Nan Xing clapped her hands and stood up with a satisfied expression.
“Are you going to look for Doctor Chen next?”
“Yes. The information Doctor Chen has may very well be the key to ending the Apocalypse.”
Shen Huaixu frowned slightly. His expression was serious as he looked at Nan Xing.
“Miss Nan, may I ask if your detoxification pills can be mass-produced?”
Hearing this, Nan Tang and the others immediately looked at Nan Xing with excitement and anticipation.
As long as the detoxification pills could be mass-produced, the Apocalypse could end soon even if they failed to obtain the research materials.
“Yes!”
Nan Xing understood their thoughts perfectly well. A trace of regret flashed through her eyes as she spread her hands.
“They can be mass-produced in the cultivation world. In the Apocalypse, they can also be mass-produced if you wait a few tens of thousands of years!”
The sparks of hope in everyone’s eyes immediately dimmed.
Nan Tang sighed.
“Grandmaster Uncle, don’t make us wait until the second half of your sentence!”
Smack!
Nan Tang covered the back of his head and hid behind Shen Huaixu like a wronged wife.
She always hit the same spot.
The corners of Shen Huaixu’s lips curved into a faint smile.
“Miss Nan, what are your plans from here?”
Nan Xing’s bright eyes rolled around.
She suddenly raised her hand and clenched it into a fist. Her voice was filled with enthusiasm as she shouted,
“Your goal is actually to save the world! How noble and magnificent! I’ve decided to join you and contribute my share of strength!”
Seeing Nan Tang and the others happily waving their arms, she suppressed the overwhelming embarrassment rising inside her.
The corners of her lips secretly curled into a smug smile.
Her deception had succeeded.
Now all she needed to do was wait for them to take the initiative and ask to join the Nanjí Sect.
Her retirement life was just around the corner.
“Grandmaster Uncle, can you use your sword to fly us to Doctor Chen?”
Nan Tang looked at Nan Xing with sparkling eyes.
He imagined the scene of Nan Xing descending from the sky.
When he was young, one of his reasons for cultivating had been to learn how to fly on a sword.
“What are you thinking?”
Nan Xing crossed her arms and gave him a disdainful glance.
“After I came to this world, all my spiritual energy disappeared. The spiritual energy I finally recovered was completely depleted when I saved you.”
The spiritual energy she absorbed couldn’t make up for what she consumed.
Once she used up her spiritual energy, her strength would fall again.
Besides, the spiritual energy in this world was so thin that she could only rely on the spirit stones she obtained from Heavenly Dao to slowly recover her strength.
It would be better to minimize her consumption of spiritual energy from now on.
“Grandmaster Uncle, I never thought you would cross two worlds just to save me. From now on, I’ll protect you!”
A trace of regret flashed through Nan Tang’s eyes.
He emotionally patted his chest.
But he didn’t forget to help improve Shen Huaixu and the others’ impression of him.
“My teammates will protect you too!”
Cough, cough, cough!
What a wonderful misunderstanding!
Nan Xing quickly used her coughing to suppress the smile at the corners of her lips as she waited for her leisurely retirement life to begin.
Unfortunately, that leisurely life had not yet arrived.
Nan Xing was already so angry that smoke seemed to rise from the top of her head.
Smack!
Nan Xing widened her eyes and slapped the back of Nan Tang’s head again.
Her voice became a furious roar.
“Circulate the cultivation technique! Absorb the spiritual energy around you and guide it into your dantian. How can you not even do something this simple?”
Her roar was especially loud on the quiet street.
It immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding zombies.
They slowly began moving toward the vehicle.
Shen Huaixu hurriedly circulated the ability energy within his body.
Before he could even act, a flash of white light streaked past.
The zombie took another step forward.
Its headless body suddenly collapsed to the ground with a loud thud.
Nan Tang instantly felt a chill at the back of his neck.
He shrank his neck and covered the back of his head as he muttered aggrievedly,
“Who could learn that quickly?”
He turned to look at the others, hoping for their support.
Instead, he found nothing but envy in their eyes.
He realized that he was truly blessed without knowing it.
He immediately corrected his attitude.
“Grandmaster Uncle, I’ll try again!”
He had to learn as quickly as possible.
That way, he could secretly teach it to Captain Shen and the others.
Nan Xing nodded perfunctorily and turned her head toward the window to avoid being angered to death by Nan Tang.
Lifeng and Jiangzhou each had their own task.
One kept watch while the other retrieved the crystal cores from the zombies’ heads.
They operated this way throughout the journey.
They hadn’t abandoned their plans to improve their strength simply because Nan Xing was with them.
A trace of admiration flashed through Nan Xing’s eyes.
She then shifted her gaze.
When she saw several large characters on a building ahead, the taste buds in her mouth were instantly awakened.
She reached out and patted Shen Huaixu on the shoulder.
Excitedly, she pointed ahead.
“Is that a place selling self-heating hot pots?”
Shen Huaixu followed her gaze and silently nodded.
“That’s a large shopping mall. There’s a supermarket inside with food.”
Wen Ye glanced at them and added,
“Our food and water are only enough to last another two days.”
“Then let’s hurry and go…”
“Grandmaster Uncle, I succeeded!”
Nan Tang’s excited shout interrupted Nan Xing.
“Good job!”
Nan Xing praised him.
But she was afraid that he would become complacent and stop improving his ability, so she reminded him,
“The spiritual energy in this world is thin, so progress with the cultivation technique will be slow. For now, focus on your ability.”
“But don’t completely give up on the cultivation technique. Once spiritual energy has mostly recovered, your strength will immediately surpass ninety percent of the people in this world!”
“Okay, Grandmaster Uncle.”
Nan Tang nodded firmly.
Jiangzhou happened to return at that moment and heard those words.
He looked at Nan Tang with envy.
Nan Xing noticed this scene.
She couldn’t help feeling secretly delighted.
Now all she needed was an opportunity.
An opportunity for them to take the initiative and say that they wanted to join the Nanjí Sect.
“Let’s hurry to the shopping mall and find supplies!”
Nan Xing excitedly patted Wen Ye’s seat.
Wen Ye immediately started the vehicle.
He drove to the entrance of the shopping mall, stopped, pulled out the key and drained the gasoline from the vehicle to prevent someone from stealing it.
“Once we enter the shopping mall, I’ll be at the front. Wen Ye, the four of you cover the four directions. Miss Nan will stay in the middle and deal with anything we miss.”
After assigning the roles, Shen Huaixu looked at Nan Xing.
“When we enter the supermarket to collect supplies, Lifeng, Jiangzhou, Nan Tang and Wen Ye will be one group. Miss Nan and I will be another.”
“Okay.”
Nan Xing’s eyes lit up with delight.
She took out several storage bags and spread them across her hands.
“Each of you take one and bind it with your blood. Just think ‘collect’ in your mind and touch an object with your hand. It will be stored inside the storage bag.”
“But it can only store dead objects.”
The more things they stored, the greater the chance she would have of eating delicious food.
Shen Huaixu and the others happily accepted the storage bags.
They each followed Nan Xing’s instructions and bound the bags with their blood.
Only Wen Ye remained silent as he held his storage bag. He lowered his eyes to hide the bitterness in them.
His ability was space-based.
Now that they had storage bags, he would only become a burden to the team.
Suddenly, his shoulder grew heavy.
He raised his eyes and saw Shen Huaixu’s determined gaze.
Wen Ye quickly gathered himself and followed everyone forward.
His eyes unconsciously glanced several times toward Nan Xing in the middle.
Now, only by joining the Nanjí Sect could he improve his strength.
Supermarkets were usually located on the basement level of shopping malls.
Fortunately, there weren’t many zombies on the first floor.
Only a few scattered zombies wandered around aimlessly.
Nan Xing’s group quickly dealt with the zombies surrounding the escalator entrance.
They carefully made their way toward the basement.
However, the situation on the basement level was completely unexpected.
The number of zombies had multiplied several times.
Especially near the supermarket entrance, where dozens of zombies were wandering around.
Shen Huaixu made a hand signal.
Wen Ye and the others immediately gathered around him.
“Zombies now rely on their hearing to move. We’ll move quietly and pass through there.”
Shen Huaixu lowered his voice and pointed toward another narrow path where there were only a dozen or so zombies.
“Miss Nan, can you take care of these zombies all at once?”
“Just call me Nan Xing!”
Nan Xing nodded silently.
She had never been called Miss Nan before.
The more she heard it, the more awkward it felt.
A flash of white light continuously darted through the zombies.
The nearest zombie had barely taken one step toward them when it suddenly collapsed with a loud thud.
Then the zombies began falling one after another like dominoes.
Thud after thud echoed through the area.
When the last zombie fell, Nan Xing took a step forward.
Her body was suddenly pulled back by the waist.
She turned slightly and saw Shen Huaixu’s serious expression.
Following the direction of his finger, she looked over.
All the nearby zombies had stopped moving.
They had raised their heads and were listening intently.