Transmigrated as the Villainous Love Rival of the Abusive Novel's Heroine [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Miracle

Perhaps having received the recognition of her destined one, Yun Qianxue’s wood-attribute ability was activated with extraordinary speed. Simultaneously, the spirit spring healed her various scars, large and small; even the scars on her face began to vanish as new flesh and skin regrew.

She looked down at her reflection in the water: bright eyes, white teeth, a rosy face, and soft lips. Only the birthmark at the corner of her left eye added a touch of vibrant allure to her cute features. Yun Qianxue closed her eyes, feeling her crystal core gradually filling with wood energy; in two hours, she would definitely be able to go out.

“Everyone is hidden in the underground lab now.” The temporary commander who had arranged for the group to hide peeked out from the entrance of the underground city. She shouted to the woman who was incessantly slaughtering zombies: “You come in, too!”

There were too many zombies; that person absolutely couldn’t hold out.

Yin Shaoqing sliced off the head of a Grade 3 ice-attribute zombie, glanced sideways at the woman, and said calmly: “Go back.”

Waves of zombies lunged forward one after another. Beneath the lightning net, an uncountable number of charred corpses were already piled high. Beneath her feet, Grade 3 and higher zombies were stacked deep. Yin Shaoqing tightened her grip on her blade. Looking at the unending swarm of zombies, she calmly stepped forward, over and over again.

Cleave, slash, thunder and fire fell, earthen spikes erupted, and the wind fanned the flames.

When she had slashed through the horde until her hands shook too much to hold her weapons, she used her supernatural abilities to attack; sky-covering ice blades harvested the heads of the zombies. When her crystal core energy was depleted, she wantonly absorbed the violent energy from the environment.

“Warning: Host’s crystal core damage has reached 50%. Please stop absorbing external energy immediately.”

The Fat Calico Cat reported numbly over and over. It watched with its own eyes as its host fought like a cornered beast—manic, desperate, and risking her life.

“Why not give up? Even if the zombies break in, those people are hidden in the underground city; the zombies won’t get in immediately. What if the Female Lead returns before the doors are breached?” the cat had asked.

Yes, what if…

Yin Shaoqing’s eyes crinkled into a smile. She said: What if the underground city is breached before Ah-Xue returns? Then she would see nothing but ruins, and the people she wanted to protect would still be lost.

And… Yin Shaoqing used all her strength to sweep a massive ice blade across the battlefield, leveling every zombie within a hundred meters with a single strike. After this blow, her strength failed and her body went limp, but just as her knees were about to touch the ground, she thrust an ice blade into the earth, her hands gripping it tightly to keep herself from falling.

Sweat fell from her forehead, soaking her eyes. The tearing pain from her crystal core made her vision blur, obscuring the path ahead. Gritting her teeth—you must stand up.

“Alright, darling, stand up. The war isn’t over yet.” Self-comfort was sometimes very effective. For example, right now, even though she was shakily kneeling on one knee, she could still stand up as one zombie after another charged at her, swinging her blade and repelling any enemy that tried to pass her.

That figure standing tall atop the mountain of corpses, that figure in the lightning who would not retreat an inch—it was etched into the eyes of the people who had, at some point, run out of the underground city. It spoke one sentence: Stand behind me, for that is the safest place.

Outside the boundless waves of the ocean, there must always be someone to serve as the harbor that withstands the storm.

A pale gold shield suddenly appeared in front of Yin Shaoqing, blocking an attack from a Grade 2 zombie for her. In that moment, Yin Shaoqing was truly stunned. Immediately following, a myriad of attacks erupted from behind her.

Colored bubbles restricted the zombies’ speed, and black mud turned into a swamp to swallow them. Fiery red leaves fell upon the zombies to incinerate their bodies. Yin Shaoqing propped herself up with her long blade, wiped the sweat from her face, and tried to focus her scattering gaze. She even said to the cat with great delight: “Look, it’s magic.”

The cat was too heartbroken to respond. Because it knew “magic” couldn’t save its host; it would only make her charge even harder. After all, the people standing behind her were using their own strength to tell Yin Shaoqing: Everything you are doing is worth it.

The ones she protected were a group of people worth protecting.

“Crystal core damage at 70%.”

Thunder roared in her ears. Yin Shaoqing fought non-stop with dual blades, acting as if she hadn’t heard.

“Crystal core damage at 80%.”

The earth trembled. Ancient trees, coiling like giant pythons, erupted from beneath the city’s foundation, acting like a giant hand to lift the 900-square-kilometer Base S high into the air.

A smile spread across Yin Shaoqing’s lips; she had finally waited for her girl.

The base rose high into the air, and the zombies that had breached the electric net into the city were all killed by the collective effort of the survivors. The base was now very safe—well, safe inside the base; the ancient wood supporting the base was currently under assault from the zombie tide. A million-strong tide could not be stopped without a forest of mutated trees.

A grey-white energy vortex spiraled back into the base. Yun Qianxue utilized Ouroboros to its limit, her crystal core constantly in a state of energy replenishment. That violent external power was transformed into docile energy under her ability, turning incessantly into wood-attribute power to create the “Sky City.”

The energy in that vortex was so thick that Yin Shaoqing couldn’t even see her girl’s face.

“A pity…”

The soft sigh was drowned out by the roar of thunder and wind; no one heard it. She stood alone on the city wall, looking at the zombies surging like a tide across the withered, cracked earth, and leaped down. Before the mutated forest her girl was creating could become strong enough to protect the Sky City, she would be the one to intercept all the anomalies…

Among the crowd cheering that they were saved and expressing hope, marveling at the wonder of the Sky City, only Qi Ming turned to “look” toward the place where Yin Shaoqing had jumped down. He raised his hand to cover his heart, silently praying: Mama, please protect Big Sister and keep her safe.

An An seemed to sense something as well; she leaned tightly against her brother, her eyes red. She didn’t understand why, but An An was very sad.

Meanwhile, Yun Qianxue, who was putting all her effort into creating the giant wood, suddenly felt a pain in her heart. She opened her eyes and looked around in confusion. Where is she?

“Crystal core damage at 90%.” Hidden within Yin Shaoqing’s soul, the Fat Calico Cat’s claws instinctively extended, digging into the ground. It watched its host erect towering ice walls, watched her bury wave after wave of zombies in pits, and watched the lightning net shield the giant trees and the growing mutated plants behind her.

Everything was being protected, except for Yin Shaoqing, who stood outside the protective circle she had created…

“Crystal core damage at 92%.” The system, constructed from data, had never hated data so much. If it could, it would wipe out that “92” and start from zero.

Several high-level zombies surrounding Yin Shaoqing suddenly erupted. They seemed to have received an order, using all their supernatural power to launch a heavy strike against her.

BOOM—

Amidst the roar of the explosion, Yin Shaoqing crashed to the ground. She rolled away immediately to distance herself from a metal-attribute zombie that was recklessly charging through the explosion to scratch her.

Her black, knee-length trench coat had caught fire. Yin Shaoqing ripped it off with one hand and tossed it upward, draping it over the face of that Grade 3 zombie. The metallic taste of blood in her mouth displeased her; she used her tongue to push against it. She was rarely this wretched. Ha, she certainly got the full experience today.

“Since you like playing with fire so much, I’ll let you have your fill.” The woman, filled with rage and killing intent, pressed one hand to the ground, and a roar of flames erupted!

“Crystal core damage at 94%,” the cat reported the data continuously.

Yin Shaoqing’s attention, however, was entirely on the abnormal behavior of those zombies just now. There was a zombie—a commander directing the others—hidden within the tide. She was going to dig it out.

Yin Shaoqing tilted her head and spat out some blood, her eyes narrowing with a sharp, cold edge. Then, she would wring its head off!

“ROAR…” A long howl echoed between heaven and earth. That zombie seemed to sense something and took the initiative to expose itself to issue the command to execute Yin Shaoqing.

When a scattered flock of sheep finds its leader, they huddle together and gain the strength to ram a hunting dog. From the cat’s perspective, beneath the flying clouds, it saw the zombie swarm, led by the high-level zombies, piercing toward the mutated forest like a sharp sword.

Outside the forest, beside the ice wall, a tall woman in a black shirt lazily tied back her disheveled long hair with a strip of cloth torn from her shirt. Then, her hands shook, and ice blades over a meter long appeared in her grasp.

One hundred meters, eighty meters… the zombie swarm advanced. Fifty meters, thirty meters… she began to step forward, one step, two steps, then broke into a run…

Finally, the blades met. Ice turned into rain to shield the flanks—not a single zombie could pass. Thunder, fire, and earth tremors killed tens of thousands.

“Crystal core damage at 96%.”

Black blood stained the earth. The parched, cracked ground was moistened into mud, with one foul-smelling blood pit after another being stepped into. The hurricane destroyed the Zombie King’s confidence. In front of it, a natural disaster descended; blades tore through its barrier and gripped its neck fiercely. Before it could resist, its sturdy neck bone was snapped.

Sky-light pierced through the grey clouds, and a sliver of light fell upon her blade, reflecting her arrogant smile. She tossed the Zombie King at her feet, crushing its head beneath her heel. A soft murmur sounded like she was claiming credit from someone. Yin Shaoqing licked her back teeth and squinted with delight: “The sheep I want to slaughter—not one can escape.”

Viscous black blood dripped from her blade. The zombie swarms that had surrounded her, now without the Zombie King’s orders, began to scatter; some continued to attack Yin Shaoqing, while others attacked the mutated forest.

The moment she didn’t see Yin Shaoqing, a terrifying guess surfaced in Yun Qianxue’s mind. The subsequent sound of explosions confirmed her suspicion. She pushed her supernatural ability to its limit—faster, even faster!

Crack… Her crystal core let out an overburdened sound of shattering. But it wasn’t enough; she had to be even faster!

“Crystal core damage at 99%.” The Fat Calico Cat stared fixedly at that line of data. It was betting on a miracle.

Swoosh… Peach-wood became pillars to support the city, and the forest surrounded it; the spreading mutated woods wove together into a hunter’s trap. Looking down from the “Sky City,” those black specks of zombies were all annihilated within that greenery, silently becoming nourishment for the mutated forest.

The moment the Sky City was completed, Yun Qianxue rushed to the city wall and leaped off. The giant wood supporting the Sky City branched out halfway to entwine her, gently lowering her to the ground. Right in front of Yin Shaoqing.

The dark clouds dispersed, the thunder and fire were extinguished, and the ice walls shattered…

Beneath the falling, crystalline shards of ice, that person stood against the light with a doting smile, tiredly raising a hand to rub her eyes. She laughed softly as she explained to her wife: “Shaoqing… just wants to sleep for a while…”

The moment that figure—which had always stood before her, immovable—fell, a rigid Yun Qianxue heard the sound of her world collapsing.

“Crystal core damage has reached 100%.”

Yes… the Fat Calico Cat closed its eyes.

That d*mned miracle did not arrive…

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