Chapter 51 Strength.
Mo Qi did feel the warmth of the lips against his mouth. The moment the lips touched his, a tingling sensation spread from his lips throughout his entire body.
His mind was in turmoil, and he stood frozen in place.
However, Mo Qi's habitual restraint of her emotions meant that her expression didn't change much.
But only he knows the true extent of his inner turmoil.
Having weathered so many storms, I never imagined that such a simple touch, a kiss that wasn't even a proper kiss, would make my heart flutter so much.
Mo Qi sighed softly, a sweet feeling welling up inside her. The sweetness wasn't just from the ambiguous kiss, but more importantly, because this time it was Mo Xiu who had taken the initiative.
Mo Qi felt that he knew Mo Xiu fairly well about his "future Daoist partner".
Mo Xiu has always taken meticulous and gentle care of me. There's only one thing: Mo Xiu is too shy.
The other person almost never initiates physical intimacy with him; all the hugs and affection are things he has to ask for. They only become closer when he pretends to be annoyed and Mo Xiu tries to appease him.
But this time, the situation was completely different from before. Mo Qi felt that something seemed different.
Mo Qi felt a little pleased with the rare initiative from the person opposite her.
Sigh, my Daoist partner is still too shy. He only kissed the corner of his mouth. He could have just kissed her directly. After all, it was his first kiss.
In his past life, he hadn't sought a Daoist partner for thousands of years. Could this be fate, or perhaps the person he'd been waiting for all along was Mo Xiu?
Otherwise, if he had failed to ascend, he should have been annihilated, so how did he end up in this strange and unfamiliar world?
Monks believe in intuition and also in fate.
Cultivators often utter those mysterious and profound words about what is preordained and destined. Of course, they only do so when they need to.
Because cultivation is inherently about defying the heavens, when things don't go smoothly and they're ready to fight head-on, they'll say that human will can conquer nature.
Seeing Mo Xiu's ears turn bright red, Mo Qi was somewhat enjoying the feeling, his entire attention focused on the person opposite him.
Perhaps his feelings for Mo Xiu were deeper than he imagined.
Mo Qi only came to his senses when he heard Mo Xiu ask him for the professor's exact location.
He'd just been thinking about all sorts of random things again, and beauty really does lead one astray; he almost forgot his business. But the Daoist partner he'd chosen was just too perfect; he couldn't get enough of looking at her.
Thinking of this, Mo Qi coughed lightly, patted his chest, and said to Mo Xiu, "It's hard to say for sure, since there's no map here."
The location I scouted is quite far, probably on the edge of the area. You can take me there with you, and I'll give you directions.
Hearing this, Mo Xiu nodded. If that's the case, it seems that not taking Mo Qi along is the only option.
After asking about the man's approximate location, Mo Xiu discovered that he was indeed a fugitive who had slipped through the net.
They explored the area extensively, but there was one large park they hadn't yet visited.
Many people believe that the area had been abandoned long before the apocalypse, and was extremely cluttered with almost nothing. They think it's impossible for a professor from Country A to be there.
But since Mo Qi said the other party was there, Mo Xiu believed the results of the investigation one hundred percent.
It's said that the park used to be a comprehensive experimental farm. It covered a large area and cultivated all sorts of experimental plants. Although it was later abandoned, there might still be many plants inside.
This means that there is a possibility of mutated plants appearing, representing unknown dangers.
Moreover, if Mo Qi doesn't stay at the rest camp and instead joins the team to search for people, that would also be a problem.
The SUV they were traveling in didn't just contain Mo Xiu, Mo Qi, and the familiar Cheng Cheng and his group; there would be other people riding with them.
Mo Xiu didn't want others to know about Mo Qi's special status just because they saw him giving directions, so they needed to prepare in advance.
In order not to expose the man's special nature, Mo Xiu and Mo Qi agreed on some hand gestures in advance.
In this way, with just a few simple signals from the other party, Mo Xiu can know whether the direction is correct or whether their search should be deepened.
After discussing these matters, Mo Xiu went to find the others and explained her suggestion to investigate the abandoned park the next day.
The others naturally didn't want to leave empty-handed, so the group got ready the next day and headed straight to the park.
Just as Mo Xiu had expected, with Mo Qi's directions, Mo Xiu easily found the approximate location of the professor.
As soon as the car appeared in the park, a bright light shone from the top floor of the experimental building next to the experimental farm, indicating that there were people in the room calling for help.
Seeing this, the others were instantly motivated and quickly drove deeper into the park.
On their way here, they also encountered several mutated plants.
However, these mutated plants are clearly not of a high level. Now that Mo Xiu's lightning and wind abilities have both reached level four, he certainly wouldn't take these things seriously.
Not to mention Mo Xiu herself, even the other ability users in the team could be easily dealt with.
So their trip went relatively smoothly at first.
However, when they entered the experimental building where someone was sending signals, the situation was somewhat unexpected for Mo Xiu.
Originally, there were no humans in the entire area, only some mutated plants, and Mo Xiu thought that it would be the same as going deeper.
To their surprise, as soon as they opened the door to the experimental building, they found a large number of zombies inside. And they weren't concentrated on the first floor, but on every single floor.
Based on their clothing, they could tell that these zombies were most likely mercenaries or researchers in life.
If they were just researchers, appearing in a research-oriented experimental farm, that might be somewhat understandable. But what about the mercenaries?
Before the apocalypse, there wouldn't be any mercenaries on the streets of Xia Kingdom. Moreover, judging from their appearance and skin color, a large majority of these people are clearly from Country A.
Therefore, they couldn't have originally lived on this farm. Most likely, these people are connected to that professor.
What caused them to turn into zombies?!
Countless questions arose in his mind, but Mo Xiu had no time to delve into them. He discovered that among these zombies were level two and even level three zombies, which were far more difficult to deal with than the ordinary zombies he encountered on the road.
"What's going on? Brother Mo, boss! These zombies are too difficult to deal with! I've never seen anything like them before, how are they so fast? Holy crap!"
Cheng Cheng exclaimed in surprise and quickly bent down, using vines to tie up the zombie that was charging at him and throwing it away.
"And that one, boss, did you guys see that? That zombie, it can actually throw fireballs!"
Cheng Cheng was shocked. After all, they had only encountered ordinary zombies before, and this was the first time he had ever seen a mutated zombie like this.
The others were in the same boat, momentarily flustered and unsure how to handle the situation.
Mo Xiu's expression turned serious upon seeing the scene before her.
Level 2 zombies are far superior to ordinary zombies in terms of speed, stamina, and physical toughness. Level 3 zombies, on the other hand, may mutate and have a chance to use some special abilities.
It seems the situation is more complicated than he expected. Mutated zombies have already appeared at this time, which seems to be earlier than he remembered.
However, many changes did occur after his rebirth in this life. Didn't his superpowers improve much earlier than in his previous life?
I originally planned to keep my upgraded abilities a secret, but it seems I can't hide them anymore.
Thinking of this, and seeing the level-three zombie throwing fireballs and causing chaos, Mo Xiu directly used her lightning-based ability on it. A lightning dragon descended, charring the level-three zombie to a crisp.
Everyone else stared in shock at the scene before them. Although everyone knew that Mo Xiu was a dual-elemental ability user and had heard the base leader say that he was quite strong, they had no concrete idea of Mo Xiu's capabilities.
Until they saw that the zombie they had never seen before, which was fast and powerful and could even use supernatural fireballs, died so easily under Mo Xiu's thunder dragon.
They then realized just how strong this person was.
The opponent didn't even use wind-based abilities; they only used lightning-based abilities to quickly destroy such a powerful monster.
To save time, Mo Xiu even unleashed several bolts of lightning, killing all the other level-two zombies. Only the level-one minions were spared, to be left to the others.
With such strength, no one in the entire Shanhe Base could possibly be his match.
Having witnessed Mo Xiu's terrifying power, some people couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. They had previously thought that Mo Xiu was blinded by lust and had been bewitched by a pretty boy.
To bring along your pet canary for such an important mission is incredibly arrogant.
Now it seems that they weren't being arrogant at all; they were clearly confident and prepared.
Faced with absolute power, these so-called dangers are nothing at all!
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