“Use your brain a little.” He reached out and patted the baby-faced man’s head.
“Boss, what’s going on?” A burly middle-aged man strode over, revealing two muscular arms.
“Nothing.” The man gazed in the direction the seven-seater business van had left for a moment before withdrawing his gaze and speaking calmly, “That little girl is a bit strange. Her Awakening seems to be taking longer than usual?”
“Bro, are you saying that big sister is currently in the Awakening stage of becoming an Ability User?”
Oh my god, can someone really run around with zombies while Awakening a supernatural ability? Shouldn’t she find a place to rest quickly and only move again after the Awakening is complete?
Hearing this, the middle-aged man’s eyes lit up, “Boss, do you mean that girl just now is promising Ability User material?”
“Then we should have kept her and recruited her into the team!”
The man’s thin lips curved slightly in a half-smile, “She’s long gone, didn’t you see?”
“Oh, right.” The burly man scratched his head, wearing a regretful expression, “What a shame.”
Letting a promising candidate slip away! If we encounter her again in the future, we mustn’t miss the opportunity.
“I just don’t know if we’ll ever meet again.” the burly man muttered.
The man couldn’t help but chuckle softly, lifting his eyes to look at the entrance of the residential complex.
The burnt-out vehicles were slowly extinguishing under the heavy rain.
Following that, rotting corpses were gradually gathering, swaying as they bypassed the abandoned vehicles, pouring out in a steady stream.
They couldn’t afford to delay any longer.
The man narrowed his eyes, “Have everyone get in the vehicles. We’re heading to the next target location.”
In a short while, two black Jeeps led the way, followed by three or four minibuses, swiftly departing from Ruihua Residential Complex.
…
“Get me the ice from the bag.”
“Sis, where are we going now?”
“To the Aijia Supermarket.” Xie Ning said decisively.
“Aijia Supermarket? Oh, that’s the supermarket where Auntie works, right?”
“Mhm.” Xie Ning held the steering wheel with one hand and pressed the ice against her forehead with the other.
“Sis, let me help you.” Song Kexin quickly took over, helping Xie Ning apply the ice pack, “Do you feel any better?”
“Keep an eye on the road for me.” Xie Ning sighed in relief, “My vision feels quite blurry.”
“Sis, is it really okay for you to keep burning up like this?” Song Kexin asked nervously, “Should we go to the hospital up ahead?”
Xie Ning felt her head heavy and dizzy, forcing herself to stay alert, “We can’t go to the hospital.”
Hospitals are now zombie playgrounds, even more terrifying than university campuses.
“Sis.” Song Kexin choked up, “What’s happening now? Are those things zombies? I… I’ve only ever seen them in movies before.”
“The whole world has changed.” Xie Ning said gravely, “If you don’t want to die, you have to adapt well to the current environment.”
“Stop crying. Do you remember the law of human survival?”
“Natural selection, survival of the fittest. In a situation like this, you can only adapt to the overall environment yourself; the environment won’t adjust to you.”
“If you can’t adapt, you can only wait for death.”
“Either be reborn from the flames or perish in the ashes. Which do you choose?”
Song Kexin forcefully held back the welling tears, biting her lower lip hard, her voice trembling, “I… I’m scared.”
Xie Ning turned her head and patted Song Kexin’s head, “Don’t be afraid. There’s always a way forward, even if it’s just a bit more difficult.”
“In the peaceful times before, people online would always melodramatically complain about how hard life was. They’ll find out soon enough.”
“It really is difficult.”
Xie Ning turned and smiled at her cousin. “What can we do about it?”