BANG

Sounds of explosions echoed out from the direction of the laboratory they had just been in. Enormous plumes of smoke drifted high into the air.

Shi Sheng stood in a pile of chopped up zombie corpses, and lifted her head to look at the sky. Her expression was filled with ridicule yet her eyes were as apathetic as ever.

She was like a ruler of worlds, standing atop mountains of corpses and seas of blood; her aura was incredible, she was like a dazzling star.

Qing Yus trio were stunned by this scene for a moment, but were soon brought back to reality by the sound of explosions.

Are those helicopters?

Fuck, theyre bombing the facility!

Then the people inside

The helicopter flew off after it had finished bombing the building. Had they flown forward a bit, they would have seen an extremely shocking sightthe zombie corpse-filled streets.

Theyre dead for sure. With such a large-scale bombing, that place shouldve been levelled, right?

Did they bomb them because the stuff inside couldnt be brought out or because they couldnt leave any witnesses? How extreme. They didnt even let off their own people Not that it has anything to do with me.

I have to go find my boyfr- PEI! The future Zombie Emperor

The county capital wasnt too big. Now that Shi Sheng had calmed down, she didnt really attack much, instead choosing to use her ability to bypass the zombies in a blatant manner.

Qi Mingxue and Song Shis group were currently in a small building that was a little out of the ways. There werent many zombies here so it was relatively safe.

Song Shi had managed to open that hidden door at the last moment, but Shi Sheng hadnt shut the emergency exit door when she left the second lab, so zombies had already entered it. That fourth stage zombie was there too. Song Shis group hadnt been able to kill that zombie before the explosions had begun.

Although they had managed to escape, they had lost a comrade. As for everyone else, it wasnt known whether they had died or managed to escape too. Now, only Qi Mingxue, Su Jiye, Zhao Jing and Song Shi were left. The tall dark-skinned man had died. Song Shi had been injured. Qi Mingxue, on the other hand

Song Shis eyes narrowed as he watched Qi Mingxue busying herself. When the explosions had started, he could vaguely make out that she had vanished for a while and had only reappeared when the explosions stopped.

Ah Shi, have some water. Qi Mingxue handed him water that contained some amount of spirit spring water.

Song Shi lowered his head to take a sip before frowning slightly.

This water is different.

Ever since clean water had stopped flowing, the only kind of water available for drinking was bottled water from before the apocalypse or water created by water ability users. But neither of those were as sweet as the water he was drinking. Song Shi didnt show any signs of hesitation as he finished the water.

Qi Mingxue was a bit nervous. She had never given Song Shi any spring water before. He was too sharp, she was afraid he would discover something different about the water.

But now they were all injured. If she didnt give them any to drink, who knows when theyd be able to recover.

The water was quite effective. The next day, everyone had pretty much healed up. Song Shi gazed deeply at Qi Mingxue.

She seems to have a lot of secrets

Boss, why are you just staring at Mingxue-jie? Su Jiye sat down next to Song Shi, and poked fun at him. Have you fallen for her? Hehe, if you ask me, the two of you look great together! Mingxue-jies pretty and has ability to boot! Its just that shes a bit too nice sometimes though I guess thats not a bad thing. If she was a cruel person, who would be willing to trust her?

Shut up. Song Shi glared coldly at him.

Dont be shy, Boss. If you like her, pursue her. Have you seen how many people want to court her? If you dont seize the opportunity now, theres no such thing as medicine for regret!

Song Shi glared at him again, which made Su Jiye finally shut up. Su Jiye covered his mouth and sat down next to Zhao Jing. Zhao Jings expression was a bit strange as his gaze moved back and forth between Qi Mingxue and Song Shi.

Shi Sheng had nearly flipped over the entire D County looking for Qian Li yet still couldnt find him. She could only return to the B City safe-zone. Meanwhile, her three little bros kept asking her stuff like:

Were not looking for your boyfriend anymore?

Is it really fine to just leave that zombie on his own?

What if he takes a liking to a pretty girl zombie?

And all sorts of similarly uneducated questions.

Ive already said it a few hundred times: Hes not my boyfriend!!! I dont have a zombie boyfriend!!! And that fellow ran off on his own! The world is too big for me to search for him! And I dont have that rumoured GPS tracker that comes with the System other System MCs have!

Maybe Qian Li, that bitch, ran off already and just left me here to look for him like an idiot

Since hes the final boss, hell turn up sooner or later.

On the way back, the four saw Qi Mingxue and Song Shis group. Since they were the main characters, Shi Sheng had never entertained the thought that they would die in the explosions, so she wasnt surprised to see them at all. However, something seemed to have happened, for Song Shi looked as if he disliked Qi Mingxue now

And only Su Jiye was left. The other two were missing.

When Qi Mingxue and company were escaping from D County, they had met with another fourth stage zombie. Qi Mingxue had pushed Zhao Jing towards the zombie. Though it had been inconspicuous, Song Shi, who had been paying attention to her, managed to see it.

By the time he reacted, it was too late to save Zhao Jing. He could only watch as the zombie killed Zhao Jing. When Song Shi questioned her afterwards, Qi Mingxue only said that she had been scared at that time. After all, it was a fourth stage zombie. Of course, Song Shi didnt believe her, resulting in the current schism between the two.

As to why Qi Mingxue wanted Zhao Jing dead, it was because Zhao Jing had discovered her secret. He was using it to blackmail her to be with him, or else he would tell it to Song Shi.

In the original storyline, Zhao Jing would betray Song Shi and gang for Zhao Yans sake in the later parts of the book. By that time, Song Shi and Qi Mingxues relationship was already stable and Song Shi had discovered something off about Zhao Jing, so he had been prepared; nothing much was lost.

But right now, things were different. Zhao Jing still held some weight in Song Shis heart; at least, more so than Qi Mingxue.

When they returned to the safe-zone, Shi Sheng waited outside, not in a rush to enter. Song Shis gang was taken away the moment they entered.

As expected, theyre planning on silencing the witnesses! I wonder how theyll escape this time.

Boss, youre so smart! The trio worshipped Shi Sheng even more after this. Had they entered just now, they wouldve probably been taken away like Song Shis group.

Even if you used your toes to think, its obvious. Since they dispatched helicopters to bomb the place, it means they dont want people to know what was in there. The leaders of the safe-zone had probably wanted to retrieve some materials from that place but hadnt expected a fourth stage zombie to pop out and result in the discovery of that laboratory.

Perhaps Chang Xins original mission was to retrieve whatever it is they wanted from the lab. First, hed get people to clear out the building, then when they had to gather up, would take the opportunity to grab whatever it was.

Pity they met that fourth stage zombie though. Werent expecting that, were they? For the sake of survival, he had no choice but to allow people into the underground lab.

Shi Sheng was actually quite smart when she used her brains. A pity that she preferred to use her fists more often.

Shi Shengs gang disguised themselves as lucky survivors. She used her own name to enter the safe-zone this time. Since photographs werent used when people registered, it was rather easy to fool people. There were officially three ability users in the team, so they didnt meet with much trouble.

They naturally couldnt return to the place they had been staying in before, so they had to find a new dwelling.