"There is something strange about him." Cassias paused. "Strange?" She raised her eyebrows, waiting for him to continue. "Before I found you and your elder sister, I saw him speaking to a zombie dog in the distance." He finally continued. "But, elder sister..." she trailed off. Oh, she widened her eyes. Instead of asking about Daniel’s strangeness, why did she ask about Nyra’s first? "Your sister?" He tilted his head. "I don’t know what her reason was." She let out a sigh. Why was she bothered so much that Cassias and Nyra shared a secret together? After all, they were originally a couple... Still, the suspicion wouldn’t leave her heart. Well, that was the result of having countless of her reincarnations getting tortured by this couple each time. "Daniel was speaking to a zombie dog?" She discarded any thoughts about Cassias and Nyra being a couple and focused on the current topic. "The dog didn’t bite him, right?" Cassias nodded. "It was a small dog. A chihuahua. I was too far away from them then." "When we met him later, there wasn’t a chihuahua." She rubbed her chin. There was also another strange matter. Nyra, surprisingly, could tolerate Daniel, the owner of the dog that had harmed their grandma. She hadn’t seen Daniel’s strangeness. Perhaps she found it in her previous life? Currently, it was the most reasonable explanation. "Do you want to go find the wooden hut?" Cassias asked. "Has your power recovered?" She checked his energy state and was stunned. Her eyes staring at him were filled with suspicion? How could he recover his power so fast, eh? The spring water was so effective for him. "Yes." He pretended to look at the ceiling. He diverted the topic. "Or do you want to wait for your siblings first?" She recalled his words earlier. Laziel and Nyra were also heading here. Once they arrived, there would be more people who could deal with those lunatic scientists’ henchmen. She didn’t know their total number. Tapping her own chin, she nodded. "How long will they approximately arrive?" "Half an hour." Cassias answered with utmost certainty. "So long?" She scrunched her nose. "Then how did you arrive so soon?" "The bird showed me the way." He lowered his head. Zerra remembered the bird that flew as fast as lightning. A new type of bird which developed by the Research Institute to exchange messages. "Or do you want to check the place first? I can bring you there," Cassias offered. His lips curved up a bit. Zerra remembered the feeling of flying in the sky in her fox form. She hurriedly shook her head. His mischievous smile was so scary! She was a fox, a celestial being who lived on the land. The sky wasn’t suitable for her! "No, let’s wait for my elder brother and sister first," she muttered stiffly and looked away. "Alright." He let out a chuckle. Embarrassment crawled to her heart, and she excused herself, hurriedly exiting the tent. As soon as she was outside, she stumbled upon Amora. Thinking of the woman who had protected her until now, she was a little guilty for not telling the truth. "Sister Amora... can we talk?" Zerra stared at Amora expectantly. The woman was silent for a moment, then nodded. They went to a more secluded place. "I am sorry for hiding the truth." Zerra fiddled with her fingers. Amora stared at the girl, who now had her head lowered. After a while, she took a deep breath. "It’s fine. I understand." When Zerra’s identity was revealed in front of everyone, she was the most shocked. Zerra turned out to be the girl they thought had died under the claw of some mutated beast. No one had expected her to come back after all. Lieutenant General Virethorn let them search for two more months, and if she wasn’t found until then, he would withdraw all the ability users. He was also quite generous if anyone were to discover a clue about Zerra. They would not need to pay rent at all to enjoy the best room at the base for a few years. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel⸺fire.net And if anyone could bring her back, he would give a magical ring filled with supplies. Magical ring? Such a thing was unheard of. But when the ability users heard its function, they all went crazy and scrambled to find any information about Zerra’s whereabouts. "They did such a thing?" Zerra threw a complex look at Amora, who was telling all of that to her. Was her little life worth so much? Who had taken the ring out? It might be her parents? "Yes, but only the group leaders know about the ultimate rewards." Amora shook her head. "Ordinary members wouldn’t know. They only had a vague grasp that the reward must be very good. Better than a few years of free rent." "Then how do you know about this?" Zerra tilted her head. Amora pursed her lips. "Our group leader is actually my cousin. Only the two of us had survived." A realization dawned on Zerra. Although in public they didn’t seem to be close, she didn’t expect they were actually blood relatives. Zerra was glad that Amora didn’t ask about how she had survived for three months alone in the forest. She didn’t pry into her secrets further. The pair of cousins were quite trustworthy. She thought about it and decided to find the group leader. She told him that his group could return if they wanted to. "Are you staying here? Why?" The redhead knitted his eyebrows. Amora was also looking at her. "Yes." She nodded. "When I was wandering alone, I found traces of human experiments here. My elder sister and brother are currently heading to this place. Once they arrive, we will find the lunatic scientists’ hideout." She decided it was better for Amora and others not to participate, but she would also ask their opinion first. As for Nyra... knowing her, she would be excited to beat up those extreme people. "Miss, we would like to participate," he said resolutely. She threw him a surprised look. "My name is Amorric. I haven’t introduced myself yet. I am Amora’s cousin." He paused. "Actually, while we accepted the base’s quest for the rewards. We have another purpose for coming here." "What’s your purpose?" She asked curiously. "While both our families are already gone... our uncle lived near this forest." He turned to Amora. Amora pursed her lips and continued her cousin’s words. "When we went to his house, his traces were nowhere to be found. We heard that all living people in his residential area have evacuated to the base. He was not among them." "We had expected to find him turning into a zombie or at least his corpse. We wanted to confirm it ourselves, but then Lieutenant Colonel Dalton told us he was among the missing people." "It gave us hope he might be alive, but was trapped somewhere. The mission related to you gave us a chance that we might find him, so..." Amorric took over after his cousin’s words. "Our team would like to join you at that place." "You suspected your uncle might be there?" Zerra began to feel pity for the pair of cousins. "We want to confirm it... yes." Amora slowly nodded. The people who conducted the experiment had put number 064 on Daniel, so before him there were already a lot of people they had experimented on. It was very likely that Amora and Amorric’s uncle were among them... "Alright." Zerra finally nodded. It was their decision, after all. "Prepare yourself. There might be quite skilled ability users among them." The pair of cousins nodded at her words. Zerra turned around, finding Cassias emerging from the thick vegetation behind her. His eyes swept over to Amora and Amorric before he smiled. "Mr. Virethorn," Amorric greeted him. She couldn’t help but throw them a curious look. They knew each other? Cassias nodded at him in acknowledgement. Zerra threw Cassias a curious look. "He was among the first few people who came here to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake a few months ago," Cassias explained. She instantly understood. Since they knew each other, Cassias must have come here with the reinforcement team helping with the evacuation. Thankfully, no one had died during the mutated animals’ siege some months ago. "Yes, Mr. Virethorn is right." Amorric nodded in agreement. "Let’s go. Your elder sister and brother are here." Cassias took her hand and led her back to the tent. The pair of cousins followed behind them. When they arrived, she saw Laziel standing in front of the tent anxiously, pacing back and forth. She sensed a few other presences, like Lieutenant Colonel Dalton, even Kai and Arsen. As if sensing their gaze, Laziel turned his head in Zerra’s direction. The moment his eyes landed on her, he shouted, "Munchkin!" In a flash, he ran to her. Then, she was enveloped in a tight hug. "Stupid elder brother, I can’t breathe," Zerra protested, gasping for air. Why did she feel Laziel’s strength had increased so much in three months? However, as soon as the person released her. She knew the reason. It wasn’t Laziel who was hugging her, but Nyra.