“Xiao Zhu, a big deal has come to our doorstep!” Yan Jin felt delighted inside. This was a great opportunity.
Bai Ruozhu did not understand. If they let those people in, would it be disadvantageous for them?
“Do not worry.”
As she spoke, Yan Jin quietly tapped [Purchase], and several talismans appeared in the system warehouse.
[Obtained Primary Defense Talisman x4, capable of withstanding attacks from a Level 2 ability user, duration 5 minutes]
[Obtained Primary Heavenly Thunder Talisman x3, capable of unleashing an attack equivalent to a Level 2 lightning ability user, duration 15 minutes]
Looking at the talismans in the warehouse, Yan Jin finally felt reassured.
Yan Jin opened the courtyard gate and saw the group of people holding tools, trying to pry open the gate. She asked with some displeasure, “Are you trying to pry open my door?”
Seeing that someone had finally opened the door, the group let out a sigh of relief.
“Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. We thought no one lived here, so we…”
After saying that, the man holding the tools awkwardly tried to hide them.
“In the apocalypse, do not think that just because you occupy a house it belongs to you. We are going to live here as well,” a short haired woman behind them said.
Suddenly, a muffled rumble of thunder rolled through the air. In the next instant, a bolt of lightning struck down violently and exploded with a loud bang.
The crowd was so frightened by the thunder that none of them dared to speak.
“Well then, I am very sorry… this place belongs to me!”
The short haired woman covered her ears, which were ringing loudly from the thunder, and looked utterly terrified. “You… you…”
Soon after, the enormous thunderbolt split into thousands of tiny flashes of lightning that spread across the sky and descended upon them, shocking their bodies until they felt numb and completely unable to move.
The young man leading the group felt his heart tremble. With such precise control over lightning abilities, her ability level must certainly be higher than his.
Yu Chen, who was standing behind Yan Jin, saw this scene and finally relaxed. Fortunately, he had not confronted her earlier. Otherwise…
Bai Ruozhu was astonished. Sister was so powerful!
“My friend, we have no ill intentions. We have been traveling all day and are extremely exhausted. Could you show us some consideration?”
The crisp female voice sounded very pleasant. Yan Jin looked toward the woman who had spoken.
“Feiyao, do not waste words with her. There are so many of us. Are we supposed to be afraid of her?” the short haired woman said.
As soon as she spoke, everyone else looked at her with disgust. Could she not see the situation clearly?
Feiyao? If Yan Jin remembered correctly, was that not the name of the female protagonist in the original novel? How had she encountered her so quickly?
She vaguely remembered that in the original story, the female protagonist had once been surrounded by a zombie horde during a mission and barely escaped.
Could it be here?
Indeed, she was extraordinary. Everyone else looked dusty and disheveled, yet she alone appeared clean and neat.
Chen Xiao’ai was probably just the tool character meant to highlight the female protagonist. With such a comparison, the heroine naturally appeared like a pure little white lotus.
A young man beside them spoke sincerely, “Miss… friend, we have been chased by zombies all day. Please allow us to come in and rest.”
Yan Jin took in all their expressions. Her eyes shifted slightly as she said with a smile, “Sure. Bring the payment…”
She paused for a moment, then continued, “However… there are no rooms left now. You can only rent tents.”
“You are going too far. In the apocalypse these houses belong to no one. Why should we pay you?” the short haired woman said angrily.
“Take it or leave it.” Yan Jin spoke with complete indifference.
She had just intimidated them with the Heavenly Thunder Talisman, so they probably would not dare to act rashly.
“Xiao Ai!” the leading young man warned sharply.
The short haired woman glared at Yan Jin with resentment but unwillingly closed her mouth.
“Boss, you… how do we rent these tents?” the young man asked gently.
Yan Jin thought for a moment before replying, “Three Level 1 crystal cores per night. You can only stay in the courtyard. You are not allowed to open the courtyard gate and go outside, nor are you allowed to enter the house. If anything happens, I won’t be responsible.”
“Boss, we just escaped with our lives. How could we possibly have so many crystal cores on us? A righteous and compassionate person like you will surely understand us,” Yue Feiyao said indignantly.
She felt that Yan Jin was being extremely heartless. Charging them three crystal cores for a single tent? In the apocalypse, should people not be helping one another?
“Feiyao, you are simply too kind. This person is clearly trying to extort us,” Xiao Ai said.
Yan Jin looked at the leading man with an expression that said the decision was theirs.
Qin Yu felt a headache coming on as he looked at her. Xiao Ai was the younger sister of one of his friends. During a zombie siege, that friend had died saving him and had entrusted his only sister to Qin Yu.
Originally he did not mind, but now… he felt that his friend’s sister was far too spoiled and still unable to judge the situation.
Just as Qin Yu was about to speak, his own younger sister Qin Fei became dissatisfied with Xiao Ai’s behavior and sarcastically rebuked her.
“Chen Xiao’ai, have you lost the ability to understand the situation?”