50: Destroyed Cave

Su Mianmian’s earlier sadness vanished, replaced by a smile as she said, “You all know that children are the continuation of humanity, right?”

Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan exchanged glances, not understanding why she was asking that so earnestly.

Seeing their expressions, Su Mianmian spoke directly, “Just tell me what you think.”

“Mianmian, isn’t that something everyone knows?”

“Yeah, Mianmian, why are you asking that question?”

Both of them looked at Su Mianmian with puzzled expressions.

Hearing their replies, Su Mianmian didn’t argue. She nodded and said calmly, “What Shi Xu saw earlier, that was actually the offspring of a zombie.”

Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan froze for a moment. Su Mianmian said it so calmly that they felt something was a bit off.

“Mianmian, is it really just the offspring of a zombie?”

“Then how do they come about?”

Shi Xu asked, full of doubt.

He believed Su Mianmian definitely knew something.

Su Mianmian glared at Shi Xu. She clearly didn’t want to tell them those disgusting things, but since they wanted to hear, then they couldn’t blame her… “You yourselves wanted to hear it!”

“If you don’t want to eat dinner tonight, don’t blame me.”

Su Mianmian said seriously.

Seeing her expression, Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan nodded in assurance.

“That outer layer is actually zombie saliva.”

“Inside, uh…”

“Are pregnant women…”

“And they’re alive, not zombified pregnant women.”

Su Mianmian struggled to reveal the truth.

The reason she found it disgusting was because the zombies would choose the most adaptable pregnant woman among them to become their puppet, their “Zombie Queen” for breeding the next generation.

The Zombie Queen is the root of a nest. If she dies, they must immediately find another suitable one.

Otherwise, they would constantly be without a fixed dwelling.

Sometimes, when a nest’s Zombie Queen dies, they might even fight to steal another nest’s Zombie Queen.

Su Mianmian found it both terrifying and disgusting.

That Zombie Queen could birth dozens of zombie children in a single pregnancy.

The size of her belly was unimaginably horrifying.

She ate disgusting things; besides human flesh, she also ate zombie flesh.

Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan watched Su Mianmian’s changing expression. They exchanged glances, and when they turned back to look at Su Mianmian, both of them became serious.

“Mianmian, can those pregnant women still be saved?” Su Jinxuan asked, looking doubtful.

He felt it was probably impossible.

But hearing Su Mianmian say the zombies were living pregnant women, he held a glimmer of hope.

“Brother, don’t think about it.”

“They are currently killing each other in there!”

“Whoever survives will become the Zombie Queen.”

“They are no longer human.”

Su Mianmian shook her head, saying helplessly.

This was the truth, and she didn’t want to lie.

Su Jinxuan nodded expressionlessly.

If they were still human, saving them would be easy, but if they were no longer human, then that was that.

“We need to destroy this zombie nest.”

“It’s too close to where we live.”

“Once that Zombie Queen is born, the zombies will leave here to find humans to replenish her energy, allowing her to continuously produce new zombies.”

“We cannot sit idly by. Before the Zombie Queen is born, we must quickly nip her in the bud.”

Su Mianmian said seriously.

Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan shared the same idea. The three of them immediately agreed and began discussing a plan.

After intense discussion and rejection of ideas, they finally came up with a solution.

It was the simplest and most brutal method: burn them all with fire.

Zombies fear fire the most, and their saliva similarly cannot withstand the shackles of fire.

“Can one bomb do it?”

“Don’t we have bombs?”

“First a bomb, then fire, it feels a bit faster.”

Su Jinxuan pondered for a moment before speaking.

Su Mianmian glanced at Shi Xu. She had no objection to this idea.

Shi Xu thought for a moment and said, “Will it attract other zombies?”

Su Mianmian shook her head and said, “The Zombie Queen hasn’t been born yet, so they won’t go looking for food.”

This was their most anxious time; they wouldn’t go out and risk danger to their future.

When Su Mianmian said this, Shi Xu nodded in understanding.

“We’ll do as you say.”

“Mianmian, we need you to use your ability to send the bomb in.”

Shi Xu looked at Su Mianmian with a smile.

Su Mianmian gave him an “OK” gesture.

The three of them divided their tasks and approached the cave again.

Once there, Su Mianmian, following Shi Xu’s instructions, took out the bomb he wanted.

She looked at it and found it to be very small.

She wondered if it would work.

The cave felt quite large.

Su Mianmian looked at Shi Xu inquiringly. Shi Xu understood her meaning. He nodded at her, indicating that it would definitely be fine.

Su Jinxuan, standing nearby, was surprised when he saw the bomb.

Unfortunately, Su Mianmian didn’t notice.

Shi Xu lit the bomb, and Su Mianmian immediately used her wood-type ability to send it into the cave.

She used all her ability, sending it to roughly the middle of the cave.

As soon as Su Mianmian retracted her ability, Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan set a fire inside and then blocked the cave with rocks.

They blocked it with rocks not to seal it completely, but to delay the zombies from coming out.

After blocking it, the three immediately rushed down the mountain.

After running for about ten seconds, a “bang” of an explosion echoed from behind.

Su Mianmian and the others were even propelled forward by the force of the blast.

After the three landed, Shi Xu immediately looked for Su Mianmian’s figure as soon as he recovered.

Su Mianmian’s head was spinning; she felt she had a concussion.

She shook her head, feeling even dizzier.

“Don’t shake it, you’ll get dizzier.”

“Lie flat for a bit, then sit up.”

Shi Xu rushed to her side. Seeing her expression, he knew something was wrong with her.

Seeing her still shaking her head, he couldn’t help but reach out and support her head, stopping her helplessly.

Su Jinxuan, standing nearby, was ignored… Su Mianmian listened to Shi Xu’s words, lay flat and rested for a while, and finally felt much better.

“My brother should be fine, right?”

“His mind just recovered.”

Su Mianmian thought of Su Jinxuan at this moment. She anxiously grabbed Shi Xu’s hand and asked.

Shi Xu looked at Su Jinxuan, who was closing his eyes to rest nearby, and shook his head, saying, “He’s fine, he’s resting right next to you.”

Su Mianmian turned her head and indeed saw Su Jinxuan resting.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Sitting up, she took out three bottles of spirit spring water from her space, giving two to Shi Xu.

After she drank it, she felt much better.

Shi Xu handed one bottle to Su Jinxuan. Su Jinxuan took it and drank it.

After the three of them drank, their spirits improved significantly.

“This bomb is too powerful.”

“We ran quite far, yet it still blew us away.”

Su Mianmian shook her head, saying helplessly.

Seeing her say this, Su Jinxuan quickly explained, “Don’t let that bomb’s small size fool you; its power is unmatched by a stack of grenades.”

He felt that the cave had probably completely collapsed by now.

“Really?”

“So it’s that powerful!”

“Shi Xu, can you still use your mental power to probe inside that cave?”

Su Mianmian raised her hand to scratch the back of her head, asking curiously.

Shi Xu shook his head, indicating he needed to be closer.

The three of them returned to the cave, finding only ashes and some incompletely shattered bones near the entrance.

Su Mianmian glanced at it and then looked away.

She still wasn’t used to these things.

While Shi Xu used his mental power to probe below, Su Mianmian and Su Jinxuan waited quietly nearby.

After a few minutes, Shi Xu opened his eyes and said with a smile, “Everything has been burned away.”