The Absolute Favorite in the Apocalyptic Rebirth

At this moment, two other strong men walked over. Seeing the situation, their expressions changed, and their bodies burst with hostility.

Upon seeing them, Xi Mufeng and the others' expressions also changed slightly. These two strong men wore badges of ability users. After entering the base, if one registered at the Ability Users' Hall and proved themselves as an ability user, the base would issue a badge. One of the two men's badges had a black background with flames, and the other had a black background with wind streaks.

"Who dares to bully my brother?" One of the strong men with a scar on his face said angrily. He quickly came to Lou Ling and the others, but when his eyes fell on Lou Ling's face, a ferocious smile appeared on his face. "Stinky woman, so you're here. You almost caused us to have a car accident that day, and we have to settle this debt."

Lou Ling's face darkened. She quickly recognized the scar on the man's right face. Although it was just a glance at that time, she still remembered the strong men who threw fireballs at their car. It was the first time she went out with Lou Dian to collect supplies and train. On the way back, they encountered those ability users in the car, using their abilities as toys to wreak havoc on the streets. They were simply scum.

Neither side expected to meet here. One grinned ferociously, while the other clenched her Tang saber.

Although Lin Baobao was a little scared, since she had already stepped forward, there was no reason to regret it. She couldn't bear to see the elderly and children she knew being bullied like this. She exchanged glances with Lou Ling and then turned to look at Lou Dian. Seeing his calm demeanor, she felt relieved.

The strong man came up to her and was about to grab Lou Ling. Lou Ling pushed Lin Baobao towards the Mo family and dodged, taking advantage of her agility. She swung the Tang saber towards the strong man's face, the back of the blade hitting his face and leaving a red, swollen mark.

The speed was too fast. The strong man didn't have time to react and was hit in the face. He cried out in pain. Because they had abilities and manpower, they were used to acting arrogantly in the base. They didn't expect an ordinary person to dare to resist. He roared in anger, and a ball of fire condensed in his hand, flying straight towards Lou Ling's face.

Just as Lou Ling was about to dodge, a hand wrapped around her waist and pulled her to the side. She saw a cold, gleaming Tang saber swinging forward, extremely sharp, as if the sharp blade had split the fireball apart. The fireball shattered into four pieces and then extinguished in mid-air. Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked and couldn't help but recall a sentence from a martial arts novel: "In the world of martial arts, speed is invincible!" With extreme speed, even abilities could be broken.

Lou Dian smiled faintly at the shocked strong man. No one saw how he moved, but the strong man's sturdy body had already flown out.

"Brother Biao!" The other three strong men exclaimed and hurried over to help him up, but they found that they could only barely lift him halfway before letting out a pig-like scream.

"What's going on here!"

A voice rang out, and a handsome man in a military coat walked over with several soldiers, looking at the people present with displeasure. When the strong men saw him, they immediately shouted, "Young General Lei, it's these people who are causing trouble in the base!" They pointed at Lou Dian and the others, making false accusations.

Young General Lei glanced at Lou Dian and the others, his eyes sweeping over the Mo family. He sneered and said, "But what I saw earlier didn't seem to be the case. The base clearly states that fighting is not allowed, otherwise, you will be directly expelled from the base. Don't you know that?" His sharp gaze swept over everyone present.

Seeing this, the onlookers hurriedly left, lest they be mistaken for fighting and expelled from the base. In this cold weather, being expelled would be unthinkable.

"Sir, we were just defending ourselves and didn't intend to cause trouble. It was these strong men who bullied the elderly and children." Lin Baobao's face was still swollen, and she said angrily, "Look, this old man's hand was injured when they pushed him to the ground. Little sister, come and tell the officer how they bullied your grandfather!" When she turned her back to the others, Lin Baobao winked at Mo Yingying.

Mo Yingying had been with Lin Baobao for two days and naturally knew her character. She immediately sobbed and said, "Wuu… they wanted to rob us of our food… Wuwuwu… they said we were all weak and had no right to live in this world…"

The woman with the swollen face and the crying child looked like vulnerable groups, the easiest to capture people's hearts. Unconsciously, sympathetic gazes fell on them.

Young General Lei's expression changed slightly as he listened, his eyes becoming sharper. After the apocalypse, humans evolved into ability users, giving them a better chance of survival in this cruel world. Their absolute strength also made them superior to ordinary people, inevitably giving rise to a sense of superiority. Some extreme people even believed that ordinary people had no right to live and were simply wasting the already scarce food.

The arrival of the apocalypse had led to the corruption of ethics and morality, and dark and perverse things happened frequently. Although the base explicitly prohibited fighting, sometimes it still couldn't restrain those ability users and thugs. Many ordinary people even became objects of amusement for some ability users. Although there were soldiers maintaining order, the effect was minimal.

Young General Lei sneered and said to the strong men, "So that's how it is. It seems I've underestimated you people! You guys, come with me." Then he looked at Lou Dian and the others, his gaze finally settling on Lou Dian.

He had actually seen what had happened just now, and Lou Dian's beautiful moves were also seen by him. He quickly analyzed that these people were no match for him at all. He didn't expect that a powerful person had come to the base this time. He could reach this level without even using his ability. He was truly powerful. However, although this man looked dangerous, there was obviously a weakness that bound him, preventing him from acting recklessly. Looking at Lou Ling, Lin Baobao, and the others, the young general couldn't help but smile, a hint of approval in his eyes.

When the strong men heard that Young General Lei was clearly siding with Lou Ling's group, their expressions became very ugly. However, they were still afraid of the military's power and didn't dare to resist. But when they left, their eyes were filled with resentment and malice as they looked at Lou Ling and the others.

After Young General Lei took the people away, Lou Ling and the others continued towards the Ability Users' Hall, taking the Mo family with them. They had traveled together, after all. The Mo family were understanding people. Since they had met, Lou Ling and Lin Baobao couldn't bear to leave them behind, so they took them along.

Lou Ling also took out a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao and applied it to Lin Baobao's swollen face. "Be careful next time and don't hurt yourself again."

Lin Baobao hissed in pain. "Of course! I have to find time to learn from you. Even without abilities, I can still beat those scumbags to death."

Seeing her righteous indignation, Lou Ling couldn't help but laugh. Not only her, but Xi Mufeng and the others as well. Although Lin Baobao was a little impulsive earlier, they couldn't just stand by and watch such a thing happen. It was just that they had to be more cautious in the future and assess their own strength before taking action, so as not to be unable to save others and drag themselves down.

On the way, Xi Mufeng and the others asked around and found out that Young General Lei was the son of General Lei Ting, the head of the base. His name was Lei Hongming, and he was a very fair person. Recalling his obvious bias towards them just now, Lou Ling and the others agreed with this comment. He was a sensible person and didn't think that the arrival of the apocalypse meant that humans should use it as an excuse to infinitely magnify the darkness in their hearts, nor did he think that ordinary people should be deprived of their right to survive.

Lou Ling and Lin Baobao looked at each other and both clenched their fists. They liked Young General Lei's style of doing things. Thirty-two likes for him.

Lou Dian's eyes flickered slightly. He pulled Lou Ling to his side and held her hand tightly. Seeing this, Lin Baobao pouted and hurried to the Mo family's side.

Soon, they arrived at the Ability Users' Hall. There were many people in the hall, mostly ability users who had arrived with the army yesterday. They were here to register and receive their housing assignments. After registering, the base would issue an ability user badge to prove their identity, and then they would go to the other side to register and choose their housing.

Lou Ling, Huang Zhiling, and the others waited in a corner of the hall while Lou Dian, Xi Mufeng, and the others went to get the forms, filled them out, and registered. Finding an inconspicuous spot, Lou Ling took out a small medical kit from her backpack. Huang Zhiling, who had already established a tacit understanding with them, stood up and blocked them with her body, reducing the surrounding gazes.

After treating the injury on Grandpa Mo's hand and bandaging it, Grandpa Mo was filled with gratitude but didn't know how to express it. He said repeatedly, "You are all good girls, good girls…" In this day and age, the world had changed too quickly, and people's hearts had changed too quickly. In the past month, he had seen too many cases of zombies eating people, people killing people, and people robbing people. So meeting this group of people made Grandpa Mo feel a lot of emotions.

But what else could he do? He was just an old man, and his granddaughter was still young. They were just ordinary people. If they were bullied, resistance was useless. What else could they do? Like today, those strong men were clearly trying to bully them, the elderly and the children. The others just watched coldly, afraid of offending those local snakes. That kind of isolation and helplessness was simply despairing.

Mo Yingying leaned against her grandfather, holding his injured hand, her lips pursed tightly, her eyes red.

Lou Ling put away her things, hugged her backpack, and took out a few candies to share with them. She smiled and said, "Grandpa Mo, everything will be alright."

Little Mo Yingying received the candy and thanked Lou Ling sweetly. She hurriedly put the candy in her grandfather's hand. Huang Zhiling looked at the candy in her hand, then at Lou Ling's smiling face, her mood a little complicated. Soon, she felt that even in the apocalypse, if everyone worked hard together, no matter how difficult it was, they would always get through it.

After an hour, Xi Mufeng and the others finally returned, each holding an ability user badge. The color and shape of the badge varied according to the ability. The water ability user's badge was a blue water droplet, the lightning ability user's badge was a purple lightning bolt, the ice ability user's badge was a white snowflake, the wind ability user's badge was a white wind streak, and the space ability user's badge was a white square…

Xi Mufeng came over with a bunch of keys and said with a smile, "We got a suite, five bedrooms and two living rooms."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Lou Dian.

Lou Dian's expression remained unchanged, looking calm and gentle. He held Lou Ling's hand and said, "Let's go."

With that, everyone's eyes lit up with joy, and they hurriedly followed.

Author's Note:

Today's goal:

Lou Ling's goal: Uphold the moral bottom line of being a human!

Lou Dian's goal: Now that we have a house, the countdown to pushing her down begins!

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