Chapter 390: Chapter 390

When An Ning woke up again, the hour hand on the clock in the room had completed a full circle.

The previously terrifying high temperatures had subsided considerably, but the surrounding temperature still remained quite high. Most importantly, An Ning raised her hand, scanning her entire body with spiritual energy, and soon discovered a tiny yet particularly delicate vitality within her body.

Moreover, nourished by the spiritual energy within her body, the small seedling that was about to wither actually showed a tendency to slowly grow.

As she raised her hand, a small green sprout slowly emerged from her tender palm.

Thank goodness, thank goodness!

Putting away the small green seedling in her hand, An Ning couldn't help but sigh with relief. Although it looked somewhat weak, at least it was there.

As long as she had it, there would always be opportunities to improve it.

It seemed her various efforts during this period had been somewhat useful.

After all, in the original host's memories, although she barely survived the apocalyptic mutation this time, she herself had not awakened any supernatural abilities. Or rather, except for a very few exceptionally talented individuals, among ability users, there were basically very few children seen in the previous life.

Just in case, the room where An Ning was located had surveillance of the entire living room and even various rooms on the first floor.

In the video, Dad Lu and Shen Qing were still unconscious. An Ning released her spiritual awareness to carefully examine them, fortunately finding no signs of mutation on their bodies.

As for the elderly Shen couple next door, they were among the first to wake up, even earlier than An Ning. As expected, it seemed they hadn't awakened any supernatural abilities.

But at their age, An Ning didn't have high expectations anyway. Not mutating was already extremely fortunate.

Just earlier, communications were affected by magnetic fields, and phones couldn't get through. The two elderly people staying alone in the room, completely in the dark, no matter how composed they usually were, couldn't help feeling somewhat anxious and unsettled at this moment.

They wanted to go out but didn't dare too much. Who knew if the danger had truly passed? What if they really turned into zombies like those described online and ended up harming their daughter's family?

Fortunately, soon after, as the abnormal magnetic field energy around them decreased, on Grandma Shen's nth attempt, she finally managed to get through to her precious granddaughter's phone.

"Ning Ning, it's Grandma. Are you okay over there? Are you feeling uncomfortable..."

As soon as the call connected, the worried voice of the elderly lady kept coming through.

At the same time, in the room, Shen Qing and Lu Ting gradually opened their eyes.

Half an hour later, the family who had survived the disaster finally carefully reunited and sat together again.

Without asking too much about how their daughter and son-in-law had known about these things, seeing their daughter happily demonstrating "magically producing a water cup," the elderly couple couldn't help but secretly sigh with relief.

Especially when they saw the occasional flashes of lightning in their son-in-law's hands.

Although currently the space was less than two cubic meters, it was enough to excite Young Lady Shen immensely. Seeing this scene, An Ning also quickly raised her small hand:

"Grandma, Grandpa, look, I have it too!" she said cheerfully, showing the small green seedling in her hand.

"Wow, Ning Ning is so amazing too!"

After the anticipated disaster had actually occurred, rare smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

"By the way, Mom, have we heard anything from Big Brother and Sister-in-law yet?"

Just as the joy of surviving the disaster passed, Shen Qing suddenly remembered something.

Exchanging silent glances, the elderly Shen couple both shook their heads with grave expressions. Lu Ting's eyes darkened slightly, but he still spoke up to comfort them:

"Mom and Dad, don't overthink it for now. It's probably chaotic everywhere, and line damage is normal. Perhaps after some more time..."

"Yes, it's fate. No news might actually be good news!"

Grandfather Shen, having seen much of the world after all, quickly regained his composure.

No matter what, being able to stay with their daughter's family at such a time was already very good. Besides, they had already carefully instructed their son before - whether it was stockpiling supplies or staying home without letting strangers in - with Shen Huai's caution, as long as nothing unexpected happens...

Although that's what they said, looking at the constant posts about zombies online, and even on TV news, reports about attacks by unknown creatures were becoming increasingly frequent.

Following this came news of major supermarkets and even shops being frantically looted one after another.

Power outages, water shortages, under intense heat.

Robberies and injury incidents emerged endlessly.

In just a few short days, the order that had been maintained for so many years disappeared overnight.

"Ah, how has the world come to this!"

Eagerly listening to the voice coming from the radio, Grandfather Shen couldn't help but sigh.

Over the next two days, while the family was busy adapting to their new abilities and strengthening the gate's defenses, seeing that the situation outside was becoming increasingly unfavorable, the elderly couple couldn't help but show some melancholy on their faces.

For safety's sake, Lu Ting had previously bought several drones with recording functions from a certain website. Unfortunately, the situation they transmitted was still not very optimistic.

The villa where the Lu family currently resided wasn't in the city center, but it was still in a prime location, with mostly familiar households nearby. However, at this moment, looking at the young man on the nearby street covered in disheveled bloodstains, unconscious, moving forward like a walking corpse, Lu Ting quickly recognized him as Jiang Liu from next door, who had played with him when they were children.

On various streets, there were basically zombies wandering everywhere, and their numbers showed an increasing trend.

This meant that, whether innate or acquired, this mutation probability and transmission speed...

The situation was much worse than he had imagined.

And after all this time, with no military coming to maintain order, could it be that...

The more he thought about it, Lu Ting couldn't help but gasp coldly, once again feeling grateful that at least his own family had escaped disaster.

As for his brother-in-law, glancing at the elderly couple who, though trying hard to conceal their worry, had dark circles under their eyes, and Shen Qing who also looked concerned beside them.

A complex expression flashed in Lu Ting's eyes, but he knew that even if he had to choose again many times over, he wouldn't regret his previous decision.

Just looking at the mutation probability, with one more person, everyone in the entire villa would face an additional risk of infection and mutation. Besides, with more people comes more complications - Sister-in-law had her own family, and the connections involved were numerous.

By both emotion and reason, he couldn't take that gamble.

Fortunately, the elderly Shen couple were reasonable people who understood their son-in-law's concerns. During this time, they had been helping with whatever they could.

Even before the apocalypse began, when instructing their son, they never revealed it was from their son-in-law, only saying they had received information from an old friend at the meteorological bureau.

They specifically warned Brother Shen absolutely not to disclose it.

In any case, with the turmoil outside and sufficient supplies inside the villa, except for the occasional "unknown objects" wandering outside the villa, the family's life could barely be considered comfortable.

Over the next few days, An Ning kept diligently experimenting with her newly acquired supernatural ability.

Thanks to her efforts, the small green sprout in her palm had grown more than twice its original thumb-sized thickness. At the same time, although it was already difficult for plants to grow outside,

and with the seeds collected earlier, the flower pots now contained a small handful of fresh, tender green vegetables and some fresh strawberries.

"Our Ning Ning is truly amazing!"

Excitedly picking up her precious daughter, looking at the fresh red and green before her, Shen Qing subconsciously swallowed.

Who could understand what it felt like to eat dried vegetables and pickles for nearly half a month straight?

Glancing at her husband who could already produce a palm thunder, although the destructive power wasn't great, even with all his effort he could only shatter a flower pot.

But compared to before, he had improved considerably.

"Um... Ning Ning, and her dad, how did you guys make your abilities stronger?"

Why was hers, thinking about it, still just a two-cubic-meter space? Young Lady Shen couldn't help but sigh dejectedly.

Well, as for that, not to mention Lu Ting, even An Ning didn't know how to do it.

Whether it was her wood-type ability or Lu Ting's lightning-type ability, they could both be improved through training - commonly speaking, after using them up and recovering, they would often become slightly stronger than before.

But for spatial abilities, she remembered from her previous life that they absorbed crystal cores, right?

Before they could figure it out, that evening, just as the family had finished their busy work and were about to go to sleep, a huge noise suddenly sounded outside the door.