Afterlife Department

Chapter 444 – Bicker

Normal World 2828. 

"Whoa! This Conferment Seal is really amazing!" Huo Ling exclaimed when he saw that the Foul, the black qi, couldn't enter his body. Then, he waved his hand. 

A fire appeared before it crawled along the ground and burnt the zombies that is approaching them, together with the Foul. Yi Bing followed by creating an ice wall then crushing the zombies. Suddenly, a golden cage appeared and trapped the zombies. Then, lightning flashed. It hit the golden cage and burnt the zombies inside to crisp. When the wind blew, the burnt zombies turned into ashes. 

Huo Ling turned to look at Jin Wu and his apprentice, Mo Shi. These two are strong! Look at their combination! Metals are good conductor of electricity. These two are very compatible, and – 

"Hey! Can't you summon your lightning faster?! You're pulling me back!" Jin Wu frowned as he scolded his apprentice. 

Mo Shi felt wronged. "I'm already matching your pace, but you still want me to go faster?!" he asked as his voice raised. 

"You are matching my pace?! Look how slow the lightning descended from the sky! I've already caught ten zombies but you only managed to hit one!" Jin Wu said. 

 – and they started to bicker… Huo Ling felt tired as he watched them. 

"Tired?" he heard Yi Bing asked beside him. 

Huo Ling turned. "No." he answered. 

"Good." Yi Bing said as he coolly looked at the new wave of zombies surrounding them. "But…" he muttered. 

Jin Wu and Mo Shi finally stopped bickering and raised their guard when they saw another wave of zombies. 

"There is no world energy here." Jin Wu spoke. 

Yi Bing nodded. His face is grave. One advantage of being an angel is that they are able to use the world energy. And since Ling Shiyi is an archangel, he could draw more. But, the problem is there is no energy in this world. And this world is supposed to be a cultivation world… 

"No wonder this is an apocalypse world." Yi Bing spoke. "Not only the humanity is in peril, but the whole world as well." He said as he waved off a strip of Foul that fluttered towards him. "There is too much Foul instead of qi. This is no longer a cultivation world, but just apocalypse." He said. His expression is serious. 

"Can this be counted as changing classification?" Huo Ling asked. 

That made Yi Bing paused. "… no." he answered. "As long as there is a trace of cultivation in this world, this can still be considered as a cultivation world." He explained. 

"Oh." Huo Ling muttered. 

Yi Bing who suddenly felt ashamed for speaking too much. "…" I am wrong, okay? He thought and felt helpless. He decided to vent by killing more zombies. 

Jin Wu looked at Yi Bing and felt that Yi Bing changed so much. "… he now knows how to be embarrassed?" he muttered to himself as he looked at Yi Bing's back with a weird gaze. 

"Boss! What are you dazing for?!" he heard Mo Shi yelled. 

Mo Shi is his apprentice as Huo Ling is to Yi Bing. But, Huo Ling calls Yi Bing by his name, while this apprentice of his calls him 'boss'. Although he felt that this is better than being called by his name as he is Mo Shi's superior, but he felt like he is the leader of the mafia every time his apprentice calls him like that. 

But, what can he do? After Mo Shi found out he was a former thug, he stopped calling him 'master' and instead called him 'da ge'. He felt it was disrespectful and advised him to call him 'master', but this impertinent apprentice of his called him 'boss', instead. He really hated him after he teased him before. This guy really holds grudges! 

"What are you yelling for?! I can hear you!" he snapped back as he caged another group of zombies. Mo Shi followed up by hitting them with lightning. 

Impaling the zombies won't work. Either you crush them to pieces or burn them. That's why he is caging them and has his apprentice burn them to a crisp. This is also a way to train his apprentice. 

"Out of ten cages, you only hit seven. So lousy!" he frowned as he looked at his apprentice in disdain. 

A vein popped in Mo Shi's forehead as his face reddened in anger. "Are you a perfectionist?! Are you a perfectionist?! Are you a fcking perfectionist?!?!" he asked. "You are, aren't you?!" he said as he glared at Jin Wu. 

"Why, you – !" Jin Wu said as he felt blowing up in anger. 

Huo Ling turned and saw Jin Wu and Mo Shi are bickering again. He silently moved his gaze away, pretending he didn't see or hear them. Yi Bing, in the corner of his eyes, saw Huo Ling's action and he chuckled. 

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed and pulled Huo Ling with him. At the same time, he felt a gust of wind has swept past at him. It was followed by the appearance of a zombie, which the skin and limbs are intact, and obviously is filled with vigor compared with the other ones that they killed which are slow and the bodies aren't intact. Their skin is also rotting and smell very foul, in where the Foul is coming out. 

"A high-level zombie?" Huo Ling spoke, catching Jin Wu's and Mo Shi's attention. 

"I sense something from it… inside its head." Yi Bing frowned. 

Northern Military Base. 

"It's already getting dark. Has Qi Ming and the others arrived?" Hu Feng asked. 

"Not yet, general." His assistant answered. 

Hu Feng frowned. 

His assistant saw his expression. "There has been a sighting of a level three zombie. Leader Qi must want to take this opportunity to kill it and take the nucleus inside its head while sending the others back after they have collected the supplies." He explained in behalf of Qi Ming. 

But, Hu Feng's expression worsened. "It is a level three zombie while he's only level two. He will definitely be overpowered!" he said as he stormed out of his room. 

His assistant immediately panicked. "General! Do you want to follow him?! You can't!" he said and ran after Hu Feng. 

Hu Feng, after the apocalypse, remained an ordinary human. But, his experience as a soldier eclipses the weaker ability users. Meanwhile, his assistant awakened as an earth ability user. However, he still remained humble and instead became more respectful of Hu Feng. Actually, he felt relieved that he gained an ability since he can protect Hu Feng more. 

As soon as Hu Feng came out of the building, he heard the gates opened and the gatekeepers yelling. "Leader Qi and the others have arrived!" he announced. His voice was followed by the car engines roaring as they entered through the gates. 

Hu Feng's assistant standing behind him sighed in relief. Since Qi Ming and the others have returned, Hu Feng won't kick a fuss now. He actually understands Hu Feng. Qi Ming is the most powerful ability user and the military base needs his protection. Even if Hu Feng is strong, but he is still just an ordinary human. Although there were other soldiers who have awakened with abilities, but one more person, and a powerful one at that, to help, doesn't hurt, right? 

Qi Ming is also a reasonable person. He needs a base for him and his people to settle down. Although housing became temporary in apocalypse, but if they found a better one, then they are already lucky. In fact, the longer they can't find a permanent base to stay in, the higher the possibility they will die because they have to wander outside, which increases their chance of meeting the zombies and be killed. 

"Huh? Leader Qi brought some people back!" someone exclaimed. 

"Do we have to share foods and clothing with more people?" someone complained in a low voice. 

Of course, the more people there are, the lesser the food and clothes that they will be receiving. It's the apocalypse. Humans are greedy creatures. The apocalypse just made their true colors be shown. It's only rare you will find true kind people. 

"Damn! They brought back four people!" someone exclaimed. 

"Four people?!" they were shocked. 

Murmurs immediately were heard around. The soldiers immediately cleared the way so Qi Ming and his people can pass, including the four new people they brought back. 

"General Hu! So, you're here to welcome us?" Qi Ming spoke and smiled when he saw Hu Feng stood at the entrance of the building with the usual scowl on his face. 

"Were there casualties?" Hu Feng directly asked. 

Qi Ming's smile momentarily faltered before he regained his composure. "None. In fact, we found more helpers!" he said and turned to the four young men surrounded by his people. 

"They are?" Hu Feng asked as he turned to them, scrutinizing them with his sharp gaze.