These are all fine saplings of Huaxia. He himself had started as a sapling, protecting Huaxia, guarding it for half his life. Wasn't it all for these saplings?
How could his heart not ache watching these saplings die one by one?
Su Ze saluted the elder, and the young people at the foot of the city wall stood up and saluted in unison.
Lu Yusheng immediately returned a solemn salute, his heart filled with countless emotions.
Good saplings, all of them good saplings.
Damn these natural disasters.
Damn these mysteries.
One day we'll slaughter you all!
After identity verification.
These young people gathered their equipment and weapons, striding towards the outside of the Zombie Suppression Gate.
Lu Yusheng gazed at these spirited youths, "Has the mission of protecting our country come to rely on these youngsters who should be studying in classrooms and sweating on playgrounds?"
"You should be in the prime of your youth... It's our fault for failing to keep the disasters at bay."
"I'm truly sorry..."
His self-reproach made him forget that he too was once a young man who wielded a blade against disasters.
He too was once such a youth...
Stepping onto the brownish-gray land.
The young man named Cang Yu bent down and touched the soil, "This was once our Huaxia's territory."
"We'll take it back someday." His girlfriend Zhi Xu bent down and hugged him.
"No time for sentiments now, it's getting dark, we need to find shelter before then."
"The darkness is terrifying."
Su Ze looked at the vast brownish-gray land, "I have a shelter nearby, follow me."
The ground was covered with mindless walking dead who acted on instinct alone.
They were similar to zombies in movies, but these things were far more terrifying.
They were once humans who, after having their souls absorbed by monsters in this place, became like this.
They were all controlled by the monsters in this area, and if they discovered you, they would pursue you tirelessly.
This wasn't even the most terrifying part - the worst was that they couldn't die!
The laws of this place made them unkillable.
Everyone composed themselves and silently followed behind Su Ze.
He was experienced.
The group stealthily passed through massive areas crowded with walking dead, reaching a cave just as darkness fell.
Su Ze entered the cave, and after everyone was inside, he pushed a massive boulder weighing several hundred kilograms to block the entrance from the outside.
Then he quietly crawled through a hidden narrow hole and jumped down from above the others' heads.
Whoosh!
Flames rose from oil lamps hanging on the walls.
The dark cave instantly brightened.
"What kind of oil are these lamps using? It smells... different."
Su Ze answered frankly, "Corpse oil."
"..."
Everyone's spine chilled at Su Ze's answer.
They quickly understood - with corpses everywhere outside, of course it was corpse oil. At this point, why worry about morals and ethics?
Everyone looked at the cave's setup - pots and ladles hanging on the walls, cured meat, lots of food, some medicines, and deep inside the cave was a pond formed by mountain spring water, dripping steadily.
It was clearly a small shelter.
Small but complete with everything needed.
Su Ze took things out of his backpack - a pile of compressed biscuits and similar foods - and dumped them all into a stone pit, "Help yourselves if you're hungry. We're all Huaxia compatriots, don't be shy."
"That's well said." The black-haired Xu Ziyin remarked appreciatively, making himself at home and grabbing some snacks to munch on.
The white-haired girl with a canvas, Gu Qingqing, rubbed her face, "Thanks?"
Xu Ziyin stood up and kissed her, "Thank you, these snacks taste even sweeter now."
"..." Gu Qingqing was stunned for a while, her cheeks turning red as she complained shyly, "You... there are so many people here, what are you doing!"
Xu Ziyin grinned while watching his lover's adorable angry expression.
Meng Xingyao felt a bit sour seeing this scene.
Don't be envious, don't be envious, she'll meet someone better, and if not... then staying single... well, seems like that's the only option.
"Sister Xingyao, I want some stir-fried pork with green peppers," Su Ze came up to the melancholic Meng Xingyao with a grin.
"Can we... cook here?" Meng Xingyao looked at Su Ze in surprise, "And... we don't have ingredients."
"Brother, do you have another secret base?" Cang Yu was genuinely curious about this peer who, like himself, was a talented sapling of Huaxia.
He too was admitted to Huaxia University this year, in the same class as Su Ze.
But Su Ze had far more legendary tales than him, evident just from the long case he carried on his back.
"Indeed." Su Ze, with a cigarette in his mouth, tapped on the rock wall under everyone's puzzled gaze. When they heard a hollow sound, he removed a rock to reveal a room with a natural stove alcove.
This room not only had a stove but also a carved square pit. When Su Ze lifted the stone slab covering the pit, a burst of cold air emerged, and everyone was amazed to see neatly arranged vegetables and fruits inside.
Among these vegetables were edible ones from the land of the walking dead.
No one knew how Su Ze had managed to transport them here.
"Ice stones - those minerals worth millions outside - you're using them to keep vegetables fresh?" Xu Ziyin immediately spotted them among the fruits and vegetables.
"Are any of us here short of a few million?" Su Ze shrugged.
Everyone fell silent, indeed they weren't short of a few million, as that was merely the cost of a dozen days of cultivation.
But what they lacked were ice stones.
These stones were priceless and rare.
Moreover, this ice stone was huge, worth at least twenty million.
Su Ze lifted another stone slab, revealing neatly arranged fresh meat.
Under the effect of the ice stone, the meat could be preserved for years without rotting.
"Sister Xingyao, I'm looking forward to your cooking skills." Su Ze smiled.
Meng Xingyao gave an OK sign, "Don't worry, I'll definitely poison you."
"We'll see about that. I bet my life is tougher than your cooking."
Nearby, Xu Ziyin burst out laughing, only to be punched by the still-angry Gu Qingqing, after which he didn't dare speak, looking pitiful.
"Ziyin, Qingqing, come help, don't just wait for the food," Meng Xingyao looked at the two and nodded towards the stove pit.
"Coming!"
Hearing this, Xu Ziyin ran over immediately, leaving Gu Qingqing slightly angry with pursed lips.
This guy really doesn't know how to comfort a girl!
When we first got together, he promised to take care of me in every way.
Such a liar! Only knows how to bully me!
Just like Meng Xingyao's type.
Thinking of this, she felt some sympathy for Meng Xingyao.
She composed herself and went to help as well.
"What are you spacing out about?" Su Ze bumped into Shen Qingsheng, who had been quiet with a complex expression.
"Nothing." Shen Qingsheng shook his head.
Su Ze saw through his concerns, "Come on, let's go have a smoke."
Shen Qingsheng followed Su Ze out through the cave opening.
Cang Yu was about to follow, but his girlfriend Zhi Xu pulled him back, playfully punching his arm with an amused expression, "It's obviously not appropriate for you to go over there right now, baby."
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
