After her smooth advancement, Chu Miao then re-entered the Soul Ring and the moment she appeared, the others could feel the pressure she was exuding.

You advanced two realms?" Ye Xuan immediately noticed the difference.

"Yeah, I advanced two small realms. I am now at the late stage of nascent soul. Ah Xuan, you can go out and advance as well. I will wait for you here." Chu Miao smiled as she said this.

If she could advance two small realms, she didn’t doubt that her boyfriend could do the same.

"Alright, wait for my good news." Ye Xuan said before he was sent outside.

Just like Chu Miao, he appeared in the forest that was now so quiet even a grave was louder.

Even the mutated creatures had been scared away by the heavenly lightning and ran to hide.

Just like Chu Miao, Ye Xuan also faces thirty-nine lightning strikes.

Luckily, they weren’t too fierce and also saved his life.

After the golden rain, he also healed all his injuries and his strength also soared to the late stage of the nascent soul.

He was now at the same level as Chu Miao.

Inside the Soul Ring, Chu Miao was describing what she had discovered in the outside world.

"So, you mean that another disaster has strikes and it is wind hurricanes?" Grandpa Chu asked after listening to his granddaughter.

"Yeah. At least, that’s what I saw and experienced. I still need to talk to Yang Leo to find out more about the disaster." Chu Miao confirmed that what she had said was true.

"This is tricky. At least in the rain, we could use boats or yachts to go out and look for supplies or hunt zombies. But now, with wind hurricanes, you can’t even see a few meters away from you." Grandpa Li also complained.

"That’s true. This is an opportunity for those zombies to become stronger. So, we must also not slack off." Chu Mo said solemnly.

Indeed, since the zombies had already developed intelligence, they could think of using this time to increase their power when humans are unable to go out and hunt them.

"I am hoping this is the last disaster. Otherwise, things are going to get more complicated. And humanity might not be able to hold on for longer." Mother Chu, the ever compassionate one spoke.

The others knew that this was just wishful thinking, but they didn’t discourage her.

It was perfectly fine to hope that everything goes smoothly and this apocalypse comes to an end.

"So, are all of you going to advance?" The wife of the eldest son of the Li family asked softly.

Her son was among the group of youngsters advancing.

She had heard that the stronger one gets, the more intense the lightning tribulation was.

So, she was worried for her son.

"Yeah. All of us will advance." Her son, Li Han replied.

He knew his mother well, so he already knew what she was thinking.

"Don’t worry, mom, we’ll be fine. It’s just getting struck by some lightning. Once it’s done, we will heal immediately and grow stronger." Chu Miao didn’t know how to comfort people, but she hadn’t expected someone else to be even worse.

What did he mean it was just getting struck by some lightning?

Was that what his mother wanted to hear?

"Don’t worry auntie, the lightning tribulation here is very mild. It won’t hurt someone’s foundation. The injuries are just skin deep and would heal immediately after the tribulation is over." She tried to reassure her.

Well, she had no idea whether it worked, but it was definitely better than Auntie Li’s son.

"Okay, let’s finish the advancement then go out and find out what’s going on. We can find a way to work around the disaster." Grandpa Li changed the subject upon seeing how the younger generation knew nothing about comforting others.

"Yeah. Our city is already clean and I have realized that the disasters don’t overlap with each other. If there is a new disaster, then that means that the mutated creatures that were crawling everywhere have disappeared. Then if we have the opportunity, we should clear out another city." The eldest son of the Li family added.

This was actually a good idea. If they could keep clearing the cities and pushing the zombies to one corner, it would be easier to eliminate them because they would be able to concentrate their attacks on one place.

Unfortunately, the world was too big and the number of zombies was uncountable.

The world had billions of people before the apocalypse started and having over ninety percent of that population turning into zombies, there were now billions in zombies.

In that case, eliminating them all wasn’t easy.

Luckily, the chemical that had been formulated to help in slowing down the mutation and evolution of zombies could be used.

Professor Wu and the others were also working round the clock to search for something that could kill the zombie virus permanently.

Chu Miao decided to go and visit the laboratory once she was out. She wanted to see their progress and also find out if there was a way they could help the process.

As they were talking, Chu Miao sensed that the storm had cooled outside, meaning that Ye Xuan’s tribulation was over.

She exited the Soul Ring with a thought and found him in the same spot she had left him.

The only difference was that the landscape had changed.

There was now a ten-meter wide crater where the lightning had struck repeatedly.

Ye Xuan was already cleaned up and changed his clothes.

However, the fluctuation of power around his body hadn’t settled yet.

He, just like Chu Miao, had advanced two small realms.

He was also at the late stage of nascent soul.

With their current strength, facing that zombie king from before would be easier.

However, she thought about why that zombie king had exposed itself and always felt it wasn’t so simple.

So, they couldn’t let their guard down.

They had to keep cultivating and growing stronger.