During their journey, some of the children developed high fevers—signs of awakening their second abilities. As a result, in addition to Zeng Changchao, Gu Shaoze, and Rong Mo'er, they now had three more ability-users on their team.
The youngest, Lin Jiaojiao—just three years old—had awakened a psychic-type ability. She could detect zombies or people with malicious intent within a 50-meter radius. Though the range wasn't far, it was enough to save lives in dangerous situations.
Alongside her were Xu Danyu and Fu Leizhen, both thirteen years old. Each had awakened their second ability.
Xu Danyu, whose first awakening had enhanced his vision, now gained a space-type ability with a 100-square-meter storage capacity.
Fu Leizhen, who had previously awakened a speed-type ability, now possessed a lightning-type ability. He had become one of the main combatants on their team, second only to Rong Mo'er.
Compared to Pei Yijun's lightning, which was a deeper shade, Fu Leizhen's lightning was light blue. Gu Shaoze and Rong Mo'er noticed the difference, but assumed it was simply due to individual variation and didn't dwell on it.
The rest of the children either had no awakened abilities or had only enhancement-type abilities. Since they had only gone out to gather supplies, they left the others resting at a small house near the city's border.
As Gu Shaoze drove, Rong Mo'er used a handy talkie they had found to try and contact anyone within a five-kilometer radius.
"How is it?" Gu Shaoze asked.
Rong Mo'er kept trying, but shook her head. "I can't reach anyone."
Just as she finished speaking, the static suddenly cleared, and a hoarse voice came through. "Hello."
The voice sounded familiar. Rong Mo'er asked immediately, "Li Yang?"
"Who is this?"
"It's me, Rong Mo'er. Where are you?" she asked quickly.
Through the speaker, she could hear the faint roars of zombies. Her expression turned grim. "Li Yang, are you fighting zombies right now?"
After a moment of silence, Li Yang answered, "No. My team and I are trapped inside a building. We don't know what's happening outside, and we have no supplies at all."
Rong Mo'er and the others exchanged alarmed looks. "We just saw a huge number of zombies gathering near the border of Jiangning City. Are you there?" she asked urgently.
"Mhm."
As soon as they heard that, Gu Shaoze asked, "How long can you hold out?"
"Not long."
Hearing the exhaustion in his hoarse voice, Rong Mo'er said, "We are heading out to request help. Hang on as long as you can."
"Contact Jin—"
The connection was abruptly cut off before he could finish. The handy talky returned to static.
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