After Xue Zhao parked the car in a relatively safe place, he also took a gun and got out to help. So did Yu Ke and Jiang Yufeng.
Lin Xuan hesitated when he saw this, but then moved as well when Lin Tingxue went.
Over there, Shen Hegui was already locked in a stalemate with the zombie husky. He had inflicted wounds of various sizes on it, from which dark red blood oozed.
Shen Hegui's clothes were also torn in some places, not from being clawed by the zombie husky, but from being cut by debris from the cars it had batted at him.
Once Yu Ke, Xue Zhao, and the others came to help, the pressure on Shen Hegui eased significantly.
Jiang Yuntan watched them move with great coordination, their movements clearly that of trained fighters. She pursed her lips.
None of them had abilities, yet they weren't afraid to face a behemoth like the zombie husky. They were clearly very confident in their physical skills.
Once she returned to the base in Jing City, she would need to find someone to teach her. Or maybe the dimensional system had something that could give her good skills with a mere tap on the forehead?
Thinking this, she actually took a moment to ask Jinbao.
Jinbao replied, [This is a dimensional mall system, not a wish-fulfillment system, dear.]
Well, the sarcastic remark she had made to Jinbao had come back to bite her.
She watched intently as Shen Hegui and the others fought the zombie husky, hoping to learn. She wanted to help, but she was only a Level 0 speed mutant pretending to be a spatial ability user.
Moreover, she wasn't familiar with Shen Hegui and Yu Ke's combat style; if she rushed in, she would only be a hindrance. They might have to worry about her, the spatial ability user, fearing she might die and lose all the supplies they had collected.
Jiang Yuntan sighed. At that moment, her desire to become stronger reached its peak. Given her current identity, as long as she didn't court death, Shen Hegui would protect her and take her back to Jing City.
Plus, she had the dimensional mall system now, which allowed her to buy all kinds of things, so she wouldn't die easily. But she didn't want to rely on external forces all the time. After all, one's own ability was the most reliable.
Qi Ruoshui noticed her worried expression and said, "It's okay. Haven't we made it through so far? And President Shen is so capable; he'll definitely take it down."
"Mm," Jiang Yuntan replied, glancing at her. Although Qi Ruoshui said that, her voice was trembling.
It seemed Qi Ruoshui was also very worried. After all, they hadn't encountered such a huge creature since the apocalypse began.
Jiang Yuntan's gaze returned to the battlefield where they were fighting the zombie husky.
Suddenly, Lin Tingxue seized an opportunity. Just as the zombie husky was about to leap, she used vines to entangle its legs, causing the zombie husky to fall.
Shen Hegui immediately jumped onto its back and used his ability to form a golden chain around its neck. He grabbed the chain tightly, choking it.
When the zombie husky finally broke free from the vines on its legs, it found a person on its back. It tried to shake him off but couldn't.
Seeing the zombie husky in a frenzy, Shen Hegui focused, pulled out his pistol from his waist, and fired several shots into its head. As it suddenly reared its head, he plunged a golden dagger formed from his ability into its forehead.
Dark red blood flowed from its forehead, soaking its already blood-red eyes. The zombie husky let out a low growl.
Moments later, the massive husky collapsed.
Shen Hegui didn't retract his ability; instead, he kept the dagger in its forehead and rotated it. After waiting about two minutes, confirming it was truly dead, he withdrew his ability.
He let out a long breath and soon found a translucent white crystal the size of a fingernail in the zombie husky's head.
He looked at it, somewhat uncertain how to distribute it.
Finally, he said, "We all fought it together. Let me keep it for now. We'll divide it later after we've collected enough crystals. After all, we can't split it now."
As for the crystals they had obtained earlier, Lin Xuan and Lin Tingxue hadn't contributed much. But this time was different.
Lin Tingxue naturally had no objections. She nodded and said, "Okay, that's fine."
Lin Xuan thought for a moment and ultimately said nothing.
Jiang Yuntan observed that Lin Tingxue seemed to have combat experience. For a moment, she felt she couldn't quite gauge Lin Tingxue's capabilities.
After briefly treating their wounds, they prepared to continue.
Since the zombie husky's body was blocking the road, they had to go around it.
Perhaps because there was a zombie husky here, they hadn't seen any zombies when they drove over.
Sensing this, Shen Hegui felt the area should be relatively safe. He told the two cars behind to stop and rest here for half an hour before moving on.
After all, the fight had left everyone quite tired.
Jiang Yuntan noticed that Shen Hegui looked drained from overexertion. But she knew better than to say anything caring, which might cause misunderstanding.
When the car stopped, Jiang Yuntan realized they had parked in front of a coffee shop.
It happened that she wanted to get some coffee to refresh herself. The apocalypse had struck at midnight, so the coffee shop was locked.
She walked over to Shen Hegui, asking him to use his ability to form a key to unlock the door.
Though Shen Hegui looked exhausted, he still agreed to her request.
But just as he unlocked the door, his body swayed, and the next second, he collapsed.
Jiang Yuntan instinctively caught him. The full weight of his body pressed down on her, and they were extremely close.
She asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I just used up all my ability," Shen Hegui said, pulling himself up by the door handle, refusing to lean on her.
Then he sat down on a bench by the coffee shop entrance and called out, "Yu Ke, go in with her."
"Sure, okay," Yu Ke replied, his body reacting reflexively before he even knew what was going on.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Jiang Yuntan bent down to look at him, double-checking.
Shen Hegui shook his head. "I'm fine. I'll be okay after some rest."
Jiang Yuntan nodded and didn't ask further.
She then immediately entered the coffee shop with Yu Ke accompanying her.
She went straight to the counter to get some coffee beans, but then she saw a wounded man lying on the floor. Around him and on his body were some fallen clumps of dirt, as if he had just crawled out of the ground, completely out of place in the clean coffee shop.
Jiang Yuntan instinctively stopped in her tracks.
Yu Ke noticed her pause and was about to ask what was wrong when he saw the man lying on the ground. He exclaimed in surprise, "Qiao Chengming?"