Chapter 28

It was not difficult to tell from the conversation.

James and Taylor must have made some kind of deal, so much so that the other party was willing to send such precious resources to rescue them.

Since they had already discussed it, why would James change his mind because of Thomson, who he had not met?

Thomson felt that there was something deeper to explore.

James sighed and looked at Chris, who was still in an illusion.

“I don’t know what Taylor is going to do either.

“I only heard him say on the radio that he could rescue the east side survivors, so I tried to contact him.

“I didn’t expect that they wouldn’t simply come to rescue people.

“They’ll ask about the resource points near your area and the general situation of the reserves.

“There was nothing in my original place. After that, he didn’t plan to save me.

“He only changed his mind after I told him that I had a superpower.”

Nina snorted. “I told you that he couldn’t be as great as he described.”

Nina had seen too much of the evil side of human nature in the apocalypse.

Of course, she did not want to criticize these people. After all, this was the era of survival of the fittest. If she was not selfish, she would only die.

Taylor’s approach was just to adapt to the environment.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Thomson was good. In the apocalypse, he still carried the glorious side of human nature.

If not for that, she would have died in the hands of the zombies and she would have starved to death on the streets.

James agreed with Nina’s words. “Taylor really annoys me. If not… I don’t want to die, I definitely wouldn’t have had any contact with him.”

As he spoke, he looked at Thomson. “You’re different. Lester betrayed you, but you didn’t kill him. Those hunters offended you and you also punished them. You didn’t kill them all, which means you’re not a bloody and cruel person.

“Compared to Taylor’s hypocrite actions, you’re much more open and above board.

“I don’t have to worry about being abandoned after you use me up.

“Also, I feel that you have a strong power. With your help, the chances of success are much higher.”

Thomson was quite satisfied with James’ explanation.

The young man’s attributes were a little lacking in all aspects and he only had a useless superpower where he could not complete the mission to kill the enemy.

Despite all that, even after surviving in the environment of the apocalypse for more than a month, his humanity had not been destroyed. He was stronger than Lester.

He could be considered as the subordinate that Thomson needed.

However, he asked a question.

“I caused the helicopter to crash one after another and you almost lost your life. Don’t you hate me? Don’t you think I’m trying to stab you in the back?”

James grinned as if he wanted to laugh, but he did not.

“You wanted them to take you to Taylor’s shelter. Why did you want to kill them?

“Otherwise, you wouldn’t have used your power to change the trajectory of the crash.”

Thomson raised his eyebrows. “You noticed?”

The youth nodded.

“Impressive.” Thomson was not stingy with his praise. “Then, what do you want me to do?”

James’ expression finally changed. It was stiff anxiety, which seemed to be very difficult for him.

“Save… Save my sister…”

“Where is she?”

“South side, in a basement.”

Thomson looked at Nina. “Where’s your little sister, Caitlin?”

Nina thought for a moment. “The last time I contacted her, she was still fleeing on the west side and hiding in the subway station.”

Thomson could only express his regret to James. “I’m sorry. I need to save Nina’s sister first.”

“It’s okay!”

James responded quickly, which was rare. “I just contacted my sister. She’s safe in the basement and there’s enough food and water to last her for a while.”

“Then, you can help us get some supplies from Taylor first. Is that okay?”

A look of determination appeared on James’ face. “I can do it!”

Thomson smiled faintly.

At this moment, a system notification rang in his mind, informing him that James had submitted to him and become his subordinate, and that his loyalty had reached a stable 70.

Unlike Lester, his loyalty would not fluctuate because of this incident.

This meant that James had truly acknowledged him as his boss.

Apart from that, there was another unexpected reward.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations to the host for subduing a subordinate with superpowers, completing a hidden mission, and obtaining a Golden Gift Bag!”

The reward had changed!

Thomson, who was used to choosing one out of three, did not expect that the reward given by the system would change.

From the looks of it, it was much richer than choosing one out of three!

After all, it was a big gift pack. It would not be right to only give out one item.

With this thought in mind, Thomson opened the big gift pack.

Instantly, a series of voices sounded one after another.

“Congratulations, host, for opening the Golden Gift Pack, you have obtained gene optimization fluid x3, special ability evolution fluid x1, and life extraction potion x1.”

Gene optimization fluid could greatly improve one’s physique. It could increase strength, speed, physique, and spiritual power by 10 attribute points each.

Special ability evolution fluid could evolve special abilities of blue or lower grade. Had a probability to increase a special ability by one grade. (System notification: special ability quality goes from low to high – white, green, blue, yellow, purple, red, gold, and seven colors.)

Life extraction potion was a potion made by absorbing the life essence of a certain creature. After injection, it would possess part of the creature’s abilities.

…

Each of these items was truly better than the last!

Not to mention the gene optimization liquid. It was something that could increase Nina’s strength and allow James’s attributes to recover to the level of a normal person.

As for the special ability evolution liquid, it was even more formidable.

It could evolve special abilities!

Although it was only effective against blue and lower grade special abilities, this effect was already seven or eight streets ahead of the gene optimization liquid.

However, Thomson took a look. The lowest grade of his ability was the red grade insight eye. His telekinesis control was golden and time freeze was the highest of the seven colors. He simply could not use it.

James’ ability was green and could be used. However, there was no need to treat him so well for the time being. He might as well keep it for a rainy day.

He threw it into the system space.

The life extraction potion was a bit of a gamble.

It inherited the life energy of an unknown creature and had part of its ability.

What if it was a hair growth ability to keep out the cold?

Or it grew spikes to shoot out to intimidate the enemy?

That would be bad luck.

Thomson did not want to become a half-human and half-beast existence yet.

He also threw this into the system space.