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He Daqing blew out smoke, âDuring the days when the weather suddenly became hot, the Yangtze River Base was besieged by zombies. They called this the zombie tide. The number of zombies is ten or a hundred times more than the number of survivors, and there are high-level zombies in it. The base suffered heavy casualties. After that battle, the Yangtze River Baseâs management system was cleared all at once. Those without abilities in the old Yecheng management were eliminated, and those with abilities were still continuing the experiment to make all their family members develop abilities. Ordinary peopleâs status is very low. Except for those who repair the city walls and farming, most people are treated very badly, as if they returned to the era of slavery overnight.â\n
Especially ordinary women without abilities, theyâre completely reduced to commodities.\n
Even if their relatives are ability users, if they only have hearing and other ineffective abilities, they couldnât protect their wives and sisters. These women will also become the baseâs public property, with a clear price tag. They distribute women as rewards to the powerful ability users whoâre widowed after the end of the world. The management even propagated the old system of three wives and four concubines, blatantly abusing these women.\n
âIn my team, I have several brothers that had their wives and sisters sent in advance, so even if they knew the truth, they still went with the people of the Yangtze River Base⌠The base is in such a mess that we, such carefree ability users, are unwilling to leave Quanshi. Although there are many zombies here, as long as we have the ability, we can live without being bullied by our compatriots.â\n
Compared with zombies, those sane fellow humans are the real terrible disaster.\n</ins>\n\nWhen He Daqing said this, he poked the soot, then said, âThey also brought up another thing. As of a month and a half ago, China has established four major bases, in addition to the Yellow River Base in the imperial capital, the Yangtze River Base in Yecheng, and the Pearl River Base in Yuecheng. The other is the Chuanyuan Base in Sichuan. The four bases established communication with each other, and the Yellow River Base announced the ability system and levelâŚâ\n
Seeing their expressions, He Daqing thought for a while, skipped the other topics, and only talked about another thing. He thought that if Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan didnât know, it would be his and his brothersâ repayment for their life-saving grace.\n
âThey also mentioned one thing, the crystal in the zombieâs brain.â\n
Seeing their eyes lit up, He Daqing went on to say, âThere are glands in the ability usersâ brains. The specifics are still unclear. However, the brain crystals of zombies have been classified and studied, and there are such crystals in zombies with abilities. The most direct and effective way to kill them is to hit the crystal nuclei in their heads. In this way, the zombies will die. Moreover, the researchers at the Yellow River Base also discovered that these crystal nuclei contain energies that can be absorbed by human ability users. Our abilities are the same as that of the zombies and can be absorbed as long as they have the same attributes. Now the ability users of the major bases form a team, and their job is to hunt zombies to obtain crystal nuclei.â\n
âSo to speak, the human base has developed a way to absorb crystal nuclei?!â \n
Hou Ying was overjoyed, and Li Xuanyuanâs usual cold expression also loosened a little.\n
To be the captain of these ability users, He Daqing is certainly a smart person. Upon seeing this, he knew that Hou Ying and the others had discovered the existence of zombie brain crystals, but they didnât know how to absorb them. He Daqing nodded immediately and said, âYes, Chen Yong and I also learned from the Yangtze River Baseâs people the method of absorbing the nuclei.â\n
Hou Ying glanced at Li Xuanyuan. The latter understood and immediately employed the vines to where the crystal core iron boxes were stowed away in the front of the car and took the lightning golden crystal core and the five-element transparent nucleus iron box.\n
With only this skill exposed, He Daqing knew that Li Xuanyuanâs ability level was higher than he thought. When Hou Ying opened the iron box with the lightning golden crystal nuclei, He Daqingâs pupils dilated!!\n
Oh my god!\n</ins>\n\nSo many nuclei!\n
So many lightning crystal nuclei!!\n
He was stunned. It took him a while to recover his gaffe look, and then said, âUnexpectedly, there are even level 2 nucleiâŚâ\n
Hou Ying said, âWe also found them by accident. We called them zombie crystal nuclei. We dug it out from dead zombies, so we collected some along the way. But itâs a shame, we still donât know how to absorb it. I donât knowâŚâ \n
âBrother Hou, donât be polite to me. If it werenât for you, more than 50 of our brothers wouldnât escape Chen Yongâs traitorous hand today.â \n
As He Daqing talked, he picked up a level 1 golden crystal nucleus and spread it on the palm of his hand, âThe people from the Yangtze River base said the basic method, and later our brothers improved it. In fact, itâs very simple. We already know that an ability user has an ability gland. The way to absorb the crystal nucleus is to stimulate the gland to separate an absorption signal, which may be the same thing as adrenaline. In short, think of a way to maximize the flow of your own ability to the glands in your brain, and then flow through your body, forming a cycle. When the glandular hormone<sup>1</sup> is secreted to a certain level, you can successfully absorb the energy in the crystal nucleus.â\n
Hou Ying hurriedly urged Li Xuanyuan. Li Xuanyuan first took a first-level transparent crystal to practice. He comprehended very quickly. After trying for a while, he found the trick and successfully absorbed the crystal core.\n
âGreat!â\n
Hou Ying was extremely happy. A wolf pounced and hugged Li Xuanyuan, who also seldom laughed happily. He didnât even notice that he took the opportunity to eat tofu<sup>2</sup>. Hou Ying looked around and said with joy, âTry the level 2 crystal nucleus again.â After that, he let go.\n
Sure enough, Li Xuanyuan could also absorb it.\n</ins>\n\nHe Daqing noticed that Li Xuanyuan was consuming the first-level crystal nucleus much faster than himself, but he didnât think much about the difference in ability levels between himself and the opponent. Seeing that the rate at which he absorbed the second-level crystal nucleus slowed down, he told Hou Ying, âThese energies can directly help us upgrade our abilities. It just requires a lot of crystal nuclei. I went from level 1 to level 2 because I got a second-level lightning nucleus. Except for the transparent nuclei of the five-element abilities of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, the number of other nuclei is not that much.â\n
Hou Ying saw that Li Xuanyuanâs absorption was very smooth, so he asked distractedly, âSince you and Chen Yong both know how to absorb the crystal nuclei, why are Chen Yongâs people still level 1 ability users?â\n
When the number of level 2 and level 3 zombies is limited, itâs understandable that He Daqingâs team has a small number of level 2 ability users. But thereâs no reason why thereâs no level 2 ability user in Chen Yongâs team.\n
âBecause psychic ability zombies are scarce, Chen Yong never met one. And he found that his ability canât control me like others unless I relax my guard against him and let him take advantage of it. So, he doesnât allow his team members to have ability levels higher than himself.â\n
He Daqing said.\n
Hou Ying knows that this is too in line with Chen Yongâs abnormal psychology.\n
He thought of the situation in which he was almost hypnotized by Chen Yong and had a further understanding of the psychic ability. Just as Wang Hehe can predict the moment of their life and death, psychic ability is an ability that can leapfrog, but its effectiveness will be weakened. And because he underestimated the enemy too much and didnât pay attention to Chen Yongâs level 1 psychic ability, Chen Yong found the opportunity to hypnotize him.\n
He Daqing saw that Hou Ying didnât try to absorb the crystal nucleus. He didnât know whether itâs because he had no ability or he didnât have a crystal nucleus with corresponding attributes because of the rarity of his ability. Seeing that Li Xuanyuan, who had such a high level of ability, obeyed Hou Ying, He Daqingâs guess was biased towards the latter. Noticing that Li Xuanyuan would still need time, he asked about the current situation outside.\n
He Daqing breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Chen Yong was dead. He said, âBrother Hou, Iâm still worried about my brothers. I want to go back and see.â\n
Hou Ying looked at Li Xuanyuan and saw that the second-level crystal was almost absorbed. He segued, âThatâs whatâs supposed to happen. Itâs just that Chen Yongâs ability is too domineering. We still donât know if his hypnosis can be gotten rid of when he dies. Can Boss He wait a while and go down with us later?â\n
He Daqing glanced at the bald head and agreed.\n
While speaking, Li Xuanyuan successfully absorbed a second-level crystal.\n
âHow are you feeling?â\n
Hou Ying looked at him nervously. Li Xuanyuan nodded and said, âItâs okay.â He gave Hou Ying a look, meaning theyâll carefully talk about it later.\n
So the three of them got out of the car and went to the police station.\n</ins>\n\nLiu Zhan was the first to see them. Paying attention to He Daqing, he said directly, âBrother Hou, things arenât optimistic. Some ability users are regaining consciousness, while some are still muddled. But the ordinary people, except for those initially awakened by Chen Yong, havenât recovered.â\n
He Daqing frowned. Thinking of Bald Head, heâs very anxious, âIs it because of the difference in ability levels? Can anyone higher than Chen Yong regain consciousness?â\n
Liu Zhan nodded, âAt present, it seems so.â\n
He Daqing was relieved. But thinking of those innocent ordinary people, heâs also very helpless.\n
Gongsun Jing added, âFortunately, these ordinary people have normal physiological functions such as blood pressure, heartbeat, and body temperature, and they have no loss of mobility. Itâs just thatâŚtheyâre similar to children with mental retardation. Iâm afraid that in the futureâŚâ\n
She looked at Hou Ying sadly. The latter understands her concerns. Itâs unrealistic for them to take these ordinary people with them, they canât take care of them.\n
He Daqing told Hou Ying, âBrother Hou, in that case, Iâll take Bald Head back first. If itâs delayed, Iâm afraid my people wonât stay.â\n
Hou Ying did not stop him, âBoss He, itâs getting late now. The temperature will be very high later. Why donât we make an appointment in the evening to have a good talk?â\n
âNo problem, just go to the hot spring villa in the villa area. What do you think, Brother Hou?â\n
âOkay.â\n</ins>\n\nHou Ying, for nothing else, asked him curiously why the accommodation conditions in the villa area are so good, but neither they nor Chen Yongâs people live in it?\n\n
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Translatorâs Notes:\n
<ol> ĺźč˝č şç´ ĺćłÂ ĺčąč [chÄŤ dòu fu] â copping a feel; referring to sexual harassment or men being frivolous with women.</ol>\nOkay, I lied. I said I would update this story and LFS once a month but I have some stock chapter so⌠and I felt that I havenât updated for so long even though itâs only been a month since I last posted a chapter for this.\n\n\n