The next morning, as the orange-yellow light broke through the darkness, Ruan Qing'an woke up very early. She took the knife and walked out of the supermarket first, stretching her bandaged back.

Because this small world is apocalyptic, all sorts of superpowers are emerging, which do not suppress Ruan Qing'an's own strength too severely.

After a night's rest, her wounds had healed somewhat.

037: [It's truly hard to imagine how immense your power was before you were sealed by the main god, ancestor. It's so suppressed that even the deep, bone-revealing wounds have scabbed over...]

"It's no big deal, it's not as painful as the seal."

Ruan Qingan scoffed, but 037 didn't dare to reply.

It was unaware of the grudge between this ancestor and the main god before, but now it vaguely senses it and realizes that the people Ruan Qing'an mentioned before were probably the main gods. This is not something 037 dares to speculate on.

Even if... the current situation of the main god is unusual.

After moving around a bit, Nguyen Thanh An saw a sign next to the service area with directions to the surrounding area.

Because of the zombie attack and the apocalypse, there has been no power supply except for the various bases. This time, they left as part of an action team and did not bring many other tools, so finding a route map is already a good thing.

Just as Ruan Qing'an was looking at the map, Zhou Ziqi came out of the supermarket. He actually rested better when no one was around. He was stretching lazily and strolling over.

"What did you find, Xiao Ruan?"

"Here's a map, boss. S City isn't far away."

Zhou Ziqi also looked at it: "Oh, it really is. The three people who came last night were able to plunder supplies and steal our things without any regard for anything. They probably escaped from S City with great difficulty."

"There's no car, so it looks like we'll have to walk. Luckily, it's not far. If we take our things, we should be there by the afternoon."

Zhou Ziqi made the decision, and Ruan Qing'an simply nodded in agreement.

Soon, about half an hour later, Ruan Qingan checked the necessary supplies he needed to take and walked out of the service area with Zhou Ziqi.

Meanwhile, hidden behind the highway guardrail, behind layers of weeds, were vaguely visible car tires, with mottled bloodstains dripping onto the ground, and three figures behind the car.

"They're gone."

Zhang Si said something in a low voice and walked back from the railing.

Behind the car was Lin Da, covered in wounds and barely alive. Because he had no medicine, he had been on the verge of blood loss for a long time and was now only being kept alive by the help of the superhuman.

As for Li Dongmei, her condition wasn't much better. Although she wasn't injured, the wind blade she used with all her might last night was already the limit for a level one ability user, and she was now lying on the ground exhausted.

Zhang Si stepped forward and helped her up, saying, "Why don't we leave? That woman is like a monster."

"I want to too, but Lin Da..."

Li Dongmei subconsciously looked at Lin Da.

Lin Da can barely open his eyes now. If it weren't for his superhuman physique, he would have died last night.

Lin Da's fingertips twitched, and he said with difficulty, "No, I can't leave... It was that bitch, that bitch who hurt me... Kill her, kill her, I want... I want her dead..."

"Stop talking!"

Zhang Si quickly stopped her, and Li Dongmei also struggled to her feet, grabbing Lin Da's hand: "Lin Da, you should have—"

"It's too late."

Zhang Si shook his head: "I know this area well. Besides nearby S City, there's nowhere else to find supplies. And Lin Da's injuries are too severe; there's simply no way..."

Li Dongmei fell silent for a moment, her face grim.

Lin Dahao seemed to have used up his last bit of strength, tightly gripping Li Dongmei's hand: "Kill her... I'm not reconciled. If... if it weren't for her... I, I wouldn't have died..."

"I...I'm not reconciled!"

As if in a final burst of energy, Lin Da coughed up blood and uttered these words, which sounded like his last will and testament, before finally losing his breath. His eyes bulged, and he died with his head lolling to the side, his eyes wide open.

Li Dongmei and Zhang Si both fell silent. Although they always argued in their small group, they were comrades who would live and die together.

Zhang Si suddenly stood up: "Lin Da is dead, we can't just let it go like this, those two people must die! If it weren't for that woman, how could Lin Da have died!"

"Are you crazy? Don't you have any idea how strong that woman is?"

"So, Lin Dabai is going to die?!"

Zhang Si roared, gritting his teeth, "A life for a life, that's only right and proper. Lin Da is dead, so she should pay with her life!"

"So what do you want to do?"

"It seems these two are headed to S City. We escaped from there and know the situation there better. Since they're so reckless, we'll let them die there too!"

As Zhang Si spoke, his words were filled with ruthlessness.

...

In the afternoon, the sky over S City was gloomy, with dark clouds pressing down on the earth, creating an unsettling feeling that a storm was brewing.

After half a day of hiking, Ruan Qingan and Zhou Ziqi were almost in the city. Although they had supplies, hiking for so long had taken a toll on their bodies.

However, Ruan Qing'an's body had been modified by his own enormous divine soul and spiritual power, so his current condition was not bad. But Zhou Ziqi, a researcher who relied on his brain for a living, was obviously not in good physical condition and looked more tired than Ruan Qing'an.

The weather was bad, and the entire city of S was like a ghost town. There was no sound, and it seemed like there was no human presence at all. The roads leading into the city were covered with bloodstains and mud stained with blood.

The road surface was cracked in large patches and was dark.

Ruan Qingan squatted down, looked at it, and frowned: "It looks a bit like something that emerged from underground and caused damage. And boss, it seems like there's no one left in S City."

"That's normal. S City was one of the first cities to experience the outbreak."

Zhou Ziqi stood there, his hands in his lab coat pockets, looking up at the dead city before him: "After the apocalypse began, S City was the first to fall. Most of the people died here, and even those who survived were basically out of ammunition and food."

"Either they escape like those three from last night, or they die here. Of course, there aren't many left."

"Then why did you come here, boss?"

Ruan Qing'an stood up, her Tang sword slung across her waist, one hand resting on the hilt. This place was not safe; she needed to react at any moment.

Zhou Ziqi did not answer. His upturned phoenix eyes narrowed slightly. His slightly effeminate handsome features still carried a gentle smile, but it was just a mask to hide the falseness in his heart.

Not far away, S City is filled with skyscrapers, but strangely, each building has dented "scars".

Zhou Ziqi said, "Rumor has it that S City has been taken over by mutated plants. The most powerful thing here is the mutated plants, and even zombies are no match for them."

"Boss, are you here to investigate the mutated plants?"

"...Let's go, we're getting ready to enter the city."

Zhou Ziqi patted Ruan Qing'an's head, his eyebrows curved, and suddenly he glanced back, his eyes darkening slightly.

It seems... a little mouse has followed us.

Should we tell Xiao Ruan?

His reason tried to suppress the madness surging in his heart, but Zhou Ziqi still ground his back teeth and chose to remain silent.

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