NOVPUBWith Qin Luzi leading the way and acting as their map, they saved a lot of time clearing out the zombies trapped inside the stores.
The ground floor's stores were a mix of clothing stores, accessories stores such as bags, jewelry, and shoes. Besides that, there were also stores selling beauty products such as makeup and skincare products.
Between the stores, there were some selling snacks, drinks, and even restaurants.
Xiao Qi and Feng Yun only took important supplies due to limited space, while Jiao Lizhi took everything after they left. She had lots of space, and women love beauty.
Even if the accessories and makeup would become useless, there was no harm in collecting them. But out of all the stores, her priority was the jewelry, especially the jade stores.
In her previous life, there was a research result stating that some jade contained energy purer than that inside the crystal cores. While the number of this kind of jade was low, the number of people willing to buy them was countless.
Not to mention, the amount of energy inside the jade varied from less than a level-one crystal core to more than a level-six crystal core. The pure energy itself was enough to attract everyone.
With purer energy, they would be able to absorb more energy during the absorption process. During the breakthrough process, it's crucial to absorb more energy in case they lacked energy and caused backlashes. So, jade was the best option.
When she entered the jade store, Jin Xuyan followed after her. Walking to her side, he asked, "Ah Zhi, are you planning to take the jade?"
Jiao Lizhi nodded and said, "If we are lucky, we can find some with energy inside."
Hearing this, Jin Xuyan nodded and said, "Then I will guard outside. You can take your time."
"Thank you, Brother Yan," Jiao Lizhi replied with a smile.
When she was alone, she waved her hands and collected everything into her space. She would slowly check the jade later.
Unbeknownst to her, the moment the jade entered her space, the surrounding energy entered the pile of jades. While some could absorb more energy, others could only absorb a little.
At the same time, the transparent crystal cores stored inside the boxes slowly turned into energy and were absorbed by the space. During the process, the energy that couldn't be absorbed by the jade seeped into the soil, water, and merged with the air.
Not long after, a small transparent box appeared out of nowhere.
[ Maximum energy capacity has been reached. Entering the evolving process. Time: 5 hours. ]
Not knowing that her space was changing, Jiao Lizhi continued to collect supplies.
Two hours later, they finally finished clearing up the ground floor.
Checking the shopping mall map, Jin Xuyan said, "The underground floor is the supermarket. We will go there and get the supplies before we check the upper floor."
"Understood," the members nodded.
Since there was no electricity, they used the emergency stairs. But before they could open the door, they heard the sound of roaring coming from behind it. 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Bang! Krit!
The sound of banging and the collision between metal and sharp objects echoed in the area.
"Captain, there are a total of 79 zombies on the staircase," Qin Luzi said.
Hearing this, Xun Che glanced at him thoughtfully.
He was confused as to how the Phantom Team was able to avoid so many sudden attacks from the zombies and know the location of hidden zombies. Now that he heard Qin Luzi's words, a bold guess flashed in his mind.
He had seen how they fought and knew that Qin Luzi was a wind-type ability user. But with his precision in pinpointing the location and number of zombies, there was a high possibility he had another ability.
At this moment, the Phantom Team members didn't notice his thoughts as they were focused on their tasks.
Since there were zombies on the other side of the door, Jiao Lizhi said, "Let me do it."
Jin Xuyan nodded and said, "Everyone, move back."
With everyone taking several steps back, Jiao Lizhi created several ice needles and sent them to the other side through the keyhole.
Afterward, she controlled the temperature and changed them into a water blade. Since she couldn't see the situation, she just let the water blade fly randomly.
Crash! Crash! Crash!
"Roar!!"
Standing not far behind her, Qin Luzi said, "Sister-in-law, there are seven zombies on the upper left and eighteen on the bottom right."
Following his instructions, Jiao Lizhi controlled the water blade toward the direction he told her.
Five minutes later, Qin Luzi checked the map in his head and said, "Sister-in-law, there are three more zombies on the right side, two meters forward."
Crack! Crack! Crack!
When the last red dot disappeared from his mind, Qin Luzi nodded and said, "All the zombies are cleared."
As he said this, Jiao Lizhi opened the door. The ground and stairs were filled with mutilated zombie corpses. Seeing this, Jin Xuyan waved his hands and burned the corpses. Out of the 79 zombies, there was not a single crystal found.
"These zombies were trapped here and so weak, there are no crystals at all," Xiao Qi complained.
After he said this, the Phantom Team felt there was no challenge at all in killing these zombies, while Xun Che and his team remained silent.
For them, killing even these weak zombies took a lot of effort. But when it came to the Phantom Team, it sounded as if they were unhappy dealing with such weak zombies.
As they went to the underground floor, the number of zombies was less compared to the ground floor. Since the night event was held by the stores at midnight, the supermarket had been closed.
Besides some wandering zombies outside the gate, Qin Luzi didn't find any zombies inside. After checking the surrounding areas, he said, "Captain, there are no zombies inside."
When Jin Xuyan heard this, he nodded and said, "We will stay here for the night and continue tomorrow."
