CHAPTER 588: CHAPTER 586: WAITING

"Sorry, we are on a mission, if you truly want to leave this place, you can go to the refugee camp in P city, which is currently a shelter."

Su Mo’s straightforward refusal left everyone extremely disappointed.

A skinny young man squeezed out from the crowd and shouted loudly, "I am like you, I am also a superpower user! Please take me with you!"

He pushed to the very front , the fireball formed in his palm was pitifully small, about the size of a fist.

The lowest level, Level 1.

Jianxiong couldn’t help but look down on him, "It’s been a year since the apocalypse, with your Level 1 Fire Power, you’ve never fought even a Level 2 zombie, have you?"

His merciless mocking made the man’s face stiffen as he stammered, "How ... How can you say that! I just haven’t encountered any yet."

Fire Power, if strengthened with practice and exercise, wasn’t too bad.

Jianxiong had no respect for such people, instead, he just opened the car door, got in, and patted the seat beside him, "Li He, come on, we need to rush to depart."

These people showed no mercy.

This made the people blocking the door panic, some even knelt in front of the car, especially a couple who lifted their child up, "Please, I beg you, even if you just take my child! Just don’t let him starve!"

Su Mo really disliked handling this kind of situation, but what could she do? Run over them with the car? Of course not.

She cast down her eyes and said, "We are now on our way to a very distant place on a mission, this place is temporarily safe. If you wish, you can wait for our return."

Yes, just like in Vichi Town, she also gave them a chance.

It was up to them to decide.

In her System Bag, she still had two combat vehicles. If they were willing to wait, she was naturally willing to give them a way to survive.

Some people showed troubled expressions, others were angry.

Li Qian spoke up, "You only have 2 minutes to make a decision, if you agree, then we will leave first."

Of course, if they disagreed, they would have to resort to force.

No one is a saint here, it’s just a matter of trying to help as much as possible under limited circumstances.

Su Mo saw them gathered together, whispering to each other, and finally, aside from that Fire Ability User who stood out separately, everyone decided to wait for their return. Their only request was, as all were unarmed farmers now without land to farm or food to eat, they hoped Su Mo could provide them with some food to sustain the remaining days.

This was probably the most reasonable group of people Su Mo had ever encountered. Indeed, the food she currently carried was more than enough for them, even the sheep on the All Things Tree had matured enough to be plucked.

At this small request, Su Mo didn’t refuse; she directly took out dozens of bags of rice from her System Bag and placed them on the ground, while Lu Chen also took out dozens of boxes of water from Space.

Everyone’s eyes were glued to the rice and water, excited beyond measure, since rice was something they had last tasted months ago.

They lined up to receive the rice, except the isolated Fire Ability User who felt snubbed. He had always been a bachelor in the village, whose parents had died of infection early on, leaving him household alone. The villagers used to give him things in return for helping with lighting fires due to his ability, but after a long time when it turned out he couldn’t even beat a single zombie, everyone ignored him.

The double blow to his pride and face made the man burst out cursing, "Are you bunch of farmers stupid? Do you really think they will come back? Dream on!"

"That’s a bit harsh, brother," Jianxiong rolled up his sleeves, walked over with his burly muscles, and without any mercy, smashed a fist into the other’s thin face.

"Ouch," the man was knocked to the ground by the punch, screaming in pain, his back molars knocked out.

The fist-sized fireball reflexively shot out from his hand but extinguished halfway to Jianxiong because of the inaccurate distance.

Su Mo, watching the ludicrous scene, couldn’t help but say, "This guy is too useless, even having superpowers is a waste on him."

Many who had received rice also scorned, "Exactly, other than occasionally helping us light fires, he’s completely useless. We even found plenty of lighters in a nearby convenience store, we really don’t need him anymore."

Without further conversation, Su Mo got back into the combat vehicle, and they understood to clear the way and let them go.

Just before leaving, the couple holding the child leaned by their window and said, "You must... come back."

Su Mo nodded her head, and the two vehicles left the village, speeding away.

Once the cars re-entered the highway, Li Qian had already tried to avoid the congested routes, but it was still frustrating because there were too many obstacles in the area.

It seemed that the military once stationed here had thought about protecting the people and the city, as a large number of abandoned armored vehicles tightly blocked the main road while the side roads were packed with small cars, with charred bodies everywhere, and some surviving mutated zombies.

"We have to walk through here," Li Qian’s voice came through the intercom, slightly frustrated, "It’s no use, this area’s roads are completely blocked, we might as well pick the closest one and go."

Lu Chen stopped the cars, stored both vehicles in his Space, and after Su Mo took out several bottles of West Lake Longjing Tea from her System Bag and distributed them, she said, "Let’s jump over the cars from the top."

Transversing such a long stretch of road was indeed faster from above, as Su Mo had mentioned.

Everyone drank the tea, leaped onto the cars, and started moving by jumping from one car roof to another, indeed moving as fast as Su Mo had said. She didn’t use her superpower, out of consideration for everyone’s pace, otherwise, her shadow would have been impossible to catch by now.

This area was full of military corpses in uniforms, heavily decomposed, some hanging from cars, others dismembered on the ground, with numerous maggots moving across the road surface.

The scene was shocking to behold.

Everyone was walking along fine, but Su Mo’s ears moved first