Apocalypse King: Recruiting S-Tier Beauties With My Ruler System
Chapter 200: Returning to the Surface

Chapter 200: Returning to the Surface

[Core Assimilation Complete]

’Ah...’

The voice returned to the cold, machine-like voice; this only happened when I did something that upset the System sister. After the time passed, I calmed down and wondered what benefits the strange orbs gave us.

Mu Qinglan leaned against me, breathing slowly with her mouth half open and exhausted. Her sweaty hair stuck to her forehead, but she didn’t move when I shifted it and only let out a small groan before embracing me tightly.

"Hnnn... everything hurts..."

I chuckled, brushing my fingers through her tangled hair.

"Serves you right."

Her hand twitched, trying to slap my chest, but it flopped back down uselessly. I felt her breath shudder as she spoke.

"You... absolute beast..."

"You climbed on top of me, Lan’er. Don’t act like I forced you."

"Shut up." She buried her face into my chest and groaned again. "I can feel every... goddamn thrust in my spine."

I kissed her forehead. "You looked like you were enjoying it."

"Enjoying you splitting my ass in half?"

"It’s already split in two..."

"You... Ack!!"

Seeing Mu Qinglan acting so soft and lovely was something I never believed could happen. One might say I was living a dream right now. The moment she tried to punish me, her face scrunched up, and she collapsed on my chest.

’This is great.’

She sighed and finally opened one eye, looking up at me with the faintest scowl. "I hate how good it was."

I ran my hand along her back, feeling the fine tremble in her muscles.

"You’ll get used to it."

"I don’t want to get used to it... how about I put something that thick in your ass?"

"Hahaha, no thanks."

Pah!

"John."

I slapped her buttocks on instinct, forgetting what I did to her... Qinglan made a lovely sound as she squealed at me with a red face, body flushed pink from sex and surging Qi.

Because of how crazy we became, her thighs and crotch were a mess. I reached into my inventory, grabbed a spare cloth, and started wiping her down.

She twitched. "Tch—stop being gentle now. You’ve already ruined me."

I snickered at the sight.

She grabbed the cloth and tried to do it herself, but her arm failed halfway and dropped onto her chest with a sigh.

"Fuck it. I’ll just lie here and rot."

"You’re dramatic when you’re tired."

Instead of arguing back, she just lay against me and continued breathing slowly, looking at me from time to time as I finished cleaning her body.

Unlike when we first entered. The cave became warmer once that mutant died, some of its body blocking the half-broken filtration system. I also needed a moment to recover, because my body ached, and Qinglan’s weight felt comfortable.

Qinglan shifted, wrapping her arms around me tightly and whispering.

"... I’ll get you back for this, you bastard."

I rested my chin on her head and whispered.

"Looking forward to it."

***

"We’re going to head back up, Roulan."

My fingers rested on the communication device. After spending so much time, the others seemed worried about us. Because of that, we needed to head back up soon, but Qinglan remained in her soft phase.

"John, help me."

Her voice was a whisper, rough and low, but laced with annoyance. She lay sprawled on her side, one leg twitching slightly. Her clothes were a pile near the rock she collapsed on earlier, but her arms refused to cooperate.

"Are you seriously just lying there naked?"

"You broke me."

I shrugged and reached for her underwear first.

She watched me with one eye open and a tired frown.

"Don’t you dare smell them."

"Tempting."

I crouched and helped slide her panties up her legs, careful not to rush. Somehow, it didn’t make me annoyed when Mu Qinglan acted so needy.

Bruises covered the inside of her thighs, shaped like my fingerprints... and her crotch looked swollen and a little red. It seemed my full force caused a lot of damage.

She hissed when the fabric brushed her overstimulated skin.

"Fucking hell..."

"Still sensitive?"

"No, I just enjoy wincing for fun."

Her glare was like a paper tiger’s, all bark and no bite. I helped her into her bra and enjoyed the jiggle of her soft boobs, but she grunted at me. Though the bra was messy, it twisted slightly, and the front clasp barely held those heavy melons inside.

’Well I sucked on them enough for now...’

"It looks like I ruined this, too..."

"You owe me three things now," she muttered. "Underwear, pride, and functioning legs."

"You don’t get to talk about pride, who was the one drooling on my chest five minutes ago."

"Hmph!"

Qinglan turned away, giving up the argument. Instead, she leaned forward and climbed over my shoulder, hugging me like a koala bear.

"Carry me up there."

I was about to say the cave became cold when she moved away from me, but the irony of someone with ice Qi making me warm was quite amusing.

"Well don’t cause any trouble, okay?"

"Nn..."

There was a warm breeze as we walked back; the only noise was my footsteps echoing off the stone. I checked on Qinglan only to find her sleeping, so that someone at Stage Five could sleep like this... I worked hard.

’Good job me!’

The black core seemed to be something different. It didn’t have a rank, tier, or stage; it was an anomaly and appeared to cause the mutations in this tunnel.

’Was swallowing that thing dumb?’

The white core was weaker, but seemed to keep the corruption at bay, with the stronger mutants locked in the chamber... did that mean that it could resist or at least affect the disease or virus that turned people into zombies completely?

’Is Lan’er a walking cure now?’

With each step towards the real world, I pondered thoughts and reflected on the past few days, wondering what might happen when we reached Jiang Roulan’s home... I hoped they were friendly people and nothing like Gu Tianhao’s mansion would happen.

’Well, whatever...’

The once sour and corrupted air tasted sweet to me now; maybe I had changed it to be the opposite of Qinglan.

[Host Mutation: 12%]

I felt a sense of dread at what might happen if it increased further, so I walked silently.

The laughter from earlier was gone.

***

We stepped out of the side tunnel and re-entered the depot ruins silently.

The flicker of torchlight and makeshift lamps cast long shadows across the broken concrete, most of the others settling in. A few were cleaning weapons and listening to Tang Wei. Some half-dozing. Others still watched the corners like hawks.

But they all looked more confident, their faces less pale, and some were eating with a smile.

’I didn’t think that one night would change them so much...’

"John?" A cheerful voice called out.

Zhou Xue sat atop a crate, doing what seemed to be maintenance on her bow and keeping her eye on, with Deng Hua and Chen Xun behind her doing the same.

"Boss, you’re back?"

"Did you get her Leader?"

The two men became increasingly trusting of me; I didn’t know how far or when it developed, but they looked at me like their older brother now.

’I remember when they doubted me and looked eager for me to die.’

"Yo, how is the watch going?"

I couldn’t think about how to respond, so I tried to be friendly.

"Not bad, we’ve killed four Z1’s tonight." Chen Hua bragged, his chest pushed out, but the term confused me.

"Z1?"

"Ah!" This time, Deng Hua jumped in. "Zombies, and Stage one... we thought a short name would be best for the comms. Z1, Z2, B2 and B3. G for ghouls..."

Somehow, it felt more like a military style game or the horror games I played when I was younger. ’How could I not come up with that!?’

"It’s a pretty good idea. It helps; maybe we should teach all recruits about this System. The faster they know the enemy in the future, the better it is."

"Haha!"

"See captain I told you he would be pleased!"

Chen Xun spoke to Zhou Xue, who looked a little embarrassed. She looked at me with her big eyes and covered her lips. "Really?"

"Yeah, was it your idea?"

"Mm."

"Good job, but have you seen Yifei and Roulan?"

"Ah—"

Before she could speak, a low, rough voice called me.

"Leader!"

Tang Wei spotted us next.

She was crouched near the Jeeps, fiddling with something in the storage case. Her gaze flicked up once, down to Qinglan’s legs, then back up. Her brows twitched, but she stayed quiet with a faint smile.

"You should let her sleep first; I can wait."

"Thanks, I won’t be long."

I headed towards the depot, where most people huddled around a fire. Luckily, everyone had their sleeping bags, and that’s when I found a small room... and the silhouette of Roulan and Yifei in the small windows.

’I hope they don’t complain.’

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