“Now there’s going to be a good show to watch. I really want to see them helpless with no one to rely on.” Xu Sui also laughed happily, but then changed his tune and asked, “Speaking of which, Boss, since you’re so powerful, how did you get killed by someone in your past life?”
Truly bringing up the exact topic no one wanted to mention.
Pei Huaiye’s aura instantly turned frigid: “Are you feeling too idle?”
“I was just curious, just asking casually,” Xu Sui muttered, reluctant to drop it.
“Love-brain, fine?” Pei Huaiye snapped back annoyed.
In his past life, he really had been quite a love-brain. Clearly possessing superpowers and immense strength, he had repeatedly yielded under Shen Shuhe’s tearful assaults, willingly helping her find supplies, clearing paths, and building bridges, all just to win a smile from her.
Thinking back now, he genuinely wanted to slap himself twice in the face.
Everything in his past life had left clues behind, yet he was simply too blind to see them. Dying wasn’t even an unfair end for him!
“I really didn’t expect Wild-ge to be a love-brain in his past life. I thought that kind of thing only existed in TV dramas,” Han Chao sighed with a remark.
“Just drive your car!” Pei Huaiye shot him a cold glare. Looking down, he saw the little idiot asleep against his chest, lying in as uncomfortable a position as could be.
Pei Huaiye let out a barely perceptible sigh and helped her adjust her posture.
“Boss, are we really just going to keep carrying this little idiot around?” Xu Sui turned his head to glance at Pei Huaiye.
Sure, the idiot was somewhat pretty, but she was still an idiot. Carrying her along was just a burden.
Abandoning her felt like a bit of a waste, though. After all, pretty women didn’t live long in the apocalypse, especially with zombies lurking around—it was hard to say if she could even survive a single day.
“Xu Sui, you’re meddling a bit too much!” Pei Huaiye’s voice was icy.
He was happy to carry the little idiot along, and it was nobody else’s business.
“I spoke out of turn!” Scared, Xu Sui immediately looked straight ahead.
Suddenly, the earth vibrated violently, shaking so hard that they had no choice but to stop the car and look for a safe spot to take cover.
“Boss, it’s an earthquake!” Han Chao gripped the steering wheel tightly and slammed hard on the brakes, barely bringing the car to a stop to avoid colliding with a nearby building.
Pei Huaiye protected the girl in his arms at the very first moment, cushioning her forehead with his palm to prevent her from hitting the bumpy car window.
“Han Chao, get out of the car and find a safe place to take shelter!” Once a vehicle was hit by falling debris, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The two in the front quickly scrambled out of the vehicle, pulling open the rear door in the process.
Holding the timid-as-a-mouse Ning Ran, Pei Huaiye stood on the ground, massive energy gathering in his left palm. Suddenly, thick vines burst out from the soil one after another, weaving into an airtight vine sphere around them. Although it shook wildly on the outside, the inside remained exceptionally stable.
“Such an awesome Wood superpower?” Standing nearby, Ji Hengyuan and his group stared with eyes as wide as copper bells, marveling at Pei Huaiye’s power.
Outside, the buildings let out unbearable groans amidst the violent shaking, as gravel and glass crashed down with loud clatters.
In the distance, terrified screams of people and the increasingly frantic roars of zombies echoed. The entire world seemed to sink into a vortex of chaos at this moment.
The quake lasted for over two minutes, yet it felt as long as a century. When everything finally calmed down slowly, the area outside the vines was an absolute mess.
“Holy shit… that was way too intense, wasn’t it?” Han Chao gasped for air with lingering fear.
Pei Huaiye withdrew his energy. Looking at the ruined landscape, he couldn’t help but sigh in his heart. Surviving was already difficult enough for the living, but now after a major earthquake, it would be even harder.
The road ahead was completely blocked by bricks and stones, making driving virtually impossible.
With a wave of his large hand, the car vanished on the spot.
“Benefactor, our car!” Ji Hengyuan pointed at that high-performance off-road vehicle.
Adopting the mindset of not leaving good things behind, Pei Huaiye stored it into his spatial storage as well.
“Dual Space and Wood superpowers, that’s way too badass!” Xiao Jinyang, a young man following alongside Ji Hengyuan, said in envy. He had a superpower too, but it was Earth-element, which didn’t seem very useful—he couldn’t even beat zombies with it.
“The key is that every single one of his superpowers is terrifyingly strong,” another man, Wu Ci, chimed in.
They had come out with Ji Hengyuan to search for supplies, not expecting to encounter a pack of zombies. He Ran was already dead, leaving just the few of them behind.
If they hadn’t run into Pei Huaiye’s group, they would probably have become zombie food long ago.
“Boss, we’ll have to walk back on foot,” Han Chao jumped onto a high point, looking at the ruins ahead with utter helplessness.
Things were fine when they came out, but now they couldn’t drive back!
“Then we walk back. If we can’t make it back, we’ll find a place to rest.” When they went out before, they didn’t always return every day anyway; they would temporarily find a safe place to stay overnight.
The place where they lived was dozens of kilometers away from here. Relying solely on two legs to walk back was indeed somewhat difficult.
Just as Han Chao was about to reply, hazy figures began to gather in the swirling dust at the end of the street, staggering and moving in their direction.
“Trouble is here!” Pei Huaiye patted Ning Ran’s head. She was staring up at him with watery eyes, looking at him with innocence and reliance.
“Brother, hug!” Regardless of whether there was danger around, the little idiot simply followed her inner choice.
“Ning Ran, can’t you see how critical the situation is? Come over to my side.” As one of the only two females in the temporary team, Lin Yao felt obligated to clear all obstacles for the powerful men—naturally including the hindrance that was Ning Ran.
“Brother…” Ning Ran ignored her, merely clutching Pei Huaiye’s hem tightly.
“Ning Ran, come over here, the zombies are coming!” Lin Yao grew anxious and directly reached out to yank her. Stumbling, Ning Ran was dragged over to Lin Yao’s side: “Don’t be a hindrance!”
With so many zombies ahead, an idiot like her would only drag everyone else down.
Pei Huaiye merely glanced back at Lin Yao before channeling his superpowers toward the stumbling zombies.
These zombies had been drawn over by the scent of living humans, numbering over a hundred in the distance.
His powerful Wood superpower forced vines to bind the zombies’ limbs, Han Chao’s Lightning superpower struck down bolt after bolt, and even Xu Sui targeted the zombies’ heads with ice cones.
In an instant, the zombies were completely wiped out by them, leaving only an unpleasant odor diffusing in the air.
“Let’s go. While it’s still early, let’s find a place to stay.” The moment Pei Huaiye stood firm, Ning Ran threw herself over, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist and refusing to let go.
“This little idiot is only close to you; nobody else will do,” Han Chao said as he walked toward a relatively intact side alley.
“Chao-ge, envious and jealous, huh?” Xu Sui’s voice sounded provocatively playful.
As the few ahead started walking, Ji Hengyuan and his group exchanged looks and immediately followed close behind without hesitation.
In this apocalypse, the strong were the guarantee of survival.
The alley was narrow, with spiderweb-like cracks on the walls on both sides, and occasional gravel falling with a rustle.
“ROAR!” A zombie with half of its body crushed suddenly lunged out from a corner, charging straight at Xiao Jinyang in the team.
Unprepared, Xiao Jinyang’s face turned pale with fright. Earth-yellow light gathered in his hand, but it only caused the ground to bulge slightly, completely insufficient to block the zombie.