Li Zhengguo couldn't escape and was often assigned to the rear of the team to buy time. It was good luck if he survived. If not, it meant his skills were inferior to the zombies. Every day, Li Zhengguo was in a sorry state, much like Lu Xiaoyun after he led her out of Kushan. Lu Xiaoyun relished her revenge and tried even harder to torment Li Zhengguo.
As they neared the base, Li Zhengguo was scratched by a zombie. The team immediately abandoned him, leaving him to his fate. Thinking of Tiantian, who would rather die than become a zombie, Li Zhengguo also wanted to die. But he had no special abilities and couldn't self-destruct. He was also groggy and couldn't control his body. Finally, he collapsed on the roadside.
When he woke up, he found he wasn't dead, nor had he turned into a zombie. Instead, he had been rescued by someone. The person who saved him called him "Young Master." He said they had mistaken him for someone else. The other person didn't believe him, and told him to stop being angry with "Master." When he tried to leave, the other person wouldn't let him. He was taken into the base.
During the entry inspection, Li Zhengguo's wound led to him being placed in an isolation room. Not long after being locked up, he developed a fever, which subsided the next morning. He was alone in the isolation room, and no one knew he had a fever. The person who saved him came to pick him up. He was taken to the most central and luxurious part of the base. Just as he was enjoying a lavish dinner, he was kicked out. The real young master had arrived, and he possessed thunder abilities. This young master looked exactly like him, but his aura was as ostentatious as could be.
The person who had mistaken him insisted that he had actively impersonated the young master. The ostentatious young master struck him with his thunder abilities and drove him out of the base. He also instructed the guards at the gate not to let him back in.
As the ostentatious young master was about to enter the base, Lu Xiaoyun and her group arrived. Lu Xiaoyun saw the ostentatious young master and then looked at Li Zhengguo. She ran up to the ostentatious young master and asked if he was called Li Zhengguo. The ostentatious young master nodded. Lu Xiaoyun immediately pointed at Li Zhengguo and said that he had been committing many misdeeds outside under the ostentatious young master's name. The crimes were all attributed to Li Zhengguo. Upon hearing this, the ostentatious young master could not let Li Zhengguo leave so easily.
Li Zhengguo already knew the rules of this apocalypse, so when he saw Lu Xiaoyun approach the ostentatious young master, he quickly fled. His two legs couldn't outrun a car with four wheels. The ostentatious young master caught up with him but didn't capture him. Instead, like a cat playing with a mouse, he chased him into a sealed-off zombie-infested residential area not far from the base. His right leg and right hand were torn off by zombies, and after he completely turned into a zombie, the zombies left his body alone.
When he regained consciousness, he was a level four psychic zombie. He learned that the ostentatious young master was the base leader's only son. He also learned that this base was called Zhengyang Base, and there was a special wood-type ability user in the base. He remembered Tiantian saying that the base where her second life took place had a special wood-type ability user. Therefore, Zhengyang Base must be the base where 'Tian Jing' was.
He attacked zombies of the same type, dug out crystal cores to level up, and paid attention to the base. Soon, he learned who 'Tian Jing' was through others' conversations. He quietly followed 'Tian Jing', just in case something happened. But he was still caught off guard. 'Tian Jing' was pushed towards a zombie by a young girl. Seeing that 'Tian Jing' was about to self-destruct, he used his psychic abilities to lock onto 'Tian Jing''s consciousness.
...
Tian Jing had a question, "What year of the apocalypse is it this year?"
"The... sixth year."
Tian Jing looked at the giant pine tree outside the bus. Could Xiao Qing have lied to her?
"What level is your ability?"
"Level eight, high-tier."
Level eight, Zhenggo is even more powerful than her. "Since you've come to find me, why are you still wavering?"
"I... can I still go back like this? I want to go back, but I'm afraid. I'm a zombie... I can't go to that world."
Tian Jing was displeased. "Then do you plan to perish with me?"
"No, Xiao Song... stole 'Tian Jing'. I think this outcome is good."
"What about the children? Don't you want to see them grow up? Won't the third life be chaotic without you and me?"
"It's impossible to consider anything else like this now. If I go back, I'll also destroy that world."
"I won't go back!" Even if she could go back, Tian Jing was unwilling to return like this. "Let's upgrade here and get revenge."
"But she's too stubborn, I can't communicate with her."
"You let go, I'll talk to her."
"She's already halfway through."
"Then do you know how I got her back to you?"
"I don't know."
"You are all in my domain now. Time is frozen within the domain."
"Life forms controlled within the domain have their thoughts, actions, and senses controlled by me."
"I released your thoughts and senses. Your actions were controlled. Didn't you notice you couldn't move?"
Li Zhengguo was very happy. "Wife is amazing."
"You are also amazing. It's not easy to cultivate your psychic abilities to level eight."
Speaking of this, Li Zhengguo worried again. "I don't know... before level four... did I eat the flesh and blood of zombies or ability users?"
"What about the book world? Didn't you say everything was fake?"
"The pain... is real."
Tian Jing did not judge Li Zhengguo of the second life. She loved the Li Zhengguo who, even after becoming a zombie, hadn't forgotten her and the children, and had even prevented 'Tian Jing' from self-destructing.
"Don't worry! No matter what you become, I won't give up on you."
"You said, if I were a zombie, you would dig out crystal cores to feed me."
"You don't even dislike me, why should I dislike you?"
"Hehehe."
Listening to the unpleasant laughter and looking at the stiff face without any expression, Tian Jing's heart ached. But she had to use an optimistic attitude to warm her husband.
"Zheng Ge, have you let her go?"
"I have."
"Then you rest for a while. I'll talk to her."
"Okay."
...
Facing this 'Tian Jing' whose heart had been ravaged by the apocalypse, Tian Jing decided to be completely open.
"You heard what Zheng Ge and I were saying just now."
"You are the second life, and Zheng Ge and I are from the third life. No matter how much pain you feel in your heart, you must live."
"Because I still have to go back to be with my children as they grow up. I have two sons and one daughter. They..."
'Tian Jing' hadn't even fully processed the nine lives, which were more bizarre than the apocalypse. She was then "brainwashed" by this self, who claimed to be her from the third life, with three children. She seemed to see the steady Hao Hao, the well-behaved and obedient Xiao Bo, coaxing the crying and tantrum-throwing Lili.
"They are very cute."
Tian Jing said proudly, "Of course, my children, how could they not be cute? I don't know how long has passed there? Lili cries earth-shatteringly, I don't know who she takes after?"
'Tian Jing' showed a smile. "After you, no, after me. I also cried earth-shatteringly when I was little. Grandma told me."
"Huh? How do I not remember?"
"It was before I was five years old."
"No, I mean, how do I not remember Grandma telling me this?"
"You have too many memories, they're jumbled up."