Apocalypse: The Supporting Actress Made a Comeback
Chapter 401 - 225 Decision (Second Update)_2

Chapter 401: 225 Decision (Second Update)_2

Because of limited resources, their weapons were actually quite crude. Some were sharpened wooden sticks, some were kitchen knives, fruit knives, or daggers secured to long wooden sticks with rope and tape, and others were steel and iron rods.

Clearly, after the apocalypse, they were arming themselves with whatever meager supplies they had.

After he finished speaking, the others didn’t leave but instead looked at Fang Yuxin with pleading eyes, hoping she would show mercy. Fearing they might anger the other party, they didn’t dare speak rashly, showing much more discretion than the people Fang Yuxin had encountered in the safe zones where they had stayed before.

Fang Yuxin deliberately said, "You don’t want to go back, do you want to die with them? My patience is limited; I will only count to three. After that, anyone who hasn’t left will lose their chance forever!"

"One!"

As the voice fell, not a single person left.

"Two!"

Some people began to stir, looking at each other. Someone hesitated, preparing to leave, but after taking one step, he faced too much embarrassment to take a second.

"Three!"

The word was extremely abrupt, almost as soon as it rose in intensity, it stopped abruptly, echoing like a muted thunder in everyone’s ears, making the people snap out of their hesitation and struggle. After recovering, some showed regret, their expressions becoming ashen. Yet, many others let out a sigh of relief.

Compared to death, they feared making tough decisions even more.

Now that their final chance was gone and death was imminent, they felt a sense of relief.

So the next moment, these people suddenly rushed over to the discarded weapons, grabbed their own, and, with gritted teeth and hostile faces, stared at Fang Yuxin and her companions.

...

Inside the basement of a beautiful three-story villa within the settlement, a man was sitting cross-legged, his eyes tightly shut, his muscles tensed, his face flushed, and his expression both agonized and fierce.

He was at the critical moment of advancement, exerting all his strength to break through the bottleneck. However, the intense pain was making it unbearable. His bones were making "crackling" noises from being tensed too aggressively, as if they would shatter at any moment, but the more this happened, the more he felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.

The thin membrane seemed as if it might break with a gentle poke, yet despite his efforts to channel every ounce of his strength, it only wobbled slightly, showing no sign of breaking.

The man kept mobilizing the remaining energy inside his body, thereby intensifying his pain. His muscles conveyed a tearing sensation, and red blood slowly bled from his pores. Soon, he was drenched in blood.

His facial muscles became more twisted and tense, and suddenly, with a "puff", he spewed a mouthful of blood mist and weakly drooped his head.

After a while, his fingers moved slightly, and his eyelids fluttered open. Looking at the blood on the floor, he gave a wretched smile, and then hastily grabbed the Crystal Core nearby and began absorbing it frenziedly.

He knew he had failed to advance, but he couldn’t give up, he must survive!

More and more Crystal Cores were absorbed, and when the energy inside his body became abundant again, he stopped absorbing and walked to the corner, wiped off the remaining blood and cold sweat with clean water, put on the clean clothes he had prepared, and then opened the basement door and walked out.

Just as he stepped out, he saw a woman looking extremely anxious. His heart skipped a beat, a strong unease surfacing.

He walked up to her quickly and asked worriedly, "Ranqiu, is there trouble? Are there zombie groups? What’s the situation outside?"

Li Ranqiu’s dim eyes suddenly brightened upon seeing him, "Brother Feng, you’re finally out! Did your advancement go smoothly?"

However, her question turned the man’s expression stern. Failing to advance was a sore point for him; he didn’t want anyone to touch on it, not even if she was the woman he liked the most!

Li Ranqiu was very perceptive. Seeing his expression darken, she immediately said, "Brother Feng, there’s trouble! A group of powerful people have come, and even the top ten experts have all gone, yet they couldn’t stand against them. What should we do?" At this point, her gaze flickered slightly before she continued, "Brother Feng, our people are still holding them off outside. We should run away quickly!"

"Run?" Brother Feng was preparing weapons, and upon hearing this, his expression turned extremely grim, his gaze towards Li Ranqiu as sharp as a knife, "You want me to abandon my men and flee for my life?"

A struggle flashed through Li Ranqiu’s eyes, yet she still said, "These people are too strong. If we don’t escape now, it’ll be too late when they break in! Brother Feng, I know you can’t let go of the brothers under you, but as the saying goes, ’As long as the green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood.’ A gentleman can take his revenge even after ten years. Let’s escape first, and after you strengthen your power, it won’t be too late to seek revenge!"

Upon hearing this, Brother Feng’s heart wavered. Most of the people under him had joined him after the apocalypse; he had not been particularly kind to them, because he was the strongest, he had also gotten the most benefits. In order to control the growth of his followers’ strength to prevent them from becoming stronger than him, he used most of the Crystal Cores obtained from hunting zombies for his own cultivation, and the magical stones were also hoarded by him; the mysterious Crystal Stones were only distributed as rewards to the ten men, turning them into the top ten experts in the settlement second only to him in strength.

So, to speak of deep feelings, there were none. But after all, he was a man, cherished by those under his command, and he really couldn’t bring himself to just flee!

Seeing his hesitation, Li Ranqiu instantly panicked and said tearfully, "Brother Feng, we don’t have much time left, please make a decision quickly!"

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