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Li Xuanyuanâs pupils shrunk in horror, and roared, âLiu Zhan! Hold on for a while, cover me!â \n
He pounced on Hou Ying, grabbed the iron box where the level 3 crystal nucleus was hidden, and forcefully pulled his hand and stuck it to the transparent crystal. With the back of his hand covering it and trying to make the energy leakage of the third level transparent crystal less, but it doesnât work. The baby zombie, whose limbs were crushed and stuck to the ground, felt the third level crystal, and the scream suddenly doubled!\n
The four concrete walls of the plant split in an instant, and then they were shattered by the spread of sound waves!\n
Liu Zhan barely encircled Li Xuanyuan and Hou Ying with a water curtain, but it burst. This time, blood flowed out of his ears. Like everyone else, he covered the ears that were already isolated by vines and screamed heartbreakingly. He used hissing to relieve the painful eardrum and brain tingling.\n
Li Xuanyuan couldnât help but fall on Hou Ying. Seeing that the other party had passed out in a coma, he gritted his teeth and absorbed the third-level crystal through his conduction.\n</ins>\n\nHe constantly forced himself to absorb faster and faster, and even absorbed a level 3 high-level nucleus in a minute! He vaguely sensed that his vigilance had risen a step further. He squandered all his energy, vigor, and potential to inspire the vines to rush towards the head of the baby zombieâthe baby zombie was instantly wrapped in the vine and the vine grew rapidly at a speed that could not be caught by the naked eye until finally! One of the tens of thousands of vines successfully penetrated into the zombieâs brain and picked out the crystal nucleus!\n
HeyâŠ\n
The zombies that were attacked indiscriminately outside all fell to the ground but perceiving the energy of the high-level zombie nucleus still made them roar with excitement. They were about to crawl towards the warehouse until the crystal coreâs energy was cut off and they couldnât perceive it anymore, they fell to the ground.\n
Li Xuanyuan with his head dizzy and brain stinging in pain, wrapped up the other five people with vines, ran to the heavy truck at the fastest speed, stuffed them all into the container, closed the door tightly, and then fainted.\n
It was Gongsun Jing who woke up first.\n
After her healing water ability evolved to level 2, her self-healing ability improved by leaps and bounds, but she still felt a headache when she woke up at this time. Once she touches her ear, it bleeds again, and she canât hear any sound.\n
She shook her head and saw her comatose companions on the ground, a murderous intent surged in her heart instantly. She was angry and scared, but she didnât have the extra energy to take care of her emotions. She immediately chose Ji Yao, who was the least injured, to start treatment. Ji Yao fainted at the first moment of the sonic attack, and then was protected by the vine, and became the least injured among several people.\n
When Ji Yao woke up, his ears were still ringing. Seeing his mouth open and close, Gongsun Jing has to point to her ear.\n
Ji Yao was shocked when he saw that he was deaf. Gongsun Jing comforted him, âTemporary.â She didnât know if she made a sound, and then said to Ji Yao, âGo drive and go back.â\n
Seeing that Ji Yao got up knowingly and wanted to go down, Gongsun Jing ran after him, âBe careful.â\n</ins>\n\nJi Yao nodded, quickly opened the container door, jumped down, and closed the car door tightly.\n
The sound of the zombies came faintly. Ji Yao looked and found that the zombies were all lying on the ground and crawling towards him. He was startled at first and then realized that their current lethality was not a threat to him.\n
When the party returned to the service area with a full load, they saw the top-heavy and embarrassed four people coming down from the car, as well as the unconscious Hou Ying and Qiao Daye.\n
The joy of destroying the Level 3 metal ability zombie and unexpectedly harvesting a Level 4 five-senses crystal nucleus was instantly diluted. Gongsun Jing rested all night and recovered her energy, and then reinvested in their treatment, but the injury had healed but neither of them woke up. After another day, everyone was anxious, and Gongsun Jing couldnât believe that her treatment had failed.\n
Jiang Tao and Liu Zhan thought about it, and finally suggested supplementing their abilityâs energy to see if it works.\n
There was no other way, so they sent Jiang Tao and Su Fenghe out to hunt the second level five-sense zombie crystal nucleus. Two days later, they caught a second-level red crystal nucleus by chance. In two days, Li Xuanyuan, who had recovered, left the first level red crystal, brought the level 2 red crystal, Jiang Tao, and Su Fenghe into the group of zombies again, and successfully attracted 17 second-level five-sense zombies with the second level red crystal as bait.\n
With these 18 second-level red crystals, Hou Ying and Qiao Dayeâs abilities were finally slowly restored, and they woke up in the evening of the next day.\n
âFuck! I didnât expect it would be cheaper for Brother Hou and me in the end!â\n
Holding the iron box containing the level 4 red crystal, Qiao Daye, who was not seriously injured at all, who felt it rare, handed it to Hou Ying and said, âBrother Hou, why donât you try it, maybe weâll have a big surprise if you can suck it!â\n
Before Hou Ying replied, Li Xuanyuan sneered, âI have tried it for him, itâs useless.â\n</ins>\n\nIf this red crystal can be absorbed, why should they go out and hunt for level 2 five-senses zombies?\n
Qiao Daye sighs, âI was still happy for Brother Hou and me to break through to level 3 hearing ability, but now I still have to be hungry. What a pity.â\n
If the number of second-level zombie nuclei is large enough, it can also supplement their energy gap, but there are not so many level 2 five-senses zombies. The number of first-level nuclei is good, but a hundred level 1 zombie nuclei are not as good as a second-level nucleus, let alone a level 3 nucleus.\n
Now theyâre at their best level, but their energy is completely insufficient, so they have the power of level 3 abilities, but they canât give full play to their power.\n
Jiang Tao said amusedly, âDonât act pitiful and show off.â\n
After that, they ignored them. Several people then discussed going to the fuel plant to harvest zombie crystal nuclei tomorrow.\n
Hou Ying and Qiao Daye were ordered to stay and recuperate. When they left the next day, they patted Meng Hanghai and Wang Hehe on the head one by one and said to them, âTake good care of your Uncle Monkey and Uncle Second.â, âTake good care of your old uncle and your second uncle.â Wang Hehe, who was beside Meng Hanghai who was smirking, blushed.\n
He had been working with them before, but he was scared by Hou Yingâs injury these two days, so when everyone was discussing yesterday, he quietly held Hou Ying and pretended that he didnât exist.\n
Jiang Tao and the others were considerate of him, so they didnât force it, but they had to tease him.\n
At night that day, this time a group of people returned with a real load.\n
The scattered iron boxes that they brought were not used. Several people didnât know where to find the large and thick iron boxes, which contained more than half of the boxes. It is estimated that there are 800 crystal nuclei, if not a thousand!\n
âThe fourth level zombie is so powerful, it only has to scream loudly and everyone has to kneel down. All the first-level zombies were paralyzed, and the second-level zombies had to lie on the ground. There was also a third-level water ability zombie. Ouch! If only he hid and ran away, but no, he has to come to join in the fun. He was seriously injured by someoneâs scream, and itâs cheap for us!â\n
Jiang Tao was overjoyed. With so many crystal nuclei, they had to reinforce four layers of thick iron on the outside of the box like a Russian doll before they dared to get it back. Although the first-level zombie nuclei account for 80% of the total, and many of them do not match their attributes, they are also a great achievement.\n
Liu Zhan, who is good at observation, analyzed with several people, âI found that when these zombies donât have their heads blown off, they would not perceive each otherâs energy, and some of the zombies that weâve dug out of their nuclei wonât be eaten by their companions. I wonder if after the zombie dies, the crystal nucleus that has not been taken out will escape into the zombieâs flesh and blood, and at this time the energy is attributeless and can be preyed on by zombies of any attribute?â\n
Hou Ying also said, âI also felt it when absorbing the crystal nucleus. In zombie crystal nuclei of the same attribute and level, the purity and amount of energy are different. If Ah Zhanâs idea is correct, if the crystal nucleus is not removed in time, it will cause energy loss, then we need to carry out special training on the speed of extracting crystal nucleus.â\n</ins>\n\nJiang Tao said, âThis is easy to handle. We have to clean up the zombies in the industrial park tomorrow. Just leave a box to put the test product for you to see.â To control the speed of extracting crystal nuclei, at present, there are not many second-level zombies and level 3 zombies are rare, they are still able to do it.\n
Thatâs it.\n
The next day, Hou Ying, Liu Zhan, Wang Hehe, and Meng Hanghai remained behind.\n
The third-level zombie crystal nucleus they captured yesterday is still a five-element transparent crystal. Liu Zhan, who has broken through the second-level bottleneck, intends to take advantage of todayâs efforts to absorb this third-level transparent crystal with the help of Hou Ying to complete the level 3 low-level ability breakthrough.\n
At noon, Liu Zhan slowly opened his eyes after absorbing one-third of the crystal. He spread his palm, and a water ball rolled on it. He exhaled a long breath, âThe third level is really different.â\n
He originally thought that his level 2 high-level explosion was already very powerful, but at this moment, even if he had not yet made a move, he can feel his ability has improved by leaps and bounds. Liu Zhan looked at Hou Ying, who was still absorbing the energy stored in the crystal and thought for a while, âLeave the rest to Xuanyuan. He should break through the third level.â\n
Itâs not that he is generous, but that they donât know how the situation is outside, the number of third-level or higher-level zombies, so it is necessary to have strong players in the team.\n
Moreover, if he wants to go one step further from the third level, the remaining two-thirds of the energy of the nucleus is not enough. And he does not know when the next opportunity to stimulate the evolution of potential will come, so instead of keeping the energy of this crystal, it is better to make the best use of it.\n
Hou Ying shook his head, âItâs not enough for Xuanyuan, itâs better to have me store it for emergencies.â\n
âThatâs right.â\n</ins>\n\nThinking of the energy carried by Hou Ying during the battle with the metal zombie, Liu Zhan naturally agreed.\n
He continued, âBrother Hou, donât think too much about what I said. Although you can absorb all the energy in the nuclei of the same level without loss, and itâs very convenient for us to absorb it, I still think we need to study the method of self-absorption of the nucleus. You see, itâs manifested in the last battle. You are only one person, and there is no way to transmit energy to all of us at the same time. Itâs ok now, but if our opponent is a level 4 zombie in the future or a level 5 zombie, then what? Are you going to save Xuanyuan first or Ji Yao or the rest of us?â\n
Hou Ying nodded, âActually, Iâve been thinking about this in the past two days.â\n
âOh?â\n
Liu Zhanâs expression immediately brightened.\n
Hou Ying laughed. To be fair, Liu Zhanâs forward-looking perspective is very good, and the angle of the problem is very comprehensive. Heâs a good material to be a leader, but now⊠Hou Ying is also very helpless about their acquiescence for him to be the decision-maker. He concealed his expression and said to Liu Zhan as usual, âYou can absorb energy from me, and I think you can also get it directly from the crystal core, but maybe there is no medium that has the same characteristic as me, or we havenât found a way.â\n
âYes, yes, I think so too. Zombies can be absorbed directly, so can you, then we can definitely do it too.â\n
ââŠâ Thank you for your comparison.\n
In the evening, Hou Ying told everyone about this idea. Everyone had ten first-level crystal nuclei and one second-level crystal nucleus to try on their own. Several people have no objection, then Jiang Tao put forward the arrangement to collect materials in the industrial zone tomorrow.\n
Hou Ying said, âI think we can collect the materials in the service area tomorrow, then set off to the industrial area to collect, and then go straight ahead.â\n
Li Xuanyuan doubted, âThat road doesnât connect with the one we planned to go back to the army via Yecheng to the 24th Division.â\n
Of course, Hou Ying knew this. He asked Li Xuanyuan to take out his map and point out the third route they had marked, âI think itâs more appropriate for us to take this road now.â\n
âHey! Isnât this going to the zombie den?!â\n
Ji Yao, who knows a little about the map, saw the route of the two populous towns and a big coastal city marked on the road. He was surprised by Hou Yingâs crazy suggestion, and Liu Zhan was also puzzled, âWhy? We donât lack zombie nuclei now, there is no need to take such a big risk, right?â\n
Hou Ying laughed and said slowly, âYou are wrong. What we need now is not zombie nuclei, itâs team members.â\n</ins>\n\n\n<hr class="wp-block-separator">\n\n
Translatorâs Note:\n
Last chapter for today, canât believe this story already has 22 chapters out, like Iâm so proud of myself XD.\n\n\n\n\n<hr class="wp-block-separator">