Under the gloomy sky, on the scarred earth, a swarm of zombies was frantically attacking the city.
Blood, severed limbs, miserable screams, shouts, cries for help, and zombie transformations…
The aura of despair amplified infinitely the moment the city walls collapsed.
Some let out a final roar, perishing together with the zombies.
Some fled in panic, abandoning the teammates, relatives, and friends who had fought by their sides.
Others were lost and helpless, weeping bitterly with their hands outstretched in confusion, not knowing who to turn to for help.
“Lu Qingqing! No!”
A shrill, desperate scream rang out. The dazed and helpless crowd seemed to be injected with a ray of hope as they all looked toward the direction of the voice.
“Everyone, scatter! Leave the Zombie King to me!”
A firm and powerful female voice rang out from within the zombie horde. Countless branches grew frantically from her hands, tightly binding the Zombie King.
Lu Qingqing’s eyes were wide, her pretty face covered in frost, and her eyes were filled with madness. Her Special Ability was constantly surging toward her Crystal Core.
Lu Qingqing knew very well that she was originally a soul from another world; being able to struggle for survival in this world for ten years was already a stolen life.
She had thought that as long as she kept getting stronger and broke through the limits of humanity, she would have a chance to find a way back. Now, it seemed she had been overthinking.
Since that was the case, living one day more or one day less made no difference to her. It was better to use her death to trade for the lives of more people.
It could be considered a repayment for the ten years of upbringing this world had provided, fulfilling the obligations of this life.
With a roar, a massive mushroom cloud rose from the spot where Lu Qingqing and the Zombie King were.
As the roar sounded, Lu Qingqing’s thoughts flashed through scenes of her past and present lives like a movie.
In the ten years of this life, she had no relatives, no friends, and no attachments. She had opened her eyes to face nothing but danger and survival, so she could leave quite freely.
But her previous life!
In her previous life, her maiden family were red capitalists who were framed and sent down, eventually dying tragic deaths at the labor farm with not a single survivor.
And she hadn’t even had the chance to collect their bodies.
After finally waiting for the spring breeze of reform, she had used her dowry to help her husband start a business. Together, they built a multinational corporation and amassed a fortune of hundreds of billions.
Unexpectedly, while cleaning, she accidentally opened a hidden secret room. After she discovered her husband’s true identity, she was brutally murdered.
And the son she had raised for over thirty years stood right beside them, watching coldly.
Before she drew her last breath, her husband told her that the son she had raised with her own hands was not hers. Her biological child had been drowned in a urine bucket by him right after birth.
She had been a very beautiful little girl!
Her husband also told her that it was he who had reported her family, and he was the one who bribed the people at the farm to kill her family members one by one.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingqing was filled with hatred, wishing she could turn back time to return to her previous life and perish together with her enemies.
“Qingqing, Qingqing, wake up, wake up.”
In her daze, Lu Qingqing heard a voice that was both familiar and a bit strange, causing her brow to furrow slightly.
“Qingqing, wake up quickly. I know you’re anxious because your family was arrested. But don’t worry yet, tell me the situation first, okay? I’ll help you look for connections to get them out.”
Hmm? Lu Qingqing’s brow furrowed even tighter, and a wave of nausea rose in her heart.
Lu Qingqing had already recognized this voice as that of her husband from her previous life—that scumbag, that piece of trash.
Had that scum also entered hell?
Even in hell, she would have to make him die once more to avenge her country and her family.
The rage in her heart caused Lu Qingqing to snap her heavy eyes open. Before she could clearly see the person in front of her, her palm was already swinging.
Slap!
The loud sound of a slap exploded in her ears. Wei Guangming felt a burning pain on his face and the taste of blood in his mouth.
He pushed his tongue against his back molars; the teeth were a bit loose. The pain caused a surge of killing intent to rise in Wei Guangming’s heart.
“Lu Qingqing, what did you hit me for?”
The fake smile piled on Wei Guangming’s face vanished, and he stared at Lu Qingqing with eyes full of fire.
This shout, combined with the pain in her palm, brought Lu Qingqing’s rationality back.
Her eyes went wide as she quickly scanned the surroundings, assessing the environment and looking for advantageous terrain.
This was a habit Lu Qingqing had developed over ten years in the apocalypse, and it was a habit that had saved her life several times.
Finally, Lu Qingqing’s gaze landed on the face of the scum Wei Guangming—a young face with an angry expression.
Because he was too green to hide his emotions well, Lu Qingqing could see the killing intent on his face.
“Wei Guangming.” Lu Qingqing squeezed these three words through her teeth, having already judged the current situation.
Today was February 2, 1973—a day she wouldn’t forget even in death.
It was also the day the Lu family was taken away by the Revolutionary Committee.
At the time, she had been out shopping, which allowed her to escape the ordeal. After returning and being unable to face the massive family tragedy, she had fainted in a fit of shock.
In her previous life, when she woke up to Wei Guangming’s gentleness and concern, along with the promises he made, Lu Qingqing had believed his lies.
Desperate to save her family, Lu Qingqing had handed over a large sum of money for Wei Guangming to use for connections to get the Lu family out. The result was that there was no more news of the Lu family from then on.
It wasn’t until 1987 that she received news that they had all died.
In this life, Lu Qingqing didn’t believe a single word he said, for she knew Wei Guangming was a piece of work.
Before her death in her previous life, she had discovered that Wei Guangming was an enemy agent. Lu Qingqing didn’t know if he was one now, but she couldn’t alert the enemy.
She had to find a way to get rid of Wei Guangming first before planning anything else.
“Wei Guangming, I… I…” Lu Qingqing’s eyes turned red, looking very pitiful as she pleaded, “Wei Guangming, my family has all been taken away. Please, can you help me find out any news about them? My grandfather is so old, and my nephew is so small. I’m afraid, I’m afraid something might happen to them. Can you help me, please?”
“Alright, don’t worry, Qingqing. I will definitely help you.” Wei Guangming withdrew the anger from his face, swallowed the blood in his mouth, and softened his voice.
He narrowed his peach-blossom eyes, a glint of calculation flashing in their deep depths as he comforted her. “Qingqing, don’t be anxious. I know people in the Revolutionary Committee. I can definitely help you get information. It’s just that, asking people for favors requires…”
Wei Guangming made a gesture for counting money. “The people there are very difficult to deal with, you understand.”
“I understand, I understand.” Lu Qingqing immediately reached into her pockets, but after searching, she only produced a little over a hundred yuan.
This was the money she had prepared to use to buy clothes at the department store today. Lu Qingqing handed all the money to Wei Guangming and asked expectantly:
“Guangming, look, I only have this much right now. Can you go and get information first? Once I get in touch with my family, they will definitely tell me where the money is hidden. When the time comes, we’ll… we’ll provide an even bigger gift.”
Wei Guangming stared at the hundred-odd yuan. Logically, this was quite a lot of money.
An average worker’s monthly salary was only about thirty yuan, so this was equivalent to three months of someone’s wages.
But Wei Guangming knew the Lu family were major capitalists with countless gold, silver, and jewels. A hundred-odd yuan was merely a drop in the bucket.