Zombie Apocalypse: Reborn With A Farming Space - Chapter 93

Chapter 93: Courting Death ( 2 )
When Jiao Lizhi saw Situ Bani’s face change from pale to red then back to pale, she added, “Also, I haven’t done anything to you, but I won’t mind doing something if you keep provoking me. Just so you know, I hate two-faced people the most. So don’t give me a reason to kill you.”

After finishing her words, she walked past Situ Bani and whispered, “Remember not to touch what you shouldn’t touch.”

Since they were close, Situ Bani finally had the chance to use her ability. She reached out and touched Jiao Lizhi’s hand.

The moment their skin made contact, she smiled and activated her ability. She assumed that Jiao Lizhi’s water-type ability was weak since she only used it to fill the pots.

As long as she could absorb her energy, she would become a waste. Unexpectedly, the moment her mental energy entered Jiao Lizhi’s body, it was sucked away by an unknown force.

Unlike ability energy, mental energy was innate and could only be trained slowly. She had only recently awakened her ability and had very little energy.

Trying to probe a level-one ability user with her level-zero power was like courting death. Not to mention, Jiao Lizhi was someone who has a cheat-like ability—energy absorption.

The moment Jiao Lizhi felt the foreign energy entering her body, her eyes turned cold. Using her core, she immediately absorbed and refined the energy into her own.

Jiao Lizhi looked at Situ Bani, whose face had already turned pale, and smiled. She had just warned her, yet she was still looking for death. Since she was so generous as to provide free energy, then she wouldn’t hold back.

In the next moment, she used all her strength to absorb Situ Bani’s energy. After experiencing death once, Jiao Lizhi’s mental strength was far beyond what someone like Situ Bani could withstand.

To everyone else, it simply looked like they were standing there, speaking in hushed voices.

Since it seemed like a personal matter between women, the soldiers felt embarrassed to intervene. As for Pei Yijun’s team, it had nothing to do with them, so they chose to stay out of it.

Five minutes later, Jiao Lizhi finally stopped because there was no more energy left to absorb.

She looked at Situ Bani, who had collapsed to the ground with her mouth agape. With her mental energy drained completely, her brain had suffered irreversible damage, turning her into a fool.

Since Jiao Lizhi hadn’t physically touched her, no one realized what had just happened. She simply walked over to the soldiers’ camp and asked, “Brother Qin, is the food ready?”

Qin Luzi glanced at Situ Bani before turning back to Jiao Lizhi and saying, “Sister-in-law, it’s almost done.”

“Okay,” Jiao Lizhi nodded and waited on the side.

Just now, Qin Luzi had clearly sensed the mental energy seeping from Situ Bani’s body and being absorbed by Jiao Lizhi. He knew that Situ Bani had tried to attack first, so what happened to her now was what she deserved.

Besides, Jiao Lizhi could be considered his sister-in-law, and he always protected his own people. Even if he knew what was going on, he wouldn’t say a word that could harm her.

He was just curious—how could his sister-in-law absorb another person’s mental energy when she was supposed to be a water-type ability user?

More importantly, he had clearly seen Situ Bani’s green dot turn white while Jiao Lizhi’s blue dot deepened in color. Until now, he still didn’t know what the blue dot represented.

Besides his captain and Jiao Lizhi, only Pei Yijun had a blue dot.

But the shades of blue were different—Pei Yijun’s blue dot was the lightest, while his captain’s blue dot was the darkest. As for Jiao Lizhi’s blue dot, it keeps flickering between blue and green.

While Qin Luzi was pondering the meaning behind the blue dots, Jin Xuyan was in the distance, making a call on his satellite phone.

Standing with one hand in his pocket, he said, “Wei Ying, the Pei family’s young master is with me. Didn’t you say I took your mission and opportunities? Now I’m returning them to you. You just need to come to the factory district near Lin’an University.”

“Jin Xuyan, why should I believe you?” a voice from the phone asked.

Jin Xuyan let out a long sigh and said, “Even if we have different beliefs and goals, we are still comrades. I lost most of my men during this mission, and the rest want to go back and find their families. I can’t persuade them, and I can’t complete this mission alone. So, I can only let you escort Pei Yijun back.”

A long silence followed before Wei Ying finally responded, “Jin Xuyan, I’m sorry about your men.”

“When we took this mission, we already knew the risks. We just underestimated our enemies and overestimated ourselves,” Jin Xuyan replied.

“I understand. My team is near your location—we will arrive by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.”

“Thank you.”

“It should be me thanking you for handing over the rewards on a silver platter,” Wei Ying said with a chuckle.

After he said that, the call ended.

On the other end of the line, inside a mini-mart, a man in his late thirties let out a sigh and handed the satellite phone to one of his men.

“Captain, are we going to join Captain Jin?” one of his soldiers asked.

Wei Ying nodded and said, “We will depart tomorrow at sunrise.”

Hearing this, another soldier scoffed and said, “He took our mission and now expects us to clean up his mess. Does he think we are at his beck and call?”

“Jin Xuyan isn’t that kind of person. Watch your words,” Wei Ying warned.

“Captain, he already took our mission. Why are you still defending him?” the soldier asked, clearly displeased.

“He must have had his reasons. He lost most of his men during the mission. We all know his team is much stronger than ours. If even they suffered such heavy casualties, do you think we would stand a chance if we went instead?” Wei Ying asked.