The Heavenly Dao was prepared to bargain with An Ge, but it hadn't expected the other party to change its tone so suddenly, becoming so gentle that it didn't even feel comfortable. Was it too early to trust such an unprincipled chosen one?
"Don't worry, as long as my will remains, I have no intention of changing sides."
Having received the promise from Heaven, An Ge nodded in satisfaction. Just as she was about to say something, Heaven brought her back to reality.
She hadn't even finished speaking! An Ge was furious; this feeling of being summoned and dismissed at will by the Heavenly Dao was truly unbearable.
Seeing An Ge open her eyes, Hu Jiu and Meng Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had been talking when An Ge suddenly closed her eyes. Based on their previous experiences, they knew that An Ge had probably been summoned by the Heavenly Dao again.
"Has the Heavenly Dao caused you any trouble?" Meng Xia had heard An Ge say that the Heavenly Dao in this dimension was not very reliable. After all, it could even make a mistake regarding the chosen one of destiny, so it couldn't be relied on too much for anything else.
An Ge shook her head. "What can it do to me? At most, it'll thunder, but I'm not afraid of being struck by lightning."
Hu Jiu also breathed a sigh of relief, but this feeling of suddenly being unable to intervene was really unpleasant. "What does Heaven say?"
An Ge told the two about her conversation with Tian Dao, "At least for now, Tian Dao is still reliable, but if the battle lines are drawn out, it's hard to say."
Meng Xia was quite optimistic, saying, "Those zombies are more anxious than we are. They won't be happy if we fight a protracted war."
“That’s true.” Thinking of the zombies’ frenzied behavior, An Ge nodded in agreement. “We’ll deal with the zombies outside, but you all need to be careful about the safety of the lab.”
"Don't worry, with Sister Tingxue here, you can't doubt how ruthless she is."
"Do you dare say that to Liu Tingxue's face?"
"Hehe, I was praising her, I was praising her!" Meng Xia said somewhat guiltily.
In the laboratory, Liu Tingxue heard that a superhuman had been drugged, but she didn't even lift her eyelids. "I know. These are just small fry. There's no point in asking them. Lock them up first."
In the apocalypse, humanity's adversaries are never just zombies, but also humanity itself.
The thought that these superhumans wanted to destroy the experiments filled Liu Tingxue with a hatred even stronger than that for zombies. If An Ge hadn't stopped her, she would have killed them outright.
An Ge spared these people's lives not to give them a chance to repent, regardless of their grievances; their betrayal of humanity had already earned them the death penalty. The reason for doing so was simply to settle scores later.
The first wave of zombies was repelled, and after the cheers came excitement. Zombies represented crystal cores, and so many crystal cores could not only aid in cultivation but also be exchanged for points or various other necessities.
The guards clearly looked down on the level of these zombies and, under Wen Zihao's instructions, did not compete with them for resources.
With the guards' tacit approval, many civilians carried baskets and cleaned up the battlefield, deftly digging for crystal cores. Having seen so many zombies, this bit of disgust was nothing to them.
Within half a day, the low-level zombie cores on the outskirts of the base had been completely dug up. The higher-level zombies were left untouched; they were reserved for those who would participate in the battle—they had that much foresight.
Once the crystal cores were almost completely mined, Ange quickly summoned Little Fire, and burned the zombies to ashes.
This was the first time many people had seen their leader take action. Seeing the small flames clear the battlefield in just a few breaths with unstoppable force, everyone's breathing quickened.
How many superpowers does the leader actually have? From what they've heard, there's spatial ability, wood-based ability, a special ability to produce resources or related to inns, and now there's a fire-based ability as well.
They had seen fire-type ability users before, and they were certain that even high-level fire-type ability users couldn't possess such power. Their leader's fire seemed extraordinary. After the initial surprise came joy; for them, nothing was more morale-boosting than having a powerful leader.
As the last rays of light disappeared on the horizon, everyone tensed up again. As expected, a new round of attacks was about to begin.
As darkness fell, a dark mass of zombies attacked from afar. Compared to tomorrow, the zombies were obviously much faster this time, and the vanguard alone was generally at the third tier in strength.
The protective shield kept the Tier 3 zombies at bay, but it grew weaker under their attacks. With a loud crack, a fissure appeared in the shield.
An Ge sighed. Maintaining the protective shield required a lot of mental energy. High-level zombies had not yet appeared, and he needed to conserve his strength. Using the formation continuously was obviously not advisable.
"Something's wrong! Zombies have broken through the protective barrier!" someone shouted anxiously.
Meng Qiu led a small team behind the protective shield and shouted, "Ready, go!"
As soon as Meng Qiu finished speaking, a dozen or so wood-elemental ability users waved their hands and scattered the seeds, activating their abilities to accelerate the plants' growth. Under the influence of their abilities, the seeds quickly took root and sprouted, growing into plants of various shapes and sizes before the zombies arrived.
Sensing life, the zombies slowed down, their eyes filled with painful struggle. Taking advantage of this, the superhumans attacked, easily crushing the zombies that had breached the defenses.
The teams worked together seamlessly. Most of them only had third or fourth-tier abilities, and under Meng Qiu's leadership, they could even eliminate a fifth-tier zombie with little effort.
"Haha, that's great! I never thought I'd be able to wipe out a fifth-tier zombie one day!" someone laughed.
"This isn't your doing; we should thank the wood-type ability users. I never imagined that wood-type abilities, which I used to think were only good as backup healers, would be so powerful."
"I heard that Meng Qiu received guidance from the leader and then guided these wood-type ability users. In other words, they were all trained by the leader."
"I have fire-based abilities, and I also want to be mentored by the leader."
"You? Give me a break. When the leader unleashed his fire, your powers were suppressed to the point of immobility. You're still offering guidance?"
While everyone else was having a good time, Meng Qiu and the other wood-type ability users were not feeling so good.
"Captain Meng, my superpower is almost exhausted."
"Me too, what should I do?"
While releasing his supernatural power, Meng Qiu took out a bottle of pills. "This is a recovery pill. It can quickly restore your supernatural power. Just take one when you can't hold on any longer."
Everyone's eyes lit up. This was the first time they had ever heard of a pill that could restore supernatural abilities. "There really is such a miraculous pill?"
"What's so strange about the fact that the leader is surrounded by capable people?"
The pills were naturally provided by Liu Tingxue. Despite her daily obsession with medicine and poison, the senior sister of the Xinglin Sect's talent in alchemy is undeniable.
After taking a pill, the previously exhausted superhumans suddenly felt a powerful surge of energy into their dantian, and in no time, their superhuman abilities were mostly restored.
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