A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse

She had obviously overheard their conversation, and the atmosphere immediately became a little awkward.

In the silence, Bei Nuan glanced at the task bar and unexpectedly discovered that in the "Power of God" task conditions, "Respect of Peers" had changed to (1/1).

Considering they had helped her complete the task, Bei Nuan decided to forgive them for the time being.

With the zombies all gone, everyone worked together, chanting as they moved the large tree blocking the road and resumed their journey.

Lu Xingchi and the others were in Shao Bai's vehicle. As soon as the car started, Shao Bai said, "Seriously, have you considered joining our special forces?"

He had tried to persuade everyone to join the Federation army earlier, but that was just a general suggestion. This time, he specifically mentioned that their special forces team was looking for recruits.

Before Lu Xingchi could refuse, Du Ruo pointed at Bei Nuan and asked, "But isn't she a woman? Do you accept women too?"

Shao Bai replied firmly, "Think about it. If you agree, I'll do everything I can to get special approval from above."

It seemed he was thoroughly impressed by Bei Nuan's marksmanship.

Shao Bai added, "If special approval doesn't work, how about dressing her as a man?"

Everyone was speechless: Captain Shao had read too many novels.

However, it was wartime, and Bei Nuan's performance was exceptional. Perhaps they really would make an exception for her.

The team had to keep moving forward. Lu Xingchi initially wanted to reject Shao Bai outright and be done with it, but he glanced at Bei Nuan.

Bei Nuan didn't seem to notice what they were discussing at all. She was happily examining the gun Shao Bai had given her.

Like a child who had received a new toy.

Lu Xingchi changed his response: "We'll consider it and get back to you."

Bei Nuan didn't care what Lu Xingchi decided. Whether or not they joined some special forces, wherever the male lead was, she would be there.

She studied the gun in her hand for a while, then remembered the unfinished fun side quest.

The "Power of God" task sounded incredibly powerful.

Now that she had "A Friend's Consideration" and "Respect of Peers," all that was left was "A Lover's Passion," and the new ability would be hers.

A Lover's Passion.

Bei Nuan stealthily glanced at Lu Xingchi sitting beside her.

His consideration wasn't "A Friend's Consideration," which meant the system had personally certified that he wasn't a "friend."

Moreover, in a previous task, "A Lover's Comfort" had been fulfilled by him.

So his passion would likely count.

So how could she get him to show some "passion"?

Once this thought popped up, it filled her entire mind.

A few days ago, in Room 602 at the base, Bei Nuan, thinking that Lu Xingchi wouldn't remember due to the effects of his ability, had proactively put a lychee candy in her mouth and invited him to eat it, greatly embarrassing herself.

Since then, the two hadn't had any intimate moments, at most just a hug.

Bei Nuan snuck another glance at Lu Xingchi, her gaze sweeping over his beautiful lips, her face flushing slightly.

Lu Xingchi suddenly turned towards her and spoke in a low voice.

"Bei Nuan, believe it or not, often, just by looking at your expression, I know what you're thinking. Especially…" he smiled, "…the particularly obvious kind."

Huh?

Hearing Lu Xingchi's words, Bei Nuan jolted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, dropping the gun in her hand.

Just before the gun hit the top of her foot, it suddenly floated, stopping an inch above her foot.

Lu Xingchi casually picked up the gun and handed it back to Bei Nuan.

"This is a gun, be careful," he said.

Bei Nuan thought, Isn't it all your fault for scaring me?

Lu Xingchi returned the gun to Bei Nuan, but his hand didn't leave, finding one of her hands and pulling it towards him.

The jeep was full of people, yet he unreservedly made such an intimate gesture. Bei Nuan quickly glanced around.

Fortunately, no one noticed them. The journey was too boring, and everyone else was either daydreaming or dozing.

Lu Xingchi interlaced his fingers with Bei Nuan's, but he wasn't satisfied. He lifted her hand and gently kissed her fingers.

He didn't just touch her fingers with his lips.

Bei Nuan clearly felt him open his mouth slightly.

Something soft and moist curled around her finger, even sucking lightly.

He gave her finger a wet kiss.

He did such a sensual thing in public without changing his expression, then turned his head and gave Bei Nuan a smug little smile.

A very beautiful smile.

The sunlight streaming through the car window cast a halo around him. He didn't look quite human, like an Archangel with folded wings, a fallen Archangel who couldn't resist doing something naughty.

Bei Nuan's heart raced.

However, suddenly, Bei Nuan noticed that "A Lover's Passion" had changed to (1/1).

The "Power of God" task was marked as complete.

Ignoring Lu Xingchi, Bei Nuan quickly checked the newly appeared task description.

It said: You will possess the world god's power to reverse time. Silently recite "溯流而上 (Sùliú ér shàng - Trace back upstream)," choose your witness, and begin your reversal.

Reverse time?

Bei Nuan thought, Did I read that right? Does it mean I can make time go backward?

No wonder Xiao San said this ability was the Power of God. It truly deserved the name.

Controlling time was something probably only a god could do.

Bei Nuan studied it more carefully and saw a small line of text at the end: Reverse time for ten minutes, cooldown time thirty minutes.

Finally, an ability with a cooldown.

It was obvious why. If this ability had no cooldown, Bei Nuan could reverse time not just for ten minutes, but could reverse it once and then immediately do it again, making time rewind indefinitely.

Bei Nuan, her hand held by Lu Xingchi, sat upright and quietly, pondering—

Should I try it?

This opportunity to play god was rare; once missed, it might never come again.

Bei Nuan silently recited "Sùliú ér shàng" in her mind. A familiar name wheel immediately popped up before her eyes. It displayed "Choose Witness" above the wheel and "Confirm" below.

This time, the wheel could be scrolled up and down freely.

Bei Nuan scanned it. There were only a dozen or so names on the wheel. Apart from the team members and Shao Bai, they were all unfamiliar to her.

Preoccupied with this, Bei Nuan ignored Lu Xingchi and suddenly felt someone playing with her fingers one by one.

Bei Nuan glanced at Lu Xingchi and saw his aggrieved expression.

The big boss Lu had been acting strangely lately, very keen on playing the victim.

Bei Nuan reassuringly squeezed his hand, but she suddenly discovered that when her gaze fell on Lu Xingchi, the wheel moved on its own, stopping at "Lu Xingchi."

Bei Nuan glanced at Shao Bai in the front seat, and the wheel automatically turned again, stopping at "Shao Bai."

Bei Nuan quickly looked at the soldier in the passenger seat, and the wheel immediately turned to an unfamiliar name.

So that's how it worked.

This was simple. She didn't need to know who the person was. Just by looking at them, the wheel would automatically find the corresponding name and set them as the witness. It was quite convenient.

Judging by the number of names on the wheel, it seemed the entire convoy was included.

Presumably, the "witness" had to be within a certain range of Bei Nuan.

The term "witness" sounded very special. If Bei Nuan guessed correctly, perhaps they could witness the reversal of time.

For something like this, she absolutely couldn't choose Lu Xingchi.

Bei Nuan thought for a moment and chose an unfamiliar soldier in the back seat who was dozing off and looking out the window. After the wheel stopped, she clicked confirm.

Something magical happened.

Bei Nuan saw everything around her begin to rewind.

Like a video playing in reverse, and in fast forward.

Everything retreated at a speed faster than the normal flow of time.

The jeep reversed, Lu Xingchi played with Bei Nuan's hand again. This time, like rewinding, he released her hand after the kiss and reached for the gun.

The gun seemed to have been placed very close to Bei Nuan's foot by him, then magically flew back into her hand.

Lu Xingchi spoke again, a long sentence, which should be the same sentence he had just said, telling Bei Nuan that he could easily tell she was having inappropriate thoughts.

But because it was spoken backward, it sounded like a series of bizarre syllables, like a foreign language.

Bei Nuan couldn't control her actions at all. Only her consciousness remained awake throughout, clearly experiencing the reversal of time.

After this dizzying fast rewind ended, time suddenly snapped back to normal, and the flow rate returned to normal.

Bei Nuan could move freely again.

Time had truly returned to ten minutes ago.

The others didn't seem to notice the crazy reversal at all. Everyone remained calm, everything as usual.

Bei Nuan immediately turned to look at the "witness."

He didn't seem to sense the magical time reversal either. He just stared out the window, looking puzzled, and suddenly spoke.

"Boss, haven't we driven past this section of road already? Are you lost?" He called out to Shao Bai, who was driving.

The person next to him, before Shao Bai could speak, laughed, "Nonsense, are you still half asleep?"

Shao Bai also said, "No way."

The "witness" muttered, "Why do I feel like I've seen this place before? Has our car encountered a ghost wall?"

The person next to him laughed, "What ghost wall? I think you've hit a wall yourself!"

Bei Nuan thought, it seemed she was the only one who could perceive the time reversal. The "witness" didn't know time had reversed, but after the time reversal, he retained the memories from before.

Bei Nuan glanced at Lu Xingchi, remembering the kiss, thinking that this time he probably wouldn't kiss her finger again.

Lu Xingchi noticed her gaze and leaned over, lowering his voice.

"Bei Nuan, believe it or not, often, just by looking at your expression, I know what you're thinking. Especially…the particularly obvious kind."

He said the exact same words as before.

As if she had seen the script, Bei Nuan knew that next, she should panic and drop the gun, almost hitting her foot.

Bei Nuan immediately hugged her little gun tightly.

This time, she held the gun firmly, and it didn't fall.

Lu Xingchi looked at Bei Nuan in confusion, "Why are you holding the gun so tightly? It's a gun, be careful."

Bei Nuan silently complained: You tell me to "be careful" when I drop the gun, and you also say "be careful" when I'm holding it perfectly fine?

This time the gun didn't fall, but there was no kiss either.

Just as Bei Nuan was thinking this, she saw Lu Xingchi reach out, set her gun aside, and casually took one of her hands.

He interlaced his fingers with hers and naturally brought her hand to his lips.

Once again, in full view of everyone, he gave her fingers a tender and lingering kiss.

Just like before, he turned his head and, in the dazzling halo, smiled like an Archangel tempted by worldly beauty and desire.

Bei Nuan understood.

Regardless of whether or not he used picking up the gun as an excuse, he just wanted to kiss her, that's all.

It was a pity that the time reversal ability was now on cooldown and couldn't be used again. Otherwise, she could try to see if he would kiss her again.

The bewildered "witness" was still muttering in the back seat.

"I really saw these crooked trees before! I also saw that small broken house, with two missing windowpanes! Why? Am I the only one experiencing this ghost wall?"

The jeep drove for a full hour before reaching a remote forest.

There was a hidden temporary camp in the forest.

Sentries stood guard at the entrance of the camp. Inside, a large open space was filled with neatly arranged, man-high camouflage tents.

Shao Bai's team had about twenty or thirty people this time. Bei Nuan didn't know what business brought the special forces team deep into the infected zone.

Besides soldiers, there were also civilians in the camp.

A toddler in diapers was happily learning to walk in the camp, stumbling and falling. Before the little one could even cry, a passing soldier picked the child up with rough hands and gently soothed them.

"These are refugees we encountered along the way," Shao Bai said. "We plan to take them to a nearby safe settlement."

The refugees lived in a separate row of tents. Shao Bai led them there, assigned them a six-person tent, and gave Bei Nuan a meaningful look.

Lu Xingchi knew what he was thinking. "We always stay together, never separated."

Du Ruo nodded seriously, "That's right. One woman, four men."

Bei Nuan: "…"

Du Ruo added, "We're very pure. If you're thinking something dirty, it only proves you're the dirty one. Are you thinking something dirty?"

Shao Bai's face flushed again.

This special forces captain, despite his heroic appearance, had blushed repeatedly from morning till now.

To Du Ruo's question, answering either "yes" or "no" felt inappropriate. Shao Bai could only say, "Alright, you guys rest first. I just saw they've started cooking. Go to the largest green tent at the back, and you can get lunch there."

Shao Bai left, and Du Ruo immediately wanted to eat.

Jiang Fei smiled and said, "I don't think they'll have anything good to eat." Still, he good-naturedly accompanied Du Ruo to search for food.

Tang Tang looked at Bei Nuan and Lu Xingchi, dropped a line, "Sister Nuan Nuan, I'll go take a look too," and slipped away.

Only Bei Nuan and Lu Xingchi were left in the tent, and the atmosphere was a bit delicate.

The memory of his kiss popped back into Bei Nuan's mind.

Afraid Lu Xingchi would see what she was thinking, Bei Nuan bent down and awkwardly touched the sleeping bag on the bunk. "It doesn't seem thick, but it should be enough in this weather. No need for an extra layer. Are you hungry? Should we go out for a walk?"

Lu Xingchi didn't answer. He walked over, pulled her into his arms from behind, turned her face, and kissed her directly.

It felt like they hadn't kissed for a long, long time. Bei Nuan closed her eyes.

Just as his lips touched hers, the tent flap was suddenly lifted.

"I've already asked…"

Shao Bai walked in and, abruptly seeing what the two were doing inside, swallowed the rest of his sentence.

Bei Nuan wanted to die of embarrassment.

This was proof that Du Ruo's earlier statement, "We're very pure," was a lie.

Not pure at all.

Judging by Shao Bai's expression, that's exactly what he thought.

Lu Xingchi pursed his lips and released Bei Nuan, seemingly unconcerned. He asked Shao Bai, "And then?"

Shao Bai had to continue, "If you agree to join, they'll have to report it further up and see if they can get special approval."

As if to dispel the awkward atmosphere in the tent, Shao Bai asked again, "Want to go eat together?"

Lu Xingchi paused for a second before slowly replying, "We still have some things to do…"

Before he could finish, Shao Bai's face flushed crimson once more, and he hurriedly replied, "…Oh…right, you're busy, I…that…"

His sentence was broken and disjointed.

Lu Xingchi was too thick-skinned, Shao Bai was too thin-skinned, so Bei Nuan had to smooth things over. "Let's go see what there is to eat."

The three left the tent together.

Lu Xingchi still held Bei Nuan's hand. Bei Nuan looked up at him and found him looking displeased, as if the whole world owed him money.

Bei Nuan bit her lip, a sudden idea striking her. She silently recited "Sùliú ér shàng" in her mind.

There was a sentry standing guard not far away. Bei Nuan found the sentry with her eyes and chose him as the "witness."

At this time, everyone was eating, and no one was entering or leaving the camp. The sentry was staring blankly at the forest outside, completely motionless. He shouldn't notice the ten-minute rewind.

The ability activated, time reversed, returning to ten minutes prior.

They re-entered the camp. Shao Bai arranged the tent and hurried off, and Du Ruo and the others also went out to find food.

Lu Xingchi, just like before, waited until only the two of them were left in the tent and immediately reached out to put his arm around Bei Nuan's waist.

"It seems someone is coming outside," Bei Nuan said.

The tent had two zippered doors, one at the front and one at the back. Bei Nuan took Lu Xingchi's hand and quickly slipped out of the back door of the tent.

Lu Xingchi listened, and although he didn't seem to hear anything, he obediently followed Bei Nuan.

Sure enough, just as they slipped out the back door of the tent, Shao Bai's voice came from the front, "I've already asked… Huh? No one's here?"

Shao Bai, not finding anyone, left in a hurry.

Lu Xingchi smiled, bent down, scooped her up in his arms, and lifted her.

The only problem was that, carrying her back to the tent like this, Bei Nuan was much taller than the tent door.

Lu Xingchi had no intention of putting her down. The two bumped around at the entrance before finally managing to get back into the tent.

Suddenly being taller than Lu Xingchi was novel and amusing. Bei Nuan put her hands on his shoulders, refusing to get down, looking around.

"Bei Nuan," Lu Xingchi called her.

Bei Nuan turned her head and saw Lu Xingchi looking up at her.

"Lower your head," he said.

He was holding Bei Nuan, and with no free hands, he couldn't initiate anything.

Bei Nuan lowered her head, getting closer to him.

"Lower," he continued.

Bei Nuan lowered her head a bit more, but still kept a distance from him.

"Bei Nuan…" he called, a hint of grievance in his clear, beautiful eyes.

Bei Nuan tilted her head, mischievously looking at him. Before she could enjoy her prank for two seconds, someone pressed the back of her head.

He could hold her with just one arm.

He pressed her head down and kissed her without hesitation, as if capturing a small animal.

The small animal didn't resist, wrapping her arms around the big animal's neck and closing her eyes.

Author's Note:

World God: Nuan Nuan, that's a god-level ability. Is this really how you're supposed to use it? -___-

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