Chapter 78 Evolution of Duan Yue

  His eyes narrowed, looking at the slow-moving zombie approaching him. Duan Yue thought of standing up and killing it with one sword, but his body, tortured by severe pain, didn't even have a thread of strength left. Even moving his fingers was a luxury, let alone killing this crippled zombie. He could only stare blankly as the zombie crawled towards him!

  Duan Yue looked up at the ceiling, he was now desperate, because it was a hopeless situation.

  "Can't believe I ended up as food in a zombie's mouth, I'm probably the most unfortunate evolved one to have died. Just after evolving, I got eaten by a zombie, and it wasn't even a mutated zombie, but an ordinary zombie with a broken leg."

  A bitter smile hung on his face, Duan Yue stared blankly at the ceiling, quietly waiting for death, because he had already died once before, and he was no longer afraid of death.

  When Duan Yue's line of sight was blocked by that ugly zombie skull, smelling the foul odor emitted from the zombie's mouth, Duan Yue's only thought was "If I could still have a stick of rock candy in my mouth, it would be great!"

  The zombie had crawled to Duan Yue's side, it finally reached the food that emitted a tempting smell, it could finally have a good meal. As it opened its foul-smelling mouth and was about to bite into Duan Yue's high nose, Duan Yue closed his eyes and waited for death to come. He was still grateful that the zombie would eat his head first, so he wouldn't suffer too much!

  "Hmm"

  Duan Yue didn't feel the pain on his face, but felt like something had hit his head. Then he felt a cold liquid splashing all over his face. Duan Yue opened his eyes in confusion and saw that the zombie's neck had been severed, with a neat cut and black blood still gushing out. The cold liquid on his face was the zombie's blood.

  "You're really not letting people off easy, causing others to lose a good night's sleep!"

  This clear and crisp voice with a strong sense of complaint entered Duan Yue's ears, turned his head to look, only to see that Liu Ting was already standing beside him at some point, still holding a Tang knife emitting endless coldness in her hand.

  "Thank you"

  A hoarse voice came out of Duan Yue's throat.

  "Don't mention it, since you called me sister-in-law, don't say thank you!", Liu Ting said after finishing this sentence, and then she yawned cutely and asked Duan Yue who was lying on the ground: "Can you get up?"

  Duan Yue didn't answer Liu Ting's question, but instead summoned all his strength to try and stand up, only to end up leaning against the wall. Liu Ting also didn't help him, just quietly watching as Duan Yue struggled to sit up with difficulty. It wasn't that Liu Ting didn't want to help him, it was just that Wu Xiaotian had told her before that Duan Yue was a person with an extremely strong sense of self-respect.

  "Don't take risks anymore, you still have a mother to take care of!"

  Duan Yue, leaning against the wall, heard this and smiled bitterly. He raised his head and said to Liu Ting in a hoarse voice: "You know, I envy you!"

  Without paying attention to Liu Ting's puzzled face, Duan Yue continued: "I'm very envious of you, and also envious of Zi Teng. It's not that I envy you for being Evolvers, nor do I envy your powerful abilities. It's just that I envy that you can fight side by side with him, cough, cough..."

  Liu Ting, who heard this, didn't say a word, but only stared at the man leaning against the wall, looking extremely weak. The firm expression on his face couldn't help but move Liu Ting.

  "Jealous of us? Then work hard to catch up with the pace of evolution!"

  After Liu Ting finished speaking, her figure disappeared instantly, leaving only Duan Yue leaning against the wall.

  "I'll catch up, although you guys evolved earlier than me, I won't fall behind!"

  Looking at the white ceiling, Duan Yue said in a voice that only he could hear.

  Liu Ting was now sleeping soundly in Wu Xiaotian's arms, just like a little cat. The incident of saving Duan Yue earlier seemed to have been forgotten by her.

  Duan Yue rested for a while, then slowly stood up, sheathing the black sword at his waist. He didn't even glance at the two zombie corpses in the room, nor did he try to test his evolved abilities. Instead, he leaned against the handrail of the stairs and slowly returned home. It wasn't that he didn't want to test his evolved abilities, but there was something more important on his mind - making medicine for his mother.

  With a lollipop in his mouth, Duan Yue started to busy himself in the kitchen. He didn't notice that his hands were moving much faster and more nimbly than before, but all his attention was focused on the medicine pot. His mother's illness had been caused by overwork years ago, and it would flare up from time to time. Whenever she fell ill, apart from washing her face herself, everything else required someone to take care of her. Duan Yue had also given up his high-paying job and his chance at romance in order to stay home and care for his mother wholeheartedly.

  At the time of the doomsday outbreak, Duan Yue could have relied on his extremely intelligent brain to live better in the doomsday than before, but when he went out to find food, his mother's old illness relapsed, keeping him trapped at home until the family's food was exhausted. He kept searching for food in this single building, but since there were not many doomsday believers, the amount of food he found was limited. When the last supplies were exhausted and his mother's serious illness worsened, Duan Yue cut off his first piece of flesh to prevent his mother from going hungry, as well as due to an ancient legend.

  At this time, Duan Yue's mother had finished drinking the medicine and went to Wu Xiaotian's room. Seeing that they were still asleep, she shook her head and took out the black sword, entering the evolution chamber. Ignoring the two zombie corpses, Duan Yue began testing his own evolution abilities.

  Only after this section of the mountain made various movements, did it slowly come to a stop. He discovered that his physical fitness had improved a lot compared to before, but apart from speed, other aspects such as strength and endurance hadn't increased much.

  "Is it just my physical strength and speed that have evolved? It shouldn't be!"

  Duan Yue muttered to himself, but after testing his strength a few more times, he found that his power was still the same as when he was healthy. Although his physical strength had increased, it wasn't particularly noticeable. Unwilling to give up, Duan Yue picked up the black sword and began swinging it wildly.

  "Hiss, hiss, hiss"

  But when he swung out the first sword, he stared at the black sword in his hand in surprise, because after he had just swung out a sword, he saw a black sword energy flying out of the black sword. After this sword energy flew out, it directly cut the wooden sofa in the living room into several segments!

  He swung the black sword again, and a black sword energy flew out of it, directly shattering that window.

  No matter the raindrops blown in by the strong wind, no matter the raindrops hitting his face, Duan Yue continued to wield the black sword in his hand in this living room, and the furniture in this room was miserable, being cut to pieces by the black sword energy!