Chapter 40

Since Julie's loyalty had reached 100, and also due to Rhodes' wellbeing being tied to them, she would not really attack them.

After seeing the changes in Emma's information, Rhodes no longer felt worried. "Special ability, Gale? What's its use?" 

Then, he saw Emma's long legs, which seemed to have gotten slightly longer and more seductive. Suddenly, he felt like he could play with this pair of legs for a lifetime without getting bored.

At this moment, Emma's expression finally returned to normal. Initially, she had felt anxious and confused. Now, a delighted smile could be seen on her face. She said excitedly, "Rhodes, I think I've obtained a special ability!"

"I know. It's called Gale." Then, Rhodes told Emma to test out her new ability to see what it could do.

Emma nodded and leaped out immediately. She was as fast as a cheetah when she moved.

"So fast!" Ira exclaimed. Seeing her comrade's speed, the 36E Ira felt envious. In general, not taking special abilities into account, she was inferior to Emma. She had no experience with combat and even less with guns. Even using tools such as walkie-talkies, she felt she was not as adept as Emma.

Ira continued thinking to herself. She thought her cooking skills could be considered outstanding. Apart from that, Rhodes seemed unable to keep his hands off her pair of 36E. While Rhode was eating, he had praised her for her effort in pleasing him underneath the table. However, apart from these things, the ways she could help Rhodes would gradually be taken away by Emma.

Ira continued observing Emma. No matter how the zombies attacked, they could not harm Emma at all. She wished she had a special ability as well. With this thought in mind, she turned to look at Rhodes and asked, "Rhodes, can I have a special ability as well?"

After mulling over it for a moment, Rhodes replied, "Theoretically, it's not impossible."

After all, as he had discovered, energy crystals could even make zombies talk and make zombies and humans stronger. However, energy crystals contained the zombie virus. They could turn people into zombies or raving mad monsters or they could turn humans into superhumans. He concluded it all depended on luck.

However, Rhodes' special ability helped him stop his female slaves from going berserk. After all, with Poison Control, he could control any zombie that ingested his 'poison'. If he failed the first time, he could do it the second time. If it failed as well, he could do it the third time. More than ten times in a night were not even Rhodes' limit. He was not worried about this at all. Even if it started with 0%, he could turn it into 100%.

In the end, Rhodes handed Ira a level-one energy crystal. "Eat this level-one energy crystal first." Then, he observed her zombie virus status.

From 0%, it rose to 5% .

Rhodes took out a few more energy crystals until Ira's zombie virus status reached 50% before he stopped. "How do you feel?"

"Um... My chest feels a little swollen and warm… and… and I feel good..."

'Emma's first reaction was that she felt that she had gotten stronger, but Ira feels… good? What the hell is happening?' Rhodes thought to himself. After a while, he wondered if Emma's special ability was related to her long legs. If that was the case, did this mean Ira's special ability had something to do with her pair of 36E?

'That's certainly something to look forward to!' In the end, Rhodes smiled and only told Ira to inform him if she felt uncomfortable.

Naturally, in Rhodes' heart, Julie, his girlfriend, was number one. Nobody could replace her. However, between his two female slaves, the 36E professor and the long-legged female cop, he preferred Ira more since he was more familiar with her.

At this moment, Emma finally returned to Rhodes' side after testing out her special ability. She held a few energy crystals in her hand. She had gained them while she was testing out her ability on the zombies. She had seemed surprised as well when she told Rhodes that her speed was like the wind. Currently, she could travel 100 meters in three seconds. She knew she could continue to increase her speed. She asked, "Rhodes, can I have some energy crystals now? Won't my ability grow"

"No!" Rhodes bluntly rejected her. "You can't eat too many energy crystals for the time being. Otherwise, your body might undergo unpredictable changes."

Earlier, after he had killed the bald man with metal spikes, he had found energy crystals on the bald man's body. It was not difficult for him to guess that the bald man had ingested too many energy crystals and had experienced strange changes in his body. That was why he had kept the energy crystals and did not eat them. Moreover, he could see the zombie virus status with his ability.

Rhodes used Insight to inspect Emma's heaven-defying long legs. He could vaguely see a gust of wind surrounding her legs.

'In fact, the abilities' uses could be seen from their names. For example, my Intermediate Metal Molecule Manipulation ability. Based on its name, it's easy to infer that the ability allows me to control metal. The bald man's fire power was obvious as well based on its name. This means that Emma's special ability, Gale, is related to the wind. If that's the case, I'm sure her ability isn't limited to increasing her speed,' Rhodes thought to himself. Then, based on his own experience, he guided Emma in testing out her special ability.

"Emma, try again. Use Gale."

Emma closed her eyes and kicked at the zombies two meters away from her. When she opened her eyes, she was a gust of wind sweeping toward the zombies. However, the force of the wind was not strong and only caused the zombies' tattered clothes to flutter. Upon seeing this, she was somewhat disappointed and dejected.

On the contrary, Rhodes was quite satisfied with the result. After all, Emma's ability was at the lowest level now. As long as she continued to eat energy crystals, she could probably send a powerful gust of wind thousands of meters away. He felt her ability was better than the bald man's fire power. He patted her head to comfort her.

In the future, just as Rhodes had thought, Emma's ability would grow even stronger, to the point where it exceeded his expectations.

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More than half an hour had passed.

Rhodes would occasionally make a commotion to attract the zombies nearby. Then, he would lure them into a hole in the wreckage in front of him. With just a flick of his fingers, a torrential storm of sharp metal would rain down the hole.

The sharp metal continued to kill tirelessly.

If the zombies had energy crystals in their brains, the metal elements in their bodies would dig the energy crystals out from their brains before the energy crystals floated to Rhodes' side.

From dozens of energy crystals, they grew to more than 100 energy crystals. From there, they continued growing to more than 300 energy crystals!

Rhodes was delighted when he saw the increasing number of energy crystals. With this, Julie could probably level up again tonight.

All of a sudden, Rhodes turned around. It was the black shadow he had seen earlier!

The black shadow flashed again.

"What the hell is that?" Rhodes was puzzled. Soon enough, he discovered the black shadow seemed to be approaching him.

What Rhodes did not know was the black shadow would bring a huge crisis to him. He did not know that all the zombies in New York City were coming for him. The zombies at the south gate had just been waiting for the awakening of a powerful existence. The elites among the zombies, those that had gained intelligence, were ready to fight for these energy crystals.

…

Meanwhile, far away in Washington DC, the research center had detected the abnormality in New York City.

Troops were on standby, ready to be sent out at a moment's notice to annihilate the zombies. If necessary, they were even prepared to use nuclear weapons.

…

With all these things coming into play, an unprecedented battle was about to begin.