In the apocalypse, you start with two knives, and all your equipment depends on drops.

Chapter 52 Sudden mutation

Yu Yao's voice was as light and melodious as ever, but to Dongfang Jin, each note sounded heavier than the last.

"Xiao Qi...you..."

This ability is far, far, far more extraordinary than she had previously described...

"Let's go, let's go eat hot pot."

Before he could say anything, Yu Yao grabbed the still-dazed Luo Mei and ran towards the kitchen.

It has a bit of a sense of fleeing in panic.

A smile flashed in Dongfang Jin's eyes as he watched the two girls' retreating figures.

Turning to Chi Heng and Qi Xian, he said, "You'd never guess what Xiao Qi gave me."

"Cultivation techniques?" Chi Heng asked.

He didn't know exactly what the group of people had done.

But he clearly heard the words "water-condensing technique".

Dongfang Jin nodded emphatically: "Yes, a cultivation technique, a complete, perfect, and unbelievable one."

Qi Xian looked completely bewildered: "Cultivation techniques? What cultivation techniques? Cultivation techniques? Or fighting techniques? What era are we living in that such things still exist? Xiao Qi's ability can extract cultivation techniques from zombies?"

Dongfang Jin calmly said, "That's what I'm curious about too. Xiao Qi's background and abilities are perhaps much more mysterious than we see."

Qi Xian gasped, then slowly raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is Xiao Qi also one of those characters in novels, a chosen one? A favorite daughter of Heaven?"

Dongfang Jin asked with a smile, "You know about these things? Weren't you uninterested?"

Qi Xian waved his hand: "Who hasn't seen a few memes while scrolling through short videos?"

Dongfang Jin said "Oh~" and didn't dwell on the matter any further.

Chi Heng said, "Whatever the reason, Xiao Qi's willingness to share with you proves that she wants to help you. That's enough. As for the rest, there's no need to worry about it."

Dongfang Jin smiled gently, her eyebrows curving slightly.

"I understand, Xiao Qi's kindness will always be remembered!"

Just then, Jiang Yi came out to invite them to dinner, and Chi Heng said, "It's good that you understand. Let's go eat. We can discuss the cultivation technique later."

"it is good."

......

They ate hot pot in the back kitchen, where they set up a large round table filled with all sorts of ingredients.

Since everyone loves spicy food, the broth was naturally Luo Pingjing's specially made extra spicy beef tallow broth.

The copper pot, bubbling with red oil, emitted a delightful aroma.

Yu Yao relied on the fact that everyone else was a superhuman and that her own physical abilities were comparable to those of superhumans.

They brought out a variety of cold drinks: sparkling water, soft drinks, juice, and plum juice—take your pick!

When Luo Mei pulled Yu Yao to sit down, Jiang Yi had already prepared the dipping sauce for them.

Qi Xian had already poured the plum juice that Yu Yao wanted.

The others were busy passing around cutlery and setting out bowls and chopsticks; not one of them was idle.

Luo Mei sat leisurely against the back of her chair, watching the several busy men.

Chao Yuyao said smugly, "Now you know why I wanted to find them, right? Such considerate teammates are really hard to find!"

"...That is indeed true."

Not to mention her teammates, even her parents had never treated her with such care.

Luo Mei chuckled: "Hehe~ Who isn't a little princess at heart!"

Qi Xian poured her a soft drink while rolling her eyes and scolding, "So you're only thinking about us because we're useful, huh?"

"Of course!" Luo Mei said with a "what else did you think?" attitude, which earned her several glares from Qi Xian and Jiang Yi.

After making lively preparations, the group sat around the table and comfortably enjoyed a hot pot meal.

Meanwhile, the Xuanfeng team began moving upstairs.

After Luo Mei noticed, she said, "They've gone upstairs."

Dongfang Jin said, "Don't worry about it. The 26th and 27th floors are still locked, so they can't go there."

Speaking of this, Luo Pingjing put the tripe into the pot.

He said strangely, "It's odd that the second-to-top floor, which doesn't belong to the research institute, is also locked, and with a higher level of security lock than the main gate."

Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow, swallowed the food in his mouth, and said, "Perhaps there's a problem."

Luo Mei gave a soft snort.

"Is that even a question? There's definitely something wrong!"

Qi Xian picked up a piece of luncheon meat and put it into the dipping sauce bowl. He looked up and said, "Why worry about this? Let's eat first and then go explore."

After finishing speaking and lowering his head, he subconsciously let out a soft "Huh?"

"No, did any of you touch my luncheon meat?"

Upon hearing this, the others looked at Qi Xian in confusion.

Qi Xian's gaze gradually turned serious after he met everyone's eyes for a moment.

At the same time, Luo Pingjing, who possessed spatial abilities, suddenly felt a strong spatial fluctuation.

Immediately afterwards, three extremely deep scratches suddenly appeared on Qi Xian's hand, which was holding chopsticks.

"hiss!"

Caught off guard, Qi Xian gasped, his hand trembled, and his chopsticks fell to the table with a thud.

Along with it dripped crimson blood.

"The third one!"

"Third Brother!"

Upon seeing this, the group's expressions changed drastically, and they simultaneously dropped their chopsticks and stood up.

Just as Yu Yao was about to treat Qi Xian, she saw his head suddenly tilt to one side due to some irresistible force.

At the same time, several terrible scratches appeared on his face.

Seeing Yu Yao's actions, he calmly raised his hand to stop her.

"It's alright, don't waste your energy."

Dongfang Jin realized something was wrong and said to Yu Yao, "Xiao Qi, let's clean up the mess first."

Without hesitation, Yu Yao immediately used the Rift Technique to destroy the table, chairs, and everything else on it.

It was put back into an air box intact.

They were then all stored in the game's inventory and placed into the warehouse.

This is a bug she recently discovered, which allows you to disguise all items as one using an air box.

It not only saves a lot of space in your game backpack, but also makes packing it up faster and easier.

Yu Yao acted quickly, and the unexpected happened just as quickly.

Just as Yu Yao finished packing her things, Qi Xian was hit by a series of clanging sounds and sparks.

It was Luo Pingjing who secretly metallized Qi Xian's skin, which blocked a large wave of attacks.

Jiang Yi stood guard beside Qi Xian, his brows furrowed: "What exactly is that thing? Has it become invisible?"

Yu Yao gently shook her head: "No, nothing has appeared around us."

"What kind of superpower is that? How can it attack from a distance?"

"Spatial ability."

The speaker was Luo Pingjing.

As a legitimate spatial ability user, his perception of space is stronger than anyone else present.

He had a vague feeling of spatial distortion and tremors as soon as the first attack appeared.

Before he could figure it out, a series of attacks followed.

Luo Mei's beautiful eyebrows furrowed tightly as she couldn't help but complain, "This place, He'an, really is full of zombies, either dark or spatial!"

As Luo Mei spoke, Chi Heng was also staring at Qi Xian's wound.

He only spoke when no one else spoke: "It's a cat."

Dongfang Jin exchanged a glance with him and concluded, "A space-type mutated cat?"

Chi Heng nodded.

Jiang Yi exclaimed, "Huh?"

"So it keeps attacking Third Brother, not because it stole Third Brother's luncheon meat and got burned by the spiciness, so it got angry and embarrassed??"

His tone became increasingly incredulous.

Before she could even utter the word "了吧", Yu Yao felt a dizzying sensation, accompanied by a terrifying pulling sensation.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and when she came to her senses, she was already in a pile of zombies.

"???!!!"