“Fuck, fuck, fuck…”

Fan Ming's mind was blank and he could only repeat these two words mechanically. Looking at the densely packed zombies behind the shelves, he couldn't help swallowing and pretended to retreat.

"Don't move," Eve warned him.

As soon as Fan Ming raised his foot, a zombie at the edge raised its head, scaring him so much that he immediately retracted his foot and dared not move again.

Dozens of zombies huddled in the shadows, staring at the three people silently.

The current situation is like a bowl of water placed on a wooden rack. If there is any movement, it will overturn.

For a moment, Fan Ming wanted to maintain this fragile balance so that the zombies would not move and would not attack them.

But he never expected that it was someone from their place who pulled out the wooden frame.

——Eve suddenly raised the honey jar in her hand and threw it far away!

“Bang!”

The sound of shattering glass resonated with the hearts of nearly every living creature present. Fan Ming shuddered convulsively, and all the zombies' gazes turned to the honey jar. Eve took the opportunity to shout to Qi, "Shelf!"

Qi understood, leaned forward, and pressed the shelves with his powerful arms. The three-meter-high shelves made a creaking sound as if the joints were squeezed, and pressed down heavily on the zombies with their shadows!

"boom--!"

Because of Eve's previous actions, the zombies' attention was all drawn to the broken jar of honey. Most of the zombies failed to dodge in time and were crushed into meat paste by the fallen shelves.

Eve then said, "Run!"

Without her reminder, Fan Ming rushed out first, and Qi Xiaoxin picked up Eve and followed closely.

Those zombies that were still able to move reacted one after another and rushed towards them with roars!

"Fan Ming," Eve looked back. This group of zombies wasn't moving very fast, and the one in the front was still more than ten meters away from them. "Where should we go?"

With over twenty zombies following behind him, Fan Ming was nearly going crazy. However, Eve's soft and cool voice miraculously calmed him down. He took a deep breath, his brain racing: "Go... go upstairs first!"

The escalator can only accommodate two people. Those zombies seem to be first-level zombies without much brains. When the time comes, they will definitely rush forward and block the road, which will delay their progress a little.

Eve understood Fan Ming's intention and gestured to him, "You go up first."

The situation was urgent, so Fan Ming didn't bother to be polite with her. He ran out of the supermarket and headed straight for the escalator. Eve and Qi followed behind him. While Fan Ming was concentrating on climbing the stairs, she bit her finger and quickly spit out a few drops of blood behind her.

The blood beads seemed to have life and automatically drilled into the brains of several zombies in the front row. They paused, and the next second, they all turned around and opened their arms to block the zombies rushing up from behind.

With Eve's current magic power, the maximum number of zombies she can control is about six. Seeing that she can't stop the zombies with just these few zombies, she simply called the zombies guarding the door in and let them hold out for a while.

"Seven, go."

Qi nodded, and his agile figure was like a swift black panther. He climbed up the escalator in a few seconds, and also pulled Fan Ming and pulled him to the second floor.

Eve couldn't help but look at Qi, and her previous doubts resurfaced - is Qi's physical fitness so good?

A guess came to her mind. She thoughtfully fiddled with the nuclear crystal in her pocket with her fingers and said to Fan Ming, who was still lying on the ground, "Find a place to hide."

The noise they made startled several zombies on the second floor. Two zombies near the escalator immediately walked over. Fan Ming quickly got up and said, "...Okay!"

But even so, the surrounding area was full of open shops with no shelter at all. Fan Ming couldn't help but look a little helpless. Eve pondered for a moment, pointed to a jewelry store and said, "Go in first."

There was a large semi-enclosed counter in the jewelry store, which could just accommodate three people. They quickly hid inside. Just as Eve put away the hem of her clothes, she heard a roar coming from the escalator - the group of zombies were coming up.

“Oh shit, oh shit!” Seeing a zombie moving towards the jewelry store, Fan Ming was so scared that he kept muttering, “Don’t come over here, don’t come over here…!”

Eve was annoyed by him and gave Seven a look, who came over and stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth.

Fan Ming: “?!”

He dug it out in a hurry and found that it was a tablecloth that had been used for three years and was covered with hair.

Fan Ming: Mouth area!

"Calm down now?" Eve said. "If you make any more noise, the zombies will really come over."

Fan Ming subconsciously covered his mouth and glanced outside. The two zombies just now walked straight past the jewelry store. He was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but his heart rose again - one of the zombies raised its head and twitched its nose hard, as if it smelled something, and its red eyes slowly turned in their direction.

Fan Ming grabbed the corner of Eve's clothes: "We seem to have been discovered!"

Compared to his panic, Eve could almost be described as as steady as a rock. She glanced around outside and suddenly raised her hand: "We can hide there."

Fan Ming looked over and saw a store diagonally opposite the jewelry store. It was not big, but there was a rolling shutter in front of the door to block the zombies outside.

Fan Ming looked at the rolling door, and his newly-risen hope faded again: "This door... can we lift it?"

Eve thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute."

She pulled out a few nuclear crystals from her pocket and absorbed them all in one breath. It was the first time Fan Ming had seen a mutant use nuclear crystals. He stared at them for a moment before asking in a low voice, "What are you going to do?"

"Let's do an experiment," Eve said lightly, releasing her hand. The dull nuclear crystals lay in her palm. She looked at them for a few seconds, then turned to Qi, "Take these nuclear crystals."

Qi took it silently, and looked at Eve quietly with a pair of eyes as black as obsidian.

Eve ordered, "Crush them."

"This...?!" Fan Ming was stunned and looked at Qi hesitantly, "This won't work...?"

Even if the core crystal loses energy, its hardness won't change. How could it be possible with human power...

Qi obediently closed his palms, and when he opened them again, a pile of fine powder gathered in his palms.

Fan Ming: dumbfounded.jpg.

Eve stared at the small pile of nuclear crystal powder and suddenly chuckled, "I see."

No wonder she always felt that Qi was much stronger than before. It turned out that this was not her illusion - his physical fitness, speed, and ability were constantly improving.

The opportunity for his evolution was her magic.

As Eve absorbs the nuclear crystals herself, Seven's abilities will also be enhanced. Since she tamed him, she has absorbed a total of six or seven nuclear crystals. Seven has also gradually grown from a weak zombie to one who can crush gems with his bare hands.

Eve secretly assessed him.

Qi is definitely stronger than the first-level zombies now, and the physical fitness of second-level zombies is better than that of ordinary people. Judging from the strength Qi just showed, he should be stronger than them.

She absorbed another core crystal, and now there were four left in her pocket. Eve stopped absorbing and said to Seven, "Break this and see."

She handed Qi an iron plate.

The iron plate was picked up from the side. It looked like a safe door. Qi Momo took it and pressed his big hand on it. With a "crack", the iron plate broke.

"Holy crap..." Fan Ming turned around and saw Qi breaking the iron plate in two like breaking chocolate. He immediately looked at him with admiration, "Is this your brother's ability? The strengthening system is amazing!!"

Eve smiled slightly, deliberately not explaining the misunderstanding: "He should be able to lift the shutter now."

Although Fan Ming didn't understand why it was Eve who absorbed the nuclear crystal, but it was Qi who had his abilities enhanced, he nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll find the right opportunity to rush out..."

He tried to stick his head out, but just as it came out, he suddenly stopped.

A zombie was lying on the table, half bent over, staring at Fan Ming with its scarlet eyes.

They were so close that Fan Ming could even see the half-rotten teeth in the zombie's mouth, as well as unknown dark yellow stains on the teeth. A soft white eyeball hung in front of the zombie's chin, swaying with the zombie's movements, supported by a thin piece of flesh.

Fan Ming: Wow… shit…

"Get out of the way." Eve's calm voice sounded beside her.

Fan Ming was almost frozen like a popsicle, completely pushed away by Eve. The latter moved forward a little, and just before the zombie opened its mouth, she suddenly raised her arm and stabbed it with the knife in her hand!

"when--!"

The knife went straight into the zombie's jaw, just passing through the entire head and nailing the zombie to the cabinet wall!

"howl--!"

The zombie howled in pain and struggled desperately. The cabinet was so small that the three of them were almost caught by it. Eve kicked Fan Ming and signaled him to crawl out: "Go quickly."

Fan Ming finally regained consciousness, hurriedly climbed out of the counter, and ran towards the rolling door!

Eve said to Seven, "Open the door for him."

Qi hesitated for a moment, but paused after meeting Eve's calm gaze, then turned to chase Fan Ming.

Eve then withdrew her gaze and pushed hard with the hand holding the knife. Her strength was too weak to tear open the zombie's head directly, but fortunately Eve could sense the location of the nuclear crystal. She cleverly rotated the knife and dug out the nuclear crystal.

The nuclear crystal left the body and the zombie stopped moving instantly.

Eve held the nuclear crystal in her hand, climbed out of the counter, turned around and caught up with the two of them.

At this time, the movements of the three people attracted the zombies back. More than twenty zombies pounced on them like vultures seeing rotten meat!

Fan Ming screamed in fear and waved a wooden stick he had picked up from somewhere, beating the air desperately. This desperate action bought them some time. Qi grabbed the rolling door with both hands and pulled hard to open a narrow gap, just enough for an adult to crawl through sideways.

Eve was the first to pass through the rolling door, followed by Fan Ming. Qi was the last one to go through. He was a zombie and his movements were obviously not as flexible as those of humans. If Eve hadn't helped him, he would have almost been unable to crawl over.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Fan Ming urged repeatedly.

Qi grabbed the rolling door and pulled it hard, pulling it down before the zombies pounced on him.

"howl!!!"

More than twenty zombies crowded outside the rolling door, desperately trying to capture the three people, but were blocked by the iron gate.

Seeing that the zombies could not come over, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. Eve stood up on her knees. Just as she stood up, a flash of snow suddenly flashed from the darkness.

——A dagger was pressed against her throat.

"Don't move."

Behind her, someone whispered.

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