I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 113

The cave was extremely vast. From time to time, mindless zombies could be seen lying on the ground, like a huge encampment used to gather zombies and await the moment the zombie tide would erupt.

If this idea was correct, then there must be a large force concentrated somewhere.

Su Wenwen opened her five senses and raised a hand to signal her team members to be silent. She listened carefully to the surrounding movements. A cacophony of noise was coming from one direction. She pointed that way and led her team members forward cautiously.

The closer they got to that sound, the more corpses lay on the ground. Su Wenwen’s nostrils flared; from amidst a pile of rotten stenches, she distinguished a different kind of abnormality—the clean, fresh scent of blood.

Su Wenwen immediately realized it was Luo Xi’s blood. Her legs involuntarily broke into a frantic run. In the darkness ahead, she caught a glimpse of a beam of light, not very distinct, which was quickly submerged by something else.

A fire-type ability user shot out a fireball. Everywhere the fireball passed was brightly illuminated. A large group of mindless zombies was surrounding a flower stamen, yet Luo Xi, with a single spear and one horse¹, faced this horde, her expression unchanged.

Her cold-proof suit was already covered in zombie blood, making it impossible to see if she was injured.

Under the suppression of her mental power, the zombies’ movements were extremely slow. Luo Xi alone, dagger in hand, bathed in blood to fight fiercely. She coated the dagger with her mental power, making it incomparably sharp, and could easily leave deep gashes in the zombies’ heart areas.

“Luo Xi!”

Su Wenwen leaped violently, charging into the zombie horde. Hearing the voice, Luo Xi looked back, her wooden expression inexplicably wrenching Su Wenwen’s heart.

Like a child who can’t find their way home, full of confusion and vigilance, only letting down their guard the moment they see family.

The number of zombies was simply too great, and Su Wenwen and Luo Xi were far apart. Fortunately, with the mental power restraining them, the zombies’ speed was much, much slower than the two they had encountered earlier.

She could even kill two zombies with one thrust of her spike. The team members also charged into the zombie horde. The earth-type ability user set up defenses while the fire-type ability user led the attack. Everyone coordinated with each other, drawing the zombies’ attention and alleviating Luo Xi’s pressure.

Su Wenwen killed the fastest, inching her way towards Luo Xi. The pile of corpses at her feet grew higher and higher. Perhaps the mother nest sensed the danger, as the originally closed flower stamen suddenly twitched.

This slight movement would have been difficult to notice, but the stamen was enormous, nearly three people tall, so any subtle motion was relatively easy to catch. Moreover, Su Wenwen had not yet closed off her five senses.

The stamen looked like a closed flower bud with a small hole at its tip. The entire thing was round and bulging, its surface covered with fine lines that looked like the stretch marks a pregnant woman develops.

Just as Su Wenwen was wondering, numerous tentacles extended from the top, randomly snatching up faceless zombies. Whether they were alive or dead, friend or foe, as long as they were caught, they were enveloped in a ball of flesh.

The team members hurriedly hid behind the protective earthen walls. Su Wenwen directly snapped a tentacle with a strike from her spike. Over by Luo Xi, the tentacles couldn’t touch her at all.

The stems of the flesh balls were connected all the way to the stamen, which seemed to need to produce something and had to grab any absorbable object as nourishment.

Su Wenwen watched the stamen swell. Something was moving inside, as if it wanted to tear through the stamen’s protection and burst out, creating an immense sense of pressure.

There was only one thought in her mind: I cannot let the thing inside come out.

“Luo Xi, hurry and send me over.”

“Okay.”

Su Wenwen leaped again and, with a push from the mental power, landed directly on top of the stamen. Because she was on a hemisphere, Su Wenwen was a bit unsteady. She subconsciously stabbed the iron awl in her hand into the stamen and gripped it to stabilize herself.

Stimulated, the entire cave began to shake. All the tentacles on the ceiling coiled towards Su Wenwen, dense and numerous, like countless long, soft worms.

She took a deep breath, glanced at the cold-eyed Luo Xi, then used both hands to forcefully drive the iron awl deeper into the stamen. But it only went halfway before it couldn’t be pushed in any further; instead, there was a tendency for it to be pushed out.

Just like those tentacles, which reached Su Wenwen’s face only to be held back by the mental power, unable to advance half an inch.

Su Wenwen didn’t dare to let go, pressing down with all her might. The scorching iron awl cooked the stamen, leaving it on the verge of death. Many tentacles died one after another, falling limply.

But the thing inside didn’t seem to fear the fire attribute. It kept pulling at the iron awl, and in a contest of strength, Su Wenwen felt she couldn’t win, because the iron awl in her hand was being pushed out of the stamen bit by bit.

The mindless zombies, perhaps sensing the stamen was about to die, turned and lunged towards Su Wenwen, only to be blocked by Luo Xi and the team members.

What do I do? Su Wenwen couldn’t hold on and was even faintly losing ground.

Although she had a powerful system, she was ultimately not a real ability user and couldn’t achieve a breakthrough. Her level was set, and all her abilities were capped.

A level one could fight level two or three monsters, but not a level ten monster. This was the system’s limit, and also Su Wenwen’s limit.

At this stage, with no main quest, it meant she was already at max level and couldn’t get any stronger. She was a bit unwilling to accept it, but she had to admit this fact.

“Luo Xi, help me!”

All of Su Wenwen’s strength was focused on the iron awl, so the words she spoke sounded weak and powerless, very light, very light, so light they were drowned out by the roaring, making them hard to detect.

But the iron awl in her hand no longer retreated. Instead, it sank deeper, bit by bit, and its speed went from slow to fast. With a kachak, the thing inside lost its resistance, and the iron awl plunged in smoothly.

The stamen withered, the tentacles fell one after another, and the mindless zombies scattered in all directions, disappearing without a trace in a short while.

Su Wenwen retrieved the iron awl, jumped back to Luo Xi’s side, and quickly evacuated with the team members. During their retreat, they occasionally encountered mindless zombies, all of which were killed.

Only when everyone was standing one li away did Su Wenwen take out the remote control and detonate the explosives in the hospital.

Watching the black smoke soar into the sky, the anxiety in Su Wenwen’s heart finally settled. She then looked Luo Xi over and asked, “I saw a lot of blood on my way to find you. Are you injured somewhere?”

Luo Xi rolled up her sleeve. On her originally slender, fair wrist was a bite mark that ruined the aesthetic. She said softly, “I’ve already used the serum, it should be fine.”

At that time, Luo Xi was being restrained by the mental-type zombie, her head splitting with pain, as she watched helplessly while a thin crack opened under Su Wenwen’s feet and she fell through.

She wanted to follow, but the crack closed very quickly. In a moment of carelessness, she was bitten on the wrist by the mental-type zombie.

“No, we have to get back to the base immediately and have Lin Wan check you over.”

Su Wenwen was somewhat relieved that Luo Xi hadn’t jumped down after her while her head was splitting with pain. Otherwise, she might never have found Luo Xi in her lifetime.

The return trip was fairly smooth; they didn’t encounter any zombies. Su Wenwen used the communicator in advance to report the mission status to Ji Qingshuang and told Lin Wan to be on standby.

As soon as they returned to the base, Su Wenwen pushed Luo Xi to Lin Wan for a full-body examination. She and Ji Qingshuang stood waiting outside the door, taking the opportunity to inform her about Tang Yue’s matter.

Ji Qingshuang leaned against the wall, her usually gentle gaze becoming heavy. She said, “His goal is likely to control the serum himself. The equipment Lin Wan needs will be ready in a few days. He will definitely make his move within these few days. The base will be in chaos then. You and Luo Xi don’t need to worry about anything, just watch over Lin Wan. Leave the rest to me.”

“Do you really not need help?” Su Wenwen was a little worried that Ji Qingshuang couldn’t handle it alone.

Ji Qingshuang smiled, “In the end, I might need your help to capture Luo Tianyang. For the next few days, you two just stay with Lin Wan and get some good rest.”

Su Wenwen nodded.

Before long, Luo Xi’s examination was complete. The serum’s effect was very significant; there was no residual zombie toxin in Luo Xi’s body. Moreover, after being bitten, Luo Xi had used her mental power to lock down her circulating blood and had already expelled the poison herself. Taking the serum was just a precaution.

In short, hearing that Luo Xi was fine allowed Su Wenwen to be completely at ease.

Ji Qingshuang arranged new quarters for the two of them in the laboratory—a bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen, just enough to meet their daily needs.

Things like clothes and bedding were all properly arranged for them. By now, the sky was already brightening, but Su Wenwen was so sleepy she couldn’t keep her eyes open.

She hadn’t changed out of her dirty clothes yet, and neither had Luo Xi. Su Wenwen fought off her drowsiness, glanced at Luo Xi’s freshly bandaged wrist, and got up to run hot water for her.

Ji Qingshuang knew it wasn’t convenient for Luo Xi to shower and had specially arranged for a portable bathtub. The tub had a drain at the bottom, so if the water got cold during the bath, some could be let out and replaced with hot water.

After the hot water was full, Su Wenwen discovered Luo Xi leaning against the doorframe, a smile on her lips as she watched her, her gaze filled with tender affection.

“What are you smiling at? Hurry up and come take a bath.”

“My hand is inconvenient, help me take off my clothes.” Luo Xi walked up to Su Wenwen and opened her long arms, as if to embrace her.

This was what Su Wenwen had planned anyway, so she directly started undressing Luo Xi. The outermost cold-proof suit was rather difficult to remove because it was covered in a lot of viscous fluid, very dirty and smelly, and she was afraid of getting it on the clean gauze.

The inner clothes underneath were much easier to take off, but when Su Wenwen saw Luo Xi’s body covered in black and blue marks, her heart twisted into a knot.

Luo Xi was different from Su Wenwen; her injuries needed time to heal. She didn’t know if the bite mark on her wrist would leave a scar.

It probably won’t, right? After all, the previous injury on Luo Xi’s shoulder is now just a faint mark. It will probably disappear completely in a few more months.

Luo Xi raised a hand and suddenly flicked Su Wenwen’s forehead. “Tsk, we really are old husband and old wife² now. You don’t even react when I tease you.”

Su Wenwen shot her a reproachful glare³: “Stop messing around, get in the tub.”

Luo Xi got into the tub, resting her injured hand on the outside, and sighed, “If I’m left with scars on my body, will you find me repulsive?”

Her worried expression while looking at Luo Xi’s shoulder had been noticed. Su Wenwen didn’t offer any explanation. She simply lowered her head and kissed the faint mark on the shoulder. She kissed it very lightly, imbued with lingering affection and tenderness.

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