CHAPTER 48: CHAPTER 48: NEWS FROM THE SURVIVOR BASE

Lu Chuan, who was currently fighting ’Lightning’, had no idea that his great general was now on his precious daughter’s hunting list...

After all, Lu Chuan could hardly imagine that a baby who was recently lying motionless in a crib and had just learned to walk a few steps, could actually open the door and go down the stairs by herself.

After battling with ’Lightning’ for a long time, their sharp machetes had turned the surrounding greenery into a scene like fallen leaves sweeping in the autumn wind.

Looking at the Agile Type zombie wielding dual knives in front of him, Lu Chuan nodded in satisfaction.

After a bout of fighting, his combat skills had greatly improved.

Controlling ’Lightning’ to return to Building No. 5 with him, Lu Chuan left ’Lightning’ downstairs with ’Da Pang’ to guard the door, while he went upstairs to shower.

Even though he was a zombie now, he still lived with a little one.

If it were the first month of the apocalypse, Lu Chuan wouldn’t have cared about cleaning up, as long as there weren’t too many bloodstains on him.

But today was different. With a little baby by his side, Lu Chuan had to wash clean every day.

Since he had gathered a large amount of resources through Corpse Puppets, the precious drinking water others valued was now stacked up in his building.

One reason was to prevent bacteria because Little Qiqi’s resistance was not as strong as an adult’s, so hygiene and safety had to be prioritized.

Another reason was that Lu Chuan didn’t want his body odor to affect Little Qiqi at close quarters.

However, Lu Chuan noticed that as he kept evolving, the zombie traits on his body seemed to have become less apparent than before.

The ferocious scar on his shoulder had even gradually healed after absorbing Crystal Cores.

Looking in the mirror, he felt that although he was still a zombie, his appearance wasn’t as bad as it used to be.

After washing up, Lu Chuan changed into a simple and clean shirt and even sprayed that faint-scented branded perfume.

When he returned to the seventh floor, he discovered that Little Qiqi had fallen into a deep sleep on the sofa.

The little one looked very peaceful and serene, lying there like a little angel that attracted everyone’s affection.

Even though Ji Ruxue had already broken through to the second tier through the Glazed Breathing Technique, she was still just a little baby.

Under normal circumstances, a baby of Ji Ruxue’s age would be doing well just to crawl back and forth on a bed.

Yet Ji Ruxue could now crawl up and down seven flights of stairs all by herself, she was simply the Valkyrie among infants.

But after all, the original strength of the body was too weak, and even though breaking through to the second tier mainly enhanced Telekinesis, the boost to physical strength was not particularly evident.

After crawling back to the room, Ji Ruxue soon fell into a deep sleep.

Looking at the adorable Little Qiqi on the sofa, Lu Chuan decided that since the little one could already walk on the ground, it was time to take her out for some fresh air.

Always staying indoors, without anyone able to communicate with her normally, and with the windows boarded up, Lu Chuan was really worried that such a closed environment would affect Little Qiqi’s personality.

Moreover, as he evolved in strength, the zombies in Sunshine District had already been cleared out by his Corpse Puppets.

Lu Chuan selected some with intact limbs and robust physiques to replenish his team of Corpse Puppets, and the rest he destroyed.

After all, the apocalypse was never short of zombies; even if his Corpse Puppets were killed by Evolved Zombies, he could just control a few from the streets. The safety of the district mattered most.

Over time, Lu Chuan had familiarized himself with the surrounding terrain. Though the Sunshine District was an old community, it also had an enclosed environment.

By then, he could let ’Da Pang’ guard the district gate with dual hammers while ’Lightning’ secretly followed to ensure Little Qiqi’s safety.

There was no longer anyone in Sunshine District who could pose a threat to the little one, especially since he would be by Little Qiqi’s side; even going out for a breath of fresh air wouldn’t be risky.

Not long ago, Lu Chuan was worried about survival in the apocalypse, but now, having controlled two Evolved Zombies in succession, his confidence had grown significantly.

The following days passed very peacefully.

Lu Chuan continued to dispatch Corpse Puppets around the area to act like surveillance cameras, patrolling everywhere or searching for supplies.

Little Qiqi practiced standing and walking at home every day, or held a learning machine to practice speaking, communication, and handwriting.

In a few days, Little Qiqi’s progress was astonishing, making Lu Chuan increasingly feel that his daughter was simply a prodigy.

Meanwhile, Lu Chuan practiced daily in the open space of the community, engaging in battles with ’Lightning’.

As an Agile Type zombie, ’Lightning’, wielding dual knives, was Lu Chuan’s best sparring partner.

In the course of the few days’ confrontations, Lu Chuan’s combat experience skyrocketed, greatly enhancing his use of various fighting techniques and the flexibility of his body.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Suddenly, a massive roar came from the sky, and Lu Chuan quickly hid under a big tree, cautiously looking up.

A military green helicopter flew across the sky.

Lu Chuan saw sheets of paper scattering densely from above; the helicopter was dropping leaflets.

Initially thinking the army had been overrun, Lu Chuan was surprised to see a helicopter entering the city after all this time.

He picked up the information on one of the leaflets and realized that not just Jianghai City, but the entire world had fallen.

The military of Jianghai City had established a Survivor Base in a township outside the city.

The leaflet primarily urged survivors everywhere to voluntarily head to the Survivor Base.

Moreover, Lu Chuan noticed that the leaflet specifically mentioned human Evolvers, to inspire the remaining humans to hold out hope for life.

"It seems that after all this time, the military has regained its footing and has even established a Survivor Base,"

Lu Chuan observed the information on the leaflet briefly before tossing it aside.

Obviously, as he was a zombie, the human survivor base had nothing to do with him, as meeting humans would probably result in them trying to shoot him right away.

In the seventh-floor bedroom, Ji Ruxue also heard the commotion from the plane, and quickly used her Telekinesis to obtain one of the leaflets.

Seeing the information on it, Ji Ruxue sneered coldly.

Ji Ruxue recalled that in her past life, she had hope in humanity in the early days of the apocalypse and joined a human survivor base.

But after entering, Ji Ruxue discovered that even in such large human survivor bases, darkness still prevailed.

With the progression of the apocalypse, the original public order and social conduct of equality had long since been overturned.

Evolvers became the elite, and the stronger one’s abilities, the better the treatment they received.

While ordinary survivors could only become the lowest level of workforce.

The upper echelon of the Survivor Base could drink red wine, eat steak, and live in the most cozy and comfortable environments, while ordinary survivors had to huddle in cold and damp communal dormitories, receiving only fixed, minimal supplies.

The crucial issue was that even amid the apocalypse, humans couldn’t unite to resist the zombies, always scheming and plotting against one another.

In her past life, before Ji Ruxue had grown strong, she was once plotted against by rogues and nearly perished in the Corpse Tide.

Glancing at the leaflet in her hand, Ji Ruxue sneered and tossed it away.

In her view, living among such scheming humans wasn’t as worthwhile as staying by her zombie dad’s side.

At least her zombie dad wouldn’t betray her.