Yu Yao fired nine arrows in quick succession, feeling that the rat horde behind them would need some time before regrouping again.
But the clothes she was wearing were also about to give out.
So she quickly packed up her bow and arrows and slipped back into the car through the window.
As soon as she got in, she met the pale face of Luo Mei and her bright eyes.
“Sis, you’re amazing!”
Seeing her expression, Yu Yao frowned and said, “You rest. I’ll drive.”
Luo Mei waved her hand. “It’s fine, as long as I don’t use my abilities anymore. I’m good at driving. I’ll rest when it’s safe.”
With that, she stepped on the gas, and the car shot forward like an arrow from a bow.
…
Thanks to Yu Yao’s cover and everyone else’s full throttle effort, the group managed to shake off the mutated rat horde without incident.
Meanwhile, the acid rain that had lasted for three days had quietly stopped.
Following Yu Yao’s directions, Luo Mei drove the car to a place temporarily free of zombies.
This was a newly developed area on the outskirts of the city, with a small population.
There were a few large shopping malls under construction that had recently begun pre-opening. Foot traffic was low, so they should be able to find plenty of supplies.
She had to clear a path for her supplies!
…
They parked outside a nearly deserted sales office, the car battered and the tires nearly worn smooth.
People in the following vehicles also got out and gathered around.
With Ji Yan and Ye Zi’ang were four young men and women.
“Yu Yao, long time no see,” said a girl in a white dress, smiling brightly at Yu Yao as soon as they met.
It wasn’t that she was still vain despite the apocalypse, but before the end of the world, during team building, she would definitely dress nicely.
Who could have expected the apocalypse to come so suddenly? She couldn’t even change her clothes.
Yu Yao tried to recall who these people were but to little effect.
Ye Zi’ang noticed Yu Yao’s unfamiliarity and quickly introduced two girls to her.
“This is Zhao Han, and next to her is Fang Lianjiao. They’re in your same year.”
Then he pointed to the other two boys. “These are Tan He and Jiao Yang.”
After the introductions, he looked at Luo Mei and asked, “Is this your companion? She looks unfamiliar—not from our school, right?”
Yu Yao shook her head. “No.”
Ye Zi’ang nodded in understanding and politely greeted Luo Mei, “Hello, we’re Yu Yao’s classmates.”
Luo Mei casually raised her chin and smiled, replying, “Hello.”
Just then, Zhao Han smiled and said, “Hey? Why does this sister look so pale? Is she injured? No wonder Yu Yao said her companion’s condition is special and inconvenient to be with us.”
Luo Mei glanced at her with a mocking smile.
Then she weakly leaned on Yu Yao, speaking faintly, “Yeah, I’m injured. A zombie scratched me. Fortunately, Ah Yao is nice and didn’t leave me behind~”
At these words, Zhao Han and Tan He’s expressions changed drastically. They instinctively stepped back a few paces.
“You, you were scratched by a zombie?!” Zhao Han pointed at Luo Mei, her voice trembling.
Tan He lost his gentlemanly demeanor and shouted at Yu Yao, “Yu Yao, don’t you know that getting hurt by those things causes mutation? How dare you bring her around? Be careful she mutates and hurts you!”
Those in the following car had just gathered and hadn’t said anything yet but heard Tan He and Zhao Han’s words.
Startled, they stopped in their tracks, their expressions disapproving as they looked at Yu Yao.
“That young man is right. It will be troublesome if she mutates. Girl, kill her!”
“Yeah! If you can’t bring yourself to do it, I’ll help!”
“What a pretty girl, sigh, such a pity!”
Voices of encouragement came from all sides. Yu Yao coldly glanced at their ever-changing faces.
She turned her head and said to Luo Mei, “Go inside and rest for a bit. We’ll look for supplies later.”
“Okay~”
Luo Mei obediently replied, and with Yu Yao’s support, they walked into the sales office together.
Before turning, Luo Mei gave the others a provocative look filled with mockery.
The others were caught in a dilemma — whether to stop them or not — and could only watch as the two disappeared behind the door.
Zhao Han looked back at the swaying sales office door, wearing an innocent expression. “Why does it feel like Yu Yao isn’t very happy? Aren’t we doing this for her own good?”
Tan He frowned and responded with dissatisfaction, “Yu Yao is too arrogant! She deserves to lose!”
Zhao Han lowered her eyes and sighed, looking wounded. “Sigh, I didn’t expect Yu Yao to look down on us like this. Aren’t we classmates?”
Listening to Zhao Han’s half-hearted words, Ji Yan frowned and retorted, “So what if we’re classmates? The school has thousands of students; does she have to like all of them?”
It was about time to drop the school nonsense!
Zhao Han quickly waved her hands.
“No, no, I didn’t mean that. I just think that at a time like this, since we’re from the same school, shouldn’t we help each other?”
“How dare you say that?”
“Senior Ji Yan, how could you…”
“Enough, Han Han.” Fang Lianjiao interrupted Zhao Han’s tearful accusations at the right moment.
Ji Yan’s bluntness put Tan He in a bad mood.
But now was definitely not the time to criticize Yu Yao’s actions, so he comforted Zhao Han, “Forget it, Han Han, there’s no use saying this now. Since Yu Yao doesn’t want to take us, we’ll go ourselves. Zi’ang and Old Ji are no worse than her!”
Just as he seemed about to put on a “big hat” (flattering phrase), Ji Yan added, “I’m no match for her, don’t count on me.”
Ye Zi’ang silently agreed, “Same here!”
After saying this, the two turned and followed Yu Yao and Luo Mei into the sales office, showing no fear of the so-called “injured” Luo Mei.
Jiao Yang saw this and dragged Fang Lianjiao inside with him.
Their rude behavior made Tan He’s face flash with embarrassment, but he hurried after them to explain, “I didn’t mean that. By the way, our food is almost gone, right? This place looks like a deserted wasteland, nothing here. What good stuff can we find? We’re a group of people. It’d be better to starve than to get bitten by zombies, right?”
Hearing the implicit complaint in his words about Yu Yao leading them here, Ye Zi’ang frowned and looked back at him.
“Aren’t you from Lincheng? Didn’t you forget this is a new district? There are several new supermarkets. Isn’t it much safer than the city center or crowded places? Just think for a bit — this is the safest place for us.”
Tan He was speechless after being retorted.
He turned to find Zhao Han still sullen and unhappy.
She hadn’t even noticed what was happening on their side, nor his embarrassment, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn’t dare to nag anymore and instead stayed close to Zhao Han, softly diverting her attention, “If there really are supermarkets, then you’ll be in charge of gathering supplies, right?”
Only then did Zhao Han seem a bit more spirited and snorted, “Don’t worry, my space is very big.”
After learning about the existence of abilities, Ji Yan and Ye Zi’ang first asked several classmates.
They found that besides Zhao Han, no one else had awakened abilities.
Zhao Han’s ability was spatial-based, and she claimed her space was about half a small bedroom in size.
It was a square box, with each plane about 10 square meters.
The emergence of her ability filled Zhao Han with confidence, thinking everyone would revolve around her.
Others apparently saw through her thoughts and silently tolerated her spoiled and pretentious behavior.
After all, spatial ability users were indeed convenient for them.
If it weren’t for the luggage supplies already stored in Zhao Han’s space, they wouldn’t have reacted so quickly to follow Yu Yao.
Didn’t you see those who followed behind them, each with empty hands and confused faces?