202: Everything melts away as J City experiences its first severe acid rain.

Si Nan regretted it a little. If she hadn't helped Uncle Ji awaken his Supernatural Ability, would she not have been assigned to the most difficult mission?

Luo Sen knew that telling her would make her regret it. "Don't overthink it. A soldier's duty is to charge into battle. Even if we hadn't helped him awaken his Supernatural Ability, he would still be a search and rescue captain, facing thousands of zombies and corpses, equally dangerous.

Our starting point was correct. We wanted to help him awaken his Supernatural Ability to save his life when he performs missions. Look, if we can meet again, I'll help him absorb the power of a crystal core one more time to help him advance."

"Advance? You mean the strength of Supernatural Abilities is divided into ranks, and you're the one who divided them?" Si Nan's eyes sparkled as she looked at Luo Sen like a curious child.

"Not me, it's The Authorities. They classify awakened Ability Users into one to nine ranks of special combat, based on strength and destructive power, with one being the lowest and nine the highest.

Currently, there is only one highest-ranked awakened Ability User in The Authorities, and he's only a third-rank. That's your Uncle Ji Yan."

Si Nan: "---"

She opened her mouth wide in surprise. "So that's why he was appointed as the team leader?"

"Mm." Luo Sen hummed softly, noncommittally.

Si Nan suddenly fixed her eyes on Luo Sen's handsome face. "Then what rank are you? Ninth rank?"

"No." Luo Sen shook his head.

"Eighth rank? Impossible!" Si Nan was instantly surprised. Luo Sen was so strong, he could even fly, how could he only be eighth rank?

Then she heard Luo Sen say lightly, "I should be King-rank."

"Pfft, you're going to make me die of anger. Then what rank am I?" Si Nan suddenly reached out, and the heavy granite coffee table in front of her flew up. As her wrist twisted, it flew happily around the living room like a paper airplane, as if it had no weight.

Luo Sen watched her skillfully manipulate objects weighing over a hundred catties to fly freely and laughed heartily. "Mm, my Nan Nan is exceptionally talented, truly amazing. Come, husband will reward you with a kiss."

"Get lost, I also think my talent is pretty good." Si Nan smiled and dodged, putting the coffee table down, and actively met Luo Sen's offered kiss. Suddenly, the honking of a large truck's horn sounded from outside the courtyard gate.

"Ah, I really want to kill them." Luo Sen rested his face on Si Nan's shoulder, gritting his teeth in anger.

"Who is it? Is it those treasures you brought back from those five buildings? I'll go take a look." The woman who loved treasures immediately escaped from Luo Sen's embrace.

"Little money grubber." Luo Sen shook his head helplessly.

Outside the courtyard gate, Gu Jie's five subordinates were still waiting to help move things. Seeing Si Nan come out, they hurried forward, "Sister Nan, do you like these? They are all priceless treasures."

One person opened the truck bed, revealing the gold and silver jewelry inside.

Si Nan's eyes instantly widened. "I love them, I love them all! Oh my, look how beautiful the lines of this golden Buddha are---and this silver pot, it's so pretty, with eight spouts."

It simply dazzled her.

The five took the opportunity to say, "Then, Sister Nan, can you reward each of us with a bottle of drink? Anything is fine."

"Yes, yes! By the way, do you have enough water? Hurry back and get buckets to fill." Si Nan waved cheerfully, taking the chance to shoo the five away so she could collect her treasures.

"That's great, thank you, Sister Nan." The five quickly ran back, their speed incredibly fast.

Three minutes later, they returned, each carrying four large buckets, happily approaching Si Nan.

Si Nan pointed to the well in the courtyard and said, "Fill them yourselves."

The five paused for a second, then rushed in, eager to see her house. The moment they entered, they almost didn't want to leave.

However, apart from being well-planned, the courtyard seemed no different from the detached villas they lived in. With that thought, their curiosity waned.

After they finished drawing water, Si Nan gave them two prepared boxes of cola, which delighted the five. After much gratitude, they drove away with the items in a sightseeing car.

Si Nan smiled and turned, bumping right into Luo Sen's arms. "Ouch~"

Her nose hurt from the impact.

"Hahaha, you threw yourself into my arms." The shameless man laughed loudly, picked her up, and ran upstairs.

Si Nan struggled in his arms in fright. "Wait, I need to go to the bathroom."

Luo Sen saw that she wasn't joking and, not doubting her, put her down. Si Nan then smiled and locked the bathroom door. "Hahaha, I won!"

She sat on the toilet, happily scrolling through her phone, when suddenly a video shocked her. In the screen, "Drip---drip---drip---"

Frightened, she rushed out directly. "Luo Sen, something happened."

"What is it?" Luo Sen was also startled by her pale face.

"Look." Si Nan showed him the video with trembling hands.

In the video, "Drip---drip---" at first, yellow, murky liquid like raindrops fell from the sky, drop by drop, landing on the moving zombies. Then, the zombies visibly melted away, one after another. The scene was too grand, unimaginable.

This might be the only benefit of acid rain: no matter how strong zombies were, they were still made of flesh and blood and could not withstand the corrosive power of acid rain.

Also, at the very beginning of the acid rain, some people, curious about what it was, stood on their balconies and tried to catch it with their hands. When the yellowish-brown, murky liquid touched their skin, a black, gaping blood-hole was immediately corroded into their palm.

Soon, they foamed at the mouth, screamed, twitched uncontrollably, and collapsed, losing their breath instantly. They had escaped the zombies, only to die under the acid rain.

"This is acid rain? How could it be so fast? It's only been two months since the Apocalypse, how could there already be acid rain?" Si Nan and Luo Sen couldn't believe it.

They quickly checked the location. "J City!"

In the end, everything in J City melted away, turning into a black, desolate, empty city.

Si Nan's face was grim. "In my previous life, there was no acid rain when I died, and this is my first time seeing it. But back then, The Authorities had issued a forecast; meteorologists had detected anomalies in the air.

However, just two months into the Apocalypse, The Authorities haven't issued any such warnings, and the first acid rain suddenly fell. That means other cities will also experience it.

Luo Sen, we need to be fully prepared. According to forecasts, although the lethality of these acid rains is not as instantaneous and destructive as earthquakes and tsunamis, their destructive power is continuous and devastating.

Because this acid rain is highly corrosive and toxic, human skin can easily get poisoned and infected, leading to skin ulcers, just like the person in the video. Crops, when exposed, are directly corroded and die.

The scary thing is that it falls over a large area, covering too wide a range, and The Authorities are powerless. Moreover, land drenched by acid rain cannot grow crops for a short period, or cannot grow edible crops, directly leading to severe food shortages in the later stages of the Apocalypse."