apocalypse

"Mom, why is he here?"

Qu Hao looked at Lu Zheng, who was sitting next to the dining table, with dissatisfaction, with contempt and disdain in his eyes.

As a classmate and also the class monitor, he knew Lu Zheng's situation very well.

Lu Zheng is an orphan, and the clothes he wears are worth less than two hundred yuan.

I am usually a marginal person in the class and have little sense of existence.

If Lu Zheng wasn't a tenant in his house and they didn't meet each other often, he wouldn't even bother to get to know this person's information.

When Wen Miaojun saw her son pushing the door open, there was surprise in her eyes at first, because Qu Hao rarely came home for dinner.

But after hearing his question, he quickly explained:

"I bought you a new cabinet today. Thanks to A Zheng for helping me move it up."

"You said you wouldn't be coming back to eat, so I let him eat with us. This way we can avoid waste."

Qu Hao interrupted impatiently.

"Okay, stop talking and let him go. Even if I don't eat it, I won't give it to him if I throw it away."

"Quickly transfer 20,000 to me. Shuya's birthday is tonight, and I forgot to prepare a gift. I have to go buy one quickly, otherwise I'll lose face tonight."

The Shuya he mentioned was Mi Shuya, the new campus beauty of Tunghai University. She had been enrolled for less than a year and had just turned eighteen.

She comes from a well-off family, and her father held a birthday party for her at Qingyun Hotel, which also served as a coming-of-age ceremony.

Mi Shuya invited many classmates, and Lu Zheng was obviously not qualified to attend.

Seeing that her son was anxious, Wen Miaojun quickly took out her cell phone and transferred 20,000 yuan to him.

Then he asked weakly:

"Didn't I just transfer 20,000 yuan to you the day before yesterday? You spent it all so quickly?"

"What nonsense!"

When Qu Hao saw the transfer information on his phone, he went into the house and changed the car key for a Porsche, walked to the door and pointed at Lu Zheng.

"Hurry up and let him go. Don't stay here. He's dirtying my floor."

He said 'my home' instead of 'our home' because in his heart, he regarded all of this, including his mother, as his own property.

After saying that, he slammed the door and left.

Lu Zheng has stood up.

"Auntie, I'll go back then."

He was not angry with Wen Miaojun because Wen Miaojun was a very gentle woman.

Wen Miaojun is only 36 years old this year. She was born in a remote mountainous area and was bought home by Qu Hao's father very early to give birth to a son.

As a result, when Qu Hao was five years old, his father died.

He left behind a legacy of more than 100 million yuan in the hands of Wen Miaojun.

Wen Miaojun did not squander his money recklessly, but instead bought real estate and gold and saved them all, including this building in the affiliated community of Tunghai University.

Lu Zheng is an orphan who started writing online in high school. Although he didn't earn much, it was enough to cover his living expenses and tuition.

In order to create better, he chose to rent a house, and that's how he met the mother of this classmate.

"No! Haohao just can't speak. Actually, he is very kind."

Wen Miaojun's eyes turned red with anxiety. She had been saying this for eighteen years, to the point that even the person in the mirror no longer believed it.

"Sit down and let's eat together."

Wen Miaojun also stood up. Perhaps because she was in a hurry to get up, the collar of her silk cheongsam was slightly open.

Lu Zheng subconsciously caught a glimpse of swaying white, and immediately looked away as if he had been electrocuted, his Adam's apple rolling unconsciously.

The setting sun outside the window suddenly became dazzling, making the air between the two people unbearably hot.

Although she is already in her thirties, Wen Miaojun's skin is as fair as that of a teenage girl, without even a single acne scar or wrinkle.

Her long black hair fell like a waterfall, and time seemed to have left no trace on her face.

Only the charm of a mature woman emanates from her every move.

Qu Hao only inherited one-third of Wen Miaojun's looks, but he is already a strong contender for the title of school hunk this year.

Wen Miaojun's beauty can be seen from this.

This is the legendary noble lady who lives a life of luxury!

"Thank you, Auntie. I'm full."

"I went back to writing."

With that, Lu Zheng fled in panic.

Wen Miaojun thought that Qu Hao's words hurt Lu Zheng's heart, and couldn't help but sigh.

Qu Hao's temperament is like his father's, rude, arrogant and domineering.

Wen Miaojun didn't know how to discipline him, so she could only take the money she had and save as much as she could while spending less.

Lu Zheng returned to the adjacent room 704.

Just as I was about to cook a bowl of instant noodles for myself, a panel suddenly appeared in front of me.

[The Frozen Apocalypse is coming, congratulations on obtaining the daily card drawing system]

[Daily card draw times: 1/1]

[System Supplies: None]

[Goddess of Luck: None]

[Take in the Goddess of Luck. After successfully taking her in, you will receive a Super Card. The number of card draws per day will increase. The higher the rating of the Goddess of Luck, the more card draws you will get.]

[80 points or more, daily card draws +2; 90 points or more, daily card draws +5; 95 points or more, daily card draws +10]

Lu Zheng subconsciously clicked on the card draw button.

Congratulations on getting a supply card.

[Item: Mineral Water]

[Type: Supplies Card]

[Effect: Contains 10,000 boxes of mineral water, available at any time]

Starting with 10,000 boxes of water?

He's been drinking a case a day for twenty-seven years.

This way you don't have to worry about drinking water anymore.

Wait, the frozen apocalypse is coming?

Lu Zheng was startled and suddenly felt a chill running from his tailbone to the top of his head.

It's almost the beginning of summer, but there's such a biting cold.

He walked to the window and looked out, and was shocked.

There was sunshine outside the window, but heavy snow was falling.

The snow was falling so fast, it was like someone was pouring down on the roof.

The colorful world is quickly being swallowed up by endless white.

He frowned, then went downstairs without hesitation.

There is a small shop on the first floor, Room 102. Lu Zheng picked up the big bag without hesitation and packed all the instant noodles, dried noodles, rice and sealed cooked food here.

There was only one cashier here. Seeing Lu Zheng's crazy shopping behavior, he almost thought he was a lunatic.

It took a full half hour to scan and count all of Lu Zheng's things.

Lu Zheng dragged two large bags back to the room, locked the door, leaned back on the sofa, and breathed a sigh of relief.

In the more than half an hour that I spent shopping, the snow outside was already ten centimeters thick and the temperature had dropped to over thirty degrees below zero.

You know, an hour ago, the temperature was still over 30 degrees Celsius!

The temperature dropped sharply to nearly 70 degrees, and ordinary glass would probably be frozen and shattered.

He did not go to the supermarket outside to buy things because he was concerned about the possibility of a sudden drop in temperature and heavy snow blocking the roads.

Turning on the hot air of the air conditioner, Lu Zheng took out the tape and sealed the edge of the window to reduce heat loss.

At this time, a beautiful figure appeared on the balcony next to him.

The black cheongsam perfectly outlines the graceful lines, and the mature atmosphere reveals a gentle charm.

It was Wen Miaojun.

She seemed to have just realized something was wrong. She was looking at the heavy snow falling outside, dialing the phone in her hand, with an expression of panic and anxiety on her face.

Lu Zheng looked at her, his eyes fixed.

This time it was not because of that impressive figure, but because he saw the system panel again.

[Ding! Found the goddess of luck, testing in progress]

Lu Zheng couldn't move his eyes away.

[Ding! Found the goddess of luck, testing in progress]

[Name: Wen Miaojun]

Age: 36

[Experience: She endured hardships in her childhood, yet remained gentle and innocent; she tried hard to be a good mother, yet forgot that she, too, was a girl in need of protection; she remained single for over a decade, devoting all her energy to her children; while time left no marks on her appearance, her heart was filled with scars.]

[Conclusion: Innocent and beautiful, with a slim figure, kind and lovely, gentle and considerate; 93 points, meets the requirements]

Wen Miaojun finally got through on the phone.

Just as he was about to speak, Qu Hao's angry voice came from the other side.

"I was just about to talk to Shuya, why are you constantly hitting me? Leave me be!"

After saying that, the caller hung up.

Wen Miaojun was stunned for a moment, and then could only carefully send a message to Qu Hao.

"Haohao, it's snowing heavily outside. Put on more clothes. Mom is waiting for you at home."

The message was sent, but there was no reply for a long time.

Wen Miaojun walked into the room in a daze, not noticing Lu Zheng who had been staring at her for a long time on the balcony next to her.

Only after she entered the house did Lu Zheng come to his senses.

"It turns out that Aunt Wen is my lucky goddess. I must protect her well."

Back in the room, he sat on the sofa and picked up his phone to check the information online.

The incident has been going on for nearly an hour, and all kinds of news are flooding in.

This is a worldwide disaster, and even heavy snow is falling on the sea.

The thickness of the snow is constantly increasing. According to experts' estimates, if the snowfall rate remains unchanged, the thickness of the snow may reach more than two meters in one day and one night.

This time the experts are more reliable.

Heavy snow fell for three days and three nights, and the snow depth reached ten meters, submerging three floors.

The temperature dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius and continued to drop, but the rate of cooling was much slower than before.

The snow didn't stop, it just got a lot lighter.

Today is the fourth day of the apocalypse, and Lu Zheng starts drawing cards today.

Congratulations on getting a skill card.

[Skill: Detection]

[Type: Skill Card]

[Effect: Releases a spherical exploration wave, exploring within a radius of 100 meters with itself as the radius, and obtains a holographic perspective image within the range]

[Durability: 100/100]

It's actually a new card type!

In the past three days, Lu Zheng received supply cards.

They are 10,000 boxes of mineral water, 10,000 Viper pistols and 10,000 commercial energy storage cabinets.

The pistol gave him a great sense of security.

After all, in the apocalypse, order will soon collapse.

Without the ability to protect themselves, all they have are supplies, which will inevitably be looted.

Now I have ten thousand loaded pistols, and I feel very at ease.

A commercial energy storage cabinet is a large battery.

Usually, the electricity stored in an energy storage cabinet is enough to cover an average household's electricity consumption for a month.

Even though it is freezing cold today, the electricity consumption is huge in order to maintain the temperature. One cabinet can last Lu Zheng at least half a month.

This way, only twenty-four energy storage cabinets will be consumed per year, and ten thousand will be enough for him to use for more than four hundred years!

There was a power outage in the community last night, and all the residents were in a panic. Many people in the owners' group cursed and criticized the property management.

It was over forty degrees below zero outside, and even with electricity, the air conditioner compressor could no longer work properly.

The indoor temperature dropped to minus thirty degrees Celsius or even lower.

People can only use electric blankets or other heating methods to keep warm.

Now there is no electricity and many people have lost the ability to keep warm.

But the temperature continues to drop. Some experts predict that the outdoor temperature may drop to minus 100 degrees Celsius in at most ten days.

Ordinary down jackets can only withstand temperatures between -10 and -30 degrees Celsius. At -100 degrees Celsius, the human body will quickly suffer from hypothermia, which can be fatal within minutes!

People could only wrap themselves tightly in blankets and stay warm by lighting something in the house and getting close to the flames.

But there are not many flammable materials in the building. If there is no way to break the deadlock, more than 80% of the people may not survive today.

Lu Zheng is now sitting on an electric blanket holding an electric heating pad, and using an electric heater to blow hot air to maintain his body temperature.

Suddenly, he found a message pushed on his mobile phone.

[Attention everyone: There is a black fruit in the snow. After eating this fruit, you can greatly increase your resistance to severe cold and gain super powers.]

There is always a way out.

As the saying goes, for any poisonous substance, there must be an antidote within five steps!

With such extremely low temperatures and no resistance, all life on the planet will become extinct.

But with such extreme environmental changes, there will definitely be something that can resist the changes.

The black fruit is the key.

But nowadays, many people don't even have the ability to move. If they go downstairs to get the black fruit, the time they spend there might be enough to freeze them to death.

But only by fighting can you have hope of survival!

Lu Zheng planned to go after breakfast.

He lives on the seventh floor, and now the heavy snow has submerged the lower three floors. Theoretically, as long as he reaches the fourth floor, he can dig out the snow through the corridor.

Although he had enough electricity, he would not freeze to death.

But the black fruit can grant supernatural powers, and Lu Zheng is very concerned about enhancing his own strength.

As an orphan, he was bullied a lot when he was young because of his frail body.

Now he keeps exercising and has six-pack abs, and his own strength gives him a sense of security.

If others have superpowers and he doesn't, he will feel insecure!

He is not the type to sit back and wait for death.

The best strategy is to obtain the supernatural fruit as soon as possible before the temperature drops to an unbearable level.

But as he was eating the steaming instant noodles, he heard a knock on the door.

When I reached the door, I heard a weak voice.

"Lu Zheng, are you home?"

Through the peephole, Lu Zheng saw a person wrapped tightly.

But just from the pair of tender eyes that the other person showed, he judged that this person was his good neighbor, landlady, classmate's mother, Wen Miaojun.

"At home, auntie, what can I do for you?"

When Wen Miaojun heard Lu Zheng's voice, her voice became joyful.

"That's great, Zheng. I'm so cold."

"I have nothing to burn at home. Do you have any other way to keep warm?"

"Can you keep me warm?"

Lu Zheng was originally thinking about how to get Wen Miaojun to come to his place. Now that the other party came to him on his own initiative, he certainly couldn't turn her away.

He first made sure that there was no one else behind Wen Miaojun before opening the door and grabbing Wen Miaojun's arm.

"Auntie, come in quickly."

The heat coming from Lu Zheng made Wen Miaojun subconsciously move closer to him.

As soon as he entered the house, Lu Zheng pulled him directly into the bedroom.

There are electric heaters and electric blankets in the bedroom, and the temperature is obviously much higher than that in the living room outside.

"Auntie, please take off your shoes and pants and get under the quilt. There's an electric blanket underneath, so it's very warm."

As he said that, he immediately started to help.

By the time Wen Miaojun reacted, Lu Zheng had already taken off her down jacket and stuffed her into the quilt.

A pair of small hands as smooth as a girl's were held in Lu Zheng's palms.

"Auntie, your hands are so cold! Let me warm them up for you."

Lu Zheng's movements were so fast, as if he had practiced them dozens of times, and they were smooth and flowing.

When Wen Miaojun came to her senses, Lu Zheng had already held her hand tightly.

At this time, she and Lu Zheng were wrapped in a large quilt together, sitting opposite each other, their eyes facing each other, their noses less than ten centimeters apart.

The man's breath made Wen Miaojun feel a little dizzy.

She hadn't felt this kind of impact in more than ten years.

She subconsciously tried to free her hand, but found that Lu Zheng was holding it tightly, and her face quickly turned red.

I don't know if it's because it's hot or I'm shy.

Sensing that the atmosphere was a little off, Wen Miaojun quickly spoke up to break it.

"A Zheng, I didn't expect it to be so warm here. How come you still use electricity?!"

Looking at the face so close to him and feeling the cool, soft touch in his palm, Lu Zheng was a little distracted.

Only after hearing Wen Miaojun's words did he react.

"Oh, did you see that cabinet in the living room? That's an energy storage cabinet. With the current power consumption, it should last for a month."

As he spoke, he glanced at the instant noodles he had placed on the table next to him, quickly let go of his hand and brought the noodles over.

"Auntie Wen, please eat something hot and drink some hot soup to warm yourself up faster."

The natural gas stopped working yesterday, and Wen Miaojun hasn't had a single hot bite of food since last night.

Seeing the half-eaten instant noodles by Lu Zheng, he couldn't help it.

He immediately grabbed the bucket of instant noodles and started eating, even drinking all the noodle soup in one breath.

"I'm sorry, I've finished eating. Have you not eaten yet?"

Wen Miaojun was also extremely hungry, and only now remembered that this instant noodles should be for Lu Zheng himself.

I couldn't help but ask out of shame.

Lu Zheng smiled and said:

"It's okay, I'll just make another bucket."

As he spoke, he suddenly picked up a tissue next to him and wiped the corner of Wen Miaojun's mouth.

"There's something dirty."

Lu Zheng looked at Wen Miaojun, but the latter lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him, her ears turned red.

Although she is already a mother of a college student, she has never been in a relationship.

This action made her heart beat faster.

"A Zheng, you, don't do this."

She whispered.

Lu Zheng smiled and said:

"Auntie Wen, the quilt has been warmed by my body. If you feel cold, just curl up inside."

"I'll go make another bucket of noodles."

After saying that, he left the quilt, put on his coat, went to the bed, picked up a bucket of instant noodles, opened it, and poured hot water into it from the thermos.

Then he boiled water in an electric kettle.

The temperature outside is too low. Even if you have a thermos, it will definitely become cold if you don't use it for a whole day.

So he needs to boil hot water frequently.

This is the only way to ensure that your body does not lose temperature.

Wen Miaojun curled up in the quilt with only her head exposed. Looking at the busy Lu Zheng, she felt very relieved.

When the power went out, she was extremely panicked.

She called her son but no one answered, as if the whole world had abandoned her.

She knew that it was not a good thing for her as a widow to come to the home of a strong single young man, but it was too cold, so she could only seek Lu Zheng's help.

It's like when he couldn't move something or lost something and asked Lu Zheng to help find it.

She felt like she was used to the existence of this little man.

Being with this little man made her feel that there were still people in this world who cared about her.

After eating a bowl of steaming instant noodles under the blowing of the electric heater, Lu Zheng felt a little hot.

He took off his coat and wore only a thermal vest.

Under the warm yellow light, the muscles in his arms looked as shiny and powerful as copper and iron.

Wen Miaojun looked at the arm and couldn't help swallowing.

She quickly closed her eyes. If she continued to watch, she was afraid that she would not be able to control herself and do something bad to A Zheng.

After Lu Zheng had eaten and drunk his fill, he turned to look at Wen Miaojun.

"Aunt Wen, you should have a good rest here!"

"I'm going to go down and look for the black fruit mentioned in the news."

Hearing that he was leaving, Wen Miaojun immediately opened her eyes and instinctively rushed over and hugged Lu Zheng's arm.

The amazing touch made Lu Zheng feel like he was sinking into cotton.

"No, don't go. It's cold outside."

At this moment, she was like a helpless cat on the roadside, clinging to this last hope.

Lu Zheng turned around and hugged Wen Miaojun's soft body in his arms.

Whispered in her ear:

"Auntie Wen, don't worry, I will definitely come back, just wait for me obediently!"

He said, giving her a light kiss on the cheek.

The latter's body was completely stiff as if petrified, his face flushed, and his eyes showed some surprise, some shyness, and some confusion.

It wasn't until Lu Zheng, fully dressed, left the bedroom that she came to her senses.

Then she suddenly curled herself into the quilt, too shy to even show her head.

"A Zheng, you actually kissed me!"

She felt her heart beating very fast.

On the other side, after wrapping himself tightly, Lu Zheng took the engineering shovel he had bought for collection and quickly rushed from the seventh floor to the corridor on the third floor.

Sure enough, this place was also covered with snow, even pouring into the corridor.

Without hesitation, he dug hard into the snow.

The snow was very thick, but fortunately it had not completely frozen into large ice blocks and could be dug out relatively easily.

He did not dig immediately, but used his only skill card.

Detection technique!

In an instant, the surrounding scenery became translucent.

You can even see some people in the room curled up in their quilts and shivering.

His eyes fell on the snow, and he immediately saw many black fruits that were a different color from the snow.

Pinpointing the nearest fruit, he dug quickly.

He had plenty of energy and dug for three minutes straight, eventually digging out a large snow cave.

A black fruit fell into his hand.

But he did not eat it immediately. Instead, he continued digging until he found the third black fruit. Then he quickly returned to his room on the seventh floor.

Opening the bedroom door, Wen Miaojun poked her head out from under the quilt.

Seeing Lu Zheng appear, she said happily:

"You're back!"

Lu Zheng took off his coat, quickly got into the quilt, and then hugged Wen Miaojun.

The latter was about to break free subconsciously when he heard Lu Zheng exhale a breath of cold air and say:

"Auntie, it's so cold, let me warm up."

Thinking that she was already occupying Lu Zheng's quilt, Wen Miaojun did not resist anymore. Instead, she reached out and held Lu Zheng's ear in her hand.

"Isn't this warmer?"

Wen Miaojun and Lu Zheng looked at each other, lowered their heads shyly and asked.

Looking at the mature and charming aunt in front of him showing the shyness of a little girl, Lu Zheng felt a little hot.

It was as if there was a fire burning inside my body.

But he was still rational and was not overwhelmed by distracting thoughts.

He took out one of the three black fruits on the table and handed it to Wen Miaojun.

"Auntie Wen, this is the fruit they mentioned in the news that can make the body resistant to severe cold. You should eat it now!"

Lu Zheng did have feelings for Wen Miaojun, but to be honest, they were not deep feelings.

Your own safety is more important.

Although the Internet has always said that the black fruit can change physical fitness and give humans superpowers, he still needs to confirm it because he has never seen it with his own eyes.

Otherwise, if it is poisonous, wouldn't his system be in vain?

When Wen Miaojun heard that this fruit was actually the magical fruit promoted on the Internet, she immediately showed a surprised expression.

"No, this is too precious, Zheng, you should eat it yourself!"

Lu Zheng put his arm around Wen Miaojun's waist, picked up the fruit and handed it to her mouth.

"Be good, eat quickly, this is what I found for you."

Wen Miaojun has a soft personality.

The big boy aura of Lu Zheng made her body limp.

There is no way to resist at all.

She subconsciously opened her cherry mouth and ate the black fruit.

This fruit is very strange. It melts in your mouth, turns into a pool of liquid, and flows into your body.

Wen Miaojun struggled and said:

"A Zheng, let me go, it's so hot!"

After escaping from Lu Zheng's arms, she instinctively crawled out from under the quilt, revealing her graceful figure wearing only a black silk cheongsam.

Exhaling heavily, Wen Miaojun said in surprise:

"My strength seems to have increased a lot!"

Lu Zheng quickly asked:

"Aunt Wen, what superpowers did you gain?"

"It seems to be frozen."

As she spoke, Wen Miaojun pointed to a corner of the wall not far away. A cold light flew out from her hand, landed on the corner, and immediately condensed into a layer of frost.

"You can really gain superpowers!"

Lu Zheng's spirits lifted, and he continued to ask:

"Aunt Wen, do you feel any discomfort?"

The latter shook his head and glanced at the electric heater.

"Nothing, I feel great, like never before, full of energy, just a little hot."

As she spoke, she stood up.

"A Zheng, I'm going to sit in the living room and cool down."

Before she finished speaking, she rushed to the living room wearing cotton slippers and holding a down jacket, obviously because she was very hot.

The body is hot and the heart is hot too.

Lu Zheng took out his cell phone and watched a few more videos about gaining superpowers by eating black fruits.

Finally make a decision.

He took out a fruit and ate it.

The next moment, the body was filled with heat, and then some more information appeared in the mind, and a ball of energy formed in the brain.

His special ability has awakened, mental telekinesis, also known as telekinesis!

The initial force is only one hundred grams.

He can exert a force of one hundred grams on any target in any direction.

It seems that this force is very small. A boiled egg weighs about 60 to 70 grams. It can only lift one egg, so it doesn't seem to have much killing power.

But you have to know that he can exert a force permanently.

The force and mass of the object remain unchanged, which means that an object can be given an acceleration for a long time.

The mass of a bullet's warhead is about 5 grams, and a force of 100 grams can give it an acceleration of 20 meters per second squared.

The initial velocity of a pistol bullet is about 420 meters per second, which means that it only takes 21 seconds of acceleration for the bullet to have the same power as a pistol.

Lu Zheng already has a pistol, so he doesn't need to use telekinesis to shoot.

But this ability is extremely practical in the current situation.

Digging black fruits out of the snow is time-consuming and laborious, but it would be much easier if the black fruits inside could be allowed to drill out of the snow by themselves.

This black fruit weighs about five grams.

It would be very convenient to use telekinesis to help them get out of the snow!

There is no doubt that with this special ability, Lu Zheng will quickly accumulate black fruits and thus enhance his superpowers.

At present, according to the information given on the Internet, the only way to directly improve super powers is to continue eating black fruits.

At the same time, eating more fruits can also give you higher resistance to cold.

Lu Zheng immediately ate the remaining black fruit.

Then he found that his superpower had increased to 150 grams. It seemed that a black fruit had brought a significant improvement to his superpower.

If you eat a black fruit, you can withstand the cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius even if you are naked.

However, the abnormal energy in the body will be quickly consumed during the process.

This shows that their physical fitness is not essentially high enough to withstand the cold.

However, wearing a down jacket, in an environment of minus 40 degrees Celsius, energy consumption is greatly reduced. Without combat consumption, relying on its own recovery ability, it is enough to support long-term movement.

After eating two fruits, you should be able to move freely in temperatures as low as minus sixty degrees Celsius.

Now the temperature is still dropping. If you really want to avoid freezing to death when going out, you have to eat as many black fruits as possible.

One step faster, every step faster.

Lu Zheng was glad that he had made the decisive decision to go downstairs and dig the snow.

If you wait until the temperature drops to a lower level before going out, you might freeze to death before you can dig up the first fruit.

After eating two fruits, he felt a little hot under the blowing of the electric heater.

When I walked into the living room, I saw Wen Miaojun sitting on the sofa in a down jacket, making a phone call.

Lu Zheng walked gently to her and sat down beside her, gently hugged her shoulders and comforted her:

"Don't worry, Auntie. His phone might be out of battery. Once he finds a power bank, you'll be able to contact him."

"There's so much snow outside, and the temperature is still dropping."

"No matter how anxious you are, you can't go out to look for him."

"Under the current circumstances, you should take care of yourself and try to survive, so that you will have the chance to see him again."

Wen Miaojun felt confused and panicked because she was worried about her son Qu Hao's safety.

At this moment, she was held in Lu Zheng's arms. Although she felt that this was not right, the sense of security made her reluctant to break free.

Fortunately, Lu Zheng didn't let her worry for too long.

He let go of Wen Miaojun, stood up and said:

"Aunt Wen, just rest in the room. If you feel bored, listen to some music or watch some TV series. I've downloaded a lot of songs and TV series on my computer, so you don't have to worry about wasting electricity."

"I'm going out to continue looking for the black fruit."

Wen Miaojun immediately stood up and said:

"I'll go with you."

Lu Zheng decisively refused.

"No, you have to stay and guard the house. Don't open the door to anyone except me. Protect our supplies."

In fact, this is not the main reason.

On the one hand, he was afraid that if an emergency occurred, Wen Miaojun would drag him down.

Under such conditions, it is not easy to meet a lucky goddess who can increase the number of card draws. We haven't caught her yet, so we can't let anything happen to her.

On the other hand, Lu Zheng also didn't want to expose his abilities too much to outsiders.

Wen Miaojun can no longer be considered one of his own, and even if he gets the black fruit again, he doesn't plan to let Wen Miaojun eat it anymore.

At least until he becomes one of us, he is not qualified to get it.

Wen Miaojun had no choice but to watch Lu Zheng get dressed and walk to the door.

"Be safe, I'll wait for you to come back."

After saying that, she closed the door with a blushing face.

Lu Zheng did not go to the corridor, but went to the underground parking lot in one breath.

Just as he expected, there was indeed someone here.

Now the entrances and exits of the parking lot are blocked by heavy snow, and no cold wind blows in.

Normally, the temperature in underground parking lots is higher than outside.

More importantly, there are cars here.

If you have a car and oil, you have electricity.

The air conditioning in the car can provide people with some warmth.

In today's society, many people cannot live without electricity, and even get panicked when their mobile phones run out of battery.

The desire to find power and heat sources drove many people to the parking lot.

Many cars were started, with ambient lights on inside, and you could vaguely see people inside.

Lu Zheng did not approach any occupied vehicles, but walked directly towards the exit of the parking lot.

When he got nearby, he used the Exploration skill card to survey the surroundings.

A three-dimensional holographic scene appeared before his eyes.

Someone!

At the parking lot exit, someone was digging snow.

In such a large community with so many people, it is impossible that everyone is brainless.

On the contrary, there are many people who know how to save themselves.

The official announcement has been made that the black fruit can increase resistance to severe cold and gain superpowers. Anyone with a bit of common sense will try it before the temperature drops to the point where the body completely loses the ability to move.

There were five people at the exit, four of them were digging snow and one was standing nearby.

The man standing aside seemed to be holding a knife in his hand.

Lu Zheng thought for a moment, then quietly walked to the entrance of the parking lot and used the detection technique.

The result is similar. There are five people digging snow here, and there is also a person standing next to them with a knife.

Obviously, the people who dug the snow were the laborers, and the one who actually got the black fruit might be the knife-wielding supervisor, or someone else.

But no matter what, he needs to take control of this place.

First, we need to understand the situation. These people may have mastered special abilities. We cannot act rashly when the enemy's strength is unknown.

He has plenty of cards, ten thousand pistols.

There's no need to take risks.

"Hey, brothers, I also want to dig black fruits. Can you take me one?"

Lu Zheng walked over with a smile.

The knife-wielding supervisor was a young man with a walkie-talkie on his waist. After hearing Lu Zheng's words, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said:

"Brother Sheng, there's a kid here who wants to dig snow too. He looks like he's already eaten the black fruit. What should we do with him?"

A middle-aged man's voice came from the other side.

"Tell him to wait until I get there."

The young man looked at Lu Zheng.

"Did you hear that? Wait for Brother Sheng to come over and I'll make arrangements for you."

Lu Zheng nodded and smiled.

"My name is Lu Zheng, what's your name, big brother?"

The young man was very satisfied with Lu Zheng's humble attitude and said casually:

"My name is Liu Siming, the same last name as Brother Sheng."

"You are lucky, you have found a black fruit and eaten it."

"My ability is strength enhancement."

"If your ability is good, Brother Sheng might make you an overseer, just like us. You don't need to work, you just need to watch others work."

"There are also supplies and black fruits to share."

Lu Zheng glanced at the five people who were digging snow, four men and one woman.

They were trembling all over and their faces were pale, obviously they had not eaten the black fruit.

Even though the temperature here is a little higher than outside, it is still around minus 30 degrees Celsius. Without any resistance to the cold, they will probably be frozen to death within two or three hours relying solely on the clothes and their bodies.

The so-called "Brother Sheng" and others are obviously not good people.

As I was thinking, three people came over, and a middle-aged man in a black mink coat was surrounded in the middle.

Liu Sheng looked at Lu Zheng and asked:

"Boy, what's your special ability?"

Lu Zheng raised his hand and took out a bottle of mineral water.

"Reporting to Big Brother, my ability is to materialize materials, and right now I can only materialize mineral water."

When Liu Sheng saw the mineral water appear, his eyes immediately lit up.

Now the temperature continues to drop to minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius, and the water resources in the building are basically frozen. If they want to drink water, they have to take it into the car to melt it first.

Moreover, the heavy snow has blocked the entrances and exits, and the water resources will be exhausted sooner or later.

The special ability demonstrated by Lu Zheng is simply a mobile supply station.

With him by my side, I can basically guarantee that I won't die of thirst.

If his abilities become stronger in the future and he can materialize food, keeping him would mean having endless supplies to use.

"Haha, what a great ability! You will be my brother Liu Sheng from now on."

"By the way, what's your name?"

Liu Siming on the side interrupted:

"His name is Lu Zheng."

Liu Sheng glared at him.

"Get out of the way. Call me Second Brother from now on. I declare that Lu Zheng will be the second in command of our Sihai Gang."

Lu Zheng showed a surprised expression.

"Thank you, Boss. I wonder what special abilities you have. Could you please let me see them?"

Liu Sheng felt that this was a good opportunity to establish his authority. He laughed and said:

"sure."

"Let me tell you, they all have abilities like enhanced physical strength and speed."

"Only I can release a fireball!"

As he spoke, he pointed directly at the snow wall in front of him. A fireball the size of a pigeon egg flew out, hit the snow wall and exploded, creating a hole the size of a washbasin.

The flying speed of this fireball was not very fast, and Lu Zheng could see it clearly.

Meaning he could easily dodge it.

The fireball is not large in size and has a small mass. After releasing the fireball, Lu Zheng can use his mental power to influence its trajectory, preventing it from attacking him.

The danger is over.

Lu Zheng laughed.

"Brother Liu's fireball is too slow. Mine is faster."

As he spoke, a gun appeared in his hand. He fired a shot at the snow wall and then at Liu Sheng's head.

"I don't like being second in command. From now on, I'm the boss. Do you understand?"

Seeing Lu Zheng actually took out a gun, everyone was stunned.

Liu Sheng trembled with fear when a gun was pointed at him.

"Okay, brother, let's talk it over. You're the boss, no problem. I'll listen to you from now on."

He glared at Liu Siming, who was already frightened beside him.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and call the boss!"

Lu Zheng looked at Liu Sheng.

"How many black fruits do you still have? How many have you eaten?"

Liu Sheng quickly opened his pocket and said as he turned it over:

"I don't have any left. I just caught these people today to dig the fruit for me. I only dug out six in total. My two brothers each got one, and I ate the remaining four myself."

"I only ate five myself."

Lu Zheng frowned, this efficiency was too slow.

But a glance at the trembling snow digging laborers showed that they didn't even have a decent tool. Three of them were even digging with their hands, and they looked like they were about to freeze to death.

This can't be very efficient.

He pointed at Liu Siming.

"You, go call the people over there at the exit, and I'll make new arrangements for you."

Liu Siming ran quickly to the opposite side.

Lu Zheng approached the snow wall, activated his mental power, and controlled the two nearest black fruits to fly out.

The fruit flew out of the snow and landed in Lu Zheng's hands. Seeing this scene, several people opened their eyes wide in disbelief.

Chapter 6: He is a good person, taking the opportunity to seize power! (Please read)

Lu Zheng ate the two fruits he had just obtained, and his mental power increased to 250 grams, and the range of his mental perception also became larger.

He looked at Liu Sheng and commanded:

"Continue to release fireballs at the snow wall until the energy in your body is exhausted."

Being pointed at gunpoint and witnessing how Lu Zheng had just taken out the black fruit, he didn't dare to say a word and immediately did as he was told.

After releasing three more small fireballs, Liu Sheng turned his head.

"Boss, I can only release it five times in total. I've already used it once before meeting you."

"It's really useless now."

Lu Zheng nodded.

He just used the detection technique to look at the distribution of black fruits in the snow layer, and at the same time checked the energy content in Liu Sheng's body.

This guy really has no energy left.

The small fireball is very powerful, so the consumption is naturally not small.

He can only release it five times after consuming five crystal cores. The magazine capacity of his gun is fifteen bullets, which is obviously more deterrent.

At this time, Liu Siming came over with another supervisor Zhao Sen and four snow-digging workers.

Zhao Sen came over and looked at Liu Sheng and asked:

"Boss, what happened?"

Liu Sheng slapped him.

"From now on, I'm not the boss anymore. This brother Zheng is the boss."

"Brother Zheng, everyone is here, what do you want?"

After taking a quick look, Lu Zheng said:

"From now on, I will be your boss and you will be my employees."

"As long as you work hard for me, I can give you food, water, and black fruit. Everyone can have it."

"Liu Siming, when I'm not here, you will be the one with the most power. You will be in charge of these people."

"If anyone disagrees, let me know and bury them in the snow."

"Now all of you work together to dig the snow, and do it quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he fired a shot directly at Zhao Sen's feet.

The latter was so frightened that he immediately jumped to the other side of the snow wall and started to fiddle with his hands.

Liu Sheng gritted his teeth and walked towards the snow wall to start working.

Everyone started working, and Lu Zheng's voice was heard again.

"I can sense the amount of supernatural energy in each of you. If you steal the black fruit, even if you only eat one, you will be buried in the snow."

"If you don't have the ability to dodge bullets, then just work for me honestly!"

The emergency lighting at this entrance wasn't very good, but it didn't hinder their snow-digging work.

Lu Zheng was directing from behind and soon dug out a lot of snow, which was piled on both sides of the road.

Half an hour later, Lu Zheng used telekinesis to take out two black fruits from the snow.

Eat one yourself and your telekinesis will increase to 300 grams.

He pointed to a middle-aged man and said:

"You just worked the hardest, so this fruit is a reward for you. Eat it, and you won't be afraid of the cold anymore, and you'll also gain superpowers."

Yang Baishan immediately said gratefully:

"Thank you, boss. Thank you."

He quickly ate the black fruit, and the next moment, a warm current surged through his body, and he felt his whole body was clear.

"What superpowers did you get?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Baishan replied:

"It seems to be very powerful."

Lu Zheng nodded. It seemed that this kind of ability was the most common, and several people had this ability.

The others looked at Yang Baishan with envy, but Liu Sheng had a blank expression on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Okay, let's get back to work!"

The ability of great strength is at least of great help in digging snow.

With so many people digging together, the efficiency is much higher than Lu Zheng digging slowly alone.

Although he can use his mental power to make the fruits come out by themselves, it is also limited in range. If he does not dig out the snow, he cannot get the fruits farther away.

More than an hour passed in a blink of an eye and it was almost noon.

Lu Zheng obtained five more fruits, two of which he gave as rewards to two snow-digging workers without special powers, and he ate three himself.

The mental power reached 450 grams.

He waved his hand and several bottles of mineral water appeared on the ground.

"Two bottles of water each. This is your reward."

"Get everything and follow me."

Lu Zheng found three cars and asked them to start the cars and then go inside to warm up and rest for a while.

Liu Sheng looted some food, and Lu Zheng also took it out and distributed some to everyone to replenish their energy.

Yang Baishan drank water and ate while sighing:

"Boss, you are a good man! If it weren't for you, I would have frozen to death."

Lu Zheng smiled but said nothing when he heard this.

He was actually exploiting these people, but Liu Sheng was very stingy and had no awareness of long-term development.

And he wants more, so he gives more.

As the saying goes, good and bad are revealed in comparison. Compared with Liu Sheng, he is a good person.

Lu Zheng called Liu Siming and others over and ordered:

"You guys rest here. I'll go back upstairs and come down around 1:30. We'll continue working this afternoon."

In the afternoon, he plans to expand the staff. Now they are only excavating the snow at the entrance of the parking lot, which is still inefficient. He plans to recruit another group of people in the afternoon to dig the exit.

Increase the speed at which you obtain fruit.

As soon as Lu Zheng left, Yang Sen said sarcastically:

"Oh my! Brother Ming is really arrogant. He asked Brother Sheng to stand outside while you sit in the car, right?"

Liu Siming noticed that Liu Sheng looked unhappy, so he mustered up the courage to speak:

"Brother Zheng asked me to take care of you, so I should be in the car. Don't hang around outside. Go to the car and have a good rest. We have to continue working in the afternoon."

Liu Sheng looked at him gloomily.

"Come with me, let's talk for a moment."

The latter was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and bravely walked with Liu Sheng to a place not far away.

Liu Sheng shouted in a low voice:

"You young brat, do you really think of him as your backer?!"

"That guy just has a gun. The bullets in the gun will eventually run out, but my ability can replenish them infinitely."

"As long as I find the opportunity, it's only a matter of time before I get rid of him."

"You'd better think clearly. His special ability is just to create water. He is destined to be a supporting role."

"The real power lies with people like me who possess powerful supernatural powers."

"You can't rely on him. Without me, there are other people with special abilities to take my place."

"He will definitely find more people in the afternoon to dig at the exit."

"When the time comes, he won't be able to watch both sides by himself, so the most likely scenario is that he'll ask you to take charge of one side."

"When the time comes, find a way to leave a few fruits for me so that I can enhance my abilities."

"When we find an opportunity to seize power, I will make you the second-in-command."

These words made Liu Siming's expression change, because they really made sense.

In the end times, there is no order.

Only fists and violence can hold power.

Lu Zheng's special ability is to materialize water. With only a gun, it is difficult for him to maintain his power.

As for the ability to take fruits out of the snow, they ignored it. After all, it didn't seem to have much attack power.

"But he said he could tell who had eaten the fruit."

Liu Sheng sneered.

"You believe everything he says? He's just saying that to prevent us from cheating."

"Everyone's abilities are very simple. He can even materialize water, and there's also that method of taking fruit from the snow. How is it possible to tell who has eaten how much fruit?"

"If you can tell, why did he ask me what I was doing in the first place?"