CHAPTER 112: CHAPTER 112: I’M NOT THE HOLY MOTHER IN THE APOCALYPSE 18

Lin Shuangshuang’s footsteps involuntarily walked towards the Antique Street, completely unable to resist. Behind her, Mi Lu chopped down a disgusting mutated cockroach and wiped off a similarly disgusting fly, unable to help but support her body with a knife and take a breath!

In the city, there aren’t many other insects, just these three disgusting kinds: flies, mosquitoes, and cockroaches, and they’re the most persistent. If it weren’t for Lin Shuangshuang’s intense training that greatly improved her physical endurance, she would have collapsed from exhaustion after several hours of continuous fighting.

Seeing Mi Lu showing signs of fatigue, Li Wenxuan and Li Wenbo instinctively stood to her left and right, helping her fend off the insects attacking from both sides, giving her a chance to catch her breath.

Mi Lu thanked the two gratefully, then quickly used the method Lin Shuangshuang taught her to adjust her breathing and recover her strength as soon as possible. With a rare break, Mi Lu noticed Lin Shuangshuang’s unusual behavior. Her movements with Qingque were somewhat stiff, and her gaze was fixed on one spot.

Looking closely, Mi Lu discovered that the place Lin Shuangshuang was staring at was the formerly bustling Antique Street. Mi Lu remembered how this place used to be filled with stalls selling fake antiques; of course, there were real ones too, but they were hard to distinguish.

What Mi Lu remembered most was that on this street, every few steps, there would be a snack stall, each surrounded by waiting crowds, bustling with noise and joy! But now, the street no longer had its old prosperity, only silence and desolation!

"Shuangshuang, why are you staring here, is there something wrong?" Mi Lu asked Lin Shuangshuang, puzzled by her constant gaze at the Antique Street.

Lin Shuangshuang took a deep breath, deciding to follow the inexplicable feeling stirring uneasiness in her heart because after sensing for a while, she didn’t feel any sense of danger.

Seeing that the three companions were already showing signs of fatigue, it was also time to rest and eat something to replenish their strength. There was no need to find an excuse, "Let’s go into this street to find an empty room to rest and eat something."

After speaking, Lin Shuangshuang wielded Qingque and led the charge towards the Antique Street. In fact, after fighting for such a long time, not just Mi Lu, but Li Wenxuan and Li Wenbo were also very tired. The extensive physical exertion enhanced their digestive ability, and both were now both tired and hungry!

Though both wanted to rest and eat something to recover their strength, neither Lin Shuangshuang nor the two men felt it appropriate to complain about being tired. Now that Lin Shuangshuang suggested resting, the two men felt a renewed sense of spirit and a hint of joy!

Most of the shops on Antique Street were tightly locked, evidently with people inside, but some bosses had fled, leaving empty rooms. Luckily, the place that had such a compelling attraction for Lin Shuangshuang happened to be an empty room where the owner was gone.

The furniture and shelves in these rooms without owners were empty. Whether the owners took everything when they left, or nearby inhabitants took the opportunity to stow away the items, was unknown.

Entering, Lin Shuangshuang and her group cleared out the bugs inside, then let Red Jade, who kept eating voraciously, lie by the door. As the natural enemy of bugs, a particularly mutated, ferociously toxic spider, Red Jade’s threat was extraordinary, and the insects dared not get close.

Previously, Lin Shuangshuang and her group had always taken initiative to charge into the densely packed insects to strengthen themselves. Crowded bugs unable to dodge had no choice but to attack them for survival.

Once inside was safe, Mi Lu was the first to slump to the ground, followed by Li Wenxuan and Li Wenbo, who sat down with no concern for appearances!

In truth, the three hadn’t exerted that much effort, only killing bugs for less than three hours, far less than their physical exertion during previous intense training.

The main reason for their exhaustion was because this was a real battle, unlike training, which was done in an enclosed space against a limited number of insects. With Lin Shuangshuang and Doumi Hongyu present, they felt assured of safety.

The bugs they just faced were not the same as those during practice but were undamaged, with an endless supply of backups, genuinely threatening, a real hazard that could injure or even kill them. During training, they felt only physical fatigue but no pressure.

In actual combat, although the physical exertion wasn’t as intense as training, the mental pressure and mental alertness made them fatigue quickly, essentially tension and fright!

Lin Shuangshuang didn’t feel tired; she had Inner Strength shielding her. Though she could only use a bit of it due to her current physical strength, this bit of Inner Strength ensured her stamina exceeded that of Mi Lu and the others over tenfold, and she didn’t tire easily.

Now, Lin Shuangshuang’s attention was entirely captured by a box casually discarded in the corner of the room. She couldn’t help but walk over, bend down to pick up the box, and eagerly open it! Unexpectedly, there was nothing valuable inside, just a thin thread!!!

The ends of the thread had two light blue beads, and the thread looked no longer than a meter, coiled into a circle and placed inside the box.

It was just an ordinary unknown thread, but Lin Shuangshuang inexplicably felt it was so familiar! It seemed she had accompanied this thread through countless ages and parted ways numerous times, and now they finally reunited!

This feeling was so absurd and laughable, yet it endlessly circulated in Lin Shuangshuang’s heart, making it impossible to ignore. She couldn’t help but reach out and touch it! Then she felt a sting on her fingertip, and strangely, a droplet of blood emerged without breaking the skin and dripped onto the thread!

The thread instantly turned entirely blood red, as if it drank Lin Shuangshuang’s blood. Before she could react, it suddenly stood upright like a living thing, with one blue bead head rising swiftly and spinning around her wrist before stopping. Upon looking again, Lin Shuangshuang saw that the thread had coiled around her wrist like a bracelet!

Witnessing such a bizarre scene, Lin Shuangshuang felt no fear at all, and even the allure that had previously affected her mind seemed to vanish as if already fulfilled, while an inexplicable sense of satisfaction filled her heart.

From the moment Lin Shuangshuang picked up the box to the moment the item settled on her wrist, less than a minute had passed. The three in the room were still catching their breath, and no one noticed her actions, except Doumi, who was napping against her leg.

Lin Shuangshuang silently placed the box back, not intending to mention the bizarre thread she acquired, mainly because she didn’t know what it’s for, and the way she got it was so strange that she wasn’t sure where to start even if she wanted to share.