Chapter 377: Focus Fire Beatdown
Chapter 377: Chapter 377: Focus Fire Beatdown
"Doctor Fang, Doctor Fang, we just brought someone over who’s bleeding out! They need immediate treatment!"
"Go test their blood, find someone to draw blood."
The man in the white coat turned to Xie Ning. "Do you have any IV bags?"
Xie Ning emotionlessly started pulling things out of her Space.
Whatever Doctor Fang asked for, she’d pull out. For smaller medical instruments, she had to search for them in her storage, since she wasn’t familiar with that stuff.
Soon, a corner of the medical room was piled high with the things Xie Ning had taken out.
Boxes upon boxes of brand-new, unopened medical supplies. It was a huge help to them.
When Gu Chen came looking for her, he saw his girlfriend being worshipped like a Buddha by several young nurses, with people even coming up to stuff her hands with candy and chocolate from time to time.
Gu Chen: ...
’What did I miss?’
"Girlfriend," Gu Chen said with a serious face. "They said you left the main control room an hour ago. What are you doing here?"
"Xiao Gu." Doctor Fang strode over, pulling down his mask to smile at them. "Is this little lady your girlfriend?"
"Uncle Fang," Gu Chen nodded. "This is my girlfriend, Ningning."
"You lucky kid, where did you find such a treasure?" Doctor Fang clapped Gu Chen on the shoulder. "This little girlfriend of yours has been a massive help to us."
"Girlfriend, care to explain?"
Xie Ning silently glanced at him. "I’m a good person."
"Yes, she’s a good kid." Doctor Fang nodded, looking emotional. "We’re too busy here today. I’ll find you guys for a meal and a chat some other day."
"Okay, Uncle Fang." Gu Chen took his girlfriend’s hand. "We’ll get going then. Things are a little tight on the front line."
"Ningning, come hang out when you’re free!" A few young nurses ran over to shake Xie Ning’s hand, completely ignoring Gu Chen who was standing right next to her.
Gu Chen: ...
Leading his girlfriend out of the medical room, Gu Chen glanced at her sideways and sighed. "I really can’t take my eyes off you for a second."
Xie Ning blinked. "It’s not like I helped much. I just happened to have scavenged a bunch of medical supplies back at Oasis Base, and now was a good time to take them out."
"I only helped them for my boyfriend’s sake," she added.
Gu Chen couldn’t stop laughing and wrapped an arm around her waist.
’What do I do with this tsundere girlfriend of mine? She’ll never admit she has a good heart.’
"You just said something about the front line..."
"The mutant Ice Element zombie we’ve been watching has made a move."
"Let’s go take a look."
The two of them hurried toward the western city wall.
The moment Xie Ning appeared on the watchtower, everyone’s spirits couldn’t help but lift.
It was as if they had seen their spiritual leader appear, and all their exhaustion vanished in an instant.
"Captain Xie, thank you for saving my little sister this morning." Someone ran up to shake her hand warmly.
Even more people squeezed over to greet her one after another. "Hello, Captain Xie."
"Captain Xie, did you get a good rest?"
Xie Ning found it all baffling. She silently glanced at the crowd and nodded with a deadpan expression.
’We’re not that close, are we? Why are these people acting like they’ve seen a long-lost relative...?’
"When did I save his sister this morning?" After passing through the crowd, Xie Ning asked Gu Chen in a low voice.
Gu Chen almost died laughing at his girlfriend. He couldn’t help but shoot her a glance. "This morning, someone fell from a building. Didn’t you pull them back up?"
Xie Ning had already forgotten...
Hearing this, she nodded. "Oh, right."
Gu Chen couldn’t contain his laughter and poked her hand with a finger. "Ningning, you’re the idol of the Capital now."
"All the Superpower Users admire you."
"Admiration has nothing to do with it. It’s just people latching on to the strong," Xie Ning pouted, her self-assessment quite precise.
"If another, stronger person shows up tomorrow, I’ll just become a ’poor little thing’ in their eyes because I’ve been outshone."
Gu Chen was taken aback.
’My girlfriend always seems to see things so clearly.’
’The only unclear thing she’s ever done is probably becoming my girlfriend...’
At this thought, he shuddered inwardly and secretly resolved to treat his girlfriend even better, to make it so she couldn’t escape even if she grew wings.
’Ptooey, I mean, so she’ll love me to death.’
The two of them walked quickly up to the western city wall.
Xie Ning gazed into the distance and saw that the number of zombies in the dense horde below the watchtower seemed to have dwindled a tiny bit.
But that could have just been her imagination.
A Superpower User climbed the city wall and used a pair of binoculars to look out.
Li Xiang walked over, surrounded by people, her head held high like a proud peacock.
"Quick, see where that damn thing is!"
Li Xiang caught sight of Xie Ning, her eyes and brows twitching, and suddenly ran over to her side in a few quick steps. "Xie Ning, I’ve got some firsthand intel to sell you. Want it?"
Everyone: ...
’Is she crazy?! We asked you to find where the Ice Element zombie is hiding, and the first thing you do is try to sell intel to Captain Xie.’
Xie Ning shot her a look. "Where is the Ice Element zombie?"
Li Xiang pouted. "If you don’t buy my intel, I’m telling you, you’ll be at a huge loss. You’ll definitely regret it later!"
Zhai Ruobai urged impatiently, "Hurry up, stop blabbing. Look, where’s the Ice Element zombie?"
Li Xiang walked to a higher spot to get a look, and her expression suddenly changed. "There! It’s approaching the wall! Tell the second team to watch out, it’s heading for them!"
Everyone turned their heads and sure enough, saw a skinny zombie already near the edge of the city wall.
Several Fire Ability Users from the second team on duty heard the shout and hastily threw Fireballs in the same direction.
But it was too late.
The skinny zombie waved its claws, and an ice pillar immediately exploded in the middle of the crowd.
Several Superpower Users were immediately impaled by Ice Cones and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
"My god, how did it..."
Everyone’s eyes went wide with shock as they stared in disbelief.
How did this zombie climb up the watchtower? People had been keeping an eye on it the whole time.
"It’s an ice ladder!"
"Damn it, it made ice ladders!"
Several ice ladders were hidden at the base of the wall, expertly concealed, leading all the way up.
The ice ladders were nearly colorless and white, making them incredibly well-hidden, so no one had noticed them at first.
Xie Ning waved her hand, and a flash of lightning-wreathed golden thorns landed on the Ice Element zombie.
The two of them rushed over, one after the other.
"Evacuate the crowd," Gu Chen said, his face cold.
"Fire and Earth Ability Users, focus fire!" As Xie Ning gave the order, she was already dashing in front of the mutant Ice Element zombie.
She didn’t kick it off the city wall. Instead, she gave it a slight smile.
"With the help of your Zombie Crystal Core, my mom should be able to advance to the Fifth Rank soon."
The Ice Element zombie howled and flung several Ice Cones at her.
In the blink of an eye, Xie Ning raised her hand and formed a Golden Shield, blocking the ferocious Ice Cones.
After the crowd of Superpower Users on the wall was evacuated, only a dozen or so Fire Ability Users remained, standing behind Xie Ning and simultaneously launching clusters of flames at their opponent.
"Since you’ve come, you can stay." Xie Ning fiercely swung out a chain.
The crowd only saw the Sixth Rank Gold Element powerhouse wave her hand, twisting metal into a chain that, with a RATTLE, ensnared the Ice Element zombie’s left arm.
"Attack!" Lu Wei commanded.
The superpower energy in everyone’s hands surged toward the Ice Element zombie’s head as if it were free.