Chapter 194: Apocalypse: Saving the Cold Beauty Doctor 12

Heavy rain continued for nearly half an hour.

The temperature inside the supermarket grew increasingly stuffy, but the Red Blood Squad could still rely on Yu Rongzhou's ability to create ice to cool down.

Jiang Junshen's side just endured it stubbornly; someone couldn't help wanting Yu Rongzhou to give them a piece of ice too, but he refused.

Before all this, there had been a dispute; they had even insulted Yu Rongzhou back at the base, and after being refused once, they were too embarrassed to ask again.

The downpour gradually eased; Yu Rongzhou glanced at the wide-open supermarket door, then looked at Jin Chen, who was discussing matters with Zhao Rui and two others, and silently got up and walked out.

But anyone who had been paying attention to him would surely notice.

For example, Jin Chen, and… Xu An.

His gaze was sinister, his thoughts churning.

——

Yu Rongzhou arrived at the supermarket entrance, took a side path into an alley that looked like it had once been a residential building, where zombies would be more numerous than on ordinary streets.

Sure enough, moments later he heard the footsteps and low growls of zombies, apparently having caught a whiff of human scent, they came rushing over.

Yu Rongzhou observed the surrounding terrain, planned the route after collecting the zombies' blood, then turned ice into spikes that spread out from the ground beneath his feet.

"Howl..."

Several zombies, covered in blood and moving with extreme speed, bared their teeth and claws as they lunged forward.

"Break!"

Yu Rongzhou gave a low shout, the ice-mist ball condensed in his palm shot out, striking the center of the zombie pile and instantly shattering.

Dense ice shards pierced the zombies' bodies, and blood spurted out.

This was exactly what he had been waiting for.

Yu Rongzhou put on his gloves, took out the two syringes he carried, collected the spurting zombie blood, flicked the glass tube with his fingertip, and curled the corner of his mouth.

This was a great gift he was giving to everyone at Long Jiang Base.

Compared to ordinary zombies, mutant zombies have stronger infectivity and higher blood vitality; given Long Jiang Base's current resources, even if they possessed the C4 potion, they couldn't mass-produce enough for everyone.

Jiang Luo's reason for wanting the antitoxin potion was clear to Yu Rongzhou, and that was precisely why he felt emboldened.

He didn't know whether the leader who had lost all the base's inhabitants would still be accepted by others in the apocalypse.

"Whoo-whoo!"

Just then, from the pile of zombies whose brains had been severely damaged by ice spikes, two more zombies suddenly crawled out, their movements even more agile, a faint black aura emanating from their bodies.

They crawled toward Yu Rongzhou on all fours, mouths full of bared fangs, pupils shifting from green to pitch black, looking ominous and eerie.

Yu Rongzhou frowned deeply, stepped back two paces to dodge, raised an ice shield as cover, prepared to leave according to his original plan, but was then blocked by three black-eyed zombies rushing from the opposite direction.

From the apocalypse to now, he had never seen a zombie with black eyes; could they be another mutant?

He turned ice into a blade, retreating while fighting those few zombies, and the more they fought, the more alarmed he became.

This was hardly the reaction speed a zombie could have.

Even after a few exchanges, they could anticipate his next move, and the black mist behind them was condensing rapidly into something substantial.

An ice blade was snapped by a zombie, Yu Rongzhou made a split-second decision, turned and ran.

He wasn't afraid of death, but he still had things left undone and couldn't die here; while fleeing, he distractedly thought that if he collected the blood of these few zombies, its vitality would likely be higher.

Thinking that, his steps suddenly stopped, and the syringe appeared again in his hand.

"Yu Xiaozhou!"

After Jin Chen came out, he had been following behind Yu Rongzhou to protect him, originally hoping to stay unnoticed until the blood was collected, but he hadn't expected to also encounter zombies wielding dark power.

He also hadn't imagined that Yu Rongzhou would dare to fight the zombies despite the danger, and even try to collect their blood.

Jin Chen rushed over, grabbed Yu Rongzhou's arm, pulled him into his embrace, and extended a hand, releasing spiritual power to block the oncoming zombies.

"How did you end up here?"

Upon seeing Jin Chen, Yu Rongzhou's first reaction was to relax his tense nerves, and the next second he hastily put away the syringe he was holding.

No one answered him; Jin Chen merely gave a cold expression, shielded him behind himself, drew a dagger infused with spiritual power, and dispatched the several zombies that had charged forward.

At the same time, 0731 was quickly probing the source of the dark power on these zombies.

"【Host! We can confirm that the power on the zombies shares the same origin as the Curse-Destroying Flower Bouquet; it must have been bestowed by that insider!】"

"0731, suppressing its fear, unleashed to the utmost the power granted by Spiritual End Bai Ze."

"【We have already absorbed part of their power; as soon as we encounter the insider's power again, it will trigger an immediate alert.】"

Jin Chen acknowledged with a response, no longer holding back, swiftly disposed of all the zombies with throat slashes and head stabs, his movements extremely agile and precise.

In less than a few minutes, the zombies were all slain, and a reeking, bloody smell permeated the alley.

Jin Chen silently took Yu Rongzhou's hand and led him away.

Because of what had just happened, Jin Chen still felt a mix of anger and lingering fear; if he hadn't followed, the dark power would have corroded Yu Rongzhou's heart.

But he also didn't want to argue with Yu Rongzhou over this, so he could only go back first and talk later.

But Yu Rongzhou called out to him first.

"Jin Chen, you're angry—why?"

Yu Rongzhou asked bluntly, suddenly feeling a bit suffocated inside, and an indescribable emotion welled up.

Jin Chen found a relatively clean spot to stop, turned to face him squarely, but did not release the hand he was holding.

"You clearly had a chance to run just now, so why did you suddenly stop and turn back?"

"I..."

"You were collecting the zombies' blood; I saw it, and I can understand that perhaps you wanted to do research."

Jiang Chen sighed, "But you clearly know those zombies are strange; you shouldn't risk your life for them."

"I'm not afraid."

"I'm afraid."

Jin Chen quickly took up Yu Rongzhou's words, frowning and speaking in a low voice, "I'm afraid you'll get hurt, that you won't be able to defeat them and will die, so that's why I'm angry."

The two stared at each other; Yu Rongzhou could clearly see himself reflected in Jin Chen's pupils. He somewhat helplessly shifted his gaze, but his heart was already churning with huge waves.

Such an emotion was too unfamiliar and too shocking for him, because no one had ever felt heartache for himself being injured before.

So he didn't know how to deal with the sudden emotion, nor how to respond to Jin Chen.

The two stared at each other in silence for a few seconds.

Jin Chen spoke his mind, and instead of staying angry, he placed his hand on Yu Rongzhou's shoulder and softened his tone.

"Zhouzhou, no matter what you want to do, even if you want to hide it from me, you must put your own safety first, okay?"

"......"

Yu Rongzhou nodded, tightened his lips, admitting he had been a bit rash today; that horde of zombies' usual approach left him truly without any foolproof means to extricate himself.

He tugged at Jin Chen's sleeve, his voice extremely soft.

"Sorry."