Chapter 19 This Is the Apocalypse

Ji Wanwan sneered coldly.

To deal with ants, who needs an hour!

She slightly raised her fingertips, and Second Uncle was instantly enveloped in a Space Barrier.

Second Uncle, unaware of Ji Wanwan's Space superpower, suddenly found himself locked in by an invisible barrier as hard as concrete, unable to move it at all.

His face filled with terror, he exclaimed, "What kind of Demon Art is this? Let me out now!"

Ji Wanwan sneered coldly, her fingertips twitching slightly.

The Space Barrier containing Second Uncle began shrinking, compressively squeezing him within.

His body assumed a bizarre pose as it started to press tightly against the barrier, followed by his eyeballs bulging and blood flowing from all orifices.

At this moment, Second Aunt realized something was terribly wrong and rushed over immediately.

In the brief moment she charged over, with a soft "pop," Second Uncle burst into a mass of flesh and blood within the Space Barrier.

The Space Barrier continued to shrink until it was the size of a fingertip.

Ji Wanwan caught the small blob of blood that was about to fall to the ground in her hand.

Second Aunt watched as her husband disappeared in an instant; she let out a terrified scream, awakening everyone on the floor from their sleep.

Mrs. Ji came out of her room, and Second Aunt immediately rushed to her, "Shufen! Your daughter has killed your brother! She killed your brother!!"

Mrs. Ji shivered all over, a tear uncontrollably falling from the corner of her eye.

She knew her daughter wouldn't hurt someone without reason; it must have been something her brother had done that she couldn't tolerate.

Ultimately, her brother had brought his own demise...

Seeing Mrs. Ji's indifference, Second Aunt, mad with grief, lunged at Ji Wanwan, seeking revenge for her husband.

This time, with everyone watching, Ji Wanwan repeated the process of eradicating Second Uncle.

Seeing a living person turn into a small blob of blood before their eyes, the hotel guests' understanding of Ji Wanwan was refreshed once again.

They went from being wary at first to now being outright terrified.

Fortunately, they hadn't offended this woman.

Otherwise, they might have been the ones turned into little blood blobs...

[Beep—]

[Malicious individual has been eliminated, reward: one random superpower]

[Superpower awakening: Equivalence Healing, an additional increase of 10 Physical Strength points]

[Equivalence Healing: The Host can use an equivalent value to heal someone in need of treatment. Note: The process of being infected with the zombie virus is irreversible and cannot be healed.]

Ji Wanwan: [What does 'equivalent value' mean? Does it mean I need to consume an equivalent amount of spirit? Physical Strength? Life value?]

System: [The equivalent value can be in any form, such as spiritual power, physical strength, life value, money, materials, or energy, as long as it is considered reasonable and can be used by the Host for exchange.]

Ji Wanwan: [A 'reasonable' criterion, what boundaries does this reasonableness have, can I use anything for exchange as long as I think it's feasible?]

System: [The System cannot answer this question, please explore it on your own.]

Although the System couldn't answer, it didn't matter; she'd find out through trial and error.

...

The next morning.

The plump old lady, who had slept deeply the night before, woke up and, not seeing her son and daughter-in-law, frantically asked and searched everywhere.

But nobody answered her question, and nobody dared to answer her question.

Until Ji Wanwan came downstairs.

The plump old lady put her hands on her hips: "Hey, have you seen your Second Uncle and Second Aunt?"

Ji Wanwan, with a smile that was not quite a smile, curved her lips and retrieved the two small blood blobs from the Space System, throwing them in front of the plump old lady: "Here they are, one your daughter, the other your son-in-law."

The plump old lady, finding Ji Wanwan utterly nonsensical, picked up the small blood blobs and threw them back: "Crazy!"

Ji Wanwan ignored her and turned to go to the cafeteria.

The old fat lady searched all day, and finally couldn't stop crying.

Unable to bear it anymore, someone stepped forward and told her the truth.

The old fat lady refused to believe it, thinking that everyone was lying to her, and that her daughter had just left the refuge.

The old fat lady ran out of the refuge at dusk.

The setting sun was like blood, echoed by the shredded flesh on the ground, stabbing everyone's eyes.

So...

This was the apocalypse...

Since being trapped here, Zhou Kai had never left and could only feel a sigh.

Who could have imagined that one day he would be crammed under the same roof with these people?

In a trance, Ji Wanwan seemed to see among the zombies outside, one running particularly fast.

[Beep——]

[New Task: Obtain a Crystal Core]

[Task Completion Time: 2 days]

[Task Reward: A third-level shelter resistant to Second Level advanced zombie attacks, Host can choose two physical attributes to increase by 30 points, and upgrade one superpower by 1 level]

[Task Countdown 1 day 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]

Ji Wanwan was slightly startled.

A long-missed new task had arrived; it seemed she could no longer continue being passive!

The second month after the full outbreak of the zombie crisis in her previous life, she had found that some zombies had evolved a ping-pong-ball-sized crystal in their brain tissues.

To kill these zombies, it was necessary to completely remove the crystal from their brains.

The hardness of these crystals was much greater than that of bones, and ordinary people found it extremely difficult to penetrate them in one strike, which significantly increased the combat power of the zombies and made human survival even more difficult.

As time went on, the number of zombies with crystals increased, and most ordinary people without superpowers could only wait to die.

Strangely, in the later stages of the apocalypse, these crystals unexpectedly became a hard currency, with possession of a crystal allowing one to exchange for various resources on the Black Market.

It seems the Crystal Core mentioned by the System was this thing.

She still didn't know who was collecting the Crystal Cores in her previous life, or what they used them for after acquiring them.

Thinking of the superpower she had newly comprehended last night, Ji Wanwan went to A206 to find Xu Siming.

Thanks to that day's life-saving grace and a heartfelt chat, Xu Siming had lowered his heavy guard around Ji Wanwan.

Even because of his relationship with Xu Weiguo, Xu Siming could be said to trust Ji Wanwan very much.

Because his injuries were severe, Ji Wanwan did not trust him to change his bandages alone, and these past few days she had personally come to A206 to help him with it.

Taking the opportunity of changing the bandages, the two had much to talk about.

About Xu Weiguo, about Zhang Tao, about the future, about the present...

Of course, what they talked about most was this sudden zombie crisis.

One studied life sciences and the other studied pharmacy; regarding the unknown virus that caused the zombie crisis, both had their own opinions.

Based on these scattered thoughts, Ji Wanwan had some ideas in her mind.

However, these ideas were not mature, and Ji Wanwan had not mentioned them to anyone.

So when Ji Wanwan came to find Xu Siming, he was not surprised.

"Are you here? Have a seat," Xu Siming moved a stool to the window where Ji Wanwan liked to sit, "Actually, my injury is no longer serious. In the future, if you're busy, you don't need to come help me."

Ji Wanwan giggled, "So, you don't want to see me, huh?"

Xu Siming's ears turned red, "How could that be? I just see you're very busy and don't want you to be too tired…"