Recap
Apart from that, it was impossible to tell that there had been a cremation here before.
“You can go now.” Rong Yu bent down to pick up the purple crystal core, his tone as calm as ever.
“Who wants to be destined to travel together with you?”
Yuan Hang: “…”
Tan Li: “…”
Great God, is it too late to kneel down and hug your thighs now?
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Tan Li and Yuan Hang stood rooted to the spot. The road had been cleared completely, but they still showed no intention of leaving.
“This brother… no, sir, I still have some supplies in my car. Would you like to take a look?” Yuan Hang consciously changed his address.
In the apocalypse, the strong were respected. The strength that the young man just displayed was no longer something he could address as a brother.
“I said I don’t want to exchange for crystal nuclei,” Rong Yu replied, annoyed.
“No, it’s not an exchange. You saved us just now, and it’s only right for us to give you some supplies as a token of gratitude,” Yuan Hang said quickly. “Our car is over there. You can go take a look and take whatever you want.”
That made sense. Rong Yu wasn’t the type to do good deeds without expecting anything in return. Although his main purpose in burning the zombies was to collect crystal nuclei for Sun, it was also an undeniable fact that he had indirectly saved these two people.
Rong Yu nodded: “Let’s go then.”
Tan Li looked at the crystal nuclei on the street: “These crystal nuclei… don’t you want them?”
A ground of white crystal nuclei was scattered on the ground, which would be definitely a resource that people would envy in the base. If Rong Yu didn’t speak, they wouldn’t dare to pick them up, after all, the zombies were burned to ashes by Rong Yu.
Rong Yu glanced at it and waved his hand, collecting all the crystal nuclei into his space.
He wouldn’t be kind enough to leave the crystal nuclei to others, he would only leave them for Sun.
Tan Li exclaimed in surprise: “Space-type ability?!”
Yuan Hang, who was more steady, wanted to exclaim as well.
Among all known abilities, speed and strength were the most common, followed by water, fire, wood, earth, and thunder. Time, space, and healing abilities were the rarest. Space ability users usually served as storage personnel, as the items in their space would not rot or deteriorate and could be carried around. Before level 5, they were all logistics personnel. The only difference was that the higher the level, the larger the space capacity and the wider the range of items that could be grabbed.
After level 5, space abilities would transform from auxiliary to attack type, able to use spatial division to create damage. However, there were only a handful of level 5 or above ability users in the world, and the only known level 6 space ability user was in a foreign base. It was this expert who let humans know that space abilities had offensive capabilities in the later stages.
Rong Yu had not shown the offensive nature of his space ability in front of them, but judging from the fact that he could collect all the crystal nuclei on the street with a wave of his hand, he was at least a level 5 space ability user.
Moreover, he was also a fire ability user. Judging from the power that could burn a street and instantly kill a level 4 zombie, he was also at least level 5.
A dual-type ability user with both abilities at level 5 or above… No wonder such a powerful person dared to wander outside with a zombie.
If they could invite this expert to join the S city base, it would be great. With such a strong person as their backbone, the security of the base would be improved by ten levels.
Yuan Hang thought to himself, and said out loud: “My name is Yuan Hang, and she is my girlfriend, Tan Li. May I ask your surname, sir?”
“Xi.”
“Okay, Mr. Xi, are you alone in S city?” If he had been active in S city all the time, the S city base would have known about such a strong person, so he must be an outsider.
“Are you blind?” Rong Yu pointed at the zombie Sun, “There are two of us.”
Yuan Hang twitched the corner of his mouth: “…Yes.” Whatever you say.
“Then Mr. Xi, have you never joined any base before?”
“I’m with him,” Rong Yu glanced at the zombie Sun, “Is there any base that would dare to take him in?”
Yuan Hang thought to himself: That’s because you don’t know anything about your own strength.
The base was the last safe haven for humans. Accepting a zombie seems like something that’ll only happen in a fantasy novel. But if it was a strong person like Mr. Xi… then the base might consider agreeing. A zombie appearing in the base would certainly cause panic, but the protection of a level 5 dual-type ability user could appease the entire base. When the sense of security given by the latter exceeded the fear brought by the former, the decision of the base was self-evident – as long as it was kept secret from the public and the zombie was controlled to prevent it from getting out.
“You can join the S city base,” Yuan Hang made a sincere invitation. “Our S city base is the second largest safe base in the country, second only to the A city base. But A city is far from here, so staying here is the best choice. I know your concerns, but…”
Yuan Hang hesitated for a moment: “If it were you, there is a 99% chance that the S city base would accept this… this loved one of yours for your sake. Our base is in dire need of strong people to guard it.”
It should be said that any base in the world would be eager to have one more expert like this.
Rong Yu asked, “What about the remaining 1%?”
“…What?”
“There is a 99% possibility that you would reluctantly accept him in order to win me over. The 1% possibility is that you would use him to control me, or something unexpected would happen to harm him to appease the public, or you would secretly execute him because you were not at ease.”
“…”
“So forget it.”
He wasn’t going to gamble Sun’s life on people’s hearts.
“Okay, then I’m very sorry,” Yuan Hang knew he couldn’t persuade the other party. He also had a lover, and he understood the other party’s unwillingness to let his lover suffer any harm.
“You said the base is in dire need of strong people to guard it,” Rong Yu asked, “Why? Are you short of experts? Isn’t the S city base the second largest safe base in the country?”
Yuan Hang smiled bitterly: “So-called safety is only relative. Because other smaller bases with fewer people are more dangerous, and every day there are small bases that are overrun by zombie hordes and wiped out completely… We don’t know how long we can hold on, with zombies occupying 90% of the world, humans are just barely surviving.”
He wanted to make one last attempt: “So I really hope you can join us in guarding the base, for the future of humanity.”
It was really passionate and touching. Rong Yu thought.
It’s just that he was a demon, and he couldn’t empathize with the survival of humanity very well. Just like many endangered animals on the verge of extinction, most humans wouldn’t take a second look at them.
“I refuse to join,” Rong Yu remained unmoved.
Yuan Hang’s eyes dimmed, and Tan Li was also feeling down. They knew the situation in S city, more and more high-level zombies were appearing, and more and more teams went out and never returned… They didn’t know how many more tomorrows they had left.
“You know more about the situation in S city than I do,” Rong Yu said again, “Will the base know which places in the city have high-level zombies?”
Tan Li nodded: “Of course. These areas where high-level zombies are active are dangerous zones, and our resource search teams usually avoid them. Only high-level ability users would risk going to take their crystal nuclei, but many of them… didn’t come back.”
“Very good, tell me all the coordinates,” Rong Yu nodded, “Leave a contact number, and if you find any new high-level zombies appearing, please let me know the coordinates immediately, and leave them all for me.” So he wouldn’t have to wander around the city aimlessly.
Tan Li was stunned: “…Ah?”
Rong Yu said seriously: “Although my concern for my loved one’s safety prevents me from joining the base, as a strong person, I have an obligation to solve the problem of high-level zombies, for the future of humanity.” For Sun’s sanity and appearance.
The blood jade bracelet: …Has the big demon been possessed by the protagonist of a chuunibyou anime!
Tan Li was deeply moved: “You are so great! But can you do it alone? Do you need me to apply to the base and assign a cooperative team for you?”
Rong Yu shook his head: “I can do it alone, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties.” No one should try to grab the crystal nuclei from him, or he would be the first to kill his teammates.
Tan Li was deeply moved: “You’re truly amazing! But can you really handle this alone? Should I ask the base to send a team to assist you?”
Rong Yu shook his head: “I can do it alone, to avoid unnecessary casualties.” No one was going to steal his crystal nuclei from him, or he’d be the first to kill them.
Tan Li looked at Rong Yu with the eyes of a hero.
Blood Jade Bracelet: …The big baddie has become a human hero, it’s surreal.
“Ahem,” Yuan Hang coughed, “Mr. Xi, our car is here.”
He drove up in a van, with the backseat piled high with rice, flour, instant noodles… mostly food.
The zombie Sun didn’t need to eat human food, it could survive on crystal nuclei, but no matter how much it ate, it couldn’t eliminate the human flesh’s attraction to zombies. Rong Yu had swept through several service stations along the way, and the food he had collected in his space was enough for him to eat for several years. For now, food wasn’t particularly appealing to him.
Being able to get information about the location of high-level zombies was already worth saving these two people.
But he wouldn’t let a good thing go to waste.
Rong Yu pointed to the bottommost box of Fuji apples: “I want this.”
Yuan Hang was stunned: “A whole box of apples?”
“Isn’t it obvious enough?”
“No,” Yuan Hang hesitated, not wanting to take advantage of the situation, “Mr. Xi, apples are easy to digest and make you hungry quickly. In the apocalypse, everyone wants food to stay in their stomach longer, no one eats apples, would you like to exchange them for something else?”
Rong Yu: “Just this one, I like apples.”
Yuan Hang: “…Alright.”
The big shot only cared about his preferences, without considering survival.
Rong Yu stored the apples in his space and asked, “Do you have a fruit knife? A new one.”
“Oh, yes, I was planning to carry it for self-defense,” Tan Li took out a brand-new fruit knife with a sheath, “But Mr. Xi, do you need a fruit knife for self-defense? With your ability…”
“What self-defense?” Rong Yu found them strange, “Of course, a fruit knife is for peeling fruit.”
Tan Li: “…”
To be honest, after the apocalypse, she had forgotten the original purpose of a fruit knife.
Apples still needed to be peeled before eating, how delicate.
People who were truly lacking in food wouldn’t even hesitate to swallow the apple core, let alone the apple peel.
“Um, Mr. Xi, it’s getting dark, where are you staying tonight?” Yuan Hang asked.
Rong Yu: “Where’s the most luxurious hotel here?”
Yuan Hang reflexively replied: “That would be the Shengjing Hotel, it cost 100,000 yuan a night before the apocalypse.”
Rong Yu: “I’ll stay there.”
Yuan Hang: “…Are you sure you want to reconsider?”
Rong Yu: “The address.”
Yuan Hang gave him the address, but still couldn’t help but say, “Mr. Xi, that place was a bustling area before the apocalypse, there are a lot of zombies, it’s really not safe…”
Tan Li quietly pulled on her boyfriend’s sleeve and whispered, “Can’t you see? The big shot doesn’t care about the danger at all, he only cares about his quality of life.”
Yuan Hang: “…I was overthinking it.”
_ After parting ways with Yuan Hang and Tan Li, Rong Yu took the zombie Sun to the legendary Shengjing Hotel, which cost 100,000 yuan a night before the apocalypse.
The hotel was almost as tall as a skyscraper. Before the apocalypse, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floors and overlooking the land, one could see a bustling scene of traffic and neon lights.
But now, all that was left was ruin. Survivors no longer dared to turn on the lights at night, as the light and sound would attract zombies.
Rong Yu safely entered a hotel room and found it to be nothing special.
“It’s not any better than the places I used to live in,” Rong Yu complained.
Blood Jade Bracelet: You used to live in white cloud beds and golden houses, what’s there to compare?
Rong Yu went into the bathroom and turned on the faucet, but there was no water.
As expected. The global water and electricity supply had been cut off long ago, and humans could only rely on stored water and electricity, or water-type ability users to obtain water and thunder-type ability users to generate electricity. Rong Yu had been using bottled water to wash himself for the past few days, which was considered a luxury in the apocalypse.
No matter how omnipotent he was, he couldn’t create water, after all, water and fire were incompatible.
After washing himself with bottled water and changing into silk pajamas he had looted from a high-end clothing store, Rong Yu walked out of the bathroom with a scent of shower gel.
The zombie Sun stood outside, watching him quietly.
There was a giant multi-person sofa in the bedroom, and Rong Yu raised his chin, motioning for Sun to sit down.
It took the zombie Sun a minute to analyze the meaning of this action, and finally sat down on the sofa with some uncertainty.
The next second, a mountain of white crystal nuclei came crashing down, completely burying the zombie Sun.
“Take your time absorbing it,” Rong Yu yawned, climbed onto the bed, and hugged a pillow, “I’m going to sleep.”
It was good to be rich, at least the bedroom was big enough, and the distance between the bed and the sofa was far enough that he wouldn’t smell the zombie.
“…”
The zombie Sun struggled to reach out, climbed out of the pile of crystal nuclei, and silently stared at the young man sleeping on the bed.
In the simple brain of a low-level zombie, there were always only two words.
Hunger.
Eating.
And now there was a third word.
Jealousy.
Jealous of the pillow he was holding.
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