26 A Coincidence?

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The little one is working so hard at mastering his powers? Sigh. Since the child was trying so hard, she could not afford to fall behind.

Lixiaoxiao’s gaze sharpened. The rain around her suddenly stopped, each droplet hanging suspended in midair. In the next instant, they transformed into water swords and shot toward the dense mass of zombies.

Wherever the water swords passed, they pierced straight through the backs of the zombies’ heads. Crystal cores fell automatically, while waves of zombies toppled to the ground.

A small white figure darted and leaped through the zombies, leaving behind only the clear, tinkling sound of bells.

“Wow! Big Sister, you’re amazing!”

Little Xu Zixuan stared at the scene before him in astonishment. “Big Sister, could you teach me?”

He looked up at Lixiaoxiao with stars shining in his eyes.

“With that clever little head of yours, do you really need me to teach you? A supernatural ability is a form of energy. Whoever controls it can shape it into anything they wish. As for its range and power, that depends on how well the user can control it. The better your control, the greater its power and the less energy you consume.”

Xu Zixuan looked somewhat bewildered, confusion flickering in his large eyes.

Lixiaoxiao slapped her forehead. She had forgotten that he was only a six-year-old child.

“Let me put it this way. Your lightning ability is like a lump of modeling clay. You can shape it however you want, then use it to attack. But whether that lump of clay can hit someone after you throw it depends on your aim and the strength of your arm. Remember this: you are the one controlling your ability, not the other way around.”

“You need to understand the characteristics of your ability. For example, just now, why were you able to hit the zombies beside your target even though you were aiming at only one of them? Was your aim off?”

“No. Water conducts electricity, and all those zombies were soaked by the rain. My lightning struck all of them.” Xu Zixuan’s voice was soft and gentle.

“Exactly. That’s one of its characteristics, and also a method of attack. You can think about what other ways lightning can be used to attack. When it isn’t raining, how can you cause damage over a wide area?”

Lixiaoxiao patiently guided the child, tirelessly broadening his way of thinking.

“You can take your time with that question. For now, kill as many zombies as possible. Ideally, expend all your ability before using the crystal cores. That will help you level up and expand your ability pool.”

Lixiaoxiao stuffed several crystal cores into the child’s pocket as well.

After killing zombies for more than an hour, Lixiaoxiao noticed that the rain had weakened. A few zombies began to stir, which meant the others would soon awaken too.

She hurriedly called everyone back to the China World Trade Center.

As they passed the female zombie, Lixiaoxiao clearly sensed a faint pressure emanating from her.

It seemed she had indeed leveled up again. She should currently be at Level Three.

After examining her carefully, Lixiaoxiao discovered that the terrifying wounds left by the female zombie’s previous mauling had actually healed. New flesh and skin had grown over them. Her former blue-gray complexion had turned pale and sickly, yet otherwise looked no different from a human’s.

The long, sharp black claws on both hands had quietly retracted, returning to a normal length. Her fingers were pale, utterly devoid of color.

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Only her eyes remained pitch-black, just like those of the intelligent zombie from before.

Lixiaoxiao recalled the Level Nine Zombie Emperor she had seen in her previous life. Its appearance was already indistinguishable from a human’s, save for its slightly pallid complexion and the eerie red glow in its pupils.

A sudden thought struck Lixiaoxiao. Could this female zombie be evolving in the direction of a Zombie Emperor?

Her gaze shifted toward little Xu Zixuan.

No wonder he had been able to lead a horde of zombies in attacking a shelter in her previous life. Perhaps he was far more than a mere intelligent zombie.

Fortunately, the child was on her side now. As long as she worked hard to keep him from becoming corrupted...

“System, you want me, a villainous boss, to save a villain who is turning evil? Isn’t there something wrong with this mission?”

“Uh! Don’t worry about the details. Just remember that you are the one currently bound to this system. All you need to do is complete the missions and claim the rewards.”

Ha!

Lixiaoxiao sneered inwardly but said nothing more. After all, the system was right. She was bound to it now and enjoyed its rewards, so why should she care about such things?

As for being a villain—ha! If the opportunity arose to eliminate the heroine ahead of schedule, there was no reason she could not take it.

Who could have known that the moment this thought arose, alarm bells would ring in Lixiaoxiao’s heart?

“Run!”

At the same time as she shouted, she scooped up Xu Zixuan, who was walking beside her, and spun like the wind toward Lin Qiu and Lin Shuangshuang. She thrust Xu Zixuan into Lin Qiu’s arms, then swept all three of them into a desperate leap outward.

Boom!

A colossal object came crashing down, smashing violently into the China World Trade Center and tearing straight through the building.

Lixiaoxiao came to a halt and narrowed her eyes at the ruined structure.

Once might have been a coincidence. But if the same thing happened twice, it was impossible not to wonder.

Both times, she had wanted to kill the heroine of the original story, and both times a huge object had fallen from the sky and nearly crushed her. Was someone trying to stop her from attacking Bai Lu?

Or was Heaven itself trying to protect Bai Lu?

“Host, extraterrestrial meteoric iron! What a huge piece! It’s even larger than the last one!”

Was Heaven really this wealthy? Everything it used to crush people was extraterrestrial meteoric iron!

It would be foolish not to take it.

Since such good fortune had come her way, she would gladly accept more next time.

“Xiaoxiao, what’s going on? That’s the second time already.” Lin Qiu’s legs trembled slightly. If her daughter had been even a little slower just now, that stone would have crushed them.

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Wait. The stone seemed to have been aimed at her daughter. They had merely been caught in the aftermath because they were nearby.

“Oh, Auntie Lin, it’s the apocalypse now. Anything can happen. For all we know, the zombie virus itself came from outer space and spread to Earth, bringing about the apocalypse.” Lin Shuangshuang slipped her arm through Lin Qiu’s and comforted her.

“Mom, it’s fine. It was just a coincidence.” Lixiaoxiao reassured her mother.

She brought out the bulletproof off-road vehicle. They could not stay here any longer. The zombies nearby were gradually awakening, and they needed to move to a safer location.

“You get in first. I’ll be right there. Shuangshuang, you drive.”

The rain continued to weaken. Lixiaoxiao summoned her ability and rushed over at astonishing speed, storing the meteoric iron in her spatial storage before hurrying back.

“Drive! Head out of the city.”

There were countless zombies in the streets. Lixiaoxiao lowered the windows slightly and used her ability to clear away the zombies surrounding the vehicle.

She cursed inwardly. If not for that extraterrestrial meteoric iron, they would not have been forced into such a passive position.

Once the rain stopped, the zombies would begin moving and gradually disperse. They would not remain packed together so densely as they were now.

“Sister Xiaoxiao, we can’t move. There are too many zombies. The wheels are stuck.”

The vehicle had a high chassis and would not normally get stuck so easily. This showed just how densely packed the zombies were.

“Host, if you add them to the base, you can unlock the base rooms. The rooms can be used as temporary shelters.”

“You had something like that and didn’t tell me earlier?”

Lixiaoxiao hurriedly summoned the base interface. Sure enough, at the bottom was an option for adding people to the base.

She added Lin Qiu to the base roster first, and a corner of the model of the apocalyptic base, which had previously been gray, lit up.

Delighted, Lixiaoxiao quickly added Lin Shuangshuang and Xu Zixuan to the base as well.

“Host, don’t forget the baby.”

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