Apocalypse: Transmigrated General's Daughter Uses Space to Survive

The military truck moved steadily along the damaged highway.

Although many sections of the road were cracked, the vehicle had been modified to withstand far worse conditions.

Whenever it encountered overturned cars or collapsed structures that it could not pass, the controlling array would stop automatically.

Ye Xuan would then open his eyes, clear the obstruction with spiritual energy, and continue his cultivation.

After advancing to the Divine Transformation Realm, the spiritual energy inside his dantian had become much denser.

His meridians had also expanded, allowing him to absorb and circulate spiritual energy at a faster speed.

However, his sudden increase in strength meant that even the simplest movements required adjustment.

Earlier, when moving a damaged vehicle from the road, he had accidentally crushed it into a lump of metal.

He had used what he thought was an insignificant amount of spiritual energy.

It seemed he had underestimated the difference between the Nascent Soul Realm and the Divine Transformation Realm.

Ye Xuan did not find this troublesome.

The faster he familiarized himself with his new strength, the less likely he would lose control when protecting Miaoer during her breakthrough.

While meditating, he separated a thread of divine sense and connected it to the Soul Ring.

Inside, Chu Miao was refining array flags.

Her movements were fast but steady.

Several completed arrays were arranged neatly beside her, together with bottles of healing pills and piles of spirit stones.

The guardian beasts watched from a distance.

They had already sensed that she was preparing to advance and were eager to absorb the blessed rain.

The Vermilion Bird was especially excited.

It flew in circles above the refining area until Chu Miao threatened to lock it inside the contract space if it continued disturbing her.

Only then did it settle on a nearby tree.

Ye Xuan’s lips curved upward when he saw the scene through their connection.

Miaoer appeared calm, but he knew the pressure inside her dantian was increasing.

She had already reinforced the suppression barrier twice.

It would not hold much longer.

He withdrew his divine sense and focused on circulating his spiritual energy.

The distance between City S and City K was not extremely far, but the roads had deteriorated severely.

Several bridges had collapsed, forcing Ye Xuan to take longer routes.

When the truck approached one broken bridge, he simply stored it in his space ring and flew across the river.

He took it out on the other side and continued traveling.

The sun had started descending by the time he reached the outer region of City K.

The first thing he noticed was the smell.

Even before seeing the city, the stench of decay had already spread across the surroundings.

City K had once been one of the largest commercial cities in the province.

Its population had exceeded twenty million, and millions more from nearby towns had fled there during the first weeks of the apocalypse.

At that time, the local government had announced that a large protected zone was being established.

Military forces, food reserves, and medical resources were gathered there.

Many survivors believed City K would become one of the safest places in the country.

However, communication with the city disappeared less than a month later.

No distress signal had been transmitted.

No large group of survivors had escaped.

It was as if the entire city had been swallowed overnight.

Ye Xuan stopped the military truck several kilometers from the city.

The highway ahead was completely blocked.

Hundreds of abandoned vehicles had been piled across the road, forming an enormous barricade.

The cars had not collided naturally.

They were stacked too neatly.

Some had been placed on top of others, while large trucks reinforced both sides of the blockade.

Ye Xuan got out of the truck and examined the barricade.

Dark blood covered many of the vehicles, but there were no bodies nearby.

The blockade could have been created by humans during the early days of the apocalypse.

However, several sections had been repaired recently using metal plates and concrete.

Ye Xuan released his divine sense.

The barricade extended around the main entrances to the city.

Small gaps remained between some vehicles, wide enough for zombies to pass through but too narrow for ordinary cars.

"This is not meant to keep zombies out," he muttered.

It was meant to keep humans from entering or leaving easily.

The intelligent zombies had turned the abandoned human defenses against the survivors.

Ye Xuan stored the truck in his space ring.

He did not destroy the barricade.

Doing so could alert whatever was inside the city.

Instead, he floated into the air and crossed over it.

The outskirts were deserted.

Several residential buildings stood beside the highway, but there were no zombies wandering between them.

This was strange.

In City S, zombies had filled every street.

Even though the highest-level ones had concealed themselves, countless ordinary zombies still moved outside.

City K was different.

The roads were empty.

Not even a low-level zombie could be seen.

Ye Xuan expanded his divine sense.

It entered the nearby buildings.

Inside the first residential block, he found several hundred zombies.

They were standing inside apartments, stairwells, and corridors.

None moved.

Some faced the windows.

Others stood behind doors as if waiting.

Ye Xuan’s expression changed.

He examined another building.

It was the same.

Hundreds of zombies remained hidden inside.

A nearby shopping center contained thousands more.

They did not wander or attack one another.

Every zombie seemed to be waiting for an order.

City K was not empty.

Its army had concealed itself.

Ye Xuan did not move farther into the city.

Instead, he sent a message through his connection with the Soul Ring.

"Miaoer, I have arrived."

Inside the Soul Ring, Chu Miao placed the final array flag beside the others.

Her suppression barrier trembled again.

A small amount of spiritual energy escaped, causing the objects around her to shake.

She immediately forced it back.

"I’m coming out."

Chu Miao stored the prepared arrays, pills, and spirit stones.

She then looked toward the guardian beasts.

"Remain inside until I summon you."

The Vermilion Bird spread its wings.

"Master, this divine beast can protect you during the tribulation."

"You will only increase its strength if you come out too early."

The Vermilion Bird immediately folded its wings.

It had almost forgotten that the heavenly dao did not care whether someone entered the tribulation range voluntarily.

If it appeared before the blessed rain, the lightning might target it as well.

Chu Miao disappeared from the Soul Ring.

The space beside Ye Xuan fluctuated.

A passage opened, and she stepped out directly beside him.

She did not need to return to City S, where she had entered.

As long as Ye Xuan remained outside as her beacon, she could leave the Soul Ring wherever he was.

Ye Xuan immediately examined her aura.

"You are having more difficulty suppressing it."

"I can still control it."

"How long?"

"One day," Chu Miao replied after checking her dantian. "Perhaps less."

Ye Xuan looked toward City K.

"That should be enough, but this place is unusual."

He told her about the barricade and the zombies hidden inside the buildings.

Chu Miao released her divine sense.

Her range was smaller than Ye Xuan’s, but her control was more delicate.

She examined the zombies closest to them.

"They are suppressing their hunger."

"Can ordinary zombies do that?"

"No."

Even intelligent zombies found it difficult to resist the smell of fresh human flesh.

The lower-level zombies should have already rushed out after sensing them.

For so many to remain motionless, something must be controlling them.

Chu Miao moved toward one of the buildings.

She stopped outside a window on the fourth floor.

A zombie stood inside the dark apartment.

Its body was severely rotten, and one arm was missing.

It was clearly a low-level zombie with almost no intelligence.

Nevertheless, it did not attack.

Its red eyes followed Chu Miao, and its jaw opened and closed hungrily.

Its remaining hand clawed at the wall.

Yet, its feet stayed in place.

An invisible force was suppressing its instincts.

Chu Miao sent a thread of divine sense toward its head.

Before her divine sense could enter, a faint mental imprint inside the zombie reacted.

The zombie’s head exploded.

Black blood splattered across the room.

At the same moment, every zombie in the building turned toward Chu Miao.

Thousands of red eyes opened in the darkness.

But none came out.

"They are being controlled," Chu Miao said.

Ye Xuan appeared beside her.

"By the same consciousness we encountered in City S?"

"I cannot confirm it. The mental imprint destroyed the zombie before I could examine it."

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