Rebirth: Love in the Apocalypse - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Threat
Simultaneously, a lightning cage appeared around the four people.

Qin Wu was also not slow.

Barely a second after the lightning cage, four space slashes flew forward and hit a female zombie.

Unfortunately, the opponent was not unprepared.

Before the space slashes could hit her, the female zombie dodged to the side and continued towards the cage.

“How fast.” Qin Wu exclaimed but didn’t stop her attacks.

“Is she a speed zombie?” Lin Rongrong asked.

“It’s the wind element.” Mo Chenxuan said with a solemn expression.

Elements had generative and overcoming relationships.

Generally, the lightning element was weak against the wind element. As a result, Mo Chenxuan was at a disadvantage when facing the wind element zombie.

However, he wasn’t too worried.

From what Mo Chenxuan knew, ability users gained new abilities when their superpowers advanced.

For example, in addition to enhancing the space slash, Qin Wu gained the teleport ability when her space superpower advanced to level two.

However, Mo Chenxuan didn’t get a second lightning ability when he advanced.

Instead, he awakened the fire element.

Given the generative and overcoming relationships, the fire element overcame the wind element.

If worse came to worst, Mo Chenxuan didn’t mind exposing his fire element.

However, the situation was still manageable.

Thinking of this, he turned to Qin Wu.

“Wu’er, I will distract it from the front. Can you teleport and sneak attack from the back?”

“Good.”

After that, Qin Wu teleported out of the lightning cage while Mo Chenxuan frantically attacked from the front.

At the same time, Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong exited the warehouse, allowing Mo Chenxuan to withdraw the lightning cage and concentrate on the fight.

When Mo Chenxuan saw that only he and Qin Wu were left in the warehouse, he switched lightning for fire.

Everything was easy after that.

The two defeated the female zombie in no time and dug out its crystal core.

“You are a bug in the system. I suspect you will eventually awaken all the elemental superpowers.” Qin Wu said, looking at Mo Chenxuan with curious eyes.

“Even if I awaken them, do I dare to use them in front of people?” Mo Chenxuan sighed.

Although he and Qin Wu were powerful, they hadn’t reached a point where they could ignore the world around them.

When Mo Chenxuan remembered how he was captured and tortured in a research lab in his previous life, he didn’t dare to be careless or presumptuous.

Until he and Qin Wu had absolute power, they had to lay low and never let anyone see their bottom-of-the-box capabilities.

“We will one day become so strong that we won’t need to hide.” Qin Wu promised, and a trace of determination flashed in her eyes.

“I know.” Mo Chenxuan said, rubbing his woman’s hair.

“Shall we collect your favourite pineapple goods?”

“Brother Chenxuan, are there no other zombies in this warehouse?”

“They were probably devoured by the female zombie.”

“I see.” Qin Wu said, looking at the zombie corpse with a complicated expression.

This time, Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu were not polite.

In other warehouses, they usually left at least ten per cent of the goods.

However, this time, they only left seven boxes.

After collecting the goods, the two left the warehouse and reunited with Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong.

Seeing the two, the Carefree people subtly looked at each other and saw a trace of regret in each other’s eyes.

“Our team is leaving.” Qin Wu waved at the Carefree people, and without waiting for an answer, they left plant twenty-three.

After Plant twenty-three, the four visited several warehouses and collected more goods, including mixed fruit goods, canned peaches and juices, and passion fruit juices, among others.

When evening came, they camped in one of the warehouses but left early the next morning.

Over the next few days, the four followed their predetermined route and visited several companies.

Unfortunately, their food luck ran out at the DM Produce company.

When they arrived at SR Foods Ltd, the gates were open, and the warehouses were completely empty.

Other than some bulky machinery, the four found nothing and eventually moved on to the next stop.

Fortunately, AE Brewery did not disappoint.

Unsurprisingly, in the face of zombies and survival, people did not think highly of beer and other alcohol-related products.

As a result, the four gained a huge advantage and left the brewery with happy smiles.

When they set out from city T, Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu estimated they would need one month to travel to city B.

Unfortunately, their plans couldn’t keep up with the changes.

Although their estimated month was not up, there was still a stretch between their current position and city B.

After thinking about it, Mo Chenxuan felt they would need two to three more weeks to reach city B.

Fortunately, they didn’t lack supplies.

Because they replenished the cooked food and hot water reserves when at the JR Farm-Stay, the four had enough ready supplies to last another month or two.

Ten days later, two cars slowly entered a tarmac path.

The path was originally sandwiched between tree-filled lands.

However, after the apocalypse, some trees withered, and others mutated into horrible monstrosities.

At this time, Mo Chenxuan drove while carefully observing the surroundings.

“It’s been three weeks since we first heard about Chenjia village. We have heard more since then, but no one can say for sure what is going on.” Qin Wu said in a solemn voice.

After hearing so many rumours, they considered changing their route.

However, after thinking about it, they still chose to gamble.

If their gamble paid off, they would likely gain something, but if it didn’t…

“Wu’er, do you think these mutated plants are a bit strange?” Mo Chenxuan suddenly asked.

“Strange? Strange how?” Qin Wu asked, looking around to observe the mutated plants.

A moment later, she gasped, and her heart skipped a beat.

“Why aren’t they attacking us?” She asked.

After all, there were very few peaceful mutated plants in the apocalypse.

However, they had encountered no less than twenty mutant plats since they entered the tarmac path, but none had attacked them.

“What’s going on?” Qin Wu warned and hurriedly contacted Lin Ronrong and Xu Fei.

“Rongrong, there is something wrong with these mutated plants. Don’t let your guard down.”

“Got it.” Lin Rongrong said and redoubled her vigilance.

“Brother Chenxuan, what do you think is going on?” Qin Wu asked.

“If the plants were one species, we could assume their peculiarity is related to their fundamental nature. However, the mutated plants are different species and shouldn’t have the same reaction. I think the problem is external.”

“External…” Qin Wu started but stopped halfway.

“Did you think of something?” Mo Chenxuan asked.

“There must be a more powerful predator in this territory. The mutated plants have likely been suppressed.” Qin Wu suggested with a solemn expression.

Looking at the mutated plants, most were level one, but some were level two.

Considering that, what kind of existence could suppress them all?

“Brother Chenxuan, are we being lured into a trap?”

“It’s highly likely.” Mo Chenxuan nodded.

When he noticed the mutated trees didn’t attack them, he immediately felt something was wrong.

After thinking about it, he felt the culprit was tricking them into a false sense of security.

This way, they could voluntarily enter the trap and have no chance to fight back when the net closed around them.

“This kind of intelligence…” Qin Wu couldn’t help but be surprised.

It wasn’t strange to encounter intelligent zombies, mutated plants, and mutated beasts.

However, this was only the early stage of the apocalypse.

How could something have evolved so fast and so early?

Thinking about it, Qin Wu couldn’t help but shudder.

At the same time, she also understood why Mo Chenxuan didn’t turn back when he realised the trap.

After all, such an intelligent zombie or mutated being was a threat to everyone.

If they let it go, this road to City B would become a death trap.

Most importantly, if the zombie or mutated being continued feeding, it would soon become uncontrollably powerful.

When that happened, not only the passersby but also the surrounding bases would be in danger.

If they could, it was best to eliminate the threat as soon as possible.

However, they could only help within their ability.

If the threat exceeded their ability, they could only escape and live to fight another day.

Soon after, Qin Wu saw a sign welcoming people into Chenjia village.

‘We are finally here.’ She thought, turning to Mo Chenxuan.

“Brother Chenxuan, do you see anything?” She asked, and Mo Chenxuan nodded with a solemn expression.

“What is it?” Qin Wu asked.

However, Mo Chenxuan couldn’t describe what he saw.

On the surface, the village looked normal.

Villagers were doing their business and children were running around.

However, this was the apocalypse.

How could the villagers be so unhurried and weren’t the children afraid of the zombies?

Nothing made sense.