Chapter 401 Let's work together and finish this quickly!
Blade glanced at him sideways: "What? You've actually developed feelings for those ugly bastards?"
"No, no..." the bald man quickly waved his hands, "It's just that I think it's such a pity..."
"What a pity?" Brother Ren suddenly stopped, his cold gaze sweeping over everyone: "If we can't find that mutated plant, the next ones to regret it will be our heads!"
The bald man muttered under his breath, "Brother Blade, could those mutated plants that the twelve people at the Flameheart base are raising be...?"
"Use your brain!" Brother Ren interrupted sharply: "The boss is looking for a towering tree that can cover the entire city of Beijing!"
"That Flameheart thing isn't even as long as an arm, tell me how it's supposed to cover Beijing?"
The five figures gradually disappeared into the distance, their footsteps fading away in the empty corridor.
In the monitoring room, the man sank back into the sofa, his fingers unconsciously stroking the rim of the cup.
The screen's light flickered on his face, reflecting a pair of unfathomable eyes.
"It should have appeared long ago, why hasn't it appeared yet... There's no trace of an outsider either! How could this be?" he muttered to himself, his voice barely a whisper.
"Don't those idiots choose the outstanding and eye-catching ones, instead... doing the opposite?"
......
At the entrance of Jingmao Mall, the lingering smoke and dust had not completely dissipated, and the air was filled with the smell of blood and burnt food.
Lu Nange shivered involuntarily; the lingering feeling of being watched, like a thorn in her side, wouldn't go away...
She looked around at the dilapidated streets, the overturned vehicles, and the silent buildings in the distance. Everything seemed calm, yet the calm was unsettling.
Lu Nange suppressed the inexplicable unease in her heart: "I have a very bad feeling about this place, as if countless eyes are watching me from the shadows."
"Let's hurry, collect the supplies, and head back to base immediately!"
Her words brought the slightly relaxed atmosphere back to a tense state.
Everyone nodded in agreement; no one questioned her intuition—in the apocalypse, a premonition of danger is often more reliable than any reconnaissance...
As they walked toward the golden shield wall constructed by Luo Xingyou, they saw Sang Che and his group waving vigorously on the high platform.
On their way back, they discovered that, in addition to the defensive shields they had initially set up, the area of the shields had expanded outwards by a considerable margin.
This created a protective barrier around the entire area where they had just fought, effectively blocking the low-level zombie hordes that might be attracted by the commotion from both sides of the street...
He Zhuo shouted at Sang Che, He Huaijing and his group: "The shields were expanded just in time! Otherwise we might have had to deal with the zombie horde."
On the high platform, He Huaijing responded loudly: "We can't just stand by and watch you guys fight to the death in front of us while we do nothing!"
Lu Nange and her group passed through the golden shield and retreated. Only then did the Flameheart ability users who were waiting on the perimeter simultaneously withdraw their abilities.
In an instant, the heavy golden and earthen shields vanished, turning into specks of golden light, and the earth particles dissolved into the air...
However, maintaining such a large-scale defense comes at a clear cost.
The metal and earth element team members were as pale as paper, their foreheads covered in cold sweat, and some even needed their teammates' support to stand.
Their superpowers were almost completely drained, and their bodies trembled slightly from overexertion.
Even so, their eyes were exceptionally bright, filled with no complaints, only a strong sense of participation and a sense of pride and accomplishment from fighting alongside the strong.
In front of the mall, only the metal and earth elemental shields that He Zhuo, Ji Xian, and Luo Xingyou had erected at the beginning remained...
The group walked through the mall entrance and returned to the lobby on the first floor.
There was a rustling sound in Lu Beiye's chest pocket.
Zhizhi eagerly poked its head out, its slender vines stretching out and spreading rapidly in all directions along the ground. It deftly slipped into crevices, rummaging through the broken pieces of low-level zombies, carefully searching for crystal cores.
In a short while, the crystal cores were neatly piled at Lu Nange's feet. Then, she raised her little head, and her emerald green leaves trembled happily, making a soft "rustling" sound.
Lu Nange looked at the small pile of crystal cores at her feet and gently touched Zhizhi's leaves: "You've worked hard, little Zhizhi, you're really amazing!"
This scene was also witnessed by the Flameheart team members.
It's unclear who started it, but they all stepped forward and placed the crystal cores they had just collected onto the small pile of crystal cores made up of branches.
Lu Nange turned to Chi Yanzhou: "Brother Yan, these crystal cores were originally killed by them, let them divide them among themselves."
Recover as quickly as possible. We'll only rest for ten minutes, then head upstairs to search for supplies. This place isn't safe to stay in for long...
Chi Yanzhou nodded, his gaze sweeping over the Flameheart ability users who had already lined up in an orderly fashion.
"These crystal cores, team captains, come forward to collect and distribute them!"
We only have ten minutes to absorb and recover; we must get our abilities back to peak! We'll depart promptly in ten minutes to search for supplies!
"Roger that, Captain Chi!" The squad leaders, led by Sang Che, responded in unison.
They immediately stepped forward and began to distribute the crystal nuclei in an orderly manner.
Lu Nange, Chi Yanzhou, and the others moved a few steps toward the gate.
After Sang Che and the others distributed the crystal cores, the metal and earth elemental ability users, disregarding the mess, simply sat on the empty ground inside the gate where there were no corpses and immediately began absorbing the energy of the crystal cores to quickly restore their abilities.
Inside and outside the hall, the corpses of zombies scattered all over the ground emitted a strong, pungent stench of decay, which was extremely unpleasant to smell.
Chi Yanzhou: "Chi Yi...you take the wood-type ability user with you and throw the corpse out!"
"Understood!" Chi Yi responded and immediately approached Sang Che and the others, leading several wood-type ability users to begin their operation.
The green vines began to sway, but this time it wasn't for killing, but for cleaning.
They grabbed the corpses of zombies and threw them outside the shield...
Wen Qing was not idle either.
She walked to Lu Nange, Lu Beiye, and their comrades who had just fought, her palm emitting a soft white light as she gently restored their depleted supernatural energy.
Apart from Luo Xingyou and Gu Wan, who have already been dealt with.
After Wen Qing performed a healing "scan" on the remaining Lu Nange and the others, and confirmed that everyone was alright, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Once all the 'Flame Heart' ability users who had absorbed the crystal cores had stood up, Wen Qing took a level-three crystal core that restored healing abilities from Lu Nange and climbed onto Gangzi's back.
Gangzi spread its wide wings and slowly ascended into the air with Wen Qing in its arms.
Gu Wan pointed upstairs and said, "Family members, I've been here quite a bit before."
The basement level is a food street, while the first floor mainly sells watches, jewelry, bags, and cosmetics.
The second and third floors are filled with various clothing and footwear items, while the fourth floor houses escape rooms and video game arcades.
The fifth floor is entirely occupied by a large supermarket! The sixth floor has a cinema and several restaurants...
The group exchanged glances. Lu Nange said, "Let's attack together! Let's finish this quickly!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com