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

The brim of the baseball cap was pulled low, but it couldn't hide Lou Fengyue's trembling pupils.

Her heart was racing. Besides the panic of being recognized, there was also a mix of feelings she couldn't quite put her finger on.

She took a deep breath, suppressing her panic, and kept her voice steady: "Why did you stop my car?"

Not denying it means admitting it.

Luo Zeyan smiled, his eyes crinkling as he smiled.

His strong features softened instantly, like a clear spring flowing across parched land, carrying a vibrant life force.

Lou Fengyue's eyelashes trembled slightly. She withdrew her gaze, looked ahead, and awaited his answer.

"We want to go to a more distant place to find some more supplies. Could you give us a ride?" Luo Zeyan asked bluntly.

Lou Fengyue pursed her lips, glanced at him, and then looked at the few people standing on the roadside behind him, lost in thought.

"It's on the way, but once we get there, we'll each find our own way."

"Okay." Luo Zeyan winked at the people behind him, then walked around to the passenger seat and got in.

Li Yichen, Zhou Hao, and the girl with the ponytail then realized what was happening and quickly opened the back door and squeezed in.

The back seat was crammed with three people, making it a bit crowded, but no one dared to utter a sound.

The car restarted, its tires screeching as they rolled over the mud.

The carriage was quiet for a few seconds, with only the deep roar of the engine.

Luo Zeyan sat in the passenger seat, turning his head to look at Lou Fengyue.

She wrapped herself up tightly, wearing a mask, a baseball cap, and a hooded sweatshirt—three layers of protection—leaving only her eyes exposed.

But he still recognized him.

It's not because of my appearance, it's just a... feeling.

That inexplicable feeling of wanting to get close to someone.

Li Yichen, sandwiched between the back seats, frantically scrutinized the two silent yet harmonious figures in the front row.

Finally, unable to hold back any longer, she asked, "You two... know each other?"

"Hmm." Luo Zeyan turned his gaze back to the front, "My class monitor in the first year of high school."

Li Yichen stared in surprise, taking another look at the girl driving the car. He almost blurted out, "You are... Lou Fengyue? Do you recognize me? We went to the same school. My name is Li Yichen."

Thanks to the doting love of her parents and brother, Lou Fengyue was spoiled from a young age. Her family would bring her delicious food every time they came back from going out, and her favorite dishes were served at every meal.

So she was a chubby girl from junior high school onwards, and that didn't stop her in high school.

Fortunately, she has a cheerful and optimistic personality, always laughing without a care in the world, and gets along well with her classmates. No strange things like school bullying have happened to her.

But in reality, she didn't have any particularly close friends in class. Her classmates would hang out in groups of three or five, but she could never quite fit into their conversations.

Therefore, he maintained a harmonious but not close relationship with everyone.

Her classmates called her "class monitor" to her face, but called her "Little Fatty Lou" in private.

It's not exactly a jarring name, but it's not exactly pleasant either.

Later, classmates would often use her to make fun of Luo Zeyan, saying that there was some ambiguous relationship between them, because he was the only one in the class who never called her "Little Fatty Lou".

Every time Luo Zeyan was teased, he would scold those people with a grim expression.

At first, she thought Luo Zeyan hated being associated with her, but he did not distance himself from her because of those rumors.

In the second year of high school, we were divided into different subjects and classes.

Li Yichen was Luo Zeyan's classmate after they were assigned to different classes. They often played ball together and were very familiar with each other.

Lou Fengyue often saw the two of them going out together, and when they occasionally met face to face, she would greet Luo Zeyan.

It was because Li Yichen's gaze always carried a teasing tone, just like those who used her to make fun of Luo Zeyan, which made her a little uncomfortable.

But she never knew Li Yichen's name, nor had she ever spoken to him.

Unexpectedly, Li Yichen knew her.

Not only did I recognize her, but even after ten years, I still remembered her name.

The carriage remained silent for a long time.

Lou Fengyue gripped the steering wheel tightly and then loosened it. After driving through countless intersections, she finally responded to Li Yichen's words in a calm voice: "Yes, I remember."

After waiting for ages, all he got were three words. Li Yichen shrugged listlessly and said, "Why are you being so cold? I'm an alumnus, after all. We're practically friends."

Luo Zeyan turned his head and glanced at him, then sneered contemptuously, "Who do you think you are? The class monitor is only being polite by recognizing you."

Lou Fengyue's heart skipped a beat, and she unconsciously curled the corners of her lips, causing her peach blossom eyes to curve as well.

In just a moment, Luo Zeyan saw it.

He sat up straight, looking straight ahead, a faint smile on his lips.

The car turned into a narrower street, with collapsed GG signs and overturned shared bicycles on both sides.

Several zombies were wandering in the distance. Hearing the engine sound, they all turned their heads and began to move in this direction.

Lou Fengyue was about to step on the gas and speed past the zombie.

But then he caught a glimpse of Luo Zeyan slowly lowering the car window and extending his right hand.

As the car passed by the zombies, he suddenly spat out a ball of fire from his palm, roasting those little idiots into blackened braised eggs.

Lou Fengyue frowned in surprise.

Fire element is not uncommon.

But only a few days after the apocalypse, Luo Zeyan's superpowers have already become so proficient.

And...so strong!

He's on par with Lou Yunzheng now!

According to the strength level classification in the game, he should be at least at level D.

Lou Yunzheng was trained by her little by little, and he trained by killing hundreds of zombies.

What about Luo Zeyan?

Is it all up to self-discovery?

"You..." Lou Fengyue glanced at him, carefully choosing her words, "You're quite skilled at using your superpowers."

Luo Zeyan smiled and said, "I have good physical fitness, and I've been going out to find supplies these past few days, so I've gotten used to it after using it a lot."

Lou Fengyue fell silent.

She began to doubt whether there was something wrong with her teaching methods.

Perhaps we should just leave the older brother out to fend for himself?

After driving for another twenty minutes on the muddy road, we finally arrived at Wanhua Plaza, the largest commercial complex in the city.

Before the rainstorm, this was one of the busiest areas in the city, packed with people on weekends, and it took half an hour to find a parking lot.

The entrance to the parking lot is now half blocked by silt, and several waterlogged private cars are lying crookedly on the side of the road with shattered windows and wide-open doors, like corpses with their internal organs ripped out.

The terrain here is higher than that of the Cuiping City Complex. Judging from the marks on the walls, the water only reached the second floor at its deepest point.

Lou Fengyue parked the car in a relatively clean open space and turned off the engine.

"We're here." She unbuckled her seatbelt and glanced at Luo Zeyan beside her. "The supermarket is on the third floor, it's yours."

"And what about you?" Luo Zeyan asked.

"I'll go find something else," she glanced at her watch. "Meet here in two hours. I can give you a ride home on my way. No waiting for latecomers."

"Okay." Luo Zeyan smiled, unbuckled his seatbelt, and quickly got out of the car.

The three people in the back seat were stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed.

The car door was slammed shut with a loud "bang".

Watching the four of them kill several passing zombies and successfully climb into the mall through the shattered glass windows of the shops along the street, Lou Fengyue turned the car around and drove in another direction.

The supermarket in Wanhua Plaza is on the third floor and was not flooded.

There are no densely populated residential areas nearby, so there shouldn't be many people coming here looking for supplies. You might be able to dig up some good stuff.

But her immediate priority was to find a car.