Rebirth: Love in the Apocalypse - Chapter 66

Chapter 66: Lightning Fire
“Eek eek eek.”

“So noisy.” Mo Chenxuan complained but wasn’t complacent.

Although the lightning bolt struct the opponent, the effect wasn’t very big.

However, Mo Chenxuan expected this.

After all, he was only at the peak of level two while the rat was already in the early level three.

‘Elemental attacks aren’t enough to deal with it.’ He thought, his eyes narrowed into slits.

A moment later, he condensed his spiritual power into three thorns.

Each thorn was two centimetres long and three centimetres wide.

Most importantly, the thorns were colourless and no one but Mo Chenxuan or fellow spiritual ability users could see them.

‘Let’s try it.’ He decided.

Soon after, he waved his hand a thick lightning bolt flew towards the zombie rat.

At the same time, the three spiritual thorns flew forward and pierced the rat’s head.

“Eeeeeeeeeeeek.” A horrible screech filled the surroundings.

Because the spiritual thorns arrived earlier than the lightning bolt, they distracted the zombie rat and left it vulnerable to the lightning attack.

A moment later, the smell of burnt meat permeated the house and Qin Wu couldn’t help but frown.

‘Disgusting.’ She thought but didn’t neglect her meditation.

On the battlefield, Mo Chenxuan dodged the zombie rat’s counterattack.

After suffering the spiritual and lightning attacks, the rat went all out.

Its speed increased and its fire attacks became fiercer.

As a result, Mo Chenxuan could not dodge all the attacks and was burnt several times.

That said, he was not without gains.

Seeing that the cooperation of spiritual and elemental attacks was effective, he didn’t hold back.

This time, Mo Chenxuan not only brought out his lightning ability but also his flame element.

At first, he used them simultaneously but didn’t combine them.

However, he soon realised that the combination of fire and lightning was more than one plus one equals two.

Not wanting to waste natural resources, he quickly learned to combine the two elements and eventualised an extremely powerful lightning fire.

When the fight first started, Mo Chenxuan was a little inferior to the zombie rat.

After simultaneously using his spiritual and elemental powers, he stepped up to barely the same level as the rat.

However, after realising the lightning fire, he completely overwhelmed the zombie rat.

By the time Qin Wu replenished her abilities, Mo Chenxuan had finished dealing with the opponent but his abilities were completely drawn out.

“Brother Chenxuan.” Qin Wu called, looking around with an incredulous expression.

She didn’t expect Mo Chenxuan to kill the zombie rat so soon.

However, she was only surprised for a moment before a proud smile appeared on her face.

‘As expected of brother Chenxuan.’ She thought.

“Are you okay?” She asked.

Although Mo Chenxuan killed the rat, he suffered many burns.

Looking at the person, Qin Wu couldn’t help but feel a little distressed.

“I will call Rongrong.” She said and Mo Chenxuan didn’t argue.

Soon after, Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong entered the house.

“Rongrong, see if you can heal brother Chenxuan.” Qin Wu said in an urgent voice.

“Mmh.” Lin Rongrong didn’t delay.

Soon after, she placed two fingers on Mo Chenxuan’s wrist to feel his pulse.

“How is he?” Qin Wu asked and Lin Rongrong nodded.

“Fortunately, brother Mo isn’t too badly injured but there is bad news.”

“Bad news?” Qin Wu almost panicked when she heard there was bad news.

Seeing her panic, Lin Rongrong didn’t delay the news.

“I am only a level one superpower. It will take awhile to completely heal brother Mo.”

“How long is a while?”

“Five days at least.”

Qin Wu frowned when she heard this.

However, she didn’t blame Lin Rongrong.

After all, it was it was more difficult to upgrade the healing superpower than most other abilities.

Knowing this, she sighed and thanked Lin Rongrong.

“Don’t mention it. We are one team.” Lin Rongrong smiled and began healing Mo Chenxuan.

One hour later, she removed her hand from the person’s arm and leaned backwards.

“That’s all I can do for the time being.” She said, looking at Mo Chenxuan with an apologetic face.

“It’s enough. Thank you.” Mo Chenxuan said and stood up.

“We have dealt with all the rats and there aren’t other zombies or mutated beings in the vicinity. Do you want to rest or enter the tunnels?” He asked.

“Brother Chenxuan…” Qin Wu started but soon stopped.

With a sigh, she looked at everyone before speaking.

“Rongrong needs at least one hour to replenish her ability.” She started and quickly continued.

“While she is replenishing, brother Xu and I will figure out a way to enter the rats’ lair. Brother Chenxuan can rest for the time being.”

“Good.” Mo Chenxuan said, rubbing Qin Wu’s hair.

Although he wanted to help Qin Wu and Xu Fei, he also understood his current situation.

With his body’s current state, he couldn’t afford to run around or overexert himself.

Fortunately, Wu’er was there.

Since she was there, Mo Chenxuan could let go of some responsibilities and concentrate on taking care of his body.

Soon after, Lin Rongrong and Mo Chenxuan sat cross-legged and began to meditate.

Seeing this, Qin Wu and Xu Fei moved to the tunnel exit.

The exit was a round hole of about one square metre.

At a glance, the tunnel was large enough for an adult to crawl along but impossible to walk into.

However, Qin Wu didn’t dare to let the team crawl inside.

On one hand, there was no guarantee that a new threat wouldn’t suddenly appear.

If that happened, the team would be at a disadvantage if they had to face the threat while crawling in the tunnels.

Second, the tunnels were the home-ground of hundreds of zombie rats.

Although superpowers had more resistance to the zombie virus than ordinary survivors, Qin Wu couldn’t guarantee that crawling in the tunnels wouldn’t result in an accident.

Considering that, he resolutely rejected the idea of crawling through the tunnels to enter the zombie rats’ cave.

“It would be easier if we knew the exact location of the rats’ cave. That way, we could directly collapse the ground and jump inside.” Xu Fei suggested and Qin Wu nodded.

In fact, Mo Chenxuan could pinpoint the exact location of the cave.

However, Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong still didn’t know about the man’s spiritual ability.

Even if they suspected something, they didn’t ask and Mo couple didn’t take the initiative to explain.

Similarly, the Xu couple didn’t know about Qin Wu’s water ability.

Although she had sometimes used the ability in front of them, she didn’t own up to the superpower.

Instead, she said that she was utilising some waste water in her space to create the water attacks.

Qin Wu didn’t know if Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong believed her.

However, they had never tried to get to the bottom of it which made Qin Wu feel relieved.

Thinking of this, Qin Wu sighed.

‘Will brother Chenxuan be forced to reveal his spiritual abilities?’ She wondered and couldn’t help but feel reluctant.

No matter how much she trusted Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong, they were outsiders after all.

If something unexpected happened, Qin Wu couldn’t be sure that they wouldn’t betray her and Mo Chenxuan.

After all, everyone was human and everyone had priorities.

Just like she was willing to abandon the world for Mo Chenxuan, Xu Fei and Lin Rongrong had things that were more important to them than the team or Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu.

Knowing this, Qin Wu didn’t dare to test the human heart.

If nothing happened, life would go on as usual but if something did happen, hers and Mo Chenxuan’s hidden strength would be their capital for revolution.

It was because of this that she really didn’t want to expose Mo Chenxuan’s spiritual ability.

‘Let’s think of another way.’ She thought and continued to look around.

While Qin Wu and Xu Fei were at a loss, Lin Rongrong suddenly opened her eyes.

“Xu Fei, Sister Qin, there is something strange with this village.” She said.

“What’s wrong?” Mo Chenxuan asked.

“There is a strange energy that can be absorbed to improve my superpower.” She said, feeling a little excited.

It was a generally known fact that superpowers could only absorb crystal cores that corresponded to their ability.

Because the healing power was inherently rare, Lin Rongrong had never encountered a level two healing crystal core and had to make do with attribute-less crystal cores.

Fortunately, her talent was not bad and she could barely keep up with the team.

Now, when she sensed an energy she could absorb, she was naturally exhilarated.

“Energy?” Qin Wu closed her eyes and began sensing the environment.

Five minutes later, she opened her eyes and clenched her hands to suppress her excitement.

‘Could it be…’ She wondered and a trace of happiness flashed in her eyes.

In her previous life, superpowers could improve their level by absorbing crystal cores, eating mutant plants and beasts, drinking energy portions and absorbing energy stones.

However, energy stones were legendary treasures that few had ever seen.