Qin Luo followed the little zombie around, looking without buying. They didn't compete with the ordinary people here for supplies.
Life in the apocalypse was already hard enough for ordinary people. The base gave them priority for supplies they could use, so even ability users sometimes couldn't buy what they wanted. In return, ordinary people couldn't enjoy the special treatment ability users received.
It was fairly equitable.
That was how things worked in the Human Zone. Ability users couldn't stay here for too long, either.
Otherwise, their wristbands would pop up a warning.
Once they had seen enough, the human and zombie headed back. Only after reaching their residential complex did they relax completely.
"All right, back to our own places. Get some rest, and we'll meet up later."
Qin Luo walked the little zombie to her door, then yawned himself. Looking tired for once, he went inside with his eyes half closed.
Xu Duoduo watched him enter before returning to her own little nest. She bustled around cleaning first, then held a Mutant Bat's mutant core between her teeth and settled on the bay window seat.
This was Shishi's favorite spot.
Looking at the base's towering perimeter wall made her feel safe. The wall seemed wider now that she was back.
From the nineteenth floor, she could see the residential complex below and some of the streets. The plants knocked down by the last great typhoon had recovered, and their lush greenery was soothing to look at.
Xu Duoduo ate a mutant core to tide herself over. One used to fill her up, but now a One-Star Mutant Core only left her about eighty percent full. Was this what they called evolution? She pondered it with her occasionally unreliable brain.
After finishing the mutant core, she pulled out a