On the other side, Chen Xiao and Zhao Xiyue cautiously advanced through a dense forest.
At this moment, Zhao Xiyue, who had followed Chen Xiao into the parallel world, began to regret her decision.
She shouldn't have been so impulsive, letting her momentary softheartedness lead her into this strange world with a stranger. Even if Zhang Chen could enter this world through Little Ruan’s portal, this was Shui Lan Star, such a vast planet. Finding a single person was like searching for a needle in a haystack!
Chen Xiao walked ahead, unable to notice Zhao Xiyue’s changing expression. However, as if he could read her mind, he spoke what she was thinking: “Don’t worry, I told you, gods possess great wisdom. He will find us!”
“Look, here. Familiar?”
Chen Xiao parted the dense branches behind him. A massive city wall suddenly appeared before them. The walls of this city were much lower than those in the doomsday world, but they were still nearly a hundred meters high. The city walls were equipped with heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and heavy artillery. Various anti-tank obstacles were placed around the outer perimeter of the walls. Dozens of zombies had their bodies pierced by the obstacles, desperately reaching out their arms to grab the humans on the city walls. At the main gate of the walled city, two tanks and a squad of soldiers were stationed.
“This is… a high-walled city of the Tengxiang Nation?!” Zhao Xiyue exclaimed in surprise.
“That’s right. Because it’s a parallel world, many strategies for dealing with the doomsday are the same in both worlds.”
“It’s just that this world’s technology is a bit behind your world.”
“Those invaders will soon attack here, and the god will also arrive shortly.”
Chen Xiao nervously rubbed his fingers together, as if a critically important event was about to unfold in the seemingly peaceful city, an event that held immense significance for him.
“Why are you so certain?” Zhao Xiyue asked, a puzzled look on her face.
“I’m not certain, it’s simply the fact!”
“Including you coming to this world with me. For you, it might have been a moment of overflowing kindness or a surge of curiosity, and now you must be regretting it immensely!”
“But for me, persuading you to come wasn’t easy.”
“Because the portal to your world can only stay open for twenty seconds. I had to convince you to come with me within that time.” Chen Xiao explained calmly.
“It seemed pretty easy for you to persuade me, and you succeeded on the first try!” Zhao Xiyue said with a hint of dissatisfaction, feeling a bit foolish for trusting someone so easily.
“You’re not foolish. It’s because deep down, you possess the sense of justice and benevolence that everyone in the doomsday world has gradually forgotten.”
“Besides, how do you know I succeeded on the first try?” Chen Xiao smiled meaningfully, a hint of bitterness in his expression.
“What do you mean? I’ve only met you once, so of course you succeeded on the first try!” Zhao Xiyue asked, frowning. She felt that Chen Xiao was somewhat eccentric and his words were nonsensical.
“Actually, you’re not as easily persuaded as you think. Even with the same speech, if there was even the slightest difference in my expression, actions, or even tone, it would have resulted in failure.”
“You only saw the outcome, but in reality, the effort I put into it far exceeded your imagination.”
“But there’s no other way. After all, although this world is dire, it is still my world. I cannot let it be destroyed by those invaders!” Chen Xiao spread his hands in a helpless gesture.
“You can predict how to persuade me, you can foresee the approaching invaders, and you can even predict that Brother Chen will find us…”
“Could it be… your ability is to predict the future?” Zhao Xiyue asked tentatively.
“Sort of, but not entirely. My ability, in a way, is more precise and convenient than predicting the future, with a lower error rate.”
“But at the same time, my ability is also more troublesome than predicting the future.”
“Don’t let my appearance fool you; though I look only 20 years old, my actual age is far, far older than my appearance suggests.” Chen Xiao explained subtly.
After his patient explanation, Zhao Xiyue became even more bewildered.
“There are enemies!”
Just as Zhao Xiyue was about to say something else, Chen Xiao suddenly lowered his voice and said, before throwing himself to the ground.
“Heh heh…”
“Urgh…”
“Roar!”
It was a zombie horde! Countless zombies surged out of the dense forest towards the high-walled city. Immediately, a loud alarm blared from the city!
“Wooo! Wooo~! Woo~”
Then, gunfire began to sweep towards the zombie horde, and shells exploded amidst the tide of corpses, sending up bursts of blood mixed with soil. Strangely, although these zombies were emerging from the direction behind them, they avoided the ambush spot of Chen Xiao and Zhao Xiyue.
“Are these the enemies you mentioned?” Zhao Xiyue asked, frowning. If it was just a zombie horde, she believed that with the support of the high walls and modern military forces, they could easily suppress them, and she wouldn’t need to intervene.
“Of course not. These are just appetizers. The main course hasn’t arrived yet!”
After the artillery fire continued for a while, it gradually subsided. The zombie horde of thousands of zombies had been annihilated. The soldiers on the city walls cheered excitedly, as if they had just won a hard-fought battle.
Whoosh! Boom!
Suddenly, a stout monster leaped out of the dense forest and crashed directly onto a tank, flipping it onto its side. Before the other tank could react, the meatball-like monster nimbly bounced up again, bending the barrel of its cannon. The soldiers opened fire with all their might. However, bullets striking its body were like mosquito bites. The monster extended its chubby, large hand and with a casual swipe, several soldiers were sent flying far away with screams. Seeing the number of city guards at the gate dwindling, and knowing that once they were all dead, the city gate itself would be the next target.
“Wait for my signal. Come out when I give you the signal! And by the way, apologize to the god for me. I didn’t mean to abduct his woman!”
With that, Chen Xiao quickly charged out.
“Ah? Can you defeat this monster with your strength?”
“And… what god’s woman? You’re talking nonsense…”
Upon hearing the last sentence, Zhao Xiyue’s face suddenly flushed red. Chen Xiao, carrying his Tang sword, swiftly approached the monster, and the two began to fight.
“Xiyue, why are you here by yourself?”
“Where is that guy who tricked you into coming?”
Zhang Chen suddenly appeared beside Zhao Xiyue, his tone displeased.
“He… calls you god, and asked me to apologize to you. He didn’t mean… didn’t mean to do it!” Zhao Xiyue found it impossible to voice Chen Xiao’s words.