With a safe environment, Lin Qingqing was finally able to calm down and practice her superpower.
She started with the most basic task of condensing ice. Under the control of her mental power, the initial ice lump gradually changed its shape, stretching and lengthening until one end took on a sharp conical shape.
"Although it doesn't look very good, its lethality is much stronger than that of an ice lump at least."
Lin Qingqing couldn't help but find it a bit funny when she thought about the time she used an ice lump to hit someone.
Continuing to carve and refine the ice cone, Lin Qingqing planned to try to make the ice cone as sharp as a blade.
However, this process was not easy. She tried again and again, stopping only when her mental power was on the verge of exhaustion. Then she would sit cross - legged and meditate instead of resting.
The quiet atmosphere made it easy for her to enter a state of concentration. Moreover, Lin Qingqing found that meditating after exhausting her mental power was more effective than simply sleeping. And after meditating and then training, her thinking became more agile and focused.
"It seems that meditation can indeed speed up the recovery of mental power." Lin Qingqing was a little excited, feeling as if she had found a cheat code. This made her sigh that she was finally lucky once.
Thinking that after the end - of - the - world, not only did her body get better, but she also gained superpowers, Lin Qingqing was in an extremely good mood. No matter how boring the practice was, she no longer felt dull. Instead, she found it more and more interesting.
Anyway, there was food in the kitchen, so it didn't matter if she didn't go out. Practicing and researching her superpower had become her greatest interest. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner during the boring practice.
"It seems to have reached the limit. So what should I do next?"
One day, Lin Qingqing looked at the twelve identical ice blades in front of her and pondered, rubbing her chin.
In just one week, she had completed the second - degree transformation of the ice cone, turning the rough ice cone into thin ice blades. These ice blades were only the size of a palm, shaped a bit like willow - leaf flying knives, both lightweight and sharp.However, the number stopped at twelve. No matter how hard she tried afterwards, she couldn't create one more.
"Maybe my superpower isn't strong enough yet. I wonder if the number will increase in the future."
Lin Qingqing played with the ice blades, muttering to herself. Since there was no way to solve this problem for now, she decided not to dwell on it and turned to explore other functions.
"Besides being sharp, ice is also quite hard." Looking at the anti - riot shield she found in the security room, Lin Qingqing came up with a new idea. She planned to turn ice into a defensive shield. This idea wasn't groundless. An ice - made shield had also appeared in the dream about fighting the black fish.
With a general image in her mind, the ice shield was quickly completed. It was similar to the one in her dream, except that it was much smaller in size and could only cover half of her body.
"This ice shield consumes too much of my superpower. After condensing it, I don't have the strength to do anything else."
Moreover, the ice shield was very heavy. Unless she stayed still, holding it in her hand would be a burden.
Lin Qingqing clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction. She didn't want to be on the defensive all the time. Finally, she managed to transform the half - person - high ice shield into ice armor that could attach to the surface of her body to resist damage. Although it couldn't cover her entire body, it was enough to be a life - saving measure in critical moments.
"Sigh. I don't know when I'll be able to use my superpower as freely as in the dream."She had no idea how other superpower users utilized their abilities. Everything had to be explored slowly on her own. Fortunately, she had downloaded a lot of videos about weapon usage before. Although they only contained basic knowledge, at least she had a correct direction to refer to.
Now that she had ice armor and ice blades, she began to study how to launch the ice blades and hit targets from a distance.
Lin Qingqing first drew a dartboard on the wall on the first floor. Then she condensed an ice blade and tried to throw it like a real flying knife.
However, after two days of practice, she noticed a problem. Due to the material of the ice - made flying knife, she could only hit targets within five meters. If the distance was any farther, the lethality would be severely insufficient.
Looking at the bullseye more than ten meters away, Lin Qingqing suddenly thought of the fireball that Zhou Mang had launched when chasing her.
Although that fireball was only the size of a ping - pong ball, it could hit wherever he aimed, which was much better than her throwing flying knives. "Hey! So stupid of me!" Lin Qingqing slapped her forehead hard and cursed herself.
"I'm a superpower user. Why do I always think of doing it by hand? Zhou Mang's fireball surely wasn't thrown bare - handed. Why didn't I think of that before?"
Unfortunately, she had been so focused on escaping at that time that she didn't notice how Zhou Mang did it.
But she believed that with more attempts, she would surely find the trick. She stopped practicing throwing flying knives. In the following days, Lin Qingqing focused on only one problem: how to control the ice blades with her mind.The ice blades were originally condensed by her using her superpower. When she tried to attach her mental power to them, she found that the communication was unhindered, as if the ice blades were a part of her. Looking at the ice blade floating in the air, Lin Qingqing almost jumped up in excitement.
She had witnessed the power of Zhou Mang's fireball, but she wondered how powerful her ice blade was.
She came to the previously drawn target again. This time, without relying on external force, the ice blade accurately hit the bullseye from more than ten meters away.
In addition, she could control the ice blade to change direction in the air, exactly the same as the fireball that Zhou Mang had used to attack her.
On the 40th day of the apocalypse.
The number of ice blades that Lin Qingqing could control simultaneously increased day by day, from one, two, four, to eight. These eight were the limit, and Lin Qingqing planned to use them as a trump card.
By now, she had been staying in this kindergarten for half a month. Although she didn't have to worry about food and drink, staying here indefinitely wasn't an option.
"I haven't received any news from the outside world for so long. I wonder how humans and zombies are doing now?"
With a certain ability to protect herself, Lin Qingqing started to think about where to go next.
There were more zombies in big cities, but there must also be more living people. So, if she wanted to get information, she had to find people first.
Before leaving, Lin Qingqing made herself a suitable weapon.She found a meat - cleaver in the kitchen that was as long as her forearm. Presumably, it was used by the chef to chop bones. The knife was sturdy and sharp, much better than a household kitchen knife.
Lin Qingqing found a whetstone and sharpened the knife again. Then she found a steel pipe over half a meter long to replace the wooden handle of the meat - cleaver.
With the new weapon, the previously deformed folding shovel was retired with honor.
Lin Qingqing nodded in satisfaction, loaded the remaining supplies onto the car, and then drove away from this safe haven.
In fact, as long as no one found out, she could have continued to live a semi - reclusive and carefree life here. However, the fear and unease brought by the apocalypse had always lingered in her heart.
Not to mention that she had a deadly feud with Zhou Mang and his group. If they met in the future, it would be a fight to the death.
For a better life in the future, Lin Qingqing finally chose to leave her comfort zone and actively adapt to this apocalyptic world.
She didn't want her life to be threatened by people like Zhou Mang anymore. Instead of living in constant fear and hiding, it was better to firmly grasp the initiative in her own hands.
The apocalypse was indeed a disaster for all mankind, but for Lin Qingqing, it was a new life, a new beginning.
Now, when she saw those ugly zombies on the roadside, she was no longer afraid. She even had the mood to guess what they looked like before they died, what their identities were, and how they died.The doomsday arrived at zero o'clock. These zombies either escaped later or hadn't returned home before.
The middle - aged man dressed formally must have been an overworked office worker. The one with a trendy hair color and a studded outfit was either a street artist or a hooligan. Besides, there were more security guards in uniforms.
Without the previous fear of zombies, Lin Qingqing could now completely separate herself from these former fellow humans.
"From the moment you became zombies, you, as humans, were already dead. Now we are two completely different species. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say we're natural enemies!"
Lin Qingqing felt that there was no point in delving into the identities and pasts of the zombies. In her mind, zombies were just a symbol. From now on, she wouldn't have any psychological burden or pressure when killing zombies for the sake of survival.
She wanted to live, and live well all the time.