Chapter 928: Killing An Ability User.

By the time they cleared the northern plains, it was getting colder. Bai Meiyue looked at the time on her watch and frowned hard. The weather was getting colder with each passing second, and she had brought her son along with her. "We should go." She was sure that they had killed most of the second-rank zombies and there were almost none left. Even if they stayed behind and looked for more, they would only be wasting their time. She pursed her lips and then turned to look at Lei Qian before saying, "It’s too cold for Little Cai."

Lei Qian also agreed with her. Even though he did not feel very cold, he knew that the weather was getting colder from how the people around him kept tugging on their jackets and hugging themselves. He nodded and turned to look behind him. "Everyone! Get back in the RVs; we are returning back to the safe base." There were no more sightings of second-rank zombies. Since that was the case, there was no point in lingering in this chilly weather.

It was as if the ability users were waiting for these words since the weather started to get even chillier. The second Lei Qian finished speaking, they all rushed into the RVs that were parked behind theirs. It did not even take two seconds for them to enter the RVs.

Lei Qian: "..." If you were cold, then you could have just said so.

Bai Meiyue was also amused when she saw the speed of the ability users. She knew that they were cold, which was why she suggested leaving. Anyway, she had collected enough second-rank crystal nuclei and did not need any more. She returned to her RV and let her brother drive her back to the safe base. The northern plains were not too far from the safe base; thus, their convoy was able to arrive at the safe base in a matter of a few hours.

Bai Meiyue covered her son in a thin blanket, as it was already very hot and then stepped out of the RV. Because she was focusing on her son, she did not notice the shocked gaze that was looking at her at that very moment.

Lei Wu stared at Bai Meiyue and Lei Qian, who seemed perfectly fine, and was filled with a sort of rage that he could not explain. He had worked so hard, even working as bait to attract strong and powerful second-rank ability users. Who would have thought that these people would still be able to survive?

So this was the strength of an ability user. Those things that scared the living daylights out of him—they could be dealt with so easily by these people. It was all because they had the strength to deal with these things. If only he had the power as they did, then he too would not be scared of those second-rank zombies. He too would be walking around like he owned the world.

Lei Wu clenched his fingers, feeling resentful and angry. What was his mother doing? She could have easily killed an ability user and snatched his core, and yet she was missing from the action. What was she even doing?

At that very moment, on the eastern side of the safe base, Second Aunt Lei stood behind a wall. She was clutching a knife beneath her sleeves. Because she was so nervous, her palms were slick with sweat, and her heart was hammering against her ribs so violently that she could hear the thudding of her heart in the silence.

She was just an ordinary woman! Where was she going to get her hands on a crystal nucleus?

What is wrong with Ah Wu? He is simply being unreasonable. Asking me to steal the core of an ability user—he has gone mad! Second Aunt Lei was furious and scared. But at the same time, she was feeling helpless. She wondered what was wrong with her son that he was asking her to kill an ability user. She had no elemental abilities, no enhanced strength, and no experience fighting with zombies or ability users. Even killing a chicken had once made her hesitate.

Yet her son insisted that she killed a human.

She wanted to turn around and leave, but every time that urge arose within her, she recalled the words that her son spoke to her.

"Mom, I am your only son. Do you really want me to remain a useless commoner for the rest of my life? That man said that as long as I can get my hands on the core of an ability user, he could help me awaken. Once I gain an ability, nobody will ever dare to bully us again."

She had cried when he said those words. She had begged him to find another way, but her son had insisted that it was the only way and that if she loved him, then she would definitely find a way for him. Second Aunt Lei did not want her son to be disappointed in her. She could not withstand the thought of her son despising her.

"It’s a matter of just one core," she whispered to herself. "I only need to bring him just one core."

At the end of the alley, a man walked over. He was wearing a dark jacket. There was a gun strapped to the side of his waist. A cloth bag hung from one hand, and a faint metallic sheen occasionally flickered on his forearm.

An ability user.

Second Aunt Lei immediately ducked behind the wall. Her breath caught in her throat as she looked at the man who was walking over.

She had seen this man several times in the safe base. If she was not wrong, then he was a C-grade ability user. Even though his skills were not on par with Lei Qian and Bai Meiyue, his skills were good enough. He often ventured out of the safe base and hunted zombies to earn crystal nuclei. She had heard that he was strong enough to kill several zombies in a row.

What was more he was a loner!