Chapter 73: Associating with Just Anyone Will Only Harm You

"I appreciate him."

"Besides, if he hadn’t provided the information, you wouldn’t have found Mr. Chandler, right?"

"And we’ll be making our way in City D from now on."

"If we don’t build up our network, how are we supposed to help our Ms. Myra? Don’t you agree?"

Listening to Myron Sinclair’s reply, Chester Pearson shook his head.

"Befriending just anyone will only bring you harm."

"I know you’re just jealous of my intelligence network."

"Piss off."

Everyone in the car watched the two fly away in the helicopter.

"Those two are really close, huh,"

Leo Hale said.

"I raised Myron and Chester myself. They’ve been especially close since they were kids,"

Myra Lawson said with a smile.

Her original plan was to have Chester Pearson and Myron Sinclair conduct the search, while the rest returned to the shelter with her.

But Ian Chandler had insisted on waiting here.

Considering there were survivors in the other two vehicles who still needed medical attention,

Myra Lawson had Vaughn Rowan take the remaining rescue team members and survivors back to the shelter first.

Vaughn Rowan had an excellent memory; he had memorized the safe route after seeing it just once.

Plus, he was professionally trained, so Myra Lawson was completely confident in him leading the team.

"Lawson, once I get them there, I’ll send people to relieve you,"

Vaughn Rowan said before leaving, seeming a little worried about Myra Lawson.

"It’s fine. Myron and Chester are here."

"Your mission is to get everyone back safely,"

Myra Lawson said.

"Yes, ma’am!"

Watching the vehicles depart, Myra Lawson finally turned to Nina Jacobs.

"Were you the one leading the way just now?"

Nina Jacobs’s expression didn’t change as she nodded. "I was."

"Miss Jacobs is a local, so she’s very familiar with the routes,"

Ian Chandler explained, looking up.

"Oh, I see. For a moment there, I thought you were a Spiritual Element Superpower User."

Myra Lawson’s words piqued everyone’s curiosity.

"A Spiritual Element Superpower? What kind of Superpower is that?"

Leo Hale asked.

Although this type of Superpower had been mentioned on the broadcast before, none of them had ever seen it.

"It’s a very rare Superpower."

"A Spiritual Element Superpower User can directly enter a government department and receive protection from Drakonia."

Myra Lawson smiled and began to patiently explain to them.

They had discovered that Spiritual Element Superpower Users could scout paths with precision and sense approaching danger in advance, achieving true all-around awareness.

They might even develop more powerful abilities in the future.

However, the Spiritual Element Superpower also had its downsides. Namely, users had to be completely focused when activating their power.

But this also made them vulnerable to danger.

"They’re what you’d call ’squishies’ in video games,"

Myra Lawson explained humorously.

"Miss Jacobs is already a Fire Element Superpower User. She can’t be a Spiritual Element one."

"Not necessarily. What if she’s a Dual Element Superpower User?"

Myra Lawson looked at Nina Jacobs.

She had seen it clearly from the air just now; the lead vehicle had perfectly avoided every dangerous section of the road.

"Oh? So Dual Element Superpower Users actually exist?"

Nina Jacobs wasn’t a Spiritual Element Superpower User, although her Five Senses Enhancement was somewhat similar to a Spiritual Element Superpower.

’The most formidable aspect of the Spiritual Element Superpower is its late-stage Spiritual Attacks.’

’However, the information Myra Lawson has right now is already very advanced.’

’In my past life, we didn’t learn about the existence of Spiritual Element Superpower Users until the third month of the apocalypse.’

"Ian Chandler is right. I’m just a local. I know which roads tend to have more zombies, so I just tried my best to avoid them."

"If I had a Spiritual Element Superpower, there’d be no reason for me to hide such a good thing."

Her answer was logical and successfully dispelled Myra Lawson’s suspicions.

’It wouldn’t be a bad thing to be valued by Drakonia.’

’But I need to upgrade my system and kill zombies to collect Crystal Cores to enhance my Superpower. There’s no need to attract the nation’s attention.’

"For a Dual Element Superpower User, the abilities awaken one after the other."

"Every one of you here has a chance."

"I hope that we see more Dual Element Superpower Users appear in our City D."

"Of course, you are all already very exceptional individuals."

"If you run into any difficulties at the shelter, you can always come and find me."

Before coming out, Myra Lawson had already investigated the backgrounds of the three of them.

The part about Nina Jacobs was what she found most interesting.

This quiet girl before her was the one who had killed Keaton Sloan.

And Ian was on such good terms with her.

Originally, she had assumed Nina was ambitious.

She thought she would have readily accepted the olive branch she’d just offered.

But that didn’t seem to be the case.

Nina Jacobs had simply nodded politely and expressed her gratitude.

This made Myra find her even more difficult to read.

Chelsea Walsh kept her eyes on the distant helicopter.

’I know the chances of finding Forrest Walsh are slim, but I can’t give up.’

"Is someone coming?"

Leo Hale had spotted a vehicle outside the parking lot, and it had already circled them twice.

"Yeah, they’re coming in."

Nina Jacobs stared at the vehicle.

It was a medium-duty truck.

’The truck appeared right after the rescue team left. Could that be a coincidence?’

"They’re probably survivors,"

Leo Hale said as he saw a woman get out of the truck first.

The woman wore a plaid shirt and had her hair in a short ponytail. She looked friendly.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK.

The woman knocked on the glass of the car window.

However, no one inside intended to open it. Even Ian Chandler sat quietly to one side.

This surprised Myra Lawson.

"Aren’t you going to ask what she wants?"

Myra Lawson asked.

"Mom, you’re too naive,"

Ian Chandler replied.

Who knew what the person outside wanted, but it was most likely nothing good.

"..."

Myra Lawson didn’t know how to react.

’If it were me, I wouldn’t open the window either. I’m just curious why these kids are so on guard.’

The woman outside the window gradually grew impatient, muttering nonstop.

"Maybe she’ll leave if we don’t open up,"

Leo Hale said.

"She won’t. If we wait a little longer, we’ll see how many of them there are."

Sure enough, Nina Jacobs was right.

After the woman knocked for a while longer, not only her patience, but also that of the people in the truck, wore thin.

Several men got out of the vehicle.

The woman tactfully stepped aside.

"See? They were just using a woman to lower our guard."

"Good thing yours truly won’t fall for that trick again."

Leo Hale huffed smugly.

’Fool me once, shame on you. He was no longer the same naive Leo Hale.’

"You’re all right, but we can’t stay in a standoff like this forever. And these people don’t seem like they’re from the shelter."

Myra Lawson was intrigued; these people looked like they had come here with a purpose.

Nina Jacobs opened the car window a crack.

The moment the man outside saw Nina Jacobs, his face broke into a smile.

"Hey beautiful, you a Superpower User?"

"No,"

Nina Jacobs replied.

"Hahaha, don’t try to fool me."

"Who’d dare to venture out these days without a Superpower?"

"Don’t worry, we’re not bad people."

"We’re here to recruit."

The man took out a printed recruitment flyer and stuck it to the window

so everyone in the car could see it clearly.

"’Recruiting Superpower Users, generous compensation... enjoy the privileges of the elite?’"

’What the hell?’

Leo Hale was stunned. ’Recruiting? In the middle of the apocalypse?’