But the night was pitch-black, only flickering flames could be seen, and though the fighting sounded fierce, the details of the battle were impossible to make out.

Many figures appeared in the windows of nearby buildings. Qiao Yanrou looked towards the neighboring suite; the window was dark, clearly unoccupied.

Shen Luohan and Ji Yuanchen were probably outside the walls, eliminating zombies.

Based on their strength, they usually finished quickly, but tonight, the zombies that had broken through the outer wall seemed to be of a high level and numerous.

Qiao Yanrou frowned, somewhat worried, and quickly went downstairs towards the tents by the wall.

Several low-level ability users stood inside the tents, all worried about the situation outside.

Qiao Yanrou entered the tent.  It wasn’t lit, so no one noticed her arrival.

She joined the crowd, and from this angle, she could vaguely see that the mid-level and above ability users had all gone to eliminate the zombies.

“There are at least six or seven mid-level zombies that broke into the base tonight.”

“More than that, there’s also a high-level zombie with intelligence.”

One person pointed out that the real challenge for Shen Luohan and Ji Yuanchen was the intelligent high-level zombie.

Upon hearing “intelligent high-level zombie,” everyone in the tent gasped. No wonder so many mid-level zombies had suddenly broken in; they had a “leader.”

They wanted to help but didn’t dare to violate the base’s rules. Those in the tent were all low-level ability users, not very proficient in using their abilities. Their damage to mid-level zombies was minimal, but their damage to unprepared teammates was very high.

Therefore, the base had a rule: if more than five mid-level zombies appeared, low-level ability users could not participate unless they were out gathering supplies or the base manager ordered them to help.

Otherwise, low-level ability users could easily panic and accidentally injure teammates, making the situation even worse.

Now that there were many mid-level zombies and an intelligent high-level zombie, they couldn’t rush in without the base manager’s permission.

The moonlight brightened, making the situation outside the walls clearer. Shen Luohan and Ji Yuanchen were working together to deal with the high-level zombie.

Zhang Keqing and other ability users were eliminating the unpredictable mid-level zombies. During this time, Zhang Keqing repeatedly freed herself to help Shen Luohan and Ji Yuanchen.

“That new female ability user is a good match for Boss Shen.”

“Zhang Keqing is very strong and beautiful. She’s the only one worthy of Boss Shen.”

“Right? She can even fight alongside Brother Shen.”

“Unlike…”

They discussed this, stopping mid-sentence, completely unaware that Qiao Yanrou was standing behind them.

Finally, the high-level zombie was defeated. The moment it fell, a “beep beep beep…” sound came from its body, particularly jarring in the silent night.

Having grown up watching action movies, Qiao Yanrou recognized the familiar “beep” sound and flashing red light.

She reacted very quickly. Without time to push through the crowd, she used all her strength to mobilize her abilities. Sky-blue water, soft like silk, rushed towards the ability users near the high-level zombie.

“Boom!” A loud bang accompanied by a huge flash of fire erupted in the wasteland.

No one expected this high-level zombie to be so cunning! It had actually rigged itself with a bomb.

The explosion was too sudden. Even Shen Luohan and Ji Yuanchen were a second too slow; it had already exploded.

The bomb’s power was enormous, instantly bursting outwards.

They only managed to mitigate the injuries from the explosion when a soft, tough wall of water enveloped all the ability users in the wasteland.

The force of the explosion tore numerous holes in the water wall, yet the ability users inside were unharmed.

Shen Luohan sensed a familiar aura, his brows furrowed, his lips pressed tightly together.

Ji Yuanchen, standing next to him, reached out, a drop of water falling onto his fingertip, clear and pure like her eyes.

In the tent, Qiao Yanrou’s face was pale, and she couldn’t even stand, leaning against someone for support, gasping for breath.

The woman next to her let out a soft cry and quickly supported her.

“Yanrou…”

The people around them only then noticed Qiao Yanrou in the tent and quickly dispersed.

“Sit down quickly.” Someone helped her sit down on a chair.

Qiao Yanrou sighed inwardly. Her strength was too weak. One attack had already left her dizzy and weak; she didn’t even have the strength to stand up.

Soon, the ability users outside eliminated all the zombies. Shen Luohan, his face grim, entered the tent, followed by Ji Yuanchen.

As soon as they entered the tent, they saw Qiao Yanrou’s pale face, leaning against the woman beside her.

Shen Luohan, radiating coldness, his face extremely serious, came to Qiao Yanrou, picked her up horizontally, and ignoring her weak struggles, strode out of the tent.

Ji Yuanchen watched Shen Luohan carry Qiao Yanrou away and said in a low voice, “Check me first; Luohan will be down later.”

The women who had been in the tent left one after another.

“Okay, Brother Ji, are you injured?” a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy asked worriedly.

“No, that high-level zombie was intelligent and a bit tricky, but not enough to injure Luohan and me.” Ji Yuanchen took off his clothes.

The bomb was an accident.  Bombs were very old things; no one knew where that high-level zombie got it.

“That was so dangerous. Thankfully, Sister Yanrou reacted quickly.”

Ji Yuanchen’s gaze drifted towards a certain direction outside the tent.

“Yes, thanks to her.”

In the tent next door where they were checking the girls, everyone was praising Zhang Keqing’s strength.

Liu Yan, who had long disliked Qiao Yanrou, said meaningfully to Zhang Keqing, “Keqing Meimei, in my opinion, you and Brother Shen fighting side-by-side looked very well-matched, much better than that… someone.”

The other girls in the tent didn’t dare to respond, mostly watching with amusement.

Zhang Keqing smiled shyly, then refuted Liu Yan.