7: Chapter 7 Returning to Ningcheng University

It was clearly an investment... but now his heart was wavering, feeling a pang of heartache!

After a while, Lu Yuxuan was probably too tired, having suddenly gone through far too much.

She actually fell fast asleep...

"Forget it, there's no danger during the day anyway!" Mu Cheng had no choice but to lie down as well.

Letting Lu Yuxuan hold him like that as she slept... he also dazed off into sleep!

[Warning! Warning! A large batch of First-order Zombies is approaching.]

Mu Cheng, in his dreams, heard the notification and suddenly woke up to find it was already night.

Without much thought, he woke Lu Yuxuan up.

"The zombies are here, get ready!"

"Are there really zombies coming?" Lu Yuxuan woke up dazed, but instantly entered a state of high alert.

Her voice carried a hint of coldness... but seeing how quickly she could enter a state of alert, she must have gotten over that hurdle!

"Probably. It seems the hotel isn't safe tonight." Although Mu Cheng was certain, that wasn't what he said.

[If the zombies really come, I'll just listen to Brother Cheng! It's the perfect chance to get that item and improve my strength.]

Mu Cheng heard Lu Yuxuan's inner thoughts again; he was now certain this little girl had already moved past that hurdle!

Thinking back, it took him a full three days to move past that hurdle and gradually become stronger, yet she did it in just the time it took to have a nap!

Indeed, it wasn't surprising... after all, she would be one of the ten strongest in Ning City in the future. If she couldn't even handle this...

how could she become one of the ten strongest?

"Put this on. Through it, you can understand the current world." Mu Cheng took out a high-tech bracelet.

He tossed it to Lu Yuxuan.

Lu Yuxuan caught it without asking a single question, studied it for a moment, and put it on, turning it on.

[It really is a high-tech bracelet... I never thought this kind of thing would actually become a reality.]

[I'm a bit curious where Brother Cheng got it from. Such a high-tech item shouldn't belong to our world.]

[What am I thinking? Brother Cheng's ability was obtained from a treasure chest, so the high-tech bracelet must be too. It seems there's more to this disaster... it probably isn't that simple. Could it be an alien invasion?]

...Mu Cheng heard another flood of inner thoughts.

Is this girl that smart? No... it must be that university students have broader knowledge.

She must have learned about high-tech bracelets from textbooks! That must be it!

Sure enough, screams soon came from downstairs...

"They're really here. Get ready for battle." Mu Cheng stared intently at the door... not relaxing his guard in the slightest.

Actually, Mu Cheng could have taken out a second-order modification potion to let Lu Yuxuan power up first.

But then he thought this was a good opportunity to see exactly what her limit was.

So he changed his mind and decided to let her stand alone and try!

"You handle the zombies when they come! Don't let them in to mess this place up." Mu Cheng suddenly spoke up.

Then he sat down on the sofa with his legs crossed, took out a pack of Huazi, lit one up, and took a deep drag while watching the show.

"Mhm, understood!" Holding the black gold dagger, Lu Yuxuan stepped out of the thirty-second floor without hesitation.

She knew very well that Mu Cheng was doing this on purpose to test her, to let her be able to stand on her own!

"I'd better go out and take a look!" Mu Cheng instinctively walked out.

Hm?

Suddenly coming to his senses, he stopped again.

"What's wrong with me? Why am I worried about that little girl? Could it be the influence of the Devouring Bloodline?"

Indeed, he had noticed that since awakening the Devouring Bloodline... his previously ruthless heart had begun to waver!

Whether it was truly the bloodline's influence... he couldn't quite figure it out.

"Whatever... I'll just take it one step at a time for now!"

Mu Cheng stopped overthinking. Since it was a fact that his temperament had changed... he could only take it one step at a time.

Just as he reached the thirty-first floor, he saw that many zombies were already piled up below, almost all of them killed by having their throats slit.

This little girl really has changed... she's no longer that twenty-year-old university student; she's starting to grow!

Mu Cheng now firmly believed that as her strength increased... she would definitely become one of the ten strongest in Ning City.

As for the grey crystals inside the zombies, he knew his own luck... he was very unlucky, so he decided to leave them for Lu Yuxuan.

Walking through the pile of zombies, when he saw Lu Yuxuan, she was covered in dark blood from head to toe.

And she was still hacking away at zombies...

"This girl... forget it, at least there aren't any Second-order Zombies." Mu Cheng breathed a deep sigh of relief and didn't leave, silently guarding her from behind.

Four hours later, it was finally over. The entire thirty-first floor was piled with zombie corpses.

Lu Yuxuan also collapsed on the ground in exhaustion...

"Eat this, then dig for the strange crystals!" Mu Cheng took out a high-tech lunchbox and pulled one out.

It was about the size of a thumb, and he stuffed it into Lu Yuxuan's cherry-red mouth...

The Rice Ball melted in her mouth, and Lu Yuxuan instantly regained her strength, returning to peak condition!

"This thing is amazing." Lu Yuxuan was clearly shocked.

But then she thought about how Mu Cheng even had special abilities... so it didn't seem strange at all.

"Alright, I'm going to sleep for a bit. I'll leave the zombies for you to handle!" Mu Cheng let out a deep yawn.

He soon returned to... the thirty-second floor, lay on the bed, and fell straight asleep!

Lu Yuxuan didn't waste any time either. She used the black gold dagger to cut open the zombie heads and reach in for the grey crystals.

Like that, after digging out the grey crystal from a zombie, she would conveniently throw the corpse down from the thirty-first floor.

After three hours of hard work, Lu Yuxuan finally finished processing all the zombies. As expected of someone blessed by the Goddess of Luck.

She harvested a total of three hundred and thirty-three grey crystals; she found one in almost every single zombie.

After washing herself clean... she crawled under the covers and held Mu Cheng as she fell asleep!

Early the next morning.

"Brother Cheng, are we going out today? Last night I collected three hundred and thirty of those things." Lu Yuxuan called out in a soft voice.

Hm? Mu Cheng had actually been awake for a while. Hearing this, he instantly got excited, not caring how Lu Yuxuan looked at him.

He got up, took out a set of new clothes, and put them on in front of her while speaking.

"You're really something, little girl. Of course we have to go out if we want to get stronger. This place isn't safe anymore; the priority is to find another location."

"I'll listen to Brother Cheng." Lu Yuxuan looked at parts she shouldn't be looking at... her face instantly turned red as she spoke.

"I'll wait for you outside. Drink this potion later to boost your strength." After Mu Cheng finished dressing.

He casually took out a set of women's clothes, shoes, underwear... etc., as well as a second-order potion...

After storing the grey crystals to the side, just as he was about to leave the room...

Lu Yuxuan suddenly made a move... and kissed him!

"You girl... you want it, don't you! Not now; I'll deal with you properly tonight."

Mu Cheng controlled his rising animalistic urges, forcibly suppressing the fire in his heart...

"Alright, I'll wait for you outside."

"Mhm, I'll listen to Brother Cheng." Feeling shy... she crawled back under the covers and hid her head.

After Mu Cheng left, she poked her head out from the covers and saw the set of women's clothes, shoes, underwear, and so on...

Could these... have been prepared for me by Brother Cheng?

Soon she was all smiles... She got dressed, did a quick wash, and then downed the second-order modification potion in one go.

"Is this really me? I feel like my whole body is filled with power."

At this moment, she clearly felt that she had become much, much stronger. If she encountered robbers now...

she would definitely make sure they never returned!

She had planned to just go out like that, but seeing her hair was a bit messy, she went into the bathroom and happily started grooming herself.

"Women really... need to be waited for at any time." Mu Cheng was getting quite impatient waiting.

Since a little more time didn't matter, he took out a Huazi, lit it, and took a deep drag while waiting.

About ten minutes later, Lu Yuxuan finally came out, wearing a blue dress.

Her black hair reached her waist, graceful and elegant... lively and cheerful, with the youthful vitality that a university student should have.

It was displayed perfectly on her!

"Hehe... I say, why did you dress up like this? It's just going to get dirty as soon as we go out anyway." Mu Cheng was clearly stunned.

But his words were still sharp...

"Alright, let's head out!" Lu Yuxuan actually wanted to say that she had naturally dressed up for him.

But she didn't expect such a "straight-man" comment. Who could even respond to that?

"Mhm, let's go!" Mu Cheng didn't waste words and walked straight ahead.

Lu Yuxuan didn't say anything more and followed closely. Just as they stepped out of the Xinhua Hotel, a new notification appeared.

[1,500 meters ahead at the Ningcheng University Experimental Building, Trader discovered, high-grade treasure chest *1, First-order Zombies *100 discovered.]

Hm? The distance increased by five hundred meters? Could it be because my ability improved?

"Heading to Ningcheng University." Mu Cheng didn't think further and spoke as he led the way.

Lu Yuxuan thought for a moment and said, "Brother Cheng, I remember there's also a treasure chest on the roof of the experimental building. It's red. Let me check!"

As she spoke, she studied the high-tech bracelet... and sure enough, she soon found information about the treasure chest.

"So it's a high-grade treasure chest... I expect there are zombies too!"

"So what if there are... we'll fight our way in!" Mu Cheng wasn't afraid at all. After all, killing First-order Zombies...

was like chopping vegetables; it took no effort at all.

[I wonder... if Nana, Shuishui, and Mumu... have left Ningcheng University.]

Mu Cheng suddenly heard Lu Yuxuan's voice... but he didn't ask further, thinking seriously about it.

He finally remembered that in his past life, Lu Yuxuan had a very good relationship with a faction called Menglou Pavilion.

Among them was Gu Na, who was also one of the future ten strongest in New Ningcheng, and a pair of twin sisters...

Although the two sisters weren't among the ten strongest, they were able to develop Menglou Pavilion into the most powerful female faction!

Nana, Shuishui, Mumu... hearing these names, it wasn't hard to guess that Lu Yuxuan was worried about these three people.

Entering Ningcheng University, Lu Yuxuan began to feel restless... looking left, right, front, and back.

"Holy crap!!! What's with you, little girl? Take me to the experimental building first." Mu Cheng asked even though he already knew.