The scent only zombies could detect quietly spread, drawing in nearby zombies.
The zombies moved towards the convenience store from all directions. Seeing this, Xiao Wei felt his mission would soon be completed.
He heard this person had pushed his sister towards the zombies. Now, he would let this person taste what it felt like to be surrounded and bitten by zombies.
Wen Yi Tong didn't know how many zombies she had killed, but she knew her ability was about to be depleted again.
All survivors in this city had left. This was a dead city, filled only with zombies, countless zombies.
Before, Wen Yi Tong might have found these zombies disgusting, but now, in her eyes, they were crystal cores, energy, and her advancement.
Wasn't that girl very arrogant earlier? In front of her, who was already level nine, she could only hide!
Wen Yi Tong had a hunch that if she leveled up just one more time, that girl's abilities would be completely visible to her.
A slight movement caught Wen Yi Tong's attention. As she looked over, she saw several youths standing on the rooftop.
"Finally showing yourselves?" Wen Yi Tong chuckled. She used her spatial ability to collect the crystal cores from the brains of the zombies she had killed into her space, then brought them to her hand.
As soon as the crystal cores landed in her hand, they quickly turned to dust and fell.
The youths jumped down from the rooftop, as light as paper.
"This is your confidence? Martial arts?" Wen Yi Tong finally understood why, despite her higher ability level, she had been constantly suppressed by them.
Before, it was only because they had more combat experience. Now, seeing them jump from such a height, she understood. This was Qing Gong!
And they all knew martial arts, real martial arts!
"Leader Wen is too arrogant. Taoyuan has never hidden anything about martial arts, but you just never paid attention!" Wang Cheng said with a smile.
They had also worked hard to improve their abilities in the past few days. Although they hadn't reached Wen Yi Tong's level, they had all reached level seven.
Some had even broken through to level eight just now.
"So you're here to take revenge for that girl, dealing with me like this? You know I'm already a level nine ability user. If you abandon this girl, I can let you go!"
After all, her previous subordinates were no longer usable. These youths, though young, were very powerful. If she could recruit them, she could definitely turn Taoyuan into hers.
"There's no need for that. After all, Leader Wen can be so ungrateful, but we cannot!" Xu Nan said with a light laugh, his gaze towards Wen Yi Tong full of mockery.
"Sister, I've written down the effects of the potion here," Xiao Wei handed the notebook he carried to Lin Yan.
"Mm, thank you for your hard work!" Lin Yan took the notebook.
This potion was more interesting than she had imagined. It didn't directly eliminate abilities, but first prevented the user from absorbing the energy from crystal cores, then slowly reduced their recovery speed.
Watching their abilities drop level by level, it was truly despairing!
"Then Sister, can I go..." Xiao Wei asked cautiously.
"Your current strength probably isn't enough to join the battle over there. Wen Yi Tong's ability level is too high, it will suppress you, and you won't be able to exert your full strength. Just observe from the side."
"Okay, I'll go then." Hearing that Lin Yan wasn't stopping him, Xiao Wei happily left immediately.
Lin Yan studied the report again, wondering what effect the potion would have on zombies.
By the time Lin Yan reached the scene of Wen Yi Tong's fight, Wen Yi Tong had been pushed to her limit. But the next moment, upon seeing another person arrive, she broke through again.
The surge of ability advancement pushed everyone aside. They helped each other up and looked at Wen Yi Tong in the center with concern.
Lin Yan gestured for them not to worry. Even if she truly reached level ten, she wouldn't be afraid.
"Are you the one behind them?" Wen Yi Tong was not completely immersed in her advancement.
"It seems Leader Wen has forgotten me. Since Sui Sui has appeared, why haven't you remembered me yet?" Lin Yan calmly walked towards Wen Yi Tong.
"You, you are Lin Yan?" After a moment of recognition, she said uncertainly.
Hadn't Lin Yan died? She had personally watched her being pushed towards the zombies. Although she hadn't seen her being bitten, Lin Yan was just an ordinary, frail woman back then and had no chance of survival.
"Thank you for your generosity, Leader Wen. It allowed me to awaken my abilities as well," Lin Yan said with a smile.
The protagonist is the protagonist. Even in such a desperate situation, she could break through. It was incredibly difficult for ordinary people to break through the last few levels, but for Wen Yi Tong, it seemed to be effortless.
"Is that so? Then you should thank me too!" Wen Yi Tong was very confident now. Once this advancement was complete, she could instantly kill everyone in front of her.
"Of course I should thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to establish the Taoyuan Base."
Wen Yi Tong's aura faltered. She had never expected that such a Taoyuan Base was founded by Lin Yan.
"No wonder the entire Taoyuan Base is permeated with a saintly aura," Wen Yi Tong mocked.
Taoyuan Base could sell ability awakening potions cheaply to all bases, and it also accepted ordinary people, providing free accommodation and water to those who came to the base.
These were all Lin Yan's style! After all, when the apocalypse came, she had done similar things. She would take in strangers and share her food with them.
Even if they had a high fever and might turn into zombies, she didn't give up on them.
She was also one of those strangers, but she just couldn't stand Lin Yan. Why? Why could she maintain such a pure heart in such a difficult environment?
"This is perhaps the difference in our philosophies, Leader Wen. Humans are social animals; they always have friends and family. Leader Wen can watch these ordinary people suffer, but I, Lin Yan, cannot.
Ability users are not inherently superior, nor are ordinary people merely burdens. Without the hard work of ordinary people, where would the benefits that ability users enjoy come from?
However, soon there will no longer be a distinction between ability users and ordinary people. Leader Wen, are my ability awakening potions working well?"
"The ability awakening potions were your doing!" Wen Yi Tong couldn't believe it. The Lin Yan in her memory was just a kind-hearted person who picked up strays. How could she have researched ability awakening potions?
"Yes, and not only that, the entire Taoyuan Base was also pieced together from the strays I found!"