Chapter 179: Ant Nest

Bai Xiqin raised her leg and stepped onto the window sill, waving at Leng Yebai and Bai Yifan.

"Quick, follow me!"

The speed of the red ants was too fast; losing track of them would be troublesome.

One way or another, Bai Xiqin had to know if the Ant Queen had mutated and if she had eaten the rotten flesh of zombies.

If not dealt with properly in the early stages, it would be a disaster upon outbreak in the future.

Besides stopping this disaster by eliminating the mutated Ant Queen, there was an irresistible temptation for Bai Xiqin...

Without waiting for Bai Yifan and Leng Yebai’s response, Bai Xiqin jumped down from the window sill herself.

Leng Yebai reacted quickly, his long legs stepping onto the windowsill in one stride, disappearing swiftly.

Bai Yifan was also quick to climb up the sill, preparing to jump down.

He glanced outside and froze.

Damn, it’s the third floor!

"Xiao Fan, jump down, I’ll catch you!"

Bai Xiqin turned back and saw Leng Yebai but not Bai Yifan, hurriedly waving at him.

Bai Yifan’s face twitched fiercely. He gritted his teeth, readying himself to jump.

After all, she was his sister; she definitely wouldn’t set him up.

But before he could exert his strength, a powerful invisible control force yanked him down.

The strong force almost broke his slender waist, even slimmer than his sister’s!

For an instant, Bai Yifan felt that his sister was jealous of him!

"Ah—"

Three seconds later, Bai Yifan was forcibly dragged down to the first floor.

Bai Yifan silently gazed at the ground. Fortunately, it wasn’t wet.

The old lady at the supermarket who sold diapers had indeed told the truth.

These can indeed carry a load!

Bai Yifan ran tremblingly behind Bai Xiqin, speechless and in shock.

Sister is fierce; brother-in-law is fierce.

Did they forget they had an ordinary brother/little brother-in-law?

Bai Yifan hadn’t even had time to complain, already prepared for an hour or two of running.

After only a few steps, Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai came to a sudden halt.

"It’s right here!"

Bai Xiqin’s eyes gleamed as she squatted in front of a bowl-sized hole.

Not far from the big supermarket, beside the cement road, there was a collapsed area, dark and endless inside.

Bai Yifan stood silently to the side, enveloped in a faint yellow light.

No matter where or when, one must hold on when they can.

This is the survival philosophy of Bai Yifan, the lowest rung of the Bai Family society.

Bai Xiqin pointed her slender finger, unleashing an invisible control ability toward the ant nest.

Inside, the ant nest seemed like a beehive, incredibly vast and widespread.

The deeper Bai Xiqin delved, the more alarmed she became.

She could sense the ant nest’s coverage stretched over a hundred square meters, yet she couldn’t detect the Ant Queen nor the mutant red ant that had just darted in.

It’s not that the ant nest was limited to this extent, but her sensing range was only this extensive.

The most frightening aspect wasn’t just the enormity of the ant nest; at each junction of the ant nest pathways, there was a small "room."

That "room" wasn’t empty; inside were several oval-shaped objects.

"Rooms" scattered across every intersection of the corridors.

Bai Xiqin startled, using her control power to extract an oval-shaped object.

The oval-shaped object gradually emerged from the ant nest hole under Bai Xiqin’s control.

Under the sun’s rays, a marble-sized ant egg appeared before them.

The ant egg was entirely white, resembling mutton fat jade.

"Is this an ant egg?" Bai Yifan stared, dumbfounded at the oval ant egg.

Someone who didn’t know might think it were a bird’s egg!

Bai Xiqin withdrew the dagger tied to her leg, decisively slicing the ant egg in half with her slender fingers.

The jade-like ant egg instantly burst, spewing black liquid and an undeveloped ant.

Gazing at the black liquid, Bai Xiqin’s heart sank.

This indicated the Ant Queen had consumed virus-tainted rotten flesh and flawlessly integrated it into herself.

The eggs she laid, once successfully hatched, would transform into a multitude of horrors worse than mutated mice swarms.

The Ant Queen’s eggs scattered throughout the ant nest; once the ant population fully hatched, she’d be the city’s ruler.

All ants would heed her command.

These ant eggs required no special environment, only time.

Ants hatched in black liquid wouldn’t be content just eating fruit.

They hungered more for human flesh and blood.

Those ants inherently carrying the virus would be fiercer than ordinary mutant ants, with saliva akin to that of zombies, capable of turning a person into a zombie with just one bite.

Humans are sometimes more vulnerable than animals.

Animals can perfectly adapt to viruses and coexist, whereas humans cannot.

...Perhaps humans can coexist too.

Just like Fan Tangtang, the Zombie King.

"The underground area is expansive; I can’t completely probe the entire ant nest." Bai Xiqin looked at Leng Yebai.

"Alright, I’ll take you," Leng Yebai’s eyes lit up, sparkling as he gazed at Bai Xiqin.

Although his precious bike wasn’t in Xiao Niu’s space, Xiao Niu’s space had plenty of bikes stored in the warehouse.

He could ride his bike with Xiao Niu again!

"Okay, let’s go with this!"

Bai Xiqin calmly nodded, casually pointing at a car by the roadside.

"Oh."

Leng Yebai responded, the stars in his eyes dimming somewhat, yet still striding towards the car.

The car door was open, the window shattered, its contents pillaged, but the car was intact except for the fuel drained from the tank.

In the apocalypse, gasoline was a precious resource.

Bai Xiqin, with Leng Yebai as cover, placed her finger by the car’s fuel tank opening, slowly channeling gasoline into the tank.

Bai Xiqin refrained from adding much gasoline, stopping after a small amount.

"Xiao Fan, drive!" Bai Xiqin seated herself in the back.

Leng Yebai naturally stepped in, opening the other side’s rear car door, sitting beside Bai Xiqin.

Bai Yifan’s mouth twitched, weakly leaning against the window, gazing at the two seated neatly. "Are you sure you want me to drive?"

"What’s there to fear?" Bai Xiqin shrugged, "As long as you don’t crash into me, it’s fine."

Bai Yifan: ...kind of makes sense.

Bai Yifan resigned himself, settling into the driver’s seat as the car roared to life, the body jerking before speeding forward.

With the Fire Phoenix Safety Base growing more stable, the Superpower User squad had cleared the roads thoroughly.

Cars piled up on either side, allowing smooth passage.

Occasional zombies and wrecked cars declared: this was still the apocalypse.

"Roar—"

A hideous zombie snarled, lunging towards the noisy car.

Bai Yifan floored the gas pedal, accelerating.

The zombie screamed, collided with the car, spun 360 degrees midair twice, and slammed heavily onto the ground.

This scene made Bai Yifan shudder internally.

This little cutie’s flying style matched his dad’s exactly!

The sole difference being Mr. Bai landed face-first.

The car’s front caved in slightly.

Bai Yifan shook his head slightly.

Indeed, garbage trucks and buses are the best for driving!

"Stop the car!" Bai Xiqin ordered.

Screech—

The tires skidding against the ground left long black marks instantly appearing on the pavement.