204 Kowloon (1/2)

”Aren't we better off together?” asked Christina.

By scattering into three groups, this meant there would only be eight people in each. Facing hundreds or even thousands seemed too risky if they stick with this composition. Moreover, they were at the pier right next to the center of Hong Kong.

Maxine dispelled Christina's doubt by saying, ”We'll be fine, Sis. This is the fourth time we've done this and if danger ever comes, we can do this...”

Maxine touched the bracelet she received from the Doomsday Pillar and Christina's bracelet shows a new message.

When they were in the Pillar, the bracelet only provided the Alpha Fenrir's position. But as it turned out, it could also be used as some sort of a radar between people who have it.

”I'm a little bummed though why the cube didn't give us technology as good as a smartphone. Ahh, I miss holding a smartphone,” Maxine said as she let out a sigh.

”Oh, by the way, sis. We're able to check our personal status using the bracelet. Check this out!”

[Maxine]

[Female - 27 years]

[Earth realm level 4 - initial stage]

[Spirit of affinity found - Ground - initial stage]

[Spirit Talent - level B]

Maxine's bracelet showed a hologram, which she could show it to others.

Upon reading it, Christina noticed something and blurted out, ”Level 4?”

”Yes, sis. It's because of the spirit stones,” Maxine answered. She then explained that consuming spirit stones would increase their level. However, after being upgraded to earth realm as well as stepping on level 3, the white spirit stones didn't seem to have an effect despite using a dozen of them.

”Then how do you get to level 4?” Christina asked.

Maxine whipped out a slightly different spirit stone and proceeded to explain. ”It's because of this, sis. these the yellow spirit stones that we sometimes get when we eliminate a black zombies.”

Jennie then interrupted ”It was Nam and his Triad members were the first ones who tried it and apparently, their guess was right. After entering the earth realm, the white ones don't do much anymore.” Jannie added, ”Actually, our mission this time isn't only to find food supplies for Hong Kong residents but also to find more yellow spirit stones.”

”Very well, I'll trust you,” Christina replied with a smile.

They then proceeded to split into 3 groups and started scouting.

If one went up to a rooftop, one would know that as far as the eye could see, every street in the city of Hong Kong was filled with zombies. And within those zombies, it seemed the red zombies had evened out in numbers with the normal zombies. So, to prevent the horde from crowding in their locations, the Firebirds members only attacked with melee weapons.

SHHHTTT SPLAATT

The red zombies were torn apart by the Firebirds member's sword strike. After breaking through the mortal realm, their muscle strength, reaction speed and endurance increased. Small groups of 8 people could now fight dozens of red zombies easily.

Christina didn't even have time to show her abilities at all.

3 hours had passed but apart from killing zombies, they didn't find much food. It had been 4 months since the plague started so most of the food stored had either gone moldy or had been plundered by other people. Still, they were able to gather some dry food, canned food, and some snacks from the vending machines. The three groups gathered three bags full of food.

Jennie touched the ring on her finger and all three bags disappeared. It was the storage ring being sold from the Doomsday Pillar's shop. It was really practical because they didn't have to carry large luggages anymore.

”This is far from enough, but the sun is setting. We'll continue tomorrow and try the other side of the pier,” Jennie exclaimed.

Maxine wanted to complain, which was evident by her crossed arms, because three bags of food were not enough considering the time they had spent, but she followed Jennie's order. Christina, on the other hand, always believed in Jennie's judgment. Her oldest sister spent a dozen years in the army after all..

As they were heading back toward their boat, gun fires resounded from the distance.

Tratatatatataat!

”Who'd be stupid to fight using firearms in the middle of a city like this!” exclaimed Maxine.

Hong Kong was one of the densest cities in the world, thus a lot of zombies also had risen here. Loud sounds could attract tens of thousands of zombies in no time.

Jennie thought about the situation and felt this was odd. This city had been riddled with zombies for nearly 4 months. So, it wasn't very likely that there would still be people living in these areas. Could it be Nam's group who was firing? No, she abandoned that thought since the Triad didn't favor using firearms.

While Jennie was contemplating, however, Christina had already run toward the sound.

”Christina! Wait!” Jennie said as she ran to help Christina. She then came to a realization as she looked at Christina's back. Christina was right. Right now, there were people who were in need of help. This is a priority”.

25 Firebirds also followed Christina. In order to quickly avoid all the zombies on the streets and alleyways, Christina went to a rooftop of a nearby house and started hopping on top of buildings to another. She wouldn't have dared to do this before, but this time, she could feel her body was as light as the wind.