World Refresh: I Knew the Inside Info Ahead of Time
Chapter 38: The Minion Trait
Huff~
The giant beast snorted two plumes of white air from its nostrils, blowing them onto the woman.
The woman's body trembled instinctively twice. She knew the giant beast before her was human-transformed and not particularly vicious, but facing such a colossal creature at close range created overwhelming pressure, causing her body to shake uncontrollably.
"We know the locations of two mutated zombies. One has extremely sharp claws and teeth comparable to swords, capable of easily tearing human bodies apart with its claws. The other mutated zombie possesses the ability to give birth to smaller zombies, and the offspring it produces are superior to ordinary zombies - faster, stronger, and including some special variants," the woman explained rapidly.
Li Xuan grew interested upon hearing this. As the woman described, one of the mutated zombies possessed the Claw and Fang Enhancement supernatural characteristic, which would be extremely useful to him.
The giant beast's claws and fangs were already formidable, but who would refuse becoming even stronger?
"Terms of cooperation."
The woman's face lit up with delight, recognizing Li Xuan's interest. She continued quickly, "Two supernatural characteristics - we take one, you take one. How does that sound?"
"Claw and Fang mutation. I want that one," Li Xuan stated.
"Deal! We'll take the other one!" the woman agreed immediately.
Her target from the beginning had been the Reproduction mutation zombie's supernatural characteristic!
Li Xuan gave the woman a deep look. "You mentioned earlier that you've been waiting for me for a long time. How did you know I would come here?"
The woman pointed to her head, "Guessed! Recently, people have been frequently capturing your sightings. I combined the timing and locations of these sightings and deduced your target was the western region! The most famous place in the west is Kunlun Mountain, so I boldly speculated you were heading to Kunlun Mountain. This is the necessary route to reach Kunlun Mountain!"
Li Xuan pondered, "Interesting. Lead the way. And while we're at it, tell me how you discovered these mutated zombies."
The woman mentally pumped her fist in triumph.
Success!
The Claw and Fang Enhancement suited the Prehistoric Colossus perfectly, and according to intelligence, Li Xuan was male and definitely wouldn't want the Reproduction Enhancement.
She had chosen to approach Li Xuan for another reason - he didn't enjoy killing people.
The transformers in H City who had encountered Li Xuan hadn't been killed. When traveling, Li Xuan hadn't arbitrarily killed survivors either, indicating a relatively kind personality with potential for cooperation.
If Li Xuan had been randomly killing people along the way, she wouldn't have dared to cooperate with him.
She feared that after their cooperation ended, Li Xuan might turn around and kill her.
Subsequently, the woman revealed the discovery process of the mutated zombies and both their names.
The woman was named An Chun, and the man was called Su Letian. They had a sister-brother relationship but no blood relation - they had met in a bar and, finding their personalities compatible, had sworn to be siblings.
Su Letian had a wife and child. After the apocalypse began, his son unfortunately turned into a zombie. He had locked his zombie son in a room and taken his wife to a survivor base.
Later, when the torrential rain arrived, his wife fell ill. Coincidentally, the survivor base was experiencing food shortages at that time. To prevent his wife from going hungry and to help her recover with more nutrition, Su Letian joined the rescue team, where he met An Chun who was also in the team.
After Su Letian told his wife about meeting his sworn sister in the rescue team, unexpectedly his wife flew into a rage, warning Su Letian to stay away from An Chun - claiming there was no pure friendship between men and women.
Eventually, after continuous arguments, Su Letian's wife also joined the rescue team, stating she would keep watch over Su Letian and An Chun to prevent Su Letian from betraying their deceased son.
During a food retrieval operation, the three were assigned to the same group. During the retrieval, their clothing proved too cumbersome, and without diving suits, An Chun had no choice but to remove her clothes.
When Su Letian's wife saw this, she became furious, believing An Chun was seducing Su Letian. Su Letian speaking up for An Chun only intensified the argument, which attracted a mutated zombie with extremely sharp claws and teeth that tore Su Letian's wife's body apart.
An Chun quickly escaped with Su Letian, with the Claw and Fang mutated zombie in hot pursuit. Then they accidentally intruded into another mutated zombie's territory. The two mutated zombies engaged in battle, allowing the two humans to escape with their lives.
Afterward, Su Letian became withdrawn and silent. After seeing various reports about the Prehistoric Colossus, An Chun decided not to report the mutated zombies to the survivor base immediately.
An Chun clearly understood that once she reported the mutated zombies, the resulting supernatural characteristics would definitely have nothing to do with her - simply because her transformation ability wasn't strong enough.
But she wanted to become stronger, and she knew how rare mutated zombies were. Unwilling to give up this opportunity yet unable to defeat the two mutated zombies protected by zombie hordes herself, she decided to wait for the Prehistoric Colossus' arrival and cooperate with it.
"What if I hadn't come?" Li Xuan asked.
"Report to the survivor base in exchange for food," An Chun replied.
"What's your transformation ability?"
"Quail."
The quail was too small and weak. With the torrential rain still ongoing, transforming into a quail wouldn't allow flight. But An Chun believed the rain would eventually stop, and that would be her time to shine.
An Chun quickly escaped with Su Letian, with the Claw and Fang mutated zombie in hot pursuit. Then they accidentally intruded into another mutated zombie's territory. The two mutated zombies engaged in battle, allowing the two humans to escape with their lives.
Thinking this, An Chun raised her head, her eyes holding a lion.
She would surpass the Prehistoric Colossus!
Others didn't dare to imagine it, but she dared!
"In the future, we might have more opportunities to cooperate," An Chun said.
Su Letian silently paddled the boat, never speaking from beginning to end, but his keen eyes noticed what seemed to be a pigeon and a little white snake hidden on the giant beast's head.
'Are those the Prehistoric Colossus's companions? They don't look strong.'
Half an hour later, the small boat arrived at an area of pitch-black waters.
"The Reproduction zombie is hiding in the waters ahead. Periodically, the Claw and Fang mutated zombie attacks the Reproduction mutated zombie. We just need to wait quietly," An Chun said.