Run! Run!
Following the voice in its mind, it turned around and fled.
A trace of coldness flashed through Nan Xing’s eyes. Standing where she was, she swung her sword forward.
Wherever the sword’s radiance passed, black dust billowed into the air and shot straight toward the level-two zombie.
Bang!
The headless zombie’s body crashed to the ground, its head landing beside Nan Xing’s feet.
With a cold, alluring smile on her lips, Nan Xing leisurely walked over to the head and used her sword to pry out the crystal core.
She stepped back and aimed her right foot at the head, moving it back and forth.
The next second, she suddenly kicked the head with all her strength.
The rotten flesh fell apart from the decayed head as it smashed through the glass and flew into the sky.
Nan Xing raised a hand to shield her eyes from the light and watched the head gradually turn into a twinkling star in her vision. She immediately felt completely refreshed.
“That feels great!”
She shouted happily before turning around to look at the others.
Shen Huaixu gazed at Nan Xing with tenderness in his eyes, while Wen Ye and the others quickly averted their gazes and bent down to pick up the crystal cores from the ground.
They really could not afford to provoke a powerhouse.
Especially not one who was in a bad mood.
Nan Xing bent down and picked up the level-two crystal core from the ground. She returned to Shen Huaixu’s side and casually tossed it into his arms.
“Keep it and use it to upgrade your ability!”
“Grandmaster Uncle, I’m clearly the one who is a disciple of the Nanjí Sect!”
Nan Tang’s voice carried a faint hint of resentment as he quietly interrupted.
It was not that he was unwilling to give it to Shen Huaixu. He was simply being contrary for the sake of it.
“Your strength is too poor!”
Nan Xing glanced at him disdainfully and mocked him without mercy.
“If I had to rely on you to protect me, I would have died long ago!”
“Grandmaster Uncle, if I cultivate properly, will I become as powerful as you?”
Nan Tang’s eyes shone with anticipation.
“Of course!”
Nan Xing approvingly patted Nan Tang on the shoulder and encouraged him.
“Keep working hard. Grandmaster Uncle believes in you!”
Looking at Nan Tang’s eyes filled with fighting spirit, a smile slowly appeared on Nan Xing’s lips as she silently added another thought.
You’d better work hard. Only when your strength improves can I enjoy my peaceful retirement life.
“Nan Xing, how is your body?”
Shen Huaixu put away the crystal core, a trace of seriousness flashing in his eyes.
“A level-two zombie has already appeared. I’m worried something might have happened to Doctor Chen!”
“No problem. My strength is stable at the Foundation Establishment stage!”
Nan Xing waved her hand indifferently.
“Let’s go find Doctor Chen.”
There was a faint ache in her heart.
This time, she had directly used up two high-grade spirit stones.
Her cultivation realm was still intact, but she needed a large amount of spiritual energy to replenish her spiritual sea.
With the spiritual energy from two high-grade spirit stones entering her body, her strength should have stabilized at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. However, she had just used up part of that spiritual energy, causing her cultivation to fall directly back to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
Nan Xing walked out of the building and immediately froze when she saw the completely blackened vehicle.
The vehicle had actually been burned!
Did she really have to walk all the way to find Doctor Chen?
“Captain Shen, all the vehicles nearby have been destroyed!”
Wen Ye immediately started looking for another vehicle.
“I want to see who dares to cause trouble right under my nose!”
A trace of coldness entered Nan Xing’s voice.
She instantly formed hand seals and slowly drew out a mirror with rippling waves across its surface.
The image showed two people circling the vehicle while talking continuously.
“This vehicle looks pretty good. If we drive it back, Brother Liu will definitely reward us!”
“Damn it, there’s no fuel!”
“Keep your voice down. Can’t you see how many zombies are gathered inside the building?”
“I wonder what so many zombies are gathering together. Do zombies have gatherings too?”
“Heh, what are you thinking? They’re obviously eating the owner of the vehicle. Burn it, burn it. Since we can’t drive it away, we’ll destroy it!”
One of them conjured flames in his palm and threw them onto the vehicle.
Anger appeared in Nan Xing’s eyes. She then changed her hand gesture, and the scene in the mirror shifted.
A group of people were gathered together as if they were resting.
Most of the able-bodied men were eating bread. Only one person had an entire chicken in his hands.
Clearly, this person was the Brother Liu they had mentioned.
A surge of anger rose in Nan Xing’s heart as she immediately locked onto her target.
“Nan Xing, can you shift it a little to the left?”
Shen Huaixu frowned, his voice solemn.
Nan Xing shifted the image in the mirror slightly. It revealed another group of people lying on the ground with their wrists tied. They did not have a single piece of food in their hands.
“Captain Shen, look! There are actually people from the Beijing Institute of Biology among them!”
Lifeng exclaimed in surprise.
Shen Huaixu’s brows furrowed tightly, and his expression became even more solemn.
Doctor Chen was probably in serious danger.
“Captain Shen, look! Brother Liu is the person who brought the zombies to attack us!”
Nan Tang pointed angrily at a figure in the corner.
“Let’s settle both old and new grudges at once!”
Nan Xing put away her spell, her gaze becoming increasingly sharp.
“You all upgrade your abilities first. Then we’ll go find them and get revenge. Ask them where Doctor Chen is!”
Shen Huaixu silently nodded and led everyone back.
This was still better than wandering around the research institute like headless flies.
Nan Xing rested her chin on her hand and lazily sat on the ground, carefully observing the condition of the others.
“Nan Xing, why don’t you take this opportunity to collect all the supplies in the shopping mall?”
The Heavenly Dao’s childish voice sounded in her mind, carrying a hint of hesitation.
“So you finally decided to show up? Where were you when I was in danger?”
Nan Xing questioned it sternly.
“You’re so strong. You could definitely get through the danger.”
The childish voice sounded slightly guilty.
“Besides, I went to find spirit stones for you!”
A black hole appeared before her eyes. A spirit stone fell out with a crisp sound.
“Just one?”
Nan Xing tossed it lightly in her hand, a playful smile appearing at the corners of her lips.
“This is a high-grade spirit stone!”
The Heavenly Dao’s childish voice rose as it hurriedly defended itself.
It knew Nan Xing would not let it off so easily.
That was why, after using its connections to obtain a single high-grade spirit stone, it finally dared to show itself.
“Nan Xing, collect all the supplies in the shopping mall.”
The Heavenly Dao repeated itself, deliberately adding:
“Be prepared for anything.”
A glint flashed through Nan Xing’s eyes. She sat upright in one swift motion.
“All right. I’ll do it now!”
After saying that, she began sweeping through the mall floor by floor.
She understood the hidden meaning behind the Heavenly Dao’s words. Human life was probably going to become even more difficult from this point onward.
The entire sweep went unexpectedly smoothly. It was probably because the zombies inside the building had been controlled by the level-two zombie yesterday and gathered on the first floor, where she had killed them all with a single sword strike.
When she returned to the first floor, she found Shen Huaixu and the others waiting for her.
“Did you succeed?”
Nan Xing asked excitedly. She was already impatient to get revenge.
“Captain Shen’s ability has reached level three, while ours are at level two.”
Nan Tang nodded excitedly, his eyes filled with curiosity.
“Grandmaster Uncle, where did you just go?”
“Collecting supplies.”
Nan Xing answered Nan Tang, but she looked at Shen Huaixu and jokingly said in a light tone,
“Just in case there’s another natural disaster in the future and we don’t have enough food.”
She noticed the thoughtful look in Shen Huaixu’s eyes, and the corners of her lips slowly curled upward.
The information had already been conveyed. It would be better to leave the rest to them.
She was not suited for thinking too much. She was only suited for a lazy, peaceful life.
“Are we going to find that group of people now?”
Nan Xing looked at Shen Huaixu with sparkling eyes. She formed a hand seal, and a guiding butterfly flew out.
“Let it lead the way!”
Shen Huaixu silently nodded. He raised his hand and waved it forward.
“Move out!”