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Regarding this issue, He Daqing’s explanation was beyond Hou Ying’s expectations.\n
It turned out that they and Chen Yong were fighting for that place. On the contrary, some materials fell into it but no one succeeded<sup>1</sup>. Later, when the weather changed, the villa area produced a stench due to decay and attracted flies. The flies are numerous, and they have settled in the houses in the villa area. They’re very disgusting, and their mutation direction is zombification, so they carry the zombie virus. Fortunately, these flies only looked at rotten places and didn’t eat human flesh like zombies, otherwise, they won’t live today.\n
However, both He Daqing and Chen Yong suffered great losses from these zombie flies, so the villa area has become a forbidden place. Only the fountain square is safe because it’s empty and there’s no material residue.\n
Zombie flies.\n
Several people shivered and got goosebumps by their imagination. The flies before the end of the world are already ruthless characters, how much more after turning into zombies?\n</ins>\n\nHe Daqing took Bald Head back to the church. It’s 11 a.m now, still hours before the evening, these hypnotized people are still an urgent matter<sup>2</sup>. Simply, Hou Ying blew the whistle to tell Qiao Daye, who went out to hunt five-sense zombies, to come back.\n
Hou Ying being safe is great news. Unexpectedly, He Daqing provided a way to absorb the crystal nucleus on his own, which made everyone overjoyed.\n
Everyone couldn’t wait to try, but Li Xuanyuan stopped them and said, “Although I don’t know why, I obviously feel that the energy absorbed by myself… is only 90% of that of Hou Ying’s. Moreover, the energy is not so pure, like there are impurities.”\n
This question is not trivial, and several people were taken aback.\n
Liu Zhan said, “Brother Hou, try this method.”\n
He took a level 3 five-element nucleus and handed it to Hou Ying. Hou Ying tried to feel the position of his gland in his brain, and only then received the level 3 crystal core. However, within five minutes, the zombie crystal nucleus was totally absorbed by him. It can be seen that his speed of absorbing crystal nuclei broke through after the stress response<sup>3</sup>. He shook his head and said, “I feel no difference.”\n
No one knew what was going on, so Hou Ying asked Liu Zhan to try it first. He’s a five-element ability user, and also good at analysis. He has a sensitive mind and can think of things that others can’t think of. He can not only make a comparison, but if he’s also in the same situation as Li Xuanyuan, he may find the key to the problem.\n
Liu Zhan didn’t shirk. He also chose a level 2 nucleus. After experimenting with the method taught by He Daqing, he frowned and said to everyone, “It’s the same as Xuanyuan, I only absorbed less than 90%. In other words, when these energies are absorbed, 90% is pure energy, and the remaining 10% are impurities.”\n
Except for Wang Hehe and Meng Hanghai, everyone else begins to absorb the crystal cores with corresponding attributes.\n
They all feel the same as Li Xuanyuan and Liu Zhan!\n</ins>\n\nExcept for Dongfang Bai who, from beginning to end, is unclear.\n
If Hou Ying hadn’t conducted pure energy for them, they wouldn’t have found such subtle differences, nor would they have any comparison. Like He Daqing and Dongfang Bai, they might not be able to discover this all their life.\n
This situation is like a glutton raised by delicious food. When they eat inferior food, whether it’s heavy oil or less salt, it can’t be hidden from their tongue.\n
Moreover, the percentage of absorption varies. For example, Ji Yao and Su Fenghe, both level 2 high-level, also absorbed level 2 crystal nuclei, but they can only absorb 80% of the energy compared with what Hou Ying transmits to them. In other words, the remaining 20 percent may be impurities as Liu Zhan guessed.\n
And these impurities, unknown elements and hazards, may become a huge hidden danger in the future.\n
Everyone looked at Hou Ying. The latter pondered for a moment and said, “After all, it’s something from the zombie’s head. We’d better be careful. Anyway, my absorption speed has increased, and we have fewer members on our team. There’s no need to pick the second choice. So, when you want to level up, come to me. Unless we’re in an emergency battle, don’t use this method at normal times.” \n
Then he paused, looked seriously at Ji Yao and Su Fenghe, then at the others, and said, “Haste makes waste. You should understand this. If there’s a way to get around these impurities in the future and figure out what’s going on, I won’t stop you from absorbing them at any time. However, there’s no need to take such risks for a temporary promotion.”\n
“Brother Hou, we know.”\n
“Brother Hou, we all listen to you!”\n
Hou Ying was relieved when everyone expressed their opinions positively. Then, they talked about their plan to meet He Daqing’s team in the evening, and some of Hou Ying’s own thoughts.\n</ins>\n\n“According to our route, the places where we’ll go have a substantial number of zombies. At present, we’re unable to bring these people. Therefore, I want to use a part of the first-level crystal nucleus to let He Daqing accept these ordinary people. As for other ability users, I won’t interfere, let them fend for themselves<sup>4</sup>.”\n
He’s not a philanthropist. For those with self-protection ability, he never thought about sacrificing anything for them. It’s a waste for him and a charity for those ability users. But for the ordinary people of these disadvantaged groups, they stepped in and killed Chen Yong, so they have to bear part of the responsibility for their lives.\n
He Daqing, from his short contact, is at least a leader hundreds of times better than Chen Yong. He has a sense of responsibility and can teach others. When they can’t take them away, the best solution is, of course, to entrust them to He Daqing.\n
Everyone has no opinion. After the meeting, Hou Ying let Dongfang Bai stay.\n
“Are you really determined to join us?”\n
He looked at Dongfang Bai seriously. This is the last chance for him to retreat.\n
Dongfang Bai solemnly said, “Brother Hou! The first time I called you Brother Hou, you’re the boss of my life!”\n
Hou Ying was amused by his words. He said, “Well, before we officially accept you, there’s one thing I want to say first. If in the future, you do something that’s detrimental to the team or the members, your identity as a team member can only be dissolved. Dongfang, do you understand what I mean?”\n
Dongfang Bai was stunned for a moment. But after seeing Li Xuanyuan unblinkingly shooting Chen Yong, he knew that Hou Ying wasn’t joking.\n
He nodded solemnly.\n
Hou Ying laughed, “Well, welcome, Dongfang!”\n
He stretched out his hand. Dongfang Bai smiled sincerely and quickly held Hou Ying’s hand to complete this simple ceremony. The people nearby also showed kind smiles to Dongfang Bai, and Gongsun Jing even jokingly said, “It seems that we’ll have one more big stomach king in the future. Ah, Dongfang, I heard you used to be a big star. Could it be that you have the same appetite as before? How do you manage your figure?”\n
His appetite is obvious to all. The No.1 team refreshed the human limit.\n
Dongfang Bai wasn’t ashamed, instead, he’s proud. He chuckled and said, “I just know that I’ve never lived a human life before. I have sworn to my stomach that I’ll never treat it badly from now on!”\n
Everyone was amused by his exaggerated expression. Sure enough, the movie emperor is the movie emperor.\n</ins>\n\nHou Ying didn’t decide to accept Dongfang Bai alone. He had privately solicited opinions with his team members and was passed by a unanimous vote—even Gongsun Jing, who’s most dissatisfied with him at the beginning, forgave him of his ‘hungry-tiger-pouncing-on-its-prey attitude’ after learning that he used to eat nothing but leaves. The key to this is that they all understand that although Dongfang Bai has some minor problems, he’s not bad-hearted and is a smart person worthy of association.\n
Hou Ying then said, “In that case, there are some things we won’t hide from you anymore.”\n
He didn’t say much, but let Dongfang Bai stretch out his hand. He held his wrist and Gongsun Jing, who was nearest to Dongfang Bai, told him, “Calm down, concentrate.”\n
Dongfang Bai soon touched the pure and gentle five-element energy. Hou Ying told him to absorb it and also taught him some of the other people’s experiences. Dongfang Bai is indeed worthy of being a movie emperor. With first-rate mastery, he immediately grasped the essence and began to concentrate on absorbing the energy Hou Ying transmitted.\n
They actually have a better way to transmit and absorb the energy in zombie crystal nuclei. This surprised Dongfang Bai. You should know that both Chen Yong and He Daqing have hidden the method of ability promotion to the death. Otherwise, Dongfang Bai wouldn’t have been here for so long, yet completely unaware of the ins and outs of the crystal nucleus.\n
Hou Ying’s way of acceptance is the greatest honesty and sincerity. How could Dongfang Bai not know good from the bad?\n
After personally experiencing it, he realized what the problem that everyone was struggling with just now meant.\n
When he felt that the ability in his body was constantly becoming more vigorous, he secretly thought: It turned out that the most correct decision in my life wasn’t to rely on my appearance to capture all sentient beings, nor my talents, but my determination to die for that meal of white rice!\n
Three hours later, his ability level leaped to level 2 low-level.\n
Hou Ying made Dongfang Bai stop and adapt to his current level. Dongfang Bai, who loves screws, soon discovered his own difference. This time, he can not only deform the short screw at will but also control its trajectory. After trying the feeling, Dongfang Bai successfully nailed the screw into the tree 50 meters ahead, penetrated the trunk, and could “summon” the screw back. He was overjoyed. He tried a further distance and found that he could only do 50 meters at present.\n</ins>\n\nBut it’s almost as powerful as the One-eyed he previously envied!\n
Dongfang Bai was extremely excited. After that, he practiced with all the metals that he could use. With the jingling metal sound, Jiang Tao shouted and made him help Li with Xuanyuan’s micro-satellite station.\n
Seeing that Dongfang Bai was still in the mood, Hou Ying smiled and said, “Why don’t you use a kitchen knife to chop vegetables?” Seeing Dongfang Bai approach, Hou Ying said, “Team up with Lao Er and Xiaohai to familiarize yourself with your ability. You’ll also be responsible for some logistics work. After you and Xiaohai complete your training, we’ll make further arrangements for you.”\n
“It’s all up to you, Brother Hou!”\n
Dongfang Bai’s face bloomed with a smile, and his bright eyes were so dazzling that it made people feel good when they looked at him. Being beautiful enough to feast the eyes, as they say.\n\n