Ling Ning recounted to them her experience of coming to the mall.

"You know about mercenary organizations, right?" After receiving half-comprehending looks from the two, she sighed, "In order to earn supplies and nuclear crystals, some psychics who don't belong to the base will gather together to form a mercenary group."

Fan Ming: "Yes! You said you were a mercenary."

"Yes," Ling Ning nodded, "but the mercenary group I'm in is very small, with only three people."

Small mercenary groups like theirs usually don't get any good missions, but just a few days ago, they got an unprecedentedly good order - the client was willing to provide a small bag of nuclear crystals, and all they needed was a mutant with night vision.

"They wanted someone familiar with the mall to serve as their guide," Ling Ning said. "I had been to this mall several times before the apocalypse and had night vision, so they chose me."

She was about to say more, but Eve spoke first, "'They'? How many people are there in total?"

"Four," Ling Ning recalled, "all of them are psychics."

Hearing this, Eve couldn't help but look at her again.

Although there are many people with special abilities, it is not common to see a team composed entirely of them.

"What did they make you do?"

"They asked me to draw a map of the East District," Ling Ning said, "and then I didn't do anything. I just followed them. Occasionally, they asked me to keep watch during night operations."

"So what do they do? Look for resources?"

Ling Ning thought for a moment and said, "That's not the case. They seemed to be only here to kill zombies and get the nuclear crystals. They were wandering around the East District. Later, when there were fewer zombies in the East District, they decided to go to the West District." She added, "But I got separated from them along the way."

She couldn't defeat so many zombies alone, so she had to hide in the roller shutter store on the second floor.

Hearing this, Eve fell into deep thought.

Walking around? Was he checking if Ling Ning's map was drawn correctly?

Ling Ning said that the four people came only for the nuclear crystal, but she didn't think so.

——The zombies here are very low-level. Why would a team of superpowers who can move freely in a zombie-infested mall go to all the trouble to come here?

After much thought, Eve could only think of one reason - the third-level zombie that Ling Ning mentioned.

It is even possible that Ling Ning was left behind on purpose. Fan Ming once said that the terrain of the East District and the West District is almost the same. Since Ling Ning has drawn a map of the East District, her role has been completed.

"Let's go to the West District." She pondered for a moment and suddenly said.

"?" Fan Ming was stunned for a moment, "Now?"

Isn't that too hasty? Besides, they don't have enough supplies—the few cans of food they got from the underground supermarket are almost gone.

Eve seemed to be able to read his thoughts and blinked: "It's okay, you can get the food in the West District."

——The key is to find the third-level zombie before those four people.

She looked around and found an iron rod on the ground. Under the puzzled gazes of Ling Ning and the others, she walked to the door of a shop, held the iron rod upright, and pointed it at the glass window.

"Bang--!"

The next second, he hit the window hard!

“Crack!”

The entire piece of glass shattered into millions of pieces in an instant, exploding like fireworks, with sharp fragments flying everywhere. Ling Ning and Fan Ming hurriedly avoided them, but Eve stood there, watching all this with interest.

"What are you doing?!" Fan Ming exclaimed in shock. With such a loud noise, zombies would be attracted here!

Eve looked at him and asked a completely unrelated question.

"Are you dizzy with zombies?"

"Dizzy..." Fan Ming paused, doubting his ears, "Why are you dizzy?"

"Zombies."

Eve looked into the distance and saw several staggering figures appear dozens of meters away - some zombies heard the sound and all came over. Eve stared at them for a while, then looked away from them and smiled at the other two.

"We're going too slowly on our own," she said, "so look—"

Pointing at the zombies.

"I found transportation for you."

***

"Is this, this, this really okay?!" Fan Ming said in horror with a stiff neck.

He was held in a stiff posture by a zombie nearly two meters tall, which was holding him with its iron-like arms and walking briskly in the dark mall.

Fan Ming: ...And it's a fucking princess hug?!

"Can you relax a little?" Eve said slowly, leaning against the zombie holding her. "It won't bite you."

Fan Ming wiped the zombie's saliva from his face and fell silent.

More than ten minutes ago, Eve attracted several zombies. She selected four faster zombies from them and planned to use the zombies' running speed to reach the west area.

Even though Eve controlled the zombie in front of them, Fan Ming was still a little scared - he was really afraid that the one holding him would not be able to help but bite him.

In comparison, Ling Ning is more receptive.

"Amazing!" She hugged the zombie's neck, her eyes wide in surprise. "These zombies really don't bite! Eve, how did you do it?"

Eve smiled and said, "Because I used magic."

Ling Ning naturally didn't believe it, but Eve didn't want to reveal the details of her supernatural powers, so she didn't ask any questions. She just reminded him, "Turn left, there's a hole in the ground."

Eve: "Okay, turn left."

Upon hearing this, the zombies immediately changed direction and filed around a pit on the ground ahead. Their orderly movements made them look like a group of well-trained soldiers.

Even Fan Ming couldn't help but admire: "They really listen to you."

Ling Ning: "Eve, don't you plan to join the mercenary group or the base?"

Powerful psychics are often highly sought after by major bases, and rare psychics like Eve's will definitely receive great attention.

She suggested, "Isn't the Wen's Pharmaceutical Group the most powerful right now? I heard they seem to be developing a serum to combat the zombie virus. If you go to their base, you'll definitely..."

"Be quiet."

Eve suddenly interrupted Ling Ning. She raised her hand to signal the zombies to stop, and her green eyes looked to their right front.

Fan Ming: "What's wrong?"

"There's something over there." Eve paid attention to the movements of the zombies - two of them looked to the front right and growled softly twice, as if they were on guard against something.

"Fan Ming," Eve said after a moment's hesitation, "carry Qi on your back."

The two were confused, but still got off the zombies obediently. Fan Ming carefully carried the still unconscious Qi on his back, while Eve waved her hand, signaling the four zombies to leave.

Ling Ning was puzzled: "What's wrong? We haven't reached the West District yet." They had just walked onto the overpass connecting the two districts.

Eve shook her head, "No." She turned to the front right, a misty smile in her green eyes, and said meaningfully, "But someone has come to greet us."

As if to verify her words, Eve had just finished speaking when a voice came from the shadows on the right front: "Who's there?"

Eve laughed softly, but when she spoke again, her tone was already panicked: "Is there anyone? Can you come and help us?!"

After she finished speaking, more than ten seconds passed before a person gradually walked out of the shadows.

He was a towering man with dark skin and a centipede-like scar running through his face. He looked extremely ferocious. He stared at the three people with his narrow eyes without any warmth: "Who are you?"

Before Eve could speak, she heard the man say, "Wait a minute." He looked at Ling Ning, a hint of surprise finally showing in his cold eyes, "You're not..."

"It's me," Ling Ning said first, "What a coincidence, I actually ran into you guys!"

This person was none other than one of the psychics who had hired Ling Ning. He clearly recognized Ling Ning, his eyes twinkling. "You escaped? That's great! The situation was dire back then, and we thought you were beyond saving."

He said words of relief, but his voice did not sound happy at all.

Eve raised an eyebrow.

She gestured to Ling Ning, who understood and pointed at Eve, saying, "Because they helped me."

The man's gaze naturally fell on Eve.

Eve smiled sweetly at him and whispered, "Hello."

Ling Ning continued, "The three of them also came to the mall to collect nuclear crystals. I happened to run into them when I was surrounded by zombies, and that's how I managed to survive."

Hearing this, the man turned to Eve and said calmly, "You were able to rescue someone from the zombie encirclement? It seems you are quite powerful."

"No, no," Eve shook her head modestly, "My brother is more capable. Fan Ming and I can't help much."

Without waiting for the man to speak, she took the initiative to say, "Brother has a strengthening ability, very powerful!"

The man looked at Qi on Fan Ming's back and frowned slightly: "Is this your brother?"

Eve said hurriedly, "He suddenly had a fever, but we don't have any medicine. My brother's fever won't go away..." A mist appeared in her beautiful green eyes, and she was almost crying. "Excuse me... do you have any medicine to reduce the fever?"

The man simply said, "Fever-reducing medicine isn't just any ordinary stuff."

"I know!" Eve said quickly, "In return, I can help you heal your wounds!"

Hearing this, Fan Ming and Ling Ning looked at her in surprise, and the man was also intrigued: "Oh?"

Eve hesitated, took out a small knife from her bosom, took a deep breath, placed the knife on her wrist, and said nervously, "Look."

She suddenly made a strong move, and the sharp tip of the knife cut a wound on her arm.

The man didn't understand her intention and frowned: "What do you mean..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Eve put her hand on the wound again. He didn't know what she did, but when Eve took her hand away, his arm was smooth and the wound was gone.

The man's eyes widened slightly.

"Healing ability?!" He finally showed a little surprise.

"Yes," Eve nodded, "but it can only heal external injuries."

She said anxiously: "As long as you can save my brother, I can treat all your injuries!"

Hearing this, the man fell into deep thought.

"We do have some extra fever-reducing medicine," he said slowly, "but I must discuss it with my companions."

He tilted his head towards the three of them and said, "If we talk here, we'll bump into zombies. Follow me."

Fan Ming and Ling Ning looked at each other, still a little hesitant, but Eve had already caught up, and seeing this, the two had no choice but to chase after her.

Fan Ming leaned over to Eve and lowered his voice, "Isn't your ability to control zombies?!" How did it become a healing ability again?!

Eve whispered, "It's just a little trick."

Ling Ning said, "Eve, we'd better stay away from them—they are very dangerous!"

There were two people hiding in the corner where the man had walked out. While they were talking, the two men used the wall as cover and kept pointing the guns in their hands at them.

All of this was seen by Ling Ning, who had night vision.

To her surprise, Eve replied, "I know."

From their actions of abandoning Ling Ning, it can be seen that these people obviously want to monopolize the third-level zombie. Moreover, they had just stepped into the west area when the scarred man immediately appeared, which also means that these people have been monitoring this area.

Ling Ning was surprised: "Then you still...?!"

"I just wanted to see..."

Eve looked at the man leading the way in front of her and slowly smiled.

“What kind of expression will they have when they find out their role has changed from hunter to hunted?”

The author has something to say:

Hey guys! I'll be going V next Tuesday, and I'll be updating that day. Come and support me!

Eve: Zombie red envelopes will drop on the first 20 players that day.

Fan Ming: ...Zombie red envelopes? (This has a bad feeling.)

Eve: Yes, when you open it, a cute zombie elf will jump out.