Zhou Wu fired his gun at the giant snake, drawing its attention again.
The snake became furious and charged at him.
Zhou Wu tried to dodge, but he accidentally stepped on some spilled shower gel. His foot slipped, and he fell to the ground.
Because of that one mistake, he couldn’t avoid the attack.
Seeing the snake’s huge mouth and sharp fangs, Zhou Wu’s face turned pale.
He closed his eyes, ready to die.
“Zhou Wu! ”
The other three shouted in panic and attacked the snake with everything they had.
But the snake ignored them completely and focused only on Zhou Wu.
Boom!
The snake bit down, even tearing apart the shelf beside him.
“Zhou Wu! Zhou Wu! You beast—die! ”
The leader in black suddenly burst with power.
At that moment, he broke through to level two.
He formed a lightning bolt nearly one meter long and struck the snake behind its head.
The attack was extremely powerful. It almost blew the snake’s head off, but its bones blocked the final damage.
The smell of burnt snake flesh filled the air.
“Boss… Sister Liu… Brother Yan… I’m okay…”
A weak voice suddenly sounded.
It was Zhou Wu.
Everyone was shocked.
He was standing safely beside Mo Han, completely unharmed.
At his waist, a thin water chain slowly faded away.
Mo Han was breathing heavily, clearly exhausted.
Just moments earlier, when the snake was about to swallow Zhou Wu, Mo Han had suddenly broken through to level two as well.
He used a water chain to pull Zhou Wu away just in time and saved his life.
Since Mo Han had decided to build a good relationship with them, he couldn’t just watch Zhou Wu die—even if it changed the story.
He had already changed the plot by keeping the jade pendant, so changing more didn’t matter.
As long as he survived, that was enough.
Even without that reason, Mo Han would still have helped.
But whether he could break through at that moment was uncertain.
So he was quite satisfied with himself.
“I won’t forget this,” Zhou Wu said seriously.
“You saved my life.”
Mo Han shook his head.
“This isn’t the time for that. Let’s deal with the snake first.”
The snake was badly injured, though it was still alive.
Its wound was slowly healing.
Zhong Tianxiang shouted,
“Attack the wound! Don’t let it recover! ”
He formed metal blades and struck the snake repeatedly.
“Damn it! You tried to eat me—I’ll kill you! ”
Now that he was safe, Zhou Wu ran forward with his gun, full of energy again.
Mo Han shook his head.
“You never learn…”
He also formed ice blades and attacked the wound.
Now they had two level-two ability users, and the snake was already injured.
It could only take hits.
Snake blood splashed everywhere inside the supermarket.
“Watch out! ”
The leader in black suddenly shouted and pushed Mo Han to the ground, shielding him.
Before Mo Han could react—
Another shelf and part of the glass wall were smashed apart by a huge force.
Then—
Another brown figure slid inside.
Everyone’s face changed.
There was another mutant snake.
One snake was already hard enough.
Two made the situation much worse.
Even though Mo Han and the leader had reached level two, their energy was already partly used.
The second snake, however, was in perfect condition.
The man with glasses spoke calmly, though his tone was tense:
“Be careful. This one is also level two—and it has speed ability.”
Mo Han felt a little annoyed.
He had just saved someone and earned a favor—but now it was already repaid.
Still, he said nothing and stood up, watching both snakes carefully.
The two snakes and the group faced each other for a long time.
Finally, the snakes slowly retreated.
They weren’t very smart, but they understood one thing:
If they kept fighting, both sides would be badly hurt—and other mutant creatures might take advantage of that.
After the snakes left, everyone let out a breath.
But they didn’t relax completely.
Without the snakes’ presence, zombies would soon gather again.
Zombies feared strong mutant beasts more than humans.
Once things were calm, Zhou Wu stepped forward.
“Hello, let me introduce us properly. I’m Zhou Wu. This is our boss, Shen Yuan. This is Sister Liu Qing, and this is Zhao Yan.”
Mo Han smiled.
“My name is Mo Han. This is Zhong Tianxiang. We’re high school classmates.”
Shen Yuan… it really is him.
In the novel, most geniuses either became part of the female lead’s group, villains, or cannon fodder.
Shen Yuan was just as talented as the main characters.
But since he was none of those, he was killed off later in the story by a zombie lord.
Mo Han thought to himself:
If Shen Yuan didn’t die, he would be a powerful ally.
And probably safer to rely on than the main characters.
He was already thinking about how to stay close to him—and keep him alive.
“So where are you going? ” Zhou Wu asked.
Mo Han felt lucky.
“We’re going to City C to find Tianxiang’s parents. What about you? ”
“What a coincidence! ” Zhou Wu said excitedly.
“We’re also going to City C. We need to find something there. Why don’t we travel together? ”
He looked at Shen Yuan.
Mo Han also looked at Zhong Tianxiang.
If he disagreed, Mo Han couldn’t say much.
As expected—
Shen Yuan nodded first.
“No problem. More people means more strength. It’s safer together.”
Zhong Tianxiang also agreed.
“Then let’s take care of each other.”
Mo Han secretly celebrated inside.
Everything was going exactly how he wanted.
Mo Han asked,
“Do you have a car? Ours was destroyed by the snake.”
Zhou Wu shook his head.
“We’ve been walking. Mutant creatures love attacking vehicles. Our car was destroyed earlier, and most cars on the road are already damaged.”
Mo Han slapped his forehead.
He had forgotten this detail.
In the novel, mutant creatures hated human transportation.
That meant the cars he stored in his space were now useless.
What a waste of money.
“Wait…” Mo Han’s face turned pale.
“Does that mean we have to walk all the way to City C?! ”
Zhou Wu laughed.
“Not exactly. We can use bicycles. Mutant creatures don’t seem to attack those much.”
“…Alright.”
“But what about food and water? ” Mo Han asked.
“We can’t carry much on bikes.”
Zhao Yan explained,
“We don’t need to carry too much. There are supermarkets along the way, and we can hunt mutant creatures.”
Mo Han nodded.
“Okay. Tianxiang and I will go find bicycles first.”
Luckily, this was a decent-sized town, so bicycles were easy to find.
After preparing everything, the group of six set off toward City C once again.