Chapter 566: Strange—The Disappearance of Zombies
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In the morning, everyone woke up very early.
Qin Yi cleaned up for a while, then began to prepare breakfast.
Not sure if Yang Jindi was showing off or if she was merely angry, she cooked a pot of very thick, minced meat porridge that morning. There was also a lot of meat inside, and the guys all felt more at ease looking at it.
Their mouths also felt more parched.
Qin Yi raised her brows but didn’t say anything, continuing her work with a blank face.
While Yang Jindi was eating her porridge with a sense of superiority, Qin Yi brought out an aromatic pot of beef noodles with milk.
When Yang Jindi saw this, she almost broke her own bowl. Her mouth began to itch, wanting to tear Qin Yi and the other two people’s faces.
Although Wang Qiang had cultivated yesterday, he still looked a little depressed and pale. It was obvious that he was hurt
However, that wass none of their business.
After breakfast, Qin Yi and the others went into M-City. Five years was enough to ruin a city, and right now, M-City was a wasteland.
Looking around, Qin Yi did not see any zombies or beastmen.
At first, Gu Cheng did not care, but as they continued walking, he felt that something was wrong, wondering, “Where did all the zombies go? What is going on?”
“Village chief, you have this feeling too? I noticed this as well, and we haven’t seen any zombies today,” one of the men asked with worry.
Although there weren’t many zombies in M-City, there were still a few left. Most importantly, the ranks of zombies here were not exceptionally high, so it was easy to kill them.
But what the hell was going on? There wasn’t even a single ghost around here.
“Where are the zombies? Why aren’t there any here?” Yang Jindi fussed.
She came here just for the zombies, and she couldn’t help but screech now that she didn’t see a single zombie around.
“How would we know? We’re looking into it now, aren’t we? Keep quiet.”
With the disappearance of the zombies, Gu Cheng was more anxious than anyone else present.
The crystal cores in their village all came from M-City, and they had many uses. Their main currency was crystal cores now, too.
Their village was not rich, and they didn’t have many wood ability users. They had to barter for food supplies with other bases and needed crystal cores for the exchange.
But now the zombies had disappeared, so how were they going to live?
Gu Cheng was very annoyed. He felt that nothing was going well for him recently. First, Yang Jindi knew about his secret, and now the zombies had disappeared.
At such a critical juncture, someone still wouldn’t stop making a fuss.
Yang Jindi suddenly smacked her lower thigh and wailed, “Oh no, how are we ordinary people going to live? With no zombies, our lives are gone!”
After wailing, Yang Jindi suddenly viciously stared at Qin Yi and the other two people. She pointed her finger at them and scolded, “It’s all you little b*tches’ fault! If not for you guys, our village wouldn’t be so miserable. Everything was fine before you guys appeared, and the moment you guys arrived, my house collapsed, and now M-City’s zombies have disappeared.”
“You, you guys are jinxes.”
Yang Jindi continued to righteously criticize Qin Yi and the other two people.
Qin Yi smiled coldly. This was quite the experience for her, as it was the first time she had met someone so unreasonable. Yang Jindi and Qin Jiaojiao should fight each other, as they were equally shameless.
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Chapter 567: Gu Cheng Acting Strangely
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She was as unreasonable as a shrew.
Qin Yi scoffed, not wanting to give Yang Jindi any ‘face’ at all.
“So according to what you said, you’re going to blame the apocalypse on us as well? Just because the three of us exist, the apocalypse happened?”
Qin Yi used to ignore such shameless people, but some people, no matter how hard you ignored them, would still push some baseless accusations on you.
After spending time with Feng Qingge, Qin Yi learned that some people would not stop if you simply ignored them. They would become even more brazen, thinking that you were afraid of them.
Yang Jindi was afraid but put on a brave front, “Who knows? Maybe it was you three who angered god.”
Yang Jindi had just finished talking when Gu Cheng glared at her, scolding, “Yang Jindi, what are you talking about? Ignorant woman, you are unreasonable.”
Even Gu Cheng couldn’t listen to the nonsense she was spouting.
Yang Jindi wanted to say more but when she saw Qin Yi’s cold phoenix eyes, she swallowed her words.
She was still very afraid of Qin Yi. Yang Jindi dared to scold her, but she didn’t want to go too far.
Gu Cheng gave Qin Yi an apologetic look but said nothing.
The group continued to walk forward.
They were still hoping that there would be zombies up ahead.
Qin Yi and the other two people walked at the back, not moving close together with the rest.
Wang Wenwen stared viciously at Yang Jindi, who was walking in front. There was a hint of annoyance in her voice as she complained, “Have we provoked her? She kept staring at us, as if she couldn’t wait to push all the blame on us.”
Feng Qingge looked at her nails, not bothered by Yang Jindi at all. “Who cares? She’s just jealous.”
She had met many people like her on Star continent. Previously, she was also a cold and indifferent person, but she was forced to become like that by those shameless people.
Only Qin Yi knew how Feng Qingge felt and directly scoffed.
Truly, what’s bred in the bones would come out in the flesh.
Qin Yi had her own views, commenting, “You must still be on your guard. These nasty people might just bite you one day when you’re not paying attention.”
That was what had happened to her in her previous life; it was because of these inconspicuous people that she was made to suffer tragically.
“That’s true,” Wang Wenwen and Feng Qingge nodded, becoming more alert.
The group went further ahead, but still did not see any zombies.
Gu Cheng became more impatient—how could this be a good thing? Without zombies, what was going to happen to that thing?
“Village chief, why don’t we head back? There isn’t a single zombie in M-City,” a man suggested dejectedly.
They had been wandering around for so long but hadn’t seen any zombies at all. They might as well go back and discuss finding another place.
“No!” Gu Cheng rejected.
Tomorrow… Tomorrow was the 15th and there were no zombies here…
Perhaps it was because Gu Cheng’s tone was too firm, but one of the men looked at him in doubt, “Village chief, why not? We still have a lot of supplies in the village, right? It’s certainly enough to last us for some time. There isn’t anything here, no zombies at all, so it’s just a waste of time to stay here.”
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Chapter 568: Big Ants
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The man’s last sentence was spoken impolitely, with a hint of anger.
He was a grade 4 earth ability user and was on par with Gu Cheng. In fact, if he wanted to be the Village Chief, that was possible as well.
But he was lazy and disliked overseeing such things, so he did not quarrel with Gu Cheng on that position.
The strong were respected in the apocalypse, and even though Gu Cheng was much older than him, many villagers revered the man as well.
Gu Cheng knew he had gotten angry and had a bitter look on his face, so he consoled the man, “Ye Zi, it’s not that I don’t want to go back, but we don’t have any more crystal cores in the village. Prices have increased recently, and we don’t have a choice.
“We found M-City with great difficulty and it’s the place most suited for us. If we look for other places, it’ll take us a couple hours, and that’s not even considering the possibility that we might not find anything at all,” Gu Cheng continued, pouring out his grievances.
Seeing that the men were calming down slightly, he added, “It’s a big city. I don’t believe that all the zombies simply disappeared. They must be hidden somewhere.”
He had to get the zombies. Otherwise, tomorrow…
The man called Ye Zi saw his troubled village chief and understood that he was genuinely concerned for their village. Upon thinking about it, he replied apologetically, “Village Chief, we are not to blame. I just feel that continuing to search will waste our time.
“But what you said was right. Even if the zombies have died, they would have left bones. For M-City to be so clean means that they must have hidden themselves.
“Fine, let’s go look around.”
When Ye Zi agreed, the other men also followed suit.
Qin Yi caught everything, not expecting the man called Ye Zi to actually have some popularity within the village.
However, she did not believe Gu Cheng’s words at all. She knew it had something to do with the ancestral hall’s secret.
Zombies and the ancestral hall… What could be inside?
The curiosity in her eyes grew denser.
Qin Yi and the group continued to walk when she suddenly caught a whiff of a sweet scent. It was extremely light, almost unnoticeable.
If not for Qin Yi’s sharp senses, which were five times more acute than that of ordinary ability users, she would not have sensed it at all.
Feng Qingge, who was idling by the side and cleaning her nails, suddenly stood up and squinted her blazing phoenix eyes.
Qin Yi looked at her, “You sensed it too.”
Feng Qingge nodded her head, “En, I wonder what is coming.”
Qin Yi squinted her eyes as her caution increased.
Wang Wenden was the same; she looked frail and simple but was actually strong as well.
As the three were walking behind the group and were very quiet, Gu Cheng and the others did not hear their conversation.
“Quickly, look! What’s that?!”
Wang Wenwen was careful, immediately seeing something amiss at the front.
Qin Yi turned and looked. That one glance was enough for her hair to stand up and cause her to gasp.
There were mutated ants in front of them, larger than a grown adult and not black, but a strange, mossy green.
These large ants had similarly big eyes that were all green, their gaze sending shivers down their spines.
The rest immediately noticed the same thing when Wang Wenwen exclaimed out loud.
Even the men were shocked when they saw the big ants, stammering, “What- What are they?”
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Chapter 569: Courting Disaster
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“They- They are mutated ants, right?” someone asked with uncertainty.
“What in the world are they? They’re so scary looking,” a man grumbled.
Even the most boorish of men were afraid when they saw so many large ants.
Fortunately, the ants stood still, not attempting to crawl towards them.
“This won’t be simple.”
Qin Yi immediately felt something was wrong, her sharp intuition not allowing her to relax.
What was the connection between the sudden disappearance of the zombies in the city and the appearance of the big ants?
Yang Jindi was scared half to death by the big ants, to the point that her calves trembled nonstop. After all, she was an ordinary human, without any abilities.
She always came over with the group but was tasked with digging out the crystal cores while others dealt with the zombies.
Furthermore, Wang Qiang always protected her. Now that he was sick, what would she do?
Seeing that the ants were unmoving, however, her thoughts began to race once again.
“Tsk! They’re just a group of ants and you guys are actually afraid. So weak!” Yang Jindi immediately laughed in mockery when she heard the man say that the ants were scary.
To her, the ants were just a group of stationary ants that had grown slightly bigger than usual.
Qin Yi rubbed her forehead. Where did such an idiot come from, to not be afraid of dying? Was she some sort of android, to be so brave and court disaster?
They did not move out of fear. Although the group of ants remained stationary, no one knew if they would start reacting if they moved.
This was extremely normal, as the zombies had relied on smell and movement to search for them in the beginning of the apocalypse.
As a result, they did not dare make any reckless moves.
“What do you know? Stop moving! You want to die but we don’t!”
The man did not fool around despite being mocked by Yang Jindi. When he saw how she was actually approaching the ants, he growled at her anxiously.
“Tsk! Look at you cowards. These are big ants, but they are still ants, and they won’t eat people. What are you guys afraid of? You talk about being a grade four or five ability user, but you guys are so afraid. You can’t even compare to this lady over here.”
Yan Jindi laughed at the fools. Before the apocalypse, she was someone that no one had liked.
In the apocalypse, the female gender became extremely important, but she remained unwanted.
How could she, someone with such high ambitions, accept that? To her, she was better than the others. It was just that the other women could not compare to her, and the heavens were not good to her, not giving her an ability.
Now that there was an opportunity, how could she not act upon it?
Although Yang Jindi had heard of countless mutated beast stories, she had never encountered them firsthand before, only hearing about them from others.
At that time, she thought that mutated beasts were extremely terrifying, capable of eating humans and drinking their blood. After calming down inside the village for several years, she only saw zombies in M-City.
But seeing how the zombies were dying so easily, her heart began to fill with disdain, feeling that all the news was fake.
How could zombies and mutated beasts be so scary?
Yang Jindi continued to approach the ants in an attempt to showcase her own bravery. She even extended her hand out with the intent of touching the ant.
Qin Yi’s mouth curved into a smile of disdain as she quietly watched Yang Jindi court with disaster.
Fortunately, Wang Qiang still had some intelligence in him. Although he was ordinarily slow, he was still a grade 2 ability user and had seen plenty of things.
When he saw how Yang Jindi was actually provoking the mutated ants, he was scared out of his wits.
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Chapter 570: Death of Wang Qiang
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“Yang Jindi, don’t.”
“Stop.”
But it was a tad too late, as Yang Jindi had a pleased look that made Wang Qiang want to slap her a few times.
Yang Jindi was so pleased, she forgot about her current situation until she suddenly felt her shoulder become wet. Turning around to look, she froze in shock.
The ant had suddenly gained consciousness and its moss green eyes blinked.
Qin Yi could see that the ants were like wolves, and they had turned into their prey.
Yang Jindi’s shoulder was wet from the ant’s saliva.
The ant opened its mouth, revealing its sharp and white teeth.
The rest of the villagers were not as short-sighted as Yang Jindi. Seeing the rows of dense and sharp teeth, their calves started to tremble.
They were carnivores… All these large monsters were carnivores…
And the meat they were about to eat were theirs…
No one moved. Even though they were trembling, no one dared to move.
That was because only one ant was awake.
Aside from the one that Yang Jindi had courted, the other ants remained stoned.
They did not dare to move. How could they? There were a few thousand of these ants. Even if a small minority of them woke up, it would be an awful situation.
“Save me.”
Yang Jindi finally felt afraid, the rows of sharp teeth causing her heart to jump to her throat.
Who dared to move? No one dared to save her.
If she had not courted disaster and provoked the ant, would they even be in this situation?
Forget about saving her, Gu Cheng and the others were fretting over the fact that they were going to die. Why did they bring such a troublemaker with them? They didn’t even know how powerful the ants were.
Seeing that no one was moving to save her, Yang Jindi opened her mouth, intending to curse at them. But up against the ant’s mossy green eyes, she no longer cared about cursing them.
Just as Yan Hindu was about to use the ancestral hall secret to threaten Gu Cheng, the ant moved.
It did not have any patience, as it was very hungry. Although it despised the food in front of it, being able to eat was good enough.
The ant bit down after making its decision. The close proximity allowed it to reach Yang Jindi just by lowering its head.
Humans could unlock hidden potential at desperate moments. No one saw how Yang Jindi did it, but she crawled to the side at a very fast speed and pushed Wang Qiang, who was right beside her, towards the ant.
It was so fast that no one expected it, much less Wang Qiang. Without being able to move, he was sent into the ant’s mouth.
The ant bit down and Qin Yi saw Wang Qiang’s body being broken into two.
A bloody mist splattered out, staining their eyes.
Of course, It also stained the ant’s eyes.
It swung its feelers a few times and produced chewing sounds from its mouth.
Delicious, so delicious. It had never eaten such good food before!
It was unlike what it had eaten for the past few days. Those were smelly and disgusting, unlike this one, which was so fragrant.
While thinking about this, it finished the first half inside its mouth. It then picked up the remaining half, quickly gobbling it up.
The sound of bones cracking could be heard, practically a nightmare for Gu Cheng and the others.
They were afraid of dying, but the strongest among them was at grade four at most. How could they fight against such opponents?
Oh, right… Someone could, someone could…
A man could no longer bear the sound and turned to Qin Yi, pleading, “Little brother, you’re the one with the highest abilities here. You must save us!”