On the tenth day after they teleported,
Shen Jin and Shang Qian had fully recovered. Each wore a thick padded coat,
and they made their way through the tunnel holding torches.
Shang Qian told Shen Jin she still couldn't sense her Special Ability. It seemed that its energy had been completely exhausted and could no longer replenish itself.
That shattered Shen Jin's hope of getting back through Shang Qian's teleportation. He could only rely on his own strength to return to base and find the "Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow" supplies stored underground.
But after being transformed by that surge of Special Ability energy, Shang Qian's physical fitness had improved tremendously. She was almost on par with pseudo-Superhumans like Shen Jin and Yang Ao.
That put Shen Jin at ease. At least she could protect herself against zombies now, and he wouldn't have to divert his attention to looking after her.
So, on this outing, their first priority was to find someone alive and ask where they were.
They jumped out at the end of the tunnel and emerged in an abandoned tourist attraction.
The place was clearly shoddily built, with signs of corner-cutting and slapdash construction everywhere. It was as though the entire tourism project had been thrown together just to fulfill an assignment from higher-ups.
There were also few zombies here. Most had been local residents who treated the mountain like a garden where they could take a casual stroll.
"Shh, walk slowly. Try not to alert the zombies."
Each holding a tungsten steel alloy sword, Shen Jin and Shang Qian cautiously crept toward the attraction's lounge.
Shen Jin figured that a relatively safe place like this was the most likely spot to find survivors.
"Roar!"
As they walked, a zombie's roar suddenly came from underfoot. Looking closer, they