Wasteland: I Awakened A Plant System

As for why Lilith sold the orb instead of using it herself, as a woman who could think of opening a brothel and an auction house in the Wasteland, she knew too well that selling this item was a wiser choice than gambling on that 50% probability herself.

At least, from the news she heard a few days ago from members of Green Wind Shelter that Snape had died, selling the item to Vikram and befriending a Survivor like him presented no problems.

One might ask, how weak could a Survivor’s faction be if he could casually deal with the leader of a major faction? While the main person was present with her all that night.

At present, she had no confidence, yet still dared to follow Evan, purely because she was tempted by this resource point.

After all, she only agreed to help Evan; she didn’t make him any guarantees. So, even if they couldn’t deal with these Legendary Zombies, he would have no reason to blame or criticize her.

And she already knew the location of the resource point, so no matter how she looked at it, she wouldn’t lose out.

As for whether she would be hated by the Official Shelter at that time, Lilith could simply make up a lie, saying that this Legendary-level was more powerful than the one she encountered before.

Then, she could send a few Survivors to their deaths to prove she wasn’t lying, wouldn’t that allow her to muddle through?

"As long as my side put in effort and people died, the other party would have no excuse to blame me."

With this thought, the two teams, totaling 70 people, entered together.

However, what Lilith never expected was that the Legendary-level’s strength was far greater than that crippled zombie she had seen before.

And the nascent intelligence it already possessed made all the Survivors who entered the supermarket, including Evan, completely unaware.

While they were plotting how to deal with the Legendary-level zombie inside, the zombie inside had also been waiting for the people outside to come in.

Just as the entire team had entered the supermarket, a huge zombie, holding a rusty fish-killing knife, leaped down from the ceiling.

It seemed to have been ambushing for a long time; upon landing, it crashed directly into the crowd, crushing five or six Survivors in the team to death on the spot, just by its weight.

"Something’s wrong, retreat!"

The previous times they entered the supermarket, they saw this zombie only launch frontal assaults.

Usually, as long as they were fast enough to exit the supermarket’s range before it could grab them, there would be no casualties.

But at this moment, anyone could see that this zombie had been lying in ambush on the ceiling for a long time, catching them completely off guard.

With the Legendary Zombie so close to these members, no one had any intention of making a move.

Upon hearing Evan’s command, they immediately turned to flee.

However, in their panicked flight, everyone forgot the nature of this zombie.

This was a Legendary-level!

No matter how fast their reactions were, they simply couldn’t compare to this zombie.

In just the time it took to turn their heads, Evan and Lilith, standing at the very back of the team, heard screams from behind them.

"Ah!!!"

"Team Leader Evan, save me!"

"Director, my wife is still in the Shelter, I don’t want to die! Save me!"

The two turned their heads, their pupils shrinking sharply.

They saw that the zombie that had come down from the ceiling had, in the blink of an eye, already used its rusty fish-killing knife to hack down a dozen Survivors in the crowd on the spot.

Blood flowed like a river, and the scent of blood assailed them.

And in the short time the two were stunned, the number of casualties continued to increase.

Among them were survivors who knew they couldn’t escape and tried to shoot to buy time.

The result, however, was exactly as expected: the bullets not only failed to pierce the zombie’s brain, but didn’t even scratch its dark, sticky, foul-smelling skin.

The person who fired the gun was instantly grabbed, and then, with a "crunch," their neck was bitten off.

"Roar—"

Perhaps it was finally tasting the flesh and blood of Survivors, or perhaps it was finally catching these flies that had invaded its territory; at this moment, the zombie let out a heaven-shaking roar.

The entire supermarket trembled with it.

Many Survivors with average physiques, who had already stepped out of the supermarket, bled from all seven orifices at this ghostly shriek and collapsed on the ground.

The two teams, totaling seventy people, entered and exited, and in the blink of an eye, only a mere thirty-odd people remained.

This count even included the Survivors who had collapsed on the ground, bleeding from their seven orifices and whose lives hung in the balance; only six or seven people were completely unharmed and still standing.

Evan and Lilith were also affected by the chilling shriek, but fortunately, they had been cautious before entering the supermarket, staying at the back of the team.

Coupled with their physiques, apart from some ringing in their ears and a buzzing in their heads, they were largely fine.

"Don’t think about fighting back, just run quickly."

"Go, everyone, hurry and go. Don’t worry about those in the supermarket, help up the brothers on the ground and run!"

The two yelled with all their might.

Evan’s heart was bleeding at this moment. Although he had just been calculating Lilith, letting her people take the lead, he hadn’t expected the zombie to launch a sneak attack.

It should be known that the Official Shelter did not recruit members like other Shelters, accepting anyone who came.

These members with decent strength were at least people who had served as conscripts in the military on Earth.

Every single one of them was extremely important to the Official Shelter.

With so many people dying all at once today, Evan could already imagine his fate upon returning.

Yet, he couldn’t even shift the blame to Lilith, as he hadn’t clearly stated that the Legendary Zombie would also launch sneak attacks.

Moreover, Lilith’s side also suffered many casualties.

The two groups of people didn’t waste any extra words, taking out everyone they could save from the supermarket’s range.

Then, without even bothering to say goodbye, they all left with grim faces, returning to their respective territories.

During this time, although the zombie didn’t pursue them, it bared a ferocious, wide mouth and even grabbed a corpse, waving it in the direction they left as if saying goodbye.

"Damn evil thing!"

Thinking of today’s encounter and the Legendary Zombie’s provocative gesture, both of them felt a surge of anger in their hearts.

The black, misty sky couldn’t hide the gloom on their faces at this moment.

—

Zombie Lair.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Inside the enclosed underground space, a water blade emitting a faint blue glow danced gracefully through the air.

Vikram casually found a place to sit and quietly watched Divya practice.

After repeatedly controlling the water blade, Divya could clearly feel her compatibility with the Tsunami Wave ability steadily increasing.

Although neither her mental power nor the skill’s level had changed, the water blade’s power gradually improved as her proficiency increased.

The ripples that had constantly appeared across the blade’s surface before were actually the result of her poor control.

While they looked impressive, they significantly reduced the blade’s sharpness.

Now, as the water blade circled around the massive Violet-Gold Zombie, those unnecessary ripples had almost completely disappeared.

The blade looked as though it had been naturally forged from flowing water, becoming far sharper and more stable than before.

"That’s about right," Vikram said with a satisfied nod.

"I think you’ve mastered the basics."

Divya nodded.

With a single thought, she launched the water blade.

Swish!

The blade instantly crossed the underground chamber.

Puff!

It pierced straight through the Violet-Gold Zombie’s head.

The crystal-clear blade was momentarily stained red before dispersing back into ordinary water.

The mighty Violet-Gold Zombie, capable of terrifying countless survivors, collapsed without even having the chance to fight back.

Divya let out a long breath.

"Phew..."

Vikram walked over with a smile.

"This should finally drop a high-grade Crystal Core."

"This is already the fourth Zombie Lair. If it still doesn’t drop one, that would be a little unreasonable."

After continuously using Tsunami Wave to clear four Zombie Lairs, Divya rubbed her forehead.

She could already feel a dull ache spreading through her head.

"It really does consume a lot of mental power..."

As she bent down to collect the Zombie’s loot, she couldn’t help but sigh.

"If my physique hadn’t improved after obtaining the ability, I probably would’ve fainted long ago."

Just then, something caught Vikram’s attention.

"Oh!"

"It finally dropped."

He bent down and picked up the item with a smile.

"That missing bit of physique really made us waste quite a bit of time."

Without hesitation, Vikram crushed the high-grade crystal as soon as he got it.

[Special Abilities: Berserk Mode, Night Vision]

[Host: Vikram

Strength: 109+3

Speed: 112+3

Stamina: 108+3

Reaction: 111+3

Spirit: 108+3]

Later they stood up, collected the still ordinary supplies from the treasure chest, and then, while admiring the sunset, drove back to the Shelter.

"Brother, you’re back."

Vikram nodded, "Territory 3 should have been quiet these past few days, right?"

"Don’t worry, Brother Vikram. There hasn’t been a single incident. Even if some clueless zombies got close, we dealt with them immediately." Ron patted his chest, speaking with a confident expression.

However, before Vikram could praise them for doing a good job, the next second...

Percy from the observation room sent a message in the Shelter group chat.

"Brother Vikram, we have a situation. Two teams of people have entered the observation range in the distance."

"Judging by the direction they’re running from, they seem to be heading towards us."

The observation camera in the observation room had already been upgraded by Vikram once.

Now, it could see up to a thousand meters into the Wasteland, and the camera was not afraid of wind or rain.

But that wasn’t the point right now.

"Tonight is the day of the natural disaster. Who would be running around at this critical juncture?"

Ignoring Ron’s embarrassed expression in front of him.

Vikram muttered to himself, then asked in the group chat, "How many people are in the two groups in total, and are there any distinctive features in their clothing?"

He knew that he was already being targeted by people from White Fox Shelter.

So he instinctively assumed they were from White Fox Shelter and wanted to look for any distinguishing clothing or symbols on them.

But it was not that, as he thought.

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