Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

Speechless after being silenced by Li Zhenbang's words, Li Yan and Li Jia opened their mouths but couldn't utter a single rebuttal for a long time.

Qin Anhui, however, objected.

She stood up abruptly, the old blanket wrapped around her slipping to the ground, her fingers almost poking Li Zhenbang's nose:

"Li Zhenbang! You ungrateful wretch! Back when you wanted to start your business and had no money, when you were desperate, who was it that secretly stole my mother's jade bracelet and gold and silver jewelry and pawned them all to give you as start-up capital?! Without that money from me, would you be where you are today?!"

"And what about you? You got a little money and went crazy, chasing after all sorts of shady women! How old was Li Yan back then? I was pregnant with Li Jia!"

Li Zhenbang blushed deeply at her words, his lips moved but he ultimately remained silent—his wife had indeed helped him during his most difficult times, which was why he had never mentioned divorce all these years.

But the words "neither fish nor fowl" immediately ignited the anger of the three women next to her.

"Who are you calling disreputable?" the youngest lover sneered first.

"Exactly," another chimed in, her voice shrill, "You can't control your own men, yet you blame others?"

The third one slowly smoothed her hair, her words laced with sarcasm: "If you didn't always have that sour face and keep telling everyone 'Without me, there would be no Li Zhenbang today,' would Zhenbang still prefer to run away rather than come home?"

"You think money guarantees success? Then everyone in the world would be a big boss? You forced Zhenbang out of there, don't you know that?"

"You...you've gone too far!" Qin Anhui trembled with rage, her voice shrill and sharp. "How dare you speak to me like that? Would you even be allowed in this house if I hadn't given my permission?!"

"It's the apocalypse, who's afraid of who?" The younger one rolled his eyes. "Besides, we gave you the lion's share of our stock just to get in here, Sister Qin—you haven't forgotten, have you?"

Qin Anhui's chest heaved violently, but she was speechless for a moment. She could no longer control these three women.

Li Zhenbang closed his eyes and leaned back in the tattered sofa.

Such arguments have happened too many times these days, and he just feels tired, so tired that he's numb.

At that moment, only one thing was on his mind: he had to tell her that the Chang family might be after Li Ya.

He already owed that child too much; he couldn't just stand by and watch her fall into someone else's trap.

He suddenly stood up, said nothing, and walked straight to the bedroom.

"Bang!"

The door was slammed shut.

The four women in the living room fell silent instantly, leaving only a stifling stillness.

"……snort."

Someone let out a low snort, and the argument temporarily ceased once again.

Inside the bedroom, Li Zhenbang took out his phone, curled up in the cold corner of the bed, and typed out a message word by word, sending it to Li Ya.

He didn't mention his own situation at all, but only reminded Li Yachang's family that they were plotting against her.

Then he pulled the stiff cotton quilt over himself and wrapped it tightly, but he still couldn't stop trembling.

"This awful weather, I don't know how much longer I can endure it. I wish I could see Xiaoya one last time before I die."

I miss her!

But what he feared even more was that the child would fall into someone else's trap because of him, and he would rather die than say these words.

"Cough...cough cough cough..."

A violent cough suddenly struck, and he bent over, curling up like a dried leaf.

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At this moment, Li Ya was leading more than fifty team members to clear out the zombies at Sun Yat-sen University.

She had just cleared out one wave of zombies when she turned on the stereo again, attracting another wave of zombies.

Today, her team had many new members, so their efficiency was inevitably a bit slow, but with her, a third-tier expert, in charge, at least no one was in danger.

However, as the new team members' marksmanship gradually improved and their ability to use their powers became more proficient, the pace of their advance finally began to pick up.

"Sister Ya, we're holding the team back..." a young team member said breathlessly. "I heard that the sisters from other teams are already planning to attack the second university, while we're still here with Sun Yat-sen."

Li Ya raised her hand and fired a shot, and a zombie in the distance fell to the ground.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" she said calmly. "I am your leader, and it is my responsibility to lead each and every one of you well."

Another zombie lunged at her from the side, but she didn't even look at it and pulled the trigger with her backhand.

"Who didn't start as a newbie?"

"Sister Ya, there's a Tier 2 zombie over there!" a team exclaimed.

Li Ya quickly raised her right hand, and a white light flashed rapidly. The beam of light directly pierced through the head of the second-tier zombie, and also took away seven or eight zombies behind it.

Instant kill, clean and efficient.

After dealing with the second-tier zombie, Li Ya continued, "When I first followed Lin Chen, I was just as trembling behind him."

Mentioning Lin Chen immediately lit up the team members' eyes, their gossip instincts stirring.

Someone chuckled softly, "Sister Ya, tell us, how did you and Brother Lin meet?"

Li Ya's lips unconsciously curved into a smile.

It's better not to mention it, because once you start talking about it, even she finds it amazing—even though they've only known each other for seven days, it feels like they've walked side by side for seven years; sometimes a glance or a gesture is so tacitly understood that it's as if they've known each other for two lifetimes.

She briefly recounted a few of her experiences, and the team members listened intently, as if even the roars of the zombies had faded into the distance.

Just as they were talking, Li Ya's phone suddenly vibrated.

Her heart skipped a beat—a message at this hour must mean an emergency. She quickly pulled out her phone; the screen lit up, and a short message jumped out at her:

"Xiaoya, Chang Hao already knows that you are the deputy city lord of Shanshui Garden, and the official Yangcheng shelter where he is located may want to deal with you."

Sender: Li Zhenbang.

Li Ya's fingers trembled, and her heart felt as if it had been squeezed tightly by something.

Father… She had almost forgotten that she even had such a title.

Seeing her staring blankly at her phone, the team members around her exchanged glances and silently stayed by her side, continuing to clear away the scattered zombies that were approaching.

Li Ya pursed her lips, her fingertips hovering over the screen for a moment, before finally typing three words:

"Where are you?"

send.

No reply.

For a period of time afterward, Li Ya frequently drifted off into a daze.

Once, a level two zombie almost pounced on her before she suddenly woke up and barely managed to dodge it.

"Sister Ya," a teammate beside her couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Are you alright? Are you feeling unwell?"

Li Ya took a deep breath and forced herself to concentrate: "It's okay, keep cleaning."

She gripped the gun tightly, her gaze returning to the ruined depths of the school campus.

In fact, Lin Chen, Li Ya and others had already learned about Chang Chengye's conspiracy through Xiaoyu and had already come up with a countermeasure.

But the sudden message from Li Zhenbang still disturbed Li Ya, making it difficult for her to concentrate. She knew it stemmed from her longing for her father.

The gloom in my heart just won't go away.