Zerra froze, wondering whether she was still trapped in the monster mushroom’s illusion. She tried to use her spiritual power to break it open, a little scared.
"Breathe," A voice whispered in a little stiff tone to her ear.
She subconsciously took a deep breath just like the voice told her to, not realizing she had been holding her breath all this time.
No matter how she tried to break the illusion until she was breathless, Nyra was still there, holding her shoulders that she finally let go.
Nyra’s face was a little awkward, and she took a few steps back. Before Zerra could register what had happened, she was embraced in another hug.
"Munchkin..." Laziel took a deep breath, hugging her tightly.
Someone tapped Laziel’s shoulder, looking at him with disapproval. Nyra’s voice floated over. "She can’t breathe."
Laziel hurriedly let go. "Inhale some oxygen, then exhale. Inhale again and exhale."
Zerra twitched her mouth. He was still as silly as ever! How could she not know the guide of how to breathe? If she hadn’t, she would have been six feet under a long time ago!
"Silly elder brother. I know how to breathe." She protested.
The tense atmosphere dissipated slightly because of Laziel’s interruption. He was wearing a sheepish smile as he let go of his little sister.
Still, he was worried. "How do you feel? Do you get hurt anywhere?"
Nyra had taken a few steps away from them, but when Laziel asked that, she also turned to Zerra.
"No, I am fine..." She bit her lip. With too many eyes around them. So it was unfortunate she couldn’t tell them what she had experienced in detail.
Despite her answer, Laziel still inspected her from head to toe. When he didn’t find a single scratch on her, only then did he feel satisfied.
"Then, you must have been tired." Laziel guessed. "Do you want to go back or maybe take a rest first?"
"It’s fine, elder brother. Actually... we were waiting for you and others." She looked up to find Lieutenant Colonel Dalton, Kai, Arsen, and others surrounding them.
"Miss Zerra, we brought a doctor. I think you should get checked first." Lieutenant Colonel Dalton suggested. He gestured toward the doctor to check Zerra.
"Wait, I still need to explain something to you..." Zerra tried to stop them. "It’s more important."
"I will do it." Cassias cut her off, leaving her a little speechless and unable to argue further.
Right, she had told all the details to him without missing anything. He knew just as much as her, so she could leave it for him to explain things.
As Zerra went back to the tent to get herself checked, others were listening to Cassias. There was Lieutenant Colonel Dalton on the team, so based on the man’s usual righteousness, he might want to ambush the location of the human experiment.
Just as she guessed, he immediately gathered his people, his face was filled with determination and silent anger.
"How are you feeling, Miss?" Lieutenant Colonel Dalton went to check on her.
Unfortunately, only she knew the exact location of the experiment base. If they wanted to ambush, they had no choice but to rely on her to show them the direction.
"I am fine." She told him. "Don’t worry, I am very healthy. After all, it felt like only a week had passed for me."
A week for her but three months for others. With such a gap, there was also a stark difference in terms of power progression. Nyra, Laziel, and others have reached the next level of their power.
Meanwhile, her power level was still stuck. Her third tail stayed illusory and needed a massive push to solidify.
Hearing that, Lieutenant Colonel Dalton turned to the doctor who had checked her. The doctor also said the same things. "Her vitals are healthy. She doesn’t show any signs of zombie virus contamination either."
After he made sure that Zerra was healthy, they took down the tents and prepared to head to the location.
Zerra walked beside Cassias.
"The reason you kept Daniel around... was it because you wanted to observe his power?" She whispered, using spiritual energy to block people from listening to their conversation.
With Cassias’ perceptive nature, he might have noticed she had hidden power inside her body. A kind power that differed from other ability users. He just didn’t confront her about it.
He has also become such a mystery to her lately. His wings were, after all, so unusual.
"Kind of," he answered vaguely.
She tilted her head. In a way, Daniel’s power was similar to hers, right? Even more powerful because it had no time limit or range. He was human too, and not an ability user. Even so, his power also applied only to dogs.
Other animals didn’t react to him in the same way.
"If you want to observe such power, I can show you..." she coughed a little. Then, she added, "Controlling zombies, I mean."
He suddenly smiled. "Then, once we go back, you must show me."
She blinked and nodded. It wasn’t a big deal, right? His face was so serious when he talked about it.
"Only the two of us." His eyes glinted.
Before she could respond, he changed the topic. "The fact that Daniel could be here... did you recognize someone among ability users present that day?"
She knitted her eyebrows and pondered, then she shook her head. "I don’t know anyone."
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Cassias nodded. "That’s right. He disappeared after the last incident at their base. Someone must have taken that chance to fish in the muddy waters."
Some ability users died because they were buried under the underground tunnel. It was an opportunity to commit human trafficking and blame it on the collapsing earth. They could announce that these people died during the zombie attack or were buried alive.
In the entire base, few people had such high authority to commit such a thing and not be found out.
They must have been from the Valez or Brown family.
Would Darren or his family commit such a thing? Slim chance, but not zero. How about the Brown family? It was most likely were them.
"Henry?" Zerra blurted a name. Then, she instinctively looked around. "Speaking of Moon Cloud City... I haven’t seen Darren around. Where is he?"