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Chapter 667: Chapter 667: Rushing on the Road
"Let’s discuss this later, we need a quick battle and quick resolution,"
Lu Hao said after hearing the conversation of the others.
They were still some distance away from the food storage warehouse, and if they couldn’t make it back at night, they would have to stay outside, full of dangers, with these three people.
The others nodded in agreement and cooperated fully with Lin Xiuyuan, fighting fiercely.
It wasn’t until the battle under the car was over that Su Jin looked at the time and chuckled, "26 minutes, that’s an improvement."
"Captain Lu, how did you and Su Jin advance your Level Seven Fire Element and Wood Element abilities? It’s so impressive,"
Xiang Sanjin asked while quickly digging out Crystal Cores. Captain Lu’s area damage was incredibly potent, and many Mutated Zombies didn’t even get the chance to use their Special Abilities before being burned to death by him, and although Su Jin had not left the vehicle, the path of every vine was defeating foes in a single hit—let alone if she actually got out.
"Once you’ve killed off the Zombies around your base, you should understand,"
Lu Hao said while digging Crystal Cores and killing another wave of Zombies that had gathered. The horde they had just dealt with was barely cleared when more Zombies were already rushing over—true to H Province.
Watching the continuous waves of Zombies outside, Su Jin smiled rather than fretting; the opportunities for development here seemed indeed vast. This period of her stay gave her the feeling of bringing the whole family here for a trial.
The Wood Element ability was very efficient in digging Crystal Cores. With each vine penetrating and then pulling out, a Crystal Core was accurately extracted.
Huang Yunxiang used her Water Element Ability to continuously wash a large basket of Crystal Cores, while Lu Hao, Su Xiangzhe, and the others defended. The cooperation within the family looked like a natural understanding.
Xiang Sanjin sighed, his thoughts inadvertently drifting back to his own family.
At the beginning of the Apocalypse, even though he had managed to reach his family in time, his elderly parents had still turned into Zombies, and his brother and sister-in-law, along with their young children, were trapped in a distant place. Tian Yongyi’s family situation wasn’t much better; the older folks simply couldn’t withstand the corrosion of the Zombie Virus, and in the end, only some of the young and middle-aged villagers managed to escape...
Seeing a team like Captain Lu’s, where an entire family was together fighting Zombies and possessed such powerful abilities, was a first for them.
"Let’s go, forget those for now,"
Lu Hao gestured for Tian Yongyi to keep driving. Several groups of Zombies were rapidly sprinting in their direction, but they didn’t plan to linger any longer. Staying in one place meant endlessly fighting Zombies without end.
Due to constant Zombie interference, by the time the group reached the area where the warehouse was located, it was already past noon.
"There are a few factories up ahead, and then we’ll reach it after going up that slope,"
Guan Shouzhong pointed outside and explained to the family.
"Qiqi, what’s the situation ahead?"
Su Jin asked.
"Not too good; there are at least 20,000 Zombies outside,"
Mao Qiqi’s estimate was conservative, especially considering one of the factories, which was full of Zombies. The 20,000 Zombies she mentioned did not include those inside the factory.
"Trapped inside the factory?"
Upon hearing this, Su Jin thought of the Man-eating Flower. In that case, it would be best to place the Man-eating Flower inside the factory.
"I’ve been wanting to ask, how does Qiqi know what’s ahead?"
Guan Shouzhong finally couldn’t help but ask. The young girl had been alerting them to the road conditions all along the way, and she had been remarkably accurate. Though Tian Yongyi hadn’t asked anything, he too had started paying full attention to the young girl’s guidance.
"Qiqi is a Mental Element Ability User, she can sense the dangers around us, and can distinguish between Zombies and humans,"
Lu Hao only now began to explain to the three of them.
After listening to Lu Hao’s explanation, Guan Shouzhong’s eyes shone as he looked at Mao Qiqi, "Such a special ability is simply a cheating tool, but it seems that I’ve never noticed anyone with this ability at the base."
It would be great if we had one, Guan Shouzhong thought despondently.
"Mental Element Ability Users are encountered by chance and not by searching. They are even rarer than Healing Element Ability Users. To find one is already quite lucky, but if one isn’t aware of this ability, they could easily be mistaken for a mentally ill patient, leading to self-doubt. So, it’s best to pay more attention at the base, there might be someone," Su Jin said. While speaking, she thought of Mu Yunle, who was with Wei Junhao, wondering how the little guy was doing now, whether he had adapted to life with the Wei Family. However, her thoughts were quickly interrupted by the deafening roar of zombies from outside.
"It’s that factory on the right hand side; it’s swarming with zombies,"
Mao Qiqi pointed to the source of the noise ahead.
Tian Yongyi rammed through several zombies, gritted his teeth, and continued to drive forward. The area around that factory seemed to have been barricaded by someone with Metal Element Ability, preventing the zombies inside from climbing out. However, the surrounding wall also didn’t look like it would hold much longer, especially since the zombies inside became even more frenzied after hearing the noise of their passing vehicle.
"Let’s stop here,"
Lu Hao said after discussing with Su Jin.
"Captain Lu, we can’t stop here. What if the zombies inside rush out?"
Tian Yongyi said anxiously.
"If we don’t deal with this place, it will be very easy for us to get sandwiched by zombies from the front and the back as we continue forward. We must take care of this first. Rest assured, it won’t take too long,"
Lu Hao only explained with such patience when facing his former subordinates.
Tian Yongyi nodded and stopped not far from the factory.
"Uncle, try to make it as thick as possible,"
Su Jin said to Lin Cheng.
Lin Cheng nodded. He knew Su Jin’s plan, which was to further reinforce the wall with Earth Element Ability and slowly allow the Man-eating Flowers to devour the zombies inside. This task was very easy for him, and he also had his family members around him to clear away any zombies nearby.
So Guan Shouzhong and the others watched as a family escorted Su Jin down, and suddenly, a robust vine appeared beneath her feet, lifting her and Lu Hao up.
The zombies inside the wall saw two people suddenly appear above them and immediately rushed forward like mad.
"Tsk, there are quite a lot. Xiao Cui is going to be happy about this,"
Su Jin quickly grew the Man-eating Flowers, one, two, three, four... To speed up the consumption, she produced a total of six within the factory’s walls.
No sooner had the Man-eating Flowers taken root, they began eating enthusiastically, undisturbed by any zombie attacks, and their feeding became even more fervent.
The two quickly came down from the shrinking vines, while Lin Cheng built another layer of sturdy stone wall outside the original one.
"They won’t be able to break through this wall for half a day,"
Lin Cheng said proudly.
"That’s enough, they will eat through them quickly enough inside,"
Su Jin said with a smile.
