Save My Sister

A few months ago, as the younger sister of the superstar Zhou Lan, Zhou Xiaoxiao had been adored by everyone around her.

In looks alone, Zhou Xiaoxiao was every bit her sister Zhou Lan's equal.

Even before Zhou Xiaoxiao debuted, plenty of talent agencies had approached her, hoping to sign her.

She had even secured several top-tier opportunities before her career had begun.

It was no exaggeration to say that the entire entertainment industry was waiting for her debut.

Compared to Zhou Lan's gentle elegance and mature allure, Zhou Xiaoxiao was a beautiful girl brimming with youthful energy, exactly the kind of appeal that was most popular at the time.

With her sister Zhou Lan's backing as well, Zhou Xiaoxiao seemed destined to become an A-list star in China's entertainment industry.

Even Zhou Xiaoxiao herself had thought so.

Unfortunately, things often went wrong just when you thought nothing could.

The city fell.

Countless terrifying anomalies appeared.

Human civilization crumbled at a speed she could scarcely imagine.

At the time, Zhou Xiaoxiao had been preparing her debut project with her sister Zhou Lan. The sisters were appearing together in a big-budget film, acting opposite each other.

It took only a few hours.

An unknown anomaly slaughtered the film crew, turning the entire set into a place of death.

Zhou Xiaoxiao and her sister fought desperately to escape the city and, through a strange twist of fate, joined this convoy.

Like many others, Zhou Xiaoxiao did not believe human society would simply perish.

Perhaps it would not be long before humanity's armies reclaimed the cities from the anomalies.

But the more she learned about the apocalypse, the more that tiny flicker of hope in Zhou Xiaoxiao's heart faded.

The order of human society was slowly collapsing, and people were becoming increasingly savage.

Had they not joined the convoy, the sisters would certainly have been in a terrible situation.

Zhou Xiaoxiao cut her long hair short, changed out of her little dresses, smeared dust over her fair, lovely face, and even gradually learned to pass as a boy.

Zhou Xiaoxiao treated herself as a boy.

All so she could survive the apocalypse and live with dignity.

The sisters put in more effort than most survivors.

Whenever they reached a supply stop, the other survivors hung back in fear, some even refusing to gather supplies.

But the sisters never missed a single opportunity. Every time, they charged into villages and towns to gather supplies, encountering danger countless times.

As a result, the sisters lived much better than the other survivors.

They understood that in an apocalypse like this, they could rely only on themselves!

Then came the day Zhou Xiaoxiao learned that her sister had given a can of gasoline to a newly awakened Sequence Transcendent.

An entire can of gasoline!

The sisters had nearly died at the hands of anomalies collecting it.

And they had received nothing in exchange.

Her sister had given away that can of gasoline for nothing more than a promise.

Indignant, Zhou Xiaoxiao had simply taken it back.

In the days that followed, Zhou Xiaoxiao had worried for a while that the man would retaliate.

His might have been a support sequence, but he was still a Sequence Transcendent.

The days passed at a steady pace.

As she learned more about Sequence Transcendents, Zhou Xiaoxiao sometimes regretted what she had done.

Whatever else he might have been, he was still a Sequence Transcendent.

Then they arrived at Longevity Village.

The danger in Longevity Village far surpassed that of the other supply stops.

Zhou Xiaoxiao had never felt death so close.

She might become a cold corpse in the very next second.

Only now did Zhou Xiaoxiao truly regret taking that can of gasoline back.

If she had secured Chen Ye's promise and gained his protection back then, perhaps she could survive this.

Unfortunately, there was no undoing the past.

Zhou Xiaoxiao had kept trying to follow the other two Sequence Transcendents, seeking their protection.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of Sequence Transcendents, she and her sister were no different from any other ordinary people.

Now, the last two Sequence Transcendents could barely keep up with the corpses hanging from the willow branches, much less spare any attention for the sisters.

Yet Chen Ye, the support-sequence Transcendent she had always thought useless, could actually drive those corpses back with his hand crossbow.

Even if he could not kill the corpses, merely forcing them back was enough for the sisters to see him as their lifeline.

At this point, Zhou Xiaoxiao could not care about her past grievances with Chen Ye. All she wanted was his protection.

Zhou Xiaoxiao was not the only one moving toward Chen Ye.

Old Lady Zhao had the same idea.

Nana and Iron Lion worked together as they charged toward the Big Willow Tree, unable to spare any attention for the other survivors.

Fortunately, almost all the Corpse Puppets were concentrated around those two.

Otherwise, Chen Ye and the other survivors would already have died.

Even so, the handful of Corpse Puppets scattered around left Chen Ye scrambling.

At that moment, Chen Ye was tapping into potential he had never shown before.

He fired his hand crossbow as fast as he could.

Fortunately, Chen Ye had put in plenty of practice during the convoy's rest stops.

He had just loaded a bolt when a Corpse Puppet lunged at him, baring its ghastly white teeth.

Chen Ye raised his hand and fired.

Whoosh!

A bolt sank into a Corpse Puppet's forehead, sending up white smoke.

The Corpse Puppet backed away with an agonized howl.

Chen Ye had no time to check the system notifications. He pulled out another bolt and quickly cocked the crossbow.

The surrounding Corpse Puppets were like moths circling a candle flame.

Ordinary survivors had no way to inflict any meaningful damage on them.

The scavenged steel pipes and rebar barely scratched an itch for the Corpse Puppets.

Old Lady Zhao moved as quickly as she did when snatching up eggs at the supermarket or grabbing a seat on the bus.

Before the other survivors could reach Chen Ye,

the nimble old woman had already slipped behind him to seek his protection.

Just as Old Lady Zhao was feeling rather pleased with herself,

she saw a large hand suddenly reach toward her neck.

Old Lady Zhao gave a startled twitch!

What was this brat trying to do?

Before Old Lady Zhao could think any further, that large hand gave her a light shove.

Old Lady Zhao stumbled and saw an utterly horrifying face leering at her with venomous malice.

"You..."

Old Lady Zhao understood. This brat was using her as a human shield.

How dare he?

Didn't he know to respect the elderly and care for the young?

Before Old Lady Zhao could curse him, two Corpse Puppets had already surrounded her.

"Aaaah!"

With a scream, the old woman, whose agility rivaled that of the young, was dragged away by several Corpse Puppets, leaving only a pool of blood behind.

Watching what Chen Ye had done, the other survivors felt a chill in their hearts.

This young man... was ruthless!

Chen Ye had been a fraction too slow cocking his crossbow, allowing the Corpse Puppets to close in.

Old Lady Zhao had happened to be behind him, so Chen Ye shoved her out to die in his place.

That was ruthlessness at its finest.

Chen Ye felt not the slightest guilt!

Seeing how merciless Chen Ye was, Zhou Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment.

And in that moment of hesitation-

"Xiao Xiao!"

Zhou Xiaoxiao's heart lurched. She hurriedly turned and saw a corpse knock her sister Zhou Lan to the ground.

"Chen Ye, save my sister!"