Chapter 343: The Siege in the Apocalypse (20)

"I won't kill you, but we'll sever all ties from now on, and that will be the end of everything. You're an ability user, you can protect yourself, and you don't need me. Goodbye."

"Brother Chen, didn't you forgive me? Why did you break up with me?"

Chen Gong: "I haven't forgiven you. This is the last bit of kindness I can show you. Live well."

Chen Gong shook off Gu Qingqing and left.

Bai Tian and the others glared at Gu Qingqing before following their eldest brother away. They were afraid that their brother might do something irrational, after all, he had just experienced heartbreak; their eldest brother's first love had ended so tragically.

Gu Qingqing stood there, lost and dejected.

Actually, she was more afraid. Without Chen Gong's protection, could she really survive in this apocalypse?

Looking at Gu Yan, she said, "Brother, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. Please forgive me, for the sake of our family and blood ties."

Gu Yan: "I originally planned to expel you from the safe zone."

Gu Qingqing was terrified. "You want to kick me out? I'll die if I go out, I'll die! I'm your only family, how can you do this to me?"

"Why do you still think I consider you family? My only family is my parents, who have passed away. You are a stranger to me, and a stranger I don't like at all."

"I'm not kicking you out because of Chen Gong, but if you do anything wrong again in the future, I will not show any mercy."

Gu Yan pulled Wen Wan away, while Gu Qingqing collapsed to the ground.

It's all gone, everything is gone. What will she do now?

...

Chen Gong emerged very quickly, even exceeding many people's expectations. Bai Tian and the others were very happy. Afterwards, the group settled down completely in the safe zone, occasionally taking on some missions to earn survival crystals.

After that, Gu Qingqing had no relationship with Chen Gong whatsoever. Moreover, Gu Yan even declared that he had no connection with Gu Qingqing, which also revealed Gu Qingqing's status as a level two water-type ability user. Everything she needed in the safe zone had to be earned through her own abilities.

Gu Qingqing lived a life of extreme suffering. In the past, because she was Gu Yan's sister, she received a lot of preferential treatment and didn't have to do anything. Chen Gong could earn crystal cores for her.

Thinking about all this, Gu Qingqing truly regretted it.

She should have accepted Chen Gong's proposal in the first place; she shouldn't have been so willful.

Bai Tian and his group weren't going to let Gu Qingqing off easy. They spread every detail of what she had done, and everyone knew Gu Qingqing's true colors. No one dared to approach this terrifying woman anymore.

Lin Fulong's matter was quickly resolved, and the safe zone became Gu Yan's territory. Many of Lin Fulong's former subordinates were taken in by Gu Yan, but those who committed heinous crimes were ruthlessly expelled from the safe zone.

And Chu Mingyao will be back soon.

Wen Wan had to leave, so when Gu Yan returned, Wen Wan told him that she wanted to leave, and Gu Yan agreed.

Then he handed everything over to Wu Yong for temporary management, while he himself left with Wen Wan. What was his excuse? He didn't need an excuse at all; the captain always had his reasons for doing things.

After the two left, Chu Mingyao returned to the safe zone. She had earned a lot of crystal cores this time. After learning that Gu Yan had left with his girlfriend, Chu Mingyao didn't have any thoughts and quickly threw herself back into the mission. She has now become the most powerful ability user in the safe zone, which is why Gu Yan dared to leave.

After leaving the safe zone, Gu Yan asked Wen Wan where she was going, but Wen Wan didn't know either.

She sensed something was wrong from the start; this savior male lead was right beside her, preventing her from unleashing her full power.

But even if she doesn't become the zombie king, other zombie kings will emerge; this is something that can't be avoided.

As the zombies they encountered grew stronger, Wen Wan noticed that Gu Yan was frowning more and more often.

Wen Wan helps him occasionally, but most of the time she doesn't.

This would be beneficial for Gu Yan to improve his abilities. Besides, he hadn't ingested any crystal cores, so it was normal for him to be weak. Wen Wan would never admit that the main reason for his weakness was that he was lazy.

Three months passed just like that.

The zombie horde has spread almost all over the world, and the safe zone has also developed the first generation of medicine to counteract the zombie virus, but the quantity is extremely small.

This is much earlier than the original storyline, but it's still within a manageable range.

...

Wen Wan originally thought that nothing would change about her, but she was wrong. When she discovered one day that her arm had started to peel and even rot, Wen Wan was stunned with fright.

A scream.

He called Gu Yan, who was outside, in, "What's wrong?"

Wen Wan covered her arm, "It's nothing."

Gu Yan reached out and pulled open Wen Wan's sleeve, then looked at Wen Wan's arm, "What happened?"

Wen Wan withdrew her arm. "I'm a zombie, not a human."

Gu Yan remained silent.

The system has already told Wen Wan that she has not ingested any crystal cores and has only been consuming small amounts of raw meat and blood to sustain her life, which has caused a mutation in her body.

Wen Wan ate more than a dozen crystal cores, and then her arm returned to its original state.

Gu Yan: "So you'll die if you don't consume the crystal cores?"

"You won't die, but you'll become like other zombies, which I can't accept, so you should leave."

Wen Wan didn't want to become like the other zombies, covered in rotting flesh; she would really go crazy.

"I won't stop you from consuming the crystal cores."

Wen Wan: "Aren't you afraid I'll turn into the zombie king?"

"Even if you become the zombie king, I will control you and prevent you from harming humans. You won't either, because you are human and a good person."

Wen Yan: "..."

Is it really appropriate to put the "good guy" card here?

"Don't be too pessimistic. Once the drug to cure the zombie virus is fully developed and the apocalypse is over, I can leave."

Gu Yan: "..."

Gu Yan turned and left. Wen Wan wondered if she had seen wrong, but Gu Yan seemed very unhappy.

Why is she unhappy? Is it because she said she would die?

Wen Wan had thought that Gu Yan was following her to prevent her from harming people and turning into a zombie king to endanger the world. Now it seemed that she did have some influence.

Wen Wan suddenly felt inexplicably depressed.

This is comparable to the difference between humans and demons, and the torturous love between humans and ghosts.

After that, Gu Yan stopped stopping Wen Wan from eating the crystal cores, and Wen Wan's mental power became stronger and stronger. Many zombies even submitted to Wen Wan before they even fought her, and wanted her to become their leader.

Wen Wan: Refuse.

Having such a bunch of bastards following you as your underlings must be terrifying.

Gu Yan's strength grew stronger and stronger, and he even refused Wen Wan's help on many occasions.

Wen Wan knew what he meant; he wanted to ensure he could always control himself. It has to be said, as expected of the protagonist, he had incredible willpower.

However, the consequence of this was that Gu Yan was injured and hovered on the brink of death several times, yet he refused Wen Wan's help.

Wen Wan sometimes felt she couldn't bear to watch anymore.

However, whenever she suggested that the two of them could go their separate ways, Gu Yan would get angry. He wasn't showing his anger, but rather he would remain silent and do things quietly, but he just wouldn't agree to go their separate ways.

The system looked at the two of them with a sigh.

Having witnessed so many worlds, it has seen through the essence of these relationships. Clearly, the male protagonist has taken a liking to its host, and its host is not uninterested either; they are currently in what is commonly known as the ambiguous period.

...

As the zombies developed intelligence, they became stronger and stronger through continuous upgrades. Many of them even developed the ability to think like humans. The stronger the zombies, the higher their intelligence. As a result, increasingly powerful zombie teams began to continuously attack the defenses of the safe zone.

Everyone in the safe zone felt insecure, especially since there were a large number of ordinary people without superpowers in the safe zone.

Since Gu Yan advanced to level six, the other ability users have also realized that there is no end to the cultivation of their abilities. As the level of the crystal cores they absorb increases, their abilities also become stronger, so they cultivate even more frantically.

Everyone sensed the impending storm; the final battle horn was about to sound, and the atmosphere grew increasingly oppressive.

What Wen Wan felt most strongly was that when a zombie is not just a zombie without thoughts or feelings of pain, but has thoughts and feelings like a human, then is it still a zombie?

Wen Wan even saw her mother, who had turned into a zombie, protecting her daughter, who was still a normal person. But in the end, the zombie mother was killed, and the daughter was taken away for protection. The zombie mother died peacefully.

Wen Wan couldn't help but feel emotional.

This doesn't mean Wen Wan thinks zombies are right, because every zombie has killed people and its own kind, even if it wasn't willingly; initially, they couldn't control their instincts.

Wen Wan awaits the day the apocalypse ends.

In the original storyline, the potion was launched into the sky from the highest point of the safe zone, then spread wildly in the air. The zombies slowly fell down, eventually becoming a lifeless pile of rotting flesh, and finally returning to the earth.

Afterwards, everything was in ruins and countless challenges awaited humanity.

This could be ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years.

Gu Yan has been promoted to level seven.

Wen Wan also became exceptionally strong, forced to become stronger, a path from which there was no turning back.

As time went by, Wen Wan was counting down her life. She originally thought this was a relief, since she felt no pain and death was not scary. She didn't even want to go through it again.

Who wants to stay in this terrifying place? I don't want to stay here for even a second longer.

However, recently Wen Wan has noticed a subtle change in her mindset. She seems to have begun to cherish this world, or perhaps not this world, but a certain person.

Humans are the beings most prone to developing feelings. Wen Wan began to feel a little flutter in her heart, but suppressed these feelings. In the end, she would stare blankly at Gu Yan's face on every sleepless night.

Gu Yan has maintained contact with the safe zone, but Wen Wan is delaying him.

This is supposed to be a savior! Instead of saving the world, this savior just wastes his time staying by your side, afraid that he might become a scourge to the world. How can anyone not be moved by this?

...

Wen Wan ultimately miscalculated.

A zombie king emerged and began rapidly invading human bases, causing the deaths of countless superhumans. Wu Yong quickly contacted Gu Yan, asking him to return.

At this moment, Wen Wan also felt that the energy in her body was extremely large. According to the system, she was just one breath away from becoming the only zombie who could compete with the zombie king.

Although she was weaker than the zombie king, her mental strength was higher than his. So, the outcome of the fight was uncertain. She still looked the same, but no one would treat her as a human. Therefore, it was impossible for Wen Wan to return to the safe zone with Gu Yan.