Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Hell Hole
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"When the first acid rain poured down on the world, most of the people who were not inside or in direct contact with the acid rain fell asleep. They caught a high fever, and after waking up, some gained powers."
"Powers?", Liora raised her brows but didn't interrupt Yinuo.
"Yeah! Powers. They got the ability to manipulate elements like fire, water, thunder, earth, air, and biological molecules. Every person gains one of the abilities to manipulate this.
Some people also gained inhuman speed or strength. And healers and alchemists are also one of the powers, but they are the rarest. But there are also people who did not fall asleep and remained humans," Yinuo said with melancholy in her eyes.
She smiled painfully and continued, "Zihan and I are those who didn't fall asleep, so we didn't gain any powers. But Chen Wei is different, he gained super strength. He's very amazing, just like you." Yinuo smiled cheerfully.
Liora also smiled, but with every word Yinuo said, her back was soaked.
"Oh! I did not actually answer your question directly, but this information should be useful for you too. And as for talking about healers, they can actually heal wounds in seconds. The higher their level, the more severe wounds they can heal. This is enough for them to be treated with luxury and respect."
"I understand, so basically all those powers are awakened after the acid rain," Liora mused.
"Yeah! It was the game changer for ordinary people. millions of people perished after the constant attack of zombies.
Liora tilted her head, waiting for Yinuo to say more. She could see the sadness in her eyes, as though she was holding back many painful stories.
"At first, people thought the powers were a blessing. The zombies overwhelmed us, and the ones with powers became our protectors. The military and the government tried to help, but it turned out to be little helpful.
Cities burned, people ran for their lives, but zombies were everywhere. In the end, only the power users could fight back," Yinuo explained with a shaking voice.
"What about those without powers?" Liora asked.
Yinuo paused and looked down at the road. "They became useless," she said softly.
Liora's stomach tightened at the word. "Useless? Do you mean—"
Yinuo nodded and continued, "Without powers, people are nothing. They are only kept around to do jobs the power users do not want. They clean the houses, toilets , do manual labor and gather supplies, the things power user despices. If they cannot work, they are abandoned."
Liora glanced again at the beautiful buildings around her. No matter how nice they looked, the walls could not erase the reality of this harsh world.
"What about you and Liang Zihan? How have you managed to survive?" Liora asked gently.
Yinuo smiled faintly, but it was bitter. "We were lucky. Chen Wei is our protector. He is strong, much stronger than most, and he looks out for us. Without him, I don't know if we would still be here," she said, her voice breaking a little as she turned her face away.
"What happened to the government?" Liora asked. "Didn't they try to take control?"
"They tried," Zhou Yinuo said with a hollow laugh. "It was not enough. The zombies were too strong, and there were too many of them. When the acid rain came, it was not just the people who changed. The world changed too.
The military fell, and the government collapsed. Only the power users were strong enough to build bases and fight back."
"And now they are the ones in charge," Liora said.
Yinuo nodded. "They decide who lives and who dies. If you have no powers, your only hope is having someone strong to protect you. Otherwise..."
She did not need to finish. Liora felt her gut churned with all this information. People without powers had no place in this world. They were ignored, forgotten, and left behind.
As they talked, she and Zhou Yinuo arrived at the rundown apartment with several floor.
"Here we come! we live here," Zhou Yinuo pointed cheerfully at the old building, " it 's not best in the base, but still we have a descent apartment to live, I hope you wont dispise our humble home."
"How dare I, a home is still better than living under the sky." Liora said with a chuckle, she was trying to lighten the mood.
"yeah! lets go and wash ourself, We really need it, Zhou Yinuo said and look at her own attire, whicky was sticking on her body with sweet and dust.
Liora also looked down herself, and it looks like she is even worse condition than Zhou Yinuo.
both of them reached the fourth floor, it contains four different apartments on the floor, the last one was there.
There was a strange smell of Humidity on the entire floor, that churned Liora's gut but still she held back and follow Zhou Yinuo to the apartment.
There apartment contains two bedrooms with a small kitchen and a washroom, the space was entire cramped. the apartment was relatively clean, but it has no windows or any ventilator making it suffocating inside.
The urge to flee, came crashing on Liora's mind, She could hardly walk here, how was she supposed to live here.
When in the life she had live her life like this in her previous life, wherever she go, she was granted with uttermost privileges, never she have to lift finger by herself. and the place like this was out of question.
Zhou Yinuo left her in the small living room to take care of something, But after a short time of time she came back and said . I have arranged for the water in the washroom to bath for you.
"You know the water is also very sort, so we can only have this much amount, you have to make yourself comfortable in that.
"Liora nodded and walked in the washroom pointed by Zhou Yinuo, she did not know how much she was talking about, but after seeing that much amount. Liora was speechless it was only a small bucket filled with half, hardly contain 2 liters of water.
"fuck!"