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

The man and the bear soon arrived at the gate of the shelter.

Lin Chen glanced back at Yuanzai, a smirk playing on his lips: "Stay close."

Before he finished speaking, he shot off, leaving only a blur in his wake before disappearing rapidly in the cold wind.

Yuanzai's little eyes widened instantly... Where did he go?

It let out a howl, its four paws flying as it desperately chased after it.

No matter how hard it tried, the figure moved further and further away, finally disappearing completely at the end of the gray alley.

As Yuanzai ran, he stopped and stared blankly ahead.

That two-legged creature...don't want it anymore?

Lin Chen ran for more than 20 kilometers in one go before slowing down and looking back.

There was nothing behind me.

He paused for a moment, then slapped his forehead.

"Damn, we lost Yuanzi."

He shook his head helplessly, turned around and ran back.

As I was running, I suddenly remembered the 100 Life Crystals that I had just refreshed that morning.

"This thing is useful to humans, but what about animals?"

He squinted, lost in thought.

"Yuanzai has a speed-type ability. Logically speaking, with its fourth-tier strength, I shouldn't be able to outpace it by that much using only my physical burst of power... So the fact that it can't catch up with me means its ability tier might only be A-level?"

"What if we feed it a Life Crystal..."

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed!

Lin Chen hadn't run far when he saw a chubby figure running towards him frantically.

Its four short legs moved swiftly, and its furry body rolled into a ball on the snow.

The moment Yuanzai saw Lin Chen, he let out a howl and pounced on him.

The big head slammed into his leg, and then began to rub against him frantically, first on the left, then on the right, then on his leg and then on his waist.

She was still whimpering and sobbing, looking extremely aggrieved.

Lin Chen was so rubbed against by it that he could barely stand, so he laughed and patted its head.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. We were about the same speed before, and I forgot that I had improved."

Yuanzai ignored him and continued to rub against him.

Lin Chen squatted down, took out a crystal-clear life spirit crystal from his pocket, and handed it to it.

"Here, eat this and see if you can run faster."

Yuanzai's rubbing motion stopped instantly.

It stared at the spirit crystal, and the grievance in its small eyes was replaced by another light at a visible speed—a pure, primal, and irresistible longing.

Yuanzai swiftly grabbed it and swallowed it in one gulp.

Five minutes later.

A powerful aura suddenly erupted from Yuanzai's body, which was much stronger than before!

Its black and white fur seemed to have become even shinier, and the bear's entire demeanor had changed.

Lin Chen's eyes immediately lit up: "It really works!"

Yuanzai buried his big head in his chest again, this time rubbing even harder, making gurgling sounds in his throat, his affection overflowing.

Lin Chen stroked its fluffy head, his mind already racing.

"This spirit crystal actually works on mutated beasts. If I could tame more mutated beasts in the future, especially those that can fly..." He narrowed his eyes, a meaningful smile playing on his lips, "Wouldn't that be incredibly awesome?"

Yuanzai, though confused, just kept rubbing against him.

Lin Chen patted its back, then flipped over and climbed on top of it.

"Come on, this time you run, so you don't get lost again."

Yuanzai let out a roar, exerted force with all four of his hands, and sprinted towards Dongguan City.

Despite being a major realm lower, his speed was comparable to Lin Chen's before.

The man and the bear disappeared into the vast snowfield.

After exiting the Dongguan-Chengdu Expressway, Lin Chen patted Yuanzai's head, signaling it to stop.

Yuanzai stopped, panting heavily, his big, furry head looking around with curiosity about this unfamiliar city.

Lin Chen rolled off the plane, casually waved his hand, and took out a troop carrier equipped with shortwave equipment from his spatial storage.

"Get in." He opened the back door of the troop carrier, and Yuanzai nimbly climbed into the compartment. It was too big for the co-pilot seat now.

Lin Chen started the car and slowly drove into the city.

The streets are lined with typical post-apocalyptic scenery: collapsed GG signs, abandoned vehicles lying haphazardly, frozen bloodstains, and occasional wreckage.

The snow covered most of the debris, making this once bustling city look like a sleeping tomb.

Lin Chen drove slowly, his gaze sweeping over every building and every alleyway through the windshield.

Yuanzai stood in the rear cabin, its two front paws gripping the seat in front of it, its two little eyes following the movement, observing this unfamiliar place.

Lin Chen said to Yuanzai, "We need to find the survivors first. This city is so big, we don't know where the survivors are hiding."

Yuanzi responded with two soft "woo-woo" sounds.

The military vehicle moved slowly along the empty streets, the low growl of its engine standing out starkly in the silence.

Occasionally, zombies would rush out from a corner, chase the car for a few steps, and then be quickly left behind.

Lin Chen ignored them.

In this extremely cold world, humanity has lost access to electricity, and the only way to keep warm is to light a fire.

Wherever there are people, there are bound to be survivors.

Where there are survivors, he can ask around about the situation.

After crossing two more intersections, Lin Chen finally saw black smoke rising in the distance.

It wasn't the light, fluffy white smoke from cooking fires; it was thick, black smoke with a burnt smell.

Lin Chen turned the steering wheel and drove towards the direction of the black smoke.

A few minutes later, the outline of a shopping mall came into view.

Before the apocalypse, this area must have been quite lively. Faded promotional posters still hang on the exterior walls, and posters with curled edges are pasted on the glass doors.

Lin Chen parked the car at the entrance of the mall and turned off the engine.

He got out of the car, went around to the back and opened the back door. Yuanzai jumped out nimbly and looked around.

Lin Chen casually waved his hand, storing the military vehicle into his spatial storage.

A person and a bear walked to the glass door.

The door wasn't locked.

Lin Chen pushed open the door and swaggered in.

"Is there no one on guard?" He frowned.

He deliberately came in so blatantly, hoping to attract attention. But there wasn't a soul in sight, not even a ghost.

However, the zombies were cleaned up quite well; there were only old, dried bloodstains on the ground, no fresh ones.

They walked through the shops on the first floor and went up the stairs to the second floor.

All the shops had their doors pried open, and the inside was ransacked, with shelves overturned and scattered everywhere.

What could be taken was already taken; all that's left are some useless post-apocalyptic junk.

Following the smell of burning, they quickly found the source of the black smoke.

It was a pre-apocalyptic furniture store. The store was very large, and the furniture inside had been moved to make room for an open space.

A dozen or so survivors were sitting around a campfire, which was burning brightly. A black iron pot was placed on top of the fire, and something was bubbling inside.

There were men and women, all disheveled and covered in tattered, brightly colored cotton-padded jackets, their necks hunched, staring blankly at the fire.

No one spoke.

No one even noticed Lin Chen's arrival.

Lin Chen stood at the door for two seconds, then greeted them directly.

"Feed".

The group of people then suddenly realized what was happening.

More than a dozen faces turned around at once, their expressions remarkably uniform—warning!