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

Next door, 3702.

When Shen Xiaoshuang woke up, she saw Lou Yunzhen sitting by the bed, holding her hand, her expression full of complex emotions that she couldn't understand.

"Yun Zheng..." she began, her throat dry and hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sand, and then tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. "I... I thought I was going to die..."

Lou Yunzheng helped her up and handed her a glass of water. "Drink some water first."

After a day and a night of high fever, Shen Xiaoshuang was severely dehydrated, as if she had walked through a desert.

She took the water glass and started gulping it down, one glass after another, until she finished three glasses before she felt a little better.

Staring at the empty water glass, Lou Yunzheng recalled what his sister had said yesterday: that she had a high fever for three days while playing the game "Natural Disaster".

There was no medicine there, probably not even water, and no one to keep me company.

He found it hard to imagine how his sister had managed to get through it.

"Yunzheng..." Shen Xiaoshuang threw herself into Lou Yunzheng's arms and started crying again. The water she had just drunk seemed to have turned into tears. "I'm so scared. I felt hot and cold all night. I thought I was going to turn into a monster..."

Lou Yunzheng put his arm around her shoulder and felt her body trembling slightly. He gently patted her back and comforted her softly, "It's alright, it's okay now."

The room was quiet, with only the sunlight streaming in through the bay window, indicating that today was a good day.

Neither of them spoke; only soft sobs lingered between them.

Gradually, even the sobbing subsided, and Shen Xiaoshuang cried herself to sleep again.

Lou Yunzheng put her back on the bed, tucked her in, and then quietly turned and left.

Troublesome things are like chives, they always come one after another.

Just as Lou Yunzheng's heart, which had been hanging in suspense for a day and a night, finally settled down after Shen Xiaoshuang's fever subsided, there was another commotion outside the door.

"Open the door!"

"Open the door! If you don't, we'll smash the lock!"

The banging on the door was deafening, echoing through the not-so-spacious corridor.

Lou Yunzheng looked out through the peephole and saw Zhang Yong and his two companions standing at the door with their weapons, looking arrogant.

But they weren't knocking on the door of 3702, but on the door of the neighboring 3701, which is the home of Chu Sinian and Chu Sihua.

They probably stole something from her last time and know that Chu Sihua is timid and easy to bully, so they used the same trick again.

Lou Yunzheng ignored him.

The reason Zhang Yong and his two companions were able to succeed last time was because Chu Sihua was weak and Chu Sinian was paralyzed in bed.

Chu Sinian has now recovered his health and gained superpowers, even possessing the combat strength to single-handedly deal with more than a dozen zombies.

A few bandits armed with sticks who tried to rob us of our grain could be dealt with effortlessly.

However, Chu Sinian did not rush to avenge his brother. Instead, he carefully consulted Lou Fengyue's opinion in the [A37] group.

Should we open the door or not?

Lou Fengyue did not reply.

The steel door of 3703, which could never be opened, clicked a few times before opening a crack.

Lou Fengyue squeezed out to the side and locked the door behind her.

Zhang Yong paused for a moment, then looked at the thin-looking girl in front of him with a wicked smile.

"Hey, finally someone's crawled out of that lousy turtle shell? I've finally caught you!"

He raised his baseball bat, pointing it at Lou Fengyue, his tone ruthless: "Give me the food! Or I'll break your bones!"

Suddenly, a series of sounds of door locks turning rang out.

Then the doors 3701, 3702, 3704, and 3706 all opened, and four men walked out in unison, glaring angrily at Zhang Yong.

That look seemed to say: If you dare touch her, you'll be crawling down the stairs today.

The wicked smile froze on Zhang Yong's face.

His hand holding the baseball bat unconsciously pulled back slightly, his eyes swept back and forth between the men, and his Adam's apple bobbed.

"You, you all—"

He took half a step back and stepped on the fat man's foot behind him.

The fat man cried out "Ouch!" and almost lost his balance.

Lou Fengyue leaned against her own steel door, arms crossed, a faint, cold smile hidden under her mask.

His eyes were icy cold, as if he were watching a farce that had nothing to do with him.

"Zhang Yong," she began, her voice not loud, but somewhat like a high school dean calling roll, "I haven't settled the score with you for calling on everyone in the residents' group to come and smash my door last time. Today you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep."

Zhang Yong's face turned a deep purplish-red, and he stubbornly shouted, "I... I'm here to see 3701! What's it to you?"

"Looking for me?" Chu Sinian raised an eyebrow, a gentle smile on his face, but the vines had already sprouted from his palm. "You were the ones who scared my brother last time, weren't you?"

Zhang Yong choked, staring warily at the vine that slid like a snake in Chu Sinian's palm, and involuntarily took another half step back.

Ah Long, who was behind him, tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Brother Yong, how about we... retreat first?"

"Retreat? What retreat?!" Zhang Yong shook off his hand, forcefully raised the baseball bat, and pointed it at Lou Fengyue. "You, you don't think I'm afraid of you just because there are more of you! Let me tell you, there are hundreds of people in this building. I can call them all with one shout!"

"Go ahead and shout." Lou Fengyue raised her chin, her eyes completely calm. "We've already killed all the hundreds of zombies in Building C. Dealing with you is just a piece of cake."

Lu An took a step forward, and white mist began to condense on his palm, causing the temperature in the air to drop several degrees.

Liu Wu slung the iron bar over his shoulder and took a step closer to Zhang Yong. His height of over 1.8 meters and his muscular body were enough to intimidate anyone just by standing there.

Chu Sinian didn't speak. The vines that slowly extended from his palm moved silently across the ground like snakes, wrapping around Zhang Yong's ankle.

Zhang Yong looked down and was so startled he almost jumped up. The baseball bat slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a loud clatter.

"Monster—" He stepped back, but tripped over a vine and fell to the ground with a thud.

The fat man reached out to pull him, his own hand trembling.

Ah Long simply hid behind the two men, not daring to even show his head.

Lou Fengyue glared at them coldly, as if looking at a few filthy, smelly maggots: "The 37th floor is not a place for you. If you dare to take another step up here, I'll cripple your two legs... no, three legs."

Zhang Yong's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively covered his crotch.

The fat man and the bespectacled man swallowed hard, quickly grabbed Zhang Yong, and scrambled away.

The corridor returned to silence.

Lu An withdrew his supernatural power, stared at Lou Yunzheng for a while, frowned and muttered, "Brother Zheng, what's wrong with your face? You were so covered up before, were you afraid zombies would fall in love with you?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Liu Wu laughed so hard he clutched his stomach, "I didn't even notice until you pointed it out, the brother and sister really look alike!"

Lou Yunzheng has a high, straight nose and deep-set eyes. His eyebrows are jet black, but because of their beautiful shape, they don't appear rugged.

Her eyes were like peach blossoms, with a slight upturn at the corners, and her dark pupils were as clear as a vast ocean. Her eyelashes were long and thick, like raven feathers.

Her lips were thin and moist, with a natural and healthy cherry blossom pink hue.

Liu Wu has lived here for several years and has met Lou Fengyue a few times.

She looks about 80% like Lou Yunzheng, but her bone structure isn't as strong, and her facial features are slightly softer.

Previously, the brother and sister were always fully armed and covered up every time they went out, and besides, he hadn't seen Lou Fengyue for half a year.

Seeing Lou Yunzheng's face now, I'm shocked to realize that the brother and sister are practically identical.

Lu An immediately looked at Lou Fengyue with curiosity, his gaze seemingly trying to pierce through the mask to see her true face. "So, Sister Lou Lan also has this face?"

"More or less," Lou Fengyue replied lazily.

She and Lou Yunzheng are twins, and they look very alike, but not nearly as much as the Chu brothers.

They really do share the same face.

Seeing that she didn't seem interested in the topic, Lu An didn't press the matter and changed the subject: "Sister Loulan, when are you going to take me leveling up? I want to learn ice-based control from you!"

"I have something to do today," Lou Fengyue said.