Fortune Was a Useless Little Good-for-Nothing

Jiang Zhaosu's entire corpse froze when she saw the young girl suddenly appear inside the vehicle like a ghost.

How was that possible?

Ever since Xiao Yi appeared, she had remained highly alert to changes in the surrounding scents.

Yet apart from Qi Xing, Xiao Yi, and the Square-Faced Man in the rear compartment, she had not caught the scent of anyone else.

Where had this girl come from?

"Are you Captain Qi's little sister?" the girl asked.

Although blood was still flowing from the back of her head, Jiang Zhaosu had just replenished her nutrients. Her rotten, foul-smelling skin had recovered to look like that of an ordinary person, while the back of her head and half her little face were hidden beneath the Black Hood.

As long as she did not open her mouth, she merely looked like a frail little girl with a somewhat pale complexion.

The moment the girl spoke, Jiang Zhaosu knew she had to be with that Xiao Yi.

This time, Jiang Zhaosu had learned her lesson. Before she knew the extent of her opponent's strength, she did not attack rashly and instead nodded cautiously.

"Hello, I'm Xiao Yi's younger sister, Xiao Chuxi."

Xiao Chuxi was not very old and looked as though she had only just come of age. She wore a denim jacket and overalls, her hair tied into a high ponytail. Her skin was smooth, her face pretty and lively, and her large eyes bright and clear. At a glance, she seemed like an outgoing person.

Xiao Chuxi's tone toward her was fairly friendly as she asked in a consulting tone.

"Little sister, your brother made a small mistake. Could you persuade him to go back with my sister and me? I promise that once you return to the base, my sister and I will plead with the higher-ups and help clear your brother's name."

What bullshit!

Jiang Zhaosu immediately knew the sisters were lying through their teeth.

The moment Xiao Yi found out she was a zombie, she had used a killing move against her. Even now, she was being so rude to Qi Xing.

Qi Xing could still put up some resistance now, but if they really went back with these two, would she and Qi Xing have any chance of surviving?

From Qi Xing and Xiao Yi's earlier conversation, Jiang Zhaosu knew this little girl must have been very well protected by her older sister.

Looking at Xiao Chuxi's innocent face, Jiang Zhaosu's eyes shifted. She nodded and pretended to agree.

After Xiao Chuxi got out of the vehicle with her, Jiang Zhaosu circled from the passenger seat to behind Xiao Chuxi. Moving as fast as she could, she opened her mouth, bared her fangs, and bit toward Xiao Chuxi's neck.

Damn it, she hated this kind of fake, self-righteous person the most.

Bite her! Turn her into a zombie too!

Then let's see whether Xiao Yi, with all her talk of rules, could still maintain that calm and restrained expression while legally wiping out her own little sister!

To be fair, Jiang Zhaosu had seized the timing perfectly. If Xiao Chuxi had been an ordinary person, Jiang Zhaosu definitely would have bitten her.

But too much of her brain fluid had leaked out, and her mind had grown sluggish along with it.

Xiao Chuxi, who could conceal her scent, evade Jiang Zhaosu's nose and Qi Xing's gaze, and appear in the vehicle without anyone noticing, naturally possessed an ability as well.

And Xiao Chuxi's ability happened to be teleportation.

Sensing something wrong behind her, Xiao Chuxi immediately used her ability, and her figure vanished in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Zhaosu lunged at empty air. Not only did she fail to bite anyone, she nearly fell over.

The next second, Xiao Chuxi appeared behind her like a ghost and kicked the unsteady Jiang Zhaosu to the ground.

Jiang Zhaosu fell flat on her face, and the hood over her head slipped off, exposing the blood-filled holes in the back of her skull.

Amid her thick black hair, sticky black blood and yellow-white brain matter continuously flowed from those holes.

No ordinary person could survive such a severe brain injury.

Even Xiao Chuxi, who had seen plenty of zombies, could not help but have her pupils tremble at the sight. "You're not human—you're a zombie?!"

Jiang Zhaosu had a mouthful of dirt, her eyes blood-red. While Xiao Chuxi was stunned by her identity, she immediately pounced again, pressing Xiao Chuxi to the ground and roaring as she lowered her head to tear into her flesh.

But something bizarre happened.

She had clearly knocked Xiao Chuxi down, yet at the moment she bit down, Xiao Chuxi, whom she had firmly pinned beneath her, vanished.

She really disappeared in an instant.

Not only did Jiang Zhaosu fail to hurt Xiao Chuxi, her sharp fangs nearly bit off her own lower lip.

Then Xiao Chuxi appeared beside her again and planted a foot on the back of her neck.

This time, Xiao Chuxi got serious.

"Grrr..."

A terrifying growl came from Jiang Zhaosu's throat. Just as she was about to struggle, she felt the force pressing on her neck increase.

Her fragile, slender neck bones made cracking sounds as they neared breaking. Jiang Zhaosu immediately behaved herself and did not dare move.

"Qi Xing!" Xiao Chuxi shouted at Qi Xing, who was locked in a standoff with her sister. "Let go of my sister, or I'll crush this zombie's neck!"

"Roar, roar, roar..."

Jiang Zhaosu also let out a pleading howl, feeling a little desolate inside.

Qi Xing, I really tried my best this time!

While suppressing Xiao Yi, who was ready to counterattack at any moment, Qi Xing turned slightly and glanced toward Jiang Zhaosu.

Seeing Jiang Zhaosu, an aware high-level Mutated Species, beaten into such a pathetic state by a mere B-Level Ability User and only able to lie pitifully on the ground, he could not help sighing inwardly.

You weren't afraid of godlike opponents; you were afraid of piglike teammates!

He had thought he had picked up an aware high-level Mutated Species, but she was just a little zombie who could do nothing but eat meat. They were both partners, so why was his Fortune so useless?

The Surveillance Eye had already been destroyed, and Xiao Yi's Protective Shield looked like it would not hold much longer.

His best choice now was to ignore this stupid little zombie, kill the more capable Xiao Yi first, then deal with Xiao Chuxi.

After that, he could obtain three Crystal Cores, drive the van full of supplies, and leisurely head south to find his little sister.

But when Qi Xing met Jiang Zhaosu's round, teary eyes, which looked just like a puppy's and were filled with I don't want to die and I don't want to die, his heart inexplicably softened.

Fortune, Fortune, you really were a useless little good-for-nothing, huh?

Even after being fed Crystal Cores, she could not evolve an ability. She had no skills whatsoever and should have obediently died by his hand two days ago.

She had insisted on begging him to spare her life, and now she did nothing but cause him trouble.

Forget it. He would treat it as establishing the image of a good older brother in front of Xiao Yi.

Otherwise, if he killed two more Ability Users from the base, the base would definitely pursue him relentlessly.

Fighting then would waste stamina, while not fighting would mean hiding everywhere. It was all rather troublesome.

"Don't!"

Qi Xing hypocritically shouted to stop her and said to Xiao Chuxi, "If you have any grievances, take them out on me. Don't touch my little sister."

Cold sweat had already formed on Xiao Yi's forehead, and she was about to run out of strength. Xiao Chuxi sternly shouted again, "Let go of my sister!"

"Fine," Qi Xing replied. "I'll count to three, and we let go at the same time."

"One."

"Two."

To prevent the Xiao sisters from killing him after they got what they wanted, the moment he said "two," Qi Xing secretly sent a vine tunneling through the ground toward Xiao Chuxi.

"Three!"

Before the last word had even finished, his vine had already snatched up the barely conscious Jiang Zhaosu from beneath Xiao Chuxi's feet.

At the same time, several vines sliced through the air and shot toward Xiao Yi, whose Protective Shield could no longer hold.

"Big sister!"

Xiao Chuxi, standing beside their van, instantly vanished and flashed to Xiao Yi's side, raising an energy shield to block the silent, deadly plants.

While Xiao Chuxi and Xiao Yi dealt with the vines, Qi Xing caught Jiang Zhaosu with one hand as the vine delivered her, grabbed the vine with the other, and swiftly leaped down the mountainside.