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Chapter 61 Battle

Nan Shao had no time to hold him back, and he knew that if he rushed out rashly, it would be completely useless. He could only suppress his anxiety and follow Zhang Yi's instructions, concentrating on the situation outside, looking for an opportunity to attack.

Qiao Yong and Shi Pengsan were surprised that Zhang Yi would rush out, but they immediately cheered up and increased their attack strength. When the strange bird saw someone coming out, it stopped grabbing the wall and rushed over with a strange cry, without even needing to rise and accelerate. The speed of this thing was too fast, and Zhang Yi could not catch its attack line with his eyes at all. He could only rely on his intuition to cut it in the air.

With a pounce, the knife seemed to cut on the soft and tough rubber. Zhang Yi didn't know where he cut, but he didn't dare to delay. He rolled to avoid it. Even so, there was still a sharp pain in his back, obviously injured by the bird's claws. The bird's wings fanned the dust on the ground, and the strong wind blew people's eyes. The strange bird missed the target and screamed furiously, like a baby crying, piercing the eardrums and even the skull. Zhang Yi's movements slowed down for a moment, and his right shoulder tightened, as if a steel claw had been embedded in it. The severe pain caused his right hand to lose strength. He didn't have time to think about it, so he switched the knife to his left hand and chopped along his shoulder.

This time was different from the last time. The machete seemed to have hit a hard rock, which made Zhang Yi's left hand numb and he almost couldn't hold the knife. Fortunately, he used clever strength to chop diagonally. If he had chopped hard, he would probably have been injured in his left arm by the recoil force. However, the strange bird seemed to feel some pain, and its tightly clenched claws loosened. At the critical moment of life and death, Zhang Yi's senses were surprisingly sharp. He seized this fleeting opportunity and escaped from the claws of the strange bird. At the same time, his left hand chopped at the same place again, and took a few steps back with the recoil force. His right arm was still painful and his clothes were a little wet. It should be that the wound was bleeding. If it wasn't for the cold weather and he had to wear more clothes, he would have been crippled.

Although they only met once and fought twice, Zhang Yi knew that he could not do anything to this strange bird. But if he wanted to escape at this time, he would probably die faster. He had to fight desperately and then wait for an opportunity to sneak into the house next door. The strange bird was completely enraged. With the temptation of the bloody smell, not only it, but also the zombies blocked outside the earth wall began to riot.

Only then did the people in the house breathe a sigh of relief. When the strange bird attacked Zhang Yi again, Qiao Yong's fireball and Shi Pengsan's metal spikes also attacked one after another, trying to buy some time for Zhang Yi. Although Nan Shao was already extremely anxious, he still forced himself to be patient, trying to find the weakness of the strange bird and prevent Zhang Yi from getting hurt in vain. As for Jie Chen and Pei Yuan, they had already gone back according to Zhang Yi's instructions.

The alley was narrow. Although the strange bird was flexible, its wings were particularly large. Once it spread out, it seemed a little suffocated. Even if it could withstand the attack of the fireball and the metal spikes, it was unwilling to take it in vain. So it screamed, suddenly rose from the ground, fluttered up to the sky, and then dived straight towards Zhang Yi. The rise and fall were just a matter of breaths. Zhang Yi had no time to dodge and could only fight with his knife. The wild and violent aura spread out like a substance, making the people who were still hiding in the house gasp. Nan Shao didn't care to think about it anymore and suddenly turned around and ran upstairs.

Zhang Yi knew that his eyesight could not keep up with the speed of the strange bird. Even if he could keep up, his speed of attack could not keep up with his eyesight, so he simply closed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and mobilized the sensitivity of every nerve in his body to the most acute level. At that moment, he felt as if his body was ethereal and completely integrated into the surrounding environment. At the same time, the machete in his hand swung out naturally, drawing an extremely wonderful trajectory to meet the enemy that was swooping down from above.

The claws of the strange bird were close to Zhang Yi's head, but he suddenly felt a sense of danger and instinctively retreated, but was still hit in the chest by Zhang Yi's knife. Unlike last time, although it still felt like rubber this time, Zhang Yi clearly felt that the machete had cut something, so he pulled it without hesitation, and then planned to roll on the ground to avoid the counterattack of the strange bird as before. But this time he was not so lucky. The strange bird was injured and furious. It ignored the fireballs that Qiao Yong fired one after another, as well as the metal spikes of Shi Pengsan. Its two black claws grabbed his shoulders and flew into the sky. There

was a cry of surprise from the room. At the same time, the sound of glass breaking came from the second floor, and a black shadow jumped down. It turned out that the strange bird was too fast. Nan Shao had just run upstairs and didn't even have time to see the situation downstairs. He broke out of the window and just caught up with the strange bird grabbing Zhang Yi and flying into the air. It was a coincidence that he jumped onto the back of the strange bird.

The strange bird felt something fall on its back and immediately became irritable. It didn't care to tear Zhang Yi in its claws into two pieces, and rushed up with people. It had no fur on its body and was very slippery. Nan Shao couldn't hold it at all. In addition, the body of the strange bird was only the size of a seven or eight-year-old child, and it couldn't support him at all. Seeing that he was about to be thrown off, he hurriedly swung the pickaxe in his hand.

"Wow wow--" The tip of the pickaxe hit his head. Although it didn't break his skull, the strange bird still screamed and cried in pain and became dizzy. Because of this force, Nan Shao's body had already fallen down by half. Just as he was about to fall, he felt his feet being lifted. He didn't care about thinking too much, and went up and grabbed the root of the strange bird's wings. At the same time, he took out the pickaxe again and continued to smash the strange bird's head. Although the head was as hard as steel, the constant hitting was enough to make it unbearable.

The strange bird no longer cared about grabbing Zhang Yi at this time, but bumped around in a daze, trying to get rid of Nan Shao on its back. When Zhang Yi was caught by the strange bird and flew into the sky, he let go of the machete in his hand and instead held the two claws tightly, in case the strange bird tore him to pieces or threw him from a high altitude. However, his arms were numb and weak due to the pain of the bird's claws embedded in his shoulders, and then he supported Nan Shao with all his strength, so he couldn't hold on any longer. But he also knew that as long as he loosened his hands, he would be smashed into a pulp and Yangyang would become an orphan, so he still gritted his teeth and held on.

Fuck you, what on earth is this head made of! Nan Shao was also anxious. He smashed the strange bird's head with all his might, cursed in his heart, and hated that his superpowers had no effect at all. Thinking of superpowers, his heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly remembered what Zhang Yi said to him: life superpowers are superpowers that can control all life. Since it can control all life, the strange bird in front of him should also be a life. He had felt its existence before, so he should be able to control it. Although he

thought so, he really didn't know where to start. Finally, he thought that if he continued like this, he and Zhang Yi would probably be smashed into a pulp, so he just went for it. While continuing to hit the strange bird's head with a pickaxe to prevent it from waking up and doing bad things, he used the superpower to catalyze plants and black stones to concentrate his mind on the center of his forehead.

Chapter 62 Strange Bird and Vine

When Nan Shao and Zhang Yi were taken to the sky by the strange bird, Qiao Yong and Shi Pengsan also ran out of the small building, and were anxiously thinking about how to help. Jie Chen and Pei Yuan screamed and rushed out from behind. Behind them, there was a green beard-like object as thick as an adult's arm, swimming like a snake. The object swayed in the air, and then it wrapped around Pei Yuan's neck and dragged him to the back of the house. Jie Chen heard a muffled groan, turned around and saw it, and hurriedly reached out to grab Pei Yuan, but immediately realized that this would only make the boy die faster, so he let go of his hand, grabbed the thick green beard, and picked up the machete to chop it fiercely.

The green beard was extremely flexible, and it was not damaged after chopping for a long time. Instead, many thorns on it pierced into Jie Chen's palm, sucking his blood without hesitation. The part that was wrapped around Pei Yuan also broke the skin on the surface of his neck. While sucking blood crazily, the tip of the beard found the strongly beating carotid artery and was trying to drill into it and enjoy a delicious meal. Seeing Pei Yuan's face turning blue and his eyes rolling up due to blood loss and difficulty breathing, when he was about to collapse, Qiao Yong and Shi Pengsan rushed in.

"Monk, get out of the way!" Qiao Yong shouted while throwing a fireball, while Shi Pengsan had turned the metal thorn in his hand into a sharp double-edged blade, and grabbed the middle of the green beard. Originally, he wanted to cut it off, but he only scratched the outer skin a little, but also slightly prevented the green beard from retracting. Compared with the battle in the sky, they on the ground were more helpful.

Compared to sharp metal weapons, Qiao Yong's fireball was obviously more intimidating. As soon as it touched the green beard, the green beard trembled, and then let go of Pei Yuan, as if he wanted to escape, but he was interrupted by Shi Pengsan's knife. Then he heard a sizzling sound, and a piece of green skin was scraped off, but no blood came out. Qiao Yong's fireball rolled up the green beard like a maggot attached to the bone, and then everyone's mind rang with a shrill scream of nerve pain. With a snap, a piece of green beard fell to the ground, and the rest was quickly retracted. Shi Pengsan's metal blade could not stop it at all.

Jie Chen hugged Pei Yuan, his left hand was as bloody as Pei Yuan's neck, his face was pale, and he obviously lost a lot of blood.

"How is Xiaoyuan?" Without bothering to chase and kill the green beard, or to find out what it was, Qiao Yong and the others came over, stretched out their hands to touch Pei Yuan's nose, and checked his injuries. After confirming that he was still alive and his aorta was not punctured, they breathed a sigh of relief. He took Jie Chen's hand and looked at it again, and asked, "Is it poisonous?"

Jie Chen shook his head, but his face was still not good, not for himself, but because he was worried that the boy would not be able to survive.

"Shi San, send them back." Qiao Yong did not ask any more questions. After all, even if it was poisonous, he could not do anything. It would be better to let the two go back first. At least the hotel would be much safer.

Shi Pengsan hummed and said that he would be careful, then bent down and carried Pei Yuan, who was still unconscious, and returned to the way Jie Chen came. Qiao Yong came to the street and looked up to find the traces of the bird and the two people.

At this time, Nan Shao had fought with the strange bird to a white-hot point. When he fully focused his consciousness on the Niwan Palace between his eyebrows, he suddenly found that everything he saw in his eyes had become different. The strange bird was actually covered with a faint but very clear gray-black mist, and the thickest part of the mist was in the middle of the head, about the size of a fist, dark red, and kept spinning. His intuition told him that the red mist was the key. In an instant, he had an idea. He immediately threw away the pickaxe in his hand, pressed on the head of the strange bird, and strangled its neck with his other hand to prevent himself from being thrown off.

If inputting supernatural power is to promote the growth of life, then can the absorption reduce its life energy? This thought flashed through his mind, and he tried to focus his consciousness on the red mass without hesitation, just like absorbing the corpse crystal, trying to guide the energy contained in it. However, after trying for a long time, there was no effect. Instead, the strange bird gradually returned to normal because its head was no longer hit. It began to go up and down, and sometimes turned over to get rid of the person on its back. Nan Shao was safe for a while because he was holding its neck, and all his mind was focused on how to absorb or disperse the red mass, but Zhang Yi's hands became weaker and weaker, and his mind gradually became confused. He finally let go when the strange bird brushed the roof of an old house. The roof was covered with black tiles. As soon as he landed on it, he rolled down along the slope of the roof.

With over 100 pounds of weight removed, the strange bird suddenly became relaxed and began to fly high. Nan Shao seemed to realize something and suddenly broke away from the mysterious feeling just now. He looked down and saw Zhang Yi falling from the roof. His mind was broken for a moment. He shouted the other party's name, subconsciously exerted force with his left arm, and his right palm burst out with a force that was unfamiliar to him, piercing the head of the strange bird. The strange bird screamed like a crying baby, and then fell crookedly, like a kite that had lost control.

At the same time, Qiao Yong, who had been following them, saw Zhang Yi falling and ran over.

Zhang Yi fell into a pile of blood-red vines and was quickly wrapped up. When Qiao Yong arrived, he only saw the red color wrapped like a human cocoon. At first glance, it looked like a skinned person, but when he looked closely, he saw that it was a circle of tightly wrapped wrist-thick vines. He didn't bother to think too much and threw a fireball over. At this moment, the strange bird carrying Nan Shao stumbled down and knocked out the fireball. Then, several whooshing sounds were heard, and the red vines that had been tightly wrapped around Zhang Yi suddenly spread out and wrapped around the man and the bird. When the bird was about to land, Nan Shao jumped off its back, but was immediately entangled tightly as if he had walked into a trap. After the severe pain in the head disappeared, the strange bird immediately recovered its strong fighting power. With a shrill cry, it broke through the trouble of the red vines, flew into the sky, and then fled as if someone was chasing it, not even wanting the fresh prey next to it.

Qiao Yong yelled, not knowing whether he was cursing Nan Shao's bad luck or being glad that the strange bird finally left. He stepped back a little and continued to fight alone to throw fireballs and burn the vines to save people, and also had to guard against being entangled by the red vines that would open again at any time. Plants seemed to be a little afraid of fire. The red vine did not attack Qiao Yong, but it did not let go of the two preys it had caught. Qiao Yong was running around outside in a panic. In addition to the consumption when attacking the strange bird before, his superpowers were almost exhausted. He might even lose himself by then. Just when he didn't know what to do, he saw the firewood piled in the yard. He had an idea and rushed over. He picked up a thick wood and lit it with his superpowers, then held it to burn the red vine. While burning, he shouted the names of Nan Shao and Zhang Yi, wanting to know if they were still alive.

His shouting did not get a response from the two, but attracted several zombies. Shi Pengsan, who rushed over after sending the people back, and Li Moran and Meat Tower Chen worked together to solve the problem.

"Boss Qiao, where's Brother Yi? And where's Nan Shao?" Li Muran and Routa Chen heard the terrifying cry of the strange bird in the hotel, but they didn't know what happened. It wasn't until Shi Pengsan brought back the injured Pei Yuan and Jie Chen that they realized that Nan Shao and the others were in danger, and they followed without hesitation.

Qiao Yong pointed at the red vine that had become larger because of the addition of Nan Shao but had lost its terrifying human form, and panted with exhaustion: "They are all inside, I hope they are still alive. Damn, this thing is more powerful than the one I saw before, it can't be burned to death!"

Routa Chen's eyes turned red when he heard this, picked up the machete, rushed over, and chopped at the huge vine cocoon. He was a speed superpower, and in a hurry, Qiao Yong didn't even have time to stop it. Then there was a bang, as if a golden sword was clashing, and when the vine was stimulated to spread and waved in an attempt to wrap Routa Chen, he had already retreated from a group of afterimages, so the vine swooped down and retracted. Others could not even see the shadows of Zhang Yi and the others.

"Fuck, it's like a piece of iron!" Routa Chen pouted, and the base of his knife had been cracked, showing how hard the vine was. But he did not intend to give up, staring with anxious eyes ready to continue chopping.

Li Muran saw this, and went to get some firewood and came back without saying a word, "Qiao Tou'er, lend me a light." Shi Pengsan saw this, thought about it, and asked for a burning firewood, holding it in one hand, and holding the sharp metal blade in the other, trying to do it at the same time.

While everyone was thinking of ways to save people, Nan Shao was hugging Zhang Yi, who was unconscious, in the vine cocoon. While enduring the huge pressure brought by the contraction of the vine and the pain of the thorns on the vine piercing his body and sucking his blood, he tried again to use his special ability to find the vital point of the vine like he did on the back of the strange bird. Although he heard Qiao Yong's shouts and their later voices, he had no time to respond. He knew very well that if he wasted one more second, Zhang Yi would be in more danger.

His consciousness was focused on the Niwan Palace again. Not only did he see the blue-gray mist that wrapped the vine and seemed to have penetrated into its dense tissue, but he also saw the white mist that was so light that it was almost negligible and covered Zhang Yi's body. His heart tightened, and he endured the dizziness of blood loss. He did not dare to waste any more time and began to look for the most concentrated part of the vine mist. However, unlike the strange bird, the vines could not be seen at a glance. Not to mention the tangled branches and vines on the ground, even the roots under the ground were intertwined and deeply rooted. It was not easy to find a place with abnormal gas mist. But now, apart from suppressing the panic in his heart and doing his best, he had no other way to find a way out for himself and Zhang Yi.

Perhaps it was still a natural fear of fire, so when Li Muran and others came with torches, the vine cocoon wrapped around Nan Shao and the others did not spread out to attack them. But in fact, when several people tried their best to burn and cut it with knives, they could not do anything about it. Watching time pass by little by little, if this continued, the people inside would probably have suffocated to death even if they were not strangled to death. Just when several people were extremely anxious and helpless, the vines suddenly spread out, revealing two people hugging each other tightly, covered in blood, and with tattered clothes.

Nan Shao looked up in confusion, as if he didn't quite understand what was going on. He had just finally found the dark green vital point of the vine deep underground, but before he could do anything, he saw a ball of pitch-black mist rushing over at an extremely fast speed, swallowing up the dark green in the blink of an eye. Because of blood loss, lack of oxygen, and long-term high concentration of consciousness using supernatural powers, he was extremely tired at this time, so his reaction was a little slow, but he could still feel the suffocating pressure on his body disappear. When he looked up and saw the concerned faces of Routa Chen and the others, he almost subconsciously said a sentence that had been circling in his mind since Zhang Yi rushed out of the house: "We can't let Zhang Yi die!"

Chapter 63 Stubborn Child

"Dad." An unexpected voice appeared in everyone's ears.

Zhang Ruiyang leaned on the door of the yard, poked his little head out, and looked for Zhang Yi among the crowd with an uneasy look. Finally, when he saw Zhang Yi being held in the arms of Nan Shao who had already sat up, he ran over in the stunned and guilty eyes of others. It turned out that he heard that Zhang Yi and Nan Shao were in danger, so he took advantage of the fact that everyone else focused on the injured Pei Yuan and Jie Chen, and quietly slipped out. It took him a long time to find this place. Fortunately, there was no danger on the road.

"Dad." The child squatted in front of Nan Shao, raised his hand and touched Zhang Yi's pale face, and then leaned over and kissed him gently. "

Yangyang." Nan Shao spoke, his voice hoarse.

"Uncle Pumpkin." Zhang Ruiyang raised his head and glanced at Nan Shao, then lowered his head again and put his hand into Zhang Yi's hand hanging by his side.

The child didn't cry or make a fuss, nor did he ask anything, which made the adults feel a little helpless. However, the longer they stayed outside, the more dangerous it would be, so Qiao Yong wanted to say something, but Nan Shao spoke first: "Yangyang, let's take Dad back first."

"Okay." Zhang Ruiyang stood up, but still held Zhang Yi's hand tightly.

Although everyone had questions in their hearts, no one asked how the child escaped at this time. Routa Chen said: "I'll carry Brother Yi." He looked fat and actually didn't have enough strength, but Nan Shao was also injured, so of course he had to help.

"Let me do it." They had been together for a while, and most of them knew each other's weaknesses. Shi Pengsan patted his shoulder and said.

"No, I'll do it." Nan Shao coughed, helped Zhang Yi sit up, and then half-knelt up, "You help me." He was determined, and there was no room for negotiation in his tone. It's not that he wants to hold on, but he knows his own business. The moment Zhang Yi let go and fell to the ground, he clearly realized that his thoughts on this man might have far exceeded what he once thought of as admiration or liking. He didn't want to let others do this.

Shi Pengsan and others were a little puzzled, but seeing that he insisted like this, they didn't force him. At most, they could replace him when he couldn't hold on anymore. So they helped Zhang Yi onto Nan Shao's back. During the whole process, Zhang Ruiyang stared at the adults' actions nervously, and kept saying: "Gently... Uncle, be gentle... Don't hurt Dad."

On the way back, Li Muran originally wanted to hug Zhang Ruiyang, but the child refused. No one else agreed. He just quietly held Zhang Yi's hanging hand and trotted after Nan Shao. Even if he was out of breath, he didn't say he was tired, as if he was afraid that his father would disappear if he let go.

"This child..." Qiao Yong groaned, but didn't say anything. Not only him, but the others also felt a faint pain in their hearts for the child's behavior, and at the same time worried about the worst. No one noticed that a fat dog with a bloated belly quietly climbed up the back of the child's shoe and then hung on his trouser leg.

Zhang Yi's injury this time can be said to be quite serious. His back was scratched and his shoulders were almost disabled. In addition, the thorns on the red vine pierced his body and sucked a lot of blood. If it was before the end of the world, he would probably have to have a blood transfusion, but now he can only rely on his own body's repair ability to get through this.

Li Muran brought cold boiled water with salt, originally wanting to clean Zhang Yi's wound, but it was taken by Nan Shao. When seeing Zhang Yi's bloody shoulders and back, even the people around him trembled in their hearts, not to mention Nan Shao who handled it himself. As for Zhang Ruiyang, he stood on the other side, his mouth tightly pursed, tears rolled in his eyes, and he had to force himself not to let them fall, for fear of affecting others to save their father. If he didn't understand what happened when his grandma died, he had gradually understood the true meaning of death and zombie mutation during the days when he was taken out of the town by Zhang Yi.

"Brother Shao, I'll take care of the rest." Seeing that Nan Shao had cleaned it up, Li Muran brought another basin of cold salt water, boiled thread, surgical needles made by Shi Pengsan, small clips, and a small bottle of medical alcohol found in the hotel. It was impossible to find tweezers and surgical forceps at this time, so he had to make do with something else. The wound on Zhang Yi's back needed to be sutured, and the small hole on his shoulder pierced by the bird's claws also needed to be probed and cleaned carefully, and the ligaments were checked for damage, nerves and blood vessels, and bone fractures. She could handle these injuries. Now she just hoped that the injuries caused by the strange bird and the vines would not mutate, otherwise she would be powerless even if she was given a fully equipped operating room.

Nan Shao stepped aside and hugged Zhang Ruiyang in her arms. It was not known whether she wanted to comfort the child through this action, or to draw some strength from the thin body to calm herself down.

"As long as the wound is not infected, there will be no big problem." There was no sterilized gauze or bandage. After treating the wound, Li Muran could only take a clean bed sheet and tear it into strips to bandage Zhang Yi's wound. "But he lost too much blood..."

"Give him a blood transfusion, use my blood." Nan Shao answered immediately.

"Brother Shao, I can't do it." Li Muran shook her head. Without knowing Zhang Yi's blood type, she couldn't cross-match it, and there was no equipment for blood transfusion. If she really dared to do it, Zhang Yi would only die faster.

"Can I feed him blood directly?" Nan Shao reached out and touched Zhang Yi's wet and cold forehead, and asked in a deep voice without taking her eyes off his pale face.

"Brother, this is not a martial arts novel, and your blood doesn't have any magical effects. Don't get yourself involved." Li Muran smiled bitterly, then winked at Routa Chen, indicating that he should look at Nan Shao and not let him do anything stupid. "Put Brother Yi on the bed first, and keep warm. I'll get you something to drink." She remembered that there was some brown sugar in the kitchen.

Hearing the words blood and miraculous healing effects, Nan Shao suddenly remembered his supernatural powers. However, when he was about to use them, he felt a sharp pain in his head. Only then did he remember that he had overused his spiritual sense before and his supernatural powers had been exhausted.

"Brother Shao, go and have a rest. We are here." Noticing that he looked bad, Routa Chen persuaded him.

Nan Shao shook his head, and after the headache eased a little, he and Qiao Yong and others carried Zhang Yi to the room on the second floor where they slept. If he was not afraid that the wrong posture would tear Zhang Yi's wound, he would rather carry him up on his back as before. After everything was settled, Qiao Yong and others left. After all, they could not help here, not to mention that they had not had time to ask about Pei Yuan's situation.

As soon as the others left, Zhang Ruiyang kicked off his shoes, climbed onto the bed, and carefully lay down next to Zhang Yi's chest, who was lying on his side. Nan Shao and the others saw that the child was very careful not to touch Zhang Yi's wound, so they did not say anything to stop him.

Not long after, Li Muran came in with two bowls of hot brown sugar water. Nan Shao walked to the other side of Zhang Yi, carefully helped him up, let him lean on his chest, and let his head rest on his shoulder, then took the bowl, scooped up a little brown sugar water with a spoon, blew it slightly to cool it, and fed it to Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi still had some consciousness at this time. Although he couldn't wake up, he knew how to swallow, so it was not particularly difficult to feed him. Soon a bowl of brown sugar water was finished. Li Muran originally took the other bowl for Nan Shao, but he didn't drink it, so he fed it to Zhang Yi, as if this would make up for the lost blood.

"Yangyang, go drink brown sugar water with auntie." Li Muran looked at Zhang Ruiyang who sat up and lay down with Zhang Yi, feeling a little uncomfortable, and forced a smile and shouted.

Zhang Ruiyang shook his head, then shrank back to Zhang Yi's chest. Li Muran sighed silently, put down the bowl, and walked over: "Then auntie will take off your outer clothes for you."

This time Zhang Ruiyang was very cooperative and climbed out of the bed. After taking off the thick clothes outside, he quietly got back to his original place. On the other side, Nan Shao also began to take off his clothes, and said to Routa Chen and Li Muran: "I will lie down for a while, call me if you need anything." After hanging up the clothes, he took out the newly distributed corpse crystal, and then lay down on the other side of Zhang Yi, acting as a furnace and a support to prevent him from lying flat and pressing on the wound.

Although they felt that this scene was a bit weird, no one was in the mood to think about it at this time, so the two agreed. Routa Chen stayed by the side, and Li Muran took the bowl and went out to check on the situation of others.

When the energy in the corpse crystal entered his body, Nan Shao felt the existence of the meridians in his body for the first time. The exhausted meridians were like dry land, absorbing the energy of the corpse crystal frantically. In just a few minutes, the corpse crystal in his hand turned into powder. He thought about it and changed to the remaining corpse crystals. From the time consumed for absorption and the energy flowing into his body, he knew that it was not that the new corpse crystals were not as good as the old ones, but that his absorption speed increased again. He did not have too many thoughts about this, but took another large corpse crystal in his hand and continued to absorb. This time, he only absorbed half of it, and the meridians were saturated. Not only did he sweep away his fatigue, but the warm feeling of full strength made him know that his supernatural power had been raised to a higher level.

He exhaled lightly, opened his eyes, and focused his consciousness on his eyebrows. He first glanced at Routa Chen, who was sitting on the bed with red eyes and a daze, and found that he was also covered with a layer of white mist. The same was true for Zhang Ruiyang who was sleeping on the other side. The difference was that the white mist on their bodies was very obvious, unlike Zhang Yi's, which seemed to be there and not there, as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind. He had closed his eyes before, whether absorbing corpse crystals or stimulating plant black stones, so he did not notice this phenomenon. Now, combined with his supernatural powers, these auras probably represent their own life energy, but why the colors are different is not something he can understand at this stage.

After reaching the conclusion, Nan Shao did not delay any longer, and gently placed his hand on Zhang Yi's waist, trying to transfer his supernatural power into his body. However, to his disappointment, the supernatural power stopped when it touched Zhang Yi, just like an electric current touching an insulator.

It's okay. Suppressing the anxiety in his heart, Nan Shao said to himself, changing his hand from Zhang Yi's waist to holding his cold hand, and then to his head. However, it took a long time, but he still couldn't transfer his supernatural power to him, and he finally panicked. But thinking of the effective attack on the strange bird, he tried to calm himself down.

It must work! It can definitely be done, but he just hasn't found a way yet. He told himself, and at the same time finally began to regret not asking Han Ling about the life supernatural power. But now that things have come to this, there is no point in regretting, and the only thing he can do is to try to find a solution. He will never let Zhang Yi die.

Chapter 64 Zhang Yi woke up.

There was a circle of long red vines in the middle of the restaurant, and a small half of green vine tendrils. These were brought back by Qiao Yong and others later. Since they had the opportunity to get this new type of mutant plant, they naturally had to study it carefully to see if they could find a way to restrain it. The earth wall that was almost knocked down by the manic zombies attracted by the smell of blood was reinforced by Xiong Hua and others who had recovered their superpowers. There should be no problem in the short term. Pei Yuan had already woken up. He was unconscious because of suffocation. After being rescued, he began to get better slowly. As for the problem of blood loss, although it was a little more serious than Jie Chen, it was not life-threatening. He would probably recover after a period of rest.

"During this period, Xiong Hua, you three should concentrate on making the wall thicker and taller. Don't worry about the corpse crystal. In short... even if you can't prevent the ones in the sky, you should stop the ones on the ground." Qiao Yong closed his eyes and said a little weakly. In fact, he was not sure whether doing so could really stop those increasingly ferocious monsters. "Others, find materials to reinforce the restaurant and the windows on the second and seventh floors. When you have time, those with superpowers should study their powers carefully. Those without superpowers should also use their greatest potential. We can't be inferior to those grasses and trees." At this point, he leaned back slightly and turned to look at his friend whose expression remained unchanged for a hundred years. "Shi San, everyone's weapons depend on you." A test has been done just now. Ordinary weapons can't damage the two vines at all, but those tempered by Shi Pengsan's superpowers can. Although the damage is small, it can always have some effect, which is better than having no reaction after being chopped a hundred times. As for the flame, the green vine is needless to say, and the red vine, judging from its reaction to fire, can't burn now, probably because Qiao Yong's superpower level is not high enough. When it reaches a certain level, it should also be a threat to it.

Shi Pengsan hummed.

Qiao Yong wanted to say something, but he found that he didn't know what to say. Finally, he could only wave his hand and said, "We are all tired today. Go and have a good rest. There are bigger battles to fight later." After that, he closed his eyes and leaned against the back of the sofa, clapping his hands and humming a song. The melody was very familiar, and he could vaguely hear part of the lyrics.

"... There has never been a savior, nor do we rely on gods and emperors. To create human happiness, we must rely on ourselves... This is the last struggle, unite until tomorrow..."

The most hateful thing is those poisonous snakes and beasts, which have eaten our flesh and blood. Once they are completely eliminated, the bright red sun will shine all over the world. This is the last struggle, unite until tomorrow, and the Internationale will definitely be realized. This is the last struggle, unite until tomorrow... Someone thought of it and unconsciously hummed along with the man sitting on the sofa, who looked a little bleak, but was still as determined as a mountain. The original depression also slowly disappeared with the song, replaced by high morale. In any case, they are still alive. They don't need to think about whether they can live for one or two years, or even ten or twenty years. As long as they try their best to survive today, and then another today, they will grow and become stronger. Maybe one day, they will be able to adapt to this world like before the end of the world. No matter how bad the conditions are, there will always be some people who will make it to the end, and they will try their best to become those people.

Just as everyone was busy, Nan Shao finally found a way to use superpowers to stimulate Zhang Yi's vitality. He was previously influenced by the black stone absorbing superpowers to hatch the earth dog and got into a dead end. He thought that only by injecting superpowers into Zhang Yi's body could it work, but this was not the case. For example, if the fire superpower must be injected into the opponent's body to burn, wouldn't it be too pitfalls, and the same is true for other superpowers. Although the superpowers are different, they all end up in the same way. There should not be much difference in the most fundamental principles of application.

After thinking this through, he carefully reviewed the scenes of everyone using their superpowers, and finally summarized a more feasible method, which was to directly activate the superpowers in his body to cover the faint white gas on Zhang Yi's body. Although it was extremely difficult for him to complete this process for the first time, he was relieved that when the superpowers wrapped the white gas, the nourishing process naturally began, and he didn't have to worry about it anymore. Unfortunately, compared to a seed or a piece of black stone, the superpowers needed to stimulate human vitality can be said to be the difference between a small river and the sea. When Nan Shao once again exhausted the superpowers in his body, the thin white gas only became slightly more condensed, but it still looked like it could be dispersed by the wind. Nan

Shao wanted to continue absorbing the corpse crystals, but as soon as his consciousness moved, he immediately had a splitting headache, which showed that he had reached his limit. Just as he was about to grit his teeth and forcefully absorb the corpse crystals, he heard Zhang Ruiyang's surprised shout.

"Dad!"

Nan Shao, who was lying flat on his back because of a headache, suddenly sat up, and Routa Chen, who was sitting on the other side, also rushed over. Zhang Yi's eyes were already open, and although even his lips were pale, his eyes were not hazy, but as calm as usual.

"Brother Yi, how are you?" Routa Chen asked with concern, a look of joy on his face.

Zhang Yi first glanced at his son lying on his chest, and then his eyes fell on Routa Chen. He pulled the corners of his lips slightly, and said in a weak but firm voice: "I won't die." After that, he tilted his head back with a little effort and looked at Nan Shao: "Thank you for your hard work!" He had been trying not to lose consciousness completely. He was afraid that he would never wake up again, so of course he was aware of everything Nan Shao had just done.

Nan Shao pursed his lips, his eyes were bloodshot because of fatigue and worry. He looked at him quietly for a while, and then spoke in a low voice: "Zhang Yi!" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and held Zhang Yi's face, lowered his head and kissed him on his face, lips and eyes.

Zhang Ruiyang, who was about to cry because his father woke up, was stunned by all the fear, fear and grievance. His tears were all taken back in an instant. He opened his mouth stupidly, with a head full of question marks. Routa Chen was also stunned, and he didn't understand what was going on. Both the big and the small were like this, not to mention Zhang Yi who was barely awake.

The atmosphere in the room changed from surprise to weirdness, until Nan Shao stopped his intense movements, buried his face in the side of Zhang Yi's head, and suddenly quieted down, and the others slowly came back to their senses. But no one spoke, Routa Chen didn't know what to say, and Zhang Yi's mind was even more confused. Only when Zhang Ruiyang came over and started kissing Zhang Yi's cheek did the atmosphere ease a little.

After a while, Nan Shao raised his head, his eyes were red, his eyelashes were wet, and he did not explain or apologize for his behavior. He got up and dressed, his hands were still shaking slightly, and it took him several times longer than usual to zip up, showing his restlessness.

"I'll go to another room to sleep." He tucked in the quilt for Zhang Yi, and then walked away without looking back.

The heat source behind him disappeared, and Zhang Yi immediately felt a chill on his body, but he did not ask him to stay. Fortunately, Zhang Ruiyang was still leaning on his chest, like a small heater, so that he would not be so cold that his teeth chattered.

"Brother Yi..." Routa Chen started shouting, but found that he didn't know what to say after shouting, so he closed his mouth again in dismay, but he finally understood why the occasional strange feeling appeared in his heart.

Seeing that he didn't continue to speak, Zhang Yi was exhausted, so he just pretended not to hear it. In fact, he was also confused. Although he wanted to believe that Nan Shao was just too excited and treated him like that, and had no other intentions, the other party's avoidance without saying anything made him know that things were not that simple. Closing his eyes, he felt very tired. This matter was a bit of a headache, but with his current physical condition, he really couldn't think too much about it, so he could only put it aside for the time being.

Compared with the two of them, Nan Shao, who had moved to a different room, fell asleep without thinking too much. He left because he was worried that he would be too excited and do something to scare Zhang Yi, but he did not regret what he had done before. After understanding his own feelings, he had already made the decision to let Zhang Yi know, and now it was just ahead of schedule. He used to restrain his emotions and desires because he didn't think he could love the other person wholeheartedly, but now he no longer has this concern.

He hadn't thought of Nan Wei for a long time. He had been so heartfelt in the past, but now when he thought about it again, it felt like a dream and unreal. Time in the end of the world seemed to pass very slowly. He had known Zhang Yi for less than a month, but he felt as if he had known him for a long time, so long that he could trust each other with his life. This man deserved the best treatment. Even if he was a little moved, he would not take action before he could guarantee to give all his feelings. The end of the world simplified everything. After experiencing death, love and not love, it can actually be so simple and clear, without the slightest drag. Or in other words, there is no time for people to be ambiguous and hypocritical.

However, in order not to let Zhang Yi spend too much energy, Nan Shao did not intend to expose this matter before he was completely well. After

a good sleep, Nan Shao found that both his spiritual consciousness and supernatural powers had reached an unprecedented peak state. Of course, he did not delay and immediately warmed up Zhang Yi's vitality. He did not mention what happened the night before, and Zhang Yi did not say anything, let alone refuse his treatment. This made him feel relieved and raised some expectations in his heart.

Zhang Yi was worried about his body, so he didn't want to be hard on his body. He not only cooperated with Nan Shao's treatment, but also contributed all the corpse crystals he got. Obviously, he also found that Nan Shao's consumption of corpse crystals was increasing. He and his son didn't know if they would have the chance to awaken their superpowers. It would be fine to keep some corpse crystals if there were surplus, but now it was obviously urgently needed, so it was impossible to hide them. Besides, these were what Nan Shao needed to treat his injuries.

The treatment effect of this day was obviously better than the previous day. By the evening, although Zhang Yi's face was still pale and his hands could not move, he was able to sit up with the help of others. When others learned about it, they were all happy. If someone died at this time, it would be a big blow to their morale. Of course, the most important thing was that Nan Shao's superpowers could save lives, which was a shot of adrenaline in this almost desperate situation.

Chapter 65: Recuperation

Although some people were injured, the operation to clear the zombies continued. Except for the three earth-type superpowers, Zhang Yi and Pei Yuan, everyone else participated in the operation this time. Because his father was there, Zhang Ruiyang naturally stayed in the room obediently, sometimes talking to Zhang Yi, and sometimes teasing the obviously fatter earth dog. He was very curious about how the earth dog could grow up without eating anything.

"Dad, let's give the earth dog a name." Zhang Ruiyang said, picking up the earth dog and putting it on the bed, pushing it to Zhang Yi's head.

"Okay...ah, you give it a name." Zhang Yi felt pain in his shoulders, so he answered while slowly lying down, his eyes looking at the ceiling, but his mind couldn't help but float up the things of the day before yesterday. He didn't understand why things turned out like this, and he was a little worried. He didn't want to lose Nan Shao as a friend.

"Okay." Zhang Ruiyang frowned and watched Zhang Yi turn over. He didn't relax his brows until he was sure that he didn't hurt the wound, and nodded. Then he thought for a long time, poked the fat belly of the dog who became stupid when he came to Zhang Yi, and said, "How about calling him Xiaopang?"

"Your uncle will be sad." Zhang Yi replied casually. How can we not hurt Nan Shao and not let him misunderstand? It would be best if the two of them could still be friends like before and kill zombies side by side.

"Then can we call him Dudu?" The child didn't know that his father's thoughts had run away, and he was still there seriously asking for his opinion.

"Why call him Dudu?" Zhang Yi's wandering thoughts were pulled back, and he glanced at his son with a serious face and asked curiously. Xiaopang is understandable, but how did you come up with this Dudu?

"Because it's chubby. You said calling him Xiaopang would make uncle sad, so we can only use Dudu." Zhang Ruiyang blinked and explained in a serious manner.

"Uh... it's good." Zhang Yi obviously didn't think much of this name, but as long as his son likes it, it's fine.

So the name of Tu Gou Zi was hastily decided, and Zhang Yi still hadn't figured out how to deal with Nan Shao until the people who went out came back.

With the lesson learned last time, Qiao Yong and others first cleaned up the zombies that wandered over from other places on the old street, and at the same time were particularly vigilant about the possible mutant animals and plants. As for the green vines that attacked Pei Yuan last time, Qiao Yong burned them with fire, and also got a green crystal core the size of a date pit. This crystal core naturally belonged to Qiao Yong, but unfortunately he couldn't absorb it, and no one else could either, so it finally fell into Nan Shao's hands. Not many corpse crystals were obtained

that day, but there were a lot of supplies. They were collected from every household in the old street and pushed back and forth several times with a cart. Rice, flour, beans, corn and other grains, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, chili seasonings, various dry goods, dried fruits, homemade pickles, and pickles, as well as clothes, shoes and socks. They even found some smoked bacon and sausages in a shop. Because the high fever after the apocalypse had turned them as hard as stones, they were saved because of this. They were lucky. These things gave everyone a glimmer of hope for survival.

"With our current strength, it's better not to go too far away from the hotel." After returning to the hotel, Qiao Yong distributed the corpse crystals he got, tapping his fingers on the armrest of the sofa and said. "But we need corpse crystals, we need actual combat to improve our abilities, and we need more zombie corpses to cover our smell and build a safer place to live. Mutated animals and plants cannot be provoked, so we need to kill as many zombies as possible."

"There are a lot of zombies outside the wall." He Yukun, who was tired of building the wall, said casually.

"Not bad." Qiao Yong slapped his thigh and responded quickly, which made He Yukun suddenly regret his quick words. "My idea is that from tomorrow on, we don't have to go to distant places to clean up the streets or collect supplies. We can just practice with the zombies around us. At least we should be able to fight back when we encounter mutant plants and animals."

Hearing this, Pei Yuan, who was sitting listlessly on the sofa, couldn't help but look up at him, with shame on his face. Obviously, he was still upset about his weak performance the day before yesterday.

"I have no objection." Nan Shao said, "Is there anything else? If not, I will go up to practice." With the corpse crystal in his hand, he certainly wanted to absorb it as soon as possible, and then continue to heal Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi recovered one day later, and he had one less day of training opportunity than others. This was of course not a big deal before the end of the world, but now, not to mention one day, even an hour is extremely important.

"Go ahead, go ahead, I'll let others notify you if there is anything." Qiao Yong waved his hand. The higher the level of Nan Shao's ability, the more beneficial it is to the entire team. Of course, he would not stop him from working hard.

Watching Nan Shao's back as he left, Routa Chen had a complicated expression, struggling in his heart whether to follow him up, in order to prevent him from making some inappropriate moves towards Zhang Yi. But in the end, he gave up the idea. After all, he still believed in Nan Shao's character, and made a difficult decision by the way. He would never get involved in this matter.

Li Muran looked at him, and then at Nan Shao who was leaving, with a hint of doubt in his eyes. She was away the day before yesterday, and didn't know what happened. It must be said that at some times, Routa Chen's mouth was still quite tight.

Nan Shao didn't care what others thought. He walked up to the second floor quickly, and he felt a little anxious when he thought about meeting Zhang Yi. This was the first time he had acted alone since they met, and he couldn't help feeling that something was missing.

When he opened the door, he heard Zhang Ruiyang's chattering voice from inside. He couldn't help but reveal a doting smile on his face. The smile was still hanging on his lips, and the little guy had already called Uncle Pumpkin and rushed over. He bent down and picked up the child, and asked a few casual questions such as whether he was hungry and what he was talking to his father about. The little guy answered obediently.

When Zhang Yi saw him, he showed a faint smile on his face, without any sense of reluctance, which made Nan Shao feel much better. Although the matter was not laid out and said clearly, he believed that Zhang Yi knew his thoughts. In this case, the other party did not show the slightest disgust and contempt, which was already a good result for him. Of course, he was able to be so easily satisfied, but it was thanks to Nan Wei's contempt for the feelings he had given him, and the ridicule and contempt for his sexual orientation. Because of the comparison, it showed how precious Zhang Yi's usual calm reaction was.

"How was it today?" Feeling his burning eyes, Zhang Yi felt a little uncomfortable, so he found a topic to divert the other party's attention.

"Not bad, we got a lot of food, plus what we got from the hotel, enough for us to eat for half a year." Nan Shao smiled, put Zhang Ruiyang down, and said, "I'll help you sit up."

Zhang Yi responded, he was indeed a little tired of lying down.

"We didn't encounter any mutant animals or plants today... We didn't search the houses in the back. There are not many zombies, it's safe, but there are not enough zombie crystals. Qiao Touer plans to use the zombies outside the wall to practice with us... What's wrong with you?" Nan Shao helped Zhang Yi up gently and told him the situation in general. Then he suddenly found that Zhang Yi's face looked a little strange, and he couldn't help asking nervously.

Zhang Yi coughed dryly, his face inexplicably red, hesitated for a while, and then said, "I want to go to the bathroom." Because of the heavy blood loss, he hadn't been to the bathroom for almost two days. After yesterday's treatment, all aspects of his body functions have gradually begun to recover, and it is normal to want to urinate. If it was before, he would not have any concerns at all, but now he felt a little embarrassed to say this to Nan Shao.

Nan Shao, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened and said, "Then I'll help you down."

Seeing him like this, Zhang Yi felt a little embarrassed, wondering why he had become so pretentious just because he was injured, so he didn't refuse. But after entering the bathroom, another trouble appeared in front of him. Because of the serious injuries to his shoulders, Zhang Yi's two hands were completely unusable. In addition, he was weak and even had difficulty standing. It was really difficult for him to rely on himself to complete the seemingly easy act of urinating independently.

"I'll help you." Nan Shao spoke up, obviously noticing his embarrassment.

"No, you go and call..." Zhang Yi wanted to refuse.

"Call Fatty? He's a man, am I not a man? What are you afraid of?" Nan Shao sneered. How could he let other people help him do this? Even men couldn't. "Or do you want to ask Li Muran to come? Zhang Yi, why the hell did you become so fussy just because you got hurt?"

Zhang Yi was extremely depressed by being scolded. Of course, he didn't want Li Muran to come, but if it was meat tower Chen, it seemed that there was no difference between him and Nan Shao. Thinking of asking another man to help him pee, the word "awkward" was not enough to describe his mood at the moment. Unfortunately, physiological problems could not be avoided. In the end, he agreed to let Nan Shao help him.

"It's smaller than mine, but the size is also impressive." After the incident, Nan Shao made a joke that men are keen on to cover up his chaotic and intense heartbeat. It seemed that the soft and silky feeling was still lingering on his hands, and he couldn't help but have erotic thoughts.

"Take it out and compare it." Seeing that he looked natural, Zhang Yi gradually let go and smiled. At the same time, he was a little confused. Did he really misunderstand?

"Forget it. I'm afraid it will cause you psychological trauma." Nan Shao said half-jokingly and half-seriously. He put a soft pillow behind Zhang Yi, and then carefully helped him lean on it.

Hearing his words, Zhang Yi couldn't help but laugh and scold him for being shameless. His heart finally let go completely. Even if he still had some thoughts, it didn't affect him and Nan Shao to restore their previous way of getting along.

Nan Shao felt the change in his attitude, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his lips, but he talked about another thing: "Today I got a plant crystal core, which is the vine that attacked Pei Yuan and Jie Chen last time... By the way, you don't seem to know." So he said a few words about Pei Yuan's injury.

"Is Xiaoyuan okay?" Zhang Yi, like others, took care of the young Pei Yuan, probably because he thought of him as his son. He also hoped that if one day he was gone, others would be willing to reach out and take care of Yangyang when they saw him.

"No big deal." Nan Shao replied. Not wanting Zhang Yi to focus his attention on others, he reached into his bag and took out the light green crystal core the size of a date pit and handed it to Zhang Yi: "Look, I think this mutant vine must be relatively weak, so it was burned clean by Qiao Touer. He couldn't do anything about the red vine that was entangled with us that day."

Chapter 66 The plant crystal core

was light green, crystal clear, and flowing, as if there was a pool of clear water trapped inside, which was much more beautiful than the corpse crystal. Zhang Yi looked at the crystal core carefully, and heard Nan Shao continue to say: "It's a pity that the crystal core was not found under the red vine, so it can't be compared... This is very strange. At that time, I seemed to see something rushing to the root of the red vine, and then the red vine suddenly lost its vitality. I suspect that some mutant beast may have eaten the crystal core at its root." Recalling the scene at that time, Nan Shao still felt extremely thrilling. If that unknown thing had not appeared, he and Zhang Yi might have been sucked alive and turned into two mummies.

Zhang Yi didn't expect this to happen. He was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Nan Shao, asking what was going on. Nan Shao then recounted the specific situation at that time, and finally said: "It's really too abnormal. If that thing attacks people, no one can escape at that speed."

"Maybe it's really a mutant animal." Zhang Yi showed a thoughtful look on his face. "If there is a mutant animal that can travel quickly underground, I'm afraid the hotel will not be safe."

Hearing this, Nan Shao couldn't help but frowned. He didn't even think about this aspect. In this world, it's really not safe to build an iron cage. "I'll go talk to Qiao Touer." He is a vigorous and resolute person. He does what he says. After saying hello and coming back, the urgent sense of crisis made him no longer have time to talk to Zhang Yi and communicate with him. Instead, he picked up the plant crystal core and began to absorb it.

Qiao Yong and others who were reminded looked at each other. At that moment, they couldn't help but feel that the sky would not give them a way to survive. However, they all overcame difficulties and soon regained their spirits.

"This is really a bit hard to guard against." Qiao Yong raised his hand and touched his short hair stubble, saying helplessly. "We can't really make an iron cage. Even if we do, that thing can easily kill the red vines, and it seems that it can't stop them."

"I'll find a way to reinforce the sleeping area." Shi Pengsan said. Other places can be ignored, but it's good to have an extra layer of protection for the sleeping area. We can't be tense all day long without a break.

"We are now living worse than mice." Zhao Chun sighed before Qiao Yong agreed. As

soon as this was said, everyone else felt the same way, but even if they were really worse than mice, they still had to fight to survive. In fact, they were lucky. If they happened to fall into a place with many mutant plants, they would have died a hundred or eighty times. Although Shi Pengsan's suggestion was not very useful, it was better than doing nothing. So everyone took action and collected all the unused metals. Shi Pengsan plated the walls, floors and ceilings of several rooms on the second floor with a layer of three or four centimeters thick metal plates. If there was enough metal, it could be thicker. As for the windows, they were opened with sparse small holes to let in air. The door was also made of thickened iron plates, and the lock was changed to an iron rod latch. This is certainly not something that can be completed in a day or two, especially the windows are a delicate job, which tests the use of supernatural powers. Fortunately, no one has thought of putting their lives and property on this matter, so it's okay to take it slowly.

The first room to be reinforced is of course Zhang Yi's room. After all, everyone has to go out during the day, and Zhang Yi is seriously injured and has no ability to protect himself at all . As for Zhang Ruiyang and Pei Yuan, they can naturally stay in this room after everyone leaves.

When everyone appeared in Zhang Yi's room holding various metal objects, Nan Shao had already absorbed the plant crystal core and was warming up Zhang Yi's vitality. Meat Tower Chen originally wanted to come up first to report the news, so as not to be seen by others, but then he thought that Zhang Ruiyang was still inside, and Nan Shao should not be so beastly, so he gave up the idea. As it turned out, he was really smart.

The arrival of the crowd did not affect Nan Shao. For him, as long as his life was not in danger, no matter how big the matter was, it was not as important as healing Zhang Yi. On the other side, the others also tried to keep their movements small. After putting their things down, they left, leaving Shi Pengsan alone to start fusing and laying the metal plates. Shi Pengsan's current abilities were very limited. To pave such a room, even if there was plenty of metal, it would take four or five days, so this was purely for him to exercise his abilities.

"Help me take a look at the wound on my back. I feel like the stitches can be removed." Zhang Yi suddenly said when Nan Shao's abilities ran out and he stopped, preparing to continue absorbing the corpse crystals. His face looked much better, no longer as pale as a ghost.

Nan Shao was stunned for a moment, and just when he was about to say that it was not that fast, he heard Zhang Yi say again: "When you treated me just now, I felt that it was a little different from yesterday, and it was very comfortable."

Comfortable... Nan Shao automatically imagined a scene that was not suitable for children, and his heart was warmed. He tried to concentrate his scattered attention and said disapprovingly: "Even if it is comfortable, it does not mean that the stitches can be removed." Although he said so, he still carefully helped Zhang Yi sit up, then undressed him, and began to remove the bandages one by one.

"Because it was very itchy in the morning, but after you started the treatment just now, it slowly stopped itching. I really think the wound has healed." Zhang Yi explained, and then realized how much their current posture was like a hug, and felt that he was a little nervous, so he just stiffened his body slightly, trying to restrain himself from showing a reaction that was too hurtful.

This time, Nan Shao really didn't think much about it. Listening to Zhang Yi's words, he took the removed cloth in his hand and carefully examined the wound that looked extremely hideous at the time.

"Huh?" He raised his hand in surprise and touched the scar that had turned pink, a little bit incredulous.

The place touched by his fingers was a little itchy, and the muscles on Zhang Yi's back couldn't help but contract. He asked a little unnaturally: "What's wrong?"

"It's really healed, and it healed better than I thought. Maybe after a while, even the trace won't be visible." Nan Shao's tone was full of joy, which made Zhang Yi feel a little ashamed of his subconscious vigilance.

"It's not that exaggerated, right?" He coughed lightly and said with a smile. "In fact, it's okay to leave a scar, as long as it doesn't affect my movement. Go and ask Muran to help me remove the stitches." He had already prepared to lie down for ten days and a half months, but he didn't expect that it would be so healed so quickly. How could he not be surprised, so even his tone was a little light.

"Is Dad okay?" Zhang Ruiyang, who had been playing obediently beside them and didn't disturb them, came over with a paper box and asked with concern.

"It's not completely healed yet, but it will be soon." Nan Shao helped Zhang Yi pull down his clothes, then turned around and touched the child's head, smiling and answering. Because he was in a good mood, he finally had the heart to spare a glance at the dog in the paper box, "Why does this thing still look half dead?" He poked it with his finger and exclaimed, "It's actually gained weight! Yangyang, what did you feed it?"

"Nothing." Zhang Ruiyang's attention was diverted from Zhang Yi, and he raised his little head to answer. "It didn't eat the cabbage I gave it last time, it went bad."

Nan Shao sighed, "This is really amazing, can you grow up by drinking wind?" As he spoke, he shook his head in confusion and walked out.

Zhang Ruiyang's eyes followed his back in confusion until he reached the door, then lowered his head to look at Dudu, who had gotten up at some point, with his front two legs on the edge of the box, facing the direction where Nan Shao disappeared, and his two black bean-like eyes were doing the same movements as himself, and asked, "So you eat wind." As for Dudu's behavior of pretending to be dead when he saw others, he had long been accustomed to it.

Dudu seemed to think this question was very stupid, turned around and jumped off the edge of the paper box, ignoring his friends. Zhang Yi, who was listening nearby, found it funny and wanted to correct him, but when he thought of the questions his son might ask next, he fell silent again. He had no way of answering what this obviously mutated dog ate.

Shi Pengsan, who had already laid two or three square meters of ground over there, raised his head and glanced over here, then lowered his head and silently did his own thing, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

Nan Shao quickly brought Li Muran up, followed by Routa Chen, who was concerned and a little curious. Li Muran checked the wound on Zhang Yi's back and nodded, saying, "It can be removed." She had brought scissors with her, and immediately removed the sutures in a few seconds. "Let me see the wound on your shoulder. Brother Yi, can you move your hand?" Although she was very surprised, she would not ask too many questions when she was doing business.

"Yes, but it's still a little difficult." Zhang Yi tried to raise his hand, but such a simple action made sweat on his forehead.

"Don't force it." Li Muran said, and untied the bandage on his shoulder neatly to see how the wound was healing and whether it was inflamed. "The ligament was injured, and the recovery will be slower. The wound is dry, without redness, swelling or inflammation, which is a good sign." She bandaged Zhang Yi again, smiled, and her expression became relaxed. "Brother Shao's ability is really good, it's more effective than an IV or an injection. I wonder which one is better, compared to the healing ability."

Of course, no one could answer this question, but it aroused everyone's desire to know the situation outside. After this big change, they didn't know what the situation was like in Wangyang Town, whether those large survivor bases still existed, and whether that community was really in danger as Nan Shao had predicted. All these questions and concerns were just because of their current isolated and helpless situation.

There was a moment of silence in the room, and then Nan Shao coughed and changed the subject: "I think Zhang Yi can get better so quickly, it should be related to the plant crystal core I absorbed before. When I absorbed it, I felt some changes in my ability, but I didn't expect it to have such a good effect in treatment."

"I think so too." Zhang Yi nodded in agreement, "The feeling of treatment in the past two days is completely different from today. It was rough before, as if something was trying to squeeze into my body, but today it is much gentler, like soft water, slowly moistening in."

Nan Shao's face suddenly turned red, and he whispered: "It's so uncomfortable, why don't you say it?" No one would have thought that his thoughts were diverted again because of Zhang Yi's words.

"How can I be so delicate." Zhang Yi laughed, "Compared to this, lying in bed and not getting better is the most painful." At such a time, he really didn't want to be a burden to others.

Chapter 67 Effort

"Yes, Brother Yi is so badly injured. If he doesn't get treatment, he will be in more pain." Meat Tower Chen continued, "If it were me, I would rather feel uncomfortable but get better sooner. In this broken world, lying down is a matter of life and death." At this point, he suddenly felt something was wrong, and hurriedly said to Zhang Yi: "Brother Yi, I don't dislike you. No matter how long you lie down, as long as I, the fat man, am still alive, I am willing to support you."

This is obviously a sentence that should move people, but the listener feels very strange. Zhang Yi laughed and wanted to say that he didn't want to be supported by others, but he heard Nan Shao speak first: "Take care of yourself first." He hasn't died yet, is it someone else's turn to support Zhang Yi? After this interruption, he originally planned to say that since mutant plants have crystal nuclei, maybe mutant animals also have crystal nuclei. Thinking about it now, he felt that it was not too important, so he gave up.

Of course, Routa Chen knew how weak he was. If he had gone out that day, he would probably have nothing left. It was unrealistic to take care of one more person, so he didn't get angry. He just touched his nose and laughed dryly.

"Xiao Chen, you need to strengthen your speed mutation as soon as possible. Even if your combat effectiveness doesn't improve, at least you need to be able to escape." Hearing the conversation between the two, Zhang Yi couldn't help but say seriously. In the battle that day, he had realized a fact. If all mutant animals were as strong as the strange bird, they would have no choice but to escape. At this point, he suddenly remembered Li Muran's ability: "Muran, you should find a way to use your ability. When it comes to saving lives, there should be no other ability that can compare to it."

Li Muran hesitated for a moment, then nodded, with determination in his eyes. Now everyone is fighting for their lives. If she continues to escape, even if she barely saves her life, she won't be able to go far.

"Nan Shao, you know martial arts, take the time to teach them." Zhang Yi turned his eyes back to Nan Shao. Although he knew that this would affect Nan Shao's time to practice his superpowers, only when his overall strength is improved can his chances of survival increase. He didn't teach them before because they were completely useless in the battle with zombies. Now it has been confirmed that mutant plants and animals will not cause people to mutate like zombies, and it doesn't matter if they fight in close combat. Learning some fighting skills can always reduce the pressure on others. There is also Li Muran. Her superpowers are too uncontrollable. The only way is to work hard to strengthen her own strength so that she can have more protection when using superpowers in some unknown places.

Nan Shao didn't feel that Zhang Yi neglected him when taking care of others. Instead, he felt that this was a sign that the other party didn't treat him as an outsider, so he agreed very readily, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

For safety reasons, there must be no less than three people in each room. So, Nan Shao slept back in this room, but this time it was not just him, but also Li Muran and Routa Chen. Fortunately, the room was big enough. Several people were busy carrying out the sofa, cabinets, chairs and other things, and moving in two single beds. As for the big bed, Zhang Yi, Nan Shao and Zhang Ruiyang still slept on it. Li Muran, as a girl, certainly couldn't squeeze with men, and meat tower Chen was even more out of the question. How could Nan Shao give up his seat to him? Zhang Yi was a little awkward at first, but when he found that Nan Shao didn't do anything out of line, he gradually relaxed.

The next day, Qiao Yong organized people to remove a lot of bricks from the houses in the old street nearby, and then used cement, sand and gravel found in other people's backyards to make mortar, and thickly built them behind the two earth walls, leaving only a space wide for two people without bricks. Then, compared with this empty space, a slightly wider iron gate was built and embedded between the two brick walls. The lifting and lowering were controlled by iron cables, and the other end of the iron cable was extended into the wall surrounding the hotel through a crude pulley for easy control. On the third day, Xiong Hua used his supernatural power to remove the part of the earth wall that was not bricked, and the iron gate rose. The zombies that had been waiting outside for many days went crazy when they saw the obstacle removed, and squeezed in two or three at a time, while more people were pouring in from outside.

Training began.

In the following days, except for eating and sleeping, everyone was busy, killing zombies, learning fighting skills, and practicing supernatural powers. Everyone wanted to split one day into two days. Even Pei Yuan stubbornly joined the training on the first day despite his incomplete recovery. Of course, after hard work, the results are still significant. After two months, from the original need for mutual cooperation, everyone can now easily kill zombies independently and master the skills to avoid being caught and bitten. Fortunately, no abnormal and powerful animals appeared during this period.

It was ten days later that Zhang Yi recovered completely. It didn't take too much time for the wound to heal. It was mainly because of blood loss and physical weakness, which was quite troublesome to make up. However, his spirit was exactly the opposite of his body. He was in a particularly good state, probably because Nan Shao helped him to warm up his vitality. Nan Shao was thinking that the stronger the vitality, the stronger the resistance to falling. He thought that this way he could not only help Zhang Yi to make his vitality strong, but also help others. But he soon found that everyone's vitality was certain. When the color was saturated, no matter how he used his supernatural power to nourish it, he could not increase it at all. So on the eighth day, after two days of practice, he finally stopped the idea of ​​promoting Zhang Yi's vitality. However, after careful observation, he also found the difference between the vitality color of supernaturals and those who have not awakened.

Ordinary people are white, while supernaturals are a circle of floating colors. Because of different supernatural powers, the main color is also different. For example, the three earth-type supernaturals are mainly earthy yellow, mixed with other indistinguishable colors, Qiao Yong is mainly fiery red, Shi Pengsan is gold, Liu Xia with wind-type supernatural power is orange, and Li Muran's is very strange, just like ordinary people. If Nan Shao didn't know her personality, he would almost think that she actually has no supernatural power. As for Routa Chen, it was also white, but the density was thicker. You could almost see the white gas seeping into his body, just like the red vine. Unfortunately, Nan Shao couldn't see himself, not even through the mirror.

After Zhang Yi recovered, he took over Nan Shao's work. He not only trained Routa Chen and Li Muran, but also Zhao Chun and others who had not awakened their superpowers. Even Zhang Ruiyang was taken to train together. The superpowers trained their physical fitness and combat skills under the leadership of Qiao Yong, and spent the rest of the time exploring how to use their superpowers. After all, even if you have superpowers, you have to consider the exhaustion of superpowers, your own combat effectiveness, and the situation of escaping.

Everyone's ability is steadily improving. Qiao Yong's fireball was condensed into a faintly blue flame as big as a fingernail, but the temperature was a hundred times higher than before. When it bounced onto the red vine, it was finally no longer just scratching the itch, but slowly eating away the substance that seemed to be harder than iron. Although the damage was not great, overall, Qiao Yong was satisfied that he could reach this level in two months. During these two months, Shi Pengsan also plated the four rooms with a thick layer of iron plate. His ability was improving every day. With practice, he spent ten days to build the first room, eight days for the second, and only four days for the third and fourth. If it weren't for the lack of materials, he would even want to cover the places where people usually move around with such a layer of metal. Then when he had nothing to do, he began to study weapons, and transformed them into more suitable and more lethal blades according to the characteristics of each person. Of course, his ability was also well tempered in the process.

There are three people with earth-related abilities. They can discuss and explore how to use their abilities. After building a fortress-like wall, they start to think of ways to use their abilities to fight the enemy. Otherwise, this ability can only be used for construction, which is useless to some extent. The cracking of the ground into pits and the earth wall defense all need to be done in an instant, otherwise there will be no effect. If you can't think of how to kill the enemy with the earth, it's good to protect yourself first. So after thinking of these two methods, several people have been practicing. Although the effect is not obvious, it is better to have a direction to work hard than to do nothing. As for Liu Xia, who has wind-related abilities, after countless failed attempts, he finally gave up the idea of ​​using wind to fight the enemy, and instead focused on training to increase speed with the help of wind power and cover up his own smell. If he practices better, he can become an excellent assassin. The most powerless one is Li Muran. When she really bites the bullet and starts to use her abilities, she finds that she can't use them at all. The corpse crystal is still absorbed as usual, and the abilities in her body have been steadily improving, but she just can't use them. Others also helped to figure out what the problem was, but they were unable to find the cause. Li Muran didn't know whether he should be relieved or depressed. Anyway, he put it aside and began to train his physical fitness and fighting skills. As for Meat Tower Chen and several other unawakened people, they had to run back and forth from the first floor to the seventh floor of the hotel hundreds of times every day. Their physical strength and speed had improved significantly. Meat Tower Chen's fat had shrunk significantly, which made him feel painful every day, but he proudly told others that he was as light as a swallow.

In addition to improving his individual combat capabilities, the overall teamwork was also strengthened. It was no longer like the first day, where people had a good relationship with each other and could cooperate well. Instead, they were required to cooperate well with any two people in a group, so as to avoid the team falling apart after being injured.

There were fewer and fewer zombies outside the wall. Perhaps they found that the fresh meat inside was always visible but not edible, so they were too lazy to come. Perhaps they had successfully used the corpses of the zombies they killed to cover up their own smell and did not attract zombies from farther away. As for the zombies that had already been attracted, they had killed almost all of them in two months. Of course, the smell around the hotel was also very good. People who had just come here would definitely not be able to stand it. At the same time, it verified the correctness of the old saying that if you stay in an abalone shop for a long time, you will not smell its stench.

The speed of killing zombies has long exceeded the amount of corpse crystals that need to be consumed every day, so now everyone has a lot of inventory in their hands, and it is not as stretched as at the beginning. The superpowers did not have enough corpse crystals to improve their superpowers, so the unawakened ones contributed all the crystal cores they were allocated.

Although it is not certain how much chance they have of winning against superpower animals and plants, compared with the past, everyone has more or less confidence, at least they will not be chased by zombies and run away.

After being cold for so long, the sky finally began to snow, and the people who were busy fighting for their lives had long forgotten what month it was. The diesel for the hotel's generator and the gas for the kitchen had been exhausted. Everyone was planning where to get some oil and gas, as well as coal and firewood, and returning to the most primitive life of burning wood for heating and cooking. The most depressing thing was that the mutant plants not only did not wither in the heavy snow, but instead seemed to be more vigorous, as if mocking the weakness of humans.

On this day, Liu Xia, who was standing on the rooftop to observe the surrounding situation, suddenly pointed to an alley hundreds of meters away from the hotel and said to Zhao Chun who came up with him: "Look over there, it seems that someone is trapped by zombies."

Chapter 68 Survivors

"... It's like a game. I think we must have entered a doomsday game. Otherwise, why would so many scary things appear every time after dark, and they are upgraded?" In the hotel, in the training and resting space, Pei Yuan, who has gradually regained his youthful liveliness due to his enhanced abilities, is discussing with others what exactly is going on in the end of the world.

"Fantastic." Qiao Yong gave a four-character comment on his guess without hesitation.

"Then what do you think is going on? Why do people suddenly become zombies or awaken superpowers? Why do all animals disappear and all plants die overnight? Why do they all appear now?" Pei Yuan asked unconvinced, obviously not afraid of Qiao Yong at all. As for why the end of the world happened, the disappearance and withering of animals and plants, and the sudden appearance of mutant animals and plants, these phenomena that are different from common sense are not unheard of by everyone, but due to the reality, almost everyone is focusing on how to improve their own abilities and how to carve out a way out, and there is no time to study them in detail. Only now, after everyone had a chance to catch their breath, did they become interested in discussing it.

"Perhaps some high-level alien civilization has used our Earth as a testing ground, just like the little white mouse, you all know that." Routa Chen smiled and followed Xiao Peiyuan's wild imagination. "

Amitabha, in my opinion, there must be something wrong with the space we are in, and it has intersected with the other two parallel spaces. The first one should be a space with a harsh environment and it is not easy for creatures to survive. It not only changed our living environment, but also swept away those animals. The second one must be a space where mutant animals and plants are running all over the ground..." Except for the real Jiechen, it seems that Jiechen, who doesn't keep other precepts, actually follows and talks nonsense.

"Stop, stop, stop, monk, what did you usually do in the temple before? You didn't learn what a monk should know. Did you just watch these miscellaneous things?" Qiao Yong interrupted him.

"Don't be so serious, Mr. Qiao. People should always have some hobbies." Jiechen answered without blushing.

The others were very happy, thinking that this little monk was really a funny guy.

"You..." Qiao Yong was so angry that he laughed. He was about to say something when he heard footsteps. Zhao Chun, who was on the rooftop, ran into the restaurant in a hurry.

"I found someone! I found someone!" Before he got close, Zhao Chun had already shouted, his voice full of excitement. It was no wonder that he was so excited. It was really too long since he had come into contact with other people, so he always had the illusion that there were only a dozen of them left in the world. This feeling was very bad.

"What!" Hearing this, three or four people stood up at once, and the others who were sitting also fixed their eyes on him, and their sitting postures straightened involuntarily.

"It's not far from the hotel... No, it's quite far, you have to cross the alley. Oh, forget it, you can go and see it yourself, hurry up, if you are slow, they might all be dead..." Zhao Chun said with gestures, because he was anxious, his words were a little upside down.

Before he finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind passing by him, and the others had disappeared. When he turned around, he saw Nan Shao holding Zhang Ruiyang and walking side by side with Zhang Yi. It seemed slow but not slow. They disappeared around the corner.

This speed was faster than the usual training! Zhao Chun smacked his lips, and did not delay and quickly caught up. When he arrived, Qiao Yong and the others had already turned back.

"What are you still doing here? Go, grab your weapons and save people." Qiao Yong shouted at him.

Li Muran and Pei Yuan were left in the hotel to respond, and of course, they also took Xiao Yangyang with them. The rest of the people went out and killed directly from the old street according to the route set on the roof. There were no zombies in the section of the old street near the hotel, so there was not much trouble on the road. In addition, they chose a road without mutant plants, so they arrived at their destination quickly.

It was a dead end, and there were a total of twelve people blocked in it. Except for three women, the rest were all young and middle-aged men. There were several faces that Zhang Yi and Routa Chen were familiar with, but they were members of the vanguard team led by Wang Yuanwei. At this time, some of them were injured, and the others were exhausted. Although they were still gritting their teeth to resist, their eyes were already full of despair. They didn't expect that they had escaped the flood and escaped the hunting of mutant animals and plants, but they still fell here after all.

Just as the shadow of death gradually spread among the crowd, the zombies blocking them suddenly became a commotion, and some began to retreat, as if something was attracting them over there.

"Everyone, work harder. Now there are only half of the zombies left. If we fight hard, we can continue to live." Seeing this, Wang Yuanwei was refreshed and shouted. His arms were almost not his own at this time, but he had to take the lead to block the zombies that rushed over to prevent others from breaking down.

Everyone had already noticed the change in the situation outside. When they heard Wang Yuanwei's shout, they immediately felt a glimmer of hope. They were already feeling lazy and depressed, and they cheered up again. They thought that it was better to risk their lives than to wait for death. It would be a good deal to kill a few more zombies.

There were hundreds of zombies surrounding them. For Qiao Yong and his team, who had to kill more than ten zombies every day, it was not a big deal. They solved the problem in less than half an hour. When Wang Yuanwei and his team, who were trapped inside, saw them, they immediately felt like they had survived a disaster. Some of them even couldn't help crying. It was

too troublesome to carry hundreds of corpses back. In the end, everyone only dug up the corpse crystals and then took the rescued survivors back to the hotel. When building the wall before, Qiao Yong thought about defending against zombies as well as people, but now he no longer had this idea. It was hard to even see human hair, so what was there to defend against?

Wang Yuanwei and his companions were obviously not doing well. They looked pale and thin. In such cold weather, the clothes they wore were pieced together from various places. Some were torn cotton-padded jackets, and many were made of single clothes. When they followed Qiao Yong and his companions to the vicinity of the hotel, they were initially nauseated by the foul stench that hit their noses. But when they entered the hotel, they were already showing envy.

"Sit here and warm yourself by the fire first." Qiao Yong greeted Wang Yuanwei and his companions, and shouted to the others, "You guys, go and prepare some food for Muran." As he spoke, he sat down. Although he, as the captain, did not have any special privileges, he never interfered with entering the kitchen.

"Brother, tell me, what's wrong with you?" He asked with a smile, his eyes falling on Wang Yuanwei, who was obviously the leader.

Pei Yuan and Jie Chen Liu Xia got up to help Li Muran get things, and the others found a place to sit down nearby. Because the smoke from the firewood was too big and there was a high and thick wall blocking it, the main door of the hotel was open to let the smoke out. Otherwise, if they stayed in this environment all the time, they would have become as fiery-eyed as Sun Wukong. But even so, the restaurant was not cold, so except for Wang Yuanwei and his group who were lightly dressed, Nan Shao and others sat farther away.

Before Wang Yuanwei could speak, Qiao Yong saw that several people were shivering by the fire and couldn't bear to watch it, so he turned around and said a few words to Shi Pengsan. Shi Pengsan nodded and called Wen Bin and He Yukun to go.

"We originally settled in a yard not far away, but were discovered by zombies. When we were escaping, we didn't expect to run into a dead end alley, so we were blocked there." Wang Yuanwei and others spoke after they recovered from the cold and fatigue. "For more than a month, we have been living in this way, constantly looking for new places to live and constantly being chased." When he said this, a trace of sadness floated in his eyes. Before the town fell, although their team was not as good as the superpowers, they lived well. Who knew that now they would fall into a precarious situation.

"You were also trapped in the county from the beginning?" Qiao Yong asked. He still remembered Wang Yuanwei and his men, as well as the three women, who all participated in the first day of the attack on the county, so he had this guess.

Wang Yuanwei shook his head. "When the zombies rioted in the county town that day, we had been replaced by another team. We were resting outside the city. When we saw many zombies chasing us out, we couldn't handle it at all, so we followed others and fled back to the town. The people in the town had planned to send people to rescue the people trapped in the county town the next day, but they didn't expect it to rain heavily suddenly, and then..." A set of thick cotton-padded clothes and pants were handed to him. He paused, looked up at Wen Bin with a smile on his face, with gratitude in his eyes, and reached out to take it and held it in his arms, "Thank you." Seeing that everyone else had received clothes, he continued, "Later, the town was flooded, and the weather was cold. Nearly half of the people were drowned or frozen to death. The rest were all crowded in several buildings in the town and finally survived. Unexpectedly, the rain had not stopped completely, and many terrible plants had grown around us, as if everyone and the town were thrown into a forest overnight." At this point, he raised his hand and wiped his face, as if he wanted to erase the fear at that time and the bitterness of running for survival later.

"Many people with special abilities had cars and drove away. The rest...later encountered some ferocious and brutal animals, and no one dared to stay outside, so everyone ran to the county town. There were originally hundreds of people who ran out of the town, but in the end they scattered and fled, leaving only a few of us." As for the others, he didn't say whether they had fled to other places or had been buried in the stomachs of strange beasts and plants. Then he pointed at the three women: "We met Chen Wei and the others in the city. They said that the community they were trapped in was also occupied by mutant plants."

Although Chen Wei, who was named, was a little malnourished, she could still be seen to be good-looking. She had just put on the clothes she was assigned and smiled awkwardly at Qiao Yong: "Captain Qiao." Then she looked at Liu Xia and shouted: "Captain Liu." It turned out that she was a member of the 20-person team that Liu Xia was in charge of.

The other two women were named Cui Rui and Tang Youqian, but they were in the team led by Xiong Hua. They had already recognized their captain, but they had never been in a position to greet him, because Qiao Yong and his team had informed everyone before they left. Like most people, they were unwilling to leave a relatively safe place in the rain, but they did not expect to be forced to flee from there in the end.

"It's just you guys, where are the others?" Qiao Yong did not care about their awkward reaction, but asked with concern. In his opinion, it was normal for people to choose to stay at that time, but it was abnormal for people like them to rush into the zombie pile in the darkness and cold rain.

"Many were caught by the strange tree, and only 20 to 30 people escaped, and almost all of them were superpowers. They refused to take us... If we hadn't met Brother Wang and his team, maybe we would have died long ago." Chen Wei answered with a miserable look.

Hearing this, everyone's mood became heavy. You know, there were not many humans left, and after this incident, it was unknown how many could be left.

"Let's eat first." Li Muran came over with Pei Yuan holding a dozen bowls, breaking the stagnant atmosphere. Jie Chen and Zhao Chun followed behind, each carrying a large pot. In the pot were noodles cooked with ham, pickles, and Chinese cabbage provided by Nan Shao when he

had some free time. The aroma filled the air and made the group of people, who had not had a hot meal for a long time, swallow their saliva involuntarily. They could no longer take their eyes off the two pots. If they had not known not to go too far, they would have pounced on them to grab the food.

Chapter 69

When Wang Yuanwei and others were eating, Nan Shao mobilized his supernatural powers and scanned them, and found that there was not a single one with supernatural powers. As for whether there would be a situation like Li Muran, he was not sure, but he felt that the possibility was not great. They were all ordinary people, and it was indeed not easy for them to survive until now. However, the vitality of five of them seemed to be a little abnormal, much stronger than others, giving Nan Shao an indescribable feeling, as if... very active.

His doubts were answered after Wang Yuanwei and others finished eating.

"Those who are injured stand up." Wang Yuanwei put down the bowl and looked at the team members he brought with him.

After he finished speaking, after a while, six people stood up one after another, including the five people with abnormal vitality. Then the only person who was not abnormal said: "I was scratched on the wall when I escaped from the yard." The rest of the people did not say anything, but their faces were pale, and it was obvious that the injuries were caused by zombies.

Qiao Yong certainly had thought about the wounded, but he thought that even if they died, at least they should let others fill their stomachs first, so he didn't say anything before. He didn't expect Wang Yuanwei to take the initiative to bring it up.

"You guys do it yourself." Wang Weiyuan said lightly, as if he was talking about what to eat in the evening. The others were also calm, and it was obvious that they were used to this kind of thing.

The five people showed despair in their eyes, mixed with fear of death and the determination to face fate. They picked up the weapons that were placed aside during dinner without hesitation. However, one of them was shaking badly, and finally he turned the knife in his hand back and handed the handle to Wang Yuanwei: "Brother Wei, I'm a coward, I can't do it, you help me. I thank you here!"

Zhang Yi had never teamed up with anyone before meeting Nan Shao, so this was the first time he encountered such a thing, but Nan Shao and others had seen it before, but it was usually done by others, so they still felt shocked and sad when they saw it at first.

"Wait a minute." Zhang Yi spoke up when Wang Weiyuan took the knife. "Wasn't it possible to awaken superpowers if you were scratched by a zombie?" There are precedents for this, not to mention that Nan Shao did it.

Hearing his words, Nan Shao obviously remembered the cause of the intersection between the two, and the gaze he cast on him became deep and hot, with an affection that could not be mistaken. Zhang Yi seemed to have sensed something, turned his head, and just met his gaze. His heart couldn't help but jump, and he quickly turned his eyes away, but his ears were slightly hot, and then he heard Nan Shao's voice continue his words: "Yes, that's how I awakened my superpowers. There are so many rooms in this hotel, let them live separately, even if they really mutate, they can't hurt anyone."

In the past, when they were injured, they committed suicide or were killed by teammates. This situation mostly occurred during the escape. No one was willing to divide part of their limited energy on a person who could mutate at any time, so they were either abandoned or killed on the spot. Nan Shao was the former, because his friend couldn't bring himself to kill him, so he had to fend for himself. Now that there were other options, the others certainly wouldn't insist on forcing these people to die. After all, they had fought side by side, so Qiao Yong gave each of them enough food and water to sustain a day, and then asked them to go to the third floor to choose a room each. Before leaving, several people cast grateful eyes at Zhang Yi and Nan Shao. Even if they could live a little longer, who would want to die immediately? There were quilts and other things in the room, so there was no need to worry about zombies, and there was no need to look for a place outside to solve physiological problems. It was not only cold, but also had to be on guard against being attacked by something. It could be said that they lived more comfortably than they had in the previous two months, or even before the town fell. If they were not waiting to die, they would definitely feel like they were in heaven.

Speaking of the bathroom, it needs to be mentioned here that the hotel has its own reservoir, but because the water was stored before the end of the world, Qiao Yong and his friends did not dare to use it for drinking and washing after they came. The only use was to flush the toilet, which solved a big problem for them.

"Thank you!" After Shi Pengyuan led the five people upstairs, Wang Yuanwei solemnly expressed his gratitude to Qiao Yong and others.

Qiao Yong waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "What are you thanking me for? It's not easy to survive until now. You should go and rest first. We'll talk about it tomorrow. We live on the second floor, so you'd better not live too high, so as not to be in time to react if something happens." Although he still wanted to ask about the mutant plants and animals, he saw that the other party looked tired and obviously hadn't had a good sleep for a long time, so he gave up the idea. Anyway, there was plenty of time and there was no rush.

Wang Yuanwei was really tired, so he didn't say anything polite and took the people upstairs. When only his own people were left in the hall, Qiao Yong asked: "What do you think?" Naturally, he was referring to how to arrange Wang Yuanwei and others. At the beginning of the team's establishment, he said that if he wanted to recruit people, he needed the consent of everyone, and he never forgot this.

"If they have nowhere to go, let them come with us." Pei Yuan was the first to speak. No matter how much suffering he had experienced, he still retained some of the passion and kindness of a young man in his heart.

"I agree." Some people responded one after another, probably because they felt that the human race was becoming less and less, so they should help each other. Otherwise, what's the point of leaving them alone when everyone else died?

"Does anyone disagree?" Qiao Yong did not express his opinion, but continued to ask.

"I think it's best to observe for a few days first." Nan Shao put his elbow on Zhang Yi's shoulder and said.

Zhang Yi was still stunned by Nan Shao's previous eyes and his own reaction. Feeling his touch, his body trembled and he reflexively stepped aside. Nan Shao was caught off guard, his elbow was empty, and the whole person instantly fell on Zhang Yi. Everyone present was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing. Nan Shao was not annoyed, and a look of grievance appeared on his face. He simply opened his arms and hugged Zhang Yi, accusing: "Brother Yi, you despise me!" Zhang Yi regretted it

after making the evasive action, and hurriedly explained awkwardly: "I was thinking about something else just now." Although a little uncomfortable, it was really difficult to break free from the other party this time.

Nan Shao was secretly happy. Routa Chen despised this shameless guy in his heart, but he didn't want others to see the abnormality in the relationship between the two, so he interrupted and said, "I think what Brother Shao said is right. It's better to observe for a few days. If there is a guy who is selfish and afraid of death, it's better not to take him, so as not to kill everyone."

"Too cowardly can't be taken." Li Muran, who almost never expressed her opinions in such occasions, actually spoke up, because she was pushed into the zombie group by those selfish and cowardly people at the beginning. It can be said that once bitten by a snake, you are afraid of straw ropes for ten years. At the beginning, she took the initiative to ask to team up with Zhang Yi and others because of Xiao Yangyang's existence. In such a harsh environment, Zhang Yi himself was disabled and had no superpowers, but he still didn't abandon his child. Such a person is worth her risking a try, and at the very least she can get away at any time. Later, after getting along for a long time, they gradually developed trust in each other. It can be said that if it weren't for Zhang Yi and his friends, she would never team up with Qiao Yong and his friends. Fortunately, she was lucky and these people were worth getting to know. But in her heart, up to now, the only people she can trust with her back are Zhang Yi and the other two.

"If there really is such a person, should we drive him out?" Qiao Yong did not refute, but asked slowly.

In such an environment, expelling one or two people is almost like murder. So, this is indeed a difficult problem. Everyone fell silent. After all, they are not strong enough to support some people who eat for free. Moreover, no matter how strong they are, they can't stand those who drag their feet.

"If they are willing to stay, then adjust the distribution method. You get as much as you give." Nan Shao spoke. Although he wanted to, he couldn't hold Zhang Yi all the time, so he straightened up at this time, but his hand was still on his shoulder, looking like a good buddy. He originally planned to express his feelings directly as soon as Zhang Yi got better, but now there are four people living together, and the two have no chance to get along privately, so he dragged it down. In fact, he also understood that if he said it clearly, the possibility of being rejected was almost 100%, but he was even more unwilling to keep being ambiguous. So whenever there was a chance, he would do some intimate actions, hoping to influence Zhang Yi subtly and let him slowly adapt to himself.

"Should we treat those three women better... Well, I don't mean anything else, I just think there are fewer and fewer women nowadays." Liu Xia suddenly interrupted, and when he saw everyone looking at him with strange eyes, his face suddenly turned red, and he explained embarrassedly.

"Good boy, tell me, which one do you like?" Routa Chen happened to be sitting next to him. Hearing this, he slapped him hard on the shoulder and asked with a lewd smile, and said at the same time: "Why didn't I see you say that you would treat my sister Muran better before?"

Liu Xia was slapped and grinned, but when he heard the latter sentence, he was still stunned, "Uh... yeah, Muran is also a woman, I forgot."

Everyone was black, but at the same time they had to admit that most of the time they didn't treat Li Muran as a woman, although sometimes they would subconsciously take care of her more. Li Muran was very calm, playing the rope flipping game with Xiao Yangyang, as if they were not talking about her. Zhang Ruiyang looked up at Liu Xia and said, "I call you auntie every day, how could I forget?"

"Ahahahaha..." Liu Xia didn't know how to answer, scratched her head and laughed dryly.

"Because your auntie Muran is as good as a boy." Zhang Yi shook his head and laughed, and spoke to help him out. Nan Shao saw the smile on his face from the side, and his heart couldn't help but itch. He wanted to rub this man into his arms and kiss him hard, and then let him fill his eyes with himself. It's a pity that he can only think about it. If he really did it, he dared to guarantee that the other party would turn his face immediately.

"Well, auntie is very good." Zhang Ruiyang happily accepted this statement and nodded. He raised his two little hands to grab the rope flower held up by Li Muran and turned it over in a proper manner. As a result, when Li Muran let go, the rope immediately fell apart. The little guy was dumbfounded, and Li Muran smiled lightly and reached out to touch his head.

"Do you also think that women should be taken special care of?" Qiao Yong glanced at Li Muran before turning his eyes to others.

"If you encounter danger, Liu Xia, can you guarantee that you can risk your life to protect a woman? Anyway, I can't do it." Liang Guanlun said with a sneer on his lips, and spread his hands. In the end times, unless there is a powerful force behind them to protect them, women will either be self-reliant like Li Muran, or become men's playthings, which is like farting in his eyes, as Liu Xia said. He has not awakened his superpowers, and it is difficult for him to protect himself. Even if he wants to vent his physical desires, he would rather rely on the Five Fingers Girl than spend energy to protect a woman who can only scream when in danger. Of course, if the woman still knows how to save herself, he doesn't mind lending a hand when he can.

Liu Xia was asked and couldn't answer. Although his idea was good, how could he risk his life to protect a woman he met by chance?

"We should treat them all equally. At most, we can take care of them a little more if conditions permit." Nan Shao spoke, but he was alert in his heart. With three women coming at once, it was hard to guarantee that Zhang Yi would not be tempted. He had to keep a close eye on them.

Qiao Yong saw that no one else objected, so he nodded, "Since no one has any objection, let's do it. In times like this, it's better for women to be able to protect themselves."

Chapter 70 Heartbeat

There was no night watch at night, so after dinner, they boiled hot water downstairs to wash their faces and feet, and then went back to their rooms, closed the doors, and practiced or slept as they pleased. Zhang Yi didn't ask Nan Shao until he entered the room and the meat tower Chen, who was walking at the end, inserted the two large iron bars on the door.

"Is your ability useless against zombie bites?" He had thought of this question at first, but seeing that Nan Shao didn't say anything, he held back, so as not to say it in public and let others have any ideas.

"Lie down." Nan Shao didn't answer immediately, but took off Zhang Ruiyang's clothes and stuffed him into Li Muran's quilt, and then ordered Zhang Yi without question.

Zhang Ruiyang had been sleepy for a long time. After all, he was in a familiar place, and no matter who he slept with, he slept like a pig as soon as he touched the bed. Li Muran took a look and found that the chubby local dog also lay on the child's head. A trace of confusion flashed in his eyes. He didn't understand how this local dog didn't eat anything and hadn't starved to death.

On the other hand, when Zhang Yi heard what Nan Shao said, his face suddenly turned red. Although he knew that the other party just wanted to massage his feet, he didn't know if it was his illusion. He always felt that this person had made some actions that were easy to be misunderstood since he woke up from the injury. And that look in his eyes was also incredibly hot, but he grasped a degree, so as not to make people disgusted.

If it was in the past, he would definitely feel uncomfortable if he found a man had such thoughts about him, even if the relationship was good, and then try to distance himself. But he didn't know if it was because when he was trapped by the mutant red vine, the pain, despair and unwillingness were too strong, so that Nan Shao hugged him tightly and used his body to protect him. The touch was too unforgettable, or maybe it was because he was warmed by the other party's body warming his legs before, so he ended up in this dilemma now. Sometimes Zhang Yi even wondered if he had different thoughts about Nan Shao, otherwise why would he be so sensitive?

"I'm not going to do anything to you, why are you blushing?" Nan Shao's teasing voice interrupted his wild thoughts, and it wasn't a nice word.

Zhang Yi's heartbeat was slightly disordered, and he felt that no matter what he said at this time, there would be unpredictable consequences, so he just looked at him with a half-smile, then took off his thick cotton coat and jeans, lay on the bed with his hands as pillows, and raised his right leg without any courtesy

. Nan Shao's heart almost melted at this glance, but he had to try hard to suppress it. He stretched out his hand and pulled the quilt to cover Zhang Yi's belly, and blamed him, "There is no heating now, and you are not afraid of catching a cold."

Zhang Yi sighed in his heart, it was this kind of consideration revealed from the subtle details that made him feel powerless. He knew very well that the other party was not like this to everyone. Although the reality is that if you are good to me, I must accept it, but he couldn't pretend not to know the other party's thoughts and enjoy the other party's efforts at ease.

Nan Shao didn't know that Zhang Yi was already thinking about the matter between them at this time, and was massaging his legs attentively. He felt helpless about Zhang Yi's legs. His life power could obviously nourish vitality and promote wound healing, but it could not do anything for old injuries. With the daily training and severe cold, he felt so distressed watching Zhang Yi gritting his teeth and holding on every day. He could only give him a massage before going to bed at night to make the man feel better.

"The vitality of those who were bitten by zombies is extremely strong. My power can stimulate vitality. If I help them rashly, I am afraid that they will mutate faster." Only then did he start to answer Zhang Yi's previous questions.

Meat Tower Chen and Li Muran, who were about to start absorbing corpse crystals, stopped their actions and looked over when they heard this.

"You mean..." Zhang Yi was a little unsure.

Before he finished speaking, Nan Shao nodded, "I suspect that the factor that caused the zombies to mutate actually has the effect of transforming human physique and promoting evolution, but the power is too strong. Those who can't bear it will become zombies, and those who can bear it will awaken their superpowers or undergo other mutations."

"I always feel that I haven't mastered my superpowers yet." He said this, but wrapped his palms with superpowers and gently massaged Zhang Yi's right leg, especially focusing on the slightly deformed parts. "Since it is a life power, it can stimulate and nourish vitality, and it should also be able to weaken or even absorb other people's vitality." He has been experimenting with zombies for the past two months, but so far he has not succeeded. The reason for using zombies is that there are no other creatures to use, and secondly, although zombies seem to be inanimate things, there is a hazy mist of vitality in the place where the crystal core is located in their brains. I just don't know if it is the life energy left after the death and mutation of humans, or brought by some other creatures.

"Brother Shao, your idea is really frightening." Routa Chen said, not joking at all. Think about it, there is such a person who can control the rise and fall of other people's vitality at will. Who can not be afraid?

Nan Shao didn't say anything, but Zhang Yi said sternly: "The words we said tonight are only known to a few of us. No one is allowed to tell others." Then he looked at Nan Shao again: "No matter whether you are able to do this in the future, don't say it again." This kind of supernatural power is too dangerous for anyone, so it is easy to become a target of public criticism.

Nan Shao saw the worry in his eyes, and his mood couldn't help but soar. The urge to kiss him became stronger again, and he had to lower his eyes to hide his emotions.

"That Han Ling knows Brother Shao's supernatural power." Li Muran said, she is not blind, she has lived with them for the past two months, how could she not see the difference between the two. She didn't think too much, and she didn't even feel surprised. It seemed that it should be like this. After all, before she found out, Nan Shao's consideration for Zhang Yi was not like that of an ordinary friend.

"She may not know too much, after all, that ability is just Nan Shao's own idea." Zhang Yi replied, and paused, "Besides, it may not be easy to meet her in the future." Besides, the girl has more secrets. If she really dares to publicize Nan Shao's ability, he doesn't mind letting her fall hard. Zhang Yi didn't realize how much he protected Nan Shao.

"Brother Yi, I think you treat Brother Shao better than me. After all, we have known each other for more than ten years, how can you be so...?" Routa Chen pursed his lips and accused sourly, but he knew to swallow the words "prioritizing love over friendship" in time.

Nan Shao could no longer suppress the upward arc of his lips. Zhang Yi looked at him awkwardly. He was annoyed that Routa Chen was talking about something, but he said, "You think I'm not good enough to you, right?"

Hearing the strong threat in his tone, Routa Chen smiled flatteringly, "No, no, Brother Yi, you are very good to me, but... you are even better to Brother Shao than I am." As he said that, he did not forget to raise his hand and use his thumb to make a point on his little finger.

Zhang Yi was so angry that he laughed, "Why don't you go to bed!"

So Routa Chen shrank his neck and got into the bed.

Li Muran smiled, thinking that he really liked this casual but warm way of getting along, which was something he had never experienced before or after the apocalypse. Thinking of the post-apocalypse, she couldn't help but think of the convoy she had followed at the beginning. Thinking of the experiences she had experienced before, her expression faded, and she no longer had the mind to practice, so she simply lay down to sleep. When Xiao Yangyang's warm little body arched into her arms, her trembling heart finally eased a little. Everything was over, and she was no longer the woman who needed to seek protection from others.

Nan Shao blew out the candle and massaged for a while until he felt Zhang Yi's breathing become even and deep, then he stopped, undressed quietly and got on the bed, lifted the quilt and fell asleep beside him. Thinking of the other party's protection before, he couldn't help but feel full of warmth and throbbing in his heart. He slightly propped himself up and found Zhang Yi's lips, gently kissed him, and then lay down with satisfaction.

In the darkness, Zhang Yi's eyes quietly opened, and a complicated look appeared in them.

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When everyone went downstairs the next day, Wang Yuanwei and his group were already waiting in the restaurant. They looked much better, and they obviously had a good rest. Only two of the five infected people awakened their superpowers, and the other three were all turned into zombies. This probability is much better than at the beginning of the apocalypse. After all, those who can survive until now are many times stronger in both physique and will than they were then.

"My name is Huang Shijue, and I awakened the water-type superpower." A man with hair as long as his neck, thin cheeks and high cheekbones said. He was only in his twenties, but life in the apocalypse made him look ten years older. As he spoke, he raised his hand and a drop of water slowly condensed on his finger. It was not big, but it was enough to cheer people up.

"My name is Jiang Ke, and I may have awakened the wind-type..." The other survivor was a short man with a delicate appearance. He looked a little hesitant when he spoke, and it was obvious that he was not very sure what superpower he had.

Upon hearing that there was someone with the same superpower as himself, Liu Xia was immediately happy. She pulled the person aside and began to impart her experience to him. Her enthusiasm was unprecedented, and everyone else found it rare. Jiang Ke seemed very shy. She was too embarrassed to refuse even if she was caught, but her face was red like a little girl.

Awakening two superpowers was originally a good thing, but Wang Yuanwei's face did not show too much joy, because these two were not members of the original vanguard team, but met on the way to escape.

Qiao Yong waved his hand and asked the others to go to training, leaving only the breakfast cook. They were supposed to take turns to cook two meals a day. After all, Li Muran also had to kill zombies and go out to find supplies like them, so there was no reason to let her do it alone. However, there were two or three people who seemed to have a natural hatred of cooking, and there was no other use for them except wasting food, such as Qiao Yong and Jie Chen, so they were unanimously excluded. It happened to be Zhang Yi and Nan Shao's turn that day. Because of the large amount of activities every day, in the morning, they either cooked dry rice or made noodles, which were more energy-efficient. They only cooked porridge at night, which was only two meals a day.

The three women were very conscious and offered to help as soon as they saw the cooking. With nine more people, only Nan Shao and the other two were a little overwhelmed, so they didn't refuse. Only Qiao Yong and Wang Weiyuan were left in the hall, and they began to discuss whether they should stay or go.