Chapter 127 Grandma's Superpower
"Don't cry, it's good that you're alive, it's good that you're alive! Quickly get Little Fan to hide inside, so the zombies don't smell him and start banging on the gate again," Grandpa said from behind Grandma.
The cellar was very dimly lit. With a quick glance, Yu Shan spotted an old oil lamp on the table, emitting only a tiny bit of light.
It looks like it was just lit.
Her grandparents looked much older than she remembered. They must have been worried about their safety in the city, which is why they looked so haggard.
She asked tentatively, "How long have you been hiding here? Do you still have food at home?" "Since June 1st, when that deadly demonic virus broke out, most of the people in the village have developed high fevers. Some people have died, and a few have become walking corpses that bite anyone they see."
During that time, I also had a high fever, and your grandfather stayed at home to take care of me.
You know him; he's usually very reluctant to visit others. And since I'm sick, he doesn't go to anyone's house except to pick vegetables in the fields.
Later, I heard Grandma Liu from next door come over and say that there were a few zombies in the village that would bite anyone they saw, and she was accidentally bitten by one.
Your grandma Liu reminded us not to go out, and the next day, she turned into a walking corpse.
Your grandfather saw her biting the youngest grandson of Old Tong's family at the east end of the village through the crack in the door, which terrified us.
Then your grandfather and I discussed it and moved into the cellar.
The cellar door is sturdy; if a zombie breaks through the gate, it's safe to hide in the cellar, right?
Later, most of the surviving villagers hid in the cellars, and no one dared to go out.
Every morning, around sunrise, when the zombies are exhausted and don't know where the cat is sleeping, they chat with each other through the door for a bit.
At other times, the zombies roamed the village, and no one dared to go out or utter a sound.
I've been counting down the days; forty-five days have passed since the outbreak of the monstrous virus.
"I brought the quartz clock from home to the cellar. Look, today is July 15th." Grandma was a little proud as she pointed to the quartz clock standing on the table.
The feather fan immediately leaned closer and saw the date displayed on it: July 15, 2025.
She clearly remembered that the day she transmigrated to the planet Green Algae was March 5, 2025.
She has been through a lot since then. Now her son is 25 and her daughter is 17, but only four months have passed since she returned to her hometown.
However, his family had a very difficult time during those four months.
First, she inexplicably became a vegetable, and then the demon virus broke out on Earth, leaving zombies everywhere.
It seems that her parents haven't told her grandparents that she's in a vegetative state yet, so they weren't surprised to see her.
Since Heaven has given her the chance to return, even if it's just an illusion, she will fight her way out for her family in this apocalypse.
It's a pity that she can't use her spiritual power to open the storage ring right now, otherwise she could set up a defensive barrier for the elderly and children in the village in no time, ensuring that they wouldn't be harmed by these low-level zombies.
Then, taking his grandparents, he went to the city to find his parents and younger brother.
We ate fried rice made by Grandpa in the cellar, along with a few slices of cured meat, and drank well water from the yard.
The apocalypse has arrived; the electricity has long been cut off, and the tap water and natural gas have also been shut down.
There were zombies outside, so Grandpa and Grandma only dared to sneak out to the fields to pick some vegetables and gather some firewood during the half hour after sunrise each day, when the zombies were resting.
Firewood is becoming increasingly scarce in the vicinity, not enough for cooking, and there's not much cooking oil left either, so they can only eat fried rice.
This little bit of cured meat was something they were saving and reluctant to eat themselves, but they took it out for her to eat when she came back.
After Yu Shan finished eating, Grandpa finally asked, "Little Yu Shan, how did you manage to run back all by yourself?"
"That's right, when the Devil Virus broke out, I was participating in training not far from our village."
Later, zombies appeared in the group, and the leader also got infected, so the group disbanded.
The survivors all missed their families and went their separate ways.
I was worried about you, so I ran all the way here.
"As you know, I have great stamina and I run fast; those zombies can't catch me at all." Feather Fan casually made up a lie.
With her arrival, Grandpa and Grandma's mental state improved a lot.
They raised her from a young age, and in terms of the depth of their affection, she was the person they loved the most.
Yu Shan learned that there were only about thirty people left alive in the village, including more than twenty elderly people and seven or eight children.
The village, which originally had more than 300 people, has lost 90% of its population; it's truly a tragic situation.
Yu Shan felt extremely fortunate that her grandparents had survived despite such a high rate of casualties.
Of course, it was also a coincidence that Grandma She Niu fell ill with a fever, and Grandpa, who was not good at socializing, stayed with her and did not go out, otherwise she probably would not have been able to escape at all.
I heard that Grandma had a high fever but pulled through. Yu Shan had a feeling that Grandma had probably awakened some kind of superpower, otherwise she would have turned into a zombie.
When she mentioned superpowers, Grandma hesitated and said, "Actually, I'm not sure if this is a superpower. It's just that after a high fever, I feel like I can occasionally conjure something out of thin air."
The first time was in the cellar. I forgot to bring a mirror, but I remembered the carved mirror that my family gave me as part of my dowry when I married your grandfather.
The mirror was accidentally broken later, leaving only the carved edges. I stuffed it under the wardrobe and for a long time, I forgot about it.
That day I was so engrossed in thinking about that mirror that I dreamt about it in the middle of the night after I fell asleep.
When I woke up in the morning, I found the mirror under my pillow.
I find this whole thing pretty creepy, and I haven't dared to tell your grandfather because I'm afraid he'll worry.
Then one day, I remembered the brass trophy you won in your first competition.
You gave it to us, and I was afraid of losing it, so I hid it in the cabinet and locked it up.
Lying in the hospital bed that day, I couldn't help but keep thinking about that trophy. Then I took a nap, and when I woke up the next day, it was on the table.
Your grandfather did see it, but I lied to him and said that I moved it from home to the cellar.
I was scared and didn't dare go back into the room to open the cabinet and take a look. I was afraid that if that thing disappeared, wouldn't that prove that it grew legs and ran to the cellar?
"What if that thing is in the cabinet? That would be even scarier. Do you think I can conjure up a trophy out of thin air?" Grandma's words filled Yu Shan with mixed feelings of surprise and delight.
On Algae Star, she had seen many kinds of superpowers, but she had never seen anything like her grandmother's.
I've never even heard of it.
But she was certain that this was a mental ability, or more specifically, a materialized ability.
It means being able to conjure up a physical object from an imaginary one.
If this ability is confirmed, it will be an extraordinary ability.
I just don't know if Grandma's special ability is limited to materializing ordinary items, or if she can also materialize food and water.
If it's the latter, it's like having a long-term meal ticket in the apocalypse.
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