Chapter 23: Chu Zixuan Awakens


    Trantor: As Studios Editor: As Studios


    When they stepped out of the school gate, the expected sight of corpses littered everywhere was not to be found.


    Looking down the street, there was not a living person in sight, neither was there a single corpse.


    On the ground, there were only fragments of tattered clothes and bits of chewed-up shoes.


    And beneath those fragments wererge splotches of red bloodstains.


    Chu Zixuan walked over to a pile of debris and began to survey the scene.


    Ma Li was confused, gesturing towards the fragmented clothes and broken shoes on the ground, and asked in wonder, “What are these fragments…?”


    Chu Zixuan took a nce at him, “Do you peel the shell when you eat shrimp?”


    “Yes!”


    This time, everyone caught on.


    “Ugh!”


    An Ya was the first to lose control and start dry heaving.


    Next was Ma Li, who also followed suit and started throwing up.


    Contrarily, Du Gang didn’t vomit; he merely looked ufortable.


    Humans had fallen from their ce as the rulers on Earth, bing ‘food’ which the bugs needed to peel first, making everyone incredibly ufortable.


    They stood in ce, vomiting and gasping for air, for about ten minutes before they barely epted the reality.


    “Let’s go, don’t waste time!”


    Du Gang urged them to move on when he saw they had recovered sufficiently.


    “The two of you, howe you have no reaction at all?”


    An Ya looked at Du Gang and Chu Zixuan in disbelief. The four of them were vomiting, yet these two were conversing as if nothing had happened, looking nonchnt.


    “It’s really nothing. The reason why you guys feel like throwing up is because you can’t ept the reality that humans are no longer the rulers. Look, didn’t you start epting it after vomiting for a while?”


    Chu Zixuan said, while scraping the ground with his shoe. He chuckled lightly and said, “These insects seem to be quite frugal, eating very clean without leaving even a bone…”


    “Ugh!”


    Before he could finish, the other four once again started throwing up.


    This time, even Du Gang frowned.


    Chu Zixuan exined, “You guys need to get used to it because we will encounter more situations like this all the way. If you can’t handle this, then the road ahead will be tough!”


    As Du Gang was there, he didn’t use harsh words.


    When they had vomited everything out of their stomachs, they stood hands on their knees, panting heavily.


    Seeing their fragile condition, Du Gang shook his head. He didn’t say anything else about Chu Zixuan.


    The performances of these people were indeed very poor. Even if they were given superpowers, they might not be very effective.


    This thought made him consider that Chu Zixuan could be a good teammate, at least he was very calm and realistic, he didn’t have to worry about him.


    On the road, apart from the fragments of clothes, there were some cars that looked like they had been crushed by a heavy object, almost ttened.


    Upon closer inspection, the windshield had rotten away, and the seats inside were crushed into pieces.


    “Looks like someone didn’t listen to the news on TV to stay at home, and aeecl to unve out In tne middle or tne mgnt…”


    “They probably thought it would be safe in the car!”


    Chu Zixuan casually nced at a logo,ughing saying, “If it’s an armored vehicle, it might block out these bugs. But these low-quality civilian cars are nothing more than food boxes…”


    “TSL? What kind of car is that?”


    “No matter what kind of car it is, it’s useless now as the end of the world hase. It’s just a deep-fried chicken with a crispy skin…”


    The group continued onwards. When they passed a small roadside supermarket, they paused.


    Through the transparent ss of the entrance, they clearly saw a leg of an insect protruding between the shelves in the supermarket.


    “Du Gang, let’s go!”


    The others instinctively retreated a few steps, hiding behind Du Gang. Only Chu Zixuan stood still, a hint of excitement in his eyes.


    “I’ll go and have a look!”


    Du Gang paid no attention to their request, and walked inside with a knife in hand. “Boom Boom Boom


    “Sizzle — Sizzle Sizzle


    Soon, there came the sound of a bug struggling and knocking over shelves from inside, along with a harrowing scream.


    The sound didn’tst long, only about ten seconds, before Du Gang’s voice was hearding from within.


    “Chu Zixuan,e inside!”


    Upon hearing this, Chu Zixuan held back his excitement, and walked in with a poker face.


    The others didn’t pay much attention, they thought they just wanted to dissect the insect’s structure.


    From the moment they saw the bit-up clothing and vomited, while the two inside showed no reaction, it was clear that these two were not ordinary people. If it were peaceful times, they would be considered freaks!


    But in this post-apocalyptic environment, it is undeniable that such freaks are more likely to survive.


    Chu Zixuan came to the fallen shelves, and walked over to the insect while keeping his back towards the outside.


    He saw Du Gang, who had already returned to his normal size, standing on the insect. His torn shirt showed signs of his transformation, but his pants remained intact. There was a student in their dorm with arge body, his uniform was oversized, which came in handy during Du Gang’s transformation.


    Upon his arrival, Du Gang handed over the crystal in his hand, asking at the same time, “How are you nning to conduct the experiment?” Chu Zixuan took the crystal with a nervous heart.


    The best possible oue he envisaged, where the crystal was directly absorbed, didn’te true, and he felt a bit disappointed.


    But soon, he took out a thermos cup from his backpack, poured a bottle of water into it, and then started washing the crystal in the water.


    “Besides the crystal being directly absorbed, the only other way I can think of is to swallow it…”


    Du Gang frowned, he didn’t expect Chu Zixuan to be bold enough to think of swallowing this thing.


    He didn’t understand how someone who seemed very rational would take such a risk.


    Chu Zixuan saw his expression and knew what he was thinking. He smiled and said, “The line between a genius and a madman is thin. As the saying goes, sess requires meticulous effort, and wealth and honor are sought in danger. In this apocalyptic situation, one either tries to survive well or dies.


    He had long been prepared for death. Unlike others who stayed in the dormitory because they were from other ces, he stayed in it because he had no home or family…


    After finishing his words, he opened his mouth and swallowed the red crystal in one gulp.


    The moment the crystal entered his throat, he felt it dissolving into some kind of substance, disappearing inside his body.


    Following that, he felt a lock inside his body seemed to be unlocked, as his heart thumped.


    Then, an inexplicable thing started to form slowly in his mind.


    “How is it? Have you awakened it?”


    Du Gang found his look strange, and asked.


    No sooner had the words left his lips, Chu Zixuan slowly opened his eyes. Next, the cup that had been in his hand levitated all of a sudden..