Holding Their Own Space, the Family Returns to the Apocalypse

258: Someone came to my door”You stench-filled woman, you think it’s over just because you hit me? Today, I’m going to make you call me Daddy!” a man covered in bandages and sitting in a wheelchair said with an arrogant face.

Ai Yue looked closely, and Ye Rui leaned in, whispering, ”Sister, it looks like that second-generation official who got beaten up yesterday!”

At this moment, Ai Yue also recognized him; it was indeed the person she had given a sound thrashing to.

Right now, he had none of yesterday’s gentlemanly appearance, looking instead like an elementary schooler who had been bullied and called for backup to reclaim his pride, his expression extremely arrogant.

Beside her, Ai Guosheng, seeing the newcomer speaking so rudely, glared and was about to step forward to teach him a lesson.

But he was held back by Ai Yue. ”Dad, don’t be in a hurry. Let’s see how they plan to deal with me.”

Ai Yue’s actions were seen by the people opposite. Li Yi, who had been called ’Dad’ by the Gentleman, assumed that Ai Yue and the others were afraid to provoke them. This proved that their background was exactly as Kun’er had said—they had no background at all and were just ordinary Ability Users.

In that case, having the lives of Ai Yue and the others in his hands wouldn’t be a problem. He still had the power to cover up the deaths of a few ordinary people.

”Little Girl, you’ve got quite the nerve, and your heart is ruthless enough. My Kun’er just wanted to make friends and have some fun with you, and yet you dared to cripple his four limbs,” Li Yi said with a serious face, emphasizing every word.

”Not as much nerve as you, daring to bring so few people to pick a fight with me. I advise you to go back where you came from, lest you end up broken here too! If an even older one comes back later, I won’t have the time to play with you here.”

A hint of sincerity appeared on Ai Yue’s face as she gave her serious advice.

As soon as Ai Yue spoke, Li Yi’s face turned black. ”Truly ignorant of the heights of heaven and the depths of the earth. Today I will teach you a principle: there are people in this world you cannot afford to offend, and a single mistake can bring disaster to your whole family.”

Ai Yue narrowed her eyes and said, ”Are you threatening me?”

Li Yi laughed loudly. ”No, no, no, of course not. Threatening you doesn’t require my personal presence; it’s just a matter of giving an order. I came today to make you apologize to my son.”

Ai Yue raised an eyebrow. ”How should I apologize?”

”With your life, naturally!” Li Yi said coldly, waving his hand to the people behind him. ”Go, leave no survivors!”

”Yes!” the people behind him shouted in unison.

Li Yi had brought over twenty people, all of whom were experts among Ability Users.

Without another word, these people rushed toward Ai Yue.

Ai Yue took a step back. Ye Rui eyed the rushing crowd, her lips curling into a wicked smile. She cupped her hands together, and two spheres of light flashing with electricity appeared in her palms.

”I’ll give you a taste of the ’little snack’ I just figured out.”

With that, Ye Rui raised her hands, and one of the light spheres disappeared, instantly appearing beside the Gentleman.

Sitting in his wheelchair and unable to move, the Gentleman saw the flashing light sphere before him and felt the terrifying energy emanating from it. He screamed in terror, ”Dad, save me!”

Controlled by Ye Rui, the light sphere smashed directly into the Gentleman. In an instant, all the clothes on his body turned to ash, and he himself was scorched by the electricity.

At the same time, Ye Rui didn’t stay idle. She pulled the other light sphere in her hand, and countless tiny arcs of light appeared, emitting a faint, cold glow under the sunlight.

Seeing those twenty-odd people about to use their Superpowers, Ye Rui gave them a sweet smile and raised her hand. Thousands of electric arcs shot out at them, even interrupting the Superpowers they were activating.

These light arcs landed on their bodies, traveling through their pores into their blood vessels. At Ye Rui’s mental command, they all exploded.

”Ah...” A chorus of screams rang out as these twenty-odd people instantly became covered in blood.

Their bodies were covered in dense bleeding points, looking extremely horrifying.

Everyone who saw it was pale with shock, except for Ai Yue, who looked thoughtful. Ye Rui’s move looked bloody, but in reality, it was just a bit of blood loss to make them briefly lose their ability to move; it wasn’t anything serious.

Ye Rui looked at the charred guy in the wheelchair and then at the dozen or so bright red, bloody people, nodding in satisfaction at the move she had blindly tinkered with.

”Hey, old man, bring out whatever other skills you have. Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance!” Ye Rui said to the dumbfounded Li Yi.

Li Yi jerked in fear, his pupils shrinking. He realized he had kicked a steel plate. Furthermore, since the only person standing on his side now was himself, he couldn’t let this continue.

Thinking of this, Li Yi’s eyes darted around. Looking at his scorched son, a smile immediately plastered onto his face.

”Haha, Little Girl is truly amazing. I was blind not to recognize your greatness. What we did today was wrong; please don’t take it to heart. I apologize to you. See, our people are already injured like this, so... how about we call it even?”

Ye Rui looked Li Yi up and down with disdain, feeling contempt for his spinelessness. With a huff, she said, ”No fun!”

Ai Yue’s mind was entirely on the Nameless Monster; she didn’t care at all about Li Yi and the others coming to cause trouble.

Seeing that the other party tactfully wanted to leave, Ai Yue did not stop them.

Li Yi hurriedly pushed his son, who had only one breath left, and ran away, not even caring about the twenty-odd bloody people left on the ground.

Seeing the people flee and looking at the bodies lying haphazardly in front of the tent, Ai Yue frowned. These people had made the entrance dirty.

With a thought, the earth on the ground carried these people and transported them half a mile away.

Ai Yue looked at the clean entrance and nodded in satisfaction.

”I say, who was so blind to dare provoke you? They really don’t know why the flowers are so red; they’re just looking for death.” Once Gong Qiuqiu became familiar with Ai Yue, he no longer maintained his constant warm, fake smile and instead spoke teasingly.

Ai Yue rolled her eyes at him. ”I’m just a nobody. It’s normal not to know me. Who told me to be so beautiful? It’s only reasonable for people to take an interest!”

For the first time, the smile on Gong Qiuqiu’s face cracked slightly. He hadn’t expected Ai Yue to suddenly joke with him. This was a first in all the time they had known each other.

”True, you’re indeed not bad-looking. Everyone else is covered in dirt and grime, while you’re still clean and fair. If they don’t target you, who would they target?” Gong Qiuqiu said with a chuckle.

Hearing this, Ai Yue smiled indifferently. ”Whatever!”

She then added, ”By the way, those idiots made me forget the main point. What time are we leaving tomorrow?”

Gong Qiuqiu smiled and explained in detail, ”We leave at four tomorrow morning. If all goes well, we’ll reach the mountain around six. We’ll start with a few missiles to clear out the Zombies around the monster, then send in two Suicide Squads to clean up the remaining Zombies...”

An hour later, after Gong Qiuqiu finished speaking with Ai Yue, he left.

Seeing Gong Qiuqiu’s figure disappear, Ye Rui immediately leaned in front of Ai Yue.