Mrs. Xu was surprised for a long while before she said, "You, you are..."
"Oh, it's superpowers. Some people become monsters, and some people gain superpowers. I'm one of them." Lin Tan Tan explained simply. This family took her in, and it was just a piece of cake for her. It wasn't a big deal.
Old Mrs. Xu murmured, "It turns out that I was right just now. You really threw two green ropes over here."
Lin Tantan was still wondering why these people were not surprised by her special abilities. It turned out that the old lady thought she was seeing things.
"Then, my husband's illness has been cured?" Old Mrs. Xu asked again.
"It's just temporary relief. If you want to get better, you have to treat it for a while." Lin Tantan said. She had treated many patients with intractable diseases in the past. Basically, they would be back to health after one or two courses of treatment. Of course, her fees were high. At this moment, she was at a low level, and old diseases like chronic bronchitis would take at least several months to treat.
"Sister, can you teach me? Then I can cure grandpa." The Xu family's granddaughter said crisply.
Seeing that the child was fair-skinned and polite, Lin Tantan liked her and said to her, "I can't teach you. Whether you can gain abilities or not is not up to me. God has the final say."
Then a few people pulled Lin aside to talk about superpowers. Naturally, she couldn't act as if she knew everything, so she mostly answered that she didn't know or wasn't sure.
After a hearty meal, Lin Tantan returned to her room and absorbed the gold crystal core, which emitted a golden thorn that was like a nail driven into the wall. Lin Tantan got out of bed and walked to the wall. She gently wiped it with her hand, and the golden thorn turned into golden mist and turned back into energy and returned to her body. She looked carefully at the small hole in the wall, estimating that it was about two centimeters, and felt relieved.
Even if she is killed tomorrow, she will fight her way out.
It’s a pity that there are no more crystal cores. I have to find a way to get some.
She closed her eyes, trying to block out the noise made by the zombies outside and forced herself to fall asleep.
…
Some people choose to recharge their energy at night, while others choose to act in the darkness.
Ye Xiao's team was obviously such a group of experts. Because through the surveillance cameras in the city, they found that the zombies were getting stronger and more numerous every moment, and the longer they delayed, the more difficult it would be for them to rescue.
Similarly, because they have hacked into the surveillance system, they have countless more pairs of eyes in the city, which greatly facilitates their actions.
The time came to two hours ago.
Their first target was the two scientists, not only because they were the most important, but also because their laboratories were close to the suburbs and closest to the team at the time.
It was a new type of office building, only six stories high, with an overall elliptical ring structure. Both its shape and building materials were extremely technological and sturdy enough. There were many rooms of different sizes on each floor.
Next to this office building is a commercial city, also newly built and quite impressive. Not far from these two buildings are a number of real estate projects, some of which have been completed and occupied, with a few lights shining through at night, and some are under construction. The land further away is mostly bare land and low-rise residential areas.
It was almost dark at this time. Ye Xiao took all of this in with a telescope. He squinted his eyes slightly, as if thinking about something. He also paid attention to his surroundings. Whenever he saw a zombie approaching, he would kill it with just a raise of his gun.
At the back, in an abandoned factory building, a tall and strong man was fiddling with packages of something with another slender man with feminine features, as if they were installing something.
"Done." The two came out.
"Let's go." The group of three retreated quietly. Not long after, loud noises suddenly came from the factory, including the sound of cars and noisy voices, as if there was a train station in that small house.
The sound was transmitted layer by layer through a number of loudspeakers. As it was getting dark, the restless zombies were attracted by the sound and went towards the source of the sound. Many zombies also came out of the high-tech office building.
The three of them went all the way back to the third floor of a half-built building, where there was a rough wall, red bricks and cement everywhere, and a pile of debris on the ground. The good thing was that the entire floor could be seen at a glance, and there was no need to worry about zombies hiding in the corners and not being able to be discovered.
The other five people were here. Bai Cheng was sitting with a man who was typing away on a laptop, talking to the screen. When he saw them coming back, Bai Cheng looked up and said, "Everyone who can get out of the building has come out, but there are still a lot of people left inside. I'll tell you where they are later. Professor Zheng and Professor Wu are in the underground laboratory now. There are a lot of zombies surrounding the entrance, and there are also a lot of zombies in their laboratory. You must hurry."
Ye Xiao nodded: "Xiaotian, Meimei, Xu Li, are you ready?" He called out their names directly.
Xiaotian is the man who keeps typing on the notebook. His name is Jiang Xiaotian. He is a young man with an ordinary face who cannot be found even in a crowd. But he is a master hacker and can handle anything that has something to do with this aspect. The surveillance system in Yang City was hacked by him.
He closed the notebook in his hand and stood up: "Okay, we can go now."
Mei Mei is the one with a bad temper. His full name is Mei Bosheng, but he obviously doesn't like his flowery and awkward name, so he gave himself this nickname. He patted the gun in his hand and said with a grin, "I've been ready for a long time."
Xu Li is a very shy young man with a soft face and personality. He doesn't look stronger than Cheng Qinan who joined the team halfway, but he is the second most lethal person in the team after Ye Xiao. He is different from the others. Although he has a gun on his waist, he doesn't hold a gun in his hand. He holds a long sword with a simple scabbard.
Ye Xiao looked at the tall and strong man who had just returned with him and said, "Da Zhong, I'll leave this to you."
Da Zhong is the roughest-looking guy in the team, a genuine Northeastern man. He is usually silent and honest, doesn't talk much, has a good temper, but is very fierce in battle. His full name is Zhong Xiong, and he lives up to his name.
Mei Bosheng, Xu Li, Zhong Xiong, and the captain Ye Xiao make up a seven-man team - now they are the firepower of the eight-man team. The others can't be said to be weak, but they are not so good at fighting. Ye Xiao wants to take the first two away, so he naturally has to leave one behind, otherwise he will not feel at ease.
Zhong Xiong smiled innocently and said, "Don't worry, boss." Bai Cheng also said, "Don't worry about us, just be careful."
Ye Xiao nodded and ran towards the office building with the three of them.
It was already completely dark, with only a few automatic sensor lights in the office building that occasionally lit up, but they were all wearing night vision goggles, and with Bai Cheng's instructions from behind in their headphones, they quickly killed all the zombies they encountered along the way in the office building and came underground.
In fact, there is often no need for other people to take action. Ye Xiao just waves his hand, and with a sound of wind, a zombie falls down.
Mei Bosheng was filled with envy and whispered to Jiang Xiaotian beside him: "This superpower is really useful. When can we have this power?"
He was responsible for protecting Jiang Xiaotian and had to stay with this guy all the time. Jiang Xiaotian was holding his computer, full of fantasies: "Could superpowers be a super powerful processor?" Anyway, he didn't like fighting and killing, he just wanted a supercomputer.
Mei Bosheng rolled his eyes. He couldn't get along with this guy, so he asked Xu Li, who was behind him, "Xu Li..." But in the night vision goggles, he saw him slashing and killing a zombie that suddenly appeared from behind with his long sword, just like a swordsman in ancient times. After that, he turned around and asked softly, "Did you call me?"
Looks stupid.
Mei Baisheng rolled his eyes again. This guy was like a bug with super powers.
Ye Xiao suddenly said: "Focus!"
Several people were solemn.
They came to the entrance of the underground laboratory, and there were indeed many zombies here. Ye Xiao and Xu Li attacked together, but the distance was too close and it was not suitable for them to shoot, otherwise they would be shot in the head one by one, and the faces and bodies would be splashed with zombies. One used wind blade and the other swung sword, and they took care of them all in a few minutes. Mei Baisheng pulled Jiang Xiaotian to the side to hide and paddle.
After all the zombies lay down, Jiang Xiaotian came on the scene. He took out a lot of stuff from his bag, connected them to the electronic door at the entrance, fiddled with the computer for a while, and within two minutes, the door opened with a drip.
As soon as the door opened, a fishy wind blew towards his face. Ye Xiao picked up Jiang Xiaotian and threw him to Mei Baisheng. He raised his hand to blew away the zombie that was scratching the door, and stepped in with Xu Li.
Ten minutes later, all the zombies in the underground were eliminated and lying all over the ground. They also found their target in the innermost warehouse. There were five or six staff members hiding with the two scientists.
When these people saw Ye Xiao and others, they were as excited as if they had seen a savior.
The older Professor Zheng held Ye Xiao's hand tightly and said, "Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much! Where are we going next?"
"We have other tasks to do, so we won't leave for now. This laboratory is quite safe. We will clean out the zombies in the building later and settle down here for the time being." Ye Xiao had it all thought out.
Professor Zheng was stunned: "Okay, okay, I can't bear to part with my experimental equipment. Xiao Wu." He called his young colleague, but saw that he had already put on gloves and was extracting samples from the zombies.
This research geek was actually itching to do this, so he talked to Ye Xiao for a few words and then left. Ye Xiao also knew these two professors. Professor Zheng was engaged in life sciences, and the younger Professor Wu seemed to have considerable attainments in drug research. The higher-ups valued these two people and hoped that they could develop a vaccine for the current situation.
After that, he went out and picked up the four people outside.
When the group got together, the first thing they did was to close several exits of the office building and then start clearing out the zombies.
Fortunately, it was New Year's Day and there were not many people in the building. They ignored those who were locked in the rooms as they did not have the energy to do so for the time being. They just cleared out all the zombies in all open areas such as staircases, corridors, toilets, and leisure areas, and they were busy until late at night.
At the same time, all the survivors in the building were rescued, a total of more than 20 people.
These people were arranged into some rooms on the second floor.
The eight of them also found a place to rest. This place must have been a small foreign trade company before. It was very nicely decorated. There were two sets of sofas for meetings alone, and a lounge with a shower and a bed. Some people slept on beds, some on sofas, and some on carpets. They each found a position they liked. Those who were more lazy and casual, like Mei Baisheng and Zhong Xiong, fell asleep in a second as soon as they lay down, snoring like they were in a competition.
Those who are more particular will take turns to take a bath.
"Ah Xiao, come and take a look." Bai Cheng spread out his notebook on the coffee table and called Ye Xiao over.
Ye Xiao sat over and placed the bag in his hand on the coffee table. Inside was all the food he had just collected from other places. Most of them were fast food like instant noodles, and there was nothing good in it.
Bai Cheng was looking at a surveillance video. The picture was a little unclear at night, but the street lights were still on, so it was not completely unclear. At this time, the picture showed zombies surrounding a villa.
"This is the Jingfeng Villa District. If I'm not mistaken, this is where Mr. Xu lives."
Ye Xiao frowned slightly: "There are quite a few zombies."
"Didn't Mr. Xu say before that there were many people in his house? He probably went there because he smelled human scent. The problem now is, I don't know how long this wall can last."
Bai Cheng switched several scenes, some long shots and some close shots. Zombies were surrounding the villa in every direction. The iron gate of the villa was also shaking due to the impact, which made people worry about the people in the villa.
Ye Xiao asked: "Can we still contact someone?"
"I just contacted them. At present, there are seven elderly people, four children, two middle-aged women, and a female college student in the villa, including the Xu family. There are fourteen people in total."
Ye Xiao frowned even more tightly, not because there were too many people, but such a combination sounded worrying.
Bai Cheng said: "Mr. Xu is in good spirits. He said that the female college student also has superpowers, which seem to be more healing, and she is also quite skilled."
Ye Xiao was a little surprised to hear about superpowers. His ability suddenly appeared when the plane was about to crash in the afternoon. It came without any signs. Until now, they have not met a second person with similar abilities, neither in their team nor in the people they rescued in the building just now. To be honest, he is still exploring this ability and currently only uses it by instinct.
Therefore, when he finally heard that there was a person with a similar situation, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, and he thought they could communicate if there was a chance.
Before they met, he had already made a note in his mind about that "female college student".
He asked, "What's it like to get to Jingfeng from here?"
Bai Cheng pointed to an electronic map with the route marked. It was not very far, but not close either, about twenty kilometers. Places with surveillance cameras along the way were also marked. By clicking on those small icons, the surveillance footage could be retrieved. Some places were very quiet, some were roaming with many zombies, some were staging tragedies, and some were blocked by cars.
Ye Xiao took the notebook and looked at it carefully. Bai Cheng opened a few boxes of instant noodles and brewed them with the freshly boiled water in the kettle beside him: "Xiaotian and I are looking for the most suitable route. You take a rest first. We will definitely be able to work out a plan before dawn."
"It will be too late if we wait until daybreak."
Ye Xiao cut back to the scene of the villa and pointed out a few zombies that looked like they wanted to climb.
These things evolved very quickly. When they were cleaning the floor just now, they encountered several zombies that could go up and down the stairs. The zombies they had seen before would fall down if they encountered a small step.
Ye Xiao had no doubt that given these zombies a few more hours, they would be able to learn to climb walls.
At this moment, suddenly a zombie climbed up by stepping on the shoulders of other zombies, grabbed the railing and climbed over the wall, fell heavily to the ground, but quickly got up and went towards the villa.
Ye Xiao sat up straight abruptly, clenching his hands around the notebook. He immediately picked up the phone to call Old Man Xu, even though he knew it would probably be useless. How could a room full of people, young and old, be a match for such an agile zombie
Bai Cheng stopped fiddling with the noodles when he saw this: "What's wrong?" He looked at the screen and his expression became serious, "Oh no!"
However, before Ye Xiao made the call, the surveillance footage showed that a window on the first floor diagonally opposite, which was the direction in which the zombies were moving, suddenly opened and a long stick-shaped object flew out.
Originally, due to poor lighting, the surveillance screen was all grayish white, but one end of the thing was clearly shining with a light golden light, and it could be vaguely seen that it was an axe, which instantly swept across the zombie's head and nailed into the wall.
It is solid and has penetrated three inches into the wall.
Even though there was no sound from the surveillance camera, they seemed to have heard a muffled bang.
The zombie that had finally climbed over the wall seemed to be fixed in place. After a moment, the part of its head above the nose moved away from its original position little by little, like a lid leaving the pot, and fell to the ground. The zombie that had lost half of its head just fell straight down.
Ye Xiao: “…”
Bai Cheng: “…”
A teammate who accidentally passed by the two of them said: "F-Fuck!"
The next moment, a figure that looked like a young girl was seen on the surveillance screen, leaning on the windowsill and jumping out of the window nimbly.
His posture was very relaxed and chic, except that he may not have predicted the height well when landing, so he turned a little.