Chapter 493: Helping Him Awaken
Chapter 493: Chapter 493: Helping Him Awaken
The Puppet Zombie heard the command and immediately raced toward Crestfall’s city walls.
Its body, which Nina Jacobs had repaired, was now fully recovered and once again coated in a layer of gold metal.
The Puppet Zombie scrambled up the wall, leaving a metal ladder in its wake wherever it passed.
In just a moment, the Puppet Zombie’s figure vanished over the top of the wall...
Viewing the scene through the Little Zombie Rat’s eyes, Nina Jacobs waited until the zombies around the abandoned tower were cleared out, then immediately activated her Speed Element Superpower and dashed toward the city wall.
A little over twenty seconds later, a figure appeared at the base of the abandoned tower.
Nina was already completely familiar with the surrounding situation. After entering the tower, she used her Diamond Sand Cover to seal off the area around it.
There were no zombies inside the tower. She followed the Little Zombie Rat ahead of her up the stairs.
The abandoned tower had nine floors. After surveying the area, she chose the very top as her location.
The rooftop offered an excellent field of view, and she could also destroy the staircases on the lower floors.
The rooftop area was about eighty or ninety square meters. In the center stood a massive Copper Bell, and in front of it was a table holding a Wooden Hammer for striking it.
Behind the Copper Bell was another room containing some tables and chairs, which looked like an employee lounge.
’This is the place.’
Nina decided not to waste any more time.
By now, a small number of zombies had begun to gather at the base of the tower. The Puppet Zombie was at the entrance, indiscriminately slaughtering them.
Nina activated "Teleportation Gate," a Skill that could be applied to a wall or a door.
After reinforcing the metal and glass door with her Superpower, she applied the Skill directly to it.
[Congratulations, Host. Teleportation Gate Point 1 has been selected. "Teleportation Gate" will become usable once Point 2 is selected!]
The system’s notification sound echoed as Nina touched the door.
’As expected, I’ll have to wait until the next point is selected before I can use it.’
The Teleportation Gate allowed for two-way travel between two locations, but she had only chosen one so far.
It seemed she would have to wait until she returned to the City D Base to use it.
After coming down from the rooftop, Nina used her Superpower to destroy the staircases on the middle two floors before using her Speed Element Superpower to leave the abandoned tower.
The roars of the zombies within Crestfall only began to fade after she returned to her safe house.
Nina let out a sigh of relief, then, just as she had the past few days, she used "Instant Detonation" four times.
[System has detected that the Host has used the "Instant Detonation" Skill 4 times, killing 17,129 zombies and earning 17,129 System Experience Points!]
The experience bar for the Level 7 System increased again.
However, Nina also noticed that the experience bar seemed to have gotten even longer.
’I wonder when the system will level up next.’
Nina sighed.
It was already evening by the time Nina returned to Tomorrow Base that day.
Just like the previous two days, she used one or two First Superpower Cards each day to awaken Superpowers in the ordinary people at the base.
She paid special attention to the city defense soldiers who didn’t have Superpowers.
She still had many First Superpower Cards. It was best to awaken people’s Superpowers as early as possible, but she couldn’t use too many at once for fear of arousing suspicion.
"Did you hear? Caleb Dixon awakened a Superpower, too! I thought he was a goner..."
"Yeah, he was so badly injured out there. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I’m so jealous."
"A bunch of people have awakened Superpowers recently. I heard someone say our new base is a blessed land, full of spiritual energy!"
"It’s possible. We have two such amazing base leaders, and they’re both Dual Element Superpower Users. I’d say our base is definitely a land of fortune..."
News that people in Tomorrow Base were awakening Superpowers gradually spread.
And everyone noticed that most of the people who awakened were the ones who worked the hardest to kill zombies.
Specifically, when the city defense soldier Caleb Dixon discovered a small wave of zombies near the base, he didn’t run for his life. Instead, he fought them alongside his teammates.
Luckily, Base Leader Nina Jacobs arrived just in time on her way back and intervened to save them.
And although Caleb was severely injured, it was a blessing in disguise, as he awakened a Gold Element Superpower...
Nina listened to these rumors but just smiled without a word.
The man named Caleb Dixon was indeed very brave, daring to fight a Mutated Zombie with his bare hands.
While Nina was using a Healing Potion to save his life, she also took the opportunity to use a First Superpower Card to help him awaken his Superpower.
She believed that capable people could make better use of Superpowers.
Felix Finch knew Nina was leaving, but he hadn’t expected the day to come so soon.
That night, the two of them discussed matters in the conference room late into the night.
"...Anyway, remember this: the rumor I heard is very likely true. You have to make thorough preparations for the cold in private."
Nina instructed.
The extreme, freezing weather would last for seven months.
During the deep freeze, temperatures would gradually drop to between -60 and -80 degrees.
While this temperature wasn’t beyond the limits of human survival, the sudden drop meant that most people had no cold-weather clothing or protective measures. Frostbite and freezing to death were extremely common.
On top of that, the freezing weather had almost no effect on zombies, making the environment for human survival even more hostile.
"I understand. I’ll take this matter seriously."
Felix Finch replied.
"Also, Claire Warner is the person I trust most. If she comes, you can feel completely at ease doing business with her. Her word is my word."
Nina said.
After returning to City D, she could travel back and forth between the two locations as Nina Jacobs, but she was worried that someone with ill intentions might notice the time discrepancies.
If she had Claire Warner’s identity as a cover, it would be basically foolproof.
"Okay."
Felix Finch nodded.
’In this world, Nina is probably the only person willing to entrust such a large base to someone else...’
But he had already secretly resolved to manage Tomorrow Base well.
Before Nina left, Audrey Crowley and Lyra Thorne sought her out.
"I heard you’re leaving Tomorrow Base?
If it’s on your way, we could travel together."
Audrey had always wanted to sit down and have a proper chat with Nina, but she was just too busy.
They were also planning to return to Stenmore, Silas Crowley included.
"I’m heading back to City D, which isn’t really on the way to Stenmore."
Nina replied.
She had assumed Audrey’s group planned to take a helicopter back, and she wasn’t very confident in that mode of transportation.
After all, the Intermediate Wind Element Mutated Zombies of this era were already capable of intercepting any helicopter.
If something were to happen mid-air, not even she could be completely sure of the outcome.
Just then, Lyra Thorne, who was standing to the side, said:
"We only plan on using the helicopter within Keldorn’s borders this time.
Of course, we’ll also be bypassing Crestfall and taking a safe route. Once we’re past Keldorn, we’ll switch to conventional ground travel, which is safer."
They also knew helicopters were becoming increasingly unsafe. Keldorn’s territory was vast, so it was still worth the risk to use one there.
But once they were past Keldorn, they wouldn’t dare risk it anymore.
They had already lost some of their people because of it on their way here.
"So you can travel with us for part of the way,
and we can go our separate ways for the rest of the journey."
Audrey Crowley invited her warmly.
Nina thought for a moment before nodding. "Alright."
Keldorn was a vast region. Just driving through it would take about ten days. If she could cover that distance in half a day, it would save a great deal of time.
After all, the deep freeze was fast approaching.