The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

boom!

Lei Yue's mind went completely blank for a moment.

That familiar voice...

That familiar tone...

He suddenly looked up and stared in disbelief into the store.

In front of the grocery store counter, a familiar figure sat calmly, holding a teacup that was steaming.

He was dressed in clean clothes, with his usual calm smile on his face, and was completely unharmed.

It wasn't just him.

Beside him were Sun Miao, Liu Chao, Li Yuanguang...

Those creatures that had fallen beside the bronze coffin were now all sitting there alive, looking at him curiously from the doorway.

"team leader!"

Lei Yue's body trembled violently, and the surging emotions instantly overwhelmed all his defenses.

He rushed over in one stride and gave Chen Feng a solid bear hug with all his might.

"Thank you......"

"Thank you for still being alive..."

His voice choked with sobs, filled with barely suppressed tears. This towering man was now like a 300-pound child.

Chen Feng stumbled from his embrace, almost tipping over along with the chair.

He reached out and patted Lei Yue's broad back, feeling the other man trembling violently.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly chuckled softly.

"Hey kid, are you crying?"

Lei Yue's body stiffened, and he immediately wiped his face haphazardly.

Pushing Chen Feng away, he stubbornly retorted in a muffled voice.

"Nonsense! How could I possibly cry! It's just that the sandstorm outside blew sand into my eyes!"

Just then, a gentle voice rang out.

Lin Mo, who was standing behind the counter, pushed a steaming cup of tea over.

"Have a hot drink."

Lin Mo looked at him with a smile.

"Heartwarming."

Lei Yue stared at the cup of tea, his vision blurred, perhaps from the rising steam.

To cover his embarrassment, he grabbed the teacup, tilted his head back, and gulped it down.

The delicate white porcelain teacup looked exceptionally small in his rough, large hands.

The scalding hot tea slid down my throat and into my stomach, bringing a wave of burning warmth.

But this warmth could not dispel the immense sense of absurdity and the exhaustion of surviving a catastrophe in his heart.

He looked at Chen Feng: "Captain, what exactly happened back then?"

"Why did you get infected and turned into a zombie? Didn't the intelligence say that after completing the intermediate gene awakening, you wouldn't be infected anymore?"

"And another thing, you clearly died right in front of me, how did you come back to life?"

A barrage of questions rained down on Chen Feng like a machine gun.

At this moment, he had countless questions to ask, and every word he spoke was filled with barely suppressed curiosity and lingering fear.

Upon hearing this, the smile on Chen Feng's face slowly faded, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.

"It's not an infection."

He spoke, his voice as steady as ever, yet revealing a hint of barely perceptible fatigue.

"I've been parasitized by a monster."

"It all started when we first arrived in the Holy Elephant Kingdom and heard about that so-called divine treasure..."

Lei Yue was in a state of utter confusion and had no patience to listen to him explain in detail from the beginning.

He abruptly waved his hand, rudely interrupting Chen Feng.

"This is too much trouble, let's just get to the point!"

"You...you're poisonous...!"

Chen Feng glanced helplessly at this impatient fellow, but still nodded.

"After killing a chosen one of the gods, a golden ball of light entered my body. At the time, I thought it was a stroke of luck that allowed me to break through from the third seal to the fourth seal of spiritual power."

"But looking back now, I suspect that it was around that time that the thing started parasitizing my body, but I didn't realize it at the time."

Chen Feng's narration was calm, but to Lei Yue, it stirred up a storm.

parasitic?

He recalled Chen Feng's ferocious and terrifying appearance in reality, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

Those monsters that invaded Earth even had the ability to parasitize.

In real life, are there people who are parasitized?

and many more......

Is such a complicated problem something he could possibly understand?

Seeing Lei Yue regain his senses, Chen Feng continued, "It wasn't until I touched the bronze coffin that the thing inside me suddenly attacked and completely took over my body."

"Only after you guys showed up and severely injured that guy was I able to temporarily regain control of my body."

"As for what happened after that, I don't need to say anything; you saw it with your own eyes."

In fact, Chen Feng also felt that there were some things he couldn't understand.

When the monster attacked, a terrifying mental force surged like the Yellow River, instantly overwhelming him, but he managed to retain a sliver of clarity.

Upon hearing this, Lei Yue felt a wave of fear wash over him.

"What kind of thing is that? How could it possibly take over your body?"

Lei Yue's voice was somewhat hoarse: "And how did you even survive?"

Seeing his nervous expression, Chen Feng suddenly chuckled, instantly easing the tension.

"You seem disappointed that I'm still alive."

"..."

Lei Yue was speechless for a moment, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

Chen Feng patted him on the shoulder before saying seriously, "When I opened my eyes again after death, I found myself in the Wasteland Era."

"I don't know the specific reason either. To be honest, I've only been resurrected for a short time."

As he spoke, Chen Feng's gaze passed over Lei Yue and landed on Lin Mo, who had been silent behind the counter.

All eyes turned to Lin Mo.

However, Lin Mo raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "It's one thing for others, but what exactly are you all wondering about?"

"Aren't you always able to resurrect?"

Lei Yue was somewhat confused: "It's different. That's the real world over there, and isn't this place fake?"

Lin Mo: "...Who's the fake one? You or me?"

Lei Yue: "You mean, it's possible to be resurrected after dying in the real world? Why? I don't understand?"

Lei Yue really couldn't figure it out.

Lin Mo: "..."

Lin Mo did not answer his question. To be honest, Lin Mo was not confident that he could persuade a stubborn rock to nod in agreement.

Then he tilted his head slightly and looked at the sparrow preening its feathers in the corner of the counter.

The sparrow paused, raised its small, beady eyes, and scanned the bewildered crowd.

Arrogant and with a hint of disdain: "When you signed up to become employees, didn't any of you even bother to read the employee handbook?"

Everyone: "..."

Employee handbook?

What is that thing?

Oh, I think there is such a thing.

The sparrow seemed to see through their thoughts and let out a silent sneer.

[A bunch of idiots! They didn't pay attention when they had time, and now that something's happened, they know to ask me?]

Everyone: "..."

That's undeniable, because they really didn't look at it carefully.

The main problem is that employee handbook; it's longer than their lives. Who has the patience for that?

Moreover, everyone was shocked by the realism of Wasteland Era at the time, and coupled with their trust in the official team and the belief that it was just a game, no one had time to care about what was written in the manual.

Having seen through their thoughts, Sparrow snorted coldly and said: [Chapter 10, Article 3 of the Employee Handbook clearly states that employees of this store enjoy basic life protection rights. If an employee dies after becoming an employee, they can be resurrected by consuming at least 100 Source Crystals.]

[In addition, as an employee benefit, each of you is entitled to one free revival opportunity per day.]