To verify, Ye Xin walked to a shelf and grabbed a bag of chips, silently commanding it to be stored.
The bag of chips vanished before everyone's eyes, startling even Su Duoduo.
"How is that possible?" She rubbed her eyes with her small hands and ran over to Ye Xin, grabbing his left hand. She felt it all over, inside and out, examining it several times, but found nothing unusual.
Her incredibly delicate hands were still holding his tightly. Even Su Duoduo didn't realize she was willingly touching a boy without much resistance. Their eyes met, and startled, she released his hand, her heart racing. Her shy face turned away.
What am I so shy about?
Ye Xin, realizing something was amiss, pretended to cough and said, "Silly girl, I told you I wasn't lying. Come closer, and you can see more clearly."
When those snacks and canned goods disappeared one by one before her eyes, Su Duoduo realized that he might possess multiple Abilities. However, she had never heard her sister mention anyone like this, and it was unheard of.
"Who are you? This is impossible. Why isn't there any spatial element fluctuation? My sister's prophetic dream can't be wrong. If you're really this powerful, why isn't there any news of you in the future?"
Su Duoduo was getting more and more curious. She almost wanted to dissect Ye Xin's body to see what was inside. This guy couldn't possibly be some kind of monster in disguise, could he?
"Hey, you silly girl, what are you thinking about all day? Do you believe me now?" Ye Xin raised an eyebrow, tore open a snack, and tilted his head back to stuff it into his mouth.
"Just ordinary? Hmph, don't play dumb. I'll take you away from here to find my sister now." With that, she grabbed Ye Xin's hand, which was busy eating, and dragged him along, not caring about the difference between men and women.
Ye Xin's ability exceeded Su Duoduo's imagination. In other words, even she couldn't open an Other-dimensional Space and store things in it.
"Little silly girl, if you keep pressuring me like this, believe it or not, I'll die right here, leaving you with no antidote, and you'll turn into an ugly freak and die with resentment."
"You dare!" Su Duoduo was furious, stomping her little foot. Seeing Ye Xin's serious expression, she released his hand, her voice a bit low, "Then, what will it take for you to give me the antidote?"
"My right hand is a bit inconvenient. Protect me for three days, and I'll give you the antidote, how about that?"
"Ah, three days? Won't my sister beat me to death when we get back?"
"If not, we have nothing to discuss."
"Then I don't want the antidote... Can you join our family? That way, I can explain things, and my sister won't blame me for running off this time."
Su Duoduo asked, thinking that if she could get Ye Xin to work for her, everything would be worth it.
"Your family?" Ye Xin frowned, associating it with the infighting of noble families in novels. He actually didn't want to get involved with family power.
Firstly, it was troublesome, and secondly, it would be difficult to develop in secret.
"Yes! Our Su Family is very powerful in Tiandu. Half of Long Xia Country's military power is under my grandfather's command. But our weakness is that we have too few innate Awakened."
"Wait? You mean, before the apocalypse, there were Awakened in this world, and there were many of them?"
From Su Duoduo's words, Ye Xin could roughly analyze that Long Xia Country had powerful families, and there was more than one. These families would all have innate Awakened, so this world wasn't simple to begin with?
Su Duoduo nodded, saying nothing more.
The Zhu Family, also one of Tiandu's three major families, researched new technological potions, with industries spread across the world. Their leader, Zhu Linjun, would become a seventh-order transcendent powerhouse in the future.
The Xia Family, which wielded power in politics and business, along with the Ye Family, Jun Family, and Xiao Family in Modu, another first-tier city, had no fewer Awakened than the Su Family.
Before the apocalypse, all the families had a fourth-order powerhouse in charge. Only the Su Family had an elder who was a peak third-order, and the family had few male heirs. In the main branch, there was only Su Duoduo and her sister.
After the apocalypse, the Su Family fought fiercely against the invasion of zombies and other-dimensional races, but they were suppressed by other families and forces, who plundered their resources. Thinking back to everything her sister had described, almost all the Su Family members were wiped out. Su Duoduo's eyes were red. Even if she hadn't experienced it herself, she and her sister were connected and could deeply understand the pain.
The purpose of this trip was to obtain the Original Species' Blood Crystals to help her grandfather develop a second ability, accelerating his evolution to the fifth order!
"I won't join any force. But, of course, if you encounter something you can't handle, I will definitely help."
"Really?" Su Duoduo's big eyes fluttered, and Ye Xin was truly charmed by this little girl. He nodded heavily.
It wouldn't hurt to get on good terms with a powerful faction right from the start.
"Alright, we have a deal. I hope you keep your promise."
"Mm."
As they made their trade, Su Duoduo was in an exceptionally good mood. Although she hadn't managed to recruit a top-tier expert, Ye Xin was definitely a promising prospect. As far as she knew, dual-Ability users were already rare, and multiple Abilities were the stuff of legend.
No wonder he could appear behind her so silently.
Holding her.
Thinking of that image in his arms, a blush crept across Su Duoduo's face. She shook her head slightly and said to Ye Xin, "Don't wander off. I'm going to check on that mutated Zombie. It should have formed a Core by now."
After passing a few rows of shelves, nine people were still huddled there, their arms wrapped around their legs, showing no desire to escape.
"You are fortunate to have met me. In the future, zombies will increase in number, and similarly, humans will awaken corresponding powers, just like me." Su Duoduo gathered energy in one hand, and a fascinating light bloomed in her palm, guiding the group of lost lambs.
"How can we possess this power?" The person who asked was a student here, and he looked quite handsome.
"What's your name?" Su Duoduo glanced at the boy and asked casually.
"Song Qiming!"
"Go to the shelves and find a knife, then dig out the heads of those corpses. If you do that, I'll tell you how to awaken!" Su Duoduo paused and continued, "Of course, others can try too. If you miss this chance, I hope you can survive for three days. Compared to others, you are much luckier, being in a place like a supermarket where there are few people. It's a blessing in disguise."
The newly formed Core wasn't of much use to her, as she was at the peak of the second rank. Recruiting a special Awakened would be the greatest benefit to her family.