The days after the apocalypse passed slowly, and the zombies living in the city were gradually increasing their brain capacity day by day.
As usual, Wei Xuan cleaned up the neighborhood, took care of various plants in the neighborhood, occasionally wandered around the city with his zombie brothers, and every once in a while, he would take his own brothers to the outskirts of the city to hunt, capture some prey for meat, and fill the refrigerator at home.
After the strange snowfall in mid-May, he took his little brothers and some zombie leaders from T City to a vacant lot outside the city to meet with the people from the villa base they had arranged to meet.
To be honest, before that, he had no idea that he would be considered a zombie king one day? He didn’t even know that the zombies would refer to him as the king behind his back…
Well, if he didn’t ask, maybe they wouldn’t even give him such a title. Of course, he liked that Du Hang was called “Madam,” and just thinking about it would make him laugh for at least half an hour.
It was only from that moment that he confirmed that in T City, whether it was his little brothers or the zombies roaming the city, they listened to his words not just because they thought he was reasonable, but because they truly listened and obeyed, regardless of whether his ideas were right or wrong, beneficial or harmful.
He also asked his zombie brothers and the zombie leaders in the city why they listened to him. After all, Wei Xuan felt that he couldn’t fight and didn’t have any special abilities, but he received a confused response from the zombies themselves, as if they didn’t understand either.
However, Wei Xuan considered that his special ability, the ability to be ignored by zombies, might have something to do with this. It seemed that as long as he lived well and continuously improved this ability, he might eventually achieve this result. But in this dog-eat-dog world, was his relatively powerless ability really that powerful?
Looking up at the gray sky, Wei Xuan took a deep breath, feeling the familiar cold sensation: “Wow, it’s already August.”
Yes, since the strange snowfall in May, it was now August.
Du Hang stood beside Wei Xuan, turned to him upon hearing his words, and blinked a few times.
“Are those people okay?” After expressing his feelings about this matter, Wei Xuan began to have his zombie brothers collect the strange snow, and at the same time, he asked Du Hang by his side for confirmation.
After that meeting, after careful consideration, Wei Xuan decided to allocate a small piece of land in T City for the zombies who had not yet turned or were willing to live with humans temporarily.
He chose the location in the high-rise base area. The high-rise base area was still occupied by the original residents, and the other high-rise community next to that area was given to the people from the villa base. Another community was given to the people from the two factions who had been living in T City for more than four years since the apocalypse.
It was relatively easy for the people from the villa base to move in, but it was a bit troublesome for the people from the other two factions. Fortunately, after Wei Xuan’s inquiry, he discovered that the T City zombies had rushed into those two bases in the “incoming and outgoing” operation a long time ago, so he simply had the zombies hold up signs to inform the other parties to move out and provide zombies as labor for free. This solved the problem.
At that time, the scene of moving out was somewhat like forced demolition, but considering his safety and the stable life of the T City zombies, Wei Xuan decided to go for it—after all, he later mobilized the entire city’s zombies to collect various edible items, seasonings, gas cylinders, solar equipment, and so on from the city and gave a portion to the residents of these three communities.
Wei Xuan had never thought of becoming a zombie king or doing anything earth-shattering. However, since the zombies were willing to listen to him and obey his orders, he would not give up on them.
Just like Du Hang in their previous life, just like the zombie couple who stayed at home every day, just like the zombies in his neighborhood who were also evolving in the direction of staying at home. They were willing to trust him and follow him, so Wei Xuan would never give up on them.
As for the living humans in T City today, the zombies who, like Wei Xuan, had normal human memories, they were residents here, and they had been living here since the apocalypse. As long as they didn’t provoke trouble or bring harm to the city, Wei Xuan would prefer to live peacefully with them.
Of course, for the comfort of the zombies, he had roaming zombies monitor the situation of those people nearby, and if there were any problems, he didn’t mind throwing them all out!
After a busy day of collecting strange snow, when he returned to his room, climbed into bed, and prepared to get a good night’s sleep and rest, he found… that there were “people” outside again!”
“What’s going on? Have they redistributed their territories again?” Since realizing that he had become the zombie leader of the city, Wei Xuan remembered some things he hadn’t clarified before and asked the zombies carefully. It turns out that the idea of peacefully dividing territory or competing based on whose brainwaves were stronger was all nonsense!
When zombies fought, it was especially bloody and violent. Fortunately, because they were zombie beings, their bodies quickly healed after being destroyed, and with snowflakes and crystals, the healing was even faster.
Scratching his head in confusion, he had to put on clothes and go out.
Then, he looked solemnly at the buckets, pots, and tubs of… snow water in front of him. Yes, snow water! He could feel the energy and enticing aroma contained within without even getting close!
“What’s going on?” Wei Xuan pointed at the snow water brought by the zombie leader and his brothers, and behind them, more zombies were coming from afar, obviously carrying similar containers.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“But wait, how could there be so much extra?” Wei Xuan thought and felt that the quantity was a bit off, which puzzled him.
“Filled up, filled up!”
“On the rooftop, all taken!”
It turned out that after hearing from Wei Xuan that this snow could be saved and eaten slowly, and that he could help them turn it into snowflakes, these zombies had learned to be prepared in advance. They all acted together, and on the second day after the strange snowfall, they collected all the strange snow from the buildings in T City!
While there were certainly a lot of zombies in T City, their ability to digest snowflakes was limited, so there was naturally a lot of leftover strange snow and snow water. So, they brought it all to Wei Xuan?
Wei Xuan initially had a headache but sighed and accepted it.
Then, he mobilized the zombies to collect everything he needed from the entire city!
Shallow, large plastic boxes for natural evaporation and drying of snowflakes, solar panels left over from survivors, electromagnetic stoves for distillation, pots placed on electromagnetic stoves, sealed boxes or bags for storing snowflakes, and more…
After all the fuss, it took several days.
Fortunately, this time, with the assistance of zombies from the entire city, these tasks were much more efficient. What pleased Wei Xuan even more was that the zombies were obedient and well-behaved.
He placed the collected water in different neighborhoods, buildings, or rooms nearby for drying and evaporation. Zombies in charge of watching over these rooms would never steal what they were guarding, and they would operate the electromagnetic stoves, expose the solar panels to sunlight, and charge the batteries according to Wei Xuan’s instructions on a regular schedule.
Of course, to reward the zombies responsible for watching over and cooking the snow water, Wei Xuan suggested that the zombie leaders in various areas distribute some snowflakes to their brothers as a reward. As for how these snowflakes would be divided among them after drying, it was no longer Wei Xuan’s concern.
However, what he didn’t expect was that after the zombie leaders came to take away the fully dried snowflakes, they all left at least half of them for Wei Xuan, as if they were offering them to their king…
As the early spring of the sixth year of the apocalypse approached, it wasn’t just T City; even in the surrounding wilderness and long-abandoned farmlands, hints of greenery, and occasional golden glimmers started to emerge.
These were the sprouts of mutated plants and vegetables.
Gradually, greenery began to sprout from various places, popping up more and more with each passing day, becoming lush and dense as the warmth of spring sunshine increased.
It was in this early spring of the year that Wei Xuan, who had already cleaned up the city and cleared the vacant spaces along the streets, led his zombie comrades to begin their diligent work.
Most of the buildings in T City were still standing, and even some that had been affected by earthquakes, fires, or explosions in the past had either been completely demolished or repaired. Those zombies that had previously wandered the streets had now found their preferred buildings, chosen their favorite rooms, and filled them with their cherished “decorations.”
What Wei Xuan had speculated earlier had now been confirmed. It was about the improvement of the soil due to the strange snow. Since the fourth year of the apocalypse, not only in T City but also in some other places, a few plants had broken through the soil. However, the numbers were too scarce, and few people noticed.
By the fifth year of the apocalypse, this situation had improved further. Tree roots that had been dormant in the soil for five years began to sprout, and plant seeds were germinating anew. And now, with a spring breeze sweeping from south to north, it seemed like the entire world had awakened once more.
Just as the world had instantly fallen into death on that day, in this year, after a brief slumber, the Earth had come back to life.
Wei Xuan didn’t pay much attention to what was happening outside. He simply led his comrades in the city to start this year’s major project – planting various edible crops along the streets, green spaces, and vacant lots in the city.
Yes, the revival of the land had allowed Wei Xuan to discover several edible and tasty plants over the past two years. What pleased him even more, was that among the people he had accepted and transferred to the “living area” earlier, some had turned into either pure zombies or half-zombies like himself but still retained their memories.
A few of them had work experience related to farming, urban development, construction, design, and more. They were the ones responsible for various improvements and designs in the city today.
Research on grains, crops, fruits, and more also came from their assistance.
Large areas of empty land were cultivated with a new type of upland rice, originally derived from sorghum, which turned golden when mature and shed its shells. Along the roadside, different types of new vegetables (most of them transformed from fruit trees with edible leaves) were planted, while the original tree pits and other places were used to grow various new fruit trees (transformed from original fruit trees or ordinary trees).
The golden leaf crops were mostly planted on the city’s outskirts and near the windows and balconies of various households, serving as backup weapons.
In the past two years, it’s not like no one has had the idea of capturing T City. Most of them were led by half-zombies who retained human intelligence, and accompanied by ordinary zombies recruited from surrounding cities, were preparing to capture the city.
Fortunately, after a period of adjustment with the people living in the “human area,” Wei Xuan adopted their suggestions. He reconnected the city’s original electrical circuits and reconnected the surveillance equipment that was still functional. He also used additional surveillance equipment gathered from various places, mainly to monitor the situation around the city.
Furthermore, using the powerful digging abilities of the zombies, tunnels were dug around the city’s perimeter that could be used as traps and ambush points at any time. With various methods employed, it took less than a year for no one to dare to attack this once prosperous city, which was now obviously occupied…
May 20th, the eleventh year of the apocalypse.
Standing on the rooftop of his house, Wei Xuan gazed up at the clear blue sky of a sunny day and sighed in resignation, “It looks like it’s not coming.”
Du Hang stood beside him, hearing his voice, he held Wei Xuan’s hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
Wei Xuan leaned his head against Du Hang’s chest, squinting his eyes, enjoying the warmth of the sunlight. “I knew it. How could such a good thing happen? Besides, isn’t this the new normal?”
Starting from February this year, when spring should have arrived, the strange snow that was supposed to fall never came.
After waiting for a full month and confirming that the strange snow probably wouldn’t fall again, Wei Xuan could only smile helplessly and put it aside.
In recent years, many zombies in the city had gradually become smarter. Although the zombies who had gradually increased their body temperature from ordinary zombies did not regain their human memories, they slowly learned and accepted teachings from half-zombies like Wei Xuan, who still remembered past events. This had sparked various abilities and talents in them.
Under the guidance of a biologist who still retained his memory, they had jointly researched and discovered that the “energy” contained in the plants in recent years had become stronger.
If in the past, Wei Xuan could eat his fill of food and still digest it all in just one night, now, when people ate these crops and food, they could only hold out for half a day after getting full, just like normal eating habits before the apocalypse.
In such a situation, the zombies no longer cared whether or not they could eat snowflakes. Even if rare “living humans” appeared before them, they might not pursue them as relentlessly as they did in the early days of the apocalypse.
Wei Xuan had a vague feeling that the strange snow might not last much longer when he learned of this. So, over the years, he had tried to collect and store snowflakes as much as possible. As he had anticipated, this year the strange snow had completely stopped.
Although he knew that no matter how many snowflakes he stored, he might not be able to last a long time, having these resources on hand was always a plan for himself and Du Hang.
Downstairs, Du Hang’s father was taking a stroll in the neighborhood. Like other zombies now, he could talk and interact normally with people. When he saw Wei Xuan and Du Hang, he smiled and greeted them, calling them his son and son-in-law, even though he still habitually held a small leg bone in his hand.
In the newly built green areas and small parks in the neighborhood, the same-sex zombie couple still cuddled together, exchanging loving glances and occasional kisses. In quiet places like the benches in the small park inside the neighborhood or the newly installed benches along the streets outside the neighborhood, you could occasionally see pairs of zombies, whether of the same sex or opposite sex, going out together on dates.
On the 58th floor of the technology building in City T, holding a bouquet of healing plants that rivals a bouquet of flowers, Bai Guangnan was once again blocked at the door and could only smile wryly, touching his nose, and muttering, “Alright, alright, Ruoxin, can we start over as boyfriend and girlfriend? I promise not to mention the times when you kissed me when we slept on the same bed…”
Inside the room, Cheng Ma held her son close, and the two of them, one big and one small, looked at the beautiful Ruoxin with puzzled expressions.
“I’m telling you, Ruoxin, couples argue and fight about things, but after all, he’s been chasing you for so many years…”
Ruoxin was so angry that she stomped her foot. “I still don’t know his name! He doesn’t even know his own name! Sister Ma, can you believe it? Even if I don’t mind his looks, he’s just full of nonsense! He even said that I and him used to… that!”
Cheng Ma, with the look of someone experienced, waved her hand. “Don’t take it too seriously. You know, love is a strange thing. People do all kinds of crazy things for it.”
Near the high-level base, Grandma Zhao was leading her grandson around in the “garden,” and her grandson pointed to a well-grown green plant and asked, “Granny, can we eat this flower?”
“This flower can’t be eaten, it’s different from the one we saw earlier. We have to wait for a few more months until it bears fruit.”
The two continued walking and met another father and son who were also out for a stroll. They smiled and greeted each other, “Mr. Zhang, are you taking a walk with Little An?”
“Oh, it’s Grandma Zhao! Thank you for the vegetables you sent over last time. Little An devoured more than half a plate all by himself.”
Upon hearing this, Little An’s face instantly turned red, and he glared at his father. “The other half was eaten by you. Why don’t you mention that?”
Mr. Zhang burst into laughter. “In our house, it’s either me or you. If I say you ate half of it, who else could eat the other half?”
Twenty-four years after the apocalypse, the first baby was born into the world after humanity had all turned into zombies.
From that day on, the term “zombie” disappeared from the world, and they once again called themselves “new humans.” That year marked the beginning of a new century.
One hundred years after the apocalypse, the “energy” contained in crops and mutated animals began to slowly decline, returning to normal levels. People once again experienced life, aging, illness, and death, and their physical attributes gradually became no different from those of humans before the apocalypse.
Another hundred years later, there were legends of practitioners in this world, individuals who had survived the apocalypse and retained memories from before the cataclysm. They possessed special abilities, such as the power to control the weather, and were far beyond ordinary people in terms of their capabilities. They had unique cultivation methods from before the apocalypse and were said to have lived for hundreds of years.
Before the apocalypse, there were legends of a world filled with practitioners, where everyone possessed extraordinary abilities, with the power to reach the heavens and the earth. However, conflicts over cultivation resources led to a great war within the cultivation world. This continued until the apocalypse erupted, leaving only a few wise individuals to lead the surviving humans in rebuilding cities, searching for food, and providing a glimmer of hope to humanity, allowing civilization to gradually return to its former glory.
After helping humanity recover, these wise individuals retired from the world.
As Wei Xuan strolled through the streets, he held Du Hang’s hand and casually browsed through the latest popular novels at a bookstore. When he found that several books in a row had the same content, he reluctantly returned the books to the shelf and pulled Du Hang out of the store.
“I think we should continue our journey. The fish we caught in that lake last time tasted good. Hmm, let’s wait a while before returning to the city. I guess this trend of brainless books will pass.”
Du Hang glanced at him silently and replied, “Sure.”
He remembered that the last time Wei Xuan said this, it was because he had seen a puppet show depicting the story of the apocalypse, where the founder of T City was portrayed as a charismatic and powerful female sage.
Then they had embarked on a journey that lasted over thirty years, seeking delicious food everywhere.
As the sun set, the two of them walked towards the outskirts of the city, engaging in quiet conversation, their figures stretching long into the distance.
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This is the last chapter. I can’t believe it’s finally finished. (つ﹏<。)
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Thank you for translating this novel!
Still happy and alive after so many years! Amazing. Thanks for a tremendous translation ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. I’m enjoying End of the Era as well 😁
Thank you for your hard work translator! Story was pretty good
Thank you for translating. It was a fun novel.
I don’t like this ending too much, but I’m glad Wei Xuan and Du Hang are still together, alive and well. However, I did like this story. It was a nice, casual read that didn’t need a lot of brain power.
Also, your translation quality has improved over the course of this project, which makes me look forward to what other stories you might bring to us.Thank you for translating! Thank you for your hard work!
Nooooo…..
😭😭😭😭
It’s been so long yet feel so fast…
Thanks for translating this wonderfull and enjoyable book
Congratulations 💐. I will miss it. The ending was a little too fast. As always thank you for the chapter.
Can I request for your next project to be “show love system”?
It’s theme is also a romance during an apocalypse.
It’s the end. 😭 Thank you so much for translating this fun novel!!! This is a feel good series for me and brightens my every day. Looking forward to more of your translations!
Thanks so much for translation this now I’m camping in the End of the Era 😍
I don’t care about the pervert stalker guy, buy what happened to the crazy fire lady and her kid…? I was waiting for them to mentioned but they weren’t.
They where just she was by her name, talking to healer boys girl.
It was ‘Sister Ma’, which was whom Ruoxin was speaking to
waaaa, thank you for translating this!
Ahhh it’s finished! Thank you for your hard work!
Thank you for sharing this story with us! It was a lot of fun! It was really amusing to read about cute zombies, lol.
Thank you so much, this novel was such a joy to read!
Thanks for translating! It was an enjoyable read.
Thank you for your hard work! I enjoyed reading this and I liked how it ended!!
Aw it is a sweet ending. I love this story. It is fluffy but with zombie. Thank you for your hard work!
I really enjoyed this novel! Thank you so much for the hard work ❤️
Oh noooo I can’t believe it’s over 😭 Thank you so much for all your hard work translating this! I absolutely loved it ❤️
Thank you for translating this. I remember reading the mtl a while ago, but reading a real translation is so satisfying! I love the ending where the mc becomes a mythological figure. 😂
gods, this was such a beautiful story. thank you for translating!!
Well done translating this story, great that it had a happy ending, thank you for sharing this story ❤
Thank you so much for your work!!🩷
Aaaaaah I’m quite sad about it finishing. The end was good but I like so much that daily life in the apocalypse (◕ᴗ◕✿) Thank you for translating the story 💐
Aww its already the end! really love this story Thank you for translating this i enjoy the ride❤️
Thank you for translating this!
Thanks for the translation.
This is the most calm apocalypse theme novel I ever read and the only one that had a clear, not abrupt and not felt forced ending. Completing this book is truly a good feeling. I’m so grateful for the new style I found from the author, also to the translator. This is by far my most favorite novel. Thank you so much ❤️
Omg!!! Another good apocalypse novel ended 😭. Time to find another one. But I will miss u both ml!!!
Cerro con broche de oro, excelente y gracias por la sugerencia y por actuar, me gustó mucho la historia
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S THE END 😭😭😭😭
I love love loveeee this story so much!! thank you so much for translating this beautiful novel!!! 💗💖💓💓💖💓💔💓
It’s finished 😭😭😭 I need more 😭
The end was… okay I guess, but thank you for the translation💜. Honestly I thought I wasn’t gonna stick around till the end, I just felt like the story was a little uneventful I suppose? I don’t even know if that’s how I want to say it but I guess, I was just expecting more. So when the time came around for our Mc to turn into a zombie I was quite happy lolol, but then it went back to being like before he was a zombie. They were some cute and funny moments that I enjoyed so that was nice. No hate or anything just my thoughts after finishing this novel.
aaahhh i really enjoyed reading this unique zombie story o(>∀<*)o thank you for translating this gem ♡
Thank you very much for your amazing translation of this story! 🤍💚🤍💚
Thanks so much for the wonderful translation. The novel was really enjoyable! 👍
Super loved the story! 🩵🥰
This is my third, fourth? time reading this and it’s still enjoyable, with one of the best endings ever! Thank you again
NOOOOO IM NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE😭😭😭😭😭😭
I wonder if they age like normal humans after the apocalypse. And I loved that the apocalypse is similar to a kind of evolution where the human body can adapt to it and continue living on. I wonder what happened to the mutant animals and plants, do they become what they used to be due to the decrease of the special energy or because they are mutants, their genetic information has changed and they retained their size. I sure hope that no more kitties die accidentally like before t( ；∀；)
Thanks for translating this novel, I love it very much ( ＾▽＾)( ＾▽＾)( ＾▽＾)