After Jiang Xue left, Zhao Minghao did not show any obvious hostility, and Yu Ling naturally did not make any extra moves. She followed the group for regular training every day and occasionally went on missions with them.

Yu Ling developed her own cooling ability based on the world's rules, and it was indeed quite good, but it didn't quite work with Zhao Minghao's fire-type ability.

Every time Zhao Minghao unleashed his ultimate skill, it would instantly thaw the frozen zombie horde. This greatly displeased Yu Ling, who wondered if he was doing it on purpose.

Yu Ling thought to herself that she must find a chance to get rid of this guy. His existence was really too much of a hindrance. But no matter how disgusted she felt, she was very careful and never showed it outwardly.

After several battles, Yu Ling developed a tacit understanding with the team, and their efficiency in completing tasks improved significantly.

With the results evident, everyone else accepted Yu Ling's addition well, except for Zhao Minghao, who seemed rather indifferent and secretly observed Yu Ling several times when no one was looking.

As a result, Yu Ling had almost no private space and didn't even have the chance to browse the system's store once, for fear that she would give herself away and Zhao Minghao would notice something amiss.

"Dr. Chen, there's a group mission to search for supplies recently, and our team, as the main force, has to go. These kinds of large-scale missions are very dangerous and often involve not knowing when you'll return. Do you want to stay at the base or come with us?"

Zhou Nuan and Wang Guoqiang returned from the mission hall together, both of them extremely excited after receiving the mission.

Each major group mission grants participants the right to choose their loot first. In this resource-scarce post-apocalyptic world, the group hadn't enjoyed any good food or drink in a long time, and they only hoped that everything would go smoothly this time and that they would receive some decent rewards.

"Which mission isn't dangerous? What kind of talk is that? Does staying at the base guarantee safety? Doctor, you're a girl, and there are too many wolves and not enough meat at the base. You should come together."

As Zhao Minghao spoke, he lowered his head and covered his face with his bangs, suppressing the calculating glint in his eyes.

He knew that Yu Ling had many secrets, and Jiang Xue had specifically instructed him not to let Yu Ling out of his sight. If anything seemed amiss, he was to handle it himself first.

In short, the captain repeatedly emphasized that the first priority was to control Yu Ling, and then find a way to inform her to make a decision.

With the apocalypse looming, the team can't just stop doing missions. In order to keep Yu Ling out of sight, Zhao Minghao has no choice but to take Yu Ling with him on missions time and time again.

Therefore, even though this mission was extremely dangerous, Zhao Minghao, no matter how unwilling he was to take Yu Ling with him, insisted that she stay in the middle of the team to prevent any mishaps.

However, after observing her for the past few days, Zhao Minghao also discovered that Yu Ling was not as strong as he had imagined, and that she still had some flaws.

For example, she is not strong enough. Although she reacts quickly, she is not agile enough and cannot even keep up with basic physical fitness.

Of course, he didn't know that Yu Ling's body was still seriously injured, otherwise he would only be shocked by Yu Ling's endurance and resilience.

As for why Yu Ling preferred to act despite her injuries rather than let Zhou Yunfei, a healer, treat her, please, she doesn't have any superpower core in her body. Wouldn't that expose her identity as a superpowered individual?

A big mission that will last for several days? This is a great opportunity, Yu Ling thought to herself, and agreed, "The vice-captain is right, then I'll go with him."

Yu Ling was very cooperative, which was exactly what Zhao Minghao was most worried about.

After all, according to Jiang Xue, although this person was exceptionally capable and knowledgeable, he had serious character flaws and had made grave mistakes. Such a morally corrupt anti-social individual cannot be understood using normal human reasoning.

They're behaving so obediently, they must have ulterior motives!

The others, unaware of Yu Ling and Zhao Minghao's ulterior motives, happily submitted the list.

On the day of the mission, the team members, carrying their pre-packed weapons, equipment, and supplies, left the base with the main force.

Because it was a collective mission involving other teams, Yu Ling separated from the rest of her team and was assigned to a team that coordinated with other key personnel, boarding another container truck.

Zhao Minghao couldn't keep up with them for a while, but the main attacking team wasn't far away, so he didn't pay too much attention.

The team made it smoothly to the target city with only the main force leading the way. The large shopping mall in the city was surrounded by complex commercial streets, and the terrain was not suitable for driving. So the commander decided to rest in the suburbs not far away.

That night, Zhao Minghao, who had just finished fighting with his comrades all day, was strolling around when a high-level stealth zombie suddenly darted out from behind him, roaring as it pounced on him.

Zhao Minghao was startled and instinctively tried to dodge, but fell to the ground due to his excessive weight.

With a muffled thud, Zhao Minghao fell heavily to the ground, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

As the zombie's swollen, bruised, and twisted face drew closer, Zhao Minghao cowered and kicked backward, his eyes darting around. He was so frightened that he gave up resisting for a moment.

Just then, a slender figure came into view.

The surrounding temperature plummeted, followed by a flash of light as the zombie shattered into pieces and fell to the ground. Only after the crystal core was dug out did the person turn around.

It was obvious that the person who came was Yu Ling.

\"ah......!\"

Yu Ling seemed startled, exclaiming dramatically, and rushed over to help Zhao Minghao up, saying,

"Deputy Captain Zhao, how are you? Are you alright?"

Zhao Minghao shook his head as he stood up, rubbing his lower back, his face ashen.

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