Chapter 1
It stinks!
As soon as she regained some consciousness, she smelled a mixed and familiar stench. Gu Qi frowned subconsciously. Did she fail in her ascension and get struck into the sewer?
There were countless piles of rotten garbage and even dead rats.
No! Where did the sewer come from in the world of immortal cultivation?
Gu Qi reacted quickly, and she had only smelled this familiar stench on one thing.
Could it be that she was struck back by lightning?
The guess that suddenly flashed through Gu Qi's mind made him feel surprised and happy.
Thinking of this, Gu Qi, who was lying on the ground, had his eyelashes trembling slightly, and struggled to open his eyelids which felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds.
After opening his eyes, Gu Qi felt a little uncomfortable with the blurry vision, as if a layer of transparent red gauze was covering his eyes.
But these are not the main points. Gu Qi squinted his eyes and looked in the direction where the stench came from. He vaguely saw countless "human figures" staggering but approaching him very quickly.
As those "figures" got closer, the familiar smell became stronger and stronger, and various very real perceptions told her that everything before her was not a dream.
The moment he saw the familiar "crowd", Gu Qi's newly-arising suspicion had a definite answer -
She is really back!
The zombie hordes that were getting closer and closer left Gu Qi no time to think about the reasons behind all this. The most urgent thing was to survive, and it couldn't be a tragic survival like in his previous life.
To be precise, she didn't survive in her previous life.
Certain memories engraved deep in her soul flashed through Gu Qi's mind. She looked down at her wrists which were aching slightly. The cold metal wires bound her hands tightly to her sides. There were deep cuts on her wrists and blood was flowing out of the wounds.
Not only were his hands tied, Gu Qi glanced at his ankles, which were also tied with wire. The thin wire cut through his trouser legs and dug deep into his flesh.
Seeing this, Gu Qi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had not cut his hamstrings from struggling too hard.
Shaking his head, which was a little dizzy from the fever, Gu Qi withdrew his gaze, no longer looking at the hands and feet on his hands and the group of zombies that were getting closer and closer, but instead focused all his attention on his brain.
If nothing unexpected happens, her superpower core should have almost solidified by now.
The only way to resolve the crisis is to use the newly awakened superpowers like in the previous life.
The difference is that this time she will definitely not foolishly use her superpowers to kill those seemingly endless zombies. She only realized another use for her superpowers at the last moment, but it was too late by then.
In her previous life, she awakened to wood-related abilities, but they were somewhat different from other wood-related abilities that could only control plants. Gu Qi's abilities could also simulate plants, which meant that she could use her abilities to disguise herself as a plant and avoid the zombie horde.
Unfortunately, she discovered it too late in her previous life. Even though she successfully avoided the zombie group in the end, she was still tied up and had difficulty moving. She had too many wounds on her body from being bitten by zombies, and the zombie virus penetrated too deeply. Finally, her superpower core was invaded by the virus, and she turned into a zombie.
Now Gu Qi would never and would not allow himself to fall into such a situation again.
With the experience of his previous life and hundreds of years of experience in the world of immortal cultivation, Gu Qi quickly found the spiritual sea where the supernatural power core was located.
An unexpected event occurred——
There is no superpower core in the spiritual sea!
Gu Qi was shocked. What was going on? Logically speaking, even if the energy core hadn't condensed yet, it shouldn't be gone!
No, it’s not that there isn’t one.
Gu Qi quickly found the sesame-sized supernatural power core in his spiritual sea. Compared with the pigeon egg-sized supernatural power core in his previous life, the current supernatural power core was too small. Not only was it small, it was about to disappear.
The power core locked by mental power continued to shrink, but in a moment only half a "sesame seed" was left.
Gu Qi frowned. She could feel that something was rapidly devouring the energy of the superpower core, but the superpower core was too small now, so she had not been noticed just now.
What was going on? Gu Qi was filled with doubts. He had never experienced such a situation in his past life.
While thinking about various possibilities, she mobilized her limited mental strength to try to wrap up the supernatural core, trying to isolate the invisible existence so that it could no longer absorb the supernatural core's original energy.
As a result, just as his mental power attached to it, a slightly familiar suction force came from the supernatural core which was only the size of a grain of sand. Gu Qi felt that his mental power was also being devoured.
That thing exists in her superpower core?
This guess and the somewhat familiar suction made Gu Qi think of a possibility. She simply used most of her remaining mental power to probe into the supernatural core. When she reached the center of the supernatural core, Gu Qi's face lit up with joy.
"Ho...ho..." The low roar and heavy and messy footsteps were getting closer and closer.
"Bang!"
A hill appeared out of nowhere and fell from the sky, crushing the fastest zombies into mud, and separating Gu Qi from the zombie group at a safe distance.
As the hill appeared, Gu Qi's face turned extremely pale in an instant, and he looked listless, as if he had overdrawn his energy.
In fact, she did overdraw her energy.
Just now, Gu Qi found the thing that absorbed the original energy of her supernatural core - the cave where she once lived in the world of immortal cultivation.
To be precise, it is a magical weapon.
Having temporarily resolved the biggest crisis at the moment, Gu Qi turned his attention back to the metal wire that bound him.
A dagger no longer than the length of a palm appeared out of thin air. As Gu Qi's right hand fingers moved slightly, the "dagger" slashed towards the metal wire.
With just a slight scratch, the metal wire broke, looking as if it was even more fragile than a hair. Of course, it was just an appearance. If the metal wire was really that fragile, Gu Qi would not have spent so much effort to solve it in his previous life.
Gu Qi expressionlessly pulled away the metal wire embedded in his flesh, stood up, and looked towards the car that was moving further and further away and almost out of sight, with a layer of frost in his eyes.
Seeing that his enemies were getting farther and farther away, Gu Qi took out a transparent crystal core from his pocket.
This was obtained when she killed zombies before she had a fever. Because she noticed that there was something wrong with those people at that time, she did not tell them about the existence of this crystal core. Therefore, it was preserved and not looted like other things.
The energy in the crystal core was quickly absorbed. As the crystal-like crystal core shattered into powder, Gu Qi's pale face looked better.
"This item should be returned to its original owner." Gu Qi murmured softly and threw the blood-stained wire in his hand in the direction the car left.
The metal wires that should have been dead objects moved quickly towards the car like snakes. If there were other people with special abilities here, they might find that the metal wires were surrounded by an energy that was slightly different from special energy.
After the metal wire was thrown out, Gu Qi's expression, which had just relaxed a little, became ugly again.
The "dagger" stood in front of her, exuding an air of dissatisfaction.
"You're still using your spiritual power even after this. If you damage the root cause, I wonder what you'll do!"
A familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded in Gu Qi's mind. The tone was a bit cold and hard, but it softened a lot with the soft and sticky voice.
[Hmph! You just promised me that you would practice hard and work hard to restore the cave and me to our original state. Now it seems that was all a lie!]
"Puchi..." Gu Qi couldn't help laughing.
This familiar tone was undoubtedly the sword spirit of her natal sword in the world of immortal cultivation. However, the voice was quite different. The sword spirit used to have the gentle and mature voice of a young man.
[You're still laughing! I'm so pissed off!]
The "dagger" floated towards Gu Qi's head and slapped her forehead with the handle.
The sound sounded very loud, but the fact that there was not even a red mark on Gu Qi's forehead was enough to show that the sword spirit did not use any force.
"Ahem..." Gu Qi coughed twice and restrained the smile on his face, but the smile in his eyes could not be dispelled.
How nice! They're all still there.
Raising his hand to hold the "dagger", Gu Qi said seriously: "Don't worry, I always keep my word, don't I?"
She can protect them even from the thunder tribulation during the ascension, so what is there to fear in the end of the world now?
Although she still didn't know why she came back and brought the cave with her, Gu Qi believed that one day she would figure it out.
Without looking at the car that had disappeared, Gu Qi turned and walked towards the cave that had now become a hill.
The crisis from the zombie horde was only temporarily resolved. If she continued to stand there, she believed that the zombies would soon follow the scent and come over.
As for her enemies, whether they used tricks on her openly or secretly, there is still a long time to go, and she will settle the score with them.
Gu Qi appeared on the top of the hill in just one step, then lowered his eyes to look at the zombies below the hill who were becoming more excited. He saw that they seemed to be attracted by something and were chasing in the direction where the car disappeared at a faster speed.
Gu Qi raised the corners of his lips slightly and decided to collect some small interest now.
On the other side, on the bus that was speeding away, a few minutes ago:
"What did you say?" Xiang Haoyu, who had just learned the news, glared at Zhang Lie who was standing in front of him, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"
Without waiting for the other party to say anything, Xiang Haoyu turned to look at the driver and said, "Turn around right now. I have to go back and save her. I promised Ah Heng that I would send Xiaoqi to Hope Base safely."
"Don't turn around," Zhang Lie retorted coldly. He no longer concealed his dissatisfaction with Xiang Haoyu. "There are so many zombies behind us. If we go back now, Captain Xiang, do you want this whole group of people to accompany you to feed the zombies?"
"Yeah, there are so many zombies back there, it's really too dangerous."
"Gu Qi was clearly seeking death herself. Otherwise, why did she fall alone when we were all fine?"
"Maybe she knew she was going to turn into a zombie and jumped down on purpose because she was afraid of death."
Everyone in the car was talking about it, and some even took advantage of the chaos to whisper, "I think this is the best way now. It can save a lot of supplies by eliminating this troublesome and pretentious burden."
Someone else echoed, "Right, right, right. What's more, it's a ticking time bomb. If she turns into a zombie in the car, I'm afraid all of us will become her food."
Hearing these words, Xiang Haoyu's face darkened and he glanced fiercely at everyone, "The supplies Xiaoqi eats and uses weren't collected by you. Besides, if she hadn't been protecting you, how could she have been scratched by a zombie?"
No one dared to speak for a moment. No one dared to be the first to speak out, for fear of being caught in Xiang Haoyu's trap.
"Old Wu, turn around quickly." Xiang Haoyu said to the driver again, "Don't worry, my supernatural powers have recovered a little."
No one was really relieved after hearing this.
They have only recovered a little, not completely. Moreover, even if they have recovered completely, they may not be able to deal with so many zombies. If something unexpected happens, their safety will be in jeopardy.
Of course, they only dared to imagine these words in their hearts, and they really didn't dare to say anything on the surface. They just cast their eyes on Zhang Lie, the deputy captain of the surrender team, hoping that he could say something.
Noticing the gazes of those people, Zhang Lie curled his lips slightly and said to Xiang Haoyu in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, I forgot, Captain Xiang is a superpower. Those zombies can't do anything to you."
Then he said pointedly, "It seems to me that Captain Xiang wants to use this carload of people as bait to lure away the zombies. It would be best if the zombies are busy eating them, so that Captain Xiang can take the opportunity to rescue the young lady."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Xiang Haoyu looked at Zhang Lie gravely. "Even if I want to save Xiaoqi, I won't disregard other people's lives. Don't make random assumptions here."
As Xiang Haoyu's rage grew, faint flashes of lightning appeared on his hands.
"Tsk..." Zhang Lie sneered, "Random speculation?"
Glancing at the lightning wrapped around Haoyu's hands, Zhang Lie raised his hand and condensed a metal blade to play with it, his eyes seemed to say "You are not the only one with super powers."
Looking at Zhang Lie's determined eyes, Xiang Haoyu's eyes flashed with deep thought. Could it be that he had seen it before?
The tense look between the two scared everyone in the car so much that they couldn't help but breathe slower. Many people couldn't help but look at the young woman who was leaning against the car window and looking out.
The woman had a pretty face, a heroic look between her eyebrows, her clothes were clean and tidy, and her hair was smooth. Compared with the other people with greasy hair and dirty and wrinkled clothes, she seemed like someone from two different worlds.
Perhaps noticing their gazes, the silent young woman turned to look at the two of them and said, "There's no other car here that can accommodate so many people."
"Ayun's reminder is right." The lightning wrapped around Xiang Haoyu's hands disappeared.
Zhang Lie waved away the metal blade, "We still have to give Ayun some face."
As for Xiang Haoyu's face?
Zhang Lie looked at the other party thoughtfully. Xiang Haoyu kept yelling that he wanted to go back to save people, but he only said it verbally and did not actually take any action.
If I remember correctly, Xiang Haoyu secretly took an off-road vehicle into the space. If he really wanted to save Gu Qi as he said and would not disregard other people's lives, he could just drive back to save him himself.
So it seems that Xiang Haoyu really wants to go back and save Gu Qi?
The smile in Zhang Lie's eyes became even wider, but he did not point it out. If Xiang Haoyu really went back to save people, that was not what he wanted to see.
At least the team cannot disband until they arrive at the base safely.
After making sure that Xiang Haoyu would not really go back to save people, Zhang Lie opened his mouth and wanted to say something to poke the other party, preferably to reveal his mask in front of Ayun.
But before he could finish his words, Ayun spoke first, "I know that Brother Hao, you value friendship, but I can't bear to see you disregarding your own safety for such a small person."
"Ayun, stop talking." Xiang Haoyu guessed what she wanted to say and hurriedly tried to stop her.
Ah Yun dodged his attempt to grab her hand and continued, "If Gu Qi hadn't deliberately concealed the real reason for his illness, how could he have attracted so many zombies?"
Zhang Lie, who was standing by, understood what was going on. No wonder he had smelled a faint scent of blood on Gu Qi before.
"I said I clearly smelled blood, but I told the captain I was mistaken."
Zhang Lie righteously accused him, "Captain Xiang, you're wrong. You just swore so solemnly, are you really not going to disregard the safety of others?"
He didn't notice that when he said these words, Ayun's expression was wrong for a moment.
Facing his accusation, Xiang Haoyu only asked: "Are those zombies threatening the lives and safety of others now?"
Those who looked a little angry thought that what they heard was true. They thought that the captain had taken them away in a timely manner and had eliminated many fast-running zombies. Judging from the speed of those zombies they knew, they could not catch up with the bus at all.
Thinking of this, everyone's expressions relaxed a lot.
Just at this moment, something strange happened.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Squeak..."
After three consecutive sounds of something exploding, there was a sharp sound of the bus braking suddenly, and the car suddenly turned to one side uncontrollably.
The driver, Old Wu, said with a grim expression, "The tire is flat."
Because the car changed direction, the people inside the car could clearly see the situation behind through the side window.
"So many zombies!" someone pointed out the window not far away and screamed, "Hurry! Drive! Why are you braking now?"
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