Chapter 42: Torrential Rain

Chapter 42: Torrential Rain

In the blink of an eye, it had been half a month since the apocalypse arrived. Some had left the convoy, and others had joined along the way.

As humans started adapting to the new world, the next challenge wasn’t far behind.

"This torrential rain has been pouring for three whole days now. When will it stop?" Su Mo gazed out the window at the dense curtain of rain, feeling a wave of sadness.

"Who knows? Nothing is surprising in this world anymore," Xiao Hua leaned out for a glance and closed her eyes to continue dozing.

Su Mo’s mood darkened even more. "Ah... What if it rains for ten days or half a month?"

Xiao Hua's eyelashes fluttered as she chuckled. "It's possible."

In fact, it had rained for ten straight days back then.

But that wasn’t really a problem. After all, Xiao Hua and Bai Mu had been going out every day recently, supposedly to practice their powers. In reality, they had collected quite a lot of food and supplies.

Their footprints were all over a radius of ten miles.

They left nothing in their wake, like a swarm of locusts.

Su Mo sighed. Seeing Xiao Hua lying on the seat, she couldn't help but pull her up. "Xiao Hua, it's already 8:30! You should go train!"

Xiao Hua: "..."

Did she accidentally say that this weather had plenty of water elements and was suitable for her training?

Now, people were dragging her out of bed every day, more eager than she was to train.

But, it had to be said, her strength was indeed improving rapidly.

While Bai Mu and Xiao Zui were still solidifying their powers at the early stage of the second level, Xiao Hua had already broken through to the late stage of the third level.

But Xiao Hua still dragged her feet. "I've been out for eight or nine hours every day, I..."

Before she could finish saying "It's very tiring,"

"How can you be like this?!" Su Mo shouted, her big, watery eyes filled with reproach.

"Brother Bai goes out with you tirelessly every day, and you don't even care about him?!"

Xiao Hua remained unmoved.

Go on, keep up the act.

The once-adorable and sweet protagonist was long gone, replaced by the current Su? Drama Queen? Mo.

Glancing at Xiao Zui as he approached, Xiao Hua started digging herself into a hole. "It's fine if I don't care about Bai Mu. You can care about him instead, we're like family."

Su Mo: "..."

This kind of joke couldn't be made lightly.

Xiao Zui: "..."

He hesitated, unsure whether to move forward or back.

From behind, Bai Mu's voice came. "Why did you stop?"

Xiao Hua was speechless.

Damn.

What do I do when I get caught making a joke behind someone’s back? Help, I’m panicking!

Bai Mu bypassed Xiao Zui and made eye contact with Xiao Hua, his eyes twinkling with amusement, as if he were holding back a laugh.

Xiao Hua let out a nervous chuckle and tried to act like nothing happened.

Bai Mu didn’t call her out, merely smiling as he asked, "Xiao Hua, going out?"

"……Mm." Xiao Hua nodded in resignation.

Bai Mu held an umbrella for Xiao Hua, and the two walked through the rain.

At this moment, Xiao Hua apologized decisively, "Brother Bai, I’m sorry."

Bai Mu nodded and then casually added, "But will you try that again?"

"……" Xiao Hua was embarrassed. "No, I won’t."

"You shouldn’t mess with the jokes between Su Mo and me," Bai Mu whispered into Xiao Hua's ear, "Xiao Zui will get jealous."

Huh?

Xiao Hua’s eyes widened slightly, and she turned to look at Bai Mu. "Brother Bai, you knew?"

"Mm, it’s quite obvious." Bai Mu nodded.

Xiao Hua realized that if Bai Mu noticed, things between the two of them must have gotten pretty serious. "Don’t worry, I won’t play matchmaker randomly next time."

After all, male leads are notorious for getting jealous and marking their territory.

The rain continued to fall.

Xiao Hua stepped out from under the umbrella, letting the rain wash over her as she absorbed the dense water energy from the air.

Bai Mu stood in the shadows, watching the girl he admired from under the umbrella.

There were quite a few zombies on rainy days; they would encounter a few every now and then.

Xiao Hua held her Tang knife, avoiding the use of her powers and relying solely on her physical strength and combat skills to take down the zombies.

She hadn’t trained her body systematically before, so she needed to focus on that now.

In this aspect, Bai Mu had indeed helped Xiao Hua a lot.

As a special forces soldier, his combat skills were rock-solid, no doubt about it.

Bai Mu didn’t hide anything, and though Xiao Hua complained about being tired, she was actually quite patient and disciplined, never slacking off.

Over the past three days, Xiao Hua’s physical fitness had greatly improved, and her zombie-killing skills had become more proficient.

She wanted not only her powers to be strong but also her body to be unyielding.

Xiao Hua aimed to become an undisputed powerhouse in this post-apocalyptic world.