Ultimate Series, Past Lives Revealed

88: Set off[The next morning, sunlight filtered through the thin clouds and spilled onto the earth.]

[Xiao Lizi woke up early. She knew the task of going out to find food was arduous and fraught with danger, so she decided to carry as many weapons as possible to ensure her safety and successfully bring back the urgently needed food for everyone.]

[Upon learning that Xiao Lizi needed weapons, the other members of the team took the initiative to help, actively assisting in preparing various weapons and equipment.]

[Cai Yunhan: These people are truly too pragmatic.]

[Jie Ke: This is only human nature; humans are very pragmatic creatures.]

[There weren’t many weapons available for everyone to choose from, nothing more than common knives, iron rods, Axes, and so on.]

[As for those powerful firearms and ammunition, they were scarce items difficult for ordinary citizens to obtain.]

[Not only that, even if one were lucky enough to obtain a small amount of firearms and ammunition, their effectiveness would be quite limited against the continuously evolving and upgrading zombie groups.]

[Xia Mei: For real? Are those living corpses that powerful now?]

[Silver Time-Space Zhang Fei: They’re called zombies. I’m also curious if it’s true.]

[Especially when encountering high-level zombies, ordinary firearms and ammunition are almost useless.]

[Fortunately, after years of baptism by the Apocalypse, many survivors gradually awakened special abilities and became Ability Users.]

[Once they possess special abilities, their physical fitness improves by as much as double compared to ordinary people.]

[Because of this, for someone like Xiao Lizi who has already awakened a Special Ability, easily picking up a heavy Axe or wielding a sharp long blade or club is no longer a difficult task.]

[Wang Dadong of the Gold Time Dimension: Exactly, Ability Users can really take a beating!]

[Wang Yase: Yeah, Arrogant One. I heard back then you challenged the eight major high schools, won, but were then seriously injured and saved by Tian Xin, and spent a week recovering?]

[Tong Time Space Evil Girl Group: Wow, really?]

[Xia Mei: Psh, my little brother can do that too! And he’s stronger than Wang Dadong!]

[Wang Dadong of the Gold Time Dimension: Ho! Are you a brother-con?]

[Iron Time-Space Xia Tian: Little sister, don’t say that. I didn’t even know how to fight back then!]

[Silver Time-Space Zhang Fei: I really want to have a fight with Wang Dadong!]

[Guan Yu of the Silver Time-Space: Fei, you can’t!]

[Huyan Jue Luo Xiu of the Iron Time Dimension: You can’t; it would disrupt the order of time and space.]

[So, although carrying so many weapons might seem a bit cumbersome, it is one of the most important means of ensuring life and safety. Naturally, no one needed to worry about whether Xiao Lizi could withstand the weight.]

[Besides various weapons, there was another thing equally crucial—bags or containers for storing food.]

[Xia Mei: Huh? There’s no space? Does only a Space Ability User have a space?]

[Jin Bao San from Gold Space: We Ability Users all have a small space to store our weapons!]

[Iron Time Space Jiu Wu: For those with great strength, their space will also be larger.]

[Silver Time Space Xiao Qiao: Ah, you all have that magical space? Our weapons and things have to be stored in the Siman, and we need a signal to download them.]

[Ding Dang from the Copper Universe: Wow, is it that magical? I think that’s even better!]

[Sha Jie: How is that good? If the signal is blocked, wouldn’t it be game over!]

[Silver Time-Space Zhang Fei: I also don’t think it’s good. Especially after hearing you all have that magical ability space, I super want one!]

[After some discussion and selection, it was finally decided to primarily use backpacks to carry the collected food resources.]

[Because compared to other types of bags, backpacks have a larger capacity and are more convenient to carry, allowing Xiao Lizi to bring back more food for the whole team at once.]

[Once everything was ready, as the camera slowly zoomed in, Brother Mu personally drove the best-performing car in the team, leading everyone as they sped toward their predetermined destination.]

[Although this car had lost its former expensive value in today’s apocalyptic environment, finding a vehicle that could run normally and was in good condition was still no easy task.]

[It was like a boat of hope for everyone in this desolate world, carrying everyone’s desire and expectation to survive.]

[A regular car would be completely scrapped after several violent collisions.]

[This car was specifically reinforced by a Metal-type Ability User, commissioned by Brother Mu and his team at the cost of many base points!]

[Speaking of gasoline as an energy source, in the Apocalypse today, it can only be obtained through purchase.]

[As time passes, various resources are becoming increasingly scarce, especially non-renewable resources like gasoline, which are even more precious.]

[After all, the rate at which people in the Apocalypse consume materials far exceeds nature’s ability to recover.]

[Furthermore, humans have already stopped producing gasoline and are researching what can replace it!]

[Along the way, they paid no heed to the shrill howls and frantic attacks of the zombies, driving straight ahead.]

[Illusion Time-Space: Ah! So scary!]

[Wood Time-Space: This Apocalypse is way too terrifying.]

[Xia Mei: I... suddenly feel so lucky!]

[The people inside the car had long since become accustomed to this, appearing exceptionally calm.]

[Huyan Jue Luo Xiu of the Iron Time Dimension: They’ve already grown accustomed to it. If the people who survive such an Apocalypse came to our world, every one of them would be a formidable warrior.]

[Duan Chang Ren: Or perhaps cold-blooded, heartless killers?]

[Guan Yu of the Silver Time-Space: But there are no ”ifs”; they won’t appear in our world anyway.]

[Ye Siren from the Iron Universe: Why do you think our Twelve Time Spaces don’t have them?]

[Hao Jiaqi: Did you forget about the Battle between Good and Evil that was explained a while ago?]

[Clearly, this was likely the case every time they went out on a mission in the past.]

[As long as conditions allowed, if they could directly ram through obstacles on the road ahead, they chose to do so without hesitation.]

[Otherwise, if they blindly got out of the car to fight the zombies, there’s no telling when they would finally reach their destination.]

[Only a series of ”bang, bang, bang” crashing sounds could be heard incessantly. At the same time, many zombies were smashed to pieces, their flesh and blood flying everywhere and splashing onto the car windows.]

This scene of flying flesh and blood made the people of the Twelve Time Spaces retch, and those with weak psychological endurance no longer dared to look!

[Such a scene was truly nauseating, yet the people in the car remained as calm as water, without the slightest reaction.]

[Iron Time Space Jiu Wu: As expected, the environment is what tempers a person most. Xiu, what do you say, should I send you all to the Demon Realm for some training?]

[Iron Time-Space A Kou: Primary school classmate, Grandmaster, I think we can discuss this further!]

[Some people even chatted casually with each other, as if the bloody and terrifying scene before them didn’t exist at all.]

[Time passed minute by minute. The car continued to speed along the highway until the sky was gradually painted with the colors of the sunset and the light began to fade.]

[Although several of them took turns driving along the way, the long hours of driving still left everyone feeling incredibly exhausted.]

[Worse still, because they had set out in a hurry, they hadn’t had time to prepare food. At this moment, everyone was struggling to hold on by sheer willpower alone.]

[Finally, they spotted a house by the roadside that looked relatively sturdy.]

[Everyone got out of the car without hesitation and quickly gathered together, preparing to face the danger at hand—those hair-raising zombies.]

[Fortunately, after some investigation, they found that there were only some low-level zombies here.]

[Thus, a fierce and cruel battle broke out instantly.]

[Everyone looked grim as they swung their weapons mercilessly at the zombies.]

[Every swing was accompanied by a head flying off and a spray of black blood.]

[As for Xiao Lizi, although her Special Ability didn’t have strong offensive power and she couldn’t release energy for long-range strikes like the others, she chose close-quarters combat thanks to her extraordinary strength and agility.]

[Every move she made was a simple, crude, but extremely effective strike, directly lopping off the heads of the low-level zombies.]

[Silver Time-Space Zhou Yu: It’s truly shocking that even a seemingly weak woman like Xiao Lizi can kill without blinking.]

[Hao Jiaqi: Try putting yourselves in such an environment. The cowardly and incompetent are eliminated at the start. Those who can survive, no matter how weak, couldn’t possibly be unable to pick up a knife, right?]

[Before long, all the zombies that had gathered after smelling human flesh were dealt with.]

[At this point, Brother Mu shouted, ”Move faster! Hurry up and dig out the crystals, then get inside to rest!”]

[As his command was given, some people immediately went on high alert, responsible for observing the surroundings for other threats, while others very skillfully began to pry open the zombies’ heads, using various methods to dig out the precious crystals from their brains.]

[Copper Time Dimension: Wow! Oh my god! They’re actually digging into brains! Blegh!]

[Sun Shang Xiang from Silver Space: They were all forced by circumstances!]

[These crystal cores, flickering with a faint light inside the zombies’ heads, were the source of the zombies’ power. They were not only the necessary currency for trade but also the cultivation resources that survivors dreamed of.]

[However, as time passed and their strength increased, the effect of these low-level crystals in promoting cultivation had become negligible for people like them who already had a certain level of cultivation.]

[Huyan Jue Luo Xiu of the Iron Time Dimension: Do they rely solely on these crystals for cultivation?]

[Gold Time-Space Rex: I want to know, are these crystals only in zombies, or do Ability Users have them too? Do we Ability Users of the Twelve Time Spaces have them?]

These words gave the Ability Users of the Twelve Time Spaces a fright, fearing some lunatic might get curious and catch an Ability User to dig into their brain!

[Tong Era Xiang Ning: Don’t make it sound so scary, okay?]

[Xia Mei: Exactly, I won’t dare go out anymore. What if some pervert tries to dig into my brain?]

[Xiagu Yixian of the Iron Time Dimension: Rest assured, none of us Ability Users in the Twelve Time Spaces have this. They are Ability Users created by viral erosion and mutation; we are natural-born!]

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. That was too terrifying!

[Although low-level crystals can no longer be used for cultivation, they can still serve as money to buy various daily necessities.]

[After long and arduous digging work, he finally completed the task.]

[He picked up a piece of old cloth and vigorously wiped away the dirt and stains on his hands.]

[Then, he walked into the slightly dilapidated house with weary steps and quickly locked the door just in case.]

[At this moment, he no longer cared if he was dirty; he sat heavily on the ground and began to rest, panting heavily.]

[After a brief rest, Brother Mu took out all the crystal cores obtained from this zombie hunt from his bosom and handed them without hesitation to Xiao Lizi, who was standing nearby.]

[Cao Cao: This Brother Mu is quite insightful as a leader.]

[Ding Xiaoyu: It’s to appease and win over Xiao Lizi’s heart.]

[Copper Time Dimension: Oh, so that’s how it is!]

[Seeing this, the people around them showed expressions of dissatisfaction, and whispers of discontent were incessant.]

[Facing everyone’s complaints and accusations, Brother Mu remained unfazed and spoke calmly, ”If you think it’s unfair, then next time you go find the food. As long as you can bring something back, I will also give you crystals!”]

[As soon as these words were spoken, the previously noisy crowd instantly fell silent, and no one dared to speak up in protest anymore.]

[Silver Time-Space Zhang Fei: These people are truly... I look down on them. Grown men can’t even compare to a girl!]

[Hao Jiaqi: It’s already the Apocalypse. For the sake of staying alive, who would still follow those morals?]

[Xiao Lizi stood there with a look of deep gratitude on her face as she carefully took the pile of crystal cores.]

[However, only she knew in her heart that her emotions hadn’t been stirred in the slightest.]

[Brother Mu watched as Xiao Lizi accepted the crystal cores, the corners of his mouth turning up slightly in a satisfied smile.]