Chapter 319 - 316: There’s Supposed to Be Another Spiritual Zombie

Chapter 319: Chapter 316: There’s Supposed to Be Another Spiritual Zombie

Suddenly, the arrogant Superpower Users who had been watching them collapsed, blood splattering everywhere.

After a moment of stunned silence, he cried out in disbelief, "Those bastards are dead!?"

At the sound of his voice, the people who had been hunched over, searching for something, all stood up and looked toward the shade of the trees.

The men who had just been drinking water and yelling at them were all lying dead on the ground.

"What happened?" Although they felt the men deserved it, a sense of unease crept in.

Whatever person or thing could kill those Superpower Users so silently had to be incredibly powerful.

As they all stared in shock, a slender figure suddenly emerged from behind a tree. "You’re free to go."

Chen Xing couldn’t stand by and watch Yu Laosan use captured survivors to search for things for him.

Besides, these people looked out for one another—exactly the kind of people the factory compound could take in.

Killing these Superpower Users was easy for her. But... it was essential to absorb their superpowers before she finished them off.

"You killed them! Their people won’t let you get away with this!" one of the survivors warned her kindly. "You should get out of here, fast!"

Chen Xing: "..."

"Let’s all run!" a level-headed survivor finally proposed.

But even if they did, the world was a vast and dangerous place. They might escape now, but how would they survive?

The weather was too unpredictable for farming.

Everything they owned had been stolen. Even if they escaped, they would just die a little later.

"There’s a vehicle over there..." Chen Xing said, pointing back the way she had come.

Seeing there were more than thirty of them, she had materialized a bus.

It would be a tight squeeze, but it was large enough to hold everyone.

She had also left plenty of food for them inside.

She told them about a factory compound outside Hualai City that served as a sanctuary for refugees.

After thanking her profusely, they finally drove away, heading north.

Chen Xing didn’t leave right away. She wanted to deal with Yu Laosan as soon as possible to prevent him from revealing her secrets.

As evening fell, another car arrived, carrying a few more Superpower Users and about thirty more survivors.

Upon seeing the bodies on the ground, they grew vigilant, raising their hands and preparing for battle.

In an instant, Chen Xing drained their superpowers. Then she rushed forward and eliminated them all in one go.

Just as she had with the previous group, Chen Xing sent these new survivors to the factory compound.

They could use the vehicle they’d arrived in. She just had to give them some food from her own car, enough to last the journey.

From them, she also managed to learn Yu Laosan’s hiding place.

However... they said Yu Laosan wasn’t there.

Chen Xing was worried that news of her return would reach Yu Laosan, so she decided not to go after him just yet.

Before returning to Hualai City, she had another score to settle.

After disposing of the Superpower Users’ bodies, she set off for Shuiyuan City.

Shuiyuan City was further south.

After a drive of over an hour, she arrived in Shuiyuan City.

Zombies were already shambling through the city streets.

Chen Xing strode brazenly into Shuiyuan City, her pack of pets in tow.

Within minutes, the local Spiritual Zombie sensed the intrusion.

It led its horde to surround Chen Xing in the center of the city.

’A Level Eight Spiritual Zombie.’

Chen Xing had already pinpointed its location: within the horde, over three hundred meters away.

She immediately immobilized the Spiritual Zombie with her power and shot forward.

By the time the Spiritual Zombie recovered and tried to escape her pursuit, its superpower had been drained, and its body was sliced in two.

The zombie horde instantly fell into disarray.

Chen Xing’s steel-plate blade flew out, felling swaths of zombies with every pass.

Just as she was gaining the upper hand, the horde suddenly regained its coordination.

Zombies nearby began unleashing their own superpowers, trying to kill her.

Fortunately, her Defense System activated automatically, shielding her completely.

’There must be another Spiritual Zombie!’

But... she couldn’t locate it.

’Fine. I’ll just kill them all!’

Chen Xing continued her slaughter, warning her pets to be careful.

Before long, she realized her pets were being forced farther and farther away from her.

Their quick reflexes and high damage output kept them out of immediate danger.

But... the enemy had a Spiritual Zombie that was as cunning as a human.

If it decided to target her pets, they might not be able to evade its attacks.

So she began carving a path through the zombies, trying to get closer to her pets.

But... the enemy Spiritual Zombie had clearly figured out her plan.

It used the horde to keep her and her pets separated.

Chen Xing was furious.

She would not allow her pets to be endangered.

As rage consumed her, a power she couldn’t control surged forth once more.

She could feel the energy gathering inside her before it erupted from her body like a massive explosion.

In the next moment... everything around her was sheared in half with perfect uniformity.

The effect started in the center of Shuiyuan City and radiated outward, covering several city blocks and even spanning across two districts.

The original buildings seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving behind only the stubs of their ground floors, none of them more than half a meter high.

And... most of the zombies were severed at the kneecaps.

When she finally recovered, Chen Xing realized that this outburst of her power had been stronger than any before.

Not only had the range expanded, but the upper halves of the zombies and the tops of the buildings had vanished completely.

’Where did they go?’

Chen Xing had no idea.

All she saw were countless Advanced Crystal Cores raining down like hail.

She stared at her surroundings in astonishment.

Even though she knew it was her own doing, she could hardly believe it.

’So... unlike those test subjects, I don’t die after using this physical ability? Is that why the Research Institute was always planting people around me?’

Meng Hu obediently led the other pets to start gathering the Crystal Cores scattered everywhere.

They had expected the battle to last for hours. Who would have thought it would be over in a single instant?

However... Chen Xing had a feeling that the mysterious Spiritual Zombie hadn’t died.

She couldn’t explain why. It was just a gut feeling.

After collecting all the Crystal Cores, they had at least seventy to eighty thousand of them.

Combined with the ones she had collected since her return, she now possessed over one hundred thousand Advanced Crystal Cores.

She didn’t plan on selling these. She wanted to use them to help the people at the factory compound rapidly enhance their superpowers.

Her own future would be more secure only if they became stronger.

On her way back from Shuiyuan City, she made a detour to Yu Laosan’s residence.

She entered while invisible, only to find the place completely deserted.

’They must have realized something went wrong and relocated.’

For now, she had to abandon the idea of killing Yu Laosan.

She drove north for two hours, and it was nearly midnight.

Chen Xing didn’t enter her personal space, instead leaning back in her seat and closing her eyes.

About half an hour later, her Defense System suddenly activated on its own.

At the same instant, the rear of her sedan was smashed to pieces.

She reacted instantly, scrambling out of the car.

Her car, which was outside the protective shield, burst into flames from the rear. A chain of explosions followed, engulfing the entire vehicle.

The strangest part was that after the chain of attacks, Chen Xing couldn’t see a person or zombie anywhere.