End of the World Cycle

When she returned home and saw her daughter's smiling face, Zhang Mingfang knew that her daughter's plan was feasible.

"His name is Liu Bo. Although he is very slow, he can understand what I say. The awakening of his supernatural power has indeed made him use his thinking."

"Mom should go with you then. You two kids and one fool, if anything happens..."

"Mom! No. I'm sure I'm a superpower, so if the three of us go out, as long as we're careful, we won't be infected with the zombie virus. But you're different. You're still an ordinary person. If you're infected, you'll immediately turn into a zombie."

"But!"

"Mom! We have to do this. We can't hide forever. Even if we can hide from zombies, as long as we are alive, we will still encounter mutant beasts and mutant plants. What's more, Ranran is a rare psychic. When someone finds out that the crystal core of a psychic can also be absorbed, do you think we will be safe?"

"It's mom who is useless." Zhang Mingfang's eyes turned red as she said this. Xie Qin walked forward and gently hugged her mother.

"It's okay, mom. I will let us survive. Trust me, okay?"

Zhang Mingfang looked at her daughter, who was so young and only fourteen years old, but her face was full of determination. Although she didn't know why she believed in her daughter, she had to admit that her smart child was the source of her sense of security.

The youngest son, who was sleeping in the bedroom, came out at some point. He rolled his wheelchair to the mother and daughter, his voice still childish.

"Of course I will protect my mother and my sister."

The next day, Xie Qin went to deliver food again, but he pushed Xie Ran along slowly. This time, Xie Qin not only did not leave, but instead took his brother to sit side by side with the fool.

Xie Ran was reading a fairy tale book quietly, and Liu Bo was sitting next to him, listening with great interest. Xie Qin was holding an e-book and learning how to make a simple crossbow.

Looking up, the sun was gradually coming out. The temperature was already 35 degrees at a little after eight o'clock. Xie Qin glanced at Xie Ran, who immediately understood and invited Liu Bo to his house.

Liu Bo didn't react. He thought for a while before he smiled, nodded, and followed the two people. This was the first time Liu Bo went out alone. Perhaps because he was familiar with this family, he didn't feel any resistance at all.

After all, in his mind, he only thought that these people were good people. They gave him food, drinks, and told him stories, and they also gave him his favorite frozen pears. He also felt comfortable when he arrived at Xie Qin's house. The huge first floor was sealed tightly, and a vertical air-conditioning cabinet was running.

With the rooftop and water tank covered with solar energy, there is more than enough electricity for daily air conditioning and refrigerator use, and you can even turn on all the home appliances without any burden.

So Liu Bo didn't want to leave when he arrived at Xie Qin's house. Xie Qin seemed to notice Liu Bo's mood and walked up to him and spoke gently.

"If you like it here, you can move in and live with us."

Liu Bo looked at Xie Qin, twisted his clothes in panic, scratched his head helplessly, turned around abruptly and rushed out the door, scaring Xie Qin.

In the room, Zhang Mingfang looked at her daughter nervously.

"Is it not possible? I think he still doesn't understand."

Xie Qin also doubted himself. Was it because his attitude changed too quickly that this idiot became defensive? But he didn't intend to be mean to him. He just wanted to use his special ability. Even if they didn't help him, this idiot would definitely not survive this drought season. Not to mention starving to death, with those jars of dirty water, he would either die of illness or thirst.

Xie Qin locked herself in the room, thinking of countless ways, but none of them worked. Without the help of force, they couldn't move forward in the apocalypse. This stage lasted nearly an hour.

Suddenly, a funny "dong dong dong~" sound was heard. It was the sound of the fool knocking on the door. Xie Qin stood up happily and saw the fool standing outside the yard through the window. The tall man was holding two huge packages in his hands. It seemed that he had moved all his belongings here.

Without thinking too much, Xie Qin went downstairs directly and followed her mother to open the door and welcome the person in.

"Uncle Liu Bo. Welcome." The fool smiled and said the same two words.

"Thanks-"

Zhang Mingfang cleaned up the bedroom next to Xie Ran downstairs, and Liu Bo moved in from then on. That night, Zhang Mingfang made a lot of dumplings to celebrate, and chopped up the last two cabbages in the refrigerator. The fool washed himself clean and moved into the new home. In his eyes, he seemed to have a new family.

Liu Bo had moved in two days ago, but Zhang Mingfang didn't think it was a bother. Liu Chuanyou had taught his son well, making him clean and hygienic, and having a good temper. Apart from being stupid, he had no other intolerable shortcomings.

For two days, Xie Ran stayed with Liu Bo, telling him stories, watching cartoons with him, and playing with some educational toys.

Xie Qin stayed in the bedroom almost all the time, and the three drones he bought took turns flying out to explore the way. It took about twenty minutes for a drone to fly from here to the town at the foot of the mountain. In two days, Xie Qin could only find out the situation in the town.

The zombie virus didn't seem to have spread here yet. There was still some water in the river under the town, and people could be seen fetching water from time to time. There was only one landslide on the way down the mountain that had not been cleared. They planned to go to the county town, which was about 30 kilometers away.

It was definitely not possible to go back and forth in one day, so after talking to my mother, I planned to go for three days and four nights, and still planned to drive a tricycle to the county town. After all, tricycles are simple to use and easy to drive by myself. In addition, the tricycle is small, so Liu Bo can carry the car when the road conditions are bad.

He moved two boxes of mineral water from the attic, brought bread and instant noodles, and three full boxes of bacon fried rice made by his mother. He only packed one schoolbag, which Liu Bo carried directly on his chest, and then carried Xie Ran on his back. For convenience, Zhang Mingfang tied her son to Liu Bo's back with a cloth strip.

Wearing a baby carrier, it didn't feel out of place to carry Liu Bo on his back. After all, the child was only eight years old, and Xie Ran was already thin due to long-term paralysis. For the extremely strong Liu Bo, it was not a burden at all.

Along the way, Xie Qin explained carefully to his brother. Although his brother was small, he was smart and quickly learned how to use mental power to interfere with Liu Bo's actions. Once he learned how to control Liu Bo, he basically learned how to control low-level zombies.

Xie Qin sat in the driving seat, Liu Bo sat beside him with Xie Ran on his back. There was nothing in the basket of the tricycle except two shovels and water. They were thinking about whether they could try their luck and bring back some supplies.

When the sun went down and the temperature dropped to about 32 degrees, they set off. Xie Qin planned to carry out the activities at night. From 37 pm to am the next morning, the temperature was about to degrees, which was the most suitable temperature for their activities. During the day, they would find an underground shopping mall in the county town to rest.

The supplies in the backpacks and the two boxes of water on the back of the tricycle were enough for the three of them to eat for three days. No matter what they harvested, they would set off for home on the third night.

The night was the quietest time of the day. Apart from the dry air, which made people uncomfortable, there was nothing special. It took less than half an hour to reach the place where Liu Chuanyou's family was killed. Liu Bo got out of the car. Although he was carrying Xie Ran on his back, he still knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times.

They picked up the shovels and started to clear the way. Xie Ran was very careful and did not start digging from the bottom. Instead, he climbed to the highest point and shoveled down. Liu Bo followed suit and started to shovel. One shovel was more effective than ten Xie Qins. With quick movements and great strength, the road was cleared in about three hours.

It was almost midnight when they arrived at the town. The street lights had long been damaged by water. Xie Ran was paying close attention along the way.

"Sister, there are about forty of us. There are only three psychics, and their crystal cores are all white."

"White, a first-level psychic, can you sense what the psychic power is?"

Xie Ran shook his head. "It's a bit far, and I'm so tired."

Xie Qin knew that his brother's mental strength was not sufficient and it was time for him to rest.

"Let's go, uncle." Xie Qin handed the water in his hand to Liu Bo. Liu Bo took the water with a smile and drank it in one gulp. Xie Qin had no plan to stay. There were no zombies here, and they had to hurry to visit the crowded county town.

Following the navigation map, it didn't take much time to get to the county town. When they arrived at the county town, it was just dawn, 5:10 in the morning. Xie Ran had slept a lot and felt much more energetic. Xie Qin gave his brother some bread and milk, and the three of them went to the shopping mall in the county town.

As soon as he entered the city, Xie Qin smelled the smell of blood and rotten meat in the air. Xie Qin was a little nervous, so he hid the car in the bushes and dug a hole to bury the diesel and extra mineral water.

The schoolbag was filled with food and several bottles of mineral water. Xie Qin was afraid and unconsciously grabbed Liu Bo's hand. Liu Bo held Xie Qin's left hand, carried Xie Ran on his back, and had a big backpack hanging on his chest. He looked like an old father fleeing with his children.

Xie Qin had been to this county several times and was quite familiar with it after living there for a few days. There were two large and small supermarkets in this county's large shopping mall, and Xie Qin felt more at ease holding Liu Bo's hand. He walked carefully for a distance inside, and the smell of blood became stronger and stronger.

Sure enough, within ten minutes, seven or eight zombie bodies appeared in front of him. All of them had their heads chopped off by sharp blades. Some of their bodies were still burnt. There must be quite a few superpowers in this county.

"Ran Ran, is there anyone around?"

Xie Ran closed his eyes and looked around. There was no one within a hundred meters. In addition, it was early in the morning, the coolest time of the day, so even if there were people, they would be sleeping soundly.

Xie Qin pulled out the blade from her backpack with shaking hands and prepared to get the crystal core. The book said that it was only at the end of the dry season that researchers discovered that zombie crystal cores were helpful to the superpowers of superpowers. So she wanted to collect all the crystal cores she could before that.

Xie Qin staggered towards the zombie with its head and body separated. It was covered in rotten flesh, and maggots could be seen wriggling before he even got close. The visual and olfactory impact made Xie Qin vomit.

In the time it took Xie Qin to finish vomiting, she adjusted herself, took out a piece of paper and stuffed her nostrils, raised her hand and stabbed the back of her head, intending to use the force of the lever to pry open the zombie's skull, but she overestimated her strength. The gap between theory and practice was too big, and it seemed that extracting the crystal core was not easy at all.

At this time, Liu Bo also came over. Xie Ran was so scared that he huddled behind Liu Bo's back and covered his eyes. Liu Bo was not afraid at all, and he stood beside Xie Qin without feeling disgusted. He held Xie Qin's hand with his big hand and pried it gently, and the zombie's skull was opened.

A round, white, glowing crystal core rolled out, and Xie Qin was instantly happy. Liu Bo saw Xie Qin's happiness, pulled out his knife, and followed Xie Qin's example to pry open the remaining zombie skulls.

There are five crystal cores in total, all of which are white and first-level. The remaining three have none. Judging from the degree of corruption, they should be newly mutated zombies. Zombies can also evolve. The longer they survive and the more raw meat they eat, the faster they evolve.

The method of purifying zombie crystal cores is very simple. Soak them in clean water for forty-eight hours and they will become like jelly, or you can burn them over fire for eight hours to make them crispy and then chew them dry.

There was definitely no time to clean the crystal core now, so Liu Bo opened the backpack in front of him, put the crystal core in the innermost pocket, and the three continued to walk towards the county town.

The once prosperous county town looked dead. Even though it was hot, every household had its doors and windows tightly closed. Along the way, Xie Qin and her friends only encountered a few zombie corpses here and there. Liu Bo pried open the skulls one by one and got three first-level crystal cores.

Looking at the gradually rising sun and temperature, Xie Qin decided to stop and find a place to rest. Relying on memory, he arrived at an underground shopping mall.

This underground mall was soaked in water for more than three months during the rainy season. It was dilapidated and full of mud. This underground mall used to sell clothes. It is obvious that no one has been here even when the tide receded.

They found a relatively clean place and cleaned up, then untied Xie Ran from Liu Bo and put the schoolbag under his brother's head. Xie Ran had been using his mental power to explore the way all the way and was already very tired. He curled up in a corner and soon fell asleep.