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nYu Shuo himself didn’t dare believe he actually managed to reach the vicinity of S City on his own.

nAfter hurrying nonstop for half a month, his entire figure was travel-worn, his face was rough and injured, his stubble had grown out, and his hair was a complete mess. If he were to appear in B City secure base now, without makeup, perhaps no one would recognise him.

nTowards this, on one hand, Yu Shuo was proud of himself; on the other, his hatred for Nie Yi grew even stronger.

nHe had encountered many dangers during this journey and even nearly died a few times. It had always been hatred that supported him and allowed him to persist. If Nie Yi could succeed outside, naturally, he could too… Finally, he genuinely managed to do so.

nSeeing how close he was to S City secure base, Yu Shuo finally laid down his heart, but soon, he had a new concern.

nNo one knew what in the world S City secure base was like; could he truly enter? Even if he did, could he live like he did back at the start of the apocalypse in B City secure base?

nAfter Yu Shuo mulled over it, he ended up planning to ask a team nearby about the situation in S City secure base before he would decide anything else.

nA few secure areas here frequently had zombie-like people walking around nearby and Yu Shuo didn’t dare enter rashly. After thinking about it, he finally locked onto a small team with two cars, then stood at the front of the cars.

n“Hello, can you stop for a moment? I have something to ask; I’ll give a reward,” Yu Shuo said.

nNie Yi’s off road vehicle braked and stopped by the road, but he didn’t get out of the car to talk to him.

nIndeed, he recognised Yu Shuo at a glance. People who lived to the end of the apocalypse had a set of methods to recognise others—Yu Shuo who still did not know how to use his spiritual strength to conceal his energy was like a lightbulb in the night to him, this old hand accustomed to surveying his surroundings with spiritual strength. The familiar lightning ability simply announced to the world ‘I am Yu Shuo’.

nNie Yi’s car stopped and behind him, Yu Xuguang and his mens’ car stopped as well.

nSeeing Nie Yi not getting out of the car to deal with the person blocking the road, someone in the car behind opened the door and exited. “Do you need something?”

nAt first, these people ignored him and Yu Shuo felt a little unhappy, but seeing that someone finally got out of the car, he hurriedly walked over. “Hello, I’m an ability user from G City. I want to ask what this place is, and what secure bases are nearby.”

nAs Yu Shuo spoke, he took out a cigarette from his bosom and gave it to the person who exited the car.

nCigarettes were something many men couldn’t give up before the apocalypse and was even more of a luxury item after. Life in the apocalypse was depressing to the point that even those who didn’t smoke previously would like to light them and relax with the nicotine when they felt depressed or lamented life’s difficulties.

nAccepting Yu Shuo’s cigarette, the person who got out of the car pretended to be a local and said in a southern accent, “This place? This is S City’s district. S City secure base is right in that direction, and there are also a few small scale secure bases surrounding it. We’re from the western D County secure base.”

n“Is life in S City secure base relatively good? I want to go take a look,” Yu Shuo said.

n“Naturally,” that person said, “S City secure base is the safest place. The saintess is there.”

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n“Saintess? What saintess?” Yu Shuo asked with a frown.

nThe person speaking to Yu Shuo immediately turned hostile, acting very similar to the fanatical believers they had previously met. “What expression is that? How can you be so disrespectful of the saintess? The saintess is the emissary of the dark god!”

n“I’m not being disrespectful, I was just uninformed, and I’ve never even heard of the saintess’s name.” Yu Shuo hurriedly smiled apologetically, while his heart jolted… That saintess, could it be Yao Mengzhi? That woman, Yao Mengzhi, was able to soundlessly appear before him at the very beginning and clearly didn’t look simple…

n“So it’s like that…” The person speaking to Yu Shuo was thinking about how to con Yu Shuo when Yu Xuguang suddenly got out of the car. “Yu Shuo?”

nYu Xuguang was reborn later and his spiritual strength couldn’t be compared with Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen’s, but it was still slightly better than a regular person’s. At the start, he merely felt Yu Shuo was familiar, but after a while, he recognised him.

n“Who are you?” Yu Shuo conversely couldn’t recognise Yu Xuguang for a time. Although he often battled with Yu Xuguang, the two genuinely weren’t close.

n“Why are you here?” Yu Xuguang asked with a frown. Shouldn’t Yu Shuo be locked up? Although the secure base didn’t have any intention to sentence Yu Shuo to death, they still intended to teach him a lesson and remove him from his position. Since it was like this, how could Yu Shuo be here?”

n“Yu Xuguang?” Yu Shuo stared at the ‘woman’ before him in astonishment, then began sneering at him. “You’ve actually dressed yourself up like this!”

nWhen speaking, Yu Xuguang did not conceal his voice, so Yu Shuo was able to recognise it. After recognising it, he was both frightened and happy.

nFrightened because he was worried Yu Xuguang might just silence him and joyful because Yu Xuguang’s existence was definitely the best proof of allegiance to Yao Mengzhi. He previously was even thinking about how finding Yao Mengzhi might not help his situation, as she probably wouldn’t value him. Now, he was handed a pillow just when he was sleepy, and Yu Xuguang arrived.

nHe already understood this person, Yu Xuguang, very well. He would always repeat over and over again that he was doing it for the common people. For him to appear here, it was probably to investigate Yao Mengzhi and be a thorn in her side…

nYu Shuo thought so in his heart but did not reveal anything on the surface. Although he felt that inflexible people like Yu Xuguang probably wouldn’t hastily murder him, he should still be more careful.

nHearing Yu Shuo’s words, Yu Xuguang frowned slightly, but he didn’t feel anything wrong with crossdressing. He wholeheartedly hoped that humanity would not become extinct; in order to prevent that, forget dressing as a woman, even asking him to change his gender wasn’t an issue. “Yu Shuo, did you come to S City secure base to find Yao Mengzhi?”

n“This has nothing to do with you,” Yu Shuo said and turned to leave.

nSeeing this, Yu Xuguang immediately wanted to go after him. He said to the person behind him, “Catch him!”

nAs a result, just as his words fell, Yu Shuo who ran a short distance was suddenly attacked by a block of ice and fell to the ground.

n“Yu Xuguang, it’s Yao Mengzhi who put me in this situation; I can’t possibly go see her. If you don’t believe me, I can cooperate with you guys as atonement for my crimes.” Yu Shuo merely assumed it was Yu Xuguang who had attacked him. Although he had gotten much stronger in this half a month, he didn’t feel like he could beat Yu Xuguang… Yu Xuguang, this guy, was reborn!

nEver since he knew that Yu Xuguang and Nie Yi were reborn, Yu Shuo couldn’t help feeling the world was unfair—Why couldn’t he be reborn? Nie Yi’s luck was already good enough, why did he have such an advantage?

nYu Shuo had just thought of Nie Yi when he heard Nie Yi’s voice. “Who said it was Yu Xuguang who attacked you?”

nHearing the voice he despised, Yu Shuo sharply raised his head and saw a middle-aged man with scraggly facial hair, very dark eyebags and even wrinkles on his forehead stepping from the off road vehicle.

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nNie Yi’s face was drastically different, but Yu Shuo definitely wouldn’t forget his voice! His eyes were filled with resistance. “Nie Yi!”

n“It’s me. So we meet again.” Nie Yi smiled and walked to Yu Shuo’s side.

nYu Shuo knew that Nie Yi definitely wouldn’t let him off and abruptly used his lightning ability, striking at the top of Nie Yi’s head, but was blocked by a block of ice. Then, very quickly, Nie Yi rushed over and threw a punch to his nose.

nHalf a month had passed and Yu Shuo had gotten much stronger. However, he still had only trained for a mere half month, while Nie Yi had been wandering outside for at least half a year.

nNie Yi’s fist contacted flesh and struck Yu Shuo so hard he didn’t even have the time to use his ability. Blood blossomed across his face, splattering everywhere.

nYu Shuo’s face was filled with animosity, but aside from his cursing, he seemed to be beaten one-sidedly into the ground. A few times, he was beaten by Nie Yi until he was forced to use his ability, but it was stopped by Nie Yi with ease.

n“Is Nie Yi doing this on purpose?” One of Yu Xuguang’s men asked Yu Xuguang.

nYu Xuguang nodded. If Nie Yi truly wanted to kill Yu Shuo, he absolutely could finish him off swiftly. But the situation before them now… Nie Yi clearly was doing it on purpose.

nSeeing the situation now, Yu Xuguang suddenly felt that being able to live was rather fortunate. Nie Yi had never been someone who would treat someone leniently. His involvement in a plot that targeted Nie Yi should have ended badly; being allowed to live truly wasn’t easy.

nNie Yi really was doing it on purpose. He gave Yu Shuo a thorough beating with his fists and legs, then completely froze Yu Shuo’s entire body in ice.

n“I’m begging you, Nie Yi, I’m begging you to let me go, I’m your ge…” When his body was almost frozen stiff, Yu Shuo knew that he die, and hurriedly began pleading.

n“When you wanted to kill me, you never showed mercy.” Nie Yi cut down on Yu Shuo’s head with an ice blade, then burnt Yu Shuo’s body clean with fire.

nSomeone like this, one should swiftly kill as long as there was a chance to; otherwise, he would inevitably stir up a huge fuss!

nWatching as Yu Shuo was burnt to nothing, Yu Xuguang couldn’t collect his senses for a while. Nie Yi’s murdering tactics were too straightforward.

n“In our last life and this one, it’s been more than twice that he’s wanted to kill me.” Nie Yi walked towards Yu Xuguang. “Don’t provoke me, and I won’t provoke you. But if someone wants to hurt me, I definitely won’t leave them alive.”

nYu Xuguang’s heart chilled.

n“I allowed you all to live for the sake of B City secure base. I have never thought of wanting to see humanity turn extinct. On the contrary, I hope even more that I can see green mountains and blue seas remaining in the world for a long time.” Nie Yi then said, “Therefore, I hope you all won’t let me down.”

nAlthough Yu Xuguang’s mind was muddled, he also wholeheartedly worked for humanity. As such, once Nie Yi knew this person was reborn, even though he hated him, he never once made a killing move, and was even very happy to see Yu Xuguang inform B City secure base about the knowledge from their last life.

nHe and Qi Jingchen may have once been great villains hated by all, but they were also humans, and had no desire to see humanity go extinct.

nYu Xuguang’s brainless actions recently made Nie Yi’s opinion of him fall to an all time low. But Yu Xuguang was moreso stupid than malicious, and killing him was meaningless.

nEven more so, since they were going against Yao Mengzhi, they definitely had to rely on B City secure base’s strength. Nie Yi didn’t think he could destroy S City secure base single-handedly…

nRegardless of whether it was Yu Xuguang or the other few elites of B City secure base, they were all undoubtedly good helpers, especially since B City secure base was behind them.

nOf course, while he wouldn’t kill Yu Xuguang, it was still necessary to threaten him

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nNie Yi thought that his show of killing Yu Shuo should terrify Yu Xuguang, but had no idea that Yu Xuguang’s thoughts were completely different from his.

nHearing Nie Yi say he hoped to see green mountains and blue seas remaining in the world for a long time, Yu Xuguang was extremely moved for a time. “Don’t worry, I definitely won’t let you down!”

nThe cross-dressing Yu Xuguang truly wasn’t easy on the eyes… Nie Yi gave Yu Xuguang a glare, then expressionlessly returned to his car.

nWhen the little monkey saw Nie Yi return, it subconsciously hid further into Qi Jingchen’s side, but Nie Yi heartlessly picked it up.

nPicked up by Nie Yi, the little monkey unexpectedly cupped its hands towards Nie Yi in a very human-like manner, then extended them and gave Nie Yi a peanut. Clearly it was doing its best to curry favour.

nSeeing this, Qi Jingchen couldn’t help laughing. It looked like a show of might was truly useful. As a matter of fact, this monkey was frightened by Nie Yi and instantly became much more docile.

nNie Yi and the rest did not enter S City secure base rashly. They first swung around to the north of the base, investigating many of S City secure base’s situations, then pretended to be chased by zombies, then joined a team of ability users that had saved them while proceeding to S City secure base, intending to enter S City secure base with that team.

n“Up ahead is S City secure base!” The leader of the team Nie Yi and the others had joined was called Shi Kun. when everyone was finding a place to rest, he moved closer to Yu Xuguang’s side.

n“Mn.” Yu Xuguang replied coldly.

n“I know some people in S City secure base; when that time comes, you just have to follow me!” That person said, a pair of eyes trained on Yu Xuguang.

n“No need,” Yu Xuguang said.

n“Or how about, Xiao Jiu,” Shi Kun smiled at Yu Xuguang. “Xiao Jiu, I have a quota of three shadow guards. When that time comes, how about I give you one? I’ll definitely allow you to live a good life, and guarantee that you can eat and drink well!”

nShi Kun was a little short and should be only about 160cm. Yu Xuguang and Qi Jingchen were both not considered tall, but standing beside him, they were still half a head taller…

nAt the start when he saw Nie Yi and the others, he agreed to them joining his team. Nie Yi and the others first thought that he had approved of their strength, but soon, they realised the truth absolutely wasn’t so.

nThis Shi Kun actually took a liking to Yu Xuguang!

nYu Xuguang was dressed as a woman, but he didn’t appear particularly feminine. Although like other women in the apocalypse, he wore men’s clothes for convenience, he had something that usual women couldn’t compare with.

nHe was a level three water ability user and knew how to toy with ice. Back then, he had an easy lifestyle in B City secure base, and as such, his skin was soft and tender.

nTo make him look more like a woman, the person who had put on makeup for him even gave him nude makeup…

nLike this, Yu Xuguang could also be considered a beauty in the apocalypse, though a beauty that was a little tall. This Shi Kun, perhaps he liked Yu Xuguang being taller?

n“I don’t need to rely on you to be able to eat and drink well.” Yu Xuguang coldly snorted.

n“Right right,” Shi Kun said with an accommodating laugh, then continued talking with Yu Xuguang.

nSeeing this, Yu Xuguang was extremely helpless and walked towards Nie Yi. As a result, Shi Kun also followed along. “Xiao Jiu, wait for me.”

nRight now, everyone was making food, and Nie Yi was the same. He got some fire from other people, then poured some oil into a frying pan and fried flatbread. And beside him, a tan and thin youth stared at the flatbread and salivated.

nNie Yi was acting as a reticent water ability user, and Qi Jingchen was acting as his very shy son… The two of them didn’t have any sense of existence at all.

nHowever, because of Yu Xuguang’s presence, they would occasionally become everyone’s focal point, such as now…

n“My side still has a tin, do you guys want it?” Yu Xuguang carefully asked.

n“No need,” Nie Yi hurriedly replied.

n“Xiao Jiu, have you taken a liking to that old man?” Shi Kun finally couldn’t hold back. “Although I’m a little short, don’t tell me you would rather be someone’s stepmother than be with me?”

nShi Kun truly liked the woman before him and even fell in love at first sight when she was killing zombies, but… He had pursued her for three days, yet this person did not respond and was particularly attentive towards an old man whose son was already an adult?

nShi Kun was very indignant, while Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen were even more speechless… Qi Jingchen suddenly stood up, his face filled with grievance as he quietly said, “I don’t want him to be my stepmother!”

n“Look, being a stepmother isn’t fun!” Shi Kun said to Yu Xuguang.

nYu Xuguang was just about to explain when he suddenly felt his leg being jabbed by something. That feeling… should be an ice needle!

nGlancing at Nie Yi whose head was buried in frying bread, Yu Xuguang unhurriedly retreated to Shi Kun’s side and left while pulling him along. “Let’s hurry up and prepare to enter the city.”

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