Chapter 162 Zombie Empress (93)

(Heurn Province- Fagong City)

(Outskirts- Lyon District)

Qin Lan tapped the side of the steering wheel as she drove the car towards the outer limits of the city.

She glanced in the rear-view mirror and saw Liu Yifei and Gong Li leaning against each other with their eyes closed.

Both girls had fallen asleep after an intense night of nonstop fighting. Gong Li was snuggling up to her girlfriend with a very happy smile on her face.

The pair looked absolutely adorable.

Qin Lan had initially planned on making them face human opponents but decided against it when she saw their exhausted expressions.

Perhaps the only silver lining in the end times was that there was no shortage of vile human pieces of shit so the two girls who have many opportunities in the future to practice their skills.

Eve was currently walking ahead of the group and using her enhanced strength to clear the overturned cars and vehicles that were blocking the road.

She roared loudly as her body transformed into its true appearance. Her height became over seven feet tall, and her physique was now almost skeleton-like.

The black claws on her hands extended outwards and their edges gleamed under the light of the sun that was now beginning to peak over the horizon.

She was a horrific monster and yet Qin Lan felt no fear as she looked at her terrifying visage instead, she felt a connection of love and warmth.

It was as though something deep inside her was telling her that Eve was an important person in her life that she needed to protect.

Qin Lan's lips gently curved upwards as she made a decision in her heart.

She planned to confess her true feelings after they killed Subject 001, and the threat was gone.

The young woman gently increased the weight of her foot on the accelerator and the car drove even faster.

It was strange that amidst all the destruction and despair of the ruined city, Qin Lan felt a small amount of comfort from watching the sun rise.

Life would go on.

All they could do now was adapt to the new changes in the environment and hopefully survive.

Qin Lan focused on the mental threads in her mind and extended them outwards. She felt her chest get hotter and hotter as she manipulated her ability.

After using her ability so often, Qin Lan was now capable of multi-tasking without worrying about crashing the car.

The threads travelled hundreds of meters away and eventually converged on a central supermarket whose doors were wide open.

Qin Lan could sense around thirty minds hidden inside. Minds that she could corrupt, break or control…

Multiple threads entered the minds of everyone inside the supermarket and only the sole ability user offered some form of resistance, but he was quickly overwhelmed.

Qin Lan furrowed her brows as she scanned their memories and discovered that this was the final gang that she had left to eliminate.

They began as a group of survivors just trying to escape the hellish city but as the days passed and tensions gradually emerged…

The ugliness of human nature was revealed.

Qin Lan stopped reading their memories as she saw images of what these men had done to the other survivors who had crossed their path.

They beat, robbed, and assaulted others for supplies in the beginning and then eventually just for the pleasure of feeling strong and powerful.

She frowned slightly and then with a single thought, she broke the minds of every single person in the supermarket.

(Kill yourself)

Qin Lan's brutal order was simple and effective.

Her mind control ability was so powerful that it rewrote the human body's instincts for self preservation.

Each of the men began to slam their heads against the supermarket floor until their skulls cracked and blood ran down their foreheads.

Qin Lan cut off the connection between herself and the gang members as she reached for the bottle of water near her foot.

Calm down… calm down… calm down…

Qin Lan stifled a moan as she felt the familiar rush of pleasure hit her body all at once as her ability hungered for more.

The car silently drove forward for a few hundred meters as its driver wrestled with her dark urges and desires.

Liu Yifei and Gong Li were still asleep and completely oblivious to the mental threads that lingered just outside their bodies.

Qin Lan grabbed a cleaned purplish-black crystal and tossed in her mouth without hesitation. The sharp bursts of pain that erupted across her body finally helped to clear her mind.

She reached for another crystal and swallowed it. It felt as though thousands of needles were simultaneously entering her body all at once.

Upgrading an ability was incredibly agonising process but for once Qin Lan was grateful for the pain since it helped her to regain her sanity.

She rubbed her fingers along the side of the steering wheel and saw Eve slowly approaching the car with blood and guts all over her black claws.

All the vehicles that had been blocking the way out of the city were now gone so it was possible to leave without trouble.

The zombie empress reverted back to her beautiful human appearance and opened the door to the passenger seat.

Qin Lan smiled at her and opened the glove compartment to hand Eve a few wet tissues to clean up her body.

"Thanks," Eve softly whispered as she took the wipes from Qin Lan's hand and began to clean herself up.

It wasn't exactly perfect but without a source of water nearby, this was the best that they could do under the circumstances.

"How long will it take to reach the military base?" Qin Lan asked curiously.

"Roughly one day and a few hours at our current speed… I'm just worried that he will be able to sense me like how I can sense him…" Eve replied solemnly.

"Hmm… we can't afford to lose the element of surprise… what is the range of your senses?" Qin Lan whispered quietly.

"Five kilometres… I don't believe that Subject 001 has better senses than me so he should be roughly the same or less…" Eve gave the matter some thought and then replied.

Qin Lan focused on the road ahead, but numerous thoughts were running through her mind. This was their best shot to eliminate the test subject who wanted to kill Eve.

They could not mess this up.

The car drove in silence for a few minutes before Qin Lan opened her mouth and told Eve what she thought was the best plan,

"Alright so what we need to do is…"