"It's alright, it's not hot. These are my favorite clothes, my flames won't burn them," Lu Ben said seriously.
His mutated fire-based superpower often causes him to act erratically, but the target of his erratic behavior is not him, but others.
"Uncle Lu, your flames are good, but you need to strengthen your mind." After observing him just now, Ye Zhi pointed out Lu Ben's shortcomings incisively.
Lu Ben had a knot in his heart. Ye Zhi glanced at Lu Ben's strange clothes and the scene of him crying while holding the urn, and knew roughly what was going on.
Either his flames burned his loved ones, or he killed his own family.
“I…I know,” Lu Ben mumbled, his voice hoarse, his head bowed. His throat had been damaged by the smoke that day.
Facing Ye Zhi, Lu Ben wanted to tell her all his secrets: "On the day the apocalypse broke out, my family ate the fish I bought and turned into zombies. My flames burned my loved ones to death."
He calmly recounted the crimes he had committed, his mind filled with the horrific scene of that day: the thick smoke, the charred corpses, and the smile his wife gave him—each image ripping his heart out.
Just as Lu Ben was talking about his heartache, Ye Yubai came out and walked to the side to listen to Lu Ben's story.
Lu Ke looked up and saw Ye Yubai watching the melon. He raised an eyebrow and conveyed with his eyes, "The food is ready? So fast?"
Ye Yubai nodded confidently, responding with his eyes, "No problem, there are still a few dishes stewing, I've set the timer."
Ye Zhi didn't see the exchange of glances between Lu Ke and Ye Yubai. Lost in her own thoughts, she wondered, "Should I keep Lu Ben alive because of his mutated fire-type ability and his status as a system mission target? With Lu Ben's mentality, he'll suffer a terrible fate in the apocalypse."
[Fine, take my loyalty pill and I'll pull Lu Ben out of this mess.] Ye Zhi was still soft-hearted when it came to her own people.
Ye Zhi, though stubborn, said softly, "Uncle Lu, it's not your fault. You didn't kill your family. Zombies are no longer human. What you burned were just monsters wearing the skin of your loved ones."
Lu Ben suddenly raised his head, his eyes red and swollen from crying. "But my wife smiled at me then. She knew I was calling her!"
Ye Yubai stated a cruel truth: "The apocalypse killed your family, not your fault! It's because her mind hadn't been completely corrupted by the zombie virus yet!"
In his previous life, he was the Zombie King. The Zombie King was not as glamorous as he seemed. He was able to command all the zombies, but in order to maintain his sanity, he fought against the zombie virus every day.
Therefore, in his previous life, after becoming the Zombie King, he couldn't wait to kill Song Ranran and end his mission in the previous world.
After hearing Ye Zhi's thoughts and words, Song Yuanqing also chose to stand on the same side as Ye Zhi. "It's not your fault. None of us knew that those fish had the zombie virus. You should blame the apocalypse and the zombie virus, not yourself!"
Lu Ben was stunned, his mental defenses were suddenly breached by the resounding answers from Ye Zhi and the other two.
He couldn't accept that he had killed his family with his own hands, and now they were telling him it wasn't his fault, that his relatives who had turned into zombies were no longer his relatives.
Lu Ben had always known the difference between zombies and humans, but what he needed most was for someone to tell him that his family's deaths were not his fault, and he hoped that someone could pull him out of the abyss.
Lu Ke sighed deeply, looking at Lu Ben's stunned expression, unable to bear seeing his fellow clansman in such a state. "If you caused this disaster yourself, you can blame yourself, but this is a natural disaster! We are fighting against the heavens. If you defeat yourself, how can you fight back, how can you avenge them!"
"Do your family want to see you like this?!"
Lu Ben recalled what he had seen before: his family shook their heads at his questions. They didn't blame him, so why was he torturing himself like this? They didn't want him to become like this either.
Death is not the end; the end is when those who remember them also die.
Lu Ben suddenly understood. He wanted revenge. He wanted to make a name for himself in the apocalypse. If his family members were watching from heaven, they would be happy for him if they saw him like that.
He has to make a living for four people all by himself!
Lu Ben stopped wallowing in self-pity, and reddish-purple flames erupted from his palm. "I'm going to burn the snow!"
The light emanating from Lu Ben's eyes almost blinded Ye Zhi. Looking at Lu Ben, who seemed reborn, Ye Zhi felt that she had a talent for guiding people.
After Lu Ben's flames melted half of the snow on the right side of the villa, his superpowers disappeared, and he couldn't even release any more sparks.
He was a level two ability user, and his ability reserves were far inferior to Ye Zhi's. The flames he released on the left side of the villa earlier had exhausted two-thirds of his ability, and now the remaining ability in his body had been completely depleted by his outburst.
Seeing Lu Ben's pale face and swaying body, Ye Zhi knew that Lu Ben had used up his superpower. She took out a zombie crystal core refining agent from her space and handed it to Lu Ben, "Your superpower is gone, right? Drink this to replenish your superpower."
Drinking the Crystal Core Refining Agent immediately after exhausting your supernatural power will not only replenish the consumed supernatural power, but also greatly benefit the upgrading of your supernatural power.
Lu Ben took the transparent water from Ye Zhi's hand. It was strange that the water was in a test tube, as it was still liquid at a temperature below minus ten degrees Celsius.
Despite his doubts, Lu Ben did not hesitate to tilt his head back and drink the crystal core refining agent. The sweet taste improved his mood considerably.
After Lu Ben drank the first sip of the zombie crystal core refining agent, the depleted supernatural power within his body, like parched earth after a rain, quickly absorbed the supernatural power in the crystal core refining agent. The earth seemed to instantly transform from a low-grade field into a high-grade field.
Lu Ben: ! I'm shocked again.
"What kind of divine artifact is this?!"
Song Yuanqing took the crystal core refining agent from Ye Zhi and said with a smile, "Little one, drink it without worry, we have plenty at home."
Lu Ben was once again taken aback by Versailles's statement. If he hadn't personally drunk the water from the test tube, Lu Ben would definitely have thought it was just ordinary water.
But the water in the test tube is clearly not ordinary water; it's water that can replenish supernatural abilities.
He knew how slow it was for his superpowers to recover in normal life. That day, he had exhausted all his superpowers and it took him an afternoon to recover.
But now, after drinking this magical water, his superpowers were instantly full and even overflowing!
Lu Ben thought that he was so lucky to meet Ye Zhi and her family; it must be that his family was blessing him from heaven.
Zhang Dongliang's eyes were practically overflowing with light. The way he looked at the test tube Ye Zhi handed to Lu Ben was like looking at a lover; he could drown in the test tube. Test tube! Research! Fellow traveler!
After Versailles, Ye Zhi and the others no longer need to worry about when to drink the zombie crystal core refining agent for maximum effect; they drink it like water.
Then Ye Zhi handed each person a crystal core refining agent, saying, "Are you thirsty? Drink this; it'll quench your thirst."
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