Instead, the summer became hotter, the zombies evolved, and plants mutated.
"There will be many zombies, mutated animals, and plants on the way to city B. We can train, harvest crystal cores, and collect supplies on our way there." Mo Chenxuan revealed, and Qin Wu nodded.
"Crystal cores are indispensable." She said.
In her previous life, survivors didn't know about crystal cores until three months into the apocalypse.
However, in this life, Mo Chenxuan posted the apocalypse guide and revealed their existence.
Because of this, crystal cores would likely become the main currency much earlier than their previous life. Additionally, superpowers would also be able to advance earlier.
Thinking of this, a determined look flashed in her eyes.
'We can't let others catch up to us.' Qin Wu thought, looking at the entrance to the employee parking lot.
"Brother Chenxuan, let's use superpowers to deal with the zombies in the parking lot." She suggested.
"Good." Mo Chenxuan nodded.
Even without Qin Wu saying anything, Mo Chenxuan understood the woman's reasoning.
However, he wasn't opposed.
Rather, he also thought it was the right thing to do.
After all, without crystal cores, the only way to improve superpowers was by consuming and replenishing them.
Soon after, the two entered the employee parking lot.
At a glance, there were three thousand or so cars in the parking lot.
"Brother Chenxuan, can you check to see if there are any survivors?" Qin Wu asked, and Mo Chenxuan nodded.
At the same time, he extended his spiritual power to cover the parking lot.
A few seconds later, Mo Chenxuan retracted his spiritual power and looked at Qin Wu.
"No survivors. There are about two thousand zombies though." He said.
"So many?" Qin Wu couldn't help but be surprised.
"The apocalypse happened during the facility's night shift, and the employees would have been at their workstations. However, after waking up, the survivors probably ran to their cars, trying to escape the zombies. As a result, they attracted more zombies to the parking lot."
"Makes sense." Qin Wu nodded and continued.
"We will likely exhaust our superpowers if we kill one thousand each."
"You…, the zombies have noticed us. Be careful." Mo Chenxuan said, and a bolt of lightning appeared on his right palm.
A moment later, he moved his hand, and the bolt hit a female zombie's head, turning it into ashes.
"Neat." Qin Wu said, but she didn't fall behind.
While praising Mo Chenxuan, a silver slash left her palm and beheaded a nearby zombie.
Looking around, more than one hundred zombies had surrounded them, and the remaining were greedily rushing towards them.
However, neither Mo Chenxuan nor Qin Wu was panicked.
With their experience and current power, level-zero zombies were nothing to them.
However, to avoid accidents, they couldn't allow the zombies to surround them.
"Wu'er, let's quickly deal with these few and then climb to the roof of that car." Mo Chenxuan said, pointing at a station wagon.
Hearing this, Qin Wu looked at the car and nodded in approval.
At a glance, the roof of the car was high enough to avoid being accidentally grabbed and on the other, it was low enough to ensure their superpowers would accurately hit the zombies.
"Okay, let's do it." She said in a solemn voice.
Soon after, silver slashes and silver bolts of lightning flashed across the surroundings.
Whenever a slash crossed, a zombie head would fall, and the same was true for the lightning.
In no time, the two eliminated the surrounding zombies and ran to the station wagon.
At the same time, they continued to kill the approaching zombies to ensure they wouldn't be grabbed while climbing the roof.
"Climb first. I will cover you." Mo Chenxuan said, and Qin Wu didn't hesitate.
While Mo Chenxuan dealt with the approaching zombies, Qin Wu climbed onto the car roof.
After that, she took over the fight, allowing Mo Chenxuan to also climb.
"Wu'er, let me know when your superpower is almost exhausted."
"You too."
After that, the two didn't talk.
Instead, they stood back-to-back and killed the zombies in front of them.
Two hours later, Qin Wu lowered her hand and leaned on Mo Chenxuan's back.
"Tired?" Mo Chenxuan asked, turning around to hug the woman.
"Mmmh." Qin Wu nodded, not wanting to move.
"We can rest here for a while." The man said, pulling Qin Wu to sit on the car roof.
At the same time, he removed a water bottle from his space, uncorked it and handed it to Qin Wu.
"Drink." He said.
"Thank you."
After drinking half the bottle, Qin Wu felt better, and her complexion improved.
"Our space water is a treasure." She sighed.
"No one can know about it." Mo Chenxuan reminded, and Qin Wu nodded.
Although Mo Chenxuan didn't want his previous life's tragedy to happen again, his and Qin Wu's lives were paramount. He would not sacrifice their safety for the good of mankind.
"Wu'er, it's already three. Are you hungry?" Mo Chenxuan asked, feeling regretful for not taking better care of Qin Wu.
When she heard the question, Qin Wu sighed before she spoke.
"We have only cleared the employees' parking lot and haven't even entered the warehouse." She started and quickly continued.
"It seems we will have to stay here tonight, but before we rest, I want to clean the remaining parking lots. What do you think?"
"We can do that, but let's eat some snacks while we use space water to replenish our superpowers." Mo Chenxuan said, removing several packets from his space.
"Good."
One and a half hours later, the two left the employee parking lot and went to the second parking lot.
This parking lot was for inbound trailers.
It had close to one hundred trailers and less than two hundred zombies.
In no time, the two cleaned the zombies before heading to the parking lot for outbound trailers.
Like the second parking lot, the third had less than two hundred zombies, and the two had no trouble dealing with them.
By the time they cleaned the three parking lots and arrived in front of an office building, it was already past six.