No one expected that before the mother body disappeared, it would have laid such a sinister plan!

A main root vine, buried deep underground at the entrance of the village, suddenly attacked!

"A Kui! Be careful!" Li Xinhu's roar changed in tone due to fear.

Li Kui had just opened the car door when the giant vine covered with hideous barbs appeared before his eyes, ready to devour and tear him apart!

Li Xinhu's mind went blank, but his body reacted before his thoughts. He used all his strength to lunge forward and shove his brother out.

"Brother!" Li Kui was pushed and staggered, falling to the ground.

Li Xinhu, in his place, was completely exposed to the vines' attack range.

“Puff——!”

There was a teeth-grinding sound of flesh being pierced.

The huge vine pierced through Li Xinhu's chest, lifted him high into the air, and then quickly retreated towards the direction of the ancestral hall.

Blood, like a flood bursting through a dam, gushed out along the thorns of the vine, staining the ground beneath him red.

Li Xinhu's body twitched violently. He lowered his head and looked at the huge gap in his chest in disbelief.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but only large mouthfuls of blood foam came out.

His gaze passed the vine that took his life and finally fell on his brother whom he risked his life to save. In his eyes, there was pain and reluctance, but more of it was a kind of relief.

“Hurry…go…”

He used up his last bit of strength and squeezed out two words.

Then, his head tilted and he completely lost his voice.

“No! Brother!”

Li Kui struggled to get up and rushed to his brother's body, but was hugged tightly from behind by A'mo who had already jumped out of the car.

"Let me go! Let me go! I want to save my brother!" Li Kui struggled desperately like a madman, and his fists rained down on A'mo's body.

"He's dead! Li Kui! Calm down!" Amer tightened his arms, his voice also hoarse with grief.

Su Wan and Xiao Han in the car were completely stunned by this bloody and cruel scene.

Su Wan covered her mouth. Xiao Han's face no longer had the usual playful smile on it, only endless shock and anger.

Lu Shiyan did not hesitate at all. The lightning burst out. Not only did he cut off the vines that penetrated Li Xinhu's body with a lightning blade, but he also released several electric snakes, which blasted the evil vines into pieces, charring them and shattering them into pieces! "You are looking for death!"

Li Xinhu's body fell in the distance with a dull sound.

"Brother Lu... please... take my brother with you..." Li Kui stopped struggling, knelt on the ground, and begged Lu Shiyan in tears.

Lu Shiyan looked at him, then looked at the large number of zombies that were gathering in the distance, attracted by the huge noise. Su Wan's face turned pale, and his supernatural power was almost exhausted. It was too late...

"Amo, take Li Kui to the car." Lu Shiyan's voice was particularly cold because he tried his best to suppress it, "Let's... go."

This means that Li Xinhu's body will be abandoned in the collapsed ruins.

"No! Brother Lu!" Li Kui raised his head suddenly, his tearful face full of despair and pleading, "My brother...we can't leave him here! Please, Brother Lu! Take him, take him away!" He tried to break free from A'mo's grip and wanted to pounce on his brother's cold body not far away.

A'mo held him tightly, his eyes reddened, but he said nothing and just followed orders.

Lu Shiyan had a blank expression on his face, the balance in his heart had already tilted towards the safety of the living. A dead person, in the end times, was not worth more people taking risks.

At this moment, a slightly weak but firm voice sounded.

"I'll do it. I'll put him... into space." Su Wan held the car door, his face frighteningly pale due to blood loss and excessive use of supernatural powers, but his eyes were unusually clear, "Hurry up and get in the car."

Su Wan held onto the car door, her face frighteningly pale from blood loss and overuse of her supernatural powers, but her eyes were unusually clear. "I'll do it. I'll put him... into the space. You guys hurry up and get in the car."

She took a deep breath, forced down the cramping in her abdomen, closed her eyes, frowned, and focused all her thoughts. This time, she could feel her mental power being extracted by an invisible hand, and the veins on her forehead bulged slightly. Li Xinhu's body was finally taken into the space.

After doing all this, Su Wan coughed violently, the knuckles of her fingers holding the bicycle frame turned white, her vision went dark, cold sweat instantly soaked her back, and the familiar sinking pain in her abdomen came back.

After doing all this, she shook, more cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and her breathing became a little rapid. She used her mind to clear a space in a corner of the space, gently put down Li Xinhu's body, and found a clean sheet to cover him.

"Sister Su Wan...thank you! Thank you for giving my brother the last bit of dignity!"

"Okay, drive!"

The off-road vehicle let out an angry roar, its tires left two deep marks on the ground, and it rushed off into the distance.

The SUV drove through the wilderness for an hour, away from Changqing Village, and stopped at an abandoned highway service area.

A'Mo sat next to Li Kui, took out the first aid kit, and quietly treated the scratch on Li Kui's arm with very gentle movements.

Su Wan was sitting in the car. She felt much better after absorbing the energy stone, but she really couldn't figure it out.

The man who always smiled naively, followed Li Kui silently, and could carry two bags of rice by himself, just turned into a gradually cold corpse?

According to the apocalyptic combat power rankings in the book... Li Xinhu is firmly ranked eighth with his brutal earth-related abilities and fearless fighting style.

But now, he died so suddenly and so miserably, without even having the chance to wake up.

Is it because of her?

Was it because of her? If she hadn't traveled through the book, hadn't taken them on this road, hadn't barged into their lives like an uninvited guest...

Would Li Xinhu not have encountered this fatal disaster that did not belong to him here today, and would he still have the opportunity to grow into that powerful warrior?

A'mo searched around the service area and finally stopped on a slightly raised slope beside the road. There were a few drought-resistant trees that he couldn't name, and the ground was relatively soft and sandy. Compared with the gravel and cement in the service area, this place could at least be buried in peace. "Let's go here." He said in a low voice.

Su Wan nodded, her face still pale. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, Li Xinhu's body quietly appeared on the clean sheet, lying peacefully beside the place chosen by everyone.

Li Kui seemed to be pushed by an invisible hand, and he staggered to his brother's side and knelt heavily on his knees. He had been in a daze before, but now he finally squeezed out a suppressed sob from his throat, and his shoulders shook violently: "Brother... Brother..."

Ah Mo stepped forward and pressed his palm hard on his trembling shoulder. Then, he picked up a half-length of steel bar removed from an abandoned vehicle and began to dig the hard ground with great effort.

Lu Shiyan silently picked up the only engineer shovel and dug with him. The sun was scorching, and the only sounds around were the harsh sound of metal rubbing against the soil and Li Kui's uncontrollable sobbing.

Xiao Han stood aside, his usual frivolous energy completely gone. He kicked away a piece of gravel at his feet in annoyance, walked over, and silently moved the larger stones that the two had dug out with his hands.

The pit was not deep, but deep enough. Ah Mo and Lu Shiyan worked together to carefully place Li Xinhu's body into the pit.

Li Kui stretched out his hand and smoothed the sheet covering his brother's face with trembling hands. He took off a copper whistle that was polished to a shine from his neck - it was made by his brother when he was a child, and it had called him home countless times from the ridges of the fields - and gently placed it in Li Xinhu's slightly cold hand and held it tightly.

“Brother, don’t worry…” Li Kui’s voice was hoarse, and tears blurred his eyes again, “I… I will live well… with your expectations, live well…”

Ah Mo remained silent and began to fill the excavated soil back in. Lu Shiyan and Xiao Han also helped without saying a word.