Chapter 28: Chapter 28: The Apocalypse Begins (2)
"There's such an advantage for cultivators?" With a look of astonishment on his face, Chu Hao asked.
"Yes, it's a pity that we started cultivating so late. Otherwise, Grandpa would already be a golden core by now. But with hard work and some resources, we will still achieve at least the foundation establishment. That is already good enough."
"Mmm… you are right Bunny, I shouldn't be so pessimistic. Since I have such an opportunity, I will cherish it and work hard."
While they talked and made dumplings, it was already midnight, but they soon realized that something was wrong. All of them had red faces and with one look, it was obvious that they had a fever.
"It looks like the mass fever got to us too. With our strong bodies, we couldn't avoid it, it looks like it's an effect of the fog." Grandpa Chu explained.
"Should I try to heal everyone? I can practice controlling my spiritual energy too." Mother Chu saw this as an opportunity to get stronger.
"Let's wait and see what happens first. The fever might not be a completely bad thing, but if something happens, you can heal us." Chu Miao suggested.
"Okay, let's wait." Mother Chu could only agree.
The family continued to make dumplings while enduring the discomfort of the fever. Eventually, they decided to go back to their rooms and rest since they were uncomfortable.
It was amazing how they quickly accepted the apocalypse.
In Ye Xuan's apartment, the situation was similar. All the retired soldiers, including Ye Xuan himself, were experiencing a high fever that climbed up to 40°.
What made them worried was that even fever-reducing medicine didn't seem to work. They were afraid of overdosing, so they could only wait it out.
All of the brothers were sitting in the living room of Ye Xuan's apartment. They had three apartments in total.
The purchase price of apartments in this area was too high, and the soldiers couldn't afford to buy a single unit per person even with all their savings and retirement money.
Hence, they had pooled money together and bought one unit under the name of three people. In this way, apart from Ye Xuan whose family was rich and could afford a unit alone, the others shared a until among three people.
However, at this time, all of them were huddled together in Ye Xuan's living room.
As the night stretched on, their fever showed no signs of breaking. Eventually, they decided to try physical cooling methods such as wiping their bodies with alcohol.
While the other brothers worked to cool down, Ye Xuan appeared more composed as if he was not uncomfortable.
However, the others didn't know that his temperature was actually the highest. He already had a fever of 42°, but in order not to alarm the others, he did not say anything and even forced himself to stay awake.
He could feel that even though he had a fever, something else was happening to him but he didn't know what it was.
He could almost feel the cells in his body tissues and blood expanding and changing. He just couldn't explain what was happening.
In the end, by 2.00 am none of them could hold on any longer and lost consciousness.
When they woke up again, it was already 8.00 in the morning.
The fever was gone.
Nonetheless, they could tell that something had happened to them.
Lei Ying broke the silence, "We didn't turn into zombies did we?"
"If you were a zombie, would you be thinking and talking? Even though all you think and talk about is nonsense, at least you can still do it. How are you a zombie?" Gu Fan really couldn't understand how Lei Ying had survived all those dangerous missions before.
While they were arguing, Ye Xuan's hand started crackling with electricity.
Well, it felt like electricity but was purple in color and looked like lightning.
Upon seeing this, everyone else tried to concentrate on their hands, and Gu Fan created a fireball the size of a marble. It didn't look like much but those sitting close to him could feel the difference in the temperature.
Lei Ying tried and formed water droplets on his palm. "Don't tell me this is the so-called superpower awakening? Is this the reason for the high fever?"
"Looks like it. It should be caused by the fog. If you get the fever and survive, you awaken a superpower. If you fail, you turn into a zombie. This should be why there were already so many reports about zombies only three hours after the fog." Jing Xian volunteered his thoughts.
At the same time a small knife formed on his palm.
"In that case, I should have awakened a space superpower." Said Li Kun as a glass of water sitting on the table disappeared. A moment later, it reappeared.
"Unfortunately, it is quite small, only about fifty square meters." He added regretfully.
"Are you kidding me? If this is really the apocalypse, then the production lines of many industries will collapse. With such a space, we can collect more supplies and store them in your space. It has privacy and no one would know what we have or how much we have." It was Lei Ying again.
"That's true. I shouldn't be so pessimistic."
"Looks like the boss awakened a lightning superpower; what about you, Pei Ming, and Murong Yi?" Gu Fan asked.
Everyone turned to look at the two.
Murong Yi slowly formed a small rock on his hand, showing that he had awakened the earth superpower ability. Pei Ming, on the other hand, formed a small tornado on his palm. It looked like he had the wind ability.
"We are lucky that all of us brothers awakened a type of superpower on the first day of the apocalypse." Gu Fan said.
"That is a good thing for our survival. Boss, what should we do?" Li Kun asked.
All of them turned to look at Ye Xuan with eager eyes.