After Yue Jiaxue contentedly received the Pigeon's Egg, she moved closer to Da Bai Tu. The two women, both with Pigeon's Eggs, whispered together and decided to weave a wristband to hold the Pigeon's Egg so they could wear it on their wrists.
Yue Jiayu sat pitifully on the balcony, guarding Kong Ling, secretly praying that Kong Ling would lay another Pigeon's Egg.
Tao Yanyan, Li Jiajia, and Wu Yanyan, though incredibly envious, knew that the Pigeon's Egg was too precious for them to even consider. At the same time, they secretly admired their newly acquainted leader, who had only been with them for less than a day. To give away such a precious Pigeon's Egg so readily, he was truly generous.
"Leader, that... I have a question, but I don't know if I should ask it..."
The young married woman raised her hand a little uneasily, her demeanor somewhat like a student's shyness when asking a question in class, her eyes filled with both anticipation and apprehension, afraid her question might seem presumptuous.
She had thought for a long time and decided she still needed to say what she knew.
"If you have any questions, just ask."
Zuo Feng smiled gently, his gaze falling on the young married woman.
"Leader, Kong Ling is a zombie, but different from other zombies. I'll tentatively call Kong Ling a Mutant Zombie. Leader, you just said your ability is to control beings like Kong Ling, which means you can control Mutant Zombies. What I want to ask is, can you control other Mutant Zombies?"
The young married woman's question was spot-on. Immediately, the other members' gazes turned to Zuo Feng. One Kong Ling was already so powerful; if the leader could control other Mutant Zombies, what a terrifying existence he would be in the future!
"Hmm, not yet, but theoretically it's possible. You also saw that my lotus still has 12 transparent lotus seeds, each with a purple light spot inside. They are like immature seeds, and when they mature, they will glow with a brilliant purple light. At that time, I should be able to control more Mutant Zombies. Why do you ask this?"
Zuo Feng rubbed his nose. He was also just speculating and wasn't entirely sure. He wondered why the young married woman would suddenly ask this question.
Except for Yue Jiayu on the balcony, everyone else listened intently. Their conversation concerned their future fate and the team's survival. The stronger the leader, the more secure their safety would be, and their chances of survival would greatly increase.
"Kong Ling is a space-attribute Mutant Zombie. I think... I might know the location of a Black Fire Mutant with a black flame attribute."
The young married woman's words were truly shocking. Everyone was stunned, and the air suddenly solidified.
"Tell me in detail."
Yue Jiaxue stopped weaving the wristband and looked sharply at the young married woman. The others also held their breath, waiting.
"It's near the street supermarket! My husband encountered it when he was collecting supplies. He mentioned this zombie in his suicide note and warned me to stay away from the supermarket. That zombie's eyes and hair are black flames, it walks on black flames, and its whole body emits black flames. It has four long, flaming fangs, long nails wrapped in black flames, and a vertical black flame pattern on its forehead.
It can spray black flames that can melt steel. My husband shot it once, but couldn't kill it. The bullet was melted by the black flames on its body.
When I first saw Kong Ling, I didn't think they might be related, but tonight, hearing you talk about Mutants and attributes, plus how Kong Ling looked after absorbing the blood moon, it's too similar to it. So I think Kong Ling and it might be the same species, just with different attributes!"
The young married woman didn't even know what attributes were before. It was only after seeing Kong Ling's state tonight and combining it with the attribute information she just learned that she connected it to that Black Fire Mutant.
"Where is the suicide note? Let me see it."
Yue Jiaxue's tone was grave. Mutant Zombies were indeed treasures, but the premise was that they could be subdued. If they couldn't be subdued, then they were a huge crisis!
The street supermarket wasn't very far from them. Zuo Feng couldn't subdue a second zombie yet, which meant that the current Black Fire Mutant was a hidden, huge crisis for them.
"My husband wrote the suicide note in blood... he was bitten by a zombie and was afraid the blood contained the zombie virus, so he told me to burn it immediately after reading it."
A hint of sadness flashed in the young married woman's eyes.
"What she said should be true. The explosion today, when Kong Ling was chasing Hai Huzi, was probably Kong Ling or Hai Huzi startling that zombie. The zombie sprayed fire, igniting the hot pot restaurant's gas tank and causing the explosion. I saw black flames in the explosion, but I didn't pay attention at first. Hearing Tao Yanyan say this, it should be the flames sprayed by that Mutant Zombie. The hot pot restaurant is diagonally opposite the supermarket, and it has been wandering in that area, not far from us. This is troublesome."
Zuo Feng and Yue Jiaxue exchanged glances, both seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes — flames that could melt steel, unkillable by guns, bullets melting upon approach. These two points alone were enough to conclude that the Black Fire Mutant was no weaker than Kong Ling!
And the current Kong Ling had the ability to wipe out Zuo Feng's team... which also meant that the Black Fire Mutant also had the ability to wipe them out!
"I'll go take a look tomorrow!"
Zuo Feng and Yue Jiaxue said in unison. It was rare for them to be so in sync for the first time. It was a potential threat, and they had too little information. They had to gather more information.
"The matter of the Black Fire Mutant will be decided after we investigate tomorrow. For now, we have too few weapons and need more."
Yue Jiaxue added. Indeed, they had too few weapons at the moment. Only Yue Jiaxue had two compound bows, and the young married woman had a pistol, but the pistol was clearly unusable. Firing it would alert the Black Fire Mutant, leading to greater trouble.
Sharpening rods could be used by sharpening Kong Ling's nails, but those were close-combat weapons, only suitable for Zuo Feng. Besides Yue Jiaxue, the other few were delicate beauties, unsuitable for close-combat weapons due to their lack of strength.
"Do you know where to get weapons? Preferably long-range ones. Your compound bow is good, very suitable. Where did you get it?"
Zuo Feng didn't know what Yue Jiaxue did, but the compound bow was clearly the best choice right now. Its pulley design allowed women to draw it, it had great power, made little noise, and was long-range, making it the most suitable choice.
"I know two places. One is the archery range where I work; there are all kinds of bows and arrows there. The other is the biological research base where my sister works. Before the apocalypse, it was a highly confidential unit. I speculate there might be firearms inside, but because it's a confidential unit, my sister didn't even tell me the specifics. I'll have to ask my sister."
Yue Jiaxue already had a plan. The archery range was a must-go. Although she still had over 60 arrows, arrows activated by skills were destroyed after one use, and over 60 arrows wouldn't last long at all.
Zuo Feng was a little surprised: that Yue Jiayu, who looked like she'd cry for a day if you punched her, actually worked at a highly confidential biological research base before the apocalypse? You really can't judge a book by its cover.
"Yue Jiayu, come here for a moment."
Although Zuo Feng was curious about Yue Jiayu's work, the most important thing right now was weapons. Zuo Feng had considered places like police stations or SWAT teams, but the weapons there were probably already plundered by nearby residents, so going there wouldn't be very meaningful.
As for military bases, how would he, a small otaku before the apocalypse, know where they were? Now, hearing that Yue Jiayu's workplace was a confidential unit and might have hot weapons, it was worth a visit.
"Oh, Feng Ge, why are you calling me?"
Yue Jiayu walked over from the balcony reluctantly, constantly looking back to see if Kong Ling had laid another Pigeon's Egg.
"Heh."
Zuo Feng was amused when he heard Yue Jiayu still call him Feng Ge — her mouth was so sweet; it seemed she was still thinking about the Pigeon's Eggs.
Zuo Feng asked with a smile:
"The place where you used to work, did it have hot weapons? What kind of weapons were there, and where?"
Upon hearing Zuo Feng's question, Yue Jiayu immediately shrank her neck and shook her head like a rattle drum: "Feng Ge, the unit signed a confidentiality agreement, I can't say!"
Hearing Yue Jiayu's answer, Zuo Feng was speechless. What a little airhead! You're really loyal to your unit, still abiding by a confidentiality agreement even in the apocalypse.
"Slap!"
Yue Jiaxue slapped Yue Jiayu on the head, her hand on her forehead. This foolish sister, she was embarrassing them to no end.
"It's the apocalypse, and you're still remembering the confidentiality agreement? Are you afraid your base will sue you?"
That slap finally woke Yue Jiayu up. The clever Yue Jiayu immediately reacted: Oh right! It's the apocalypse, the base has probably already fallen or been evacuated!
She immediately told Zuo Feng the detailed situation of the base. After listening to Yue Jiayu's introduction, Zuo Feng's eyes sparkled. The place where Yue Jiayu worked actually had a small armory directly equipped, even with man-portable rocket launchers. How high-level of a confidential unit must that be!
Zuo Feng's fingers unconsciously tapped lightly on Da Bai Tu's thigh. This base must be taken down. As for how to transport the weapons, with the Pigeon's Egg, was transportation still a problem? Just put them directly into the Pigeon's Egg and take them all away!