System No. 001, decisively rejected by Ye Zhi: "..."

Damn it! This is the most disobedient host it has ever encountered in its main system career.

Other hosts are all eagerly doing tasks, just to get the rewards it issues.

So what if it's a motorhome? So what if it's thermal clothing? Even a small amount is still something! This is the apocalypse! The apocalypse! Even if you're driving a luxury motorhome and the rooms are piled high with winter supplies, you can't look down on it…

The more System 001 thought about it, the less confident it became. Putting itself in Ye Zhi's shoes, it would also look down on the RV and a hundred thermal clothes.

"Okay, I'll give you an upgrade reward." System No. 001 silently paid for the upgrade reward out of its own pocket.

"Beep—Two tasks are now being issued. The first task: Obtain Lu Ben's blood. If the task is completed, the reward is an empty supermarket!"

"Second task: Gain Zhang Dongliang's loyalty. If the task is completed, the reward is an intelligent robot."

Ye Zhi's eyes lit up immediately. "Okay, I'll take this mission." These two rewards are acceptable, but what were the previous ones?

It's okay for Ye Zhi to leave the supermarket empty. Her family has just accumulated too many supplies, especially food with a shelf life of only one or two years. Ye Zhi really wants to throw them away but can't bear to, so she just eats them occasionally.

For Ye Zhi, who gets fresh meals every day, those kinds of foods really don't interest her.

Salt-baked chicken wings, Orleans chicken legs, and country bumpkin dishes—none of them taste as good as Uncle Bai's cooking.

But Ye Zhi couldn't help but complain about System 001, "Just because I have a lot of supplies now, you gave me an empty supermarket?"

System 001 was quite helpless. It had already spent its own money to upgrade and reward its little ancestor, but the little ancestor was still not satisfied.

"Hey, is the little one still there?" Lu Ben's voice was automatically filtered out by Ye Zhi, who was communicating with System 001.

She's there, but she's busy. Don't bother her, you weird old man.

Humans are visual creatures, and Ye Zhi is even more so; she loves all things beautiful.

Ye Zhi politely declined Lu Ben's bizarre attire. As for Lu Ben's two extremely aggressive questions, Ye Zhi felt that answering the first one was already very polite.

She is indeed inside the villa, isn't that obvious?

But the second question is, what does it mean to be home alone?

"Little one, I'm talking to you!" The hoarse voice of the middle-aged man came again.

Lu Ben's voice grew increasingly impatient as he slowly pressed the trigger of the old-fashioned shotgun, aiming it directly at the glass dome. "Hey! Little kid, can you still hear me, little kid!"

Zhang Dongliang suddenly looked up, and his face, which had been covered by a wide hat, was finally revealed. His face was very white, the kind of unhealthy white that comes from not seeing the sun for a long time. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, the lenses of which reflected the white snow.

He reached out his pale hand and placed it on Lu Ben's arm. The arm was icy cold, and his pale lips parted slightly. "Jing."

Most fire-type ability users have bad tempers, especially mutated fire-type ability users like Lu Ben, whose temper is extremely bad and he can be easily ignited; he's practically a powder keg.

Lu Ben's face was tense, the veins on his hands were bulging, and his eyes were extremely prominent. He really couldn't suppress his fire-type ability anymore!

The little baby's sudden loud noise startled him, causing his slippers to fly off. He was furious; had it not been for his love for the human child and the sting of the cold snow on his feet, he might have actually shot the seemingly fragile glass dome.

Fortunately, he held back.

But now, he really couldn't hold back any longer; the mutated fire-type ability within his body was about to take control of his brain.

His body was burning up, and Lu Ben couldn't wait to take off all his clothes.

This isn't a frozen wasteland, it's a fucking furnace! It's so hot, so hot, so incredibly hot!

His eyes were bloodshot, hot breath came out of his mouth, and visible white smoke rose from his body.

Lu Ben was torn between two conflicting emotions. On one side was Lu Ben, the angel with wings, whose white space was being squeezed by the flames, leaving only a foothold. "Don't be angry, don't be angry. I told you not to ask questions like that, it will scare the children!"

On one side was the rampaging Flame Lu Ben, who occupied most of the territory and was engulfed in flames as he continued to invade Angel Lu Ben's territory. "I'm angry, I'm angry! Shoot that little brat to death!"

With a forceful pull of his index finger, he gradually pulled the trigger of the shotgun all the way down.

Just as the taut string in Lu Ben's mind was about to snap, Zhang Dongliang's icy voice entered Lu Ben's ears. In the voice, Zhang Dongliang's mental energy permeated into Lu Ben's feverish body, gradually calming the churning fire-type supernatural power within him.

"Bang!" The index finger pressed the trigger, and smoke billowed from the muzzle.

The shotgun barrel pointed upwards, and the bullet shot into the air, hitting the bird that Ye Zhi and the others had seen on the surveillance footage, a bird that was not afraid of the cold.

"Chirp chirp!" The bird's mournful cry completely awakened Zhang Dongliang's brain, which had been invaded by fire-type superpowers.

He glanced at his hands, his palms bearing the marks of force, and let out a deep breath. "Thanks, brother."

His eyes were full of gratitude as he looked at Zhang Dongliang.

He met Zhang Dongliang at a research institute in City B on the tenth day after the outbreak of the apocalypse. Lu Ben had awakened his fire-type ability on the first day of the apocalypse. Instead of following the main force to the Victory Base, he chose to stay in City B. The reason for staying in City B was also very heavy. He had no home. For him now, he could take refuge anywhere, but there was no place that could be called home.

He had a son and a daughter, and his parents were still alive. On the first day of the apocalypse, he lost all his relatives. The yellow cotton-padded jacket he was wearing with half of the sleeve missing belonged to his wife, the ill-fitting red jeans belonged to his sixth-grade child, the ripped socks belonged to his mother, and the white flip-flops belonged to his father.

That day, he saw news about zombies and immediately rushed home from the construction site. The roads were congested that day because of a car accident. The driver had suddenly mutated into a zombie. The zombie driver couldn't open the car door or drive the car. The large car was parked carelessly on the road, causing subsequent accidents and traffic jams.

Fortunately, Lu Ben was riding an electric scooter. He sped along the congested road and saw the car that was causing the traffic jam. The driver had turned into a zombie, and next to him was a woman with bite marks on her arm. Lu Ben watched helplessly as the woman also turned into a zombie like the driver.

At that moment, Lu Ben, who was already panicked, panicked even more. But a sliver of hope remained in his heart, which vanished completely when he arrived at his doorstep.

"Awooo!" An inhuman roar came from inside the door.

Lu Ben opened the door, refusing to believe it, only to find his family members had turned into zombies, rushing towards him with their blood-red mouths wide open. There was also half a fish left on the dining table.

He bought this fish for his family after receiving his salary the day before.