu and said in a soft, coquettish voice, “Hubby has to protect me, okay? I’m so scared.”
Fang Anyu saw that someone had already headed toward the drawbridge to lure zombies. With a smile in his eyes, he turned back to look at Jun Yueyue hiding behind him. He knocked his fist against his chest, signalling for Jun Yueyue to hide behind him and let him shield her.
Jun Yueyue smiled and really hid behind him. Beside them, Li Li expressionlessly made a retching sound. Fang Anyu was probably not only deaf and mute, but also blind. Had he not seen that whether Jun Yueyue was killing people or zombies, she was more brutal than any man?
But whether Fang Anyu did it on purpose or not, after Li Li retched, Fang Anyu turned around, bent down, and kissed Jun Yueyue’s nose in front of everyone.
Li Li clutched his chest and turned to Jun Yu. “I want a kiss too.” Jun Yu was adjusting the ties on her hands. Hearing this, she cursed softly, “Get lost.”
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