Chapter 333: The Siege in the Apocalypse (10)
Besides expressing her blessings to her sister, the suicide note also asked her sister to take care of Qiqi as a younger sister, and gave her some other instructions. The most important point was that she did not want cremation or water burial; she wanted to be buried in the ground, in a place high in the mountains where she could see the safe zone, so that she could protect her sister and everyone else.
There was a chorus of wailing, and in the end, Wen Wan was buried.
Chu Mingyao buried it herself.
They also held a funeral for her in this apocalyptic world where death happens every day.
...
A few days later.
Wen Wan's grave mound began to loosen, and Wen Wan crawled out from inside. Then she covered the grave mound with soil again. From now on, Chu Mingyue will no longer exist in this world.
He took out a clean set of clothes from his spatial storage, changed into them, put on a mask to conceal his identity, and then quickly left the place.
Wen Wan could never have known that shortly after she left, a person came to the grave, inspected the mound, and then left.
After leaving the safe zone, Wen Wan asked the system to plan a retirement route for her, ensuring that she could live peacefully for the next few years until the apocalypse ended, and then the mission would be completed.
Wen Wan carried a backpack and also got a bicycle. Why not use other vehicles? First, she doesn't have a driver's license and can't drive. Second, with the current shortage of fuel and electricity, a car might not be as useful as a bicycle with two pedals.
"Finally, we're free. From now on, I'll continue my wandering."
system:【……】
It thought it was impossible.
This is based on the assumptions made by the many worlds before. Its host and the male protagonist always have some connection. How could they be separated so easily this time? That's impossible.
The system simply didn't know how the story should unfold at this point.
But don't dampen the host's current happy mood.
It has to be said that Wen Wan was very happy at first, but gradually, she became unhappy at all because the bicycle chain came off, and she almost fell over. "System, can you fix it?"
system:【……】
Since the system has no physical form, it is impossible to repair it. Wen Wan could only put the bicycle back into her personal space.
"How far is this place from the paradise you envisioned for me, the destination far from all the strife?"
System: [Over 500 kilometers.]
Wen Yan: "..."
More than 500 kilometers? Wouldn't that kill you? That's way too unreliable.
[The host still needs to find a car and a driver, otherwise they'll have to rely on themselves.]
Wen Wan: Where is she going to find this?
There was nothing we could do but keep walking and observing. As a result, we encountered several waves of zombies. Zombies generally don't attack their own kind, but it's clear that this rule doesn't apply much anymore. Many zombies have developed their own thoughts. Perhaps the first zombie accidentally ate a crystal core and thus gained consciousness. Gradually, more and more zombies developed their own thoughts. They knew that the crystal core was useful to them, so without humans, their hunting targets naturally changed to their own kind.
However, the level of intelligence among zombies varies, with the stronger ones suppressing the weaker ones. Wen Wan is fortunate in that she is definitely not inferior to these zombies in terms of intelligence.
However, to avoid encountering something even stronger, the system gave Wen Wan a suggestion.
"Eat crystal cores? Are you serious?"
System: [Of course I'm giving you serious advice. If you don't hurry up and cultivate, what will you use to fight zombies when your advantages are completely gone? And even if you encounter humans in need of help, you can only watch, otherwise you'll just be throwing your life away. The time I saved Chen Han and Gao Ming can't be repeated. Are you sure you can stand idly by next time?]
Wen Yan: "..."
Wen Wan thought about it for a moment, and suddenly felt so weak.
"That makes sense, but it's a rock! How am I supposed to chew on a rock?"
System: [Host, why don't you give it a try?]
Wen Wan mentally prepared herself, then took out a crystal core, gently put it in her mouth and crushed it with her teeth. Unexpectedly, it broke very easily, and she swallowed it without any burden. She even felt a warm power filling her whole body instantly, making her feel comfortable all over.
Wen Wan tried eating five or six more pieces, munching away, and even seemed to get a little addicted.
Wen Wan: "Then can I use this instead of fresh blood and raw meat in the future?"
System: [Yes.]
Wen Wan was overjoyed and quickly ate several more pieces. She was so excited that she couldn't help but jump up. "Why didn't you say so sooner? I should have kept more crystal cores. I should have kept one or two thousand out of five thousand crystal cores. Then I wouldn't have had to endure eating those disgusting things for the rest of my life."
The system didn't speak, but what it didn't tell its host was that if its host really consumed several thousand crystal cores, it would probably be able to advance to the level of a zombie king. At that time, the two opposing sides, one a savior and the other a zombie king, would be difficult to deal with.
However, the system also needs to ensure that its host has the ability to protect itself, which makes it feel like it's having a really tough time.
The stingy sixth brother in the bookstore has no special abilities whatsoever.
Wen Wan counted the crystal cores she had left, which numbered about forty or fifty. Even if she took one a day, it would only last her for a month and a half. Besides, she didn't want to torture herself like that.
Wen Wan had no desire to touch the large quantities of fresh meat, chicken blood, and pig blood. These things were valuable to humans, but they were of no use to her at this moment.
"I need to go get something changed."
"Don't avoid people anymore, I have to fight for my food supply."
System: [Alright.]
For the next two weeks, Wen Wan was a true Good Samaritan, saving no fewer than ten groups of people besieged by zombies. She then traded vegetables and meat for over a hundred crystal cores, most of which were given to her by a team of superpowered individuals she happened to meet. The others were even poorer than Wen Wan. She was simply doing good deeds, giving people maps to the safe zone and food.
Wen Wan also reverted to using her own name; the name Chu Mingyue could no longer be used.
After being fed with crystal cores for more than half a month, Wen Wan's strength has really increased a lot. Those low-level zombies without minds don't dare to approach Wen Wan at all, and even instinctively submit to Wen Wan. And the zombies with thoughts are not as high-level as Wen Wan.
Wen Wan even evolved other abilities; she possessed... mind reading.
This is truly an outrageous thing. Wen Wan discovered this because she saved a man who was surrounded by zombies. However, while preparing food for the man, she overheard his inner thoughts.
That man coveted her resources and wanted to take them from her.
Wen Wan decisively took back the food and then left.
The man lunged at her, but Wen Wan subdued him. She didn't kill him, but after she safely left, she knew that the man was already seriously injured and she wouldn't care whether he lived or died.
Although Wen Wan is kind, she is not a saint.
After discovering this ability, I experimented a few more times and found that as long as I came into contact with someone, I could hear their thoughts.
The system even said that if she continued to consume more crystal cores, the distance she could control would become farther and farther, even hundreds or thousands of meters away, and Wen Wan could hear other people's thoughts, but that was a very distant future.
She can mentally control humans and zombies, but it is very mentally taxing. Every time she uses this ability, she will be weak for a while. This time will gradually shorten as Wen Wan's ability improves.
Wen Wan experienced the joy of leveling up.
...
On the other side...
After her sister's death, the female protagonist, Chu Mingyao, quickly recovered and became more and more powerful. She killed more and more zombies and quickly became the second-in-command of the safe zone after Gu Yan, and her prestige also grew.
Gu Yan, on the other hand, is as extraordinary as ever, cultivating at an extremely fast pace. Most importantly, the testing center has made progress in extracting the mysterious substance from the soil, successfully extracting it and now analyzing its effects on the zombie virus. This has given everyone confidence in defeating the zombie virus.
After obtaining the potion, Lin Fulong began to study it, but no matter how he studied it, he could not replicate the potion. Moreover, the person who produced the potion was dead. He couldn't even get after-sales service, and he wasted 5,000 crystal cores. He was so angry that he suffered a myocardial infarction.
As the number of sentient zombies continues to increase, people finally realize that not only are superhumans evolving, but zombies are also evolving. Their challenges are growing, and humanity must become stronger, or face certain death.
As the safe zone continued to expand, it accommodated more and more people, mostly ordinary people without superpowers. Gu Yan sheltered them all. On the other hand, Lin Fulong only needed people with superpowers and did not need ordinary people. He also absorbed a lot of powerful people with superpowers.
The friction between the two sides was getting bigger and bigger, but Lin Fulong's side was always being suppressed and secretly made a lot of small moves.
In order to obtain resources, Gu Yan constantly sent out teams to do missions. Death was often a part of it, but the strength of these surviving superhumans could also increase rapidly. The crystal cores of these evolved zombies were also more advanced and more useful to superhumans. It has to be said that God really grasped the concept of balance.
The most intense missions were those led by Gu Yan himself, with Chu Mingyao joining his team and hunting zombies almost non-stop.
One thing quickly caught the attention of Wu Yong, who was in charge of receiving outsiders in the safe zone: he had been hearing a name very frequently lately: Wen Wan.
What makes this name so special is that everyone who mentions it praises her to the skies.
Why is it that as soon as she stands in front of the zombies, they run away in terror?
This sounds ridiculous. Even Captain Gu might not have this kind of intimidation power. It would be fine if one or two people said it, but when seven, eight, or even a dozen people said it, and on the same day, it became more and more outrageous.
What else can she do to communicate with zombies?
Why did she fall from the sky?
She's a deity, able to see through everyone's thoughts.
She doesn't have any superpowers; she's not a superpowered person.
Wu Yong listened until he was numb, and soon told Gu Yan about it. Gu Yan met with these people and then had someone draw a portrait of the woman based on their descriptions.
Wearing a mask, almost completely covering his face.
She's 1.65 meters tall, has very fair skin like snow, and exudes elegance, etc...
When Gu Yan received the portrait, he saw a mouth and facial contours that looked somewhat familiar. Gu Yan immediately blocked the information about Wen Wan, but there was nothing he could do. The news had already spread throughout the entire safe zone, and everyone was discussing why this person was so powerful.
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