Chapter 114 Arrogant Beyond His Typicality

As soon as he finished speaking, a bright red light suddenly appeared before his eyes, stinging them painfully.

Lu Yu closed his eyes to avoid the sight for a moment, and when he opened them again, he saw orange-red flames rising in the lobby on the first floor, with zombies struggling in the flames and slowly collapsing to the ground.

The strong smell of barbecue, along with flames leaping from the doors and windows, wafted towards the group.

The people inside the car were all shocked as they watched the fierce flames rage and burn the zombies crowded in the hall to ashes.

When things calmed down, all that remained in the hall was a pile of charred corpses and Meng Shiwan's retreating figure as she climbed the stairs.

She walked lightly and steadily up the steps, the densely packed charred corpses behind her giving off an indescribable sense of power and impact.

Lu Yu's jaw nearly dropped; he was so shocked his voice became hoarse.

"He also has fire-type abilities. He's a dual-type ability user. This is the second dual-type ability user I've ever seen. His strength is terrifying. Is he level five or level six?"

Could he be a level six dual-elemental ability user? Good heavens, not only are zombies secretly evolving behind my back, but now even humans are secretly evolving behind my back?

In that instant, Lu Yu felt a chill run through his body.

He had the feeling that the whole world was secretly getting stronger behind his back.

At the same time, Lei Zhe and the others also exclaimed in surprise.

"Fire-based abilities? How come there are fire-based abilities?"

"My goodness, a nine-element ability user! Nine elements already! Just how many more abilities are there that we don't know about?"

"We underestimated her abilities; she's simply monstrous."

Upon hearing these words, Lu Yu felt more than just a chill run down his spine; he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, with countless thunderclaps exploding in his mind.

He could barely hear his own voice, and grabbed Lei Zhe next to him, "What did you say? What were you saying just now? Nine-elemental ability users? Who? Where? Where are they?"

Lei Zhe exclaimed, "Why do you think we left the rescue team? Was it just because they made things difficult for us? The two people who made things difficult for us are long gone."

Lu Yu was utterly shocked. "Your beautiful captain is a level nine ability user? And possibly a level six ability user? A level six ability user? You're not kidding me, are you? You're really not kidding me?"

Nine elemental abilities? How could there possibly be nine elemental ability users in this world? Is this some kind of hallucination from after my death?

He shook Reizhe's shoulders desperately, as if he wanted to shake Reizhe's head off.

Lei Zhe was so dizzy from being shaken that he exclaimed, "Really, really, really, you're not dead! Our captain is a level six ability user of the ninth element!"

I'm not sure if it's level six; it's more likely still level five.

But Meng Shiwan's level five is definitely much stronger than their level five.

After the initial shock, Lu Yu slumped into his chair and muttered to himself, "If you had come a little earlier, or if we had come a little later, they wouldn't have died, they wouldn't have sacrificed themselves."

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world.

An Jiewen's voice suddenly rang out, "Jiang Yuan, what's wrong?"

Sitting next to him, Jiang Yuan was pale and weak. "I've lost too much blood. I feel like I'm going to die."

They were so engrossed in discussing other things that they forgot about the wounded soldier.

An Jiewen quickly shouted, "Tao Yarong, get the medicine! Qiu Zhiyi, quickly check if this guy can still live."

As An Jiewen spoke, he carried the wounded soldier to Qiu Zhiyi's car.

Jiang Yuan felt like he was even more dead than before.

They looted many pharmacies along the way and stockpiled all kinds of medicines. Tao Yarong took some out of the carriage and used vines to deliver them to Qiu Zhiyi.

Qiu Zhiyi disinfected, sutured, and bandaged the wound.

"There's nothing seriously wrong, just take good care of yourself."

Tao Yarong looked into the building with a worried expression. "Why has it been so quiet for so long? I wonder what's going on inside. It's not right for us to hide and let my sister risk her life alone. We're a team, after all."

"Why don't we go in and take a look? With our current strength, we should be able to protect ourselves, right?"

Lei Zhe couldn't sit still any longer. He jumped out of the car and said, "Let's go, let's go. It would be a mistake for us to hide in such a dangerous situation. No matter how dangerous it is, we have to fight alongside you, sister."

Lu Yu was about to get out of the car when Lei Zhe slammed the door shut, trapping Lu Yu inside. "You shouldn't go. With your abilities, you'll just be a burden."

Lu Yu: ...

Was he looked down upon?

How did Lei Zhe become so strong during this time? Look at him now, he's so arrogant, he doesn't look like himself at all.

Lu Yu and the other two stayed in the car, while Tao Yarong, Lei Zhe, An Jiewen, and Qiu Zhiyi got out and walked into the building.

Because the zombie king that Lu Yu mentioned was really strange, they walked very carefully.

At the same time, they each used their special abilities to clear out the swarming zombies.

Lightning-type abilities with an attack range of tens of meters, wood-type abilities with hundreds of vines, earth-type abilities that knock down zombies and then stab them to death, and water-type abilities that send zombies flying far away with a single wave.

Lu Yu was completely stunned; they were all at level five.

These three people were just low-level ability users when they left the rescue team a few days ago, otherwise the rescue team wouldn't have released them so readily.

It's only been a few days since I last saw you, how come you're all level 5 ability users now?

At that moment, Lu Yu felt that the world had become unreal.

He even suspected that one day when people could travel in space, he would still be busy killing zombies.

On the third floor, before Meng Shiwan even arrived, countless ice hammers struck out, clearing away the crowded zombies inside.

The sound of footsteps grew closer and closer. Meng Shiwan stepped onto the third floor and saw that it was a huge seed preservation room.

The temperature here is very low, but the cooling system is still running.

Seeds need to be stored in a low-temperature environment between -4°C and -200°C to preserve them for a long time and ensure a very high germination rate.

The germplasm bank contains thousands of seeds, including crops, various wild plants and trees, and many kinds of plant seeds from across China.

People process the seeds through various steps, select the highest quality seeds with the highest germination rate, and then store them in cold storage.

Some seeds can be stored for decades, or even centuries.

There are also some rare plant seeds here. When a certain plant becomes extinct outside, its seeds are taken from here and cultivated again.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the seeds in this germplasm bank were taken out and properly planted after the apocalypse, they could quickly restore the environment and achieve plant diversity.

From a certain perspective, germplasm banks can be considered national strategic resources, and the various cultivation and preservation practices before the apocalypse were carried out with great care and precision.

This naturally takes into account various issues such as power outages and disasters, and has also taken strict preventive measures.

That's why, even though it's been more than a month since the apocalypse, there's still electricity here to keep the cold storage running and ensure the seeds won't have any problems.