Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Fu Ke spoke nonsense without blinking, and even though so many people were looking at her in disbelief, she didn’t feel embarrassed at all.
Her tone was completely truthful, even if she might as well have just made it up.
And calling 666 a devil wasn’t wrong to him. How could a human destroy a base like this? Even Fu Ke, a zombie, didn’t have the nerve to say that a non-human like her would dare to do such a thing.
“Fu Ke, are you kidding?” Deng Wencong asked with an unsteady breath, trying to look calmer. But the twitching of his mouth still revealed his strange mood.
“I don’t have time to joke with you. This devil will release a phoenix when the rain stops.” After a pause, Fu Ke said, “The phoenix will rise from the ashes, and its temperature can burn everyone in this base.”
“Puff.” Xiao Bin couldn’t help laughing, and his laughter caused those who wanted to laugh but tried hard to hold it back to laugh as well.
Xiao Bin looked at Fu Ke, and the solemnity on his face disappeared: “The phoenix is born from flames, but that flame is the nemesis of all evil. If it is really a devil as you said, how can it control the phoenix?”
“…” Fu Ke blinked. She didn’t know whether the phoenix flame was the incarnation of evil, but the identity of the 666 devil was indeed made up by her.
“So, where did you know about the phoenix from? Legends? Or various myths?” Fu Ke looked at Xiao Bin with a guilty conscience: “Have you seen a phoenix? Do you know the real phoenix? How dare you say that the phoenix flame is the incarnation of evil?”
“Forget it, I won’t say much, it’s up to you.” Fu Ke waved her hand and prepared to leave.
“Wait!” Liu Guo’an stopped Fu Ke. “If we hide on the first floor, the phoenix’s flames will still burn this place. The refrigerators, air conditioners, computers, and all electronic products here will explode. In this case…”
Liu Guo’an said solemnly, “Even if we hide on the first floor, there is only one way to go, and that is death.”
Fu Ke smiled and said, “Hide on the first floor, there is a glimmer of hope. If you don’t hide, you will die. Your life is your own, it’s up to you to decide.”
Watching Fu Ke leave, those who had laughed at her just now felt a little embarrassed.
The end of the world had come, so it seemed that the devil and the like may not no longer exist. Thinking this, Lu Xun followed Fu Ke out.
Fu Ke turned around and saw Lu Xun. “Why are you following me?”
Lu Xun pursed his lips. “Are you telling the truth? Did Yang Zicong summon the devil just to get revenge on the people at the base? But no one at the base did anything to harm him. Instead, they saved his life.”
“He was deceived by the devil,” Fu Ke said to Lu Xun. “Don’t come out after the rain stops. Got it?”
Yang Zicong had indeed not sought out 666 but had been deceived by 666.
“I see. What about you?” Lu Xun looked at Fu Ke worriedly.
Fu Ke was stunned, then a warm feeling washed over her. “Don’t worry about me.”
“Legend has it that the phoenix is reborn from the ashes, its flames merging into one. That flame is beautiful, but deadly. In fact, the phoenix’s life is to burn itself, constantly burning.”
Lu Xun suddenly spoke. “That’s the legend I remember. I don’t know if it’s true. I hope this helps.”
Fu Ke looked at Lu Xun in surprise.
“Sorry… I can’t help you at all.” Even with his gold-based abilities, he couldn’t compare to the phoenix.
“No, you helped me. Thank you.” Fu Ke was surprised that Lu Xun still trusted her so much at this point. After all, this matter was truly more unbelievable than the apocalypse.
“I’ll keep everyone in our class in check,” Lu Xun promised.
Fu Ke nodded and left.
Meanwhile, in the small county town next to City D, 666 pulled a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall[1] from his backpack.
As a dedicated foodie, 666’s actions in his previous world were not only brutal but also involved sending people out to capture chefs daily. Those who cooked dishes he thought were delicious were kept. Those whose dishes tasted bad were killed. To avoid starvation, especially after experiencing several apocalyptic worlds where the food was simply unpalatable, he found a few chefs and had them take turns cooking for him. He stored much of the food in his backpack’s storage compartment. Anything he put in there was forbidden anyway.
If 001 hadn’t hurriedly called him back, he could have stored even more.
Unlike now, besides Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, all he had on hand was braised shark’s fin[2] and Dongpo pork. He finally found a good chef, but in the end, he only took away three dishes. It was really frustrating.
“Tsk tsk, hurry up and finish the mission so that we can go to the next world…” He never wanted to go on the mission of the doomsday world again.
….
The drizzle outside the window slowly stopped. As soon as the rain stopped, the weather suddenly became hot. The sudden heat made people unable to adapt to it for a while and felt very uncomfortable.
“The rain really stopped.” Xiao Bin looked out the window and slowly clenched his fists. It seemed that Fu Ke really did not lie to them. Fortunately, fortunately, they chose to believe Fu Ke.
They didn’t know why, although everyone was hesitant, they still felt that they should trust Fu Ke. Then Lu Xun’s look of firm belief in Fu Ke moved everyone.
Now that the rain stopped, the water on the road quickly dissipated and dried up. It seemed that the continuous rain before was just an illusion.
As early as when Fu Ke asked everyone to gather on the first floor as soon as the rain stopped, they asked everyone to gather on the first floor.
The crowded classrooms had become even more unbearable, and the monitors of each class were blocking the way and not letting anyone leave. So suddenly, every classroom was filled with complaints.
The noise was unbearable, and finally, in desperation, they turned on the air conditioner.
There were too many people and the weather was too hot, so the air conditioner couldn’t work for a while.
In the crowd, Du Weiwei’s eyes kept flickering.
Xiao Bin’s attitude towards her had become much colder recently. Even after hearing her say that she was controlled by someone when she wanted to kill Zhang Zhongmin, Xiao Bin was still not as nice to her as before.
However, Xiao Bin still told her the reason behind this strange behavior.
Du Weiwei felt that this group of people were simply crazy, as if they had been brainwashed by Fu Ke. Such a weird thing sounded like a fairy tale.
There were actually people who believed it!
And there were quite a few people who believed it, which made Du Weiwei feel that it seemed as if Fu Ke controlled their minds. Otherwise, how could they believe in the devil or the phoenix?
Du Weiwei scoffed at this but had no choice but to obey. The heat was unbearable, and the air-conditioning area was already packed.
If Xiao Bin hadn’t been there, there might have been a fight for a spot.
Du Weiwei held it in for a long time, her cheeks flushed red. Then she carefully squeezed out of the crowd and walked to the door and whispered, “Xiao Bin, I need to go to the bathroom…”
Xiao Bin glared at Du Weiwei and said in a low voice, “Didn’t I tell you clearly before?”
“But I really need to pee…” Du Weiwei said aggrievedly.
She didn’t believe Fu Ke had trapped everyone here for protection; there must be some other purpose, whatever it was. Du Weiwei felt she should go and take a look.
If zombies were truly surrounding them, she could still leave quickly. If it was something good for Fu Ke, she might even be able to sabotage it.
“Be careful and come back quickly after you go. If the Phoenix really comes, I won’t go to save you,” Xiao Bin whispered solemnly.
Even if he wanted to save her then, he wouldn’t be able to. Hence the stern warning.
Du Weiwei nodded obediently, but she didn’t take it seriously.
At the grocery store, 666 opened the pet backpack. A scarlet bird with long tail feathers and plumes, its body covered in scarlet and gold markings, appeared.
Released, it chirped with joy, its voice ethereal.
However, the moment it was released, it was enveloped in crimson flames. As the Phoenix’s master, 666 wasn’t afraid of the flames surrounding the Phoenix.
“Go,” 666 whispered softly.
Like a raging fire, it shot straight up into the sky.
666 glanced at the melted objects around him and felt a surge of helplessness. He abandoned everything and headed straight for the grocery store across the street. Inside, he found nothing.
“Tsk, like bandits,” 666 shook his head.
The daytime heat after the apocalypse was already intense, but now it was even more unbearable. As if sensing something, even the zombies had retreated to dark corners and refused to emerge.
The streets of City D were suffocatingly quiet.
Fu Ke, leaning against the window and watching outside, could sense a dangerous aura. Unleashing her spiritual power, she successfully captured the phoenix, soaring high in the sky.
Even at its height, it looked like two suns to the ground.
From outside, she could clearly see the water vapor evaporating from the ground. At the phoenix’s speed, it would soon reach the D City base.
It would then descend gradually from the sky.
Fu Ke stretched, twisted her neck, and leaped from the window. After landing steadily on the ground, she walked directly into the D City base in a swagger.
Fu Ke was very satisfied to see the deserted D City base. As for the zombie encirclement that they had worried about before, Fu Ke scoffed. With her, the zombie king, around, that kind of situation would not happen unless she did it on purpose.
Fu Ke walked up the stairs.
Du Weiwei wiped the sweat from her forehead when she saw Fu Ke’s back. Her hair was completely wet with sweat. There was an unpleasant smell on her body.
Her eyes flickered slightly, and she followed secretly.
Fu Ke used all her mental power to pay attention to the phoenix, and at the same time, she had to influence the place where the phoenix landed. The phoenix was a divine beast, and even if she was a twelfth-level spiritual system, she could not control this kind of creature.
So Fu Ke didn’t even notice that Du Weiwei was following her from a distance.
Coming to the rooftop, Fu Ke looked up at the sky.
Du Weiwei squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky along Fu Ke’s line of sight. The light was too bright and she couldn’t see clearly for a while. After squinting for a long time, she could see clearly that something was falling down.
That red thing, could it be a treasure?
Fu Ke deceived everyone just to get this thing? If it really was a phoenix that came to destroy the base, how could Fu Ke stand here to greet it?
Bah, isn’t she afraid of being roasted?
Du Weiwei wiped the sweat from her forehead. It was so hot. It was indeed a treasure. If she grabbed the treasure, would she become a superpower user?
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