CHAPTER 678: 【672】QUEEN OF THE APOCALYPSE 8 (3 MORE UPDATES)

In the evening, they stewed a pot of appetite-stimulating soup with diced meat, radish, and glass noodles. Without eggs or tofu, they made two vegetable pancakes for the children and prepared a pot of milk powder for each. The adults didn’t make staple foods, as they didn’t need to eat much at night, and having meat, vegetables, and noodles was already quite plentiful.

After the kids had eaten, they fell asleep, including An Nuo, who was probably still recovering his strength and felt drowsy. Rong Hua settled him into his bed.

Returning to her room, Zhu Li began to practice her superpower. Her Water Element was essential for the family’s washing, clothes, meals, and baths, so she used it quite a lot every day. Even without special cultivation exercises, it was not a problem. The key was the wood system. After successfully growing radishes, tomatoes, scallions, coriander, and garlic, she had used some sprouted ginger from the kitchen to produce a large piece of ginger that evening. With that, they had all the essential seasonings for cooking.

In her space, the white radish seeds had already been upgraded, and now she was planting carrots, which were more suitable for the children to eat. She didn’t keep many, just one carrot at a time, which was twenty centimeters long, enough for one day’s use. The rest were all sold for Gold Coins. Besides paying the necessary rent, she needed to save up coins to upgrade and then be able to expand into more farmland.

Each time she used spiritual power to grow plants quickly, it left her completely drained and she would fall into a deep sleep. This was often the best time to replenish her energy.

Like the past two days, every night they could hear the life-and-death struggle outside. Given their team’s current inferior position, they dared not go out hunting recklessly, for fear that others might take over their stronghold.

Zhu Li and Rong Hua had already agreed that tomorrow Zhao Yun would stay behind to take care of the two children, while the two of them would go out to hunt zombies and train their abilities.

In the apocalypse, anyone who lacked an excellent reaction ability was doomed, so in this life, she was determined to experience the days of licking blood from the edge of a knife.

Zhao Yun’s child Wanwan was already eight months old and was curious about everything. When Nuonuo woke up, he was immediately captivated by the little one, and having this baby around temporarily helped him forget the sorrow of the previous day.

Moreover, having An Nuo by Zhao Yun’s side, Zhao Yun could spend more time tidying up the home. Cooking was the task of Rong Hua and Zhu Li. When she was looking after the children alone, Zhu Li would help with washing diapers and such, since they’d eventually run out of disposable diapers. Hence, it was necessary to train the little ones to use the toilet in advance. The small potty was ready, the diapers were torn off, and wet pants were common, which meant more washing, so she could finally spare some time to do the laundry.

After Zhu Li and Rong Hua had left, Zhao Yun struggled to move a cabinet in front of the door, then left An Nuo to watch Wanwan in the living room while she went to the bathroom.

Today, they had taken the same precautions as Zhu Li had. Though they may have been insufficient, they had to wear goggles and masks, knowing these supplies would eventually run out. For now, they needed them for protection, but as they accumulated experience dealing with the zombies and as time went on, the fresh blood inside the zombies’ bodies would coagulate and no longer pose too great a hazard.

Unfortunately, reality always dealt them heavy blows. They had thought this villa area was at least safe, but when they went out today and saw the chaos of cars crashing and exploding, the frenzied running of both zombies and people, and the thick smoke billowing from the city beyond the villa area, they realized that their current refuge was nothing more than a temporary raft in a brutal society.

Every four or five meters they walked, they could kill a zombie. One or two weren’t scary, but what was frightening was when these creatures gathered in large groups, especially when the surviving humans in the city were frantically running outwards, followed by the massive army of zombies. The thought alone was enough to make their scalps tingle.

"It looks like we need to find a way to leave this place," Zhu Li said.

They had just heard about the situation in the city while they were outside, and she could imagine that if the city fell, they must find a way to escape far away, or they would not be able to escape if surrounded by zombies.

Both of them had no desire to fight and quickly returned home to discuss their strategy.

"I have a motorhome, which can fit all of us, but what concerns me is the fuel. Even though the car is a hybrid, we still need a place to charge it!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Zhao Yun looked meaningfully at An Nuo beside him, "I think we can set off now."

Zhu Li and Rong Hua, puzzled, followed his gaze to An Nuo, who blushed and extended her right hand.

"I—I was just watching Auntie washing clothes and asked her why she wasn’t using the washing machine. She said there was no electricity. Then I accidentally unplugged it, and with just a little effort, the light on the washing machine came on."

Zhu Li’s eyes suddenly widened, "What did you say? The light on the washing machine came on?"

"Not only that, I also used the washing machine to clean our clothes. Who would have guessed, this child actually belongs to the Thunder Element, and she can generate electricity!"

Zhu Li’s mouth twitched slightly, "Nuonuo, can you really generate electricity?"

As her words fell, An Nuo’s palm was covered with a mass of dark clouds, within which something seemed to flash and twinkle, and she could not contain her euphoria.

"My God, An Nuo, at such a young age you have achieved so much, it’s not simple at all. Look closely at her thunder, my water and Rong Hua’s fire can’t even compare to the strength of her thunder. She truly deserves to be of the Thunder Element. We can see her uniqueness right from this."

"Since we have Nuonuo as our support, we don’t have to worry anymore. Let’s leave this place first and then figure out the rest on the road, and we must also try by all means to help her improve her skills,"

She suddenly felt somewhat grateful that they had found this child, for the explosive power of the Thunder Element is extremely formidable. If this child were well-trained, her achievements might surpass our own someday.

Although she is a Dual-element Mage herself, she’s essentially a logistics supporter. If she were to create a base, she could sustain many people but would lack the capability to lead the charge. Hence, having a Thunder Element or Spiritual system Superpower User in their group would be a jackpot.

She knew so much also because of the perks that came with her own abilities. Compared to their stage of self-exploration, she was indeed lucky.

Initially, Zhu Li wanted to reinforce the motorhome’s exterior with some protective measures, but since they lacked both materials and tools, they had to hit the road, come what may.

The motorhome was a combination of gasoline and electric power, but because they usually used gasoline, they were unclear about the electric capacity or range it could handle. To put it plainly, they were now in a situation where they had no choice but to make do—you had to go even if you didn’t want to, without even the time to ponder or hesitate. Once the city’s forces swarmed in, it would be impossible to escape.