99: Chapter 99 You're clearly playing me!

One month later.

"Old Wu, how many zombie corpses did you transport back today?"

"1,000. Enough for burning."

"We got 5,000. That works out perfectly to 10 crystal nucleus each."

"Haha, your team has more people. Our team only has 20 people in total, with only 10 Ability Users, so 1,000 is enough."

Xu Wanning led her people back, and one after another, many survivor squads were returning.

Cartload after cartload of zombie corpses were transported to the boiler room.

Previously, everyone was afraid that the extreme cold would be hard to endure, but now, with zombies as fuel, not only under the buildings but even the ground had been fitted with floor heating pipes by the Metal-element ability users, so the entire Central District couldn't feel much cold at all.

The squads throughout the Central District worked in three shifts to ensure that zombies couldn't attack any buildings; as long as they dared to come, they would be treated with water, and one freeze would take care of them.

"Sister Ning, if it goes on like this, I feel like my Supernatural ability will be able to upgrade to A-rank in a year." Jiang Heng finished absorbing the crystal nucleus, incredibly happy.

Currently, all the zombies were C-rank. In 10 days, they had upgraded to B-rank, and in 100 days, they would be able to upgrade to A-rank. Upgrading to S-rank would be slightly more difficult, unless the zombies upgraded and they received B-rank crystal nucleus.

Xu Wanning nodded, "Definitely."

However, she still couldn't bring herself to be happy. She always felt like this The Apocalypse was like a game. Could The Apocalypse really be this simple?

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Chengyue turned to look at her.

"I just feel like the current The Apocalypse is very unreal. Tell me, am I dreaming?" Like some kind of final flash before death; could it be that she had thought too much right before self-destructing?

Lu Chengyue pinched her arm.

"Hiss~~" Xu Wanning rubbed her arm, "That really hurts."

Lu Chengyue helped her rub it, "Pain means it's not a dream. Because you came back and the country was prepared, that's why it feels simple, but look, so many people still died."

"Our country is like this, but those countries that didn't get the news in advance must be having a very difficult time right now. Perhaps, many countries will be wiped out."

Xu Wanning nodded. If it weren't for the fact that Chinese people like to hoard goods and prefer to take precautions, even if she had returned early, the country wouldn't be in this state.

"I hope I'm not overthinking it." The zombies outside were frozen into ice sculptures. Many survivors were outside collecting crystal nucleus. Most of them were ordinary people; they would prepare water at home, splash it as soon as they saw a zombie, then run away. Once the zombies turned into ice sculptures, they would go to hack them and dig out the crystal nucleus.

The weapons were all products of the weapons manufacturing facility. Killing zombies didn't take much effort. After exchanging the dug-out crystal nucleus for points, they could go to the supermarket to buy things, so ordinary people could also support themselves.

They were all wearing electric heating down jackets, provided free of charge by the state. They were warm when worn, and even if the temperature had dropped to -50 degrees, they could maintain a body temperature of above 20 degrees, ensuring that no one would freeze to death.

"Wen Shuyang!" Just as they were about to step into the Mission Hall, a furious voice suddenly rang out. Everyone turned around subconsciously.

"Holy crap! Jiang Lei!" Lu Zhiyu covered her mouth. If this guy hadn't appeared, they would have forgotten about him.

Wen Shuyang stared at him for a while before recognizing him. The previous Jiang Lei, while not super handsome, was still better than he was now. Not only had the clothes he was wearing not been washed for a long time, but his hair was also super long.

He walked angrily in front of Wen Shuyang, "You're doing great, aren't you? Breaking up with me for no reason. It was agreed that the 300,000 could make money, but you only gave me 300,000, and didn't give me even a cent more. On top of that, you made sure that before The Apocalypse started, that 300,000 couldn't buy any supplies!"

"I originally thought you didn't know anything, but now, you live in the best villa in the Central District, surrounded by Ability Users. Hahaha, I was so stupid, actually worrying that you weren't doing well in The Apocalypse. You, you are clearly just playing me for a fool!"

Wen Shuyang picked at her ear, "Yeah, that's right. So what?"

Jiang Lei didn't expect Wen Shuyang to agree directly, and couldn't say any more accusations. He looked at the people around Wen Shuyang; they were all dressed so well, and there were so many sturdy men.

This team was definitely a golden thigh to cling to. If he could join, "Yangyang, I'm sorry, I was just too worried about you. You don't know how miserable I was after you broke up with me, drowning my sorrows in alcohol every day."

"After The Apocalypse started, I wanted to find you, but I couldn't find you. Yangyang, I beg you, don't leave me."

Wen Shuyang rolled her eyes, "Who are you putting on this display of affection for? If you were really worried about me, it wouldn't have taken over a year for you to find me. You could have asked anyone in the Central District my name and they would have known."

"I see you can't survive anymore, so you came to play the pitiful card with me again, right?"

"Let me tell you, I, Wen Shuyang, am not a love-struck fool. All those years we were together, you were like a tightwad; if I spent a little of your money, you would try every possible way to make me pay it back. Was I wrong to break up with you?"

"Don't be an eyesore here, get lost immediately!" After Wen Shuyang finished speaking, she turned and walked away. This guy actually hadn't died yet; he was really lucky!

"Yangyang, don't go, I really love you, really, don't go!" Jiang Lei lunged forward, trying to grab her.

Jiang Yishen, Li Jingran, Meng Chen, and Xiao Zhaochen blocked him, "Didn't you hear her say she doesn't want to see you? Get lost immediately, or don't blame us for being impolite."

Jiang Lei was blocked by them and took two steps back. These four men were so sturdy that he had no chance of winning, "You, what right do you have to stop me from pursuing my girlfriend?"

"Just because we are her friends, and she broke up with you a long time ago, so stay away!" Meng Chen grabbed Jiang Lei by the collar, "Otherwise, I wouldn't mind sending you outside to feed the zombies."

This Jiang Lei was an ordinary person. Theoretically, if he followed the country's arrangements and found a job, he definitely wouldn't starve to death, but given his current state, he was probably living on relief.

"Hey, isn't that Jiang Lei? I heard he's still collecting relief to this day."

"Isn't that the truth? Relief grain is supposed to be for people who are unable to work. How does he have the face to collect it? Don't the people distributing it check?"

"Check what? Other than us, who knows his situation? Every time the people distributing relief grain come, he pretends he can't walk; when they try to pull him up, he just slumps down. Anyone who doesn't know him definitely wouldn't be able to tell."

"He really has no shame just for a bite to eat."

People around recognized Jiang Lei and started chatting noisily.

Jiang Lei quickly covered his face. He couldn't let people find out; he still had to collect his relief grain. Thinking this, he turned and ran. He would find her next time when there were fewer people.

"Jiang Lei, stand still!" Two soldiers pinned him to the ground.

Jiang Lei looked up and saw the soldier who usually distributed relief grain to him, and quickly lowered his head, "You've got the wrong person."

The soldier pulled off the mask on his face, "I've been dealing with you for over a year; how could I be mistaken!" He was furious, "You've been collecting so much relief grain for nothing all this year. From today on, go to the factory and work to pay off your debt!"

"I won't go, I won't go!" Jiang Lei shouted as he was taken away.

Wen Shuyang beamed, "Great, so satisfying! I don't know what kind of taste I had before, how could I have liked this shameless person."

Lu Zhiyu poked her cheek, "Just consider that you were blind before, but now your eyes are better and bright."