"How is it a trap?" the girl said indignantly.
"Haven't you leveled up? Haven't you achieved the goal you came here for?"
"But I've lost all my teammates!" Wen Yi Tong's eyes on the girl turned dangerous.
She felt that although the girl harbored malice towards her, for some reason she had a premonition that this girl wouldn't kill her.
"Teammates? Aren't those just pawns that Leader Wen can discard at will? After all, Leader Wen can even abandon her benefactor?" the girl said mockingly.
"Who exactly are you?"
"Leader Wen is so busy with important matters that you must have forgotten about insignificant people like me. However, I haven't forgotten the care bestowed upon me by Boss Wen!" The girl slowly approached Wen Yi Tong again.
"My name is Sui Sui, but even if I tell you, Leader Wen, you probably wouldn't know who I am."
"Sui... Sui," Wen Yi Tong repeated, but she still couldn't figure out who the person before her was.
"It doesn't matter, though. I'm not someone who takes advantage of others' misfortune. If I were to make a move, I would wait until Leader Wen has fully recovered. So, you don't need to be so wary." She glanced at Wen Yi Tong's hand and said dismissively.
Wen Yi Tong, whose secret had been exposed, felt no embarrassment. Under such circumstances, being wary was never excessive.
Moreover, although the person before her was just a child and her ability level wasn't as high as hers, the fact that she could appear before her so calmly indicated that she had enough confidence to deal with her.
"I don't know what grievance I have with you. If I've truly offended you, I can apologize. If you want any compensation, I can provide it." Wen Yi Tong stared intently at her expression, trying to glean something.
"Offended? Leader Wen offended me long ago, and I've already taken my revenge!" Sui Sui took out a long sword from her spatial dimension.
Seeing this sword, Wen Yi Tong realized something.
"You're from Peach Blossom Spring Base!" Only people from Peach Blossom Spring Base carried such cold weapons.
"Congratulations, you got it right! Too bad there's no prize. However, I'm just the first. There are still many waiting for you, Leader Wen. Please guide me." She performed a sword flourish and then gestured with her chin towards Wen Yi Tong.
"There are more. I believe I haven't offended Peach Blossom Spring Base." Wen Yi Tong didn't get up from the ground, but the abilities within her were rapidly circulating.
"Stop the nonsense. Isn't Boss Wen trying to level up? We'll send you to level eight." Then, we'll watch you fall from your peak. Your expression then will surely be quite amusing.
Just one Sui Sui forced Wen Yi Tong to use all her abilities, including the new one she had just gained after leveling up.
Sui Sui was like a cat playing with a mouse. She could have severely injured Wen Yi Tong, but she didn't. Every time, Wen Yi Tong thought her sword would slice her throat, but each time the blade would deviate by a few centimeters.
When Wen Yi Tong's abilities were once again depleted, Sui Sui looked at the exhausted Wen Yi Tong and left without saying a word.
After Wen Yi Tong recovered her abilities, another young man appeared and drained her abilities. Then she recovered, and her abilities were drained again.
Wen Yi Tong didn't know how many such youths were in this building, but she no longer wanted to face them.
She felt that it would be better for her to go to the bottom of the building and face the endless hordes of zombies than this. At least then she wouldn't feel so stifled.
Wen Yi Tong's abilities were again reaching their critical point. She knew that these people's goal was to help her abilities reach level eight. She didn't know what she would face once she truly reached level eight, but at least this endless battle would stop.
A crystal core, deep purple in color, was tossed in front of Wen Yi Tong. She looked up and saw Sui Sui, who had appeared first.
Among these youths, Sui Sui was the youngest and the only one who spoke to her.
"Why?" Wen Yi Tong was covered in superficial wounds, but none were serious. This told her the gap between her and these people.
"No why. Doesn't Leader Wen like this kind of upgrade package? Straight to level eight, no side effects, no empty realm. Isn't it good?"
Every time Sui Sui addressed her as "Leader Wen," Wen Yi Tong felt it was a mockery.
But who would like such an upgrade? It was a constant dance on the edge of life and death, where one wrong step could mean losing her life.
In the past few days, she had felt herself on the brink of death dozens of times, but each time she had persevered.
She had run out of the healing medicine in her spatial dimension, and even if she hadn't, she lacked the energy to apply it. She desperately wanted to die now. If she hadn't held on to the thought of wanting to know what they were trying to do, she might have given up resisting long ago.
But even if she wanted to give up resisting, these people wouldn't let her die, would they?
Wen Yi Tong felt like a toy in the hands of these youths. They wouldn't let her die until they had played enough.
"Absorb the crystal core. When you reach level eight, the person you want to see will come out to meet you. And didn't you also want to know who developed the ability awakening potion? You'll know soon."
As she spoke, Sui Sui tossed two more identical crystal cores.
"Is that so? Then I'll level up to eight as soon as possible." Saying this, she picked up a crystal core, seemingly about to absorb it, but then several spatial blades shot out from all directions towards Sui Sui.
Sui Sui showed no panic. The next moment, she vanished from her spot. All the spatial blades missed, dissipating into the air.
Then, a foot emerged from the void, and Sui Sui reappeared in her original location.
"Leader Wen, it's best not to engage in a desperate struggle. Just focus on leveling up. Such futile efforts only make me angrier; they serve no other purpose."
"Your spatial ability can enter people?" Wen Yi Tong's eyes widened. Since the apocalypse began, she had never seen any spatial ability user's space capable of containing living beings.
"You don't need to worry about that. Since Leader Wen still has some energy left, why don't you play with my companions for a while longer!" Sui Sui looked at Wen Yi Tong and then slowly walked away.
"No, come back, come back! I'll seriously level up!" But her shouts did not bring Sui Sui back.
Since they wanted her to level up, she would improve her abilities. These youths were too naive! Did they really think she was still level seven?
She had already reached level eight. Although the crystal cores in her spatial dimension didn't have as much energy as these, they were abundant in quantity.
They were too overconfident. A snake that isn't killed will become a scourge. When she becomes level nine, she will make all of them pay with their lives.
She had already noticed long ago that these people were too confident in their own skills, so their ability levels were not very high.
They had no idea what advanced abilities looked like. Now that Sui Sui had left, when she was defeated by the next youth, they would surely lower their guard.
At that time, she would enhance her abilities and show them her true power.