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The train hummed, all the way north.\n
Eight carriages, first-class sleeper and catering carriage are all available, while the remaining passenger carriages have all their seats removed. All the materials on the two heavy trucks have been transferred here. Of course, the heavy trucks havenât been abandoned. If it hadnât been for Dongfang Baiâs ability to successfully fuse metals after upgrading to level 3 mid-level, the heavy trucks being too large to fit into the high-speed railway might force them to abandon them, but now this problem has been solved. Li Xuanyuan and Jiang Tao took a moment to disassemble the heavy truck, and Hou Ying and Meng Hanghai evenly cut the car plates and stored them.\n
At this time, they had just finished an overwhelming zombie hunt, and the train left the cityâs platform and set off again.\n
When Hou Ying was resting, Qiao Daye and the others were playing cards in the dining area. Gongsun Jing and Dongfang Bai had densely packed paper strips on their faces, while Wang Hehe and Qiao Daye had only a pitiful amount on their faces. The outcome was clear at a glance.\n
Hou Ying shook his head and said to Jiang Tao, âJust let them waste it like this? Just think about it, the paper for wiping butts that will be scarce in the future is now sticking on their faces.â\n</ins>\n\nQiao Daye said with a smile, âBrother Hou, can you stop being so stingy? The paper tissues we had collected are enough for several of us to wipe our butts for hundreds of years.â\n
He was right. The weather changes inevitably cause food to spoil, but things like paper tissues are well preserved. They have collected a lot along the way. And when Li Xuanyuan and Hou Ying used Meng Hanghaiâs main attack ability, their speed of hunting zombies broke through a new high. Therefore, when three high-speed railway carriages were still empty, they divided a material collection team to empty an entire large supermarket in six hours.\n
The super high efficiency allowed them to successfully fill the three cars after passing through three cities.\n
Hou Ying drank a glass of warm water, while Jiang Tao watched the four of them playing cards. Li Xuanyuan was driving and taught Ji Yao whoâs very interested in driving the train. Liu Zhan helped Su Fenghe water the vegetables. Meng Hanghai is very interested in raising live poultry and cultivating vegetables so he learned from Su Fenghe and heard that his own tomatoes were about to be harvested. He didnât want to sleep if he didnât look at them in these two days.\n
Seeing that theyâre having fun, Hou Ying shrugged and went to prepare the food by himself, without letting Gongsun Jing and the others help.\n
After a full meal, Hou Ying asked Qiao Daye to drive the train and said to the people who were satiated, âIâm ready to use those three level 4 nuclei as quickly as possible. The wind-type blue nucleus and five-sense red nucleus are left to Yaoji and Lao Er. Needless to say, itâs the level 4 transparent crystal. I want to hear everyoneâs thoughts before distribution.â \n
After getting the three level 4 crystal nuclei, they originally planned to put them into use immediately, but in order to deal with the twin banyan trees, Hou Yingâs energy consumption wasnât as easy as he said. His body was enveloped by a sense of emptiness of lack of energy, and he even noticed that heâs absorbing Qiao Dayeâs energy when he borrowed Qiao Dayeâs vision ability once. He didnât dare to take risks. In order to cultivate the fourth-level crystal nucleus, the nuclei with the same properties are invested to the greatest extent, Hou Ying did not explain his own situation, only informing them that he found that the absorbed crystal nucleus energy of other attributes can supplement the energy use of another ability. In order to prove this, he has been focusing on absorbing crystal nuclei of other attributes these days.\n
Itâs not until today that he escaped from the sense of emptiness and restored his previous energy-rich state.\n
Therefore, he didnât hesitate to propose a plan to use the level 4 nucleus.\n
The five-element ability users in the team, except for Li Xuanyuan who has successfully broken through level 4, there are also Jiang Tao, Liu Zhan, Gongsun Jing, and Dongfang Bai. This level-4 transparent crystal is to let others breakthrough level 4. The candidate is among them.\n</ins>\n\nThe four looked at each other, then Liu Zhan said, âBrother Hou, you already have an idea, right? Letâs talk about it first.â \n
The other three nodded in unison.\n
Hou Ying smiled wryly, âI still want it to be democratic. If you donât cherish it, then Iâll say it. I want to assign this nucleus to Gongsun. What do you think?â\n
Gongsun Jing was surprised. She didnât expect it to be herself. The candidate in her heart is Dongfang Bai, after all, the combat effectiveness of the metal ability is beyond doubt.\n
Others more or less had their own ideas, but after Hou Ying mentioned Gongsun Jing, they immediately understood his intention. Gongsun Jingâs water ability is a special healing ability. Itâs different from Liu Zhanâs defensive water ability. Thereâs Li Xuanyuan in the team, the main force of combat power, so they donât have a sense of urgent worry about their current strength. Itâs certainly good to be able to add icing to the cake, but when Gongsun Jingâs ability can make a breakthrough when reaching level 4, itâs another guarantee for the team and is indispensable.\n
Liu Zhan: âI agree.â\n
Jiang Tao: âBrother Hou, Gongsun is indeed the most suitable.â\n
Dongfang: âGongsun can now regenerate flesh and bones. Can she revive the dead when she upgrades? Fuck, ââwouldnât that mean that we can have nine lives!â\n
Li Xuanyuan smiled. It wasnât without reason that theyâre convinced of Hou Yingâs decision. At least the candidate he thought of before was Dongfang Bai or Jiang Tao. Hou Yingâs overall view was what they lacked. All his decisions are for long-term consideration.\n
Hou Ying wasnât surprised that the voting results were approved by all. He smiled and said, âLadies first. Iâll upgrade Gongsun first, next is Lao Er, then Yaoji. The next stop is Hangzhou, weâll reach it in 12 minutes. Upon arrival, I plan to stop there for a period of time to facilitate their breakthrough.â\n</ins>\n\nAfter saying this, Hou Ying continued, âThe last time I said I would study whether the absorption of other crystal nuclei can really be converted in my body and can be used by other abilities. Now, there are definite results.â\n
Liu Zhanâs eyes were brighter than those of others. He hurriedly said, âWhatâs the result?â\n
Hou Ying nodded solemnly.\n
Liu Zhan excitedly said, âSure enough!â\n
Hou Ying laughed, âI have another idea. Since I can convert the absorbed nucleus energy, is it possible that this successfully converted energy be transmitted to you?â\n
Everyone stared at Hou Ying, and even Qiao Daye in the cab couldnât help sticking out his head.\n
Hou Ying said, âNow itâs just an idea. I need to experiment. Xuanyuan, your ability level is the highest. If I make a test on you, you can stop it even if something goes wrong, soââ\n
Wang Hehe immediately said, âOf course Xuanyuan is suitable! My uncle is now level 4. If the experiment on us fails, we will be miserable. Everyone says yes!â\n
Qiao Daye on the other side of the cab said loudly, âSupport Xiaohe! Add one!â\n
Gongsun Jing: âPlus two.â\n
Ji Yao: âPlusââ\n
Hou Ying glared at Ji Yao whoâs about to say next. He coughed, remained serious, and said, âWell, thatâs the decision then.â\n
Wang Hehe jumped up and said, âThen Iâll move in with Ah Zhan now! You must experiment well and concentrate on it so that we can make the best use of the remaining large number of crystal nuclei. This matter is very important so we canât relax!â \n
The first-class sleepers arenât large, only two people live in one. When the allocation was made, Li Xuanyuan preemptively occupied the same room with Liu Zhan, while Hou Ying lived in one with his baby nephew without suspense. As a result, the arm still couldnât twist the thigh<sup>1</sup>. After going around a circle, he still turned back. Faced with the joking gaze of everyone, he was as cheeky as Hou Ying, completely unmoved.\n
As a result, no one gave Li Xuanyuan the opportunity to refuse, they had decided so happily!\n</ins>\n\nHangzhou is also a populous city, so the flow of people in the railway station is very large. When Hou Ying transmitted the energy to Gongsun Jing and the others, except for Li Xuanyuan whoâs responsible for their protection, everyone else hunted and killed the zombies inside and outside the train station in twos and threes.\n
They didnât use crystal nuclei to attract zombies. This short-term combat training, which is expected to last for two days, is mainly for Dongfang Bai, Wang Hehe, and Meng Hanghai to accumulate actual combat experience and master their abilities.\n
Wang Hehe mainly trained in melee knives and guns under Jiang Taoâs guidance. Meng Hanghai and Liu Zhan were in a team. Since Hou Ying was able to use his ability, the mysterious veil of space attack ability was finally lifted. Hou Ying was able to master the attack method at level 4 and below of the space ability. By teaching Meng Hanghai by example, he soon mastered a set of less wasteful and accurate combat methods for hunting zombie nuclei.\n
By determining the zombieâs ability level, you can know the size of the nucleus, lock its location, and directly cut out the part of the zombieâs head. Although there are occasional misses, there are no more zombiesâ flesh and blood exploding.\n
But itâs inevitable that there will always be filthy flesh and blood or brain membranes on the crystal nucleus, which is why Liu Zhan followed him. Washing it with water will avoid bringing back the zombie virus.\n
Two days later, Gongsun Jing, Qiao Daye, and Ji Yao succeeded in breaking through the fourth level!\n
Because their ability isnât stable yet, Hou Ying decided to let them adjust for one day. Theyâll do one more hunt in Hangzhou, then everyone will continue northward.\n
That night, Wang Hehe and Qiao Daye played another game of cards. After crushing these mortals with extremely high IQ and fast and accurate calculation speed, Wang Hehe fell asleep contentedly.\n
Until two oâclock in the middle of the night.\n
When Wang Hehe uttered the first scream, Hou Ying, Li Xuanyuan, Qiao Daye, and Liu Zhan were the first to wake up.\n</ins>\n\nâXiaohe!â\n
Seeing Wang Hehe profusely sweating, crying, and screaming in a nightmare, Hou Ying was very distressed. Because the difference between the ability level of the people in the team and Wang Hehe is getting wider and widerâafter he absorbed the newly obtained psychic white crystal, his ability is still hovering at level 1 mid-levelâafter Qiao Dayeâs warning, he hadnât had such a nightmare for a long time. But even then, the early warning of Qiao Dayeâs near-death experience did not make Wang Hehe so scared.\n
What did he dream of?\n\n
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Translatorâs Note:\n
<ol>èłèèżæŻæ§äžèżć€§è ż [gÄ bo nÇng bĂș guodĂ tuÇ] â means that the weak canât rival the strong.</ol>\nHi everyone~ Iâm so busy finishing all my modules this past week because Jan. 17 to 18 will be our finals so Iâm really cramming XD (who told me to really take the Christmas break as vacation and donât do any homework? Itâs totally self-inflicted XD) Anyway, I donât have any chapters more for The Lord Is Addicted In Infrastructure but I do have more chapters for the other two stories so Iâll just update all of them now. Hope you like it~~\n\n\n\n\n<hr class="wp-block-separator">