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

Lou Fengyue went downstairs.

Chu Sinian and Lu An cleared out the zombies on the second and third floors, throwing all the corpses out, leaving only mud and bloodstains in the corridor.

A few birds were wandering aimlessly in the lobby on the first floor, like security guards sticking to their posts, refusing to go out.

These low-level zombies move very slowly, have no consciousness, and can't even turn.

Without any sound or smell stimulation, they will go wherever they want, and will keep bumping into walls.

After all, there is no pain.

That's why Lou Fengyue called them all little idiots.

When I got to the lobby on the first floor, there were two zombies squatting by the open elevator door, gnawing on something.

Lou Fengyue tiptoed over and killed them with two quick blows to the back of their heads.

No crystal nucleus.

He really is a brainless idiot.

The system panel popped up, and the icon for Building A turned green, displaying "Completed".

Lou Fengyue turned around and went out to Building C next door.

There weren't many zombies on the first to third floors, only about a dozen in total. They all drifted in when the water was high, and once the water receded, they couldn't find a way out.

She cleared it out in no time.

I stood there and waited for a while, but the system panel didn't appear.

Ok?

Are there still some survivors upstairs?

Lou Fengyue activated her sensory abilities and, following the direction, peered out the window.

Two silly little creatures climbed up the drainpipe and clung to the second-floor wall like geckos.

Lou Fengyue: ...

Is this okay?

An electric current was released from her fingertips, precisely piercing the brains of the two baby geckos.

With a "thud," they fell down, crashing together like a Jenga game.

Building C has been cleaned up.

Lou Fengyue turned into Building B and activated her sensory abilities. She found thirteen creatures in the lobby, and the entire area from the second floor to the sixteenth floor, which she could monitor, was completely cleared.

They should still be climbing.

Lou Fengyue didn't rush to kill the dozen or so zombies in the lobby. Otherwise, once Lou Yunzheng finished clearing the sixteenth floor and above, new zombies would wander into the lobby, and she would have to come back again.

Too much trouble.

Save it for now.

As dusk falls, the setting sun casts its rays across the glass curtain walls of skyscrapers, spreading out a fiery orange-red glow.

Lou Fengyue stood by the exercise equipment in the small park, looking up at the salted egg yolk in the sky, feeling a sense of disorientation.

The reason I chose to buy a house here was because there's a shopping mall downstairs and a subway station nearby, making life and travel convenient.

Secondly, the scenery here is beautiful; from the bay windows of the high-rise buildings, you can see the sunrise and sunset every day.

But now, shopping malls have become a zombie paradise, and subways have become water tombs.

Even the magnificent sunset seemed like a celestial fire that would burn away all life in the world.

"Yueyue?"

Hearing her brother's voice, Lou Fengyue turned her head and saw that his clothes were stained with blood so much that their original color was no longer visible, and there were still some rotten bits of flesh left on his baseball cap—zombie flesh.

Lu An and Chu Sinian stood not far away, fighting with several passing zombies.

"Finished cleaning?" Lou Fengyue jumped off the parallel bars, patted her pants, and said, "Why didn't you put on a raincoat? Your clothes are going to be ruined again."

"I was in such a rush to leave, I forgot." Lou Yunzheng took his sister's hand and led her towards Building A. "What are you doing here?"

"The system issued a mission: clear out all the zombies in the residential buildings in the community. I'll finish up Buildings C and A." Lou Fengyue shook her brother's arm, her steps light. "I also found a lot of cars today. After we finish this mission, we can go to places further away to look for things."

Lou Yunzheng looked at her with a smile, his eyes full of doting affection. "What else are you looking for? Planning to open a supermarket at home?"

"Go find a gas station!" Lou Fengyue said matter-of-factly. "The diesel generator at home needs fuel; I'm not going to spit out fuel."

Lou Yunzheng chuckled softly, his tone as gentle as if he were coaxing a child: "There are gas stations everywhere, how far are you planning to drive?"

"I need to go to the auto parts market to collect some metal oil drums first, then go to the gas station, fill all the drums, and store them in my space." Lou Fengyue thought for a moment, then added, "I also need to travel around and find water-type ability users, otherwise the water at home will only last for two weeks."

"Are waterways really that hard to find?"

"Of course. In the apocalypse, water-type ability users are highly sought-after and treated like treasures. They are not allowed to go out and risk their lives unless there is a specific reason."

Lou Fengyue sighed, "I just hope that one day when I go out, I'll stumble upon a dead mouse and bring one back."

After listening, Lou Yunzheng asked thoughtfully, "Can't ice generate water?"

Lou Fengyue shook her head: "Ice is an extension of water; it can only control water, not generate it."

Even if one uses supernatural abilities to conjure ice out of thin air, it is still formed by the condensation of water molecules in the air.

It contains viruses, so even if you dissolve it, it won't be completely clean and you shouldn't drink it.

Unless one possesses the ability to purify.

However, purification ability is a very rare special ability, even harder to find than water-based abilities.

We can't count on them.

After Lu An and Chu Sinian dealt with the zombies, they quickly caught up.

"Sister Loulan, I killed twelve today!" Lu An's eyes shone as he boasted to Lou Fengyue, "I can now condense ice spikes, but they're a bit thin and not hard enough."

"Just a few more crystal cores will suffice." Lou Fengyue tossed over the three crystal cores she had just picked up.

"Thank you, Sister Loulan!" Lu An smiled like a child with candy and immediately absorbed the three crystal cores.

Chu Sinian followed beside her with a gentle smile on his lips. "Miss Lou, my superpower seems to be much stronger than before. When I kill zombies in the same way, I don't feel as exhausted."

"After practicing for so long, you're bound to improve." Lou Fengyue turned her head and glanced at him. "You should be breaking through from E-rank to D-rank soon. Practice more, absorbing crystal cores can increase your level."

"I get it!" Lu An suddenly clapped his hands, as if he had discovered a secret. "It's just like playing a game. Crystal cores can replenish mana and also increase experience points. When the experience bar is full, you level up!"

Lou Fengyue pursed her lips. "Something like that."

She didn't understand why Lu An was so excited.

This isn't a game; you can't revive after you die.

Even if they have superpowers, they can't change the fact that the end of the world has come, and living has become a very difficult thing.

You weren't given a login reminder, nor were you given the option to log out with one click.

There was nothing there.

We can only grit our teeth and get through it.

They persevered until a drug to combat the virus was developed.

Or, endure until the world becomes a wasteland.