You say the cataclysm only comes after you've cleared the entire dungeon?

"Mom, listen to me, none of you are allowed to enter this room until my brother's fever breaks." Lou Fengyue's tone became more urgent.

Although I don't know why my daughter did this, she must have her reasons.

Pan Quan didn't ask any more questions, left, and shared the two pills with Lou Qingjian.

After swallowing the pill whose color was indiscernible, Pan Quan felt a warm current slowly flowing through her body, making her muscles and bones feel much more relaxed.

Lou Qingjian didn't even drink water; he swallowed the pill directly.

Just ten seconds later, it felt like a ball of fire was raging around inside my body, but it wasn't uncomfortable. Instead, it felt like being in the middle of a snowy landscape, drawing warmth from a campfire.

"Hiss—" He clenched his fist in confusion and muttered to himself, "Why do I feel so energetic?"

"Me too." Pan Quan twisted her waist. "My back used to always hurt, but now it doesn't hurt at all, it feels warm and cozy."

Lou Qingjian stroked his chin, pondering for a moment, "Where did Yueyue buy that magic pill from...?"

"Forget about any miracle cures." Pan Quan tugged at his arm, her expression serious. "Yueyue said she's in charge of taking care of Yunzheng, so we're not allowed in the second bedroom. We'll cook all three meals for the next few days, so Yueyue doesn't get too tired."

"Okay, then take a shower and get some rest early. We'll cook something nutritious for Yunzheng tomorrow."

In the second bedroom, Lou Fengyue stared at the result displayed on the mercury thermometer by the light of her phone, her face so solemn it could drip ink.

High fever, 40 degrees Celsius.

This is not a normal cold or fever at all.

She underestimated the rain, initially believing the virus originated from corpses drowned in the floodwaters, where it mutated and multiplied.

At least wait until the rain stops and the sun comes out, so that the sunlight can evaporate the stagnant water containing the virus, and the virus can be transmitted and infected through water vapor.

Unexpectedly, the first rain of the natural disaster already carried the virus!

In the apocalypse, there are only three possible outcomes if you have a fever.

Either you're as lucky as winning the lottery, awaken superpowers, and strengthen your physique.

They will either mutate into zombies with no memory or consciousness.

Either you die.

The fever caused by the virus does not spread infectious diseases. Lou Yunzheng was isolated because Lou Fengyue had already prepared for the worst.

Although she doesn't have any special abilities yet, her physical strength is more than enough to suppress a newly mutated zombie.

If her brother were to unfortunately mutate into a zombie, she would end his life in this room.

We must not let him hurt Mom and Dad in the slightest.

Lou Yunzheng lay on the bed, murmuring something softly. Beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, densely packed, then gathered together and streamed down his temples.

Lou Fengyue moved closer to try and decipher what he was muttering.

"It's so hot... Xiaoshuang... wait for me to come back..."

Hearing his intermittent ramblings, Lou Fengyue rolled her eyes, completely at a loss with this love-struck fool.

He's about to die, and he's still thinking about his girlfriend.

Lou Fengyue rummaged through her spatial storage, took out a frozen steak, wrapped it in a towel, and pressed it onto Lou Yunzheng's forehead.

I felt the steak was almost thawed, so I took out another one that was frozen solid like a brick and replaced it.

After consuming the chill from five or six steaks, Lou Yunzheng finally stopped complaining about being hot and fell soundly asleep.

Lou Fengyue took his temperature again, and it had dropped to 38 degrees Celsius.

Looks like he won't die.

She breathed a slight sigh of relief, at least ruling out one possibility.

It was already three in the morning, and the wailing outside the window continued unabated.

Lou Fengyue didn't pay much attention. She took the thawed steaks to the kitchen, swapped them for the frozen ones in the refrigerator, and put them back into her spatial storage.

Then he returned to the second bedroom, locked the door from the inside, and continued to guard the bedside.

Looking out the window at the relentless downpour, a sense of melancholy gradually crept into Lou Fengyue's calm eyes.

If it weren't for the six months of training that brought back a system capable of predicting natural disasters and some life-saving items...

At this moment, I might just see this as an ordinary downpour, or as a common fever or cold.

She was unfortunate, but also fortunate.

People born in peacetime generally lack the ability to cope with crises.

Power outages and internet disconnections are enough to break the will of many people, making them scream in terror and fall into fear.

Faced with this overwhelming disaster, humanity is as insignificant as an ant.

Lou Yunzheng's phone on the bedside table lit up; it was a message from Shen Xiaoshuang.

Lou Fengyue glanced at the man on the bed with his eyes closed and sweat beading on his forehead, then lowered her head and skillfully unlocked her phone screen.

Shen Xiaoshuang sent six messages in a row:

Baby, the power's out here, it's pitch black everywhere, I'm so scared...

I've already eaten all the fruit in the fridge, and now that the induction cooker isn't working, I can't even cook frozen dumplings.

When are you coming back to be with me? You've been staying at your sister's for days now. Don't you want me anymore now that you have a sister?

{There's a fight outside, it's so fierce... Baby, will you come back to be with me tomorrow?}

My power bank is dead, and my phone only has 30% battery left. If you don't come back soon, I'm really going to die!

Why aren't you replying to my messages? What are you doing?

I used to see a line in movies that went something like, "How can I live without you?"

Lou Fengyue had always thought it was just an overemphasis on romance movies, but now she's really learned something new.

There really are people who can't live without someone else.

It's raining so hard outside, the floodwaters are up to two stories high, and the entire Linjiang City is without power.

Shen Xiaoshuang's every word was a lament about her fear and her lack of food, asking Lou Yunzheng to brave the heavy rain to go back and keep her company.

I never asked him how he was doing here, whether he had enough food, or whether he had caught a cold.

Lou Fengyue felt her blood surging in her chest, exhaled a deep breath, and slammed her phone face down on the bedside table.

She glanced at the motionless man on the bed with a look of disappointment and clicked her tongue.

With such a handsome face, how come he's such a love-struck fool, falling for a giant baby like Shen Xiaoshuang?