Zhou Xinran turned off the Bluetooth speaker that was playing along with Zhou Lerui's crying and went over to help his older brother.

With Zhou Xinran's help, Zhou Xinyi finally managed to pull his sister down and pushed her away by her shoulders.

“Everything is fine at home. Your parents are very worried about you. Your sister-in-law and nephew are also safe. Can you calm down, Rui Rui?”

Zhou Xinyi was finding it hard to handle his boisterous younger sister for a while, and he simply ignored her complaints.

His younger brother and sister often complained about each other and fought. Their parents let them fight without taking sides, and he did the same.

“Xinran, it’s you, Xinran.” Professor Liu, looking disheveled, suddenly spoke, his voice trembling.

He was Zhou Xinran's childhood friend and Gu Xinghuo's uncle.

“It’s me, Uncle. You’ve suffered so much, my Uncle.”

Zhou Xinran quickly went to help the foul-smelling Professor Liu.

"Oh, oh, thank you for coming to save us, thank you, thank you..."

Professor Liu has been locked up in the White Building for two months. He is now physically weak, mentally confused, and even somewhat incoherent.

"Hey, don't be so polite with me. Don't talk, have some water. Bro, do you have any water?"

Pan Jian, a space-age superpowered warrior, quickly grabbed a bottle of water and handed it over.

Are your two friends really okay?

Zhou Xinyi was still not entirely at ease with the two men behind the vehicle who were already fighting against the zombies and mutated plants to cover their retreat.

"Don't worry, big brother, their superpowers are incredibly strong. They've saved me many times."

Zhou Lerui answered eagerly.

"Let me tell you, bro, those two are super strong. That big gangster has lightning-type superpowers. He used to blah blah blah..."

She then moved closer to Zhou Xinyi and recounted their adventures along the way, including bravely fighting Vajra, striking lizards with lightning, and massacring Xiaoxiongxu.

By the time she finished her rambling, Xia Feng and Lin Xuan had already dealt with the trouble behind them and followed in their jeep.

After the two military trucks drove away, Xia Feng and Lin Xuan, who remained at the scene, discovered that the ivy around the small building had gone mad.

It was as if something important had been taken away by the car.

As if enraged, the mutated plant pushed its roots and stems out of the ground, and its branches and leaves stretched out incessantly in the direction the military truck had driven away.

The entire building was pushed out of the ground by the thick root system underground.

Lin Xuan keenly sensed a particularly concentrated area of ​​energy at the center of the roots that had emerged above the ground, an energy that she was unable to mobilize.

Lin Xuan's intuition told her that this must be the mutated ivy's weak point!

"Brother, the weak point of the ivy is right there!"

Lin Xuan pointed to that spot, which was no different from the rest of the root system.

Without saying a word, Xia Feng unleashed a powerful bolt of lightning in the direction Lin Xuan was pointing!

With a loud bang, all the roots and stems in that area were carbonized and pulverized, revealing an oval-shaped, light green crystal the size of an egg.

The ivy was hit in a vital spot and quickly withered away from its roots.

The small building that had been lifted up lost its support and collapsed, sending up clouds of dust from the cement bricks and tiles.

Lin Xuan swiftly used vines to retrieve the crystal, placed it into her spatial storage, and ran far away with Xia Feng.

After the mutated ivy withered, the zombies in the distance, as if they had lost their target, quickly scattered and disappeared into the mutated plant thicket.

After dealing with the remaining dozen or so zombies, the two released the jeep and followed behind the military truck.

Fearing that they would attract the remaining zombies, the vehicle took a detour before reaching the spot where Zhou Xinran had hidden the minibus.

Zhou Xinran used a walkie-talkie to tell Peng Yu to drive and follow the military truck. They drove for quite a distance until they stopped to rest when there were mutated plants blocking the road ahead.

After everyone got off the bus, Zhou Xinran quickly introduced the person to his older brother.

"Big brother, this is Xia Feng, the friend I told you about. He has lightning-type superpowers, and he's incredibly strong. Rui Rui and I are only able to see you alive thanks to him."

Zhou Xinyi quickly stepped forward to shake hands with Xia Feng. His cold and stern eyes revealed the unique determination of a soldier. His usually serious face now had a slight upturn at the corners of his lips, revealing a genuine smile.

"Comrade Xia Feng, I am Zhou Xinyi, the older brother of Zhou Xinran and Zhou Lerui. Thank you for protecting my younger brother and sister along the way."

"You not only saved us, but also helped us complete our mission. We don't know how to thank you enough."

"Brother Zhou, you're too kind. Xinran and I are friends. This is nothing."

Before the apocalypse, Xia Feng was a member of society, and he always admired soldiers.

"Big brother, she is Lin Xuan, Hei, Xia Ge's girlfriend."

Zhou Lerui almost blurted out "gangsters," but thankfully she stopped herself in time. She originally wanted to put her arm around Lin Xuan's shoulder, but the burly gangster had his little wife shoved around.

"Hello, thank you." Zhou Xinyi shook Lin Xuan's hand again, only about a third of it, which was basic politeness to a girl.

"You're welcome." Wow, this Brother Zhou is so handsome, even more handsome than Brother Zhou. The whole Zhou family is full of good-looking men and women.

Lin Xuan shook hands with the handsome soldier, feeling a little embarrassed.

Zhou Lerui, linking arms with her older brother, continued, "She's super amazing too, let me tell you..."

They recounted in detail to their older brother how they worked together to kill the mutated gorilla, leaving Zhou Xinyi with a headache.

When Zhou Xinran saw Professor Liu and the researchers who had collapsed by the roadside, he quickly asked Peng Yu to build a clay stove to cook.

These people looked like they were about to die, with sunken eyes, dull gazes, and sallow complexions.

Go find Peng Ze and Lin Xuan to get some ingredients. Let's quickly make something to eat for these scientists. It wasn't easy to rescue them, so we can't let them starve to death.

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