Regrouping, they set off again.

Seeing the familiar rural rice paddies outside the car window, Lin Xi paused, then slowly asked, "Can I go take a look over there?"

She pointed to a self-built house in the distance, and Jiang Chuan, who was driving, glanced over and said, "Okay."

"Please stop a little further away."

"Why?"

"Easy to run."

To be honest, if the eldest sister and the second brother were still here, their close proximity would indeed be quite dangerous.

Besides, the eldest sister's personality is really too unpredictable. If she suddenly gets into a playful mood, all of us combined wouldn't be enough to keep her from having fun.

She felt her way over, but didn't see her older sister and younger brother in the small garage. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to have been away for a long time.

For some reason, Lin Xi felt empty inside.

Just as she was about to leave, a suspicious mark on the ground caught her attention.

Lin Xi squatted down to examine it closely, and it seemed to be a mark left by something being dragged.

She looked in the direction of the mark.

Isn't that the place where my older sister put the crystal core before?

She couldn't resist her curiosity and went over to take a look.

Several sheets of waste paper were placed on top, as if something was hidden inside.

She lifted the paper on top, and a shiny little mountain came into view.

"Wow!"

They actually left so many crystal cores!

Lin Xi glanced at the spot, the one her older sister had told her to take it herself. Was this... specially reserved for her?

Lin Xi quickly stuffed everything into her pockets, and her long-empty private coffers were finally filled again!

Looking at the mountain of crystal cores, she carefully counted them. There were quite a few low-level and mid-level zombie crystal cores, which she felt would be enough to support her until her mental control reached level five and her soul search should also reach level three.

Back in the car, Chen Jin and Jiang Chuan were chatting in the front, while Cheng Sheng in the back was so embarrassed he felt like he was about to dig a dream castle out of the ground.

Actually, the three days she spent with Lu Nan before were the same, and she didn't find anything strange about it then. But now, they were chatting enthusiastically in front, while behind them they were as quiet as chickens, not even making eye contact...

Forget it, it'll be even more awkward later.

Lin Xi happened to be back, and Cheng Sheng quickly got out of the car and let her sit in the middle.

These long, difficult, and awkward days are finally over!

"Our destination this time is H City, right?" Chen Jin asked again, being the talkative one.

Lin Xi hadn't paid much attention before, so she got distracted while Yun was talking.

Upon hearing the location again, she suddenly raised her voice, "Where did you say it is?"

"H City, right?" Chen Jin was confused by her and thought he had made a mistake, so he asked Jiang Chuan again.

Seeing Jiang Chuan nod, he turned to look at Lin Xi.

At this moment, Lin Xi's face was deathly pale.

"Celine, what's wrong?"

Lin Xi shook her head, trying to appear calm. "It's nothing."

H City was the last place Lin Xi's mother went on a business trip to.

"Is there a safe zone in H City?"

Cheng Sheng shook his head. "If there were any, where would we find supplies? I remember that some members of our Wind Eagle Regiment migrated from the city."

Lin Xi looked out the window, and the carousel from her dream involuntarily appeared before her eyes, her gaze darkening.

They arrived at their destination around the afternoon of the second day.

After Jiang Chuan got out of the car, he went straight to the garage. He said that according to the information from people who used to work here, there should be a large truck full of grain in the garage. After arriving at their destination, they could abandon the car and take the large truck back.

"Be careful," he said, turning back to remind them as he walked away.

It's no wonder he's so cautious, given the strange phenomenon that has recently emerged: many low- and mid-level zombies that have developed consciousness have started living in groups.

Logically, they should devour each other, but there seems to be a strange force trying to merge them and restrain them.

This is not a good phenomenon for human beings.

It's as if they've started building their own legion, so naturally, the next step is to go to war with humanity.

In short, things aren't looking good.

Especially in such a deserted city, where there are no superhumans to hinder them, it is the easiest place to use them as a base.

Lin Xi was sandwiched in the middle, while Chen Jin brought up the rear.

Fortunately, the process went very smoothly, and they found the truck carrying the supplies among a row of trucks.

Jiang Chuan deftly flipped onto the driver's seat.

[New mission issued: Please kill a mid-level zombie within 24 hours.]

When Lin Xi heard this line, she almost thought she had misheard.

—Wasn't it to collect mid-level zombie cores?

[The task has been adjusted according to the host's situation; please understand.]

Lin Xi didn't dwell on it too much.

The system's release of this task only illustrates one point.

They were surrounded by hordes of zombies. As for whether this horde was related to the zombie hordes that had recently caused widespread panic, that remained unknown.

"Jiang Chuan, did you bring your speaker?"

Cheng Sheng asked curiously, "Why bring a speaker on a mission? To play music? Is it really necessary to be so leisurely?"

Lin Xi shook her head. "I really don't need to trouble you all with this. I can handle it myself."

"Do you want to fight low-level or mid-level zombies this time?"

Her old partner had already guessed her purpose, leaving only Cheng Sheng and Lu Nan completely bewildered, having no idea what kind of encrypted language they were speaking.

Chen Jin kindly explained, "Jiang Chuan's audio can attract zombies; that's how we collected crystal cores during our previous missions."

"Oh~" Cheng Sheng suddenly realized, "So that's what it means!"

Lu Nan frowned, his face full of disapproval, "Why are you looking for trouble!"

Lin Xi was used to it. "It's nothing, just practicing. It's just a mid-level zombie. I want to see if I can kill it by myself."

Lu Nan still disagreed, saying, "It's too dangerous."

Lin Xi didn't care. "Anyway, if we really can't beat them, you guys are always there to back us up, right? We have a lot of experience fighting mid-level zombies, so it's not a big problem. Don't worry."

Jiang Chuan nodded. "It's in my big tote bag."

Lin Xi followed his gaze and found a black bag, then rummaged through it and found the speaker.

After checking the power supply and sound to make sure there were no problems, she discussed it with them, since it was a task for her alone and she didn't want to trouble them.

"Why don't you find a safe place to wait for me? I can go by myself."

"No!" Lu Nan said urgently, "What if you can't handle it?"

Jiang Chuan thought for a moment, "I'll go with you. If you really don't want me to get involved, I'll only help you clear out the ordinary and low-level zombies."

Lin Xi knew that he was also worried about her safety, so she nodded in agreement.