To Rise Again In The Apocalypse

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Seeing this, Li Xinwen just chuckled and pats his back. "Then Ge will go with Min Xiaoyu. You don't have to be shy. We won't go far. When you're done, just call me and I'll be here as quickly as I can," Li Xinwen said before he turned and walked away with Min Xiaoyu, leaving Sun Xiao alone.

Seeing his brother leaving, Sun Xiao suddenly feels regretful much to his own confusion. "Let's just bath quickly then go find Xin- gege . The faster I bath, the less chance I'll be seen!"

With this thought, Sun Xiao quickly placed his bag down, stripped off his clothes and jumped into the hot spring. Feeling the impurities that have been sticking onto his skin being washed away, Sun Xiao felt even more refreshed than before.

Meanwhile, Li Xinwen simply brought Min Xiaoyu to where Xue Jun and Min Shaotian is. Upon their arrival, Li Xinwen saw that Xue Jun is sparring with Min Shaotian. Of course, sparring is actually not the right term. It is more to him that Min Shaotian wants to gauge Xue Jun's strength.

"Young master Min, about what my sister told you, have you made preparation for it?" Li Xinwen suddenly asked Min Xiaoyu while he continued to stare at the two figure fighting each other.

"About the apocalypse? I've thought about it. But I don't think we'll be in any danger, right? After all, we are a cultivator," Min Xiaoyu replied.

"You shouldn't be complacent just because you're stronger than everyone else right now. I've looked through my sister's memories. As time goes by, the zombies will increase in strength too. From her memories, I've seen a level four zombie. Its offensive strength might be comparable to a low Xiantian stage if I am not wrong," Li Xinwen informed the other. "There are still five years. I think it would be better if you can increase your strength quickly."

Li Xinwen was only estimating the zombie's strength from what he'd seen. So he actually hoped that he was wrong. Regardless, it does not hurt to be prepared for the worse. "After today, I will not come here anymore. But I will be keeping you in contact. Also, be careful with Chen Jingguo," Li Xinwen warned him.

Min Xiaoyu was about to ask why when suddenly, they heard a ring of a phone. It was a stock ringtone, and Li Xinwen thought it was his phone at first. But upon further inspection, it was actually a phone that was placed on the ground.

Li Xinwen walked over to it and saw that the caller ID was ' Xiao Rui' so he knew this phone belonged to Xue Jun. He glanced over at Xue Jun who was too focused on his match with Min Shaotian so he decided to help the other by picking up the call.

"Hello?" Li Xinwen waited, but there was no answer from Xue Rui. Instead, he heard the sound of a body being beaten. A frown appeared on his face and he carefully listened to the sounds. Then, he finally hears someone talking.

[What's wrong? Earlier, you were still energetic to talk back against us. Now, you're quiet. That's not fun at all... so hurry up and scream!]

Following the voice was a loud cracking sound and a scream from Xue Rui. Li Xinwen's expression turned dark and he quickly shut the call off.

"Mr Li... that was-"

"Shut up," Li Xinwen cut off Min Xiaoyu from speaking any further.  "You inform this to Xue Jun later. I will go and find him first," Li Xinwen said as he threw the phone over to Min Xiaoyu.

Li Xinwen was just about to walk away when he saw Sun Xiao coming over to them. " Ah 'Xiao," Li Xinwen called out to him.

Hearing his name, Sun Xiao quickly rushed over. After bathing, his expression had turned even better. "Xin- gege , what's wrong? You look upset," Sun Xiao asked as soon as he is close. "And... I think I heard big brother Rui's voice earlier... he seems in pain. Did something bad happened to him?"

Li Xinwen was actually surprised that Sun Xiao was able to hear the voice from the phone from such a distance. At first, he actually wanted to leave Sun Xiao here but then, he didn't feel assured leaving his brother when Chen Jingguo is still around. "If Ge says that Rui- ge is in trouble, what would you do?" Li Xinwen asked. 'If Sun Xiao wants to follow, I'll bring him along. It's better if I can keep an eye on him.'

"Save him!" Sun Xiao quickly replied.

"Why?" raised up an eyebrow as he asked for the reason.

"Do you need a reason to save someone?"

Hearing Sun Xiao's reply, Li Xinwen can't help the smile that formed on his face. He raised up his hand and gently rubbed Sun Xiao's head. 'Such a pure-hearted child.'

"Then, let us go and save Xue Rui, hmm?" Li Xinwen said before he hoisted Sun Xiao up, carrying him on a piggy-back.

"Xin- gege ... Ah 'Xiao can walk..." Sun Xiao said as his face turned red.

"It's faster this way. Hold tight," Li Xinwen said as he focused most of his energy to his feet. Then, with a burst of his strength, the ground below his feet broke and if a normal person were to see this scene, they would see that Li Xinwen's figure disappeared along with Sun Xiao. But in cultivator's eyes, he simply broke into a run.