Zhang Chen stayed by the physical Zhang Chen's side until he fell asleep, then he rapidly manipulated the flow of time.
He instantly jumped to the early morning, then accompanied the physical Zhang Chen in clearing zombies all the way to the police car, and successfully obtained a handgun.
"Hmm, now the subsequent events won't require much of me. I still have one important matter to attend to!"
With this thought, Zhang Chen instantly teleported into a small supermarket.
Here, a burly man was performing a repetitive motion with one hand while watching short videos through a ring.
These videos were all recorded and sent to him by other girls under his inducement.
After a release, Wang Jirran smiled with satisfaction.
He stretched his muscles, preparing to go out and test his strength.
He was already strong to begin with, and by selling water and food yesterday, he had successfully advanced to extraordinarily strong.
In his opinion, those who could upgrade in a single day were absolute rarities.
He considered himself a child of destiny, starting in a supermarket with only one zombie inside. His luck was simply too good.
He cautiously approached the door and looked to his left and right.
At this moment, a prompt suddenly appeared before him:
[There is a zombie to the left of the entrance, with its back to you. It's a great opportunity to attack!]
"What is this? A prompt?"
"Heh, I knew I was a child of destiny. To think I'd have such a cheat ability!"
Wang Jirran smiled slightly, slowly stepping out of the supermarket door, suppressing the sound of his footsteps.
As expected, he saw a zombie to his left, its back to him, smashing its head against the wall.
"Good opportunity!"
Wang Jirran grabbed his cleaver and swung it fiercely.
Blood splattered!
The zombie in front of him collapsed with a thud!
He never expected his body to be so strong now!
Wang Jirran collected the zombie's corpse, his confidence in his strength greatly boosted.
"So... where should I go next?"
Wang Jirran looked around.
Suddenly, a prompt appeared before him:
[Go over this fence, and inside you'll find two survivors, one woman and one man whose strength has just been depleted. It's a good opportunity for a sneak attack!]
Upon seeing the words "a woman," Wang Jirran's eyes lit up!
In this apocalypse, he had resources and skills, and all he lacked was a woman to entertain him. It was as if his thoughts had manifested!
Without hesitation, he quickly scaled the iron fence and charged into the residential area.
Zhang Chen stood in place and smiled faintly.
Ten minutes later, a crisp gunshot echoed from within the compound...
On the other side...
In the current timeline, the battle of the canyon had just concluded.
After a brief period of celebration, the excitement of the people gradually subsided.
This was because they and their leaders had all coincidentally discovered a terrifying fact.
The True God had vanished!
Xiao Bai, Chen Xiao, Mo Ran, and Zhang Wenwen were all gone!
With their combined strength, they could contend against an army of bio-engineered humans.
How could they have suddenly disappeared?
The only possibility was that something had happened to the True God, and they were trying to rescue him!
Of course, this was merely speculation within people's hearts, and no one dared to voice it lightly.
The reason was simple... although Zhang Wenwen of the True God Cult was absent, the cult leader Li Bingyu and a group of protectors were watching closely.
Who dared to act rashly?
Hum~
Suddenly, a ringing sound filled their ears.
This sound was not experienced by everyone, but only by members who had joined the organization and Shirley, who had taken the Subjugation Potion.
Fortunately, the ringing subsided quickly.
Simultaneously, a surge of red energy dispersed from their bodies, the color of their rings turned dim, and some rings even detached from their fingers and fell to the ground.
Some people, in surprise, summoned their rings' systems again, only to find that the systems no longer existed. All chat functions and auction functions were unusable.
Only the spatial storage function remained, but it was capped at its current upgrade level, meaning it would permanently remain at whatever level it was at now.
The red energy that had dispersed seemed to be the energy that bound organization members to be loyal to their leader.
Now, everyone was a free person, unfettered by any external force.
"We've broken free from the native's control?"
"Freedom, this is true freedom!"
"Hush, speak carefully. Don't let the organization's leader misunderstand, that would be terrible!"
"The True God has won, we are liberated!"
"But... do you think the True God might..."
"Hush, let's not discuss sensitive topics..."
People whispered amongst themselves. Regardless, their excitement over the失效 of the binding was evident.
Zheng Hao watched the slightly agitated crowd, his lips twitched, but he ultimately chose silence.
The leaders of other camps also began to consolidate their own camps and returned to their strongholds.
Everyone waited anxiously for news of the True God.
Ultimately, this outcome would greatly influence the geopolitical landscape of the post-apocalyptic world. Of course, with Water Blue Star being so vast, many survivors would still be scattered throughout, but their combat effectiveness could not compare to those supported by Zhang Chen. Therefore, it was not an exaggeration to say that the survivors on both sides of the canyon would determine the final structure of the post-apocalyptic world.
In the laboratory below the canyon.
Over four hours had passed since the battle of the canyon.
Mo Ran's time within Tang Houde's body was approaching its limit.
Zhang Wenwen paced the room, looking bewildered and lost.
At this moment, luck was of no use whatsoever.
"Can Dad still come back?"
Xiao Bai asked with a crying tone.
"I believe... the True God will definitely return, it's just that... he might need some time."
Zhang Wenwen consoled him with a guilty conscience.
Even she didn't believe her own words.
Even Tang Houde didn't know the outcome, and for someone like her, who knew nothing about progressive science, any speculation she made was unrealistic.
"Gu ji?"
Little Soft had regained some strength and was slowly floating in mid-air.
Although all its tentacles were broken, the wounds had healed, and new tentacles should grow back soon.
"What? You're saying there's someone else in the room?"
Mo Ran exclaimed through Tang Houde's body, astonished.
"Gu ji!"
Little Soft floated in mid-air for a while, then slowly drifted to a corner of the room.
However, it was empty, with nothing there.
Just as everyone looked at each other, clueless as to what was happening.
Suddenly, the space in the corner visibly distorted.
In an instant, a familiar figure appeared before them, it was Zhang Chen!