《Traveling To The Last Days To Protect You》 Chapter 1 ¡°Go! Leave me alone!¡± Among the zombies, a tall and handsome man yelled at a helicopter while fighting the zombies, but the helicopter refused to leave, and the people on board also shouted at him: ¡°Let¡¯s go together, come up!¡± The man suddenly waved his hand, and a wind dragon headed towards the helicopter accurately, the huge force directly pushing away the helicopter that was reluctant to leave. Seeing that the helicopter was getting farther and farther away, the man turned his head and looked at the hordes of zombies in all directions. He smiled, his face was solemn and determined, and he seemed relieved. He closed his eyes and let out a loud groan. The next moment, looking down from the sky, an invisible huge wave centred on the man and gradually spread out in all directions. All the zombies, including the remnants of the buildings, were instantly reduced to powder, and the entire area was wiped out. The self-destruction of a ninth-level wind-type supernatural power destroyed the last group of zombies and changed the world from then on. .. ¡°Wooowooo!¡± Lin Tantan took out the last tissue, her eyes red from crying. ¡°Why, why did he blow himself up? Why did he have to die? He could obviously live!¡± Withdrawing her gaze from the tv, the nurse stared at her inexplicably, and explained for the nth time: ¡°He was scratched by a zombie, and could not survive.¡± ¡°No, that¡¯s not it!¡± Lin Tantan suddenly put down the tissue with a solemn expression on his face. ¡°It¡¯s because during those seven years, his comrades-in-arms and friends all died, and his lover also died. He had no attachment to this world anymore. He didn¡¯t want to live anymore¡­ Woowoo, how could it be like this? Miserable, my idol Ye!¡± The nurse said with a dry smile, ¡°Speaking of the relationship between Ye Xiao and deputy captain Bai, it¡¯s only found in fanfictions and unofficial history.¡± ¡°Impossible, Ye Xiao had so many comrades, I have never seen him so close to others. Ye Xiao was the most powerful in the country, and the deputy captain Bai was his chief think tank, this is true love!¡± The corner of the nurse¡¯s mouth twitched, well, as long as you are happy. At this time, the screen changed to another scene. Many survivor bases across the country were mourning the passing of Ye Xiao, the strongest man of the generation. A man stood on the stage and said with emotion: ¡°Although Chief Ye has left us, the zombies have been completely cleared, and a new world is coming. At this time, we must unite and build our new home. This man was Zhou Yan, the first president of the post-apocalyptic country, the person who led the survivors across the country to build a new home. A great figure in history. Lin Tantan curled her lips, thinking that this guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was not a good person. No, in the seven years following the end of the world, he only knew how to paddle behind those strong men. He was not even ranked in top 20 in the country¡¯s military value ranking, but because of the last zombie counterattack, which led to every strong man¡¯s death, when even the number one expert, Ye Xiao, blew himself up and died, this person had the chance to stand out. Otherwise, who would allow him to be the leader of the new world? It is said that in order to consolidate his leadership position, he did many unscrupulous things. He even asked Ye Xiao to clean up the Zhengyang base, and all those who disagreed with him were secretly eliminated by him. If it weren¡¯t for the fact that after more than 300 years had passed since the apocalypse and people began to reflect on history and dared to turn over old accounts; no-one would know how long this person¡¯s black deeds would have been covered up! Lin Tantan suddenly said: ¡°If only I could help Ye Xiao and his comrades. He did so many things for the people in the apocalypse and saved so many people, but he didn¡¯t even die well. Brothers who vowed to lived and die with him also died miserably¡­¡± The nurse looked at her, her eyes suddenly becoming wet, she tried her best to hold back, and said, ¡°Tan Tan, your parents and younger brother are here to see you, let¡¯s go out.¡± Lin Tantan immediately cheered up: ¡°Have they already arrived? Then let¡¯s go.¡± The nurse pushed Lin Tantan out, and sure enough, the Lin family¡¯s parents and younger brother had arrived. They talked to Lin Tantan affectionately, and had dinner together. It was a lively and cheerful scene, but everyone was working hard to endure grief. Only Lin Tantan was not affected. She ate with her parents and brother, and asked them to push her to take a walk in the garden of the hospital, talking and laughing, and when they met patients along the way, they all greeted Lin Tantan affectionately and respectfully: ¡°Hi, Doctor Lin.¡± ¡°Is Doctor Lin here for a walk?¡± Lin Tantan nodded to them one by one, showing the steady and dignified air of a gold-medal doctor, unlike the one who cried while watching a movie just now. After a while she felt a little tired and expressed her desire to go back to her room. At the door of the room, Lin Tantan bid farewell to her family: ¡°Parents, little brother, you go back, I¡¯m going to bed.¡± Lin¡¯s mother finally couldn¡¯t help it, and cried out: ¡°Tan Tan¡­¡± Lin Tan Tan¡¯s smile remained unchanged, and she reached out to wipe her mothers tears: Mom, dont be sad. With my body, I was destined to live a short life. I am very lucky to have been able to live happily until the age of twenty. I have also successfully cultivated and helped many people heal. I have saved a lot of people, and my life is worth it.¡± Mother Lin nodded, but she couldn¡¯t stop her tears. Lin Tantan said to her younger brother who was also wiping away tears: ¡°From now on, you will be the only child left in our family, take care of mom and dad.¡± ¡°Sister, I know!¡± ¡°Dad, take my mom and brother away, I don¡¯t want you to watch me leave, after I leave, my body will be donated to the country, so you should not come to see me anymore.¡± Lin Tantan said to Father Lin again. Father Lin touched Lin Tantan¡¯s head, choked with sobs and said seemingly nonchalantly, ¡°Okay, okay.¡± Lin Tantan entered the room with a smile, and when the door was closed to isolate all sound, a look of sadness flashed across her face. Chapter 2 Since the apocalyptic catastrophe more than 300 years ago, the human body became fundamentally transformed. Now people with supernatural powers accounted for one-fifth of the total population. For these people, supernatural powers were the basis of their survival. As soon as a child was born, the hospital would test his abilities. The first step was to separate ordinary people from those with abilities. For the latter, they would further detect the energy core attributes in the mind. When the apocalypse first occured, there were many kinds of supernatural powers, but as the time went by, the energy of those rare abilities was either exhausted or converted into other energies. In the end, the world stabilized and formed a complete cycle. The basic kinds of energy were the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Lin Tan Tan did not understand the gossip about the heaven, earth, nature and five elements. She only knew that if the child was tested to have only one element of energy attributes, the child must have extraordinary abilities and intelligence in the future, and was basically born strong. If there were two elements, it would be worse, if there were three, it basically meant: a life of mediocrity. Having four elements would basically result in being disabled and stupid; and five? Oh, it would mean having used up all their luck in being born. Lin Tan Tan developed very slowly in her mother¡¯s womb. After birth, she was like a kitten, not breathing yet. Thanks to the emergency rescue by doctors and nurses, she was rescued. Afterwards, she was found to possess all five elements. Her parents were struck by lightning, but they didn¡¯t give up on her. They customized the best five-element energy box for her and let her lie in it. Then a miracle happened. Not only did Lin Tan Tan not die soon, she also grew up slowly. Although she was paralyzed and sick, she had a normal mind and was even smarter than ordinary children. The Lin family¡¯s parents were overjoyed, but it was too difficult to raise a child possessing five elements, and the energy stones consumed every day were a huge sum of money. A fairly wealthy family was abruptly dragged into abject poverty. At this moment, Lin Tan Tan¡¯s mentor appeared. She was a very powerful wood-type supernatural power user and a well-known therapist. She took care of the cost of energy stones, and taught her how to practice supernatural powers. Cultivation was very difficult, very tiring, the feeling of the five energies fighting in the body was very painful, causing Lin Tan Tan to almost die many times. But with practice, she could control the disordered energy and make the body strong and powerful. In the end, Lin Tan Tan survived. If there are several elements of energy cores, several elements must be cultivated together, otherwise the energy imbalance will endanger life. Lin Tan Tan¡¯s cultivation talent was unmatched. Even if the five elements were combined, her cultivation speed was very fast. At the age of fourteen, each of her ability had reached the sixth level, and because of the influence of her mentor, she was better at using wood-type abilities, so she went to her mentor¡¯s hospital as a healer. In six years, she was promoted from a general doctor to an expert level, and she became well-known throughout the country, even receiving the national certificate of honour. There were countless people who had been cured and saved by her, and the family that was dragged down by her also became rich because of her. She was very well received by the government. Now her wood ability was close to the full level, and other abilities were also not bad. She could be ranked among the strongest in the country, but her body suddenly began to decline. Perhaps this was the fate of multi-line supernatural beings. No matter how hard she worked, how many levels she crossed, reaching a height that most supernatural beings could not reach, she still could not escape the fate of early death. Fortunately, in her short life, as she reached her limit, she felt herself worthy of her parents, worthy of her mentor, and even more worthy of herself, and this knowledge was enough for her. Lin Tan Tan sighed softly, only if she could stand up and run in her next life, she looked at her unconscious legs and thought; it would be even better if she could meet her idol. With a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she slowly closed her eyes. Sunshine and fresh breeze came in from the window, sprinkling on her body, and the indoor instrument issued a beep alarm, indicating that the test subject¡¯s vital signs had terminated. Across the door, Lin Tan Tan¡¯s parents, younger brother, and many staff members in the hospital stayed outside her ward, and some people who had been treated by Lin Tantan also came after hearing the news. They all heard the beeping of the instrument, the three of the Lin family cried together, and even the others couldn¡¯t help wiping away their tears. The next day, the country issued an obituary: ¡°Ms. Lin Tan Tan, national special-grade healer, honourary vice-chairman of the Association of Supernatural People, improver of multi-system supernatural power cultivation methods, winner of the Ziyun Medal, ninth-level supernatural powerhouse, the only person with supernatural powers of five lines¡­ on July 8, 23X1, at the National Central Hospital, died young at the age of twenty¡­¡± ¡­¡­. On January 1, 20X9, 13:59, at a university in Yangshi. In a dormitory, a girl lying on the upper bunk was sweating all over, her face flushed and distorted, she seemed to be having a nightmare, experiencing some kind of pain, as her body twitched continuously. Suddenly, she opened her eyes, panting heavily, as her eyes gradually focused, she froze. Where is this? Wasn¡¯t she already dead? Was she alive again? Lin Tan Tan sat up and opened her eyes wide. Except for the white walls that were barely similar to the room she was used to, other things and arrangements were very strange. This strangeness was not only because she had never seen it before, but also because¡­ Antiques! She thought of the movies, books, and photos she had seen. The houses before the apocalypse seemed to be in this style. This place should not be an ordinary house, but a collective dormitory. She looked at her hand again, it wasn¡¯t her body, pinched it, ah, it hurt! Could it be that she was reborn after death, and somehow returned to the world before the apocalypse? Lin Tantan¡¯s heart was pounding, she groped around, and finally found the ¡°mobile phone¡± under the bed. Although it was still an antique to her, fortunately she was not stupid. When she found the standby button, she pressed it and the screen turned on. January 1st, 20X9, wasn¡¯t this, this, the day of the apocalypse?! Lin Tan Tan¡¯s pupils contracted suddenly and her mind became blank. After a while, she screamed: Ah, ah, ah!!! My idol, my idol, I¡¯ve arrived!¡± She excitedly lifted the quilt off of herself and got out of the bed. However, Lin Tan Tan, who had never slept on a bunk bed before, encountered a tragedy the next second. With a bang, there was a loud noise coming from room 305 of the girls¡¯ dormitory, followed by a scream; and the entire floor shook. Chapter 3 For a moment, Lin Tan Tan was in a daze, and it took her a long time before she came back to reality. Pain pain pain pain! Lin Tan Tan burst into tears. She tried to lift the bed that was pressing on her and got up while grinding her teeth, then looked at the bunk bed lying on the ground. A little dazed, she thought; why was the antique bed so unstable? She just wanted to jump out of the bed out of excitement, but she didn¡¯t expect the bed to be so far up from the ground. She subconsciously grabbed the edge of the bed, but she pulled it so hard that the whole bed fell down. Lin Tan Tan lifted up her trousers and looked at her left ankle where a large layer of skin was torn and the swollen mass was visible to the naked eye; she wanted to cry. It hurt; but what hurt her more was how she made a fool out of herself. Could she really help her male god like this? He would be disgusted by her even if she just approached him. Lin Tan Tan subconsciously wanted to use supernatural powers to heal herself, but¡­ her body was empty and there was nothing. Lin Tan Tan was startled, the ability was gone?! She hastened to look inside her mind. This process had been done countless times before, and she was more proficient in her powers than eating and drinking. But now it somehow became extremely difficult; but she managed to clearly see the inside of her mind before making herself dizzy. The energy core was gone, replaced by a cloud of mist; with five intertwined colors, it seemed that she still possessed all five elements. She breathed a sigh of relief. It was said that, in the supernatural beings at the beginning of the apocalypse, since their abilities were too weak; the energy nucleus ¨C called the crystal nucleus at that time ¨C hadn¡¯t formed yet, it was just a cloud of primitive energy in the form of a mist. It meant that the ability was about to enter a new stage. She looked at her current body again. The original owner of this body should have been in the stage of supernatural awakening before, but it was a pity that she didn¡¯t make it through. In the end of the world, it took a long time to awaken supernatural abilities and the death rate was also very high. Wait, supernatural powers waking up? The end times had already begun? She didn¡¯t care about the pain anymore, and quickly turned on the mobile phone she still held in her hands; the time showing 14:01. Lin Tan Tan remembered clearly that the apocalypse started at 13:45, which meant it had already started 16 minutes ago! ¡°Bang! Bang!¡± There was a sudden and loud knock on the door, and the entire off-white dormitory door was shaken up. ¡°This is¡­¡± Lin Tan Tan swallowed. Someone who could smash the door like this, who could have such strength? That too in the early days of the apocalypse; what else could there be except for zombies? It was probably because the sound of the bed falling just now attracted the zombies outside. If she was lucky, there would only be one zombie standing outside the room. Lin Tan Tan climbed over the fallen bed and limped to the door. Laying down on the floor, she tried to look outside through the gap; there was indeed only one pair of feet outside. But even a single zombie was not something she could deal with! Although Lin Tan Tan was known as a powerhouse in her previous life, she had never experienced a fight. Except for Wood and Gold, she had basically never used the other three types of abilities. Besides, she was a newbie now. The Wood and Gold abilities were also unable to be used. After thinking about it for a minute, Lin Tan Tan turned around and moved the fallen bed up with great effort, dragging it to block the door. On both sides of the dormitory¡¯s entrance, there was a closet on one side and a toilet on the other. There was only a one-metre-long corridor in the middle, which was just enough to put the upper and lower beds in. However, Lin Tan Tan pushed halfway from behind, and the door was wrenched open. Pulling the bed back, she formed a half-open and half-closed angle between the bed and the door. The zombie wanted to come in from there. Lin Tan Tan saw a real zombie for the first time, and realised that those guys in movies with tilted heads, rotten faces, dragging intestines and white eyes were already beautified. Although she could not see the whole body of the zombie in front of her, she could see shriveled flesh hanging from the face, and the eyes were wide opened and looked as pale as those of dead fish; as if they were about to fall off the next second. The drooling mouth was screaming and the long, black and grey nails were still scratching the door; trying to come inside. The visual effect and the rotten dead air rushing to the face would have definitely scared the timid enough to cry. Lin Tan Tan had seen many bloody wounds, but she was still terrified at the moment, pushing the bed hard from behind, trying to block the door once again, but the zombie was also very strong. Lin Tan Tan and the zombie struggled for a while, and her temper also came up. She looked left and right, picked up a cane that she had not noticed lying in the corner, climbed to the lower bunk of the bunk bed and tried to hit the zombie with the stick. At that instant, the zombie¡¯s head stretched out in Li¡¯s direction; she hit it hard at this time; causing the zombies head to swing away heavily. The stick was quite heavy, even if it was made of plastic, it was not easy to use. But once she swung it at the zombie; it was pushed back a few steps, and then it pounced towards her more ferociously. Lin Tan Tan just lifted her right foot, pressed the door, and beat that head desperately. Clap clap! Lin Tan Tan did not know how many times she had kicked; suddenly finding out that the space was empty. Looking carefully, she realised that the zombie¡¯s whole head was knocked off its neck. Lin Tan Tan: ¡°¡­¡± Lin Tan Tan hurriedly pushed out the zombie¡¯s body stuck inside, closed the door, and looked down at the rolling head on the ground with its mouth opening and closing. She could not process what was happening. But soon, a sticky mass of paste-like gray-black tissues slid out of the head. In addition, a solid mass rolled out, causing the head to loose energy, and the stinky mouth finally stopped moving. Lin Tan Tan suddenly felt a surge of excitement as she looked at the object glowing with green light; could it be the legendary zombie crystal nucleus? She pulled the thing towards herself with the stick in her hand, then opened the door and quickly pushed the head out. Taking the broom beside her, she swept out the mess on the ground, she didn¡¯t even want the broom afer that, and went to throw it outside and close the door again. The door lock was broken, so she once again used the bed to block the door. Then she found a pair of chopsticks, picked up the solid mass, got into the toilet that was between the upper and lower bunks, and rinsed it in the sink. As soon as the water flowed over it, the thing revealed its true colours. It was indeed a crystal nucleus, light green in colour. Although not very pure, which signified that it was only a first-class Wood element crystal nucleus with many impurities, Lin Tan Tan was still overjoyed. ___________________________________________________ At this point, Lin Tan Tan addresses Ye Xiao as ¡®Ye Shen¡¯ which means something like ¡®male god Ye¡¯, although I translated it as ¡®my idol Ye¡¯ in the previous chapters (since using ¡®Ye Shen¡¯ directly would confuse his name which is Ye Xiao). You can tell me whether you all would like me to continue writing it as idol or as male god or simply Ye Shen. P.S Since the chapters in this story are quite lengthy, I am splitting them into 2 parts (which means that this chapter is the first part of chapter 2). This was for all those people who might want to continue this story through mtl. Chapter 4 It was said that the supernatural beings in the last days mainly relied on the crystal nuclei in the brains of zombies to practise. Unlike three hundred years later; where they already had very advanced instruments that could capture the energy in the air, soil and sea, classify, evolve, and form mature artificial energy stones. There even were some places where natural energy ores had been formed after three hundred years of accumulation. There was no such thing as that in the last days. Although there was very majestic energy in the air; the types were too complicated and the energy was too violent. Before there was a proper cultivation method, it was almost impossible for the supernatural beings to use it. They could only rely on the crystal nucleus. So, she could understand the importance of the zombie¡¯s nucleus in the last days. What made Lin Tan Tan even more excited was that this was a Wood-type crystal nucleus, which was exactly the ability she wanted to cultivate the most! Although she could directly absorb the Wood energy in the air; if she relied on the crystal nuclei, the training time would be greatly shortened! She looked up with a smile, saw a face very similar to herself in the mirror, and froze suddenly. She could vaguely remember some memories of the original owner of this body. Her name was Lin Tantan, and she was also twenty years old this year. It seemed that being reborn in this body was not a complete coincidence, right? Lin Tan Tan had heard from her parents that they had named her Tantan(1) at first; hoping that although her life was as short as Epiphyllum, she could also be as gorgeous as Epiphyllum. But then they felt it was unlucky and changed her name to the current name. (1)Both names are written differently and have different meanings in Chinese but sound the same when spoken. She touched her face and said softly: ¡°Dad, Mom, teacher, little brother, I have been born again. I came back alive on the first day of the apocalypse. I will be fine in the future. In that world, you should also do good.¡± ¡°Lin Tan Tan, I am now using your body. Although there wasn¡¯t a prior agreement, I still thank you very, very very much. I owe you my life. If you have any wish, I will fulfil it for you.¡± She waited for a while, some emotions really emerged in her chest, which seemed to be nostalgia for relatives, but they were very vague. Lin Tan Tan didn¡¯t get the original owner¡¯s memory of her family, so she had to suppress it for the time being. She touched her injured leg, jumped a few times, and then screamed because of the pain in her left ankle. When she looked down, her entire ankle was swollen like a steamed bun. But she was still very happy that she came back to life. She not only had healthy legs, but also came to this era, where there were people she admired and liked! Both of her wishes came true before death! Lin Tan Tan excitedly washed off the dirt on her hands, went out of the washroom while holding the crystal nucleus, and sat cross-legged on the open space; placing the crystal nucleus in the palm of her hand, and starting to absorb its energy. She sat cross-legged on the ground with her back straight, her eyes lightly closed. Her whole body seemed to be asleep, her breathing became long and steady, and her chest hardly rose and fell. Gradually, the light green crystal nucleus in her hands emitted a long green smoke-like thing, which was absorbed by the two opposing palms. If there was an instrument that could capture the trajectory of the supernatural power in the body, the mist would easily be discovered. Then as the green mist entered Lin Tan Tan¡¯s body, it slowly moved forward along a certain path, merged into the mind, and then emitted from the mind, continuing to wander through the whole body, finally forming a perfect cycle. And in Lin Tan Tan¡¯s mind, in the static mist-like energy, a touch of green slowly rotated, the speed getting faster and faster, and the colour became thicker, but the other four colours of mist were not affected. The green mist was constantly rotating, the circulation of supernatural powers in the body was constantly taking place, and the energy in the crystal nucleus was constantly being absorbed, causing the colour to fade little by little. An hour later, the crystal nucleus¡¯s energy was completely absorbed and shattered suddenly. Lin Tan Tan opened her eyes and felt refreshed. Even her left ankle did not hurt as much. The left foot, which was originally swollen like a steamed bun,had gone down a lot, but was still a bit swollen. The energy of the first-level crystal nucleus was limited, and Lin Tan Tan was reluctant to use it for healing. She moved her ankle, making sure that it would not hinder walking except for a little pain, so she ignored it. She looked at the time, it was fifteen seventeen, and the sun was almost setting, so she hurriedly jumped up, walking around. She had to leave soon! She remembered that Ye Xiao¡¯s first comrade-in-arms was scratched and infected by a zombie around the afternoon of January 2, and was killed by Ye Xiao himself when he was about to turn into a corpse. That was the first time he killed his companion with his own hands, and it was also the first time he shed tears in the seven years of the last days. The second and last time was when Deputy Captain Bai died (dont ask Lin Tan Tan how she knew, the movie and the novels were written that way). When watching a movie, this was the first time she cried. After that, every time Ye Xiao died, she had to cry once. The movie basically ended in tears. Good fans, how could they tolerate their idol shedding tears? To help him, we must start from the beginning! By the way, she only knew where to find the person, but from where did she start? Chapter 5 Lin Tan Tan, finding herself clueless, scratched her hair and rummaged around to find her current address. Suddenly realising something, she turned on the phone, unlocked it with her fingerprint, and logged into the map software. The antique machine proved very difficult to use, it contained so many apps that it was difficult to find the map software she was looking for. You had to click and poke at various spots; watching the small circle on the top keep spinning, it was quite interesting. After tossing for a while, she finally saw her position. ¡°Um¡±, Lin Tantan found that she was not very good at reading this kind of map, she scratched her head and looked at it for a long time before finally realising that she was in the dormitory area of XX University in Yang City, Jin Province¡­ Lin Tan Tan¡¯s heart started to jump crazily again, wasn¡¯t this the city Ye Xiao was in at this time? She had thoroughly studied Ye Xiao¡¯s life; she clearly remembered where he appeared on a certain day, what he did, and what impact it had. This kind of list that could fill several large sheets naturally also contained information about all the places where he appeared. There were two university towns in Yang City, one was in the South and the other was in the North, and she was currently in the South University Town, and the place where Ye Xiao would appear tomorrow would be the North University Town! A sentence popped up in Lin Tan Tan¡¯s mind suddenly, from the South to the North, the swallows fly apart*¡­ Ahh! What was she thinking? If she could be in the same city as her idol, she should raise a glass to celebrate. If one of them is in the South of the whole country while the other in the North, she would try to reach him as soon as possible even if she has to use an airplane and fight against zombie birds. ¡­Well, she didn¡¯t seem to be able to fly a plane. She hastened to study the map carefully, and then started to pack up. She had read some guides about what to prepare if you were in the last days. Weapons, medicine, food and drinking water, all of these were indispensable. However, Lin Tan Tan looked around, was a fruit knife a weapon? Cold spirit was also a medicine, right? Food? What about biscuits, buns, milk, instant noodles, potato chips, spicy chicken wings, plums, nougat, apples and bananas, Lin Tan Tan ransacked the entire dormitory like a sweeper, and only managed to collect supplies enough to fill a schoolbag to eat, most of them being snacks that wouldn¡¯t fill the stomach. As for water, there were two bottles of mineral water. She went around again, found a clean bottle, and poured out the little hot water left in the kettle. When she was about to leave, she found herself still wearing pyjamas, so she had to look for clothes everywhere, and then remembered that the clothes should be in the closet, but the closet was still blocked by the bed, so she had to drag the bed out again. She managed to put on her clothes, although it was still cold, she was worried about hindering her movements, so she gave up the big coat and changed into a light one. The pants were a pair of jeans resistant to dirt and wear. For shoes, she hesitated between the fleece boots with mid-heeled waterproof hard soles, and breathable sneakers, eventually choosing the more convenient sports shoes. She found a hat for herself to wear, and also spotted a pack of masks in the closet, so she took one and put it on; stuffing the rest in her bag. In fact, when she beat the zombie just then, she was still quite worried that the mucus would splash on her face. Lin Tan Tan jumped on the spot to cheer and warm herself up, then put on her bag and opened the broken wooden door.The zombie with its head and body separated was still lying at the door. The corridor was quiet, but still a little dark. It was long and scary. Lin Tan Tan stepped over the corpses of the zombies and walked out carefully, walking past the closed bedroom doors. It was unknown whether it was because of the human scent; but when she passed the door of 311, the door suddenly slammed, and something inside kept banging on the door, which obviously meant there was a zombie inside. In 314, there was a low cry, presumably a living person who was hiding and did not dare to come out. The other rooms were very quiet. Since today was the New Year¡¯s Day, and there are three consecutive days off, not many people stayed in the school. Lin Tan Tan came to the stairs smoothly. When she was walking down the stairs, the sensor light above her head automatically turned on. Lin Tan Tan was startled and held her breath, but then continued to walk down lightly. She could hear faint noises near the door; looking around, two zombies at the end of the corridor were slamming into a bedroom door, and then there was a screaming ensemble from inside, the sound was so loud that she could hear it from far away. Lin Tan Tan continued to walk towards the first floor. As soon as she reached the end of the stairs, the smell of blood and rancidity came straight to her face. Not far from the stairs, there was a wide open bedroom door, and a zombie was biting a corpse there. There were long bloody splotches on the ground. Lin Tan Tan could imagine that there should have been two people in the dormitory at that time; one suddenly turned into a corpse, and without giving the other party a chance to escape, threw them down as soon as they opened the door. When Lin Tan Tan reached the zombie, the other party also raised its head and ¡°looked¡± over, then decisively throwing away the corpse on the ground, rushed towards Lin Tan Tan with a mouth full of blood. Lin Tantan suddenly thought of a line she had read before: Zombies that ate humans would improve in all aspects of attributes, the more they ate, the stronger they would become, and the sooner they would be able to evolve. ______________________________________________________ *The original saying was: ¡°¡± So¡­ I did a little research and came to the conclusion that this saying (from the South to the North, swallows fly apart) refers to the fact that when Spring arrives, barn swallows migrate from the South to the North; and in the process, they are separated since they use different paths. So Lin Tan Tan basically meant there was very little chance for her to meet with Ye Xiao since they were in opposite parts of the city. If any reader is fluent in Chinese and in fact this saying means something else, do inform me in the comments. Chapter 6 Seeing the terrifying guy rushing over, she raised the stick in her hand and swung it hard like hitting a baseball. The speed of the zombie in front of her was much faster than the one that was beaten to death by Lin Tan Tan in front of her dorm. However, Lin Tan Tan was also not in the same condition as when she had just woken up. The zombie fell backwards due to the strong hit, bumped its head against the wall next to it, and then fell towards the stairs leading to the basement. Lin Tan Tan took a quick look and saw that there were no other zombies on the first floor, so she didn¡¯t intend to lose the crystal nucleus already in her hands. She chased after the zombie, and coincidentally found a locked bicycle next to it. She grabbed the bicycle and pressed it on the back of the zombie that had not had time to get up. Stepping on the bicycle tire, she smashed the zombie¡¯s head with a stick. Realising that it was not easy to use the stick in this position, she conveniently hugged the glowing red fire extinguisher beside her. The scene was very bloody and violent. Finally, she smashed the zombie¡¯s head which was too brittle. She opened it and found another crystal nucleus. Was this a¡­ Gold-type crystal nucleus? Lin Tan Tan was stunned for a moment, what type did this colour belong to? She probed, and was shocked, it was really from the Gold department Shouldn¡¯t the Gold-type crystal nucleus be white? Yes, the colour of the crystal nucleus was quite different from that of 300 years later. Suddenly, Lin Tan Tan tightened her back, wrapped the still dirty Gold-type crystal nucleus with a paper towel, turned around quickly, and found a bloody zombie with a neck that was about to be bitten off staggering at the stairway. Lin Tan Tan looked up at it for a while, and then waved: ¡°Come down.¡± ¡°Hoho!¡± The zombie roared indistinctly, stepped out crookedly, and then fell headfirst. Where could a zombie that had just changed from a corpse be able to go down the stairs? Lin Tan Tan raised the fire extinguisher and gave it a shot, knocked off the head that was about to fall, and then rummaged it for a while, disappointed to find that there was no crystal nucleus. Probably the time was too short to form a crystal nucleus. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly found a fire axe that was as long as her arm in the fire cabinet beside her. Good stuff! She smashed open the glass cabinet door with the deformed fire extinguisher, and took down the fire axe, which was quite heavy. After that, she left the dormitory building aggressively with a brightly colored fire axe in hand, leaving aside the fire extinguisher and the stick from before. Out of the dormitory building, there was a lawn and green trees in front, and a basketball court on the right. There were a few zombies in basketball uniforms wandering around at the moment. You could see the No. 1 gate of the dormitory area directly in front of you. Lin Tan Tan was about to go there when she suddenly noticed a few living people rushing in from outside, followed by at least a dozen zombies. The zombies on the basketball court were also stimulated and started hitting the protective net. Lin Tan Tan immediately turned around and walked in the opposite direction. This body hardly left her with much memory, but she saw it clearly on her mobile phone just now. Going in this direction, passing through several dormitory buildings, was the gate No.2. While going past the dormitory building, she heard ¡°Ah, classmate, save us, save us!¡± On the balcony of the dormitory on the second floor, three girls were yelling, crying miserably. It was probably the dormitory where the two zombies kept knocking on the door just then. It was human nature for them to be anxious for help, but with such loud shouting, all the zombies wandering in the dormitory area came near. Lin Tan Tan immediately ran faster, and the calls for help behind her immediately turned into sharp curses, but Lin Tan Tan turned a deaf ear to them. If the three girls were a bit courageous, they might have been able to deal with two zombies. If not, they could still weave a rope out of clothes and sheets and climb down, the second floor was not that high. Who was to blame if they just wanted to curse and wait for death? Like her idol, how unruffled was he in times of crisis, how persevering and resolute, never giving up under any circumstances, how many times had he survived adversity and created miracles? When Lin Tan Tan thought about her idol, she felt full of strength, and the pain in her left foot seemed to disappear, and she started to increase her speed. It was already past 3:30, and it¡¯d been less than two hours since the apocalypse began. The zombies were still moving slowly. As soon as those wandering zombies found Lin Tan Tan, she would run far away. Her escape went smoothly as she reached the gate. The iron gate was ajar, and there were only two zombies outside. One was wearing a blue dress with some takeaway company¡¯s name written on it, while the other was a long-haired female zombie with a takeaway box in her hand. Two¡­ Lin Tantan wiped the sweat that was not obvious from her forehead, and looked behind herself. Maybe she ran too fast, so those zombies had not caught up yet. She gritted her teeth, stepped forward quietly, closed the iron door, and inserted the ground lock. Chapter 7 When Lin Tan Tan locked the iron gate, some noise was created, causing the two zombies who were standing in a daze, to immediately turn their heads, and rush towards the gate ferociously. Lin Tantan hurriedly backed away as the two zombies hit the iron gate, stretched out their hands through the fence and opened their mouths wide open desperately. The two zombies stretched their necks and screamed, the pale and rotten face, and the pupils that shrank into the shape of needles on the pale eyeballs, all presented a rather scary scene. Lin Tan Tan swallowed, gripped the fire axe in her hands, went closer to the gate and hit the female zombie with the axe. As the fire axe went closer to the female zombie¡¯s head, it waved the hand that didn¡¯t hold the takeaway and its long black nails almost caught Lin Tan Tan. She hurriedly let go; the axe remained embedded in the female zombie¡¯s head at first, then loosened and fell to the ground. Lin Tantan squatted down and hooked the axe back with her feet. This time, she changed the method and slashed at the right hand of the female zombie from the side. She exerted all her strength, and when the axe went down, half of the zombie¡¯s hand was chopped off, and the axe could no longer be swung. Its head got split in half like a watermelon. Lin Tan Tan kicked the iron gate, pulled out the axe, and the female zombie fell backwards. Then she used the same way to kill the blue-clothed zombie. It took only more than a minute to kill the two zombies, but a lot of noise was made. The main reason was that the zombies knocked against the gate too loudly. The zombies in the dormitory area at the back seemed to be coming closer. Lin Tan Tan opened the iron gate, dug the crystal nuclei of the two zombies, and then immediately closed the gate. One of the crystal nuclei was colourless and transparent, with many impurities in it, while the other one was black. If she had not seen the Gold-type crystal nucleus a while ago, she would subconsciously think that the black one was a Water system crystal nucleus. Now she knew that the black one must be the Dark-type crystal nucleus while the transparent one might be the Auxiliary-type. She walked towards the road along the boulevard. The entire boulevard was relatively quiet. A car was overturned on the road, as a zombie yelled at Lin Tan Tan from inside, but it was a pity that it couldn¡¯t get out. There were bloodstains all over the road. Several bicycles were upside down. It was unknown whether the owners were still alive or not. Some of the cars left tragic bloodstains and corpses that were completely gnawed. There were also a few zombie corpses. Lin Tan Tan picked up the leaks and chopped off their heads. Two of them had crystal nuclei, one was Wood-type, one was purple Lightning-type, and there were no nuclei in others. This was not surprising. According to the data of later generations, about one tenth of the zombies were born without crystal nuclei. These kinds of zombies were like humans without supernatural powers. They were the weakest and most difficult to evolve. Lin Tan Tan continued on her way. While running, she saw that in the dormitory areas on both sides of the boulevard, there were tragedies of students being chased and bitten by zombies from time to time. She could also hear screams from time to time; coming from the dormitory buildings. After running for a while, Lin Tan Tan finally reached the main road. Turn right, go straight along the main road, turn left again, go straight, and you will be out of the University Town. Lin Tan Tan took off her mask, checked the map on her phone to confirm the route again, and then continued to run. ¡°Squeak¡± There was a fierce braking sound from behind. Lin Tan Tan turned her head to see a dark green off-road vehicle rushing out from nowhere, the driver may not be very skilled, since the car almost hit a traffic light before making a drifting brake, then he reversed half of the car, adjusted its direction, and drove towards her. Lin Tantan just looked at it and was about to look away; but the next moment she saw a swarm of zombies running out from the back of the car! ¡°I! @#%¡­¡± Lin Tan Tan could not think of any bad words to swear, turning back her head, she ran wildly, but this body was really useless, she felt that she had used all her strength, her legs swinging in the wind like a steaming wheel, but her speed was still not fast, and she was quickly overtaken by the off-road vehicle. She turned her head and saw several men and women sitting in the car, all looking at her with sympathetic expressions. Looking at the army of zombies who were only ten metres behind, Lin Tan Tan yelled in her heart. She had just said that the zombies would not be able to run fast in less than two hours of the apocalyptic outbreak. Where did these zombies that were running so fast come from?! Seeing that the off-road vehicle was about to fade from her view, she suddenly stretched out her left hand, and a transparent light green vine shot out from the palm of her hand, instantly wrapping around the luggage rack on top of the off-road vehicle, and her whole body was pulled up. This was the first time Lin Tan Tan had used supernatural powers since arriving in this body, and she couldn¡¯t control it well. She used a bit too much force and threw herself over the roof of the car and fell to the other side of the car. Fortunately, she used the fire axe in her right hand to hook the luggage rack at the very last moment, so that she could barely save herself from touching the ground. As soon as she looked up, the eyes of the driver were about to pop out, looking at her in horror. ¡°Look ahead!¡± Lin Tan Tan yelled, quickly grabbing the vine and pulling herself onto the roof of the car again. The next moment, the car brushed across a green belt, and the bushes swept across the left wing of the off-road vehicle. Although Lin Tan Tan dodged quickly, one of her arms was still swept by the bushes, and several holes oozing blood appeared on it. Lin Tan Tan held the luggage rack tightly, and with a thought, the light green vine turned into mist and returned to her body. She took a few deep breaths, and looked at the group of zombies more than ten metres away, feeling terrified. The zombies of the last days were too cruel! ¡°Who are you, get out of the car immediately!¡± The window below opened, and a woman poked her head out and yelled at her. Lin Tan Tan raised the fire axe in her hands and threatened: ¡°Stop shouting, or else we will all die together!¡± The woman did not dare to speak again; she sat back with a livid face, and closed the car window again. The driver¡¯s driving skills were really not good, and the road conditions were not good either. There were always cars blocking the road, and the off-road vehicle had to go around them. Lin Tan Tan was almost thrown off several times, and the zombies almost caught up with them several times. She resolutely took whatever came into her hand out of the bag and threw it at them, such as milk bottles and apples, smashing them one after the other, almost knocking down those zombies, until finally there was a greater distance between the car and the zombies. Lin Tan Tan wiped the sweat from her forehead. More than ten minutes later, the off-road vehicle stopped on the side of an empty road, and the occupants got off with limp legs. Lin Tan Tan also jumped off, trying to grab a bottle of water from her bag, but there was no bottle left. However, there was an apple left at the bottom. She grabbed it and took a bite, biting out the sweet and sour juice. She let out a satisfied breath; she was about to die of thirst. Chapter 8 ¡°Do you want to drink this?¡± A bottle of mineral water was handed over, Lin Tan Tan straightened up and looked at the man holding the water, so kind? This handsome and well-dressed man said with a blushing face: ¡°You should have thrown away all the water when you smashed the zombies. Thanks to you, otherwise the zombies might have caught up with us.¡± The female voice said: ¡°Without her, we might have driven faster and wouldn¡¯t have been caught up at all.¡± It was the woman who had asked her to get out of the car just now. Lin Tan Tan said: ¡°Without you, I would still be walking well on the road.¡± After she finished speaking, she took the mineral water from the man¡¯s hand, and seeing that it was sealed, she thanked: ¡°Since you think I have helped you too, we owe nothing to each other.¡± She tried to open the bottle, but she couldn¡¯t unscrew the cap; it was too tight. The man said, ¡°Do you want me to open it for you?¡± The woman sneered again. Lin Tan Tan couldn¡¯t understand what she was laughing at, so she refused the man, and with a little more effort, she finally unscrewed the lid. Her wound started to ooze blood again. The man glanced at the back of her hand, smiled and said nothing. Lin Tantan drank half a bottle of water in one gulp, and the man said again: ¡°We all belong to this city, and we are going back to our homes in the city to have a look. If your home is on the way, let¡¯s go together. It will be safer if there are more people.¡± In the city¡­ Doomsday guide, dont go to the city centre and the other pre-apocalyptic densely populated places, but Lin Tan Tan was going to the North University Town. There were actually two ways to go to the North University Town. She had checked it out just now. One was to pass through the city, and the straight-line distance was short, but who knew what the city was like now? The other way was to go through a big circle. Lin Tan Tan remembered her experience of watching movies for many years. After the end of the world, the expressway was blocked by cars. If you wanted to reach your destination earlier, you would have to rely on your legs. Her legs were not longer than others. If she chose the longer way, she would have to walk more than one hundred kilometres, which basically meant: having to walk day and night without sleep. And it seemed that a group of zombies would appear out of nowhere easily. With her current ability, being surrounded by zombies in the wild was a dead end. It was better to go through the city, although there would be many zombies, there were also many obstacles, which provided conditions for dodging. And although the road conditions in the city would not allow driving a car, the straight-line distance was less than 50 kilometres, and it would take only more than ten hours to get there by foot. But even after deciding her route, Lin Tan Tan was not prepared to go with these five people. Among these three men and two women, except for this man, no one else had supernatural powers, and this man was only in the process of awakening. He should be very troubled by the awakening at this time. His body temperature should rise, his head should be dizzy, and his whole body should be in pain. However, this person was still very calm, except for a little blush, there seemed to be nothing wrong with him at all, Lin Tan Tan admired this kind of a person. But this couldn¡¯t change the fact that this group was full of rookies. Being with them would not only mean having to endure rash driving, but would also increase the possibility of encountering danger. After thinking about it, she said simply: ¡°No, it¡¯s not on the way.¡± After she finished speaking, she wanted to leave, but seeing that the car had taken her for more than ten minutes and had saved her an hour¡¯s journey, she turned around and said: ¡°Actually, I don¡¯t recommend you to go on the road now, especially you, you¡¯d better eat something nutritious and high in calories, take a good rest and maintain your strength.¡± She did not want to say more, after reminding these two sentences, she only left behind a neat back. As soon as the woman with the shrill voice heard her say such words, she became unhappy again: ¡°What kind of words are these, what a thankless attitude, you got in our car, and still want to show us faces!¡± The reason for her unhappiness was, in fact, that she had already seen Lin Tan Tan smashing zombies in the car just now, and her hits were very accurate. Although she was a little angry at Lin Tan Tan at first for jumping onto their car, after seeing her attack, the dissatisfaction disappeared, replaced with admiration. There was this sudden change around them a few hours ago, they still hadn¡¯t figured out the situation yet, but this girl seemed to have adapted well. She didn¡¯t seem to be afraid of those monsters, she had good skills and courage, and dared to go on the road alone. Every human being has the innate mentality of admiring the strong. Although Lin Tan Tan was not considered strong at the moment, what she had shown could already make people look at her differently. That was why they wanted to take her with them. Who would have thought she would have such an attitude, she was going in the direction as themselves, so why not go with them directly? Only the man, swaying slightly, supported the car and looked at Lin Tan Tan¡¯s fading back, with a flash of thought in his eyes. When Lin Tan Tan was on her way alone, the small group she had been thinking about had not yet arrived in the North University Town yet. In the outer suburbs of Yang City, a group of eight people could be seen resting. Most of them were soldiers of the National Special Operations Group. They had taken on a special anti-terrorism mission before. They almost died many times during their time abroad in the past three months, and finally managed to complete the mission. When they finally returned to their country, the motherland they had been thinking about constantly, had already become like this. It should be said that the whole world had changed a lot. At this time, these people were either sitting or standing, wiping the hot gun barrels in their hands, guarding their surroundings vigilantly, and fiddling with something in their portable notebooks, while some were busy disassembling something beside a scrapped small plane, their eyes wide open. All of them frequently looked at a slender figure answering the phone. There were dozens of zombie corpses scattered around; the evidence of the fierce battle that had taken place just now. After a while, the slender figure hung up the communication and turned around. This was a man with a very handsome face, thick eyebrows like a knife, and a pair of eyes that seemed to smile naturally, but there was no smile in these eyes at the moment, only seriousness, glistening like dark bottomless pools of water. He met the questioning gazes of his comrades-in-arms, and said in a deep voice: ¡°The higher-ups want us to enter Yang City and rescue some important people.¡± If Lin Tan Tan was here, she would have probably been able to recognize who it was, jumping at least three times excitedly. Because this person was Ye Xiao, the male god she had been constantly thinking about.