Apocalyptic Flood: Sexy Beauty Neighbor's Midnight Plea for Food

Chapter 887: Chapter 328: Zhang Peng’s Superpower (Part 2)

Allowing him to breathe underwater!

Not only that, with the evolution of fish gills, the skin on his hands and feet also evolved.

Transforming him into his current form.

Fortunately, this form only appeared when he used his superpower.

When he withdrew his superpower, these abnormal external manifestations would automatically dissipate.

Zhang Peng referred to his current state as the "Merfolk" state.

He felt that in his current form, he was like the legendary merfolk.

He also named his superpower "Merfolk."

As he transformed into a merfolk, he gazed at the surface of the floodwater, smiled faintly, revealing sharp teeth.

Then he swiftly dived into the water and disappeared.

Originally, it was with the "Merfolk" state that he managed to escape Turtle Island and survive freely in the water, searching for resources.

It was this "Merfolk" superpower that, by accident, allowed him to save An Minghui and three others who were forced to jump into the floodwater.

And with the "Merfolk" superpower, he not only could live underwater but also independently search for resources on the seabed.

After returning to building 76, he used this superpower to collect a lot of materials nearby, combined with his prestige as a patrol leader, to swiftly win over the residents of building 76.

This time, he turned into a merfolk again to infiltrate building 88 across, to find out what Xu Lie Feng was up to.

The seawater was slightly cool, as Zhang Peng cautiously swam underwater.

Though he could transform into a merfolk, it didn’t mean he was unstoppable underwater.

One had to know, the underwater world was truly a brutal world.

Big fish ate small fish, small fish ate shrimps, strictly following the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest.

Amidst the Flood World, countless terrifying mutant beasts roamed.

He transformed into a merfolk, but far from becoming the master of the waters.

Beneath the floodwaters, many terrifying mutant creatures could easily devour him.

In the merfolk state, he was just like any other aquatic creature: capable of underwater breathing, fast swimming, rudimentary water manipulation, with slightly enhanced strength and agility.

Of course, these abilities were nothing compared to mutant beasts in the water.

But compared to humans, they were already much more powerful.

Zhang Peng cautiously glided underwater, swiftly navigating through the underwater roads along the buildings.

However, his way of crossing the road was by swimming past the top of streetlights, not actually walking across the road.

Even for him, the deeper he went, the more pressure he had to endure.

In his current merfolk state, he hadn’t evolved to the point of ignoring dozens or even a hundred meters of water pressure.

Soon, he approached building 88; in the dark seabed, his eyes had a certain degree of night vision.

He could clearly see the plaque of building 88 still hanging on the side wall of the building.

"Here, I’ve arrived."

Zhang Peng’s eyes lit up, and he quickly circled the building, found a window, and slipped right in.

He chose not to surface directly; doing so would make it easy for the patrolling personnel of building 88 to spot him.

Swimming up from the interior stairwell was undoubtedly the most secretive approach.

Because no one would expect someone to silently swim into the building from underwater, thereby infiltrating the interior.

Zhang Peng had used this tactic to take down several rogue teams.

At that time, he coordinated with Gao Yucheng and others, who feigned an attack from outside while he infiltrated the building from underwater, effortlessly taking down several survivor killers who killed for pleasure.

So he was quite experienced.

As he kept swimming upwards, he soon reached about the twenty-third floor of building 88.

He slowly surfaced, revealing half of his head, checked the surroundings, and seeing no one staying up late fishing in the corridor, he let out a small sigh of relief.

Then he quickly ascended the steps from the water, withdrew his superpower, and returned to looking like an ordinary person.

He then wrung out his clothes and silently walked along the staircase toward the corridor.

In the darkness, he could see a few patrol personnel in the corridor snoring.

Zhang Peng withdrew his gaze and quietly began climbing upstairs.

As he moved higher, the corridor started to emit strange smells, a stench of rotting protein and long damp mold.

Zhang Peng’s expression remained unchanged; the rotting protein smell signaled that someone had died here or bits of some creature’s corpse had been left behind.

Having long been accustomed to such sights, he continued upwards and around the twenty-seventh floor, furniture and mattresses began to appear in the corridor.

Quite a few people had settled down in the passageway.

It was evident that building 88, due to the rising flood levels and insufficient living space, forced people to live in the corridors and passageways.

Zhang Peng glanced at the corridor, noticing many tents or makeshift shelters made from sheets set up over there.

Unbidden, he recalled the early days of building 76, back when Brother Cai and Old Ma lived in the corridor.

If it hadn’t been for Mr. Liang making a sudden rise and taking care of the troublemaker Liu Erlong, who knows what the days in building 76 would have been like.

Thinking of these, he unavoidably thought of his girlfriend Wen Lili, causing him to sigh inwardly.

"Lili, where are you? Did you leave with Mr. Liang to Yangshan?"

Zhang Peng muttered to himself, then pulled himself together, put on a hat to cover his face, and continued climbing upstairs.

When he reached the twenty-ninth floor, he stopped once again.

Because there were guards in the corridor!

In the corridor leading from the twenty-ninth to the thirtieth floor sat two guards; neither were asleep, nor had they lit a fire.

They were chatting idly, their voices clear in the darkness.

"Brother Niu, do you think Brother Feng can really establish this water market?"

"Heh, do you really believe that? In this great flood’s times, who has extra stuff to exchange?"

"Let me ask you, Xiaoyang, if you had food, would you be willing to exchange it for other supplies?"

The person called Xiaoyang replied, "If it were fish meat, I might; I’m sick of it."

"As for anything else, forget it; I don’t have other edible things."

Brother Niu immediately said, "See? You know there is no other food, so do the other buildings have it?"

"Then what is Brother Feng up to? Why make a so-called market?" Xiaoyang was curious.

"Heh, isn’t it obvious? He wants to lure those fools outside to our place and trap them all."

"Huh? Will those people really come?" Xiaoyang asked in surprise.

Brother Niu chuckled, "Whether they come or not depends on if they’ve reached the end of their rope. There will always be someone with no way out who chooses this path."

"It’s not that they’re dumb; they’ve just hit rock bottom. This is their only hope from Brother Feng."

"If you’re at your wit’s end, and someone suddenly tells you there’s a path, you wouldn’t take it?"

"This..." Xiaoyang was momentarily at a loss for words.

Leaning against the wall below, Zhang Peng also found himself speechless.

Indeed, this so-called market was a trap.

Even the insiders at building 88 didn’t believe in the plan, yet Xu Lie Feng intended to deceive others into walking right in.