Chapter 13

After a while, the old lady Xu said in surprise: 

"You, you just..."

"Oh, it's a supernatural ability. Some people became monsters, while some people got abilities. I'm the latter." 

Lin Tantan gave a brief explanation. This family took her in; helping them was just a little effort on her part.

Old lady Xu murmured: "So I saw it correctly just now, you really came here by throwing two green ropes."

Lin Tantan had wondered whether these people were not surprised by her supernatural ability; it turned out that the old lady thought she had been dazzled and saw wrong.

"Then, will my husband's illness be healed?" Mrs. Xu asked again.

"It's just a temporary relief. If you want to get better, you need to get treatment for a period of time." Lin Tantan said. 

In the past, she had treated many patients with chronic illnesses; and basically, after going to her a few times more, taking one or two courses of treatment, the patients would be alive and kicking. Of course, her fees were also high. At present, her ability was quite low, so old ailments like Chronic Bronchitis would take a few months to cure.

"Sister, can you teach me? Then I will be able to treat grandpa." The granddaughter of the Xu family said crisply.

Lin Tantan saw that the child was fair and polite, and liked her very much, saying: 

"I can't teach you, and whether you can get supernatural abilities is not up to me, God has the final say."

Everyone started asking Lin Tantan about supernatural abilities. She naturally couldn't act like she knew everything; thus most of her answers were 'don't know'.

After a full meal, Lin Tantan went back to the room to absorb the gold-based crystal nucleus, and threw a golden thorn, which was like a nail driven into the wall. Lin Tantan got out of bed and came to the wall, gently touched it with her hand, and the golden thorn turned into mist as it returned to her body. She carefully observed the small hole in the wall and estimated that it was about two centimetres; feeling relieved.

Tomorrow, she would have to fight her way to her destination.

It was a pity that there were no more crystal nuclei; she had to find a way to get some.

She closed her eyes, trying to ignore the noise made by the zombies outside, and forced herself to fall asleep.

………….

Some people choose to recharge their batteries at night, while others choose to act in the dark.

Ye Xiao's team was obviously the latter. Because through the controlled monitoring in the city, they found that the number of zombies was increasing every moment. Every minute of delay, the difficulty of their rescue would increase.

Since they had already invaded the monitoring system, it was like they had countless eyes in the city, which was also very convenient for their actions.

The time came two hours ago.

Their first target was the two scientists, not only because they were the most important, but also because their laboratory was near the suburbs and was the closest to their team.

It was a new type of office building, only six stories high, and had an oval ring structure as a whole. No matter the shape or the building materials, it was very technological and strong. There were many large and small rooms on each floor.

Next to this office building, was a commercial building which was also newly built, and was magnificent enough. Not far from these two buildings, there was lots of real estate, some of which had already been built for occupancy, with a few lights at night, while the others were under construction. The land farther away was mostly bare land and low residential areas.

At this moment, the sky was about to get dark. Ye Xiao saw the scene with a telescope and squinted his eyes slightly as if he was thinking about something. He also kept a watch on his surroundings; whenever he saw a zombie approaching, he would raise his gun and kill it.

Meanwhile, in the abandoned factory building behind him, a tall guy, along with a slender man having somewhat feminine features, was tinkering with packages of something, as if they were planting a bomb.

"It's done." The two came out.

"Let's go." 

The group of three retreated quietly. Not long after, loud voices suddenly came from the factory building, including the sound of cars and noisy human voices, as if there was a train station in that factory.

The sound was transmitted layer by layer through several speakers. The zombies who became agitated because the sky was about to get dark were attracted by the sound, and went to the source of the sound. Many zombies also came out of the office building full of technology. .

The three men went all the way back to the third floor of a half-built building. There was only a rough wall here, with red bricks and cement everywhere, and a pile of debris on the ground. The advantage was that the whole floor could be seen through at a glance, so there was no need to worry about zombies hiding in the corner.

The other five people were already here. Bai Cheng was sitting with a person holding a notebook and typing. Seeing them come back, Bai Cheng raised his head and said: 

"All the zombies that could leave the building have already come out, but there are still a lot left inside, I will tell you the location later. Professor Zheng and Professor Wu are now in the underground laboratory, there are many zombies around the entrance as well as in their laboratory, you should hurry up."

Ye Xiao nodded: "Xiaotian, Meimei, Xu Li, are you ready?" 

He called the names directly. Xiaotian was the person who kept typing on the notebook, named Jiang Xiaotian, a young man with a very ordinary face, which would never be found in a crowd. This person was a master hacker, and was the reason they could do as they pleased in the city; since he had already hacked the surveillance in Yangshi.

He closed the notebook in his hand, and stood up: "Okay, you can go."

Meimei was the bad-tempered one, his full name was Mei Bosheng, but he did not like his literary and awkward name; thus he gave himself such a nickname. He patted the gun in his hand and said with a grin, 

"I've been ready for a long time."

Xu Li was a young man who looked very shy, had a soft appearance, and a soft personality. He looked no stronger than Cheng Qinan who had joined the team halfway, but he was the second most lethal person in this small team after Ye Xiao. He was different from the others. Although he also had a gun, he tucked it in his belt instead of holding it. He held a simple long sword with a scabbard.

Ye Xiao looked at the tall and strong man who came back with him just now: 

"Da Zhong, I'll leave this to you."

Da Zhong was the most rugged-looking in the team, an authentic Northeast guy, who usually appeared very silent and honest. He had a good temper but was very tough in battle; his full name was Zhong Xiong, and he lived up to his name.

(His name means something along the line of 'a mighty or powerful person')

Mei Bosheng, Xu Li, Zhong Xiong, and Ye Xiao were the main firepower of the eight-member team. The others could not be said to be weak, but they were not very good at fighting. If Ye Xiao were to take two of them with him, he would naturally leave one behind, otherwise he would not be at ease.

Zhong Xiong said with a naive smile: "Boss, don't worry." 

Bai Cheng also said: "Don't worry about us, be careful yourself."

Ye Xiao nodded, and led the three of them towards the office building.

It was already dark, and there were only a few automatic sensor lights in the office building; thus all four of them wore night vision goggles, and with the constant reminders from Bai Cheng in the earphones, they quickly killed all the zombies along the way as they advanced.

In fact, there was often no need for other people to take action. Ye Xiao would just wave his hand, and with a gust of wind, the zombie would fall down.     

Mei Bosheng was envious, and quietly said to Jiang Xiaotian beside him: "This superpower is really useful, when can we have this kind of ability?"

Jiang Xiaotian was also full of fantasies: 

"Can I get a super powerful processor through some superpower?" 

Anyway, he didn't like to fight and kill, so he just wanted a super computer.

Mei Bosheng rolled his eyes. He shouldn't have expected this guy to talk normally, so he asked Xu Li behind him: 

"Xu Li..." 

Before he could complete his sentence, through the night vision goggles, he saw Xu Li killing a zombie that had suddenly appeared with a sharp sword, like a swordsman in ancient times. When it was over, he turned around and asked softly with a silly expression on his face, 

"Called me?"

Mei Bosheng rolled his eyes again, this guy himself looked like someone with superpowers.

Ye Xiao suddenly said: "Concentrate!"

They had reached the entrance of the underground research room, and there were many zombies here. Ye Xiao and Xu Li went up together, the distance was too close, and it was not suitable for shooting with a gun. With a wind blade from Ye Xiao and a swing of the sword by Xu Li, all the zombies were resolved in a few minutes. Mei Bosheng pulled Jiang Xiaotian to hide.

After all the zombies were killed, Jiang Xiaotian came on stage. He took out a device from his bag, connected it with the electronic door at the entrance, and fiddled with his notebook for a while. Within two minutes, the door opened with a beep.