Although Ye Shuyao knew she was in the wrong, when she heard someone mock her ability for being “cool,” she instinctively retorted.
“Sorry… cough! That was an accident just now. Ranran said I’ll be very strong in the future—maybe I’ll even be stronger than you.”
Shi Ran: Hey hey, you’re my real sister, I never said that!
Gu Ming was the ice-type king in the novel. Not only did he create many ice-based attack techniques, he also had extremely strong psychic perception abilities.
Girl, if you ever challenge him to a duel, I’ll definitely be “busy.” Don’t ask how busy—just very busy. Take care of yourself.
Gu Ming thought she had misunderstood him, but he was afraid of saying something wrong, so he changed the subject instead.
“I’m an ice-type ability user, and I also have psychic perception. If there’s danger, I can sense it in advance.”
As he spoke, ice formed in his palm. He opened the car window, sensed the nearest zombie, and with a sharp throw—an ice spike pierced straight through its forehead. The zombie dropped instantly.
Ye Shuyao: I take back what I just said… is it too late?
“Gu Ming and the boss are both very strong. I’m an earth-type, and Xu Zimo controls metal. Dealing with zombies is still a bit difficult though,” Tang Yao explained honestly, then raised the soil beside the road to trip a nearby zombie.
Xu Zimo was driving, so he didn’t show his ability.
“Ranran, didn’t you say there were very few? You lied to me—I’m going to cry in your arms,” Ye Shuyao said dramatically, hugging Shi Ran from the back seat.
“Hahaha, don’t be sad. There really aren’t many. We didn’t meet other ability users along the way. We’ve always trained and fought, so we got lucky,” Xu Zimo said casually while driving.
Maybe they had met others, just hadn’t seen them use abilities yet—like the water-type girl, Xia Yun.
“Shi Ran, what about you? You awakened your ability after the zombie outbreak, right?” Zhou Nuocheng suddenly asked.
Shi Ran paused for a moment. So he actually could talk normally?
“Yes, besides my space ability, I also awakened lightning.”
She formed a purple lightning ball in her hand and threw it outside. Although the accuracy was off due to distance, the power was strong enough to pierce through a zombie’s chest, leaving a charred hole.
“Damn, that’s insane. You could take on ten alone,” Xu Zimo exclaimed.
Everyone was surprised. A seemingly harmless sweet girl actually had such rare and lethal abilities—truly unpredictable.
Shi Ran: Of course I’m strong. I paid for it with bad luck. I crossed into a book carrying a script I never chose to follow.
“Then, lightning girl,” Zhou Nuocheng turned his head, “if it rains and there’s thunder, will you conduct electricity? Should we stay away from you—or stay close?”
Ye Shuyao raised her hand. “Ranran… I kind of want to know too.”
Shi Ran looked at her helplessly.
Zhou Nuocheng smiled even more.
Shi Ran said seriously, “If you want to get struck by lightning, you don’t have to be so indirect. I can help you.”
“Tch, stingy. Can’t even ask a question,” Zhou Nuocheng said, turning back.
Shi Ran, sitting slightly behind him, saw him tilt toward the window. Sunlight outlined his sharp jaw, high nose bridge, and prominent Adam’s apple. He looked handsome and unruly, fingers lightly tapping the glass.
Then he tapped twice.
A pale glowing figure stepped out of his body—a clone identical to him.
The clone immediately engaged the zombies outside. Every punch and kick left streaks of dark flames, burning everything it touched.
“This is my ability: clone and flow fire. If you want to strike someone, make sure you pick the right one.”
“Oh.”
Shi Ran didn’t admit she had briefly been distracted by his face, thinking he was just showing off.
She knew his abilities from the novel—he was practically the author’s favorite character.
His clone ability required extremely strong mental control. Weak mental users couldn’t even begin to compare. With enough strength, he could control multiple clones, each with full combat power.
And his “flow fire” was an extremely rare type of fire that couldn’t be extinguished by water or ice.
Shi Ran thought: Zhou Nuocheng really is too well-behaved.
At his age and strength, who would still act so restrained?
If it were her, she’d already be running wild.
Unfortunately, this thickest “golden thigh” belonged to the heroine.
She had no main-character halo. Survival first.
After seven hours of driving through the apocalypse roads, they finally neared Feng County.
“Be careful. The zombies here are dense. Let’s deliver the files first, then gather supplies,” Xu Zimo said.
“Okay,” Shi Ran replied.
Gu Ming added, “The retired soldier Wang Zhiguo runs a two-story supermarket here. The computer should be in his upstairs room.”
He frowned slightly. “But the situation might be complicated—supermarkets are likely occupied after the outbreak.”
Shi Ran nodded thoughtfully.
“Then we’ll have to be careful.”