Apocalypse: No rebirth! Time to upgrade the sewers!

[Command received, upgrading in progress... estimated time 10 seconds...]

【10...9...8...】

A pale blue light curtain instantly enveloped the entire security door.

Unlike the slight vibrations felt when the room was built before, this upgrade was almost completely silent.

Ten seconds later.

The light curtain disappeared.

The original security door has disappeared, replaced by a heavy steel door that gleams with a cold metallic light.

The door surface is very smooth, giving it a sense of solidity and indestructibility.

Song Qing opened the door and carefully observed its thickness.

It's a full fifteen centimeters thick!

This is no longer a door, it's practically a steel plate!

To his even greater surprise, there were two narrow firing ports on each of the left and right sides of the steel door that could be opened from the inside.

This design is absolutely perfect.

With this door, even if there are people outside, he can clear them out through the firing port from inside the shelter.

Song Qing was very satisfied.

Just then.

"Song Qing, the chicken soup is ready."

Gu Ya came out of the kitchen.

Gu Ya stopped mid-sentence.

She saw the door.

That door was completely different from the one it had been a few minutes ago.

Gu Ya's eyes widened in disbelief and shock.

"The door...how did the door change?"

She came to the door and reached out to touch the security steel door.

Gu Ya turned around and looked at Song Qing standing to the side.

Song Qing said.

"I've leveled up."

"Upgrade?" Gu Ya couldn't understand the meaning of this word at all. "What does...upgrade mean?"

She wanted to ask more.

Song Qing interrupted her directly.

"It's a superpower."

Neither the supplies that appeared out of thin air nor Song Qing's superhuman strength and speed can be explained by science.

Does such a power that transcends common sense truly exist in this world?

Although it must be admitted, that is the truth.

Song Qing smiled as she looked at Gu Ya's curious and shocked expression.

Some things, no matter how much you say, are not as direct as seeing them with your own eyes.

He walked to the dining table on the first floor of the shelter.

Wang Jie had already brought over a steaming bowl of chicken soup and placed it in front of Song Qing.

"Drink it quickly."

The chicken soup smelled very good.

He picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful of the golden broth, and put it in his mouth.

Delicious and rich.

"This chicken soup is very delicious," Song Qing praised.

Upon hearing his praise, Wang Jie's face immediately lit up with a satisfied smile.

"As long as you like it."

Gu Ya walked over at this moment and looked at Wang Jie and said.

"Indeed, Sister Wang's cooking skills are more than enough to make her a head chef in a restaurant."

Song Qing nodded in agreement.

Wang Jie said shyly.

"Um, I'll go to the kitchen and get the rest of the chicken soup."

Song Qing nodded to Wang Jie.

He looked up at Gu Ya.

"Have you had it?"

Gu Ya shook her head subconsciously.

Song Qing didn't say much.

He used his own spoon to scoop up a full spoonful of chicken soup and held it directly to Gu Ya's lips.

"Try it."

Gu Ya froze completely.

She stared at the spoon so close to her, her mind blank.

This……

What is this?

She hesitated.

However, looking into Song Qing's unyielding gaze, he simply couldn't bring himself to say no.

He saved me, took me to see my mother one last time, and even got so badly injured for me.

Just... a sip of soup.

This is considered as him wanting it himself...

Gu Ya told herself this.

She gently opened her mouth.

The warm broth slid into my mouth.

But at this moment, she could no longer taste anything.

A surge of heat rushed from her neck to the top of her head, instantly turning her cheeks bright red, and even her ears began to burn.

Gu Ya! What are you doing!

What's the difference between this and eating with a spoon?

What's the difference between this and... and indirect kissing?

She abruptly lowered her head, not daring to look Song Qing in the eye again.

Just then, Wang Jie, who had just gone to the kitchen to get chicken soup, returned with a whole pot of it.

"I'm here! Is it good, Song Qing?"

Song Qing withdrew his hand, seemingly unaware of Gu Ya's unusual behavior, and praised her again.

"It's delicious, very good, better than any chicken soup I've ever had at any restaurant before."

Wang Jie was overjoyed by his praise. She put the soup bowl on the table and covered her face with her hands, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Indeed... I just made it casually, I'm glad you like it."

Song Qing could sense that Wang Jie's gaze towards him had become increasingly affectionate and proactive each day.

Wang Jie picked up a large ladle and first filled Song Qing's bowl with chicken soup, then served herself and Gu Yage a bowl each.

She realized something was wrong when she pushed the bowl in front of Gu Ya.

"What's wrong, Xiaoya? Why is your face so red? Are you feeling unwell?"

When Wang Jie asked her that question, Gu Ya was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and she suddenly came to her senses.

"N-nothing!"

She waved her hands frantically.

"I was thinking about something and my mind wandered off, haha..."

Wang Jie didn't ask any more questions.

After finishing their meal, Wang Jie and Gu Ya tacitly cleared away the dishes and headed to the kitchen.

Song Qing was happy to have some free time, so he took out his phone while lying on the double bed.

There's still a signal!

He opened the community's WeChat group.

There are many messages in the group.

Song Qing watched while quickly swiping the screen.

Most of them were survivors exchanging supplies or complaining about food shortages.

But soon, several messages caught his attention.

The message was sent by Ye Chen.

Song Qing quickly glanced through the chat history and figured out what had happened.

A few hours ago, a person named Liu Kaka suddenly appeared in the group.

He claims to be a top surgeon before the apocalypse.

Immediately, someone in the group tagged Ye Chen.

After all, everyone in the neighborhood knows that Ye Chen has become a eunuch and spends his days in the group chat looking for a miracle doctor to help him reattach his emaciated body.

It could be said that Ye Chen was already in a state of being half-mad.

Then, Ye Chen actually appeared.

He asked Liu Kaka if he could take his little Ye Chen back.

Liu Kaka confidently assured him that as long as enough supplies were provided, he would not only take him back, but also rebuild him into an even stronger version.

And then...

And that was the end of it.

The latest message in the group is a video that Ye Chen posted an hour ago.

The video is very bloody.

Liu Kaka, who claimed to be a miracle doctor, was stripped naked and hung in Ye Chen's villa; he was no longer recognizable as human.

Ye Chen explained the reason while laughing wildly in the video.

It turns out that after he brought Liu Kaka to the villa, the pet dog that Liu Kaka brought ate his precious dog! That's right, it ate it!

After eating, the dog ran away.

Ye Chen went crazy on the spot.

He vented all his anger on Liu Kaka, torturing him to death.

At the end of the video, Ye Chen addresses the camera and issues a bounty in a frenzied tone.

[Ye Chen: Listen up, everyone! Whoever can help me find that bastard dog that ate my precious dog, alive or dead, I'll give them 100 jin of rice and 500 cans of beef!]

[Ye Chen: This is a picture of that dog!]

A photo was attached below the reward notice.

It's a husky.

Ye Chen is quite something now; he can't understand why, even though things have already been severed, he still has to ask questions like someone with cerebral palsy, bringing me back into this topic.

He's become a eunuch! He still can't accept reality.

Song Qing looked at the information on her phone screen and almost burst out laughing.