The Bluetooth speaker Elijah used to clear the mall of zombies proved effective, so he kept one.
Placing it at the door, he closed it and opened his phone, clicked to play music, and turned the volume to the maximum.
Upbeat music immediately played outside the mall!
Ryan, who was walking away, froze. He turned to look at Elijah, his face filled with anger and despair.
"You son of a bitch! You set me up!" He now had no fighting ability at all! Encountering zombies would undoubtedly result in death!
At this moment, several zombies nearby, hiding in who knows what corner, heard the commotion. They immediately turned their heads and began running towards the sound.
"Ah, I hate you so much!" Ryan's teeth oozed blood from being clenched so hard.
But he had no choice. He could only drag his crippled leg forward.
As long as he got away from the source of the sound. As long as he could hide. As long as he could get into a car. He might survive.
Then, when he saw a car less than two meters away, a zombie suddenly pounced on him.
"Ah!" A scream rang out. Instantly attracting several other zombies to rush over. Soon, the sound abruptly stopped.
"OK, all settled!" Elijah clapped his hands and turned back. "You're really ruthless!" "Better than you attacking without a word, right?"
"What I did was decisive!"
"Well... you're right. By the way, what's in your bag?" Elijah looked at the large backpack Fiona was carrying.
"Clothes for Daisy, I promised her to pick out a better outfit for her!" The two joked and walked back to the warehouse.
Hannah saw that they were unharmed and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, problem solved, let's continue loading the car!"
This time it took quite a while, but they managed to fill two trucks with cargo.
Hannah and Fiona each drove one away.
But less than half an hour later, they each returned with empty trucks.
In addition, they brought lunch prepared by Bella.
Drinking Hannah's chilled drinks and eating Bella's hot meals, Elijah felt extremely relieved.
"I'm very sorry about this. I just found out about it, so I rushed over immediately, but still couldn't stop them. Anyway, they're people from my neighborhood. It's my mismanagement. I apologize to you. As compensation..."
Quentin took out a bag from his backpack, filled with a large number of first-tier corpse cores, and threw it to Elijah without looking at it.
"These are the corpse cores we collected today. They're yours now, free of charge. I hope you don't mind."
Elijah shook the bag, which contained at least twenty or thirty corpse cores, not fewer than the ones he had on him.
"Alright, I'll take them! I won't take them for nothing. Each of you can take some food back with you. Take as much as you want!"
Elijah signaled to Hannah. She understood and quickly brought out several shopping carts from the mall, containing perishable items they had sorted out earlier.
"You're righteous, and we won't be polite. The supplies in our neighborhood are scarce!" Quentin's men immediately grabbed the bags and started loading them.
"If you want to exchange goods in the future, it's best to bring a car. Carrying them by hand is too little!" Elijah reminded them as he took a sip of his cold drink.
Quentin pondered for a moment and nodded. "You're right. We need to search for supplies further away sooner or later. We need to clear the roads for cars to make it faster and safer."
"Elijah, do you have electricity here? You even have cold drinks!" Suddenly, one of the men who was loading cargo asked.
"No electricity, but who said you need electricity for cold drinks? Do you want one?" Elijah smiled slightly.
"Yeah, on such a hot day, cold drinks are refreshing!"
"Then here you go!" Elijah said, and Hannah handed him a bottle of beverage. When Hannah picked up the bottle, it was at room temperature. By the time it reached his hand, it had become half-frozen, emitting a thread of cold air.
"Wow," the man exclaimed as he felt the coldness in his hand.
Quentin's pupils also contracted. "Awakening ability?!"
"Does Quentin and a few others want to drink too?" Elijah asked with a smile.
"Yes!" Quentin's men immediately replied.
They were both curious and wanted to confirm again. So Hannah handed each of them a bottle.
This time, everyone saw clearly. They were convinced that Hannah had awakened the ability to freeze.
Quentin's intuition was indeed accurate.
"Elijah, have you awakened abilities too?" Quentin asked.
"Indeed," Elijah snapped his fingers, and eight figures immediately appeared from the alley and ran towards them.
"Zombies..." Quentin's men immediately exclaimed, picking up their weapons and getting ready.