A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse

Walking on the dusty red dirt road in the afternoon, Bei Nuan's sadness was overwhelming.

There was no need to be "absolutely obedient" to Lu Xingchi; he would be "absolutely obedient" to her, doing whatever she asked. It was impossible to tell if he was even affected by her ability.

As a result, she suffered a significant loss.

She should have sensed something was wrong from the moment he whispered in her ear, "Are you satisfied?"

That wasn't the respectful attitude a controlled puppet should have towards its master.

It was clearly Lu Xingchi himself flirting.

Bei Nuan just wanted to keep walking down this road and never go back to see Lu Xingchi again.

Bei Nuan walked ahead, unaware that Lu Xingchi was following not far behind.

He kept a distance from her, and seeing her distraught appearance, he couldn't help but smile.

Lu Xingchi felt a little regretful that she had discovered the truth so quickly. It was a pity. If it could have lasted for two more days…

While he was thinking, someone suddenly stopped him.

It was Xiao Shouzi.

Xiao Shouzi hesitated, blocking Lu Xingchi's path. After several seconds of gathering his courage, he said, "Brother Lu, I have something to tell you."

Curiosity arose in Lu Xingchi's heart: "What is it?"

Xiao Shouzi licked his lips. "Can you… not go to Taiping Gate? Isn't one month's worth of meal tickets good enough? So many people want a month's worth of meal tickets!"

He spoke haltingly, piquing Lu Xingchi's interest. "I don't want meal tickets. I just want to see Taiping Gate. Why not?"

Xiao Shouzi looked at Lu Xingchi for a long time, sighed, and muttered, "Good advice is wasted on those determined to die. I couldn't stop Captain Zheng. I tried to persuade Da Hei, but he wouldn't listen either. You people… if you want to go, then go."

After saying that, he turned and walked away.

"Stop." Lu Xingchi called him back. When he turned around, Lu Xingchi asked, "Is Captain Zheng going to kill someone?"

A flash of panic crossed Xiao Shouzi's eyes.

Lu Xingchi became even more certain. "Is he going to slaughter Taiping Gate? Did he tell you that?"

Lu Xingchi observed Xiao Shouzi's expression. "No, he didn't tell you. Then how did you know?"

Xiao Shouzi, his thoughts seen through, became frightened and stammered, "I… I just guessed…"

"You didn't guess." Lu Xingchi interrupted him. "Did someone else tell you?"

Then he answered his own question, "No. Then how do you know so clearly?"

An idea popped up, and Lu Xingchi already had the answer.

He took two steps forward and lowered his voice.

"You not only know that Captain Zheng is going to slaughter Taiping Gate, but you also know that even if it's not easy, he will eventually escape unscathed when he goes to the manor today. So even though you're so afraid of zombies, you still insisted on following him to earn thirty days' worth of meal tickets for free, right?"

Xiao Shouzi completely panicked and turned to run.

Lu Xingchi grabbed his shoulder. "Don't be afraid. You came here specifically to warn us not to go to Taiping Gate. I understand your good intentions."

Xiao Shouzi stammered, "Bullets have no eyes. If a fight really breaks out, who knows who will get hit. You'd better not go. I have something to do, so I'll go first…"

Lu Xingchi didn't let go at all and calmly asked, "You've been reborn, haven't you?"

Xiao Shouzi was instantly dumbfounded, his mouth agape.

Lu Xingchi knew he had guessed correctly and calmly asked him, "What ability did you draw when you were reborn?"

Xiao Shouzi was stunned for a long time before he spoke, a little embarrassed. "It's… it's being particularly good at gossiping behind people's backs."

Lu Xingchi: ?

Particularly good at gossiping?

What kind of ability was that?

Bei Nuan walked all the way back to the base and found that although this place was dilapidated, it was a complete city. Now inhabited by survivors, it was quite lively and much larger than Bei Nuan had imagined.

Bei Nuan's attention was soon diverted, and she gradually forgot about the embarrassing incident.

From here, she could see a large lake at the end of the road.

Against the backdrop of the blue sky and red earth, the lake water was exceptionally blue and calm.

On the other side of the lake, there seemed to be beautifully built houses, much better than the dormitory in the mining area. Could that be the resort Da Hei had mentioned?

Bei Nuan was about to go to the lake to take a look when she noticed chaos over there.

Not far away, many people were running around, rushing towards her along the road.

Bei Nuan saw a group of people running away in the front, and several strange people were chasing after them.

Judging by their blood-red eyes, they were all zombies, frantically chasing the living people in front.

But each zombie's mouth was covered with a strange iron muzzle, like a dog muzzle.

Not just muzzles, their hands were also covered with something like gloves.

So, in principle, these zombies were not aggressive.

Therefore, although they were chasing people, the people in front were not too nervous.

As they rushed towards her, Bei Nuan saw several people dressed as soldiers chasing after the zombies, all wearing the same reddish-brown uniforms as the soldiers guarding the gate, similar to the color of the earth here.

Those people were chasing and shouting, "These are Boss Yin's people! No one in front is allowed to attack! No one is allowed to kill!"

Seeing the zombies approaching, many people had already taken out their weapons.

It seemed that these soldiers intended to capture the zombies alive.

They rushed towards Bei Nuan in a chaotic mess.

Some people were a little scared when they saw the zombies coming and turned to run, but many others felt that the zombies were all muzzled and it was no big deal, so they just dodged to the side of the road.

Bei Nuan did the same, just dodging to the side of the road to make way for them.

However, a zombie spotted her.

For some reason, a zombie rushed directly towards her.

This zombie was a very young woman.

Although she had become a zombie, it was still evident that she was very beautiful.

Strangely, this zombie wore makeup, false eyelashes, glitter, and was well-dressed.

She wore a short, low-cut black sequined dress, revealing her long legs. Her shoes were gone, and she was barefoot.

Her hair also seemed to have been styled. Her long, curly hair was very clean and shone brightly in the sun.

Except for the muzzle and mask, she was a complete beauty.

Unfortunately, she was a zombie beauty.

There were so many people on the roadside, but she ignored everyone and rushed straight towards Bei Nuan, groaning.

In her panic, Bei Nuan had a brain freeze. The spell suddenly popped into her head: "Good babies should be obedient."

"Stop," Bei Nuan said.

The beautiful zombie suddenly froze, slammed on the brakes, and actually stopped in place.

Could zombies also be controlled by the "absolute obedience" ability?

Bei Nuan was completely unprepared and dumbfounded.

The person and the zombie stood there, staring at each other, both a little embarrassed.

The soldiers behind had already caught up, shouting and laughing, like shepherds catching runaway sheep, not taking it too seriously.

For some reason, Bei Nuan subconsciously felt a little fondness for this obedient zombie beauty.

In contrast, she felt that the soldiers chasing her were the bad guys.

Bei Nuan whispered to the beautiful zombie, "Run away, quickly!"

This time, the beautiful zombie received the order, ignored Bei Nuan, and ran away.

Immediately after, another zombie came towards Bei Nuan.

This time it was a handsome young man, also wearing a muzzle, but bizarrely dressed like the protagonist in Aladdin, with earrings and harem pants.

Bei Nuan had experience this time and immediately recited the spell in her mind, commanding the zombie: "Don't pounce on me!"

Strangely, it didn't work this time.

The zombie with blood-red eyes, as if it hadn't heard, pounced directly at Bei Nuan.

However, it was unsuccessful.

A large iron sign, appearing out of nowhere, suddenly fell from the sky, landing between Bei Nuan and the zombie, firmly embedded in the ground.

Blocked by the iron sign, two soldiers had already caught up, grabbed the zombie's arms like catching a chicken, pressed him to the ground, and tied him up.

One of them viciously kicked him to vent his anger. "Still running? See where you can run. I'm almost out of breath chasing you."

The other one stepped on him and tightened the rope while saying, "How did the lock suddenly open? Zombies can't unlock doors."

The first one didn't care. "Someone must have forgotten to lock it after opening the door, right?"

In no time, all the runaway zombies were caught.

A small truck drove over from the lake, and the escaped zombies were all tied up and thrown into the back like cargo.

Bei Nuan saw that the beautiful female zombie had also been tied up.

Before she was picked up and thrown onto the truck by two soldiers, she turned her head and looked towards Bei Nuan from afar.

Bei Nuan felt that even with her red eyes, the expression she gave Bei Nuan was still a human plea.

She couldn't speak, but her expression seemed to say: Save me.

The truck drove away. As Bei Nuan stared at the rising dust, lost in thought, someone ruffled her hair.

"What are you thinking about?"

From the moment the large iron sign fell from the sky, Bei Nuan knew that Lu Xingchi was nearby.

He was worried about her and had followed her.

Bei Nuan turned around and saw Lu Xingchi standing behind her, one hand in his trouser pocket, looking at her with a smile in his eyes.

Bei Nuan pretended to have completely forgotten what had happened in the room with him before she ran out, focusing entirely on discussing the zombies with him.

"Did you see that female zombie in the tight dress just now?" Bei Nuan said. "I think she came to me specifically, as if she wanted me to save her."

This was quite absurd.

Zombies would chase after living people upon seeing them. They wouldn't specifically look for someone, let alone ask for help.

However, Lu Xingchi didn't seem to find her words strange. He thought about it seriously. "If it were me, I might also look for you because among so many people on the road, you look the kindest."

He was right.

Bei Nuan had an angelic face that inspired trust, making people feel that she must be a good person.

The chaos ended, and the road returned to normal. Many people were chatting in groups.

"Why did zombies suddenly appear? And they were muzzled."

Someone who seemed knowledgeable said, "They must be zombies that escaped from Taiping Gate."

The speaker was a short, middle-aged man. Bei Nuan quickly asked him, "Why are there zombies in Taiping Gate?"

The short man said, "They seem to specialize in raising zombies for fun, right?"

The people around him laughed. "You've never been to such a high-class place, so how would you know? You're just making things up."

The short man became anxious. "I haven't been there, but I have a friend who delivered something inside. He said there are quite a few zombies inside, all very good-looking and well-dressed."

Bei Nuan and Lu Xingchi exchanged glances.

The group started making up all sorts of nonsense about the female zombie, joking around. Lu Xingchi didn't let Bei Nuan continue listening and pulled her away.

As the two walked back, the image of the zombie's pleading eyes lingered in Bei Nuan's mind.

Lu Xingchi also remained silent, seemingly pondering something just like her. Suddenly, he said, "So you like lychees."

Bei Nuan was puzzled: ?

"I also think lychee flavor is good," he said.

Bei Nuan suddenly understood. He was talking about the candy.

When she invited him to kiss her, she had a lychee-flavored candy in her mouth.

Bei Nuan immediately forgot about the zombie asking for help and continued to dwell on the now-fading pain and shame.

Bei Nuan silently prayed that her next ability would be memory erasure. With a gentle wipe, Lu Xingchi would forget all about her embarrassing moments.

For the rest of the day, lychees became an insurmountable hurdle for Bei Nuan.

In the evening, when Jiang Fei asked everyone what they wanted to eat, Lu Xingchi blurted out, "Lychee meat."

Bei Nuan was speechless. "Do you know that there are no lychees in lychee meat?"

Du Ruo exclaimed, "Speaking of lychees, I really want to eat some. Lychees should be in season now. It's so painful. Bei Nuan, do you have any lychee-flavored soda?"

Bei Nuan said coldly, "No."

Tang Tang hummed, "I want to eat lychee-flavored potato chips. I love lychee-flavored potato chips."

Bei Nuan silently fished out a bag of lime-flavored chips and handed it to him, shutting him up.

Jiang Fei said, "If there are no lychees, lychee-flavored jelly is actually quite good."

Lu Xingchi glanced at Bei Nuan and calmly said, "Jelly is a good idea. We can try it."

Bei Nuan: "…"

Just after dinner, someone came looking for Lu Xingchi and Bei Nuan. This time, it was Captain Zheng himself.

He brought Da Hei with him.

Unlike during the day, Da Hei was wearing a suit jacket over his vest, polished leather shoes, and had styled his hair with wax. He was clearly dressed up.

Seeing Bei Nuan staring at him curiously, Da Hei was a little embarrassed. "Aren't we going to Taiping Gate tonight?"

Bei Nuan immediately looked at Captain Zheng.

Going to Taiping Gate tonight? What was so urgent?

Captain Zheng's stern face was expressionless as he said indifferently, "Better today than tomorrow."

Then he asked Bei Nuan, "Are you going to Taiping Gate or exchanging for meal tickets? The boss said we did a good job and can exchange for forty days' worth of meal tickets. This kind of opportunity is rare."

Bei Nuan thought: It sounded like he didn't really want to take them to Taiping Gate.

Da Hei chimed in, "Who wants meal tickets? Isn't the chance to go to Taiping Gate the one we shouldn't miss?"

Lu Xingchi also came over, put his hand on Bei Nuan's shoulder, and smiled. "Of course, we're going to Taiping Gate."

Captain Zheng's sharp gaze met Lu Xingchi's for a moment before he looked away and uttered two words, "As you wish."

Da Hei first sized up Lu Xingchi, probably thinking that his shirt and trousers were neat and tidy and considered passable. Then he turned to Bei Nuan.

"Aren't you going to change your dress? I heard that people inside dress very elegantly."

Bei Nuan didn't own anything like a dress. The clothes she had stored in her space were all practical for moving around in the apocalypse.

Bei Nuan retorted, "Isn't Captain Zheng also wearing his usual clothes?"

Captain Zheng was still wearing his multi-pocketed dark blue combat uniform, black half-finger combat gloves, and high-top black leather military boots, the same outfit he wore when he went to the manor to kill zombies during the day.

The taciturn man hid his face in the shadows, expressionless, only his hard profile faintly visible.

His eyes, however, were bright, sharp, and alert, like a hunter ready to catch his prey.

As they were about to leave, Du Ruo shouted from behind them, "Remember to bring me back something good to eat!"

The four of them set off together.

Taking the same path Bei Nuan had taken during the day, they passed through the abandoned city and arrived at the lake area.

There were always people patrolling the lake area, and people from the mining area were not easily allowed to approach.

Bei Nuan and the others were questioned several times by the patrolling sentries. Because they had Taiping Gate tickets, which acted as amulets, they had a smooth journey.

The evening breeze was gentle by the lake. The resort actually had electricity, probably self-generated. The houses were brightly lit, a stark contrast to the mining area, like another world.

Captain Zheng led them through the resort, past layers of checks, and they saw a white marble archway-like structure with three characters engraved on it: Taiping Gate.

It seemed that this was the legendary Taiping Gate.

Behind the archway was a resplendent building, a blend of old and new, with armed soldiers guarding the entrance.

The security guards checked their identities and conducted a security check. Of course, they didn't carry any weapons and passed without any issues.

The inside was truly extraordinary.

It was like a bustling nightclub.

The lights were dazzling, and the air was filled with the fragrance of perfume and the rustle of fine clothes. Da Hei was right; the people inside were indeed dressed elegantly, clearly not from the same class as the grimy people earning meal tickets in the mining area. Everyone was indulging in pleasure.

It was as if the apocalypse outside didn't exist.

Da Hei became excited and said to Captain Zheng, "Brother, I'll go to the bar to get drinks. What do you want to drink?"

Everyone who came in could get a free drink.

"I don't know what they have. Whatever." Captain Zheng seemed completely uninterested, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings.

He said to Lu Xingchi and Bei Nuan, "You two have fun. I'll go take a look around."

After saying that, he squeezed into the crowd and disappeared.

Bei Nuan and Lu Xingchi followed, but the light was too dim and there were too many people, making it impossible to find him.

A waiter passed by and was stopped by Lu Xingchi.

"What kind of drink is this?" Lu Xingchi asked.

The waiter's tray held a light pink cocktail, conspicuously garnished with two peeled fresh lychees.

The fresh lychee flesh glistened translucently under the nightclub lights.

"Peerless Beauty," the waiter quickly replied. "It's strong alcohol with lychee liqueur and fresh lychees."

Lu Xingchi nodded, pointed to the seats next to them, and said calmly, "Bring us two."

The lychee thing just wouldn't go away.

Bei Nuan whispered, "Lu Xingchi, are you done yet?"

Lu Xingchi leaned over and calmly replied in her ear, "No. Not yet."

Bei Nuan was exasperated and suddenly felt like she never wanted to eat another lychee again in her life.

The waiter soon brought two "Peerless Beauty" cocktails.

Bei Nuan refused, not even glancing at them.

Lu Xingchi picked up a lychee from one of the glasses, brought it to Bei Nuan's lips, and gently touched her lips with it, as if knocking on a door, a smile in his light, bright eyes.

Bei Nuan couldn't resist and opened her mouth, swallowing the lychee.

The fresh lychee flesh was soaked in alcohol, adding a rich aroma to its sweetness. It was truly delicious.

As a result, without Lu Xingchi having to feed her anymore, Bei Nuan ate all four lychees from both glasses.

Bei Nuan quickly finished all the lychees and tentatively reached out to try the drink.

However, Lu Xingchi mercilessly took the glass away.

"Lychees are fine, but not this drink." Lu Xingchi picked up the glass and took a sip. "There's a lot of vodka in it. It's too strong, you'll get drunk."

Lu Xingchi was acting like a mother rabbit looking after her young.

Bei Nuan pouted in dissatisfaction. Turning her head, she suddenly saw a familiar figure sitting on a sofa not far away - Huo Ren.

Huo Ren's collar was half-open, his sleeves rolled up halfway, and he was sprawled on the back of the sofa in his usual languid posture, squinting at the reveling crowd.

Bei Nuan immediately forgot about the lychee cocktail and frantically tugged at Lu Xingchi's arm. "Look! Look! Look over there!"

Lu Xingchi couldn't help but smile. "Don't get so excited. I saw him a long time ago."

Huo Ren had actually come to this base too.

This was truly an inescapable fate.

A karmic one.

Author's Note:

Lu Xingchi: Seer

Bei Nuan: Hidden Wolf

Xiao San: Cupid

Zhou Cang: Silenced Elder (Eliminated)

Jiang Fei: Bodyguard

Du Ruo: Hybrid

Xie Yuanqing: Piper

Lao Hu: Fortune Teller

Huo Ren: Hell Rider

Xiao Shouzi: Raven

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