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I've MTL up to ~170 and I basically like it. It's not an outstanding novel but it is enjoyable to read. the MC is very reasonable and works hard - everyone likes her because she's very good looking, but also she doesn't act like a demon. She learns to kill zombies, doesn't cause problems, has very useful powers and not only doesn't hold the team back, but actively helps the team in ways unrelated to her powers.The romance isn't very well developed imo. Although the ML doesn't really bully her... I guess you can say he basically 'tests' her and because Ruan Ning knows to cater to the 'protagonist, ' she passes his tests, and once she's accepted by the protagonist, she sticks to him, which I guess eventually provokes him romantically? IDK, it's hard for me to say they're ''in love'' it's more like they're in a mutually arranged marriage, a couple who feel good about one another and are devoted but not s*upid in love. It's not bad! I don't dislike it, I just don't feel like they're in love.Speaking of the ML and the MC's relationship, although Ruan Ning knows that as a good looking but low-attack force woman, she needs a thigh, she has two picks: the protagonist, and her uncle. When the protagonist regularly ditches her, she changes her target to her uncle - once the protagonist accepts her, she also changes her target back to him. The ML doesn't dislike her - he disliked the OG, but the OG died in the first few weeks of the apocalypse without seeing the ML. So the ML never actually tries to get her killed and is ultimately reasonable about where he tries to ditch her, and Ruan Ning doesn't annoy him by being unreasonable and sticking to him. Ultimately, although she caters to his identity as the protagonist, she doesn't do it to a gross extent like some other books do.Basically, although this novel isn't an outstanding story that will make an impact, it's definitely satisfactory as a read.