Chapter 64 Rat Pack
Lu Nange took out a bunch of wine bottles from her system inventory and placed them on the ground, the sound of glass clashing was crisp and jarring.
She picked up a bottle of wine, flicked her wrist, and smashed the bottle in an arc towards the densest part of the rat swarm.
"Brother, fireball!"
Flames surged in Lu Xici's palm as he hurled a fireball with pinpoint accuracy.
"boom!!!"
The alcohol ignited, flames shot into the sky, and the dark swarm of rats was instantly engulfed by the flames, with billowing black smoke rising in all directions.
Chi Yanzhou and his group quickly took over throwing the bottles, and more bottles exploded among the rats, making the fire burn even more fiercely.
Lu Nange shook her arms, and wind blades roared out.
The scorching air was forcibly reversed, and the fire, fueled by the wind, instantly transformed into a wall of fire several meters high.
The heatwave distorted the air, bypassed their location, and swept backward!
"squeak--!!!"
The rats rolled wildly in the fire, and the stench of burning flesh filled the air.
Lu Nange abruptly stopped, her mental abilities spreading out—
The rat horde behind them is beginning to retreat in panic!
The rat swarm retreated completely when there was no further movement on the ground.
Lu Nange's face turned deathly pale: "Don't throw it away! Return it!"
The flames are still raging.
Her voice was hoarse: "Brother He Zhuo, put out the fire!"
He Zhuo pressed down with his palm, and waves of earth surged down, covering the fire gradually and extinguishing it.
"call……"
Everyone collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, sweat mixed with black ash sliding down their foreheads.
Wen Qing immediately knelt down beside Lu Nange, a faint green light emanating from his palm.
Healing energy seeped into her body like a trickle.
Lu Nange's pale face visibly regained its color, and she let out a long sigh, saying, "Thank you, Sister Wen Qing."
Wen Qing didn't speak, but just smiled.
He then gripped the crystal core tightly and replenished everyone's depleted supernatural abilities one by one.
As Wen Qing began to regain his powers, Lu Nange jumped up with a bang, her eyes shining.
"Quick! Dig out the crystal core!"
He Zhuo looked up at her: "Little sister, didn't you say last time that mutated animals only get bigger and don't have crystal cores?"
"I said that those with crystal cores can't be eaten, but those without crystal cores can!" Lu Nange squatted down.
The dagger deftly sliced open a charred rat carcass: "I didn't say animals don't have crystal cores, did I?"
She had just used her mental energy to examine the group of rats, and they all had crystal cores.
The group, now fully recovered, immediately dispersed and began searching the still-warm scorched earth.
The ground was incredibly hot, and they had to use tools to sift through the ashes.
Fortunately, most of the mice were burned to carbonization, making the grayish-white crystal nuclei stand out even more.
By the time the last crystal core was acquired, the sky was already beginning to lighten.
Everyone simultaneously piled the crystal cores in front of Lu Nange: "Nannan, you distribute them."
This is precisely why Lu Nange gets along well with Chi Yanzhou and his group—they are all open and honest!
These level-one crystal cores were consumables used to replenish physical strength and restore supernatural abilities, and she did not hesitate to distribute them evenly.
"We don't need it." Gu Wan and Chi Yi shook their heads simultaneously: "Without superpowers, it's a waste to keep it."
Ji Xian also shook his head.
Lu Nange directly shoved the crystal cores into their hands: "Then wait until you awaken before using them!"
...
In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of a tall building in the distance.
The metal bracket of a professional-grade field telescope makes a slight "clicking" sound.
"You keep watch." The man in black who spoke straightened up.
He stepped aside to make way for his men to take over, and then walked to the center of the living room.
The figure lounging on the leather sofa seemed to be part of the shadows.
"Brother Li, the fire in the North District is out! Even though we sealed off the entire city, a new group of people suddenly entered from somewhere. One of them is a woman, and her superpower seems to be healing!"
The man on the sofa slowly raised his head.
He looked at him with a sinister gaze, a smirk playing on his lips: "Xiao Zhu!"
Xiao Zhu's back was covered in a layer of cold sweat: "Here!"
Su Zeli's scar across his left eye writhed in the shadows: "Healed, that's interesting! Bring him back, Xie Zong still needs a new test subject, doesn't he?"
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Xiao Zhu's forehead: "That group was very strong; a few of them wiped out the entire mutated rat swarm... A direct confrontation would be..."
"Hmm?" Su Zeli's fingers tapped lightly on the sofa armrest, each tap feeling like a blow to Xiao Zhu's nerves: "Are you telling me that the superhumans we raise are all useless? You want me to go myself?"
"No!" Xiao Zhu almost bit her tongue: "I...I'll have people keep a close eye on them, and bring them back tonight."
...
On the other side, after Lu Nange and the others finished dividing the crystal cores, the surrounding area was scorched earth and the air was filled with the stench of burnt flesh.
The group found a two-story brick house nearby to rest for the time being.
Lu Nange stood in the corner and took out several bags of bread and mineral water from her system backpack.
"We can't stay here any longer." She tossed the food to her companion: "Shall we grab a bite and then find another place to rest?"
Gu Wan hugged her knees and huddled next to Gu Qi: "Can't we find an apartment building...? This muddy ground, if a rat crawls out again, I might die on the spot..."
He Zhuo was unscrewing the bottle of mineral water: "Let's give it a try..."
Gu Qi lightly kicked him: "Try it then?"
"I was wrong, I was wrong!" He Zhuo jumped to the side, holding up the bread in surrender: "My mouth always beats my brain, I admit it!"
Lu Xici raised an eyebrow: "We've been traveling for several days in a row, and everyone didn't get a good rest last night."
In Quzhou, there are roadblocks everywhere, and wherever you go, there are people pointing guns at your heads and driving you away.
It's even hard to find a place to rest!
Chi Yanzhou leaned against the door, keeping watch: "There are roadblocks everywhere, let's just not drive today."
The commercial street we passed by yesterday has been occupied at one end.
There are plenty of shops along the street. How about we just pick one, rest for a day, scout things out, and then leave Quzhou tomorrow?
A few heads covered in breadcrumbs slowly bobbed up and down in the morning light.
After a quick breakfast, the group headed towards the shopping street.
The journey took half an hour, during which there were no zombies, but three groups of survivors were encountered.
The other person's cloudy eyes swept over their filthy clothes and finally lingered on their weapons for a moment.
There was no communication, no conflict.
Only the taut knuckles quietly pull the trigger, and the figure quickly disappears into the alley.
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