Hearing this, Lao Yu's eyes lit up. He said excitedly, "That's too awesome! It's basically physical damage immunity."
Sister Wan thumped his head again.
"You're so loud."
"Embarrassing me."
After saying this, Sister Wan cleared her throat, her gaze turning gentle.
She looked at her and said, "Sister Liuyue, I have a fire-type ability." As she spoke, a ball of flame burst forth from her hand.
Lao Yu rubbed his aching head.
He hissed, baring his teeth in pain.
"I-I'm a healing type."
"As long as you aren't bitten by a zombie, any wound can be healed."
Chu Liuyue's eyes lit up slightly when she heard about the healing ability.
She pointed to her gunshot wound.
"Then... can this be healed too?"
Li Xichen followed her gaze. A powerful, dangerous murderous intent radiated from his body, and his lips pressed into a thin line.
He asked coldly:
"Sister Xiaoyue, who did this?"
"I'll kill them!"
Chu Liuyue smiled.
She said lightly, "A survivor who was hiding in the hospital with me shot me."
"Name." Anger surged in Li Xichen's tea-gray eyes.
"Gu Man."
"Alright, I'll remember that! Gu Man. Next time we meet, I will definitely kill her for you, Sister Xiaoyue!" A ruthless glint flashed in Li Xichen's eyes.
Lao Yu quickly tried to persuade him:
"Don't, don't be so agitated. All this fighting and killing isn't good."
"Sister Liuyue, let me heal your wound."
Lao Yu's healing ability was very strong and didn't require direct contact.
By focusing his mind on what he saw, the wound would gradually close and grow new flesh.
However, after finishing all this, his face turned pale. He looked as if he had been soaked in water, gasping heavily for air.
Sister Wan stepped forward and supported him as he was about to fall.
She asked with concern, "How are you? You only awakened a few days ago, and you already dare to try with your amateur skills."
"I-I'm fine." Lao Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Before, I only treated minor scrapes. This is my first time trying a gunshot wound. It's a bit exhausting, but it's no problem."
Gratitude showed in Chu Liuyue's eyes as she said, "Thank you, Brother Lao Yu."
Lao Yu waved his hand, speaking in a very carefree manner:
"It's nothing. You're Xichen's sister, so you're one of us. If it weren't for Xichen, my wife and I probably would have lost our lives."
"What happened?"
Li Xichen slowly recounted the story.
When the zombie virus broke out, he had just stepped into this hospital looking for a certain doctor.
Coincidentally, Lao Yu and Sister Wan had also come to the hospital for a physical checkup. The moment the zombies started biting, they made a prompt decision to run.
Unexpectedly, the hospital gates were already blocked by panicked crowds and cars.
People trying to escape, people running, cars speeding only to crash at the corners—it was utter chaos.
Li Xichen discovered that his sister's attending physician had also become a zombie, so he swiftly ended his suffering.
When he returned to the first floor, he happened to run into Lao Yu and his wife.
They didn't act rashly; they just hid in one of the consultation rooms.
At the time, there were three other men and two women hiding inside with them.
Seeing a familiar face, Lao Yu wanted to call Li Xichen in to hide together.
The others, however, were not happy about it, fearing that if he came in, he might let the zombies in too.
So, when Lao Yu brought it up again.
The others unanimously decided to kick the couple out.
Even though they were the first ones to enter the consultation room, and they had mercifully opened the door to let the others in to hide.
But now, the other survivors had the numbers advantage, and Sister Wan felt it wasn't the right time to expose their abilities, so she pulled Lao Yu outside.
They planned to regroup with Li Xichen first.
Compared to regular people, their chances of survival were much higher if they stuck together as ability users.
And so, after meeting up, the three of them spent the first two days in the hospital's small convenience store.
Through a phone call, they contacted Brother Zhong, who was also in Jiang City.
Brother Zhong was all alone. After the virus outbreak, he had nowhere to go, so he simply came to find them.
All four of them had abilities, making this temporary team quite formidable.
On the third day, a wave of people seeking help arrived at the small store.
The ones asking for help were the very same people who had kicked the couple out of the consultation room on the first day, though their numbers had dwindled from three men and two women to just one man and one woman.
According to them, other survivors had smashed the door to save their own lives.
The safe house was gone, and three people died during the escape.
The surviving man and woman had cautiously made their way to the small store at the hospital's back door.
Sister Wan didn't want to save them.
But Lao Yu was soft-hearted.
"It's not easy to survive. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda..."
"Brother Zhong, what do you say?"
Li Xichen didn't really care either way.
Brother Zhong pushed his glasses up his nose and said, "If we can save them, let's save them."
The moment the small store's transparent glass door opened, it attracted the attention of nearby zombies in addition to the man and woman.
The woman fled inside first.
Just as the man was about to enter, the zombies behind him closed in.
Lao Yu kindly leaned out, extending his hand, and said, "Quick, come inside."
Unexpectedly, the man narrowed his eyes. Instead of using Lao Yu's hand to pull himself forward, he grabbed it and dragged Lao Yu behind him.
He wanted to use him as a meat shield.
"Watch out!"
Just as the closest zombie was about to claw Lao Yu's shoulder.
Two icy blades carrying a chilling aura severed the zombie's arm and head.
As for the man who tried to use Lao Yu as a meat shield to escape, he was decisively kicked back into the zombie horde by Li Xichen, leaving nothing but a long, agonizing scream.
Speaking of this.
Brother Zhong sighed and said:
"It's the apocalypse. So this is what the apocalypse is like."
"Sometimes, humans are more terrifying than zombies."
Lao Yu also had lingering fears.
After all, he only had a supportive healer ability. If he had really been scratched by the zombie back then, he probably would have been a goner.
Having experienced such an event, it was no wonder that when Sister Wan first saw Chu Liuyue, she scrutinized and sized her up.
Only after knowing she was Li Xichen's sister did she let her guard down.
"Indeed," Chu Liuyue nodded. "Kindness in the apocalypse is very dangerous."
Lao Zhong then talked about his own ability.
It was similar to a magnet; as long as there were metal objects nearby, he could pull them into his hands to use as weapons.
This sounded somewhat similar to Yan Qingdou's mechanical enhancement.
But the latter was slightly stronger.
After the group finished exchanging information.
Brother Zhong sharply posed a question.
"Liuyue, so you were backstabbed by someone named Gu Man from your previous team?"
"What about the other team members?"
Chu Liuyue smiled, a bit helplessly, and said:
"They should be waiting for me at the gas station on National Highway 316. We agreed to depart from there."
Li Xichen did not hesitate.
He said directly, "Alright, Sister Xiaoyue, then I'll escort you to National Highway 316 first, and kill that Gu Man along the way."
Lao Yu, Sister Wan, and Brother Zhong exchanged glances.
They appeared somewhat hesitant.
For now, the hospital was their best survival spot.
Supplies were abundant here, and with their abilities, they could easily fend off the zombies.
Leaving the hospital to head toward an unknown highway—not to mention what they might encounter on the road, just the lack of food and water resupplies along the way would be a major problem.
Chu Liuyue's gaze fell upon them.
She spoke in a serious tone,
"Everyone, I strongly advise you to leave as soon as possible as well."
"We may possess special abilities, but it is not just the zombies. Animals and plants will mutate too."
"If you continue to stay in Jiang City, your chances of survival will only get lower and lower."
She then told them about the incident on the rooftop yesterday, explaining how mutated bats had attacked a helicopter and caused it to crash.
Lao Yu let out a gasp of surprise.
"Ah! So that is what happened. We actually saw an aircraft go down through the window yesterday."
"To think it was caused by mutated bats!"
