Chapter 149: Miaomiao, it's me, your old classmate!

"Your Highness!"

Sun Rong arrived in front of Su Miao's villa.

Su Miao opened the door, her expression frozen and cold as she looked at Sun Rong. "What is it?"

Sun Rong immediately explained the purpose of Fan Qing and the others' visit. "Your Highness, we didn't dare to make a decision on our own and specifically came to ask for your instructions."

He mentioned Fan Qing's friendly attitude, as well as the possibility that these people might all be ability users.

A doctor?

Su Miao said, "Give them sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes. Tell them to head northwest to reach the Four Seas Base."

Sun Rong replied, "Understood, Your Highness. I'll bring two people to collect the vegetables."

Su Miao nodded. "Mm."

If they were doctors, as long as they didn't disturb her, giving away a little food was no big deal.

Sun Rong said, "I'll get right on it."

The myna bird stood nearby and asked, "Your Highness, should I go take a look?"

Su Miao replied, "You can just stay here and watch."

If these people caused any trouble, she would turn them into undead to help with the logging.

...

Fan Qing and his group entered the villa, filled with curiosity as they looked at the high-end residence.

They hadn't expected to find such a well-preserved villa up in the mountains.

"Dr. Fan, look! There's a fireplace on the second floor and heating pipes too. We can stay right here."

The girl who had earlier spotted the smoke said this.

Her name was Liu Zixuan, twenty-three years old, and a graduate of a prestigious top-tier university.

After the blizzard and extreme cold began, she awakened wind-type abilities, making her an indispensable combat asset in the team.

Because of her high speed, scouting duties within the team fell to her.

Having done scouting for so long, her observational skills had grown increasingly sharp.

Discovering the fireplace and heating pipes was, naturally, child's play for her.

"Dr. Fan, really, as long as this fireplace is lit, we'll have heating."

Several young people said with great excitement.

Heating!

In such a blizzard and extreme cold, that could save lives.

Fan Qing walked over, inspected the fireplace and heating pipes, and said, "The heating pipes aren't frozen and broken. They can be used."

His expression turned somewhat excited; finally, they wouldn't have to live in igloos anymore.

However, not even three seconds into his joy, Fan Qing quickly calmed down.

Whether they could stay here depended entirely on those people.

Moreover, even if they could stay, where would they get food? These were all problems.

"Dr. Fan, is there a problem?" Liu Zixuan asked.

Fan Qing said with a serious expression, "First, staying here requires their permission. Second, we don't have enough food and fuel. Third, don't forget our goal is a shelter; no matter how nice this place is, it's not our final destination."

Liu Zixuan and the others' faces fell.

This was clearly an abandoned villa; why did they need someone else's permission to live in it?

Still, food and fuel were indeed major issues.

"Dr. Fan, that person is back."

At that moment, someone came up to report.

Sun Rong moved quickly, returning in less than a few minutes.

Seeing Fan Qing standing at the doorway, Sun Rong said, "I've asked for instructions. You cannot stay here."

As soon as those words fell, an uproar broke out among the people behind Fan Qing.

Having seen how nice the villa was, hearing Sun Rong's words made many of them quite angry.

However, after the beatings dealt by their journey, no matter how angry they felt inside, not a single one showed it on their face.

Sun Rong continued, "We will give you some food. When the time comes, take the food and head northwest; you can reach the Four Seas Base, and they will take you in."

Fan Qing said, "This—thank you very much! But it's already afternoon; could you allow us to stay here for one night?"

Sun Rong nodded. "Alright. I'll take someone to prepare the food for you."

Once he walked away, the expressions of everyone inside the villa turned quite ugly.

What right did they have to say they couldn't live here?

Even though their destination was finding a shelter.

Liu Zixuan said, "Dr. Fan, we have fifteen people, and every single one of us is an ability user."

Fan Qing said, "Put away those little thoughts of yours. The person just now was very strong; it's already good enough that he's willing to give us food. Besides, he told us the location of the nearby Four Seas Base. We can easily take the food and check out the Four Seas Base."

Liu Zixuan argued, "But Dr. Fan, the fact that he's willing to give us food doesn't that mean their food supply is extremely abundant? We have so many people, and there's a fireplace and heating here—many problems could be solved."

"And we haven't met a single good person along this entire road. Do you really trust these people?"

Fan Qing fell into deep contemplation. "I'll say it again: do not act rashly."

Liu Zixuan said, "Dr. Fan, don't worry. I won't act rashly without figuring things out. Now, it should be fine for me to go out and scout, right?"

Fan Qing remained silent; scouting was necessary at all times.

In case these people were cannibals or bandits, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At that moment, two more people stepped forward. "It's too dangerous for you to go alone. We'll go with you."

Liu Zixuan nodded. "Fine."

Fan Qing reminded them, "Remember, try not to expose yourselves."

Liu Zixuan waved a hand. "Don't worry!"

The three of them stepped out into the wind and snow, circumventing the line of sight of Guo Yixing who had been left behind to keep watch, and followed Sun Rong's footprints ahead.

That was the place where Sun Rong had gone for instructions; inside must reside either even more powerful ability users or their food storage area.

Come to think of it, the smoking villa she had seen from the foot of the mountain was located right in that direction.

There had to be secrets there.

"Your Highness, we're here to harvest vegetables."

Sun Rong brought along Chu Zekai and Yu Feng, leaving Guo Yixing behind at the previous villa to monitor those people.

Human hearts were unfathomable, especially in an apocalypse like this.

The reason he wanted to help those people was simply because their team leader was a doctor; had it been any other profession, it would have depended on the circumstances.

This was the apocalypse; no one could guarantee they wouldn't get sick in the future. Saving a doctor might one day save his own life.

Sun Rong's fear of death was carved deep into his bones. No matter what happened, he would always overthink things from that perspective.

"Mm," Su Miao said as she opened the door and walked out.

Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng took their tools off the sled in the snow and began skillfully picking fresh corn, digging up sweet potatoes and potatoes.

The myna bird stood on a tomato tree in the vegetable patch, watching the three of them work.

...

Meanwhile, Liu Zixuan and the other two sneaked up close to the area.

Peeking out, their eyes were filled with shock.

Under the freezing and extremely cold conditions of the snow-covered world, there was actually a patch of vibrant green farmland here: green vegetables, napa cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, corn, soybeans, broad beans, sweet potatoes, and even melons hanging full across trellises...

Was this really the apocalypse?

Were they hallucinating?

And in such cold weather, how on earth were these vegetables growing so lushly? The fruits they bore were also much larger than ordinary ones!

Could a single tomato weigh three pounds?

Could a single cucumber weigh over three pounds?

Could a single ear of corn weigh more than ten pounds?

And these sweet potatoes, these potatoes—just how heavy must they be?

Liu Zixuan and the others stared at the abundance of fresh vegetables, their faces painted with astonishment.

Suddenly, she noticed the person standing at the doorway of the villa.

She looked extremely familiar.

Su Miao?

?

Sensing an unfamiliar gaze, Su Miao's heart tightened, and she looked over instantly.

No matter how fast Liu Zixuan and the others ducked back, they were still spotted by her.

She frowned slightly.

"Who's there? Come out!"

The myna bird flew up instantly, shouting toward the three hiding figures.

Liu Zixuan and the others turned to flee, but the moment they spun around, they saw the myna bird fly right in front of them, meaning escape was useless. They stopped immediately.

Stared down by this myna bird, Liu Zixuan felt an intense sense of danger.

Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng, who were busy working, immediately stopped what they were doing and looked toward Su Miao with nervous expressions. "Your Highness, we didn't notice..."

Last time, they had been hijacked and brought here by people from the God of Fire Base.

Your Highness Su Miao had already warned them with a human life.

This time, it was purely their desire to help someone else that had led these people to follow them here.

Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng felt unprecedented fear; they wished they could immediately kill the three of them who had followed.

Damn it, this was going to get them all killed!

"Squawk, squawk! Who told you to come over?!"

The myna bird hovered in mid-air, interrogating them sternly.

"Miao'miao! Su Miao, it's me!"

At that moment, Liu Zixuan took the initiative to step out. "I'm Liu Zixuan! Do you remember? Your college classmate."

This was the apocalypse; classmates and the like were nonsense, but since she had been discovered, she had no choice but to reveal her identity, hoping to play the emotional card next.

?

Now it was the myna bird's turn to be confused about the situation.

The girl in front of them knew Your Highness Su Miao? They were college classmates?

It stopped talking and flew to Su Miao's side first, wanting to see how Your Highness Su Miao planned to handle this.

Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng were baffled; this situation exceeded their comprehension.

Su Miao simply looked at Liu Zixuan without making any response.

College classmate?

Su Miao remembered.

This Liu Zixuan was in the student union. Once, when the school was holding a student gala, she discovered Su Miao playing the piano and wanted to invite her to perform, but Su Miao refused.

Having to play the piano in front of so many people would make her unable to breathe.

Later, Liu Zixuan asked her for her contact information multiple times, which Su Miao never gave. Unexpectedly, Liu Zixuan found her phone number through other means and repeatedly tried to add her on WeChat, inviting her to dinner and so on...

Su Miao ignored all of it.

Later still, an unfamiliar male student called her mobile phone, claiming Liu Zixuan had introduced him and wanted to get to know her.

Su Miao immediately blocked that unfamiliar male student and blocked Liu Zixuan along the way.

That was pretty much how it went.

Liu Zixuan took a few steps forward. "I really didn't expect to see you here. It's such a pleasant surprise."

Remembering Su Miao's social anxiety, she stopped after taking just a few steps, terrified of making things worse.

Judging from the current situation, the myna bird belonged to Su Miao.

This vegetable patch belonged to Su Miao.

Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng had been terrified upon realizing they were being tracked, seemingly afraid of Su Miao.

Su Miao hadn't spoken up to this point, and she didn't know if the identity of a college classmate would be of any use in front of Su Miao. Most importantly, back in college, it was she who had given Su Miao's phone number to a senior student.

At the time, several attempts to invite Su Miao out to dinner were actually instigated by that senior.

Since Su Miao had such severe social anxiety, she probably didn't know about that.

But regardless, she hoped the identity of a college classmate could play some role here.

For instance, with so many vegetables, plus the heating inside that villa.

Wait, if she could move into Su Miao's villa...

Wouldn't that be even better?

The moment that thought popped up, Liu Zixuan quickly snuffed it out.

"Hahaha, what a coincidence! I didn't expect you to be Zixuan's friend. Then we're all friends."

"Yeah, yeah! Let's harvest vegetables together."

Just as Liu Zixuan stopped talking, waiting for Su Miao to speak, two of the companions who had followed spoke up first.

They were also responsible for scouting tasks within the team and possessed immense strength.

Many times when the team encountered danger, they had relied on these two to weather the crisis.

After this happened too many times, the two men gradually grew conceited.

Of course, this was the apocalypse, so they still exercised some restraint.

To be honest, when they were blocked by the myna bird, both of them had felt immense pressure, but hearing Liu Zixuan say this was an old classmate made them relax. Plus, seeing how pretty Su Miao was...

They had to admit, this was the feeling of a heartbeat.

"Ahem, we're all friends, don't be nervous."

"Relax, we don't have any malicious intent. Since we're all friends, could you let us stay in that villa, and since there are so many vegetables here, share some more with us?"

The two men looked at Su Miao and took a few more steps forward.

Liu Zixuan froze.

Her heartbeat seemed to accelerate at that exact moment.

Su Miao had been socially anxious back at school; stepping too close and talking so much was practically provoking Su Miao!

Just as she wanted to open her mouth to stop her two companions, Su Miao spoke.

"Kill them."

The voice was soft and pleasant, and everyone heard it.

For the sake of being classmates, and for the sake of the doctor, giving away a little extra vegetable food was no big deal.

Even though it was the apocalypse, she wasn't some bloodthirsty freak who killed everyone she saw.

However, she sensed a trace of malice and some other complex emotions from Liu Zixuan, which directly dredged up many memories of college for Su Miao.

Back in college, her social anxiety had been severe and she basically didn't socialize, but that didn't mean she never looked at things.

She frequently visited the campus forum to read various news and gossip.

At first, Su Miao only recalled memories related to herself and Liu Zixuan, but under the stimulation of this malice, she remembered campus gossip where anonymous female students accused Liu Zixuan of pimping.

She remembered it made quite a stir at the time, with police even entering the school to take a few students away.

Later on, it fizzled out into nothing.

Recalling this, Liu Zixuan was directly judged as a dangerous target in Su Miao's heart.

Of course, that alone wasn't enough to make Su Miao order a killing.

However, the two men beside Liu Zixuan casually walked right up, talking as they came, making Su Miao feel exceptionally nervous—so much so that she could barely maintain her cold expression.

Most importantly, Su Miao sensed extremely intense malice coming from them.

That made them enemies.

"Her Highness said kill them!"

The myna bird flew up and shouted loudly.

Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng initially thought they had misheard, but upon hearing the myna bird's voice, they sprang into action immediately.

This was a chance given to them by Your Highness Su Miao—a chance to redeem their oversight.

Thinking of the battle that took place a few days ago, it wouldn't be too hard for Your Highness Su Miao to kill these three.

Sun Rong dashed forward at blinding speed, appearing in front of one of them in the blink of an eye and launching a powerful strike.

Boom!

Caught off guard, the man spat blood and was blasted flying.

Chu Zekai and Yu Feng followed closely behind, locking onto Liu Zixuan and the other remaining person.

"Su Miao, I have no hostility! It was just these two acting on their own, don't misunderstand..."

Liu Zixuan's expression changed, and she shouted loudly.

She had always thought these two teammates were smart; why did they turn into pig-headed teammates at the critical moment?

"If you had just stayed in the villa, nothing would have happened. Why did you chase after us?"

Chu Zekai intercepted Liu Zixuan, throwing a punch with lightning speed.

Liu Zixuan dodged the attack like the wind.

That's right, why did she chase after them?

Her expression dazed for a moment, her body twisting to evade Chu Zekai's thunderous blow.

She had almost been mentally affected just now, nearly losing her life.

This guy actually possessed a dual-attribute ability!

The third person met Yu Feng's attack.

The moment they made contact, the man's right arm went numb, and he let out a miserable scream.

Before he could flee for his life, Yu Feng's palm landed on his left shoulder.

Extreme cold rapidly invaded his body.

Not only did his left arm lose all sensation, but his heartbeat also stopped.

The ability user fell straight down with a look of disbelief on his face; he was clearly super strong, so why did it end like this?

Meanwhile, Sun Rong's figure moved like a phantom, overwhelming his opponent until he was killed on the spot.

By the time the man collapsed, he realized his teammate had died a step ahead of him.

There were three of them when they arrived, but now only one remained.

"What the hell, you guys kill so fast?"

Chu Zekai was dumbfounded.

He was the only one who hadn't finished off his opponent.

It wasn't that he hadn't struck ruthlessly, nor that he underestimated his opponent, but Liu Zixuan was actually capable of resisting his mental manipulation.

This forced Chu Zekai into a hard kill, yet Liu Zixuan's strength wasn't weak at all. Not only failed to kill her, but he himself almost got injured.

"Help!" Chu Zekai shouted.

This was a righteous group beating.

Sun Rong and Yu Feng were slightly surprised, but they said nothing, immediately joining the battlefield from the left and right.

Yet, facing Sun Rong's extreme speed, Yu Feng's extreme cold, and Chu Zekai's fierce attacks, Liu Zixuan not only successfully defended against them all, but Sun Rong almost got mind-controlled, Chu Zekai almost got frozen, and Yu Feng almost suffered heavy injuries.

"Squawk, squawk! Is this that martial arts movie move where you shift stars and transfer attacks?"

The myna bird flew over the battlefield and asked curiously.

?

Su Miao tilted her head.

Su Miao didn't know the exact extent of Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng's strength, but even with three of them ganging up, they still couldn't kill Liu Zixuan.

Bang!

With an explosive sound on the battlefield, Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng were sent flying backward, each sustaining injuries.

Their expressions turned ugly.

Worse yet, Liu Zixuan dashed toward Su Miao like the wind.

"Your Highness!"

The expressions of Sun Rong, Chu Zekai, and Yu Feng changed drastically as they rushed after her.

Failing to kill Liu Zixuan was already their fault; letting her charge right in front of Your Highness Su Miao was fatal!

"Miao'miao, we're classmates, we're friends!"

Liu Zixuan shouted loudly, "Why do you want to kill me?"

Su Miao said, "You wanted to invite me to dinner."

Liu Zixuan's expression shifted continuously. "That... that was just a senior wanting to get to know you, really, it was just having a meal, don't believe those rumors."

Sure enough, past events had been uncovered.

Liu Zixuan hardened her heart, arriving right in front of Su Miao in a flash, deciding to take Su Miao down.

Su Miao raised her hand, condensing three ice spikes that shot forward abruptly, piercing through Liu Zixuan's body one after another.

The ice spikes were too fast; Liu Zixuan couldn't dodge this time. She stared at Su Miao in disbelief as blood continuously flowed from her wounds.

"Miao'miao, we're friends..."

"We never were."