Shen Yi used Instant Movement to dodge the sneak attack and saw who had attacked him.
It was a man in his thirties.
He gripped a baseball bat with both hands, staring at Shen Yi in terror.
"How is that possible?! You... you have superpowers too?!"
"Hm?"
Shen Yi had been about to shoot the man dead, but upon hearing that, he paused for a second.
Superpowers too?
This man knew about superpowers as well?
Could he know about the colored fruits?
Shen Yi pointed his gun at the man and asked coldly, "Have you seen anyone else with superpowers?"
"I-I have! I've seen one! Don't kill me!" The man swallowed in terror and nodded frantically.
He did not know whether the gun in Shen Yi's hand was real, but seeing that Shen Yi had an ability, he knew he could not beat him.
"Who was it? What ability did they use?" Shen Yi continued interrogating him.
Maybe he could learn something about Ability Fruits from other ability users!
"She... she was a female police officer!"
The man answered nervously.
"A police officer? You've seen police officers?"
Shen Yi frowned. This was the first time he had heard of police officers since the apocalypse began.
By all rights, the authorities should have launched rescue efforts long ago, yet he had not seen a single police officer until now.
He had even suspected that this apocalypse was not real. Otherwise, how could the police and military simply ignore the lives of ordinary people?
"I have. I saw lots of police officers a few days ago!" The man nodded hurriedly and explained, "On the first day Black Fog appeared, some people next door got into a fight, so I called the police. Officers came to handle it, but there seemed to be a lot of calls that day, so they left again soon after."
"Over the next few days, I often heard police sirens on the streets. I even heard helicopters!"
"I got curious and went out to look. There were two police helicopters, and they even had machine guns mounted on them! They seemed to be shooting at something, but they were too far away for me to see clearly. Really, I'm not lying to you!"
"Later, one of the helicopters suddenly exploded in the sky. Its wreckage fell near Wangfujing Department Store. If you don't believe me, you can go look. I'm absolutely not lying!"
As he explained, the man slowly backed toward the stairs leading to the second floor.
Shen Yi frowned.
So it was not that the authorities had failed to send rescue forces. They had mobilized immediately, only to be wiped out?
Even helicopters had been shot down. What kind of monster had they encountered?
Not even machine guns had been able to kill it...
Shen Yi could not help thinking of the giant bird he had seen at the school two days ago.
If it had been that terrifying bird, it really might have been able to bring down a helicopter...
As for whether it could withstand machine-gun bullets, Shen Yi truly did not know.
Logically speaking, flesh and blood should not be that tough. But considering his Body Evolution ability, which was already so absurd at only Level 1, perhaps at Level 10 or even Level 100, he might be able to withstand bullets with his body alone...
It seemed the apocalyptic world was even more dangerous than he had imagined. He would have to be even more careful from now on!
Shen Yi did not think he could handle that giant bird, or a mutated monster as strong as it, so he could not get too cocky just because he had a handgun.
"You mentioned a female police officer with superpowers. Where is she now? Is she still alive?" Shen Yi asked again, ignoring the shop owner's subtle retreat.
"I... I don't know either. She just came here the day before yesterday to buy some food and water..."
As he spoke, the man's eyes darted shiftily toward the second floor, as though he were sending some kind of signal.
Shen Yi walked closer and asked, "What is her ability?"
"She... she can turn her hands into steel. She's incredibly strong..."
As the man spoke, he stared at Shen Yi approaching step by step.
He seemed to be looking forward to Shen Yi getting closer.
But then,
After taking a few steps, Shen Yi suddenly stopped and looked at the man. "Then one last question. Have you seen any colored fruits?"
"Colored fruits? Wh-what are those? I haven't seen any!"
The man's eyes were clearly flustered.
He had definitely seen them!
"I understand."
Shen Yi nodded, then pulled the trigger without hesitation.
With a crisp bang, a bloody hole appeared in the man's forehead. He fell over with disbelief written all over his face, dead.
He died with his eyes open!
He had never expected the gun in Shen Yi's hand to be real!
Much less that Shen Yi would shoot without a word!
After killing the man, Shen Yi instantly vanished from where he stood.
Time passed.
Around ten-odd minutes later.
Another man poked his head out from the stairwell and cautiously surveyed the first floor.
"He left?"
The man instantly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the headshot corpse on the first floor.
"Damn it, who was that guy? He actually had a gun! Don't tell me he was a cop too?"
"Or someone from the military?"
"But there doesn't seem to be any military stationed near Mountain City..."
"And that guy had an ability too... Boss, you didn't die for nothing!"
As he muttered to himself, the man turned around and immediately widened his eyes in horror.
There was actually someone standing in the shadows behind him!
"Fuck!!"
He instinctively swung a punch.
The instant he threw it, his fist turned into an Iron Fist!
His body was rapidly turning to steel as well!
It was obviously an ability!
But,
He was too slow.
Bang!
Shen Yi pulled the trigger. At such close range, there was no suspense at all. One shot blew his head apart.
Before the man's head had fully turned to steel, the bullet pierced through it.
To make sure the man was dead, Shen Yi fired another six shots, every one aimed at the head. He emptied the gun, blasting the man's face to pieces.
One had to be cautious when dealing with ability users!
This was Shen Yi's first time fighting an ability user, and he had been extremely tense!
Back on the first floor, Shen Yi had already sensed that something was off about the middle-aged man. The man had kept trying to lure him toward the stairs to the second floor.
So Shen Yi guessed that there might be an ambush upstairs.
Therefore,
He struck first. Better to kill the wrong person than let a threat go!
After killing the middle-aged man, Shen Yi immediately used Instant Movement to relocate and quietly waited for the person on the second floor to appear.
He waited for more than ten minutes.
Once the man upstairs could no longer resist peeking out, Shen Yi used Instant Movement again to get behind him. He listened to the man mutter to himself for quite a while before finally killing him with a single shot.
If he had not wanted to hear whether the man would reveal any useful information, Shen Yi would not have wasted so much time.
As for the fact that the man had been an ability user, Shen Yi was not surprised.
From the moment he began speaking with the man downstairs, he had noticed that the middle-aged man knew a great deal about abilities. Shen Yi had initially thought the middle-aged man himself was an ability user, which was why he had deliberately moved closer to ensure he could kill him with one shot.
After all, Shen Yi had barely used guns before. Beyond ten meters, he might miss.
Handguns were not that easy to control...
"Whew..."
Having killed someone for the first time, Shen Yi could feel his heart racing and adrenaline surging.
But he was not afraid. He felt more excitement than anything else!
Perhaps deep down, he had never been a quiet, law-abiding man!
He glanced at the man's corpse on the ground. As the man died, the steel on his body vanished and his ability was undone.
After confirming that the man was thoroughly dead, Shen Yi switched to another gun loaded with bullets and began checking the rooms on the second floor.
Since he had chosen to kill, he might as well finish the job and leave no future trouble behind!
Shen Yi heard sounds coming from a room at the end of the corridor, so he walked over with his gun in hand.
He carefully pushed open the door.
But,
The sight inside made him frown and lower his gun.
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