When Jiang Zhaosu came downstairs, she had caught the scent of those zombies.
But she had trusted Qi Xing's strength too much, so she had not taken ordinary zombies seriously.
Who knew there would be so many the moment they entered!
The moment Qi Xing saw the scene, he said nothing. He bent down, scooped up the still-dazed Jiang Zhaosu, and bolted for the first floor.
Seeing their food run away, the zombies let out furious roars from their throats and chased after them with claws bared.
As Qi Xing ran, he controlled the potted plants around him, sending them to attack the zombie horde behind them.
Seeing Qi Xing dare to flee and attack the guests, the Mutated Species that had maintained the image of a polite manager flew into a rage.
Its head seemed to swell with anger, abruptly expanding several times over into a horrifying giant flesh tumor. Its mouth split open into an abyssal maw, revealing sharp, pointed fangs within.
The Mutated Species' neck had already been severely deformed. With its enlarged head adding more weight, it could no longer straighten its back. It dropped onto all fours and charged at Qi Xing.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhaosu immediately summoned her last few Mutated Giant Rats and had them block the Mutated Species and zombies.
The enormous Mutated Giant Rats squeaked as they darted out from every corner of the hotel. In an instant, they pounced on the leading zombies, clamped down on their heads, and brutally tore them off.
"Stealing food!! Rats!!"
The Mutated Species let out a furious roar. Its neck suddenly stretched several feet, shooting like lightning toward a Mutated Giant Rat over a meter away before biting down.
The bitten Mutated Giant Rat was instantly mangled into a bloody mess and let out a piercing scream.
Hearing it, the other rats hurriedly rushed over and tore at the Mutated Species' neck.
But a high-level Mutated Species like this was not something a few low-level mutated beasts could handle.
Before long, the Mutated Giant Rats all died at the Mutated Species' hands and were ripped to pieces by the zombie horde.
Watching from Qi Xing's shoulder, Jiang Zhaosu felt like her heart was about to break.
Her little mice... they were really all dead now...
Fortunately, the Mutated Giant Rats had not died in vain. In that brief time, Qi Xing had already reached the hotel entrance.
Outdoors, Qi Xing's ability was much easier to use.
Several vines as thick as a child's arm suddenly burst from the ground and shot toward the lizard-like Mutated Species.
The Mutated Species had moved stiffly in human form, swaying even when it walked. But after transforming, its agility had risen by more than two levels!
The thick vines twisted around its arm, yet it chose to bite that arm off! Its speed did not slow in the slightest as it continued forward!
The Mutated Species nimbly slipped through the gaps in the vines, leaped into the air, and opened its bloody maw to bite Qi Xing.
Jiang Zhaosu could even see the blackish-yellow tartar on its teeth and smell the foul stench of saliva wafting from the wide gaps between them. It made her zombie eyes ache.
She cried out and instinctively raised her hand to block it.
A flash of white lightning appeared in her palm and shot toward the Mutated Species with a boom.
The lightning strike hit the Mutated Species squarely in the mouth, instantly burning a huge hole through its throat.
The Mutated Species was blasted three meters away by the lightning. It let out a shrill scream, rolled over, and crashed to the ground.
Having let his guard down once, Qi Xing immediately controlled more vines to burst from the earth. They tightly bound the Mutated Species while piercing through its body and head.
Several vines directly skewered the Mutated Species full of holes.
"Damn, that scared me."
Only after confirming that the Mutated Species was completely dead did Qi Xing let out a long breath and tuck the Long Dagger he had drawn from behind his back away again.
When the Mutated Species had pounced, he had planned to use the dagger to slice its mouth apart.
But that method was far too risky.
If even a little of the Mutated Species' blood splashed into his eyes or onto his lips, he might be infected by the virus and undergo Zombification.
Once the Mutated Species died, the zombie horde seemed to lose its leader. Their movements became disordered and sluggish, and they did not dare approach because they feared Jiang Zhaosu's aura.
Jiang Zhaosu climbed down from Qi Xing's arms and ran to the Mutated Species, digging the Crystal Core out of its tumor-like head.
The way she and Qi Xing divided Crystal Cores had always been first come, first served.
This Crystal Core was hers!
Hehe!
Qi Xing had no intention of fighting her for it. He merely watched her little hands cradle the Crystal Core like a treasure and asked curiously, "Fortune, did you use an ability just now?"
If he had not been mistaken, Jiang Zhaosu had used a Lightning Ability.
That was truly strange.
When had his Fortune gained such a skill?
Jiang Zhaosu was still immersed in the joy of obtaining another large Crystal Core when Qi Xing's words made her pause.
Right.
A flash of white light had suddenly appeared in her hand just now.
Jiang Zhaosu tucked the Crystal Core into her pocket first, then opened her palm and looked at the blood-covered center of her hand.
Qi Xing walked over. "What's going on?"
Jiang Zhaosu held her palm out toward Qi Xing, recalling the feeling of releasing that lightning just now.
As she willed it, Jiang Zhaosu felt a surge of energy flow into her palm.
A thin white streak suddenly shot from her palm again, striking toward Qi Xing.
"Ah!"
Qi Xing hurriedly jumped aside, nimbly dodging the white streak. He said reproachfully, "Fortune, what are you doing?!"
The white streak struck the hotel's marble pillar behind Qi Xing, leaving behind a charred lightning mark.
Jiang Zhaosu bared her little white teeth at Qi Xing and smiled, replying proudly, "I can use lightning."
Jiang Zhaosu and Qi Xing returned to the hotel and sat in the reception area to review what had happened.
After studying it for a long while, they both concluded that after Duan Yuanyuan consumed Qin Feng's Crystal Core, Jiang Zhaosu had then eaten Duan Yuanyuan's Crystal Core. That was why she could now use a Lightning Ability.
However, the Lightning Ability Jiang Zhaosu could unleash was not very strong.
At the very least, it was nowhere near as powerful as Qin Feng's.
Perhaps Duan Yuanyuan had used up part of it too.
After reviewing everything, Qi Xing slapped his thigh like he had lost a fortune and regretted it deeply. "You should have eaten all of Duan Yuanyuan's corpse! You definitely would have inherited more abilities that way!"
"Come on, come on, let's go back and take another look. It's cold now, so maybe Duan Yuanyuan's body hasn't rotted underground yet. We can dig it up and still eat it."
Qi Xing grabbed Jiang Zhaosu's hand and headed back to the underground parking garage to get the car.
Jiang Zhaosu thought he was absolutely insane. He actually wanted to dig up a grave just for an ability!
"Sister!"
Jiang Zhaosu reminded him.
After going back and forth like this, were they still going to look for his sister or not!
"Oh." Only then did Qi Xing remember the important matter. "Right, we still need to go to A District to find my sister."
Day had fully broken as the two got into the car again and set off.
As they passed a high-rise building, Jiang Zhaosu sharply caught sight of a white cloth hanging from one of the windows, with "SOS" painted on it in large red letters.
Perhaps having heard their car, a figure moved at the window. It was a survivor who had yet to be rescued.
Jiang Zhaosu had not paid much attention at first.
After all, she and Qi Xing were a zombie and a murderer. What could they do after rescuing someone?
Use them as Reserve Food and toys?
Those survivors should wait for the Orthodox Sect to rescue them!
But after seeing the figure clearly, Jiang Zhaosu hurriedly pushed Qi Xing beside her and motioned for him to look. "Sister!"
The girl standing at the window had the exact same hairstyle as the little girl in Qi Xing's photo.
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