Chapter Twenty-Eight: Headshot! Superpower Awakening

Mu Qingrong was startled and hesitated for a long time before pushing the door open. He looked at Mu Qingyu with suspicion and uncertainty.

Mu Qingyu reacted in the opposite way to him, quickly opening the door and leaving first. The iron door on the first floor was usually heavy, but she pushed it open with incredible ease—that familiar feeling of strength returned to her!

The sound of running could be heard outside the courtyard, and then someone banged on the gate of Building 4.

"Open the door... Help... Help me..."

Mu Qingyu frowned and went back inside. When she came out, she was holding an iron rod. "Stay in the yard and don't come out," she instructed before opening the gate of Building No. 3 and walking out.

When Mu Qingyu went out, she saw a man in his forties or fifties being tackled by two elderly zombies in front of the gate of Building 4.

Two zombies pounced on the man and were gnawing on him.

"Help—hehe—help me…" The man saw Mu Qingyu come out, and his pupils gradually disappeared from his eyes, but he still stretched out his hand, trying to ask Mu Qingyu for help.

Mu Qingyu's eyes remained expressionless. She walked over, raised her hand, and stabbed the iron rod twice, piercing the heads of the two zombies. The two elderly zombies, who were happily devouring the food, fell to the ground.

The middle-aged man on the ground was about to stand up unsteadily.

"puff--"

The iron rod in Mu Qingyu's hand also pierced through his brain.

Mu Qingyu acted swiftly and decisively, without the slightest hesitation, killing three zombies without even a speck of blood getting on her body...

When she turned her head, she found that Mu Qingrong had not listened to her and stayed in the courtyard. At this moment, she was staring blankly at the corpse on the ground with her mouth open.

"Zombie...zombie..."

Zombies? Zombies!

Then he stared blankly at Mu Qingrong, his eyes filled with shock and unfamiliarity.

Mu Qingyu didn't know how Mu Qingrong had accepted the apocalypse in her previous life. However, she wasn't good at providing psychological support to teenagers.

So she simply pushed Mu Qingrong back into the courtyard and locked the gate. Her original plan was that if the two siblings could get along well in the apocalypse, they would live together and rely on each other. As long as she lived, she would do her best to protect him. As long as she had supplies, Mu Qingrong would have a share.

If Mu Qingrong really can't accept her, and the two siblings don't get along, they'll find a suitable time to separate. She'll also set aside a portion of the supplies and try to give them to Mu Qingrong.

Although Mu Qingyu just killed zombies, the apocalypse has only just begun. In other people's eyes, her current actions are no different from murder.

She didn't look at Mu Qingrong's expression. If she saw fear, apprehension, or disgust on Mu Qingrong's face, she would feel somewhat uncomfortable.

“Sister… the apocalypse has really come…” Mu Qingrong’s face was still blank, but he did not show the fear or disgust that Mu Qingyu thought he would. It was more like he was slowly turning from shock into understanding.

"squeak--"

The window on the second floor of Building 4 was opened, and Aunt Mei poked her head out, her face filled with curiosity and fear about the outside world.

Aunt Mei breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the siblings standing in the courtyard. "Xiaoyu, it's good that you two are alright. What was that commotion outside? I heard someone shouting for help?"

Aunt Mei has a blind spot on the second floor and cannot see the zombie corpse lying in front of her courtyard gate.

"Aunt Mei, were you alright last night?" Mu Qingyu didn't answer her question immediately.

"It's alright, it's alright, all thanks to you. Xiao Mo's fever has gone down, and he's sleeping now, but he seems to be sleeping soundly, so he should be fine." Aunt Mei said, her movements suggesting she was about to go downstairs to open the door for Mu Qingyu.

"Aunt Mei!" Mu Qingyu shouted, stopping Aunt Mei from coming downstairs. "It's good that you're all alright. Stay home these next few days and don't go out. There are man-eating monsters outside."

Aunt May stood frozen at the window. What had she heard? A man-eating monster?

Only then did she notice that Mu Qingyu, standing in the courtyard, was holding an iron rod, and the iron rod was stained with red... blood? Was that blood?

"There are supplies in the storage room. Don't go out unless necessary." Noticing the fear in Aunt Mei's eyes, Mu Qingyu didn't intend to hide anything. After giving her instructions, she picked up the iron rod and went back to her room.

Mu Qingrong, who had been following behind Mu Qingyu, finally calmed down: "Oh no, I haven't installed my weapons yet!" With that, he hurriedly ran upstairs.

Mu Qingyu did not stop him. When people are stimulated, their brains react in all sorts of ways. Once he has calmed down and accepted it, he will return to normal.

Mu Qingyu also went upstairs; she also had many things she hadn't finished doing.

There is no electricity after the apocalypse. Last night, the lowest temperature was at least -130 degrees Celsius, and most of the power facilities will be out of service, especially in City A, which is located in the warm south, where outdoor facilities have no protection against the severe cold.

This is the outskirts of the city, so there haven't been any zombies howling and wandering around yet, but the city must be in chaos right now.

Because of the extreme cold, some parts of the house are damaged, and Mu Qingyu needs to repair them quickly. The sunroom on the roof houses solar-powered energy storage devices; although insulation measures have been taken, it's still important to check for any damage.

The sunlit floor has been transformed into a plantation; today we can sow the seeds...

In the afternoon, she should probably go into town to see if there are any supplies she can collect.

As Mu Qingyu was doing her work, she suddenly heard Mu Qingrong's strange cry: "Sister, sister, come quick, come here right now!"

Mu Qingyu, unaware of what was happening, rushed into Mu Qingrong's room. Mu Qingrong's room was filled with parts she couldn't understand, and Mu Qingrong was pointing at that pile of things and making strange noises.

"What's wrong?" Mu Qingyu asked, puzzled.

Mu Qingrong turned to look at her, his eyes wide with shock: "Sister, just now, that part... it installed itself. Really, I was just thinking about how to install it, and it just installed itself..." His expression was as if he had seen a ghost.

Mu Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief. So that was it! That was Mu Qingrong's special ability.

"Perhaps... you've awakened a superpower." Mu Qingyu's tone was calm, as casual as discussing the weather: "You've read about the apocalypse, right? Like the kind in novels. Maybe repairing machinery is your superpower."

"Superpowers?" Mu Qingrong stared blankly at Mu Qingyu. But then she thought, zombies have appeared, and her sister even blew three zombies in the head, so why can't she have superpowers?

"No wonder I felt strange when I woke up this morning... Sis, do you have any superpowers?" His curiosity immediately turned to Mu Qingyu.

Mu Qingyu thought for a moment and said, "Yes!"

Then, she lifted Mu Qingrong up with one hand and held her above her head.