Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

"Well I had been keeping rock since few years ago during a camping trip... Everyone I had show this rock to had said the rock attracts them to keep it." Mingxu replied.

"What? But I don't feel anything." Xiaoyun felt the rock was just a normal piece of rock.

"I really mean it. I show this rock to Ningjing and she felt the rock was almost pulling her towards it unconsciously." Mingxu explained.

"Really? That sound like bullshit." Xiaoyun moved a little closer but felt no difference at all.

"Here, hold on to it." Mingxu dropped the rock onto Xiaoyun's hand.

Within second, the rock disappeared into Xiaoyun's hand.

"Huh?" Mingxu looked confused on where the rock went.

"What?" Xiaoyun looked just as confused.

"Where did it go?" Mingxu looked around Xiaoyun, but couldn't see find the rock anywhere.

Xiaoyun looked around as well but couldn't find it anywhere either.

"That's odd... why did it disappear in your hand?" Mingxu scratched his head in confusion.

"Disappeared.... Wait I know where this rock is from!" Xiaoyun finally realized what the rock had in common.

"From where?" Mingxu curiously asked.

"Outer space! You know the time machine that I got right?" Xiaoyun reminded Mingxu.

"Yeah, that's the one that you used to... marry Leyan right?" Mingxu froze for a second.

"Yeah, but that's not the important part. What's important is how I got this time machine." Xiaoyun paused for a second.

"How? Don't just leave a cliffhanger like this." Mingxu pushed Xiaoyun for an answer.

"Well, me from an alternate universe sent it to me to use it. He told me that this kind of rock is from outer space and have almost unlimited energy inside it." Xiaoyun explained.

"Unlimited energy? Even I know energy can't be created or destroy." Mingxu pointed out the obvious.

"Yeah, that's why I said almost. Anyway this black stone is from some sort of alien civilization that crashed onto earth at some point." Xiaoyun paused again, then continued.

"You know back in the dorm how I got a rock just like the one you showed earlier?" Xiaoyun reminded Mingxu.

"Oh right, they do look very similar now I think about it... Except yours is almost hand size while this one is just a small pebble."

"Exactly, and mine disappeared as soon as the zombie apocalypse happen."

"Huh... but why would it disappear in your hand? Is there anything special about it beside the unlimited energy?" Mingxu awkwardly scratched his head in confusion.

"Yes, let me show you something." Xiaoyun showed Mingxu his hand both empty.

And out of nowhere, a water bottle appeared in Xiaoyun's hand.

"I got this ability after the rock disappeared." Xiaoyun left out the part where he got bitten by a zombie.

"What! That's fucking insane!" Mingxu was in absolute shock on what Xiaoyun just did in front of his eyes.

"Yeah... let me try to make that rock back to you." Xiaoyun started imaging the rock in his hand.

But as much as he tried to imagine it, nothing appeared.

"Fuck, for some reason it's not working." Xiaoyun kept trying but it just doesn't work.

"It's fine, it didn't do much for me beside it made me a little stronger for some reason." Mingxu shrugged it off.

"Stronger? I think that's just the zombie virus that everyone has in their body." Xiaoyun brought it up.

"What zombie virus?" Mingxu got a little concern.

"The airborne version of it. If you haven't turn into a zombie, it doesn't do anything at all beside making you a little bit stronger. So don't worry about it." Xiaoyun explained.

"Really? I felt like it almost double my strength." Mingxu replied back.

"What? Double your strength? That has to be the rock hundred percent then. The most I had seen someone get stronger from the virus is like only ten percent... wait." Xiaoyun realized something.

"Now I think about it... All four of them got way more than the just ten percent." Xiaoyun thought back to few months ago where they all went to the gym to test their strength.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure you don't have to be directly with the rock to get affected by it. Ningjing never got hold of the rock for more than a day and she still can go even with me." Mingxu agreed with Xiaoyun's idea.

"But Lily haven't changed at all." Xiaoyun thought back to Lily struggling to lift a bag of rice.

"Who's Lily?" Mingxu asked.

"She's a little girl that you see at the dining table. I rescued her in one of the building since the zombie apocalypse started few week in... What's the different between her and the others?" Xiaoyun couldn't find a reason, until it hit him.

"Oh right..." Xiaoyun's face started blushing as he realized what the different was between Lily and the other four.

"What is it?" Mingxu was still a little confused.

"Um, don't worry about it. Just think that people that love you gets it." Xiaoyun gave a vague answer.

"Okay..." Mingxu was still too oblivious to the answer Xiaoyun was trying to say.

"Anyway, you got any plan for the weekend?" Xiaoyun decided to change up the topic.

"Nah, I got nothing else to do unless you have a suggestion." Mingxu replied back.

"How about seeing the different houses? Since both of you are joining the military, you get a free house and food stamp to collect... Oh right it's the weekend, they probably don't work at this time." Xiaoyun realized his mistake.

"Here Mingxu, take this box of food stamp. I own you for taking that rock." Xiaoyun created a single thousand bill of food stamp to Mingxu.

"This is too much, I can't accept it. You already done so much for me and even saved my life." Mingxu pushed against it as he already learn the food stamp purchasing power from Leyan talking about groceries last night.

"Fine, but if you are in trouble again, just give me a phone call, I'll be there immediately." Xiaoyun promised.

"Thanks." Mingxu accepted the offer this time.

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As the two were talking outside, the kitchen was getting more lively.

Yuqi and both Wuli and Shuli were awake as they sat down in the kitchen getting ready to eat breakfast.

"Good morning." All three of them said it at the same time, but Yuqi's voice barely had any energy in it.

"Good morning to you three." Leyan put down three bowls of noodle in front of them.

"Yuqi, you good?" Wuli noticed Yuqi's voice sounding a little different.

"Yeah I'm fine, Lianrong just woke me up in the middle of the night." Yuqi complained as she finished the rest of her bowls.

"Really? Yueyue had the same issue too." Leyan brought it up as sat back down onto her seat.

"Yueyue too? Did Yongyi not have any issue?" Yuqi curiously asked.

"Nope, he's just quietly sleeping the whole night." Leyan replied as she started eating her bowl of noodles.

"Man I so jealous... whatever I'm going to catch some sleep. Mom can you take care of Lianrong? I left her outside in the living room right now." Yuqi pleaded as she rushed all the noodles down her mouth.

"Sure. Hm, maybe Yueyue doesn't need to bring Qiaolan to the hospital." Leyan replied back as Yuqi left the table.

Just as Yuqi left to catch some sleep, someone finally had woken up.

It was Nami and Lily walking towards the kitchen, with their eyes half closed, half open.

"Mommm, what's for breakfast today?" Nami and Lily sat down in their seat.

"Just noodle." Leyan puts the two bowls of noodle in front of them.

"Whatever, this will do." Nami mumbled.

As the two started eating their noodles, Leyan could finally sit down and eat her own bowl of noodles.

"Nami when did you sleep last night? You look so tired." Leyan curiously asked.

Nami avoided answering by just kept slurping down the noodles, but Leyan looked over to Lily who was just as tired.

"Lily, what did you two do yesterday?" Leyan asked Lily.

"Nami was just helping me do homework." Lily replied back instantly, almost as if she had it all planned out as a script.

"Uh-huh, homework all night?" Leyan stared into Lily's eyes as if she was looking into her soul.

"W-We stay up late watching movies." Lily couldn't handle the pressure and finally admitted it.

"Lily you!" Nami felt betray by Lily's cracking under pressure.

"Ah-ha, that make sense... Nami I told you already, you can't sleep late when you are pregnant." Leyan started lecturing Nami.

"Yeah yeah, my bad." All the words flew through Nami's left ear and out on the right.

"Hmph! You think you can just apologize and call it a day? You are losing your computer privilege for a week." Leyan smirked.

"What! You can't do that to me. I'm already an adult." Nami argued back.

"And I'm still your mom." Leyan pulled out the trump card.

Just as Nami was about to argue back, someone suddenly chimed in.

"Nami you are pregnant!" The voice was so loud, Leyan, Nami and Lily all had to cover their ears.

The voice was from Ningjing, who just came back with Yueyue from doing some light exercise.

"What's wrong Ningjing?" Mingxu and Xiaoyun both rushed back into the kitchen as they heard the scream from Ningjing.