The original owner's luck seemed to be very good. When the end of the world came, she possessed superpowers. She was trapped in the research institute and thought she was dead, but the army sent people to pick her up. It seemed that good times always come after bad times. But her good luck is often mixed with a hint of bad luck. She has superpowers but cannot upgrade them. When the army arrives, they are wiped out by zombies. Fortunately, she meets a team of superpowers who come to rescue her on the way, and she is able to save her life.
At this moment, Lin Dan was sitting in the truck of the superpower team, quietly sorting out the memories in his mind. It has been three months since the apocalypse broke out. The government and the military have established three large survivor bases and restored some communications. There are also some small bases spontaneously formed by civilians scattered across the country.
The army that came to pick up the original owner and her mentor belonged to the largest Base No. 1, which was located in City H. It took half a month to drive there because many highways were blocked by broken-down cars and it took a long detour.
Taking a detour means an increased risk factor, and as the risk factor increases, the survivors' chances of survival will be greatly reduced. Thinking of this, Lin Dan subconsciously began to practice a martial art called "Ashura Sword", but regretfully discovered that the original owner's aptitude was so poor that he couldn't even do the most basic thing of drawing Qi into his body.
Lin Dan closed his eyes and tried silently many times, but failed, so he gave up. She touched her pocket, which contained several blue water crystal cores, which were sent by the soldiers who were protecting the original owner's mentor. She held one of them and began to absorb it, but gave up again after five minutes. Others could absorb all the energy simply by holding the crystal core in their hands, but she only absorbed a tiny bit even with all her strength. From this we can see that the original owner's physique was really too poor. It might take her ten or even twenty years to reach a level that others could reach in a few months.
However, the end of the world is extremely dangerous. There may be no tomorrow after today. Even the top psychics of level two or three cannot guarantee that they can live safely to old age, let alone ordinary people? With such a bad body, Lin Dan's way of survival suddenly became difficult.
She let go of the crystal core and sighed inaudibly.
At this moment, a cold voice sounded in the car: "Our team does not accept useless people. No matter whether you have superpowers or not, you must kill zombies for me. Don't even think about hiding in the car like your ancestors did. We won't serve you!"
Lin Dan looked up and saw that the person who was speaking was a very bright and generous woman. She was wearing a black leather jacket and leather pants, a gun tied around her waist, and a dagger stuck in her boots. She looked very cool. Three months had passed since the apocalypse, but she was still clean and rosy-cheeked, standing out among a group of emaciated survivors.
After saying this, she glanced at Lin Dan vaguely and continued, "We are not those big-time soldiers who will treat the military's orders as imperial decrees and serve you like ancestors. Once you encounter zombies, everyone must take up weapons to fight back. If you find supplies, everyone must be responsible for collecting them and then hand them over to me for distribution. No private collection is allowed. Let me be frank. If anyone violates my rules, I will immediately throw him out of the car and let him fend for himself! Did you hear clearly?"
"Boss, I heard it clearly." Her team members responded with laughter, and then looked at the few weak researchers with gloating eyes.
Lin Dan was also one of the weaklings, so he would not offend the woman's authority. He just followed the crowd and responded with his head down. She always felt that the way women looked at her was very strange, as if there was some disgust and some contempt, but she didn't know if it was her illusion. Yet, as far as they could remember, they had never met before.
The woman snorted coldly, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, and didn't say another word.
After a while, it was dark and the convoy rested at a gas station beside the highway. The woman and her partner brought a group of psychics to clear out the zombies nearby. The lightning in their hands frequently emitted purple arcs of light, with great destructive power. Lin Dan used a machete to deal with the primary zombies. Although he had no special abilities and was physically weak, he was able to handle it with ease because of his tricky moves.
More than two hours later, all the zombies nearby were cleared out and everyone walked into the gas station exhausted.
"I heard that you are a water-based mutant?" The woman walked up to Lin Dan and ordered, "Fill this bucket. Everyone needs water."
Lin Dan condensed a palm-sized water ball and said hoarsely, "I can only summon this much water every day. I can't fill the bucket."
The woman raised an eyebrow and said in a surprised tone: "Three months have passed, and you are still at the beginner level?"
"Yes." Lin Dan nodded, without showing any humiliation on her face. She always felt that the woman was not really surprised, but came over to humiliate her on purpose. If that's the case, why would she let the other party laugh at her? Others can look down on her, but she cannot look down on herself. Who says that you can’t survive in the apocalypse if you are weak? Even if there is no road under her feet, she will chop her way out.
"What the hell? It's been three months and you're still at the beginner level?" A teenager of about sixteen or seventeen shouted in disbelief. He is the woman's right-hand man, a peak level 2 fire-type ability user, and is considered one of the top masters even in the whole of China.
Lin Dan glanced at him and didn't answer. A woman sitting in the corner sneered, "She is as timid as a mouse and never goes out to kill zombies. How can she advance?"
Lin Dan looked at the woman and immediately recognized her identity. She was the senior of the original owner and also studied under the same big boss tutor, but she was not liked by the tutor and was always overshadowed by the original owner. Now that her mentor is dead, and she is a level 2 wind-type mutant, she will naturally exclude Lin Dan.
The woman looked at Lin Dan deeply and emphasized every word: "If you still want to stay in my team, you'd better make some contributions. Our team distributes according to work. Whoever contributes more can get more supplies, otherwise you will have to go hungry."
Without waiting for Lin Dan to answer, she turned around and clapped her hands, saying, "I will distribute today's supplies. Those with water abilities will fetch water, those with fire abilities will start fires, and ordinary people will be responsible for cooking." Everyone gathered around her, their expressions joyful and excited.
If Lin Dan were to say, this team is undoubtedly excellent. The leader is smart and capable, and the team members are young and strong and abide by the rules. More importantly, they regard the leader as their spiritual pillar, so they are very cohesive. If she could join them, Lin Dan might be able to live longer, but unfortunately, the leader of this team was hostile to her, so it was impossible for her to stay.
As far as he could remember, the original owner had only known them for two days, and had been running for his life for those two days, so he had no chance to communicate with them at all. This feeling of disgust was too inexplicable. Lin Dan shook his head, his eyes a little dim.
At the same time, the woman was distributing the supplies piled at her feet: "Xiao Tao, you killed 18 zombies today, so you can get five packs of instant noodles and five sausages. Xiao Qiu, you killed a few zombies, but you provided the water for everyone, so you can get two packs of instant noodles. Don't put them in your backpack this time, or you'll break them when you run away."
"Sister Liuye, I understand. I'll get you an extra bucket of bath water later, and I won't charge you the crystal core." The girl named Xiaoqiu said with a giggle.
The woman smiled at Xiao Qiu and continued distributing the food. When it was finally Lin Dan's turn, she took out a tiny bag of biscuits and said coldly, "You only killed three zombies today and didn't even get any water for everyone. Since you've just joined our team and haven't fully adapted yet, I'll give you this bag of biscuits as a gift."
Someone nearby muttered, "What do you mean she just arrived? It's been three months since the end of the world, she should have adapted to it by now, okay? Trash is trash, Captain, you're giving her too much face!"
Lin Dan pretended not to hear anything. After taking the biscuit, he said, "I remember a few people didn't kill any zombies just now, but they were also allocated a pack of instant noodles?"
The woman asked back, "They are ordinary people, and you are a superpower. How can they compare with you? As long as ordinary people take up weapons and join the battle, they can get a pack of instant noodles from me, but superpowers must kill five zombies before they can have food. This is my rule. Do you understand the principle that those who are capable should do more work?"
The woman had said everything, and Lin Dan could only remain silent. Even though the original owner possessed water-related abilities, his physique was still very weak and he could not compare with those burly and ordinary men. But since the woman is deliberately making things difficult for her, these situations can be completely ignored.
“If you want to have a full meal, just kill more zombies. If you feel wronged, you can also leave.” The woman stared at Lin Dan.
"I understand." Lin Dan nodded in agreement.
The woman then turned and left, leaving Lin Dan alone to be laughed at by a group of people.
"Liu Ye," another leader of the team said in a deep voice, "Base No. 1 has issued another mission, asking us to go to City C to rescue a doctor named Xiao Junlin. The level of this mission is SSS. Once completed, we can get five tons of food and five villas."
The leader is Liu Ye's partner, named Nie Ting. He is very handsome, over 190 cm tall, with smooth muscles all over his body. He is also very powerful, a peak level 3 gold-type mutant. He was just about to hand the phone to Liu Ye to take a look when he found another text message coming in. It was a task issued by Base No. 2. The content was still to rescue the doctor named Xiao Junlin, but the reward was higher than that of Base No. 1. In exchange, the food was six tons, and an area could be designated as the private territory of the team in Base No. 2, and they would not have to pay rent for the rest of their lives.
Just as Nie Ting had finished reading this message, another message came in. It was issued by Base No. 3. The mission content was exactly the same, but the reward was higher than the previous two bases. From this we can see that this doctor named Xiao Junlin must be an important figure.
"Let's go to City C!" Nie Ting made the decision immediately.
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