All the way, Mu Xiao was silent and didn't speak. An Rongru followed behind him, unable to exchange a word with Mu Xiao. Moreover, Mu Xiao's words earlier made An Rongru feel increasingly anxious in her heart, as if she was about to face a desperate situation.

  "It's indeed like that." Mu Xiao probed An Rongruo's physical condition with a part of his spiritual sense, without any lewd intentions, but rather to confirm something.

  Two people, one in front and one behind, went down to the first floor hall. Everywhere they looked was a mess, even more bloody than the upstairs before, like a slaughterhouse, filled with pungent stench of dried blood color, only lacking a large number of corpses.

  An Rongru tightly covered her mouth and nose, with a faint sense of suffocation in her chest. Having not eaten for a long time, her stomach churned but couldn't vomit, only violently convulsing, her face pale and painful, almost fainting. If Mu Xiao wasn't her last lifeline, she probably wouldn't have had the strength to continue walking.

  The entrance of the law firm was wide open, and you could see the streets outside, where there were streaks of blood like a stream, and magnetic levitation cars that had fallen to the ground and couldn't get up. The surrounding shops were all silent and still, as if this was a dead zone, with only those who trudged along with heavy footsteps and twisted faces wandering aimlessly.

  "Alright, you can go out and experience the changes in the world now." Mu Xiao sat on the sofa in the hall, looking at An Rongru with a fearful expression.

  He had been using his spiritual power to shield the aura around him, and also slightly conceal An Rongyu's aura. The two of them were relatively far away from the street zombies, and the outside zombies couldn't smell the scent of fresh flesh and blood either.

  The human body odor only exists within a certain range, and as long as it doesn't exceed this range, the zombies generally can't smell it, unless there are special ability zombies or mutants with enhanced olfaction or perception.

  "I don't understand what you mean..." An Rongru's beautiful eyes were filled with terror.

  "If you can't see this world clearly, it's better to kill yourself." Mu Xiao stood up, pulled out a military knife from his feet, and walked towards An Rongru, saying: "Give you the tool for suicide. If you want to die, hurry up, after you die, I will throw your corpse away and let those zombies eat it, I don't want my future residence to become a zombie restaurant."

  "Stop it!" An Rongru covered her ears and shouted. Having endured the complex emotions of fear, coldness, darkness, worry, anxiety, and more, she could no longer bear it, and tears fell from that pale face, making it even harder for her to accept Mu Shao's ruthless and unfeeling suggestion.

  Mu Xiao quietly watched her, understanding the helplessness and fear of the weak in his heart, but this was not a reason to escape, especially in this even colder and more ruthless world. The weak could not survive, now giving An Rongru a test, seeing if she had the qualifications to stay by his side.

  "If you want me to beg you, I'm willing to do so now, but I hope you can leave me with my last dignity..." An Rongru's strong exterior hid the fragility of an ordinary woman's heart.

  "You don't want to die now... but if you encounter a desperate situation where living is worse than death, you might find that dying is actually a very fortunate thing." Mu Xiao said with profound meaning, ignoring An Rongru's pale face, and walked out directly.

  The outside world is a devil's hell for An Rongyu, and now he is walking towards this hell. An Rongyu doesn't know whether she should follow him or not. If she follows him, if he doesn't protect himself, it will still be a dead end. If he protects himself, how much ability does he have to protect both of them completely? Will he abandon her halfway?

  An Rong's mind surged with incredibly complex thoughts, not a single sense of security, unable to grasp even half of her own destiny. Now it was as if she was betting her life away, and losing would be an utterly miserable outcome - being devoured alive by those demons... the agony of living worse than death!

  At this moment, An Rongru understood Mu Xiao's words, and what suicide was a happy thing.

  "I'm willing to do anything for you!" An Rongru couldn't bear the suffocating feeling of fear and begged in a pleading voice. But Mu Xiao ignored her and walked out of the law firm directly, An Rongru didn't care if Mu Xiao responded or not, she didn't dare stay here alone, so she quickened her pace to follow him, only hoping that he could accept this unconditional condition and take her away safely.

  Mù Xiāo went outside and attracted the attention of several zombies, but he concealed his entire body's aura. The zombies were uncertain whether he was one of their own kind and couldn't sense the smell of flesh and blood. When they cautiously approached Mù Xiāo, they didn't have any special feelings. The zombies quickly lost interest in this "dead object" that was Mù Xiāo.

  There are some zombies that are more sensitive to their surroundings, and when they sense that something 'dead' is not quite right, they will make exploratory attacks. Once the 'dead thing' fights back, regardless of whether it's a dead or living thing, the zombie will tear it apart until it's in shreds.

  When several zombies were about to pass by Mu Xiao and leave, they suddenly smelled the scent of fresh flesh and blood.

  At this moment, An Rongru just ran out of the lawyer's building and immediately discovered that there were several ferocious zombies in front of her, like beasts, baring their teeth, with black liquid stuck to their mouths, swinging gray sharp claws, and eyes full of crazy bloodshot, rushing towards her.

  "Save me!"

  An Rongru let out a miserable scream, exploding the tranquility of the entire street. A large group of zombies turned their attention to her, and when they saw one of their own kind being attacked, those zombies knew that it was food. In an instant, all the zombies rose up and rushed over frantically.

  As the terrifying zombies drew closer, the man still didn't turn around. A dark and desperate emotion, like a surging tide, instantly engulfed An Rong Yu's body and mind, filling her with an icy cold silence.

  But at this moment, she clearly sensed that time seemed to slow down, and a surge of boiling power emerged from her body. Her mind very clearly slowed down the surroundings, sensing that it was possible to return to the lawyer's building behind her, where there was no danger, but a way out.

  An Rongru's face was set in determination, her body accelerating as she swiftly turned around and ran back into the lawyer's building. Her footsteps suddenly quickened, almost rivaling those of A-grade physique soldiers, second only to the swarming zombies, and even surpassing them by a hair's breadth, narrowly avoiding the zombies' putrid and malevolent claws.

  "Not bad." Mu Xiao monitored An Rongru's movements with his spiritual power and found that her new human potential was indeed triggered. So, let her face a real life-and-death crisis, triggering half of her potential, fully stimulating the new human blood gene, making her physique surge instantly, and having the ability to escape.

  In fact, Mu Xiao secretly used his mental power to surround those few zombies, invisibly slowing down their movements, allowing An Rongru to take a step ahead and escape the zombies' pounce.

  Although An Rongyu was forced by Mu Shao's pressure to stimulate the blood gene of becoming a new human, Mu Shao still did not lend a hand to save her. He wanted An Rongyu to thoroughly experience what despair is, completely break through her heart's defense line and the hope in her heart, so that she would understand that only one's own strength is truly reliable.

  Most of the zombies on the street rushed towards the lawyer's building, like hungry beasts, frantically scrambling for An Rongru, this fresh meat.

  Mu Xia pulled out a ray gun, shooting out pale blue beams of light that traversed the air with a dazzling display of color, accurately piercing the zombie lawyer's brain and causing a large group of zombies to fall down like dominoes, piling up on top of each other.

  These zombies aren't high-level, and the income from 'Evolution Source Spring' and 'Primitive Source Spring' isn't much, but Mu Xiao still put a portion of 'Source Spring' on 'Mechanical Mastery' first, after all, it's inevitable to use this ability frequently in daily life.

  Among his shots, the spiritual force was unstable, and soon the breath flowed out faintly, and the nearby zombies also sensed the faint smell of flesh and blood on him. Moreover, a large number of deaths of the same kind caused the zombie's instinctive hatred and hostility, quickly shifting the target, and ferociously attacking.

  "If this goes on, that giant-breasted beauty might be done for." Mu Xiao didn't want An Rongru, the newly evolved human, to die. He quickly drew his other hand's laser gun and moved swiftly, firing beams of deadly beautiful light that swept across the zombies like bursting fireworks. His footsteps accelerated as he flashed into the law firm building, instantly closing the door with his mind, leaving the zombies to crash against it.

  Spiritual power has always followed An Rongru, Mu Xiao accurately and flawlessly chased after her. At this time, those few zombies had almost caught up with An Rongru's footsteps.

  An Rong's heart was racing like a burning flame, with boundless fear in her mind. However, after her body's potential burst forth, she could no longer sustain herself because the potential wasn't infinite and only had a brief limit. Especially since her body hadn't eaten for a long time and was already in a weakened state, plus now bursting forth with new human potential consumed even more energy. Very quickly, a wave of weakness and powerlessness rapidly spread throughout her entire body, her hands and feet feeling as if they were bound by huge rocks, heavy beyond compare, both sour and painful.

  She was wearing high heels, another potentially deadly item for a quick run. A stumble underfoot, her body unstable, all strength lost, unable to correct herself as she fell, and finally she crashed heavily to the ground.

  The moment she fell to the ground, An Rongyu was not only physically hurt, but also had a heart that was thoroughly desperate. The scenes in her mind flashed by quickly...

  "I suggest you go out to the balcony and take a look before considering what price to offer or what chips are worth giving..."

  "I can take you away, but what can you give me?"

  "...if you encounter a truly desperate situation where life is worse than death, you may find that dying by suicide is actually a very fortunate thing."

  ……

  Mu Xiao's words echoed clearly in An Rongruo's mind, because she had been hesitant all along, and her last hope was completely shattered. She only realized that she had missed a way out so simply, and under the real death shroud, everything dignified and hopeful was so fragile...

  "Han Yao... Mom might not be able to see you again."

  An Rongru's tears of despair disappeared into the air like a string of pearls, and at the same time, she fell heavily to the ground. She clearly felt a gust of evil wind coming from behind, and fear crawled all over her body and mind. Death was not scary, what was scary was being torn apart alive by zombies...

  "If I could, I would definitely choose to commit suicide..."

  An Rongyu was miserably trapped in her own thoughts, preparing to close her eyes and accept the tearing pain of death, but the imagined agony did not appear. Instead, she only heard the low, hoarse howls of those zombies. Turning back, she was shocked and delighted to find that several zombies were struggling in place, as if held by a pair of invisible giant hands, unable to take another step closer.

  As she was preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to escape, An Rongru suddenly saw the figure walking slowly from behind and instantly understood that she had been saved by him.