Chapter 137 The Apocalyptic Boss Arrives (14)
Chapter 137 The Apocalyptic Boss Arrives (14)
A strong smell of gasoline mixed with the stench of blood lingered in the air above the service area. Next to three abandoned cars with their fuel tanks pried open, ten anxious figures were circling a silver-gray RV.
The lead man with the buzz cut had purple arcs of electricity crackling in his palm, but they were completely swallowed up by an invisible barrier when he touched the car door.
"Brother Lei, this RV is really weird."
The skinny, monkey-like man slashed at the car with his dagger, making a screeching sound. "Normally, this kind of territory protected by superpowers should only last half an hour at most, but it's been two hours already."
"Shut up!"
The veins on Lei Hu's forehead bulged, and the lightning ball condensing at his fingertips suddenly swelled.
The purple lightning illuminated the hideous scar on his brow bone, but it turned into smoke the moment it touched the roof of the car.
As the roar of engines approached from afar, he turned around abruptly and saw five modified Jeep campers crushing the shattered glass on the ground like steel behemoths.
The group of twenty people filed off the bus, with the girl at the head of the group putting a peach-flavored lollipop in her mouth and crushing a mutated beetle with her black Doc Martens boots.
The tall man in camouflage behind her raised his hand to signal, and the well-trained team instantly spread out in a fan shape.
"Is there anything you need?"
Ji Xiaosong took the lollipop off her head and glanced at the bulging weapon pouch at the other person's waist.
It's only been a little over a month since the apocalypse started, and they've managed to assemble a team of ten superhumans. This group must have looted gas stations in half a province.
Lin Chuchu walked gracefully out from the back of the crowd, her white dress standing out starkly against the polluted air.
She tucked a stray hair behind her ear, revealing a scabbed bite mark on her neck: "Sister, don't misunderstand, we just wanted to borrow a car to take Grandma Wang to Chenming City."
She stepped aside to let the old woman with the cane pass, and murky tears slid down the old woman's cloudy eyes.
"This girl has a kind heart..."
The old woman pointed shakily to the solar panels on the roof of the RV, "My grandson has had a fever for three days, and I just want to find a place with air conditioning..."
Gu Lin's military boots crushed a piece of broken glass on the ground, the metallic scraping sound interrupting the sobbing.
He took off his tactical gloves, revealing gruesome bullet wounds on his forearm: "The vehicle's radar shows that you just abandoned a pregnant woman half an hour ago."
His dark gray eyes swept over the car keys at Lei Hu's waist. "Do you need me to check the dashcam footage?"
The air suddenly stagnated.
The man, as strong as a brown bear, suddenly sprang up, his fist, powered by his enhanced abilities, swirling with a powerful gust of wind.
Gu Lin dodged to the side, grabbed the other person's wrist and twisted it in the opposite direction, pressing his knee against the lower back and forcing the person to kneel heavily on the ground.
The concrete pavement is cracked with a spiderweb-like pattern.
"Aaron!"
Lin Chuchu gasped and staggered backward, bumping right into Lei Hu's arms. "How could you do this! Shouldn't we be helping each other in this apocalypse?"
Her reddened eyes filled with tears, "We just want to live..."
The crisp metallic clang of twenty guns being chambered simultaneously ripped through the air.
Ji Xiaosong toyed with the blue ball of light dancing in her palm; it was an electric current several times purer than Lei Hu's. "Well said. So what you should do now is—"
The ball of light exploded into an electric grid that enveloped everyone. "Get out of my sight."
Lin Chuchu suddenly knelt down, tears streaming down her dirty cheeks, leaving two white streaks: "We really have nowhere else to turn..."
She ripped open her collar to reveal a gruesome scar. "Those zombies chased us for three days, so we had no choice but to ask to use your RV."
"Your foundation on the back of your neck has worn off."
Ji Xiaosong suddenly pointed at the junction of her neck and neck with a lollipop, "A person who hasn't showered for three days can't have skin this clean."
A blue bolt of lightning suddenly pierced the old woman's cane, and as the metal tip of the cane exploded, twenty poison needles clattered to the ground.
The woman disguised as an old woman let out a strange cry, and her hunched figure suddenly doubled in size.
Beneath the faded coarse cloth, a black tactical vest was revealed, and calloused, withered hands transformed into sharp claws, aiming straight for Gu Lin's throat.
Lei Hu seized the opportunity to throw out a thunderstorm bomb, but the purple lightning collided with the transparent barrier that had been deployed beforehand.
"You forgot to clean this up when you disposed of the body."
Gu Lin kicked aside the name tag that was half-hidden in the sand. The name tag read "Ninth People's Hospital of Nanshi, Lin Xiaoxiao, Attending Physician, Obstetrics Department".
"Lin Xiaoxiao from the obstetrics department? Wasn't that the pregnant woman you threw away?"
Ji Xiaosong was taken aback when she heard Gu Lin's words.
Traces of this person can indeed be found in the original owner's memories.
Before the apocalypse, Lin Xiaoxiao was an obstetrician who should have had a happy and fulfilling life, but after the apocalypse, she encountered a horrific tragedy.
Unbeknownst to anyone, she and her unborn child were brutally murdered, ultimately turning into zombies filled with resentment.
Unexpectedly, after becoming a zombie, Lin Xiaoxiao not only retained her past memories but also awakened high-level superpowers, making her a force to be reckoned with.
Later, she even led the attack on the base where Zhou Ziheng was located.
The reason for this was that Zhou Ziheng and Lin Miaomiao were protecting a person named Lin Chuchu in the base, while Lin Xiaoxiao had only one obsession in her mind—to avenge the blood feud caused by Lin Chuchu killing her.
Thinking back on all this, a chill runs down one's spine. Now that I think about it, could Lin Xiaoxiao have already been murdered?
But the situation didn't give Ji Xiaosong time to think, as the disguised old woman had already made her move.
Ji Xiaosong's electric current transformed into a long whip that wrapped around Lin Chuchu's ankle, swinging her upside down towards the imposter.
When the two women collided, the miniature bombs hidden in their wigs clattered to the ground.
"Next time you play the victim, remember to change your luxury bracelet."
She stepped on Lei Hu's back as he tried to crawl away. "I heard that all the luxury stores in Nanshi collapsed in the third week of the apocalypse. Looks like you guys took quite a bit too."
The twenty team members activated their ability suppressors simultaneously, causing the energy fluctuations of the ten-person team to become instantly chaotic.
This is a new suppressor developed by researchers at the Yongfeng Base, and it's the first time it's actually been used on a superhuman.
Lin Chuchu's healing ability went out of control, tearing at her own arm, while the lightning ball in Lei Hu's palm backfired, burning his face.
The shapeshifter, disguised as an old woman, could no longer maintain her powers, revealing a back covered in skull tattoos—each skull bearing the name of a place they had raided.
"Tied."
Gu Lin used a special magnetic lock to restrain Lei Hu, who was still convulsing. "Chenming City is in dire need of laborers to rebuild the power plant. Send them all over there when the time comes."
He picked up the supply bag that Lei Hu had dropped and poured out three cans of milk powder and baby clothes.
The bloodstains on the packaging bag were not completely dry, suggesting that the original owner had been injured not long ago.
"After the power plant is built, we will send them to the seventh mining area."
She crushed the last crumb of the lollipop. "The rules of Yongfeng Base—"
The sweet scent of peaches mingled with the stench of blood, filling the air. "It's a blood debt repaid in blood."
Zhao Gang acted swiftly and decisively, quickly taking action and binding the ten people tightly in no time.
At the same time, Ji Xiaosong stood to the side, her expression calm. She gently raised her fair hand, and a faint light emanated from her body. The light extended like silk threads and precisely wrapped around the chest of the bound person.
As if drawn by some mysterious force, the superpower cores slowly broke through the barriers of clothing and flesh, floating out of their bodies. Enveloped in a faint light, they flew towards Ji Xiaosong's palm. In no time, ten superpower cores were neatly arranged in her hand, emitting an eerie glow.
"You guys go to the next base first, or wait for me. I'll send these ten people away and rescue someone while I'm at it."
Ji Xiaosong stored the superpower core in his spatial storage, clapped his hands, and asked the others.
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