[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-resources-consumed-by-women-returned-":3,"chapter-apocalypse-resources-consumed-by-women-returned--apocalypse-resources-consumed-by-women-returned--chapter-128":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Apocalypse: Resources Consumed by Women Returned Ten Thousandfold",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},596087,845,"Chapter 128: Collective Bizarre Behavior","apocalypse-resources-consumed-by-women-returned--chapter-128",128,"\u003Cp>In the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the large bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni lay there like a delicate crystal doll, quietly sleeping, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tall and imposing figure pushed the door open and entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movements were mechanical as he walked to Yu Anni’s bedside and swiftly threw off her blanket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold air instantly invaded her body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni opened her eyes in terror—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene before her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Made her heart pound and her face turn pale:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Lin, what are you doing?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe! What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang sneered, moving closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strong arms pinned her firmly on the bed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lowered his head to kiss her small mouth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hungrily savoring that intoxicating taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how Yu Anni struggled, it was futile...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni suddenly opened her eyes and sat up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the empty bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze was suspicious and uncertain for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until she finally realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a nightmare...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held her forehead and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all because of those people! Talking about drugging, scared me to death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha! How could Mr. Lin be that kind of person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression gradually relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But recalling the absurd dream just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt a faint sense of regret—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she wake up too soon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that dream continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would have happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly noticed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bedroom door she had clearly locked before sleeping!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now there was a faint light coming through the door crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door had been opened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had really entered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That \"person\" was standing in some dark corner of the bedroom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately felt her hair stand on end!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After swallowing a gulp, she tentatively asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Lin, is that you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart pounded violently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes scanned the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only at the window, she found a blurry shadow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a misty glass separated them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly in front of her, but no matter how she looked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t see it clearly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly turned its head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fixing its gaze on her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni screamed in shock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2102.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni’s scream upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awakened everyone in every room!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Wei reacted extremely quickly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She threw off her blanket, simultaneously drew out a long knife from the bedside, and jumped out the window!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the big tree outside the window as leverage, she leaped into room 2202!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light in Gu Fei and others’ bedroom had just turned on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They went to the living room, looking at each other with panic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Wei barged into Yu Anni’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And saw in the deep darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several misty figures were closing in on Yu Anni!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, she swung her knife!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the blade passed through those figures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those people weren’t physical entities?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression slightly changed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she subconsciously associated it with the word \"phantom\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is there really such a thing as spirits in this world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The utterly terrified Yu Anni hid under the covers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to give herself a sense of security!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she could clearly perceive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were still approaching her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And extending their dark, withered hands, mouths opening and closing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give it to me! Give it to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when Yu Anni was about to lose her mind from fear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful voice echoed in all directions:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What dares to act so boldly here?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Streams of purple spiritual energy flew out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accurately hitting those grayish figures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by sharp howls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadows finally dissipated into the darkness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bedroom light turned on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light instantly filled this space, dispelling the bone-chilling cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Wei looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang stood at the door with a serious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Fei, Ning Shuangyu, Lü Su Ran, Tang Lingyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had rushed to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were still wearing pajamas:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Su Ran’s face was pale, and she put her hand over her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Wei looked down and realized, she was also wearing pajamas!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the pajamas had pink bunny patterns on them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face flushed slightly and she said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just now, there were a few shadowy figures in Annie’s room, but they disappeared in an instant...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the women were surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni jumped out of the blankets and threw herself into Lin Lang’s arms, sobbing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ghosts! This place is haunted! Boohoohoo...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Fei and the others immediately turned pale!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haunted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lü Su Ran gasped, a chill spreading from the soles of her feet to the top of her head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Causing her to instinctively grab Gu Fei’s arm beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Wei, however, frowned slightly and looked at Lin Lang with a puzzled expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth be told!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suspected that everything just now was constructed by Lin Lang’s illusion realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang’s \"illusion realm\" ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had experienced it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she felt it was a bit dull...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing Yu Anni at this moment, wearing a diaphanous silk nightgown, with two voluptuous, rounded breasts pressed against Lin Lang’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this reason alone, Lin Lang might indeed be this ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang seemed to know what Leng Wei was thinking and said helplessly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang, however, grabbed Yu Anni’s hand, probing his divine sense into her body, and simultaneously used the Eye of Destiny ability—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He meticulously examined every inch of Yu Anni’s body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then raised his eyebrows—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered a small black dot at Yu Anni’s dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like just a speck of dirt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that speck of dirt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was now emitting an almost imperceptible wisp of black gas!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This black gas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang had seen just yesterday—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the black gas emitting from the pond deep in the woods beside Yu Anni’s residence, Brocade Cloud Residence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could that black gas exist in Yu Anni’s body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang asked Yu Anni:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where does the water you usually drink come from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni sobbed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s a natural pond next to Brocade Cloud Residence, said to be rich in minerals and beneficial to the body; our community’s drinking water is drawn from there... But before I drink it, I always purify it with a water filter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then it’s no wonder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang had the answer in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that evil thing could also be filtered by the purifier, it would utterly disgrace the evil spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stuff in the pond used this method to spread this evil energy to nearby residents!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the essence of this evil energy is unknown!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those shadows were very interested in it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should be the aggregation of some nearby evil auras...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place is haunted! I want to go home!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni lay crying endlessly in Lin Lang’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly frightened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reaction was quite normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For anyone else, encountering such an event, not being scared to death would be fortunate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang patted her back, comforting her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s evil qi in your body that attracted these unclean things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the source of this evil qi is that small pond next to your home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you return now, you might be in even greater danger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni was indeed profoundly frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet her psychological resilience was formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Lin Lang’s persuasion, she gradually calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was still despondent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I’ve lived there for so long without any issues...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She returned to the bedside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Retrieved her phone from under the pillow and entered WeChat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression changed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the [Brocade Cloud Residence Owners’ Group].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several owners posted videos with the same content:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Crazy! They’re all crazy!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the video.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brocade Cloud Residence was lit up brightly despite being late at night!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bunch of owners appeared like walking corpses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With vacant stares, they walked towards the depths of the distant forest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were so eager!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid of missing out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those on higher floors opened their windows and jumped down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Anni covered her mouth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face full of horror!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Fei and the others curiously crowded around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this bizarre scene in the video!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t help but gasp:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could this happen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s really like seeing a ghost!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are they going?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although not present physically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang also knew their destination was certainly that pond!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still don’t know exactly what that thing is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Lang felt a sense of dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And was inclined to go explore!\u003C\u002Fp>",1443,"2026-05-30T17:16:31.514Z","2026-06-01T04:31:46.286Z",1,"novelbin.me","ab28f60e93cc152c9aeb8c3951db9131224e5ab6b017e0b733b13c36712be93a","apocalypse-resources-consumed-by-women-returned--chapter-129","apocalypse-resources-consumed-by-women-returned--chapter-127",264,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-resources-consumed-by-women-returned--cover.jpg"]