Yun Lan swallowed hard, guessing that Yang Taozi must have done something to provoke Li Xuan, which led to this outcome.

She couldn't help but resent Yang Taozi's stupidity. What kind of person was Li Xuan?

Tall, strong, young, with excellent physical strength—he had prepared large amounts of food before the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, those who had designs on Li Xuan's supplies all failed. The people Auntie Yun led had turned into zombies wandering downstairs. Yet Yang Taozi still dared to target Li Xuan.

Yun Lan rubbed her temples. Yang Taozi was afraid of zombies and didn't dare go outside to search for food, yet he dared to make moves against Li Xuan. The key point was that she had previously warned Yang Taozi that Li Xuan might be the Prehistoric Colossus shapeshifter. If Li Xuan was pushed too far and transformed into a giant beast on the spot, Yang Taozi would definitely be the one to die.

Tall, strong, young, with excellent physical strength—he had prepared large amounts of food before the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, those who had designs on Li Xuan's supplies all failed. The people Auntie Yun led had turned into zombies wandering downstairs. Yet Yang Taozi still dared to target Li Xuan.

Yang Taozi targeting Li Xuan meant that even if Li Xuan didn't come after her afterward, there would definitely be resentment in his heart. Her difficulty in trying to latch onto Li Xuan's coattails had greatly increased.

Finally, Yun Lan went up to the 18th floor and saw Yang Taozi lying in a pool of blood, completely lifeless.

Whew~

Fortunately, Li Xuan had gone back inside. Otherwise, she was really afraid that Li Xuan might get carried away and casually chop her down too.

Yun Lan grabbed Yang Taozi's arm and forcefully dragged him up. Looking at Yang Taozi's face, she felt an indescribable sense of pleasure, as if the shackles on her body had completely disappeared, making her feel much lighter.

She dragged him to the window edge and pushed him down with force.

As the splash sound rang out, Yun Lan knew she was free. That was the chime of freedom.

On the ground, zombies swarmed. Many survivors were awakened by the noise and looked down, only to see clusters of zombie heads moving about.

The night was long, and many people suffered from insomnia.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. Lucky survivors were discovered by the authorities and taken to gathering points. Those with poor luck faced a choice between starvation and risking their lives. The number of survivors continuously decreased.

The complex had lost power two weeks ago, and today the water pipes stopped producing water. The complex owners' group chat had few people speaking anymore, becoming cold and quiet.

Currently, nine out of ten units in the complex were empty. The vacant units had no food or water left either, having been broken into early on by bold people who took all the supplies.

After a month of consumption, the bold survivors' homes had no surplus food left. Some of the more timid survivors had already starved to death, their homes in complete disarray. If someone were to cut open their stomachs, they would find cotton, sofa leather fragments, and other materials inside. When people are desperately hungry, they'll dare to eat anything.

Without electricity, phones became useless bricks. Losing means of online communication made survivors more easily controlled by fear, and despair began to spread.

The number of people decreased, but the zombies didn't. Zombies could survive without eating and kept wandering around the complex, chasing anyone who dared to go outside.

Survivors who had been starving for a month had little physical strength left. At most, they could initially run faster than zombies, but they wouldn't be able to run more than a few hundred meters before being caught by the undead.

In the living room, Li Xuan stepped on the scale. Compared to the beginning of the apocalypse outbreak, he hadn't gotten thinner—instead, he had gained two pounds. Of course, it wasn't more fat, but increased muscle mass that caused the weight gain.

For over a month, he hadn't slacked off for a single day. He persisted in daily exercise to strengthen his body, eating heartily to replenish energy, never going hungry for even one day. That's how he achieved these results.

He touched the faintly visible lines of his abdominal muscles. He had to tense his stomach hard to see any lines, visible only in dim lighting. It couldn't compare to professional fitness enthusiasts, but he was quite satisfied.

The next version would be the era of ability users. As long as his body was sufficient, there was no need to excessively pursue perfection in the first version.

"It's been a month without going outside. I'm actually getting a bit bored." Li Xuan casually opened a bag of chocolate and slowly ate it.

Yun Xiuzhi was eating potato chips and lifted her small head upon hearing this. "Hey hey, my good big brother, it's the apocalypse now, not like before. Going outside will get you killed! Besides, it's only been a month. We have food and drink at home—people outside would kill to have what we have! This kind of life is practically heavenly!"

Li Xuan smiled. He was just expressing a feeling, casually mentioning it without any intention of going out to seek excitement. "No wonder you're a homebody. You can endure the loneliness."

Yun Xiuzhi raised both her wings as if putting her hands on her hips like a person. "I'm easily satisfied! My grandmother said people should know how to be content!"

Li Xuan sat on the sofa and took out a box from underneath.

When opened, it revealed more than ten fruits inside, mostly unripe green apricots.

These green apricots were the future Giantization Fruits. Yun Xiuzhi had flown back and forth more than ten times to bring back all the green apricots.

The intelligence provided by the system mentioned eleven and a half Giantization Fruits, but Yun Xiuzhi had brought back fourteen, all fruits from those three trees.

Li Xuan guessed that all fourteen green apricots would mutate into Giantization Fruits in the future. His reasoning was that the intelligence mentioned half a Giantization Fruit being eaten by termites—so what about the other half?

If some animal had eaten it, the intelligence should have mentioned it.

Since the intelligence didn't mention it, it was likely there was only half a Giantization Fruit, with the other half being eaten before the version update.

The extra two and a half were probably eaten by animals or people between the first and second versions.

In addition, there was one gray seed.

This was an opportunity Li Xuan learned about through the Intelligence System during the past month.

The seed was called the Ability Seed. During the second version, it could forcibly awaken abilities in those who hadn't naturally awakened them. The method of use was to cut an opening in the chest and plant the seed in the wound, using the human body as soil.

Within three days, the seed would merge with flesh and blood, stimulating the body's potential to form an ability that wouldn't have otherwise existed.

The Ability Seed was very small. Among a pile of seeds, Yun Xiuzhi had spent considerable time and effort to find it.

"What a pity, missing out on the divine fruit from Kunlun Mountain." Li Xuan murmured quietly.

Hearing this, Yun Xiuzhi quickly tried to persuade him. "Kunlun Mountain is too far from us! I can't fly that far, and if I fly too far, I don't know the way. I'd die of exhaustion before reaching it! Don't think about going yourself either—it's too dangerous. Traveling on foot would take at least half a month, and that's a conservative estimate. If you encounter zombie hordes, it could take months to get there."

Li Xuan rubbed Yun Xiuzhi's head. "Why are you panicking? I wasn't planning to send you now anyway."

He hadn't told Yun Xiuzhi about his Intelligence System. In Yun Xiuzhi's eyes, he was a survivor who had returned from the future.

As for keeping it secret?

That wouldn't work. He and Yun Xiuzhi spent day and night together, and they would need to venture through the apocalypse together in the future. Complete concealment simply wasn't realistic, so it was better to let Yun Xiuzhi misunderstand.

This way, it would also make Yun Xiuzhi more obedient and willing to work willingly, helping him intercept opportunities in advance.

'I should go to Kunlun Mountain when I get the chance.' Li Xuan thought silently to himself.

No other reason—the opportunities on Kunlun Mountain were too attractive.

Intelligence: [Kunlun Divine Fruit: Deep in the Kunlun Mountain valley exists an ancient tree that will undergo epic-level mutation after the second version update, bearing three divine fruits: Lava Fruit, Frost Fruit, and Flash Fruit. Eating them grants corresponding abilities, with ability ratings of S-class!]