In a frigid apocalypse, she fed her boyfriend until he became a zombie king.

Wenren Lei pursed her lips, looked at her hands and sighed, "No wonder they say that lightning and fire are the strongest among the elements. If these two attributes were to be transformed into elements on a large scale, wouldn't nothing be able to grow wherever they go?"

Fu Yan patted his head: "Their elemental range might not be larger than yours."

Wenren Lei laughed too, meeting Fu Yan's gaze: "So, have you learned it?"

Fu Yan nodded: "I've learned it."

The captain, bound to the chair, muttered, "Even an S-class ability user can only elementalize a block of land. You... are a 2S-class..."

Wenren Lei turned to look at him and said casually, "Never mind what level I am for now."

He leaned closer to the back of the sofa, slightly raised his chin, and instantly a dense array of streamlined machine guns extended from the surrounding water walls. Wenrenlei manipulated the gun muzzles, slowly aiming them at the five people.

"Answer my question, what organization are you?"

Before anyone could feel fear, a scream drew everyone's attention.

"Aru—!"

Wenren Lei looked over and saw Xiao Er sitting in a chair, his head hanging limply, his body limp and lifeless.

It seems that forcibly overdrawing one's mental energy really can kill people.

The mistress next to the waiter, her eyes red with rage, roared, "You're the one who killed him!!"

Wenrenlei shrugged: "It's his fault for being bad at the game, not mine."

The mistress writhed wildly in her chair, gritting her teeth and roaring, "It's all your fault for humiliating him! I'm going to kill him..."

Before he could finish speaking, the guns on the wall seemed to have had enough and all fired bullets at the mistress.

"Stop! Don't kill him!" the captain screamed desperately to stop them.

But it was too late; the third team leader died with his eyes wide open as he shouted.

"Shut up." Wenren Lei had already wasted enough time here. She looked at the captain and said, "I really don't have time to mess around with you guys. Answer my question, or your remaining teammates will die too."

As he spoke, he slightly raised his hand, and the machine guns on the water wall slowly turned, all aiming at Xiao Yi beside the captain.

"Captain! I'm not afraid to die, please don't..."

With a few "whoosh" sounds, Xiao Yi closed his eyes as he wished.

Wenren Lei impatiently turned the gun towards Xiao Si, then looked at the captain and said, "You only have one team member left."

"No!" The captain's face was ashen, and his voice trembled. "Don't kill Yilian. He's only nineteen. He's still a child. Spare his life, and I'll tell you everything."

Upon hearing this, Wenrenlei immediately buried her head in Fu Yan's arms.

The captain was somewhat bewildered by what he saw.

Fu Yan soothed Wenren Lei, saying, "Our precious child is also a child. You didn't hesitate to kill him when you wanted to."

The captain, his hands bound behind his back, secretly gathered strength, cold sweat streaming down his face: "Yes, we were in the wrong first."

Fu Yan said, "Answer the question."

The captain's Adam's apple bobbed: "We... are the law enforcement officers of the black market. You killed the black market owner, and we are here on orders to avenge him."

Fu Yan looked down at him and suddenly asked, "Who is your guide?"

The captain felt flustered and breathless under Fu Yan's gaze, and subconsciously began to speak, "Yes..." But the words caught in his throat, his eyes widened instantly, and he hurriedly protested, "No, no, listen to me."

Fu Yan slightly raised his hand, and the Flowing Machine Gun mounted on the wall by Wenren Lei rotated with his hand. A bullet flew out of the muzzle and directly pierced Xiao Si's shinbone.

Heart-wrenching screams immediately echoed throughout the room.

The captain turned to look at Xiao Si: "Yi Lian! How are you?!"

Xiao Si gritted his teeth and swallowed his cry of pain, managing to squeeze out a voice: "Captain... I'm alright..."

Looking at the scene before her, Wenren Lei's cheeks suddenly flushed. She no longer felt wronged. Her husband could actually control her superpowers. It was so awesome!

"Lying? What kind of guide does a law enforcement officer need?" Fu Yan raised the gun to Xiao Si's other leg. "Speak properly."

The captain, slightly out of breath, swallowed hard. "I'll talk, I'll talk. We're from the Cataclysmic Research Institute, but we did come to you because of the Black Market Owner's death."

Wenren Lei frowned, then darted over and grabbed the captain by the collar: "How can you prove you're from the Cataclysmic Research Institute?"

The captain was so nervous he felt like vomiting: "I... I can tell you about the top-secret experimental project that the research institute is currently undertaking."

Wenren tearfully said, "Tell me."

"We're researching how to increase the utilization rate of purification ability users, allowing them to purify more crystal cores at once..."

Wenren Lei interrupted, "Tell me something I don't know: what's the difference between people who use crystal cores and normal ability users?"

The captain hesitated for a moment before saying, "Ability users who have absorbed purification crystal cores will acquire zombie-like habits and need to eat human flesh to survive. However, they will not turn into zombies, nor will they carry the zombie virus. Aside from that, they just level up faster."

"How much does a crystal nucleus enhance a person's health?"

The team leader shook his head: "I don't know, only the core team of the project knows this. But eating crystal cores will definitely level up much faster than training on your own."

Wenren Lei nodded and loosened his collar: "Alright, I'll believe you for now. Tell me why you wanted to kill me."

"Qiao Lang and Wenren Yu have become enemies, and you killed the Black Market Owner, so Qiao Lang wants to kill you."

"They've become enemies?" Wenren Lei's heart tightened, and she asked anxiously, "How is my brother?"

"Your brother is being held captive in the research institute by Qiao Lang, but the director is treating him well, and he's not in immediate danger."

Wenren Lei pondered. In the photos sent by the man surnamed Gu, his brother did indeed seem to be in good condition. With a scrutinizing tone, he questioned, "Did your director send anyone to take care of my brother?"

The captain's eyes darted around slightly: "Yes, we've arranged for someone named Gu Zhengming to stay by Wenren Yu's side around the clock and take care of her."

Wenren Lei's mind was in a mess. He didn't really believe what the captain said at first, but some of the information the other party gave matched what he already knew.

But this Gu Zhengming... I feel like I've heard this name somewhere before.

Fu Yan asked in a deep voice, "How did you recognize us?"

Wenren Lei said, "That's right, we were wearing masks in the black market, how did you recognize us?"

The captain slowly untied his hands from behind his back and said, "We didn't recognize you, but we knew you were looking for Wenren Yu. After leaving the black market, you would definitely follow this research institute team. So I killed these people, and you showed up as expected."

Fu Yan had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

After he and Wenren Lei entered the black market, only two people knew they were looking for Wenren Yu: the black market owner and the man named Lan Ting.

The black market owner only learned of this information before his death, so it couldn't have been the intelligence he passed on.

Fu Yan could only suspect Lan Ting, the man who claimed to be in charge of supplies for District 15.

Is Lanting someone from the Cataclysmic Research Institute?

Or perhaps, this small team in front of us really does come from the Cataclysmic Research Institute.