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

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the shelter.

The relocation that followed went much more smoothly than expected.

Lin Chen moved around the base, delivering personnel, equipment, and supplies into the space in batches.

With his superpowers, the speed was extremely fast; they had just taken people in here when they were already back to pick up the next batch.

At first, when people heard that they were going to a place free from disasters, but instead blessed with sunshine, grasslands, and rivers, they both cried and laughed.

In four months, they almost forgot what the temperature of sunlight was, and what the fragrance of plants tasted like.

Everyone packed their things quickly and efficiently, more than twice as fast as usual.

For Lin Chen, this base is much more than just the scientists and their families.

It represents a relatively complete backup of civilization—the seed bank contains a wide variety of crop varieties, from staple foods to vegetables to cash crops, much more complete than what Lin Chen himself has collected.

Animal backups are even more precious; there are some species he has never even seen before.

Putting these things into the space will take biodiversity to the next level.

He didn't understand those scientific instruments very well; he couldn't even name all the different types like mass spectrometers, chromatographs, and electron microscopes.

But it doesn't matter. Li Zhenbang has already received the news and has specially set aside an area with water and electricity, constant temperature and humidity, just waiting for these equipment to be moved in.

These supplies and equipment will undoubtedly play a significant role in the future development of space.

Three hours later, the last group of people and supplies were sent into the space.

The passageway was empty, with only Lin Chen, Commander Peng, and Staff Officer Chen remaining.

Commander Peng stood there, his gaze sweeping over each of the tightly closed doors. He looked for a long time before letting out a soft sigh.

"Let's go."

Lin Chen put his hands on the shoulders of the two men, and in a flash, the three of them were standing outside the cave again.

"Commander Peng, I'm heading to Shanghai now."

Commander Peng nodded solemnly: "Take care on your journey. Stay in touch."

Lin Chen responded and took Yuanzai, who was guarding outside, into Creation Island.

Then, Lin Chen summoned Xiao Hei from the space, climbed on top of it, and patted its neck.

Little Black cried out as it looked up, then flew higher and higher, farther and farther, gradually becoming a black dot.

"Let's go," Commander Peng said, withdrawing his gaze. "We should proceed according to plan."

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Shanghai, a major economic center of China before the apocalypse, is also one of the most densely populated cities.

The skyscrapers along the Huangpu River once defined the city's skyline, and the Bund's collection of international buildings witnessed a century of prosperity and bustle.

When the end times came, this place naturally became the epicenter of the disaster.

Streets, subways, shopping malls, office buildings... every inch of space was crammed with zombies. In the first week after the blood rain, the entire city turned into a giant graveyard.

But there will always be survivors. No matter how great the disaster, there will always be someone who can pull through.

The surrounding cities of Suzhou, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, along with the numerous county-level cities and towns, together form a vast urban cluster.

Before the apocalypse, this place had a population of tens of millions.

After the apocalypse, there were tens of millions of zombies, while only a million survived.

They scavenged for food in the ruins, hid in subway tunnels, and set up small outposts in factories in the suburbs.

Some banded together for warmth, some became mountain kings, and some led the elderly, women, and children to hide and flee.

More than four months have passed. What was going to be chaotic has been chaotic, and what was going to be stable has gradually stabilized.

Those who survived all found their own way of living.

At this moment, Lin Chen was holding Liu Feifei's hand, walking unsteadily through this former villa area in Pudong.

Those mansions that were once worth tens of millions are now mostly buried under the white snow, with only the roof or the part above the third floor showing.

They've been searching in this snowfield for half an hour.

Liu Feifei walked slowly, her gaze sweeping over the half-buried villas as she tried to find her home.

Before the apocalypse, this was one of the most expensive affluent areas in Shanghai, and her home was in one of those buildings.

Back then, luxury cars were parked in front of the house, and her mother's favorite green plants were planted in the yard. From the study on the second floor, you could see the Huangpu River in the distance.

"Feifei, is this the one?" Lin Chen stopped in front of a villa with a white chimney sticking out.

Liu Feifei tilted her head and stared for a while, then her eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's this one! The chimney is white, and it has a tin cap on top. When I was a child, I often looked out of that round window at the boats on the river."

The first and second floors of the villa were completely buried in snow, with only the windows and roof of the third floor visible.

Having identified his target, Lin Chen no longer hesitated. In a flash, he had already teleported Liu Feifei into the villa's living room.

The living room furniture was overturned, the family photo hanging on the wall had fallen to the floor, the glass was broken, and the photos inside had slipped out.

Liu Feifei squatted down, picked up the photo, and wiped the dust off it.

In the photo, a family of three is standing in the yard. Her mother is wearing a floral dress, her father is wearing glasses, and she has her hair in a ponytail, smiling and showing her two canine teeth.

She looked at it for a few seconds, then carefully put the photo away.

The first floor was mostly submerged in snow, and they climbed the stairs.

The second floor wasn't covered in snow, but there were broken porcelain pieces and overturned furniture everywhere. Someone had been searching the place, and making quite a commotion.

They looked through each room. The study, the guest room, the dressing room—all were empty. Only the last room remained—the master bedroom.

Lin Chen walked ahead and pushed open the door.

A smoky smell wafted over. There was a pile of embers on the ground, some of which had burned for who knows how long, with ashes scattered everywhere.

The curtains were half-drawn, and grayish-white light shone through the gaps, illuminating three slumped figures on the ground.

Liu Feifei's breathing suddenly became rapid.

Lin Chen got a clear look at the three corpses.

A middle-aged man, wearing glasses, with bluish-gray tinges on his face from the aftermath of his transformation, a wound on his neck caused by a sharp weapon, his skull split open, and the crystal core gone.

Next to her was an elderly woman wearing an apron, probably the nanny, with the same signs of corpse transformation and the same crystal core that had been removed.

The third body... was that of a middle-aged woman.

She lay naked on the ground, with obvious bruises and wounds on her body. She hadn't turned into a zombie!

Lin Chen looked away, his heart sinking.

Liu Feifei rushed forward, knelt beside the body, and with trembling hands pulled over the scattered clothes to cover the woman's body.

Lin Chen then walked over and gently put his arm around her shoulder.

"Husband," Liu Feifei's voice squeezed out from her throat, "My mother didn't turn into a zombie, she was... murdered."

"Dad and the nanny turned into zombies and were killed for their crystal cores; that was just bad luck. But my mom didn't turn into a zombie; she did nothing wrong..."

Lin Chen tightened his grip on Liu Feifei's body again and said, "Feifei, I will definitely help you find the murderer."