Soon, as Cheng Feng looked out the window, fog began to spread.
The corridor light he had left on grew dimmer and dimmer.
Then he collapsed onto the bed.
At first, Shen Mu was still watching the monitors, but as visibility dropped, he also fell unconscious onto the carpet.
Shen Ke and Jiang Yun were the same.
At the moment the fog spread, all living things across the world fell into a deep sleep. An unknown force began transforming their bodies…
When the world woke again, everything had changed.
Cheng Feng slowly opened his eyes. The bright light made him shut them again immediately.
The next moment, he sat up abruptly.
The apocalypse had arrived!
He raised his hand, sensing a faint, special power within his body. A smile appeared on his face.
He had awakened successfully!
An affinity ability!
He had worried something might go wrong during awakening. Now he could finally relax.
Eager to test his ability, he rushed outside.
But the moment he opened the door, he was stunned.
The radishes and cabbages he had planted had grown wildly. His yard now looked like a forest, with plants reaching two to three meters tall!
His view was completely blocked.
As soon as he appeared, the plants rustled and moved as if to attack him.
But when his ability activated, they calmed down.
These plants couldn’t stay.
He sighed inwardly—how had he forgotten that vegetables could mutate too?
His body emitted a comforting aura to the plants. He approached them and pulled them out one by one.
As he did, his sense of satisfaction grew.
Have you ever seen radishes nearly a meter long? Carrots 50–60 cm long?
Cabbages taller than a person, too big to wrap your arms around? Garlic shoots two meters tall?
He had.
All in his yard.
Even though he hadn’t planted densely, the giant plants crowded the ground, cracking it. Many radishes had split open.
He didn’t have time to process them carefully. He pulled them out and threw them into his space.
During the process, he found a few normal, non-mutated vegetables. Though unsure what to do with them, he instinctively kept them and planted them separately in pots.
After clearing everything, his yard looked like a disaster zone.
Once his view cleared, he noticed that wild grass inside and outside the yard had also grown tough and strong, cracking the walls with their roots.
Great.
Now he had to fix the ground and repair the walls.
But that could wait.
Looking at the dense plants surrounding his yard, he realized—
The forest plants had mutated too.
Taking a deep breath, he used the method from the original story to activate his ability and opened the gate.
As expected, it was blocked.
He tried communicating with the plants, telling them this was private property and asking them to move away.
Fortunately, his ability worked. After walking around the yard, the plants withdrew, creating a clear space and letting sunlight in.
Satisfied, Cheng Feng told them they were good neighbors and they could help each other in the future.
The plants swayed happily.
These were only low-level mutated plants with little intelligence, but Cheng Feng intended to cultivate them.
They were like blank slates—he could guide their growth.
While he was busy repairing his yard, Shen Mu also woke up.
Just like in his previous life, he awakened a powerful ability—mental attacks.
Very rare and deadly, both against humans and zombies.
But in the early stage, it wasn’t very strong. He needed to level up quickly.
His gaze fell on the zombies appearing in the surveillance footage. His eyes darkened.
Meanwhile, Shen Ke awakened lightning abilities—highly offensive and powerful.
Though still weak, he imagined himself dominating battles, just like in his dreams.
In another room, Jiang Yun was not doing well.
In her dreams, she had dual abilities and was favored by fate. One of them was the space from the jade pendant.
But now, she only had a basic water ability.
Her eyes filled with hatred.
If Cheng Feng and Shen Mu hadn’t taken her space, how could she have ended up like this?
As she drowned in resentment, someone knocked on her door.
It was Shen Ke and Shen Mu’s father.
The father hadn’t awakened any ability, but he hadn’t turned into a zombie either.
He openly looked down on Jiang Yun’s water ability.
In his opinion, they already had enough stored water, and could trade zombie crystals for more if needed. So what was the use of water abilities?
Meanwhile, his son had lightning powers—how could Jiang Yun be worthy?
His disdain was obvious.
Jiang Yun hated him even more.
This old man—sooner or later…
Shen Ke, though somewhat dissatisfied, still liked Jiang Yun. And honestly, he didn’t enjoy being overshadowed by her in his dreams.
So he stepped in to maintain peace.
In other households, different scenes played out—
Screams of fear, cries of grief, uncontrollable joy…
Amid all these emotions, the apocalypse had officially begun.