“AH…
Mom, help…” Just as Ginny Jarvis finished speaking to Mason Ryder, she heard Cecilia Sinclair’s screams.
She quickly ran over and opened the door, only to see a Fireball in Cecilia’s hands.
The girl was frantically shaking her hands in panic.
Ginny couldn’t help but find it amusing as she hurriedly walked over and opened the window.
“Throw it out!
Concentrate and hurl that Fireball outside, but aim carefully.
Don’t hit the trees.”
Currently, there was no place safer than here, and she had no desire to run around looking for a new place to live.
Cecilia glanced at Ginny, her puppy-dog eyes full of doubt.
She wondered if this would really work.
However, she still threw the Fireball in the direction Ginny pointed.
Ginny looked over and saw that the stone bricks had been smashed open.
She wondered, “Is this the Witch’s power?
To be this formidable right from the start is incredible!”
“Let’s go.
We’ll talk downstairs.”
By the time the two went downstairs, Caleb Grant was already there.
Seeing Ginny, he said, “I’ve been knocking on Sean Kane’s door for a long time, but there’s no response.”
Hearing this, Ginny was pleasantly surprised.
She thought, “HAHA, it looks like Sean is about to awaken an Ability too.
I just don’t know which one it’ll be.”
“I’ll go up and check,” she said.
Ginny was very much looking forward to Sean awakening an Ability.
After all, life in the apocalypse was far too difficult for ordinary people.
The government would provide relief, but food and water resources would be scarce, and the land would be polluted.
Priority for food and water supplies would also have to be given to Ability Users and scientists.
This was also the reason why there were fewer and fewer ordinary people five years into the apocalypse.
After going upstairs, Ginny directly opened the door with the spare key, only to see Sean frozen to his bed.
Unable to hold back, she let out an unkind laugh.
“Sean, don’t worry.
I’m coming to save you right now, HAHA…
Caleb, come up here for a second!
I need some help, HAHAHA…”
Sean was currently frozen on the bed like a round ball.
She had no idea how he managed to do it, but even his mouth was frozen shut.
Only his nose and everything above it were exposed outside the ice ball.
“Ginny, what’s wrong?
…Uh…
is this Sean?” Caleb looked at the ice ball on the bed, momentarily doubting his own eyes.
His mind was currently a mess.
Cecilia’s fire had already left him dumbfounded, and now Sean had turned himself into an ice ball.
He felt like he had crossed into a fantasy world.
“Yeah, let’s move him into the bathroom,” Ginny said.
“We’ll see if the water from the heater can thaw him out.”
In the bathroom.
Ginny turned on the showerhead and poured hot water over Sean’s ice ball.
The ice melted slowly at a visible rate.
It wasn’t that she hadn’t thought of letting Cecilia do it, but considering the girl couldn’t even control the strength of her own Fireballs yet, she dismissed the idea.
A minute later.
Sean could finally speak.
“Ginny, aren’t I amazing?
HAHAHA, I can help you out now, right?”
Sean’s mind was full of the fact that he was no longer a useless person.
He had awakened an Ability too, and now he could protect his sister.
“Yes, you’re amazing.
It should be the Ice Ability.
It’s a Mutated Ability and very rare!”
Sean grew even happier after Ginny’s words, but he didn’t dare use it carelessly.
After all, the reason he had turned into that state earlier was entirely due to his overexcitement.
By the time Sean cleaned himself up and came downstairs, everyone else was already there.
Aside from Mason and Lyra Kane, the rest of them had awakened an Ability.
As for Caroline Corbin, Ginny didn’t know if she would awaken an Ability.
At the very least, she showed no signs of doing so for now.
Timmy had awakened the Wood Ability.
Right now, because the awakening had consumed too much Energy, he was curled up on the sofa with his eyes closed to rest.
Clark Chandler had awakened the Power Ability, which was similar to a warrior in a game.
The strength of his physical body would increase as his Level went up.
After Level 3, ordinary swords would not cause him any harm, and zombies with a lower Level than his would be even more helpless against him.
“I know you have many questions.
Now I will take my time answering them.” After speaking, Ginny took a bottle of water and leisurely drank two mouthfuls.
“The reason why you guys were selected by the Kane Group is because I received a video from someone claiming to be a Prophet.
They said a zombie outbreak was coming, and you would all be great helpers for me in the future.
“After the zombie virus outbreak, we must clean up zombies every day and dig out the Corpse Crystals from their brains to use for our own upgrades.
“Awakened Abilities include the Gold Element, Wood Element, Water Element, Fire Element, Earth Element, Thunder Element, Wind Element, and Power System.
There are also Mutated Abilities: the Ice Element, Spiritual Element, Space System, Healing Element, and the most terrifying Pillage Ability.
However, they cannot increase their Levels by absorbing Corpse Crystals.
It’s unclear exactly how much plundering is needed to upgrade.
“Alright, that’s all for now.
Everyone, take a moment to rest and reorganize.
We’ll be heading out to clear zombies after eating.”
After speaking, Ginny looked around the room full of people and slowly said, “Everyone has to go.
And in future operations, you must obey Caleb and me, whether it’s killing zombies or scavenging for supplies.
If you can’t do that, we’ll part ways right here.
Take care, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
“Of course, there is one more vital point: no betrayals.”
She cast a sharp gaze at Clark and the other three.
She truly couldn’t figure out their true character or behavior, so she didn’t intend to let them know too much about certain things just yet.
Afterward, Caroline, Sean, and Cecilia went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Earlier, since Ginny had planned to use the villa as an early-stage base, she had hoarded a lot of food and water in it.
She had even converted the rooftop terrace directly into a reservoir over two meters high, with the top completely covered in solar panels.
Therefore, they didn’t have to worry about running out of water at all right now.
After making the arrangements, Ginny returned to her room, intending to try out the Spiritual Spring in her space.
In the novels she used to read, the protagonists’ Spiritual Spring Water could always purify the body, temper the soul, and heal wounds.
She wanted to see if hers had the same effect.
She also wondered whether this spring water was inexhaustible or if it would eventually dry up.
After closing the door, Ginny took the water cup from the table and entered her space.
She filled it with water and drank it down in one gulp, only to find no reaction whatsoever.
Three cups of water later, there was still absolutely no effect.
Fine, it seemed like just ordinary drinking water.
Well, she was still thankful for the heavens’ blessing.
She then left her space and went to the water storage bucket she had bought on the first floor.
Placing her hand over it, she concentrated, and a stream of water flowed out from her palm.
It wasn’t until the 100-liter bucket was full that she stopped.
Noticing the others watching her, Ginny slowly said, “I’ve awakened the Water Ability.
We shouldn’t have to worry about water from now on.”
“That’s wonderful, Jarvis.
Both you and Sean are amazing.” Caroline had a look of gratification on her face.
Although she didn’t know the specific situation outside, she had clearly seen the chaos on the streets when they came out last night.
Ginny smiled but didn’t say anything.
Amazing?
This was far from enough.
She had to upgrade as quickly as possible.