Chapter 12: The Cold Man's Mental Power is Concrete
Ji An and Tang Ning were horrified. They could easily kill a level three zombie. Although it was a sneak attack, level three zombies were not that easy to deal with. This zombie was at least a level four zombie.
One of them is an ordinary person, and the other is a level 2 early stage superpower user. Even if Ji An is so powerful that he can control high-level zombies, he can only jump one level, not two levels.
Even his 'petrification' skill would be much less effective when facing high-level zombies, and mind control would be almost impossible.
A zombie in ragged green clothes staggered out from the door. He was actually walking very fast. He seemed to be walking slowly, like a snail, but in fact, he was there in the blink of an eye.
Despite this, knowing clearly that he might not be able to control it with his mind, Ji An still tried to establish a mental connection with it several times. However, the thin mental thread that flew out of Ji An's brain encountered the brain of a level 4 zombie, and it was like encountering some kind of barrier, and was easily blocked outside, unable to enter.
"Ah!" The fourth-level zombie let out a beast-like roar, leaped lightly, and flew into the air, grabbing Ji An and Tang Ning with its two sharp claws.
Tang Ning was so focused on running away that he didn't notice the zombies attacking him from behind. Ji An kicked Tang Ning away.
Tang Ning was kicked and rolled a long way on the ground. His head hit a stone hard, then he rolled his eyes and fainted.
As for Ji An himself, when he wanted to hide at this time, the sharp claws of the fourth-level zombie were already very close, only an inch away from Ji An's brain.
Ji An seemed to be able to feel the piercing pain as his brain was cut open by the zombies' claws, and the call of death was close at his ears.
He can't die!
Ji An thought about the scientific research career that he loved all his life but had never had the chance to achieve in his previous life, and the so-called true love between that couple, and he felt that he could not die yet.
Maybe it was because he had thought about too many things in such a short time, but Ji An's head was swelling and aching, as if a sponge had absorbed a lot of water and was expanding rapidly, about to burst in the next moment. The veins on his forehead were throbbing, and the sound of the blood flowing faster seemed to be clearly audible.
"Ah!" Ji An screamed in pain, as if his head exploded.
He didn't see that, at the same time, countless mental power threads shot out from his brain. These mental power threads entangled, woven, and tightly intertwined with each other, forming a huge net that wrapped Ji An up in it.
The sharp claws of the fourth-level zombie grabbed the net, and instantly broke the nails that were more than ten centimeters long. Blood dripped down from the gaps between the nails. Its wrist was also broken, as if it had just hit a solid wall.
Before Ji An's brain could react to what was happening, his body had already reacted. The machete in his hand chopped straight into the head of the level 4 zombie. At the same time, a flash of lightning flashed from nowhere, and it fell at the same time as Ji An's machete, illuminating the entire underground base.
The lightning was so powerful that it burned a level 4 zombie into a handful of charred ash, which fell to the ground inch by inch, leaving only a shiny crystal core that fell quietly to the ground.
Ji An had exhausted all his strength and mental power. His head was throbbing and throbbing as if it was going to explode. He felt like vomiting and dizzy. Ji An crawled softly on the ground.
I raised my head slightly and looked in the bright light of the lightning, and saw a figure standing against the light.
Even though he was wearing protective clothing, one could still tell that the figure was very tall, about 190 cm tall, with a slender and upright figure. Even though he was wearing loose protective clothing, one could still feel the muscular mass beneath his clothes.
He was already extremely conspicuous, and standing among a group of strange-looking team members wearing protective clothing, he stood out even more, like a god.
The man was followed by a group of psychics, one of whom shouted, "Wow, there's actually a psychic here, and it looks like he's a level three psychic!"
Ji An looked very embarrassed. Because of the battle, his protective suit was torn to pieces, and his protective mask and protective glasses were nowhere to be found.
At this time, it lay on the ground in a panic, looking towards the light, its eyes squinted because of the glaring light, just like a beautiful deer that was found injured in the forest and was vulnerable and helpless. There is also a kind of fragile beauty, which makes people want to protect others, but also makes people want to destroy it.
"A third-level psychic is a rare species. How could he appear here alone?" A female voice that sounded very cool rang out.
The only two people who could answer this question, Ji An and his partner, had a terrible headache and didn't want to say a word. The other one fainted and fell in the corner.
The man stepped on the ashes of the zombies that were turned into charred ashes by lightning and walked towards Ji An step by step.
He stopped just one step away from Ji An, bent his knees and squatted, lifted Ji An's chin with his fingers, forcing Ji An to slightly look up at him.
It was not known whether the wattage of the lighting equipment brought in by these psychics was sufficient, but even if no one shone it on him, Ji An could still clearly see the man's eyes hidden under the protective goggles with his peripheral vision.
Cold, unforgiving, dangerous.
Being looked up and down by such a pair of eyes, Ji An got goose bumps all over his body. He tilted his head slightly and broke free from the man's restraints.
"Boss, what are you doing?" At this moment a shouting voice broke the strange and anxious atmosphere between the two.
Ji An could recognize this voice; it was the one who had just revealed his identity as a level three psychic.
Ji An didn't know how he recognized his identity. Obviously, as long as he didn't use mind control and 'petrification' skills in front of others, no one should be able to discover it.
He didn't use those two skills when they came in just now. As for what happened to him, he himself didn't understand it yet.
And shouldn't it be a level 2 ability? Why does this person say he has a level 3 ability?
There was no time to think about all this. The owner of the voice came to Ji An. He was half a step behind the man, squatting down like the man, and then inserted his big head between Ji An and the man. He tilted his head and said innocently, "Boss, you looked like a bully teasing a decent man just now!"
"Shut up! If you don't know how to speak, then don't speak!" A woman came over, grabbed the man who was asking questions by the neck, and dragged him away from Ji An and the other man like a dead dog, and hid far away.
The atmosphere suddenly changed from inexplicably tense to funny.
But the man hiding in front of Ji An seemed not to have seen all this, and even his eyes did not change.
He stared at Ji An with his deep and dangerous eyes and said, "I saved you."
The man's voice was very charming, as cold and heartless as he appeared, but surprisingly pleasant to the ear.
"I know." Even if the man didn't show up, he could still chop the zombie's head off with his knife, but it would still take some effort and there might be twists and turns. After all, the man helped, so Ji An didn't deny it.
He has never been a person who would deny a favor. He took out the third-level crystal core he had obtained before, as well as the space and healing crystal cores that Tang Tang had hidden in the space before. Although these were only first- and second-level crystal cores, Ji An still took them all out.
Looking at the crystal core that appeared out of thin air in Ji An's hand, the noisy male voice sounded again.
"Ah, this third-level psychic is also a dual-ability user, and he has also awakened his spatial ability!"
Then came the woman's low scolding, "Shut up, you! No one will think you are dumb if you don't speak!"
The man who was yelled at felt aggrieved.
Ji An pretended not to hear. He spread out his palm and said, "These super crystal cores are for you as a reward. Thank you for saving me."
The man lowered his eyes and glanced, then fixed his gaze on Ji An's face again, "Too low."
The man was very frugal with words, but Ji An still understood what the man meant. He was dissatisfied with the low level of the crystal core.
Ji An had actually killed quite a few zombies before, but unfortunately all the crystal cores were given to Chen Chen and Ji An. He only had this one level three crystal core that was worth showing off.
But thinking about it carefully, a level 3 crystal core and several low-level crystal cores in exchange for saving his life were indeed too cheap, but even without the man's help, he could still cope. These crystal cores were used to thank the man for his help, which was definitely enough.
Forget it, the man didn't know the specific situation at the time. When he appeared and saw the dangerous scene, he must have thought that he couldn't handle it. Just think of it as a life-saving favor to him.
"I have a lot of supplies, I can give you supplies." Ji An said again.
The man said calmly, with no emotion in his voice, "Do you think I'll be short of supplies?"
Of course not!
Someone who can easily kill a level 4 zombie by simply summoning a bolt of lightning naturally wouldn't be short of supplies.
However, in the end times, material goods are hard currency, and using them as gifts of thanks is the most sincere way to express gratitude.
For some reason, Ji An had a feeling that the man had bad intentions. He said to his savior in an angry tone, "So what do you want?"
The man didn't say anything, but stared at Ji An with his dark eyes.
Ji An was so angry at being looked at by such eyes that he got up from the ground and sat up straight. "These are all I have. You can take them or not if you want."
"Mr. Ji!" Tang Ning woke up while Ji An was in a stalemate with the man. She thought she would never wake up again, but when she opened her eyes, she saw a room full of people with special abilities, and the most powerful one among them was confronting Ji An.
Tangning rolled over and crawled to her feet, ran over to Ji An, and helped him up, "Are you okay?"
Tang Ning checked Ji An from head to toe with concern. Seeing that he was only weak from exhaustion from fighting and over-consumption of his mental energy, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"Are you together?" A cold male voice sounded, which seemed to be mixed with a hint of displeasure.
Tangning inexplicably felt a sense of danger running from the soles of her feet to her spine, and she shuddered.
Turning her head, she saw that the man's dangerous eyes finally left Ji An and turned to her. His cold gaze was like a dormant beast, full of danger from a predator, ready to ambush at any time.
"Yes." Tangning didn't think she had offended the man in any way. She just thought it was the authority of a superior and replied boldly, "We were together. When we were fighting the zombies just now, Mr. Ji pushed me away to save me. I accidentally hit a rock and passed out."
As Tangning spoke, she touched the back of her head. There was a lump there, and it hurt quite a bit. But compared to her life, it was nothing.
The man's aura grew even colder as he looked Tangning up and down with a critical and disdainful look in his eyes.
Suddenly the man stood up, no longer paying attention to Ji An and the others, but turned around and waved.
"Boss, I don't know who came here before us and swept away all the supplies. The locusts were not the same. They didn't even leave a useful hair for us." Then he chuckled and said, "However, we dug up the brains of the zombies outside and got a lot of crystal cores. Among them, there are several third-level zombie crystal cores."
"We hunted those zombies!" Tangning said quickly. She had worked so hard to kill the zombies, and she really didn't want to lose the spoils. And it wasn't just a few, there were a lot of level 3 zombie crystal cores. They could be exchanged for a lot of supplies, enough for her to eat for a long time.
Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her. The man even tapped the ground with his toes, and his men quickly picked up the fourth-level zombie crystal core.
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