With Ed, Shawn didn’t head toward the horde, but chose the road where there were few people and zombies.

Walking for a long while, Ed finally noticed there was something wrong and said, “Why didn’t zombies attack you?” He had super power, and of course zombies wouldn’t get close to him. Shawn, however, had he had super power, too?

“Because they treat me as their own species.” Shawn half jested.

“Have you had super power, too?” Asked Ed.

Shawn said nothing, but walked ahead in silence.

Ed took that as a yes, and started wondering what kind of super power it was. It could make zombies treat him as their own species, and it was even more useful than Ed’s super power.

“How long could your super power last?” After a while, Shawn suddenly asked.

Ed had reached his limit, his headache started, and he got sweat all over. Hearing what Shawn said, Ed said painfully, “Not very long.”

Shawn thought for a while, and threw a crystal core to Ed and said, “Try it and see whether you can absorb the power inside.”

“What’s this?” Ed looked at the gleaming thing as large as a pearl in his hand in wonder.

“You can take it as a power stone.” The reason why Shawn gave Ed a crystal core was that it occurred to him that crystal cores could be used by both zombies and those who had super power in the novel.

“How to absorb it?”

“...” How could Shawn know about it? He just ate it directly. Could Ed eat it, too? Hum... He might give it a try...

Not getting a reply from Shawn, Ed thought it was Shawn’s secret. So he didn’t ask any more questions but started studying the crystal core in his hand.

However, he didn’t have any clue about it after studying for quite a while. Had Shawn cheated him? He thought. Looking at zombies moving around them, however, he denied the idea, and decided to make a further study.

It didn’t take long before Ed started having a headache. Knowing it was a sign that his super power was being run out of, he had to bite his teeth, clench his fists, and hope it could last longer.

Suddenly, a warm stream was running in his hand, and his unbearable headache was much relieved. Looking at his right hand in wonder, it was found that the gleaming thing in his hand had turned into a pile of powder. He opened his hand a little, the powder fell to the ground through his fingers, and some powder remained on his palm.

He picked a little ash and rubbed it with his left hand. Was the reaction the result that he had absorbed the power inside?

Shawn had been observing Ed’s reaction. Seeing this, he threw another crystal core to Ed. Ed caught it, and tried hard to recall the feeling of absorbing the crystal core. In the blink of an eye, the crystal core turned into powder, he felt getting power again, and his headache became not so bad as before.

“What’s this? And Where did you get it?” Finding it was a good thing, Ed couldn’t help keeping asking.

“It was found inside the head of zombies, and it was called the crystal core in novels.” Said Shawn while thinking, it turned out that his guess was right.

“Novels?” Ed looked at Shawn in surprise.

“Yes, novels.” Shawn didn’t explain further but asked, “How long will your super power last now?”

“About two hours.”

“That’s enough.”

Shawn had lived in this place for several years, and been very familiar with the neighborhood. He knew exactly where there were numbers of people and where there were only few. He led Ed to a villa district under decoration after walking for two hours.

“This place is still under decoration, and only one third had been decorated. Not many people had moved into the house, and there were only few zombies. Once we kill zombies inside, we can move into it.” Shawn headed toward the gate immediately after explaining it.

Ed looked around, and found it was indeed a nice place, which was close to the suburb and few people lived here. It was much safer than staying in the hotel.

“Don’t use your super power, but lure zombies out.” Said Shawn.

“Why don’t you do it?” Ed retorted.

“Because I can hold on, however, you can’t” Said Shawn blandly.

“...” Was he suggesting that Ed was inferior to him?

Finally, Ed acted as a decoy, rode a shabby bicycle found not far away, and kept making noise around the villa.

“Actually you only need to lure zombies in the neighborhood of our residence, but don’t lure all zombies in the community out.” After getting rid of zombies, Shawn looked pityingly at Ed. Had his brain been damaged?

There were only two of them, but only Ed could draw zombies’ attention. And they wouldn’t get much attention of zombies. It was unnecessary to wipe out all zombies of the whole community, and it was enough to clean zombies around their residence. Besides, the remaining zombies could also cover their traces.

Ed felt speechless. Why hadn’t he expected it just?

However Ed regretted, they had wiped out all zombies lured out by him after all. And then they successfully moved into a villa well decorated. Shawn lived on the first floor, and Ed lived on the ground floor.

Shawn was going to ask Ed to move to another villa, however, Ed would rather die than moved out. And he promised over and over again that he would never bother Shawn. Shawn had to agree with him to stay.