Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

"Damn it!"

The guard let out a wail of despair, quickly urging a mass of vines to burst forth from the ground, only this time, it was he himself who became wrapped by the vines instead of the newcomer.

"Boom! Boom boom boom!!!"

The fierce sound of explosions rang out one after another, and the guard wrapped in vines couldn’t escape the fate of being affected. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

His head felt like it was buzzing from the explosions, and his vision was spinning, leaving him feeling terrible all over.

Inside the Bath City building.

Hu Die, who was on the top floor gathering her strength and preparing for today’s attack, was instantly startled by the sound of the explosions.

She leaped over the wall and rapidly scaled the building, arriving at the smoke-filled ground in no time.

Her superhuman physical abilities allowed her to immediately see the front of Bath City had been blown to smithereens.

Hu Die was instantly enraged!

How dare they run wild in her Baize Union!

As her gaze swept across the figures in the smoke, her hand raised and a thin, sharp blade flew out, "Who’s there?!"

"Bang—"

The blade hit an invisible barrier and fell to the ground with a clang.

This is... a space superpower?

Hu Die was stunned and couldn’t help but look the man over carefully.

Although the man’s clothes were burned and tattered, his eyes were sharp, his aura commanding, carrying a sense of authority that instinctively made people want to obey.

Aside from the chairman, she had only heard that the base lord in the suburbs also had a space superpower. Could this man be the base lord?

That shouldn’t be right!

Wasn’t the lord supposed to be a woman?

Hu Die’s fingertips moved slightly, and dozens of Flying Blades coalesced out of thin air, all aimed at the man, "Who are you? What’s your name?"

The man sneered contemptuously and beckoned her with a gesture that was full of provocation, "Wanna know, huh? Beat me in a fight, and I’ll tell you!"

"Heh..." Hu Die laughed coldly in frustration, her cheeks twitching slightly, "Arrogant!"

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh—"

Dozens of Flying Blades moved at once, but the man casually lifted his hand, and all the blades came to a halt. The next instant, they turned around and flew back towards Hu Die.

Hu Die: "?"

As the Flying Blades were about to hit her, Hu Die mobilized her Gold Element Energy to confront the stranger, "Who on earth are you? You’ve even awakened the Gold Element Superpower!"

The man did not respond to her words. Instead, with the hand he had just raised, his fingertips moved slightly, and the ground beneath Hu Die’s feet began to surge and roll.

Layers of dirt piled up from her feet upwards, enveloping her.

Always one for cleanliness, Hu Die couldn’t bear the dirt clinging to her body and immediately felt terrible all over. She screamed and leaped to higher ground, desperately shaking off the mud from her feet.

This time, her gaze toward the man was filled with terror.

What kind of monster was he?!

How many superpowers had he awakened?!

How had she never heard of such a person before?!

Hu Die knew she was no match for this man, "Big brother, let’s talk this out! It was wrong of my underlings to attack you just now, but I have no ill intentions toward you! We have no grievances, why must we fight to the death here? Let’s both stop and talk things over!"

The man chuckled, his voice lazy and deep, with a hint of scorn, "I came for your life, and yet you’re asking me to stop?"

Hu Die’s face changed, a chill rising from her feet, "We are strangers to each other, who are you, exactly?"

Before she could finish speaking, she realized her feet were frozen. Her Gold Element Superpower was not very effective against the Water Elemental Superpower, and she struggled to free herself.

Hu Die lifted her head defiantly, "Are you from the base?"

The existence of such a strong person at the base meant that previous intelligence was incorrect; they had severely underestimated their opponent.

Without waiting for the man to answer, Hu Die took out a signal flare from her pocket and quickly pulled the pin.

"Whoosh—"

The moment the signal flare was successfully ignited, Hu Die’s entire body was completely frozen in place.

"Bang!"

The signal flare that had shot up into the sky burst into a cloud of red smoke.

As the smoke spread, a series of roars rang out from around Bath City, growing closer and closer.

The first to charge out was a dog corpse.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—"

Five people sprang out from behind the man, namely Ji Wanwan, Qi Hao, Ji Xing, Xu Siming, and Xia Li.

And this man was none other than Zhou Kai.

Xia Li, who had just landed, quickly pulled out the great sword on her back and delivered a stylish slash at the rabid dog corpse charging towards her.

Frozen in place, Hu Die was dumbstruck, and in a moment, she understood.

Watching zombies surge from all directions, Xia Li’s eyes shone, and she began her rampage.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Xu Siming, eager to erase the humiliation of getting drunk the other day, took the opportunity to tease Zhou Kai, "Wasn’t that previous act pretty cool of you?"

Zhou Kai raised his eyebrows, "Playing such a cool Water Elemental Superpower so low, it’s a complete waste in your hands."

Xu Siming: "... Seriously, personal attacks are a bit much, meow!"

Sensing another quarrel brewing, Ji Wanwan couldn’t help but laugh and cry, "Brothers, we are on someone else’s turf right now. Can we be a bit more serious?"

His beloved girl spoke up, no, the base lord spoke up—could they not listen?

Xu Siming stepped forward, nodding toward Hu Die, "Xiao Wan, what should we do with this woman?"

"Um..." Ji Wanwan pursed her lips, wondering if Wen Yuheng truly had feelings for Hu Die. If he did, and she dealt with Hu Die now, wouldn’t she make Wen Yuheng hate her for a lifetime? It could even lead to an immediate defection and him siding with the Baize Union.

After a brief contemplation, she decided to consult the System: [System, is it possible to put living people into the space?]

System: [Time in the space is at a standstill. It’s not a big issue for living people to enter the space for a short time, but if they stay too long, their bodies might suffer discomfort upon exiting or even die from excessive stress reaction.]

Ji Wanwan: [How short is ’a short time’?]

System: [It’s best not to exceed one day.]

One day, huh...

That’s quite long!

Without further ado, Ji Wanwan stepped forward, and under Hu Die’s fearful gaze, she lightly touched her.

The next second, Hu Die disappeared on the spot.

System: [? It’s best not to exceed one day doesn’t mean you can put her there for a day, hey!]

Ji Wanwan: [Then I’ll try not to exceed a day!]

System: [...]

Xu Siming: "? You put a living person into the space?"

Ji Wanwan nodded seriously: "Yeah, no big deal!"

Xu Siming: "..."

As more and more zombies swarmed out, Ji Wanwan made a quick decision, "Haozi, Xingxing, Ah Li, you three hold off the zombies outside. Senior, Brother Kai, follow me to raid Bath City!

We’ll make it quick and retreat before their reinforcements arrive!"

Everyone responded accordingly.

Ji Wanwan, holding on to Zhou Kai and Xu Siming, teleported past Bath City’s now-ruined gates and entered the building.

At this moment, the corridor was already crowded with confused guild members staring blankly at the ruins.

Upon seeing three strangers suddenly appear, these members were startled, and the quick-witted ones immediately started shouting, "Enemy invasion! All members on alert!!"