The Absolute Favorite in the Apocalyptic Rebirth

Ge Daguang wiped the foul-smelling blood from his face and looked at Liu Tianquan standing on the high platform. A thoughtful expression appeared on his usually honest face.

"It seems this powerhouse's temper really isn't very good."

A soft voice tinged with exhaustion sounded. Ge Daguang turned around and saw Jiang Qi fiercely pierce a zombie's head with an earth spike. Taking advantage of the moment when the other ability users behind him caught up, Jiang Qi came to his side to rest briefly. He accepted a bottle of water from the logistics personnel and tossed another to Ge Daguang.

Ge Daguang smiled good-naturedly, his gaze drifting back to the high platform. He asked in a low voice, "What is he doing?"

This was not only his question but also the question of everyone present. However, because the situation was unclear and Lou Dian's mental power was protecting the entire base, no one dared to voice their opinions. This was the privilege of the strong; as long as one was strong enough, no one would dare question their actions.

Jiang Qi looked intently at the man on the high platform who had erected a mental net to protect the entire base, allowing them to breathe. He said, "He's not trying to do anything, but rather, he wants Liu Tianquan to serve his final purpose." Seeing Ge Daguang's confusion, he lowered his voice, "You haven't heard the rumors about why Liu Tianquan was able to advance so quickly, have you? If he dares to do such a thing, he must do something worthy of humanity. I was a little puzzled that the man didn't kill him earlier, but now I don't find it strange."

Recalling those rumors, Jiang Qi thought to himself that he wasn't a good person, but he still hesitated to feed on living humans; he couldn't bring himself to cross that line. Yet, he hadn't expected Liu Tianquan to have already gone so far. Unfortunately, Liu Tianquan had kicked an iron plate this time. That man didn't want to kill him, not initially, but rather wanted to fully utilize his last remaining value.

Just as Jiang Qi finished speaking, everyone saw Liu Tianquan jump down from the high platform, landing precisely in the zombie horde outside the base.

Of course, that was what most people saw. Only a few fourth-tier ability users noticed that Liu Tianquan was forced down, landing directly into the zombie horde, and right into a group of high-tier zombies.

Liu Tianquan didn't panic when he landed amidst the zombies. His ability transformed into a roaring fire dragon, wiping out the few zombies that pounced on him. Liu Tianquan hadn't just increased his ability level; his combat power was also quite good. As a fifth-tier ability user, he was capable of carving a bloody path through the zombie horde.

He knew that if he retreated, the man on the high platform would kill him without hesitation. It was better to advance, where there was still a glimmer of hope for survival, a chance to stay alive.

When Liu Tianquan jumped down, the people on the city walls looked over. Seeing him fighting his way through the zombie horde, they finally understood the difference between a fifth-tier and a fourth-tier ability user. Lei Hongming, Jiang Qi, Ge Daguang, and others were all fourth-tier ability users, considered strong within the base, but compared to Liu Tianquan, they were still somewhat inferior. If they fell into the zombie horde, they definitely wouldn't have Liu Tianquan's destructive power.

Just a moment later, as the zombies launched another fierce attack, no one paid attention to Liu Tianquan anymore.

Time passed minute by minute. The sky had completely darkened, but the battle continued. The streetlights on the base's city walls lit up, illuminating a one-kilometer radius. However, the zombies showed no signs of retreating. Some even cleverly tried to smash the lights on the city walls.

Light was neither here nor there for zombies; they didn't rely on it to detect the presence of humans. On the other hand, humans, even ability users with enhanced senses, still relied on some light to judge the location of their enemies in the dark. Therefore, if the city wall lights were smashed, the humans would be at a disadvantage.

When everyone realized the zombies' objective, they gasped in shock. They hadn't expected the zombies to be so cunning. Only a few high-tier ability users thought of a certain possibility, their hearts sinking as a chill ran up their spines, leaving them speechless with horror.

Seeing this, the ability users who were closer gritted their teeth. In addition to killing the zombies climbing the wall, they also had to divert their attention to protecting the streetlights.

Just as everyone was overwhelmed, several mutated seeds shot over, rapidly growing in mid-air. Steel-like vines wrapped around the lampposts, incidentally whipping away the zombies climbing the city walls. Several important high-altitude lighting fixtures were protected by the mutated vines, allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hey, Sister, are you alright?" a tired, youthful voice called out.

Lou Ling didn't even bother to open her eyes. Like an exhausted dog, she crawled down from the high platform with difficulty and was helped by a young man. After she gulped down a bottle of water, she finally felt the pain in her head, caused by the depletion of her ability, subside. She looked up at the young man supporting her and thanked him.

The young man had a square face, looking incredibly upright. Although there was fatigue between his brows, he seemed very energetic. He was also a chatterbox. While Lou Ling was drinking water, he had already introduced himself profusely and expressed his admiration and gratitude.

The young man, Ge Hong, was the nephew of Ge Daguang from the Swift Leopard Ability User Team. He was very grateful to Lou Ling for saving his life with her mutated plants earlier, so he had been paying close attention to his savior. When he saw her exhausted, crawling down from the high platform, he immediately came to offer his assistance.

Lou Ling was originally so tired that she didn't even want to speak, only wanting to gather her strength and return to the high platform later. However, amidst the young man's incessant chatter and seeing his spirited face, she couldn't help but feel a little more energized. Perhaps in this seemingly endless era of slaughter, having such a chatterbox who retained his innocent nature was somewhat comforting.

After a while, Lou Ling got up.

"Hey, hey, hey, Sister, aren't you going to rest a bit more?" Ge Hong looked at her in surprise. Her recovery speed was too fast—no, her ability hadn't recovered at all. Wasn't she pushing herself too hard?

Lou Ling narrowed her eyes and smiled, pointing to the black-clad man on the high platform. "See him?"

Ge Hong nodded blankly. Everyone in the base had seen him. It was because of him, protecting the sky, that the base had been able to hold on until now.

Lou Ling didn't say anything more. Twirling the wooden staff refined from mutated vines in her hand, she stabbed it into the ground. The staff rapidly extended, and she swiftly leaped onto the high platform. Even for ability users, such a scene was still awe-inspiring.

When he saw her run straight to the mental ability user on the high platform, Ge Hong was still stunned, unable to express what he felt for a moment. Perhaps, that simple action, overflowing with a sense of mutual protection and tolerance, gave people a sense of hope.

"Thirsty?"

A hoarse voice sounded. Lou Dian opened his eyes and turned his head to see a smiling face. A gentle smile also appeared on his face, and when she unscrewed the bottle and fed him water, he drank it without hesitation.

His gaze seemed solely focused on her. However, when a zombie attacked from the shadows, he simply lifted a finger, and a spatial blade instantly killed it. No zombie could get within ten feet of them.

Seeing the fatigue on her face, his heart ached with pity. He said, "Give me a little more time, it will be over soon!"

Lou Ling saw his compulsion. Although she felt sadness for the casualties in the base, she didn't want to pressure him. She just smiled softly and said, "Okay, you decide!" No matter what you do, I support you.

With that, she took out a crystal core and began absorbing energy to replenish her strength. Her gaze, when it fell upon the zombies below the city walls, turned sharp once more.

She didn't need anyone's protection. Even with a woman's naturally weaker physique, she could still hold up a piece of the sky, a safe haven. No zombie could break her limits. Perhaps at the moment when she seemed to have reached her limit, she would burst forth with unimaginable vitality in the next.

This was Lou Ling!

Only his Lou Ling!

Taking a deep breath, Lou Dian composed himself. His mental power continued to sift through the zombie horde, searching for the intelligent zombie. It was too cunning. Every time he thought he was about to capture it, it would find a scapegoat to block his attack. Very few people noticed that in the zombie horde, every so often, a zombie's head would inexplicably explode. These were the scapegoats chosen by the intelligent zombie.

This highly focused searching consumed a lot of his mental power, and his ability was also rapidly depleting, forcing him to take out previously collected high-tier crystal cores to absorb and replenish his energy. Now he somewhat understood; the intelligent zombie was also wary of him, so it would leak its aura from time to time, trying to gradually deplete his ability, luring him into a trap step by step, and finally killing him in one fell swoop.

It wasn't certain yet who was luring whom into a trap!

Suddenly, Lou Dian's gaze locked onto the area where Liu Tianquan was below. His mental power locked onto a ten-meter radius around Liu Tianquan. There, besides the blood-soaked Liu Tianquan, were nearly twenty zombies.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

As if aware of being locked on, one of the zombies suddenly roared towards the sky, and the surrounding zombies rushed towards it at a terrifying speed.

Liu Tianquan, being closest to that zombie, clearly saw that beneath the zombie's tattered and dirty clothes was near-human skin, completely intact, even possessing the luster of human skin. Only a pair of scarlet eyes, devoid of any human emotion, bloodthirsty and cruel, marked its identity. It roared, revealing its sharp fangs. The roar, like a sonic wave, caused him to tremble, blood trickling from his orifices.

Liu Tianquan's body shuddered, not even reacting when a zombie's claw pierced his stomach.

This was a sixth-tier zombie.

Just one tier higher meant absolute suppression. And the sixth-tier zombies had finally developed intelligence, leading the zombie siege, planning step by step, catching humans off guard, no longer blindly attacking.

Liu Tianquan's body crashed to the ground.

The zombies seemed to have forgotten about Liu Tianquan's fresh flesh, desperately surging forward, trying to hide the exposed intelligent zombie, to shield it from the human powerhouse's lock-on and pursuit. However, as they crowded into that area, they seemed to be restrained by something, all their power suppressed.

At that moment, the man on the high platform finally moved. He leaped down, kicking off the city wall mid-air. Using this momentum, his body shot out like a javelin, stepping on the heads of the zombies below, flying towards the zombie that was still calling its companions, and flicking his fingers. Spatial blades, layered upon each other, flew swiftly towards it.

The zombie, with its human-like facial features, showed fear, watching helplessly as the invisible spatial blades pierced the air and entered its skull. With a boom, its head exploded like mud.

Author's Note:

Today's Goal:

Lou Ling's Goal: Never give up!

Lou Dian's Goal: Restore peace for her!

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