"No way, this is far from enough..."
Even as just a baby, Ji Ruxue's achievement of being able to levitate her body is incredibly terrifying.
If those large survivor camps knew about Ji Ruxue's situation, they would all swarm to recruit her.
After all, a baby capable of awakening talent power and levitating in mid-air is something that sounds miraculous.
But Ji Ruxue was not in the slightest complacent; she knew that her current strength was nothing significant.
As someone reborn, Ji Ruxue knew that with more evolved zombies and fierce beasts emerging, the wars between them would become more frequent.
Humans need to rest after battling each other, but for zombies and fierce beasts, the best way to recover is by devouring each other's crystal cores.
The more frequently powerful zombies and fierce beasts devour one another, the faster their evolution will be.
To survive in this zombie-infested city, one must possess enough strength to achieve that.
The key is that Ji Ruxue knows she is not alone in this; she also has to protect her zombie father.
After the Blood Moon, the zombie father did not undergo any noticeable mutation, obviously just an ordinary zombie.
In this post-apocalyptic world of mutations, ordinary low-tier zombies are actually the most unfortunate.
Encountering evolved counterparts might lead to being killed, and facing human Extraordinary individuals poses an even greater risk of being slain.
Without strong enough power, her zombie father might not last long before falling.
An ordinary zombie surviving the apocalypse is extremely dangerous; Ji Ruxue must quickly enhance her strength.
"The noise downstairs keeps booming; what's the zombie father busy with all the time down there?"
Despite the separation, Ji Ruxue heard the commotion of Lu Chuan training combat techniques with several zombies in the sixth-floor living room.
Facing zombies insensitive to pain and fatigue, Lu Chuan showed no mercy, whether in wrestling or punching, causing quite a stir.
Though Ji Ruxue worries a bit because her zombie father hasn't gone out to find supplies for over a week.
Solely relying on the remaining resources in the house isn't problematic for now, but eventually, it'll run out.
Ji Ruxue understands this; her zombie father is just an ordinary zombie, after all.
Facing a tremendous gap in power, confronting powerful evolved zombies outside leaves no chance for a counterattack...
The zombie father retains human consciousness, so it's normal for him to fear this overwhelming power gap.
It's not her zombie father's fault; blame lies solely on this cruel world.
As a former empress in another life, Ji Ruxue knows well how cruel this apocalypse truly is.
With evolution ongoing, individual power strengthening, killing not only hasn't decreased but has become even more frequent.
Without strong enough power, there's simply no qualification to live in this world.
Before the Blood Moon descended, ordinary zombies faced no pressure in living.
But now, with the Blood Moon, numerous zombies and creatures have begun evolving and mutating, leaving ordinary unevolved zombies as cannon fodder.
Ji Ruxue clearly remembers in the early apocalypse when corpse tides caused great panic.
However, later on, those ordinary zombie-composed corpse tides will easily be wiped out by the strong.
Ji Ruxue didn't have much hope for Lu Chuan; after all, low-tier ordinary zombies in this evolved world find it incredibly difficult not to be killed.
Let alone raising a baby, which is practically an impossible task.
Ji Ruxue only hopes she can quickly enhance her power through the Glazed Breathing Technique, wishing she could grow up fast.
As a human empress, Ji Ruxue dislikes feeling like a burden or dragging others down.
She hopes to rely on strong combat power to protect her zombie father's life and safety.
Most importantly, Ji Ruxue doesn't want to lose this rare family connection, even if it's a zombie providing her with kinship.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Ji Ruxue practiced the cultivation technique to intake energy factors while controlling silver needles flying steadily in mid-air.
The speed of the silver needle increased, and so did the force.
Given her tiny stature now, relying on her body to move freely is obviously impossible.
Ji Ruxue focused on enhancing telekinesis; as her limbs struggle to support her body, she aimed to achieve levitation using telekinesis.
Though only slightly hovering one or two centimeters now, it's a huge progress to Ji Ruxue.
At least in this situation, if she falls, she can use telekinesis to catch herself instead of dying from a fall right at the start...
After all, as a dignified human empress, dying from falling or starving is quite unseemly...
With the cultivation technique in constant operation, Ji Ruxue's gaze became increasingly determined.
After finishing combat training on the sixth floor, Lu Chuan controlled a corpse puppet to specifically handle the zombies he dismantled.
Just as Lu Chuan prepared to go upstairs to feed Qiqi, a corpse puppet gathering resources outside made a new discovery.
On a nearby street, an evolved zombie with a weakened body but obviously evolved claws and greatly enhanced speed was chasing a panicked human.
Lu Chuan immediately recognized the zombie chasing the survivor as the Agile Type zombie he witnessed being smashed by a big guy that day.
In the corpse puppet's view, this human survivor looked pale, thin, with dry hair and unstable footsteps.
During this time, perhaps hiding and eating all stashed food led to venturing out to find more.
Unfortunately, he was unlucky because soon after leaving, he encountered a zombie.
Most crucially, the type of zombie he met was one Lu Chuan had been searching for a long time without finding, an evolved zombie.
Though the agile zombie appeared slender, its speed was exceptionally fast.
Seeing the agile-type zombie moving like a cheetah, fiercely embedding its claws into nearby car doors, it achieved a perfect drift with inertia.
With just a turn, the agile zombie caught up with the unlucky survivor.
The maneuver was extremely smooth, leaving Lu Chuan to marvel — indeed, fast cornering truly indicates speed.
Without waiting for the survivor to resist, the agile-type zombie's claws slashed and immediately ended his life.
"Great opportunity!"
Lu Chuan's eyes lit up; he had been seeking evolved zombies to obtain more crystal cores but had been unable to find any.
He immediately dispatched a corpse puppet to follow and monitor the opponent.