Published: January 31, 2025
Ye Zhongming and Mo Ye were hiding at the staircase leading to the second floor of the tennis hall, waiting for the best opportunity.
Mo Ye had agreed to cooperate with Ye Zhongming, and they were now temporary allies.
What Mo Ye needed to do was very dangerous; she had to attract the attention of two large lizards, leaving one for Ye Zhongming to kill quickly.
As a professionally trained female police officer, Mo Ye naturally knew what she was facing. She also learned from Ye Zhongming that these large lizards were second-level mutated creatures, but she still agreed, as she was very interested in the so-called power of "bestowal."
Moreover, Ye Zhongming promised her that if she helped complete a second task, he would tell her how to survive in the apocalypse.
Mo Ye wasn't particularly interested in survival methods; she wanted to know what this so-called apocalypse was all about.
Holding an aluminum alloy baseball bat, Mo Ye's astonishment could not settle in her heart.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that this was a baseball bat, because no normal baseball bat would emit a gray light!
Even if this gray light was barely noticeable!
She distinctly remembered that the man had found four or five of these baseball bats in a locker room. They seemed ordinary at first, but after he took them elsewhere and brought them back, only this one remained with a gray halo.
Mo Ye had seen good things before; she could use almost all firearms in the world and drive nearly all types of vehicles. Despite her young age, she had carried out many difficult tasks.
But she had never seen a baseball bat that felt like it could punch a hole in the Earth!
Her gaze towards Ye Zhongming had become incredibly complex, as if she were looking at a monster.
Mo Ye realized that this so-called power could take many forms, and this man had mastered more than one of them.
A strange thought arose in her mind; she wanted to understand and even possess these powers.
Being a police officer, her thirst for power was different from ordinary people. Having witnessed this power, Mo Ye's original confusion lightened significantly, as if she had found a glimmer of interesting light in the darkness.
Ye Zhongming was no stranger to the look in this woman's eyes. Many people in the apocalypse had such gazes; it was a form of desire—for evolution potions, for equipment, for weapons, and for beautiful women. Ultimately, it was a desire for life itself.
He knew that the baseball bat he had given this woman, which he had enhanced four times as a craftsman, had already awakened her desire. So next, he didn't have to worry about her not cooperating.
In the apocalypse, individual power might be exalted to an extreme, but ultimately many things could not be accomplished by individuals, especially in the early to mid-apocalypse when teamwork mattered even more.
In Ye Zhongming's plan, tomorrow's operation would require more than just one female officer; he also needed to bring Mu Xinfey and that internet celebrity to form a small team.
As for the baseball bat he had enhanced, Ye Zhongming wasn't clear on its current level, but one thing was certain: its hardness was undoubtedly comparable to the finest steel, and importantly, it was lightweight...
Watching Mo Ye treat the baseball bat like a treasure, Ye Zhongming felt a rush of superiority. If he had the right materials, what would happen if he enhanced this bat further? How excited would she be?
"Here they come!"
Ye Zhongming's ears perked up, and he whispered two words. The two people and one dog hidden there instantly focused their minds, ready to launch an assault.
Thanks to the flashlight that had fallen in the bathroom, its light was still shining, illuminating the door of the bathroom and revealing the silhouettes of three large lizards.
Perhaps because they failed to push through the hole in the ceiling covered by wooden boards and debris, the three large lizards, feeling a bit annoyed after waiting without any movement, gradually emerged from the bathroom and approached the lounge door.