Psychic Ability

X would not let any ability user off.

Ji Chen smiled at Jiang Chu, his eyes filled with the joy of reuniting with a loved one. "It wasn't anything difficult. Back when I was his assistant, I assisted with his experiments, but nothing more. Even... Qin..."

"Qin Yan and he provided me with a compressed crystal core. After that, I went out on missions with this base, killed quite a few zombies, and successfully advanced to the late stage of Tier 2. Chu Chu, even if I'm still not as strong as you right now, I can protect you and become your strongest support."

"I've thought it through. Now, we just need to be together and survive well. If you want to build a base, I'll be your assistant. If you need crystal cores, I'll go kill zombies for you."

Ji Chen spoke slowly. Although he was highly reluctant to mention Qin Yan, he wouldn't go so far as to deny his help.

He was a man. Even if Qin Yan said nothing, he could still sense a hint of the other man's intentions. Perhaps it was the intuition between love rivals; neither of them wanted to see each other.

After her initial shock, Jiang Chu was delighted. The team's strength had increased by another level.

"Our team has two more members, both veterans from the Southern Base. One is Liang Tianyong, a Tier 1 Earth-type ability user, and the other is Shen Yinchu, who is currently in Yi City. There's a base there that needs to evacuate, and she will join us in Dongcheng in a while."

"For now, let's head to Officer Zhao's stronghold first."

Jiang Chu told Ji Chen everything that had happened during this period, including how Zhao Jingyao had split from the Southern Base and invited them to join his base.

While the two were talking, they encountered a group blocking the road. From all directions, about fifty to sixty people surrounded them.

Without needing Jiang Chu's reminder, Ji Chen took action. During his time operating with that base, he had long since shed his former moral burdens.

This was a world without social order, only—kill or be killed.

He skillfully utilized his Psychic ability. In an instant, the sixty-man group surrounding them froze in place. Immediately after, Zhang Hu and the others rolled down the car windows and opened fire with practiced ease, while Jiang Chu also began attacking with her ability.

The opponents had chosen to block them right on the street, clearly having no intention of letting them leave alive.

Hundreds of ice spikes materialized simultaneously, hurtling toward the frozen targets.

Within the controlled enemy crowd, there was an exception who was struggling to break free from Ji Chen's mental control, fleeing while launching a counterattack.

Coincidentally, that person was also an Ice-type ability user. In an instant, the street seemed to transform into a world of ice and snow.

Jiang Chu well understood the principle of cutting weeds and pulling up their roots. She waved her hand to signal Zhang Hu and the others to stop; the zombies would naturally come to deal with these people.

They dared to block the vehicle simply because they had a Tier 2 ability user, didn't they? They didn't even need to make a move; with the enemy's ability user fleeing, the zombies would naturally handle the rest.

Ji Chen continued to control them for another seven seconds.

By the time the group could move again, they saw zombies from down the street madly rushing toward them.

Meanwhile, the convoy, which they had thought was already in their grasp, slowly drove away from the street.

"This is bad! They have a Psychic ability user! Run, the zombies are here!"

Another shouted, "Song Yi, that bastard, he abandoned us and ran! Run, hurry!"

Originally, they had lured the zombies on the street to another area, but the noise of the battle just now had attracted the horde back once more. With the ability user in their team having fled, they could only scatter in panic, using the weapons in their hands to deal with the zombies.

But the number of approaching zombies was truly too massive, roughly over a thousand. Without an ability user, they simply couldn't cope, and escaping became extremely difficult.

Blood-curdling screams echoed continuously throughout the street.

Other bases and squads that were secretly observing also quietly retreated.

They had thought these people had an enormous vehicle and must be transporting a lot of supplies. Ever since they entered the city, they had attracted the attention of various bases, big and small, who had even followed them here but didn't dare to act rashly.

Now, it seemed they were all feeling lucky that they hadn't made a move.

Being able to completely freeze dozens of people for nearly ten seconds was definitely the work of a Psychic ability user. In the apocalypse, making a group of people immobile for ten seconds was no different from taking their lives; it was practically an unbeatable move.

Even the other side's Tier 2 ability user had to flee.

No wonder they could drive such a large vehicle so brazenly around Dongcheng.

Jiang Chu drove, chasing down the fleeing ability user ahead, and finally coordinated with Ji Chen to kill him.

Using her ability, she retrieved the Tier 2 crystal core, and then led the convoy back on the road.

Ji Chen's performance just now earned her admiration. Psychic ability users truly lived up to their reputation, especially after reaching Tier 2; they were practically like cheat codes in the apocalypse.

"Qin Yan can be considered quite a character. Since his base has so many supplies, why does he still send you guys out on missions?" Jiang Chu intentionally inquired about that base.

The connection to the black market, and the possibility that the person behind it was Qin Yan, forced her to think deeply.

Ji Chen naturally told her everything she wanted to know in detail. "We also need to go out to hunt Tier 2 zombies. As for hunting Tier 3 zombies, Qin Yan leads the team himself. In addition, the base needs to transport supplies for the black market. The person behind the black market is also him. In fact... this base is just one of many."

At first, Ji Chen had been even more shocked than Jiang Chu was now, but he gradually grew accustomed to it.

Jiang Chu listened to his account of that base while driving.

Perhaps the display of dominance had worked; for the rest of the journey, no blind fools came to block their way.

Qin Yan's influence was terrifyingly vast. Although she had made assumptions beforehand, hearing Ji Chen confirm it with his own mouth felt entirely different.

It made sense. In his past life, he had thrived in the apocalypse like a fish in water. A Tier 7 ability user was indeed qualified to be the big boss of the black market.

In this life, knowing the future progression, he would surely be even stronger than before. Currently at Tier 3, he was highly likely to surpass Tier 7 in the future.

Jiang Chu clicked her tongue. She also needed to accelerate her own growth.

By dusk, the convoy neared Zhao Jingyao's stronghold.

Now, other than this place, they had nowhere else to go, and their supplies were still kept here.

A soldier recognized Jiang Chu's group's vehicle, lowered his binoculars, and asked in confusion, "Strange, why is there an extra heavy-duty truck? Go ask Major Zhao for instructions to see if we should let them through."

Jiang Chu didn't drive straight to the stronghold's gate but circled around for a bit. Only when she saw the guards at the stronghold waving at them and opening the gate did she drive in.

As soon as she drove in, she saw Zhao Jingyao waiting for them.

Xia Guang asked in a low voice, "Do we need to..."

They had traveled all this way here; they would surely attract the attention of other bases.

The world had changed; the dominant species had shifted from humans to zombies. Survivors had to endure to get by, and the slightest disturbance could catch the attention of other bases.

Zhao Jingyao interrupted him, his gaze steady and calm. "No need. Just act as if we know nothing."