Apocalypse: Earth and Cultivation World Merge

She shook it off and picked up her phone, "Daddy, make sure you don't stink by the time for supper." She jabbed, scrunching up her nose at him before running off, putting Ms Linda's behaviour at the back of her mind.

A few minutes later, Bella was already in her bathtub - feeling the warm water soothe her aching body. This was the only time that she had been fully relaxed for the past three days and it was also the only time she felt safe and not being followed or watched.

She closed her eyes añd soon fell asleep in the bathtub. Some time later, she felt her body become light and a warm material wrapped around her, yet her tiredness had overwhelmed her.

With the knowledge that she was in a well secured barracks and her father was a room away, she subconsciously connected it to her paranoia.

She soon fell into a deep sleep.

She walked alone in the streets, a gentle smile on her face and she held on to an Ivy protectively.

She looked around and the familiar streets she grew up in looked the same, yet strange.

The normally buzzing streets were too quiet, and solemn, this might be the new reality for the outside world but not the barracks. There might be lesser crowd in the barracks but definitely not abandoned, yet she couldn't pay attention to this, she was enjoying the peace and quiet too much.

A few moments later she heard a sound of something breaking, she furrowed her eyebrows as she followed the sound.

She soon arrived at an alley, unlike the rest of the street, the alley looked dark but that was where she was hearing the sound coming from.

She carefully walked in, trying he ebest not to make any sound. She was so quiet that she could hear the sound of her heartbeat.

She sa the outline of a figure crouched at the end of the alley - a familiar figure.

A few steps later, she could clearly see the outline of the person, he was wearing a military uniform, but that wasn't strange as they we're in the barracks.

The sound of breaking which she now realized was not became louder and louder as she took more steps towards the figure.

When she was just a few steps away, the figure suddenly stopped what it was doing and quickly turned around.

The face automatically bought a smile to her face, but in the next moment her smile froze when she noticed the fully black eyes and blood covered mouth and jacket.

"Daddy, no!" she screamed out as she sat up straight in her bed.

She could feel her chest beating heavily and her entire body shook in absolute fear of the image in her dream.

What made it worse was that, since her father was a military man who personally leads soldiers out to clear the streets off the infected, there was a very high chance that he will get infected.

The knowledge of this made her fear worsen and she placed her hand on her chest trying to calm herself down.

Her eyes opened wide in surprise when she felt her bare skin, she looked down and saw that she was fully naked, only covered in comforter.

She thought back to last night and she recalled falling asleep in the tub and then the lightweightedness, "Did I sleep walk to bed?"

She quickly got off the bed and put on a pajamas. She went back to bed but her heart was still tense about the dream she had earlier.

After tossing around a bit, she looked at the clock, seeing it was 3:55am, she decided to go to her father's room - after all he usually wakes up at 4, a few minutes earlier won't hurt.

She put on her slippers and headed to his room. Once before his room, she slowly opened his door and walked in.

"Sweetie? What's wrong?" A groggy voice asked.

Of course, a soldier of his calibar is quite conscious of his surrounding.

"Can I switch on the lights?" She asked, her hands already finding the switch.

" No,no, no" the general rushed off the bed and quickly guided his daughter out before the door behind him.

She arched an eyebrow at his behaviour and a knowing smile bloomed on her face.

"You realize that I don't have a problem with you dating, right ?" He hands easily finding their way and hooking on his as they headed downstairs.

"Mom, she….." her voice broke half way. "I'm over it, and besides I'll love to meet your girlfriend." she continued as they arrived at the dinning room.

"Sweetie, I don't have a girlfriend" he flicked her forehead as they entered the kitchen and he familiarly put the kettle to boil.

"Oh really? Then why has she been around every other night" her hands resting on her hips and her head arched up to come eye to eye with her father.

"What makes you think it's the same girl?" A short chuckle following after.

" Dad!" She closed her ears like an innocent bunny scared to wit. "That's so disgusting" she wined.

The general just rolled his eyes at her and turned his attention back to the cupboard, he took out the honey and the tea cups.

Another chuckle escaped his lips when he saw her habitually scrunch her nose.

"No honey today, I want some ginger tea instead" she instructed when the general opened the honey bottle. He nodded his head in affirmation and looked for the ginger instead.

He poured some ginger powder into one of the cups and honey into the other before turning the now boiling water into them.

He offered her the ginger tea and they both headed into the living room.

"You skipped dinner last night" he stated, clearly not expecting a reply.

"I fell asleep in the bathtub and sleepwalked to bed" she replied anyways, taking a sip of her tea.

"Aren't you supposed to be entertaining your guest ?" She jabbed at him.