I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

"........Thanks."

Yuanyuan finally succumbed to Yan Ziming's skillful persuasion and gratefully accepted his invitation.

"Sister Zimo, why are you so good to Yuanyuan...?" Yuanyuan asked, her voice slightly choked with emotion, tears welling in her eyes.

When asked this question, Yan Ziming paused for a moment, then answered resolutely, "Helping Yuanyuan doesn't need a reason."

"How cunning..."

Yuanyuan pouted, her adorable appearance almost making Yan Ziming's face bleed.

Afterwards, Yan Ziming chatted with Yuanyuan about some other interesting stories. A few hours later, Yan Ziming felt that it was about time, so he said a brief goodbye to Yuanyuan and told her to come to her house the day after tomorrow to get used to her new job before getting up and leaving.

Chatting with little girls is so relaxing, am I a lolicon?

On the way back, Yan Ziming thought about all sorts of random things, and upon reflection, realized she actually had quite a few little girls around her...

Xiaoqi, Yuanyuan, Moxin, and Lin Shuqi—yes, there are four of them, making up nearly half of the people she knows.

No, no, no, it's just that the person next to me happens to be a little girl...

Yan Ziming denied it in her heart. She wasn't a lolicon, at least she didn't have any bad thoughts about lolis.

As Yan Ziming walked, he suddenly stopped, his gaze turning sharp, and the atmosphere became extremely tense.

Two bolts of lightning shot out from Yan Ziming's eyes, and everything around him was shattered. Pedestrians, streets, and even the sky were torn apart like an oil painting, revealing the true scenery with a hiss.

—Desolate and dilapidated.

Yan Ziming was both shocked and furious. Where had she ended up?

Chapter Fifty-Six: The Struggle of a Trapped Beast

Judging from the dilapidated state of this place, it is clearly not within Yong'an City. You can't even see the edge of the city wall. It is probably at least a hundred kilometers away.

I can't believe I've come this far!

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Yan Ziming's forehead. In her perception, she had only walked for about ten minutes. Even if she was blinded by hallucinations and deviated from the normal route, she shouldn't have walked that far.

Unless they are spatial ability users...

The spatial ability user who could get her to this place silently must have an incredibly profound control over space. Yan Ziming tentatively sets this limit at the ninth level.

And who else in the world could be the first ninth-level spatial ability user besides Mu Mu, whom she knew?

"No... My being here was clearly influenced by hallucinations, something Mu Mu couldn't have done..."

So, who exactly is it? What are their intentions towards her? How did they manage to bring her here without her noticing?

It's very likely that it took multiple eighth- or even ninth-level experts to bring her here!

In any case, it's best to get out of there and protect yourself first.

Yan Ziming's body rapidly turned blue-purple and translucent, dazzling and beautiful, starting from her limbs, at a speed visible to the naked eye. The brilliant blue-purple patterns spread along her sexy and alluring body, like a giant human light bulb, instantly illuminating the gloomy night sky, as magnificent as a sea of ​​thunder in the heavens.

Above her head, a large, thick, dark thundercloud rapidly gathered, spewing explosive blue-purple lightning from the turbulent clouds, as if a terrifying natural disaster was about to strike.

Elementalization, the strongest state Yan Ziming can reach, at which point she stands at the pinnacle, capable of causing immense destruction with a single strike.

However, her elemental transformation wasn't for fighting, but rather... to escape!

#I'm out#

Yan Ziming transformed into lightning and vanished from her spot in an instant; this was a decision she made after careful consideration.

The other party has the ability to get her here without her noticing, and she only discovered it now. They also likely have the ability to pose a threat to her.

Moreover, they haven't made a move after waiting so long, so they must be trying to lure me into their encirclement. Even if I don't enter the enemy's encirclement, we won't be too far apart, so it's best to run away first.

He used elemental transformation for two reasons: first, to create the illusion that he was going to fight to the death; and second, to push his speed to the limit and escape at near-light speed.

Well, saying "run away" sounds a bit harsh; it should be called a "tactical retreat."

As Yan Ziming was making her escape, she felt the gust of wind rush past her, then suddenly stopped at a certain point.

"This... damn it, could it be the United States?"

Yan Ziming punched the translucent light shield in front of her, and blue-purple ripples spread across the surface where her jade hand touched the shield.

What a familiar scene!

Looking around, Yan Ziming discovered that the light barrier covered a radius of 500 meters, isolating everything.

From the snippets of conversation he had with Jiang Lan, Yan Ziming learned that China's reverse engineering of this technology was not yet fully successful. So, apart from the United States, no other power could possibly have created this.

But what does it mean that they've trapped themselves here?

They've clearly trapped themselves, yet they haven't made a single move. Shouldn't they hurry up and finish them off?

Yan Ziming frowned, not understanding what the other party meant, but the most important thing was to get out of there as soon as possible. You know, it's not only people with superpowers who can kill other people with superpowers, technology can too. Maybe the other party has already launched nuclear missiles into the sky!

Her delicate, snow-white neck tilted slightly upwards, and holy blue-purple lightning flashed beneath her long, slender eyebrows. The translucent blue-purple light filled every corner of her body, and her beautiful legs, clad in black stockings, curved gracefully as she stomped her foot hard on the ground!

click-

From beneath her slender feet, numerous spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards, covering a small area of ​​only a few dozen meters.

The dazzling blue-purple light patterns flowed along her black-stockinged legs and penetrated deep into the ground. The brilliant light shot out along the cracks in the ground, like a dazzling blue-purple flower blooming on the ground, illuminating the darkness so brightly that it could be clearly seen from dozens of miles away.

"Tch, useless... even the underground has been isolated...."

Yan Ziming clicked his tongue in displeasure.

The only option is to force it!

The Raiche appeared in her hand, and due to the influence of elementalization, it became transparent, easily piercing into the light shield, and then swiftly slashing down.

Before he could even feel happy, the cut part was repaired at an incredibly fast speed. The whole process took only a fraction of a second. It was as if the blade of the Raikiri had barely touched the cut before the repair was complete. Yan Ziming's eyelids twitched as he watched.

At this rate, the only option is to use a large-scale attack to forcefully create an opening large enough for her to pass through; the invincible nature of the Raikiri has also become useless.

In the blink of an eye, endless lightning erupted from Yan Ziming's body. The Spear of Victory instantly replaced the Thunder Cutter in her hand, and the Thunder Domain was released again. It retreated to the other edge and was then thrown out!

Immediately following, the thunderclouds in the sky also formed a giant spear, striking the light shield with the same point of impact as the spear of victory!

boom--! ! !

The inside was completely engulfed by lightning, and so was the outside. Brilliant pillars of light rose from the ground and shot straight into the sky, as if the world was about to end.

As the light slowly dissipated, Yan Ziming's extremely gloomy face was revealed. She looked at the light shield that had appeared in front of her, which was no bigger than a bowl, and her lips twitched involuntarily.

This is the most powerful attack she can currently deliver. Even when she fought the Poison Scorpion in District Seven, it was no more than this, and her carapace was shattered by it.

But now they've only blasted such a small hole, who's going to crawl through it?!

The strength of this light shield is clearly higher than her level; only a true ninth-tier being could break through it.

Yan Ziming refused to believe in fate; a desperate fight was better than waiting to die. She gathered another spear of victory, the Thunder Cutter appearing in her left hand, and launched a fierce, storm-like attack.

"Huff... Huff... What the hell is this thing? It's so hard! Even the things from the United States aren't this strong!"

She felt so stifled. She was trapped like a prisoner, and an unnamed fire was surging within Yan Ziming.

Realizing that this was just a waste of effort, Yan Ziming sat down cross-legged on the spot, set up electromagnetic induction around himself, and carefully considered a countermeasure.

Given the current situation, all we can do is wait for rescue, right? With such a commotion here, as long as she's not too far away, the Chinese side should have noticed it long ago, and reinforcements are probably already on their way. All she has to do now is survive until that moment.

"A very smart decision."

A cold voice came from behind her, and Yan Ziming was startled. She immediately moved more than a hundred meters to the side, keeping a watchful eye on the person coming from behind.

She was a woman with long black hair and eyes as bright as the Milky Way. She didn't exude any imposing aura, yet she gave Yan Ziming the feeling of staring into an abyss, unfathomable and bottomless.

Chinese.

Yan Ziming narrowed her eyes slightly; she had noticed something keenly. This person spoke fluent Chinese, and had a typical Asian face. Was this really someone from the United States?

"No matter what, this is a great treasure of a declining civilization. You can't destroy it."

The woman spoke unemotionally, without any sarcasm or contempt, yet it struck a nerve with Yan Ziming, igniting her fury.

"who are you?"

"Based on your performance just now, you could barely protect yourself, let alone protect others."

The woman ignored her and talked about completely unrelated things. Yan Ziming was slightly taken aback. What did she mean by that?

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Freebie

Before Yan Ziming could react, the surrounding light shield instantly shrank, passed through the woman's body, and quickly converged around Yan Ziming.

"Ugh..." Yan Ziming groaned.

The light shield bound her entire body like a tight-fitting, seamless rubber suit. Although she was currently in an elemental state, the lightning was trapped inside her body and could not be released, thus firmly restricting her movements.

"See? You're weak, so weak I could kill you easily..."

The woman slowly walked closer, raised her hand, and without being blocked by the light barrier, placed it on Yan Ziming's elemental shoulder.

Yan Ziming glared at her with bloodshot eyes. Although he didn't sense any murderous intent, it was really not good to be controlled like this.

zizi——

The moment she touched Yan Ziming's shoulder, she recoiled as if she had touched boiling oil, and a few wisps of smoke rose from her lips.