Since her arrival in this place, Du Beiye had witnessed many human emotions, whether positive or negative, but no matter how she tried to copy them, she couldn’t learn.
So when Krayan said that she had finally learned to have an emotion, she should have felt happy. Yet, she felt nothing. She could only feel a myriad of emotions when she was with her sister.
Thinking about this, she smiled and said, "I still love my sister the most."
After she finished checking her equipment, Du Beiye walked in Feng Zhen’s direction. Seeing that the boy was sleeping, she took out a glass bottle from her inventory and poured out a pill.
The transparent blue pill was cold to the touch and emitted a faint fog. From this alone, one could tell that the pill was frozen and as cold as ice.
Holding the pill, she reached out and grabbed Feng Zhen’s cheek. When the boy opened his eyes in surprise, he felt something cold enter his mouth. Before he could react, Du Beiye slid her fingers along his throat, and he swallowed instinctively.
Everything happened in less than five seconds. When Du Beiye was done feeding him the pill, she put the glass bottle back into her inventory and stood up. As she walked away, she said, "You will no longer be in pain after forty-eight hours."
Feng Zhen didn’t know what she had fed him and was too stunned to speak. He held his throat and let out several coughs, feeling the coldness spreading from his stomach to his entire body.
No one knew that after consuming the pill, his DNA sequences were changing. His congenital disease had been caused by an error in his DNA, and this pill was designed to fix that error.
In the Tarakam Civilization, this pill was commonly used, much like the common flu medicine on Earth.
But Du Beiye forgot that the people of her home planet were born through artificial cloning, and their DNA sequences were different from those of the human race living on Earth. Therefore, she didn’t realize the consequences her common pill would bring to Feng Zhen.
After the members finished packing up, Zhang Yuan, Feng Yun, and the Feng family left in a military chopper while the rest of the members used several SUVs.
Their next stop would be the First Hospital. But with Feng Yun sending back the supplies, they were not in a hurry. So, they decided to clear the zombies as they traveled.
This time, Fu Guai, Pei Yixie, and Du Beiye joined Jin Xuyan and Jiao Lizhi’s car. As they drove, Pei Yixie suddenly said, "Brother, there are several people hiding on the roadside. They placed traps on the road."
Hearing this, Jin Xuyan nodded and asked, "How far can you read people’s minds now?"
"Now that I’m at level four, I can read people’s minds from a distance of fifty meters."
Jin Xuyan nodded and stopped the car after several minutes. When the members saw this, they slowed down and stopped behind their Captain’s car.
At this moment, a group of people hiding behind the lush vegetation did not notice the danger lurking behind them. Seeing that the cars suddenly stopped, one of them asked, "Boss, they didn’t drive past the nails. What should we do now?"
"We will wait and see," a man in his forties said.
Meanwhile, Qin Luzi came out and checked the map in his mind for a while before he knocked on Jin Xuyan’s window.
After the window was lowered, he said, "Captain, there are a lot of mutants in this area. Also, there are a total of nine people hiding on the left roadside. Three of them are ability-users."
Jin Xuyan thought for a moment and said, "Let’s take a look."
"Understood," Qin Luzi nodded and went to inform the members.
When the members came out of the cars, they pulled out their weapons and waited for orders.
Standing in the middle of the road, Wen Mo raised his hand and, with a flick of his wrist, the nails scattered on the road flew toward him at a fast speed. With another flick, the nails turned into a lump of metal and fell on his palm.
He looked at the metal ball and tossed it to Xiao Qi. "Keep it," he said.
Seeing that the trap they placed was resolved so easily, those people hiding were stunned.
"Boss, it seems that they know that we are here," one of the lackeys said with a hint of fear.
"Boss, they look so strong. How about we—"
Before the lackey finished his words, their leader glared at him and snapped, "Shut up! We are the ones who clear the zombies in this area. It’s only right for them to pay a protection fee if they want to use this road."
"But if they refuse to pay, what should we do?" another lackey asked.
The leader went silent for a moment before he said, "At worst, we will use those women as hostages and force them to hand out their supplies."
While they were still discussing their plans, Jin Xuyan said, "Bring them out."
The next moment, Zhou Huajian waved his hand and several vines flew toward the vegetation. In less than five seconds, the vines wrapped around the group and tied them up.
"Ah! What is this?!"
"Boss, save us!"
"Ouch! My arms!"
Screams were heard as Zhou Huajian pulled back the vines. At the end of the vines, nine people were trying to break free while cursing.
Hearing their curses, Xiao Qi went to them and gave them a kick while asking, "Why did you put nails on the road? Are you trying to rob people?"
"Why should we tell you?" one of them glared at him.
They already agreed that if they were captured, they would not admit to anything. If they did not admit it, no one would be able to pin the crime on their heads. At most, they only needed to act pitiful and they would be released soon. After all, this was not the first time they were caught.