Apocalyptic Sequence

Chapter 19 The Spirit Lord of the Night

After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms.

Han Xueyan stayed behind and stayed with Lu Fan in room 308, which was considered Lu Fan's "palace".

You should know that there's no place bigger than this room on the entire sixth floor and below.

Lu Fan did not return to his apartment 219, but chose to stay in suite 308. Although his room contained a lot of food, he did not need it for the time being.

If a large number of people gather, it will also expose his astonishing food reserves.

Although everyone is not short of food at the moment, there are too few living people in the building and too many empty rooms.

Each room could yield some food, and little by little, it would be enough for everyone to live on for a while.

But Lu Fan still prefers to plan ahead and keeps his trump cards hidden.

Who knows when the federal troops will arrive at Nanjing University?

They needed to prepare for a protracted war, so food reserves were Lu Fan's trump card, and he wouldn't easily reveal them unless it was absolutely necessary.

—Splash!

The sound of a shower coming from the bathroom next door was Han Xueyan taking a shower.

As a girl who chose to stay, Han Xueyan was mentally prepared.

As everyone was leaving, several men showed envious expressions. After all, Han Xueyan could score seven points even without makeup, and with light makeup, she was almost eight or nine points, reaching the level of a school beauty.

Especially Ren Jia, the bald middle-aged tenant, looked at Lu Fan with envy, wishing he could take his place.

However, Lu Fan remained calm.

Because he was looking out the window, below the building, on the street, were ghostly black creatures, all of them morbid zombies, who could only wander aimlessly in the streets when they could not find any living people.

Tap tap tap, footsteps came from behind.

Han Xueyan, wrapped in a bath towel and feeling cool all over, came up behind Lu Fan.

"What are you looking at? You seem so engrossed."

Han Xueyan was filled with curiosity and looked in the direction Lu Fan was looking, but she only saw the wandering figures of zombies.

"Hiss, what's so interesting about this?" Han Xueyan asked, puzzled.

"Only by observing the enemy can we understand their characteristics," Lu Fan explained, still intently looking out the window. This action made Han Xueyan doubt her own charm.

"Is it really that good-looking?"

Han Xueyan refused to believe it and sat down next to Lu Fan, watching the world outside the window with him.

The two remained silent, with only the faint fragrance emanating from Han Xueyan wafting into Lu Fan's nostrils. It must be said that Lu Fan was also at the prime of his life.

As young people, we are most vulnerable to such tests.

Just as Lu Fan was getting a little distracted and wanted to test his combat abilities.

Suddenly, the zombies in sight seemed to have encountered their natural enemy and all ran eastward at the same time.

Huh?

The two noticed this phenomenon at the same time and couldn't help but look at each other. The next moment, they saw a huge dark shadow slowly approaching the Red Wall District on the bustling street to the west.

What... what is this?!

Lu Fan's eyesight is better than Han Xueyan's because he wears the title of "Zombie Hunter," which grants him +3 to night vision and +1 to inspiration.

Based on this, Lu Fan could barely make out the figure's appearance.

It was a gigantic monster composed of countless arms, each with a horrifyingly painful face, twisted as if a human being was being tortured.

Beneath that enormous monster, darkness was spreading, drawing ever closer to the zombies.

This, this is not a zombie at all, it belongs to the category of 'monster'!

Lu Fan was stunned and almost forgot to take action.

The next second, he decisively took out a high-sensitivity telescope from his backpack, intending to use the telescope to carefully examine the terrifying monster that had appeared out of nowhere.

When the high-sensitivity telescope was placed in front of him, Lu Fan immediately saw the details of the multi-armed monster.

Above the multi-armed monster, suspended in the sky, were bound souls. These souls were identical in detail to the zombies, suggesting that the multi-armed monster had devoured the souls of the zombies.

As expected, under the watchful eyes of Lu Fan and Han Xueyan, the multi-armed monster grabbed the zombie in front of it and, ignoring its fierce struggles, threw it directly into its arm cluster.

The next second, these arms engulfed the zombie.

Above the multi-armed monster, the number of struggling souls also increased by 1.

It was indeed devouring zombies!

These arms are likely formed from zombies that have been devoured.

What a terrifying monster it is, feeding on zombies!

Lu Fan stared blankly, when at that moment, a notification sound rang in his ears:

[Warning: A "Spirit Master" has been spotted ahead. Please get away from them as soon as possible!!!]

[Warning: A "Spirit Master" has been spotted ahead. Please get away from them as soon as possible!!!]

[Hint: The 'Spirit Master' has been spotted ahead...]

Messages flooded the screen, and the most prominent one was the message: get away from the other person as soon as possible.

The last time Lu Fan saw such a notification was on the Mother Monarch.

In other words, the terrifying creature before them, known as the Spirit Lord, is no less threatening than the Mother Monarch!

Is this the power of a higher-level life form?

Lu Fan's expression turned serious, and he quickly put away the binoculars in his hand.

He was afraid that if he stared for too long, he would attract the attention of the spirit master.

Fortunately, the entire observation process was very short and did not attract the attention of the Spirit Master. The Spirit Master continued to chase after the low-level zombies, constantly grabbing them and stuffing them into its body, thoroughly chewing their bodies.

The whole process was like a cat playing with a mouse; ordinary zombies had no chance to resist.

This is the terror of higher-level life forms!

Sure enough, zombies are not the only danger in the apocalypse; there are other threats as well. Lu Fan deeply felt the cruelty of the apocalypse. If humans do not have the ability to evolve, how long can they survive under their threat?

For some reason, Lu Fan suddenly thought of Jiang Huamei.

The panel initially indicated that the other party was an extraordinary being, which meant that humans also have an evolutionary path.

Furthermore, within the character section of the mental disability panel, there are two categories: [Extraordinary Profession] and [Extraordinary Skills], which should be related to extraordinary individuals.

Even though his Black Tiger Blade Technique reached level 12, it was not included in the extraordinary skills category.

It is conceivable that [Extraordinary Skills] should be an exclusive ability of extraordinary individuals.

If his Black Tiger Blade Technique were to reach level 20, could it rival the skills of extraordinary individuals? Lu Fan couldn't help but imagine all this. At that moment, he saw Han Xueyan covering her mouth, hiding in a corner with a look of fear on her face.

They followed the path of the spirit master as they approached the building.

Han Xueyan also saw its true colors and was so frightened that she was like a quail.

Neither of them dared to make a sound, hiding in the corner of the wall. Fortunately, the Spirit Lord did not pay attention to the two humans, as if its prey was zombies, and it ate and ate its fill as it left.

A few minutes later, the figure of the spirit master disappeared to the east and left the vicinity of the building.

Han Xueyan breathed a huge sigh of relief and slumped against Lu Fan.

"What...what was that thing? It was so, so terrifying!" Han Xueyan said, still shaken.

"I don't know. I think it's a life form that evolved unexpectedly after the disaster." Lu Fan stated his judgment. Since humans can give birth to extraordinary beings, other creatures can also give birth to evolved forms.

"An evolved life form even more powerful than zombies?" Han Xueyan's voice trembled with fear.

"Yes...it should be an evolved life form, hmm!"

Before Lu Fan could finish speaking, Han Xueyan cut him off.

The next moment, their bodies became intertwined and rolled onto the smooth ground.