At night, Li Xuan received two new pieces of intelligence, both related to An Chun and Su Letian. He had once again altered the fates of others.

Intelligence [Fallen Empress: An Chun originally planned to cooperate with you to obtain the Reproduction Supernatural Characteristic, create many mutated quails to serve as her eyes, search for other mutated zombies, seize their Supernatural Characteristics, and accumulate strength.

But plans changed. After you left, An Chun discovered that the Reproduction Supernatural Characteristic had been stolen by Su Letian. She was furious at Su Letian's betrayal—this was the first time she had trusted a man, only to be betrayed by him at the most critical moment, completely ruining her subsequent plans.

An Chun returned to the Official Survivor Base and found that Su Letian hadn't returned, but she encountered Su Letian's wife. Terrified, she noticed that Su Letian's wife treated her very well, repeatedly showing kindness. Instead of being reassured, she became extremely fearful and reported the matter of Su Letian's wife coming back to life to the organization.

After investigation by the organization, An Chun learned that Su Letian's wife was actually Su Letian transformed. Disgusted and angry, she kept her distance. Later, several more people identical to Su Letian's wife appeared in the base, and their numbers kept increasing.

By the second version, the people created by Su Letian had become important members of the Official Survivor Base, forming new families with hundreds of survivors. An Chun expressed great shock at this. When her negative emotions accumulated to a certain level, she awakened an A-grade ability: Corrupting Touch, which could enhance her abilities by absorbing her own negative emotions.

She forced herself to interact with Su Letian daily, growing stronger rapidly until she eventually had an emotional breakdown, transformed into the Fallen Empress, forgave Su Letian, and even formed a new family with him.]

Heavens! This is too outrageous!

Is this what the apocalypse is made of?

In the apocalypse, anyone is capable of doing anything!

After reading this piece of intelligence, Li Xuan wondered if his own mind was starting to have problems.

Was Su Letian even normal?

Someone as intelligent as An Chun actually ended up becoming a madwoman.

Could Su Letian have some kind of ability that affects people's minds?

Intelligence [Blood Sacrifice: When the third version descended, the Official Survivor Base they were in was breached by strange beings and reduced to an empty city. Su Letian escaped with his life using his Doppelganger ability. In subsequent minor version updates, when martial arts rose to prominence, he accidentally obtained a demonic cultivation manual. He performed blood sacrifices of his kin to enhance his aptitude.

Su Letian's relatives had long died in the apocalypse. After much thought, he performed blood sacrifices on the people he had created himself. When he cultivated to the eighth layer of the demonic art, he triggered a hidden mechanism left by the creator of the demonic art, attracting the remnant soul of a terrifying demonic entity. His body was possessed by the demon's soul.

After merging with Su Letian's memories, the demonic entity suffered mental collapse, went berserk, and transformed into a frenzied demonic creature roaming the wasteland, eventually being slain by the Non-Combat Empress.

Intelligence [Blood Sacrifice: When the third version descended, the Official Survivor Base they were in was breached by strange beings and reduced to an empty city. Su Letian escaped with his life using his Doppelganger ability. In subsequent minor version updates, when martial arts rose to prominence, he accidentally obtained a demonic cultivation manual. He performed blood sacrifices of his kin to enhance his aptitude.

If Su Letian could survive until the cultivation version, he would definitely become a mighty figure in the evil path.

After merging with Su Letian's memories, the demonic entity suffered mental collapse, went berserk, and transformed into a frenzied demonic creature roaming the wasteland, eventually being slain by the Non-Combat Empress.

According to the second piece of intelligence, An Chun would die in the third version.

But the intelligence didn't detail the abilities of the strange beings—was it because the third version was still too far away?

For the next ten days, Li Xuan had been traveling. Mid-journey, he received intelligence about a mutated zombie. Unfortunately, it was too far away—located in another province. The Supernatural Characteristic was quite good, being a Speed Characteristic, which was exactly what he lacked now.

After consideration, Li Xuan gave up on the Speed Characteristic. The journey would take at least two months, and by the time he arrived, the mutated zombie might have already been discovered by the local Official Survivor Base, leaving him with nothing.

Moreover, he speculated that a minor version update was approaching, which would bring new variables. It was best not to travel too far.

"We've finally reached Kunlun Mountain. Let's find a place to rest first," Li Xuan said.

After searching around, Li Xuan found a relatively hidden abandoned tower. There was a zombie in the small room at the top. He casually pierced the zombie's skull with his claw and threw it out, then settled Yun Xiuzhi and the Little White Snake inside.

"I'm going to search for food. Huo Lingling, change back first. Let Yun Xiuzhi continue teaching you knowledge," Li Xuan instructed.

Moreover, he speculated that a minor version update was approaching, which would bring new variables. It was best not to travel too far.

Li Xuan grunted in agreement and dove into the water to search for canned food beneath the surface.

Huo Lingling wanted to sit on the ground but was stopped by Yun Xiuzhi. "Don't sit! Wait until you put on clothes before sitting down. Aren't you afraid of getting dirty?"

"Oh~"

Huo Lingling stood obediently. "What should we learn?"

After a period of teaching, Huo Lingling could now communicate basically with people, though she still didn't understand some strange words, like Xia Country's unique national treasures.

"It's not 'we learn,' it's 'you learn, I teach.'"

"Oh~ What should I learn?"

"What do you want to learn?" Yun Xiuzhi asked in return. She wanted to cultivate Huo Lingling's ability to think independently; otherwise, Huo Lingling would become a fool who couldn't think for herself.

Hmm~

Huo Lingling placed her finger by her lips, making a cute sound, her brows slightly furrowed as she thought very hard.

"I want to learn things that will make Li Xuan happy."

?

A question mark appeared in Yun Xiuzhi's mind. "Why do you want to learn that?"

"He works very hard and gives me food. I want to make him happy," Huo Lingling said, her eyes utterly sincere. These words weren't a lie but came from her heart.

"Good! I'll teach you."

A few minutes later

Wait!

Yun Xiuzhi suddenly realized—she had misunderstood. Huo Lingling was a blank slate who knew nothing. With her own mind full of dirty thoughts, she had misinterpreted Huo Lingling's intentions and was now teaching her the wrong things.

What should she do?

Huo Lingling looked up at Yun Xiuzhi. "Did I do something wrong?"

"You didn't do anything wrong. I was wrong. Let's not learn that for now," Yun Xiuzhi said.

Oh~

Huo Lingling lowered her head and imitated Li Xuan's actions by patting non-existent dust off her body. "Then teach me how to lay eggs."

"Lay eggs? What nonsense is that?"

"Don't humans need to lay eggs?" Huo Lingling asked in return.

Yun Xiuzhi then remembered that Huo Lingling still had snake-like thinking patterns. Although minimal, they weren't completely gone.

Reproduction and egg-laying were perfectly normal behaviors for snakes, nothing to be ashamed of.

"Humans don't lay eggs. Humans directly give birth to small humans," Yun Xiuzhi explained.

"Humans are truly amazing," Huo Lingling praised.

After learning to think, she had figured out many things.

Eggs exposed outside could easily be eaten by other animals, requiring constant guarding—very troublesome.

Giving birth directly to small humans didn't have this concern.

At that moment, Li Xuan returned with two bags of clothes and a large amount of canned food.

Huo Lingling rushed into Li Xuan's embrace. Li Xuan reached out and ruffled Huo Lingling's hair. "Hungry? Put on some clothes, and let's eat. We have beef cans this time."

Li Xuan expected Huo Lingling to say "Yay!" next, but instead he was startled.

"Let's make small humans!"

Li Xuan's hand paused for a moment, and his gaze shifted to Yun Xiuzhi. "What have you been teaching her?"

"Um... I... well... you know snakes have instincts to lay eggs during certain seasons. This isn't my fault," Yun Xiuzhi said.