Apocalypse God Mode: Unlocked (Cecilia) novel Chapter 81

hapter 81 His Interests

At least two people would have to be pulled away for protection.

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Their team only had eight people to begin with, so their fighting force would instantly drop to four.

Letting Zera and Amber join them would only increase the risk that someone would get hurt.

“Yeah.”

Timothy gave a short nod and folded up the map. “Then that’s the plan for now. Rest for half an hour, then we move again. We need to reach Merriton before dark and find a place to stay.”

“Got it,” Matthew and the others answered in unison.

Cecelia sucked on her lollipop, her eyes narrowing as she watched Zera sitting in the car, constantly glancing outside.

Beside her, Hendrick casually wiped down the dagger in his hand. He glanced at her, then followed her gaze.

It landed on Zera in the car.

Clearly, Cecelia hadn’t reduced her hostility toward Zera.

If anything, it looked like she was figuring out how to get Zera killed.

Noticing Hendrick’s gaze, Cecelia didn’t avoid it. Instead, she pulled her eyes back and looked straight at

him.

Meeting those narrow eyes, she raised an eyebrow and said, “Don’t you think Brian’s death was a little suspicious?”

“Oh?”

Hendrick’s eyes narrowed slightly. “You think Zera killed him?”

“Yes,”

“Where’s the proof?”

“The window,”

Cecelia rubbed her chin and said slowly, “When I went in, the window was open. But that window can only be pushed open from the inside, not from the outside. The glass wasn’t broken either, so a zombie didn’t smash its way in. By the time we got there, Zera had already run outside, while Brian was lying near the bedroom door. If Zera had really been inside when they were attacked, she wouldn’t have made it out.”

There were indeed a lot of questionable points there.

Hendrick knew what the situation had looked like at that time, and what Cecelia said matched up.

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Still, concluding that Zera killed Brian based on that guess alone was a bit reckless.

‘Forget it. Maybe I’m just overthinking.”

Cecelia clicked her tongue and didn’t say anything else.

Hendrick’s lips twitched. He found Cecelia’s deliberate half–finished statement a little ridiculous.

He could tell she was fishing.

And he was the fish.

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n truth, Cecelia wasn’t thinking as deeply as Hendrick assumed.

She understood him well.

Jsually, he looked lazy and indifferent to everything. But deep down, he had a stubborn and ruthless treak.

He just looked like someone who cared more than anyone about the team’s interests.

More accurately, he cared about his own interests.

Surviving alone in the apocalypse was extremely difficult.

Their team’s current lineup, even though their ability levels weren’t particularly high, was already among he better ones compared to most survivor groups.

But they weren’t that strong either.

Even though Hendrick had a level 3 wind ability, he still couldn’t hunt a level 3 zombie by himself.

The freshly evolved level 3 zombie they killed last night was the perfect example.

They needed teamwork to get higher–level zombie crystals faster.

For Hendrick, that was the entire point of the team.

Earlier, when Cecelia’s actions showed signs of dragging the team down, Hendrick had already developed killing intent and was secretly thinking about when to get rid of her.

Not to mention Zera and Amber.

To Hendrick, they were less than strangers.

In his eyes, there wasn’t a shred of pity or sympathy for them.

There was only an extreme indifference and coldness that came from the bone,

That was why Cecelia wouldn’t tell Ivy that she wanted to kill Zera,

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Instead, she told Hendrick first. Because she knew he wouldn’t interfere too much with what she might do

in the future.

If possible, she might even find a way to get Hendrick to kill Zera for her.

Based on her experience failing to attack the protagonist group in her previous life, it might have something to do with the mysterious force that used to control her.

This time, she could try using someone else’s hand first.

Thinking of that, Cecelia looked again toward the car where Zera was sitting, her eyes narrowing dangerously.

There were definitely other survivor teams in Merriton.

Even if that mysterious force prevented her from killing Zera herself, it wouldn’t matter. There were many other ways to get her killed.

No matter what, she wouldn’t let Zera live long enough to meet Sabrina.

The sun was about to disappear completely.

The closer they got to Merriton, the slower their vehicles moved.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Regina released her psychic ability to scan the surroundings while also sending out a drone to check the road ahead.

Soon, a clear road leading straight into Merriton appeared on the computer screen.

Regina frowned slightly in confusion.

Cecelia glanced at it from the back seat and said flatly, “This road has been cleared. Another survivor team entered Merriton before us.”

When the apocalypse began, 70% of the world’s population turned into zombies.

The remaining 30% scattered across different places, struggling to survive.

Merriton was a large city and also a necessary stop on the road to Briar City, which was 1,200 miles away.

It wasn’t strange for survivor teams to be here.

Timothy’s eyes flickered slightly. After glancing at Cecelia, he told Regina, “Tell everyone to stay alert when

we get out,”

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Seeing pistols on Timothy and Hendrick earlier had already been surprising enough.

She never expected them to have even more guns.

Where did they get so many firearms?

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Zera began to wonder about Timothy’s identity. Maybe he used to be in the military. Otherwise, how could anyone obtain that many guns?

The more she thought about it, the more convinced she became that she needed to win Timothy over as soon as possible.

suddenly, she noticed a pharmacy next to the safe house.

Her eyes lit up, and an idea quickly formed in her mind.

After killing two zombies inside the safe house, Timothy said to Ivy, Cecelia, and Regina, “There probably sn’t enough room here. You girls can take the bedrooms. The rest of us will sleep downstairs.”

Cecelia glanced at the run–down motel across the street. “There’s a rooftop water tank. There might still be Some water left.”

I’ll go check.”

Matthew stood up and headed straight toward the motel.

Checking for water was easy. He just had to try the bathroom on the first floor.

He soon came back and told everyone, “There is water. It’s a solar water tank. I tested it just now and found hat the hot water still runs.”

At the last small town, they had been too busy fighting the mutated zombies that attacked them.

No one had time to properly clean up.

Everyone was covered in grime and smelled terrible.

Though everyone smelled equally bad, and no one could really complain about anyone else, they were still living people.

Naturally, they hoped they could at least get a little clean.

Timothy nodded and said, “Then we’ll stay at the motel instead. Matthew and I will clear the zombies

inside first.”

No one objected.

Just as the group stepped outside, a panicked scream suddenly came from the pharmacy next door,

Timothy frowned and immediately saw Zera rushing out of the pharmacy, her face full of terror, stumbling as she ran.

Behind her, a zombie store clerk chased after her and grabbed her shoulder.

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