Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Chapter 114: Chapter 114: Ice-Element Crystal Core

The people on the bus, including the driver, had no idea what Sun Yixue was thinking, but since she had spoken, they had to follow her lead and take action.

Old Li, having no choice, continued to follow along reluctantly.

As the scenery on both sides of the road changed, they indeed arrived at a residential area, and this road was passing right through the middle of it.

From the red flags hanging on the apartment buildings on both sides and the situation Qiqi mentioned about only some zombies left inside, it seemed that the survivors in the residential area had already been evacuated by the local rescue team, leaving only some zombies that hadn’t been completely cleared out.

“There’s a mutated zombie ahead!” Mao Qiqi warned. However, it was likely only a Level One or Level Two mutated zombie, so perhaps they could circumvent it.

Su Jin nodded, but upon seeing the mutated zombie, she changed her mind—it was an Ice-Element Mutated Zombie! And at that moment, it was hurling ice spikes at their vehicle!

Su Xiangzhe swerved the steering wheel, narrowly dodging the attack.

“Su Jin, don’t move; I’ll handle this zombie myself!” Lin Xiuyuan’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Lin Xiuyuan was thrilled. They had hardly encountered any Ice-Element Mutated Zombies on their way, and he was eager to absorb a Crystal Core to give it a try. Fortune favors the bold, and now he had finally encountered one, ha-ha!

“Son, be careful,” Huang Yunxiang reminded him. Although she had quite a bit of faith in her son’s abilities, she still felt the need to remind him not to underestimate the enemy.

“Auntie, don’t worry, we’ll keep an eye on things,” Su Jin said, also hoping that Lin Xiuyuan would successfully obtain the Ice-Element Crystal Core, as Ice-Element zombies were indeed rare.

The driver, Old Li, saw the three vehicles ahead finally stop and let out a sigh of relief. He also stepped on the brakes, eager to see what was happening upfront.

“They’re actually fighting a mutated zombie!” a middle-aged man sitting at the front exclaimed with surprise, watching the boy outside, was he going to fight a mutated zombie all by himself? Every time their team encountered a mutated zombie, they only had the option to flee. Last time, a Special Ability User had his brain dug out by a Fire-Element Mutated Zombie. It was terrifying.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Sun Yixue also saw Lin Xiuyuan outside and couldn’t help but admire him repeatedly.

The youth with acne clenched his fists. Why, even though he had been so good to Sun Yixue, she still wanted to pay attention to another man?

Unaware of these thoughts, Lin Xiuyuan skillfully dodged the Ice-Element Zombie’s ice edges. The zombie had turned its fist into a block of ice to punch at him!

“Not bad, kid, you know this move? Look at mine!”

Lin Xiuyuan conjured up an Ice Shield in front of himself to block the Ice-Element Zombie’s attack sturdily, while his other hand copied the zombie’s move, freezing his fist into a block of ice and aiming for the zombie’s head!

“Bang!” The Ice-Element Zombie took the punch head-on and crashed into a roadside power pole.

“Ha-ha, that kid, actually imitating the zombie’s move,” Guo Yang laughed in the vehicle, admiring Su Jin’s cousin’s quick learning and application of tactics.

Su Jin nodded in approval; this foolish boy knew how to fight quite well. Even Local Tyrant Gold rushed to the front, watching the battle outside intently through the glass.

The Ice-Element Zombie, as if not feeling the pain, got back up and continued its assault with ice spikes.

Lin Xiuyuan avoided several ice spikes and ran behind the Ice-Element Zombie, conjuring a longer ice spike to stab at the zombie!

Unfortunately, although the ice spike did hit the zombie’s shoulder, it didn’t strike a vital spot. The struck zombie immediately swung its fist in retaliation, and Lin Xiuyuan used the Ice Shield to block, which then broke to pieces!

The Mutated Zombie seemed to sense a weakness, and its other hand reached for Lin Xiuyuan’s head!

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiuyuan actually smiled.

He ducked to avoid the zombie’s attack, and the broken pieces of his Ice Shield transformed into an ice spike, slanting upward through the zombie’s jaw!

A direct hit to a vital spot!

The Ice-Element Zombie’s roar abruptly ceased.

“Brother Xiuyuan, it’s dead,” Mao Qiqi shouted, seeing the disappearing dot on the mini map.

“Hehe, I know,” Lin Xiuyuan flashed an OK sign, punctured the zombie’s head with an ice spike, and extracted the ice-blue Ice-Element Crystal Core.

“Little miss, help me rinse this off,” Lin Xiuyuan ran directly to the car since Su Jin’s vehicle was at the front and Lin Tianzhen was inside, asking Lin Tianzhen to let some water out for him.

“Congratulations, Xiuyuan, not bad at all,” Lin Tianzhen praised while rinsing.

The people inside the bus didn’t witness Lin Xiuyuan extracting the Crystal Core, so they interpreted the scene of him holding the core and catching water as if he was… washing his hands.

“Wow, that handsome guy is so hygienic,” Sun Yixue’s eyes lit up. She wished she could rush out right now and greet Lin Xiuyuan.

But the vehicle in front just moved on, not even giving a glance to the bus behind them.

The driver, Old Li, felt a bit awkward, but Sun Yixue was even more enthusiastic, having confirmed that there was a highly skilled and handsome guy in the vehicle ahead, and she was determined to follow him.

“Xiao Xue, isn’t it a bit rude to keep following them?” The acne-faced boy couldn’t help speaking up.

“How is it rude? He’s so powerful, and the others must be strong too. We should cling to the strong ones to thrive in the apocalypse,” Sun Yixue found it perfectly normal. Clinging to the strong would ensure a good life in the apocalypse.

“But they don’t seem to want anything to do with us,” the acne-faced boy continued to reason.

“Liu Jiajin, stop annoying me here. If you don’t want to follow, you can get off the bus, or maybe go find your Miaomiao. Just don’t bother me,”

Sun Yixue was annoyed beyond measure. Why was this man like this? She had only let him get close because he was handy before, so why was he trying to control her now? He was just an ordinary person without any Special Ability. Did he think he was worthy?

The acne-faced boy was Liu Jiajin, and at this moment, he fell silent. He could see the disdain in Sun Yixue’s eyes and the odd glances from the others in the bus, while Zheng Miaomiao, sitting at the back, didn’t even glance at him once, just gazing out the window.

When had things become like this?

…

Further ahead was a street teeming with quite a number of zombies, drawn by the sound of the cars, congregating around.

Estimating that there were about fifty or sixty ordinary zombies nearby, Lu Hao decided not to let everyone get out. He could easily deal with these zombies by himself.

“Local Tyrant Gold, just stay quietly in the car, okay? We’ll be right back,” Su Jin was also going with Lu Hao to make it quick.

“Chichi,”

It seemed that Local Tyrant Gold understood Su Jin’s words and hopped onto Mao Qiqi’s lap.

“Local Tyrant Gold, you want to go out and kill zombies too, right?” Mao Qiqi murmured as she stroked the little monkey’s fur.

“Chichi chichi,”

“I know you do, so do I, but we’re both too small right now. We’ll be able to after some time,” Mao Qiqi continued to stroke the fur.

“Chichi…”

Local Tyrant Gold simply lay on his back on Mao Qiqi’s legs, feigning death.