Xun Yi noticed that Yu Xiao’s nails were no longer the normal pink color but dark purple.
The skin on the back of her hands and exposed wrists was full of dark spots.
Yu Xiao didn’t look in the mirror and had no idea how ugly her face was or how scary she looked.
Xun Yi squatted down and said, “Aunt Yu, when did these spots on your hands appear?”
“Two days ago. I only saw a few back then, but a lot more appeared all of a sudden today.”
When Yu Xiao saw the color of her nails, she was stunned and stared at her hands in horror. “W-What’s wrong with me?”
Hua Cheng hurriedly held her hand and comforted her, “It’s okay, Mom, don’t be afraid. Xun Yi is here. You’ll be fine.”
Hua Cheng looked at Xun Yi anxiously as he spoke.
Xun Yi felt that Aunt Yu Xiao’s condition wasn’t good. Seeing the anticipation in Hua Cheng and Yu Xiao’s eyes, Xun Yi felt a little uncomfortable. While it was true that he was an alchemist, there were many restrictions in this profession that only an alchemist would know. For instance, Hua Cheng thought Xun Yi could cure various diseases just because he was an alchemist.
At Xun Yi’s silence, Hua Cheng suddenly recalled. “By the way, I have a healing potion. You’ll be fine once you take it.”
Xun Yi grabbed his hand, shook his head, and said, “Aunt Yu isn’t injured. The healing potion should be useless.”
Yu Xiao said, “I’m not hurt. Don’t waste this potion. Put it away.”
Xun Yi had a guess, but he couldn’t be sure.
Yu Xiao’s situation was too unique. If she was scratched or injured by a zombie, she would immediately turn into one. However, she had been in this room since the night before and had not gone out until now. It was impossible for a zombie to hurt her.
If the cause had nothing to do with zombies, the problem might be more serious.
Xun Yi had no choice but to stare at Yu Xiao to see what would happen.
His ability to see the target’s attribute panel had not been used on a commoner, so he wanted to try it.
After 5 seconds, a prompt appeared in front of Xun Yi.
[Yu Xiao, commoner, data virus carrier, infection rate 60%.]
This prompt struck Xun Yi’s heart like a heavy hammer.
He turned his head and looked at a survivor in the corner, staring for 5 seconds before the prompt appeared again.
[Xu Wei, commoner, data virus carrier, infection rate 15%.]
[Zhang Xing, commoner, data virus carrier, infection rate 7%.]
Xun Yi was dumbfounded.
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On the first day of the Doomsday Gaming Field on Earth, countless people turned into zombies. Although difficult, everyone thought there was hope for survival as long as they were not injured by zombies and infected, but now it seemed that everything was just a dream.
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Xun Yi was filled with despair as he stood in the corridor and stared into the distance. At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before humanity perished.
According to the cruelty of the Supernal Magic Cube, the data virus carriers should not only be limited to commoners but also contenders.
What was the purpose of Supernal Magic Cube for doing this? Would all life forms on Earth be extinct just because a successor to the Supernal Magic Cube was not selected?
It was so unreasonable and cruel.
There was no hope for humanity.
“One of the 12 Chosen Ones, Xun Yi. Identity: Doomsday Gaming Field Merchant. You will wander around the major survivor shelters and sell anything that the players want to buy, collecting magic crystals for the Supernal Magic Cube in the process. Mission: Collect 1 million level 1 magic crystals (10 magic crystals/piece) within 1 month. Requirement: You are not allowed to reveal your identity as a merchant. Penalty for violation: Obliteration. Penalty for failure: Obliteration.”
“Tip: Each merchant will be provided with a treasure box and a camouflage cloak. During the transaction process, put the specified amount of magic crystal into the treasure box and read out the name of the item you want to purchase. Upon valid selection, the item will automatically appear in the treasure box. The camouflage cloak can hide the true information of the merchant and has a certain defensive function to prevent the merchant from being killed.”
A cold mechanical voice suddenly appeared in Xun Yi’s mind, followed by a special crystal card.
Xun Yi was still immersed in despair about the future of mankind when he suddenly received a mission as one of the Chosen Ones.
At the same time, he also understood the ultimate purpose of the Supernal Magic Cube for doing all this.
Magic crystals!
Magic Cube Domain required magic energy found in magic crystals to activate, so the same held true for Supernal Magic Cube that came from the same source. In that case, did the Supernal Magic Cube, which could wield such mighty power, require an even greater amount of energy to operate?
Xun Yi clenched the special crystal card in his hand tightly. What would happen if he didn’t collect magic crystals for the Supernal Magic Cube?
He would undoubtedly be obliterated by the Supernal Magic Cube, while she would choose other ‘puppets’ who were willing to carry out her orders. Many people must be willing to become her ‘puppets’.
But Xun Yi really couldn’t bring himself to become Supernal Magic Cube’s accomplice.
The two options he had were to either carry out Supernal Magic Cube’s orders or die.
Anyone who encountered this problem should choose the former. There was hope as long as he stayed alive. If he died, Supernal Magic Cube wouldn’t stop because of Xun Yi’s death. She would only find someone to take Xun Yi’s place or manipulate the other 11 Chosen Ones to do her bidding to control Earth.
“What’s wrong?” Yin Fuchuan’s voice came from behind.
Xun Yi flipped his hand and put the special crystal card into the wood spirit space. He turned around quickly and said, “N-Nothing.”
Yin Fuchuan looked at him. “You don’t look like it’s nothing.”
Xun Yi lowered his head. He didn’t want to pretend or lie to Yin Fuchuan.
Yin Fuchuan knew that something must be wrong with him. It was inconvenient to talk about it in front of so many people, so Yin Fuchuan stopped asking.
Hua Cheng hurriedly followed them out and glanced at Yin Fuchuan. He pulled Xun Yi aside and asked in a low voice, “What’s going on? My mother’s condition… is there a cure?”
In fact, Hua Cheng knew very well that Yu Xiao’s situation was no different from being bitten by zombies, except that the person who was bitten would turn into a zombie instantly, while Yu Xiao was gradually turning into one.
Xun Yi hesitated a little and whispered, “Aunt Yu is like this because she’s infected.”
“My mother has not left this room at all for the past two days, and she has not been injured by zombies. How did she get infected?” Hua Cheng lost control of his emotions and roared.
Xun Yi looked back at the door and lowered his voice, “Being injured by zombies isn’t the only way to get infected. In the current environment, zombie corpses and blood are all sources of infection.”
Xun Yi’s voice stopped abruptly as he suddenly thought of a possibility. If commoners were infected by air, different constitutions would have different resistance to the virus and result in different degrees of infection. However, the highest infection rate among the survivors was only more than 10%.
Why was Yu Xiao’s infection rate so high?
Xun Yi almost immediately thought of magic crystals.
Unlike other commoners, Yu Xiao often came into contact with zombie corpses. Since doomsday started, she had harvested many magic crystals and was often exposed to sources of infection. With her commoner constitution, it would be strange not to be infected.
Other than Yu Xiao, several of them also harvested many magic crystals, Xun Ye the most. Were they also virus carriers?
Xun Yi had a sudden urge to change into the ‘merchant form’ to see if there was any anti-virus potion among the items provided by Supernal Magic Cube. Xun Yi tried to crush the special crystal card earlier but failed. Obviously, the current conditions didn’t meet the requirements. One of the conditions given by the Supernal Magic Cube was to ‘wander around the major survivor shelters’.
The keyword was the shelter. Since he was a merchant, he had to go to crowded places. Xun Yi couldn’t use the crystal card or appear in his merchant form outside the shelter.
Hua Cheng pulled his hair hard and forced himself to calm down.
He looked at Xun Yi with reddened eyes. “I-Is there any solution?”
Xun Yi advised, “There should be an anti-virus potion. Since the healing potion’s effect specifically states ‘no anti-virus effect’, there must be one that targets the virus.”
Hua Cheng had almost fallen into despair when his eyes lit up again. “Have you seen such a potion in the cave?”
Xun Yi shook his head. “No.”
Hua Cheng became anxious again. “How do we find one? I don’t know how long my mother can last.”
Hua Cheng was unsure, but Xun Yi knew that Yu Xiao was still far away from being 100% infected. As long as she wasn’t exposed to the source of infection during this time, the infection should slow down slightly.
“Let’s hurry to the military zone as soon as possible. With more people around, the greater the chance. Maybe someone has found such a potion.”
Even if no one did, with the identity of Hua Cheng’s father, it wasn’t impossible to deploy people to search for it. The most important thing now was to go to the military zone.
At Xun Yi’s reminder, Hua Cheng remembered that his father Hua Zhenting was the commander of the military division in Qing City, one of the top brass. With his father’s help, as long as there was an anti-virus potion, they would definitely find it.
Hua Cheng was certain that his father was fine.
“You’re right, let’s leave now,” Hua Cheng said and returned to the room. He told Qi Ningjie that he was going to the military zone immediately. Qi Ningjie didn’t expect Hua Cheng to be in such a hurry.
After Xun Yi and the others left, he agreed with Hua Cheng that when Xun Yi and Yin Fuchuan returned, he would ask them for help to hunt together to try their luck and see if they could find a team banner.
Now that the Poltergeist Cave was active, Qin Ningjie was unwilling to miss this chance.
It was already agreed, but Hua Cheng changed his mind all of a sudden. Qi Ningjie didn’t want to offend Hua Cheng, but he was reluctant to leave, so he was in a dilemma.
“Don’t you want to go to the Poltergeist Cave? It’s a rare opportunity to find it active, and we still have today and tomorrow, so it’s a pity to leave so soon.”
How could Hua Cheng care about Poltergeist Cave now? If he had a team banner on hand, he might go in to try his luck and see if he could get an anti-virus potion, but he didn’t. The chances of getting both the team banner and the anti-virus potion were too slim. He would rather hurry to the military zone to find his father for help.
“I need to rush to the military zone immediately. My mother’s condition cannot wait, so I need your help.”
Hua Cheng made this request because of Qi Ningjie’s profession badge. Driving there was much faster than walking. This place was not close to the military zone, and they had to cross almost the whole Qing City.
Moreover, the location of the military zone was quite remote. Not to mention the dangers along the way, the distance alone was probably enough to take several days.
“Um…” Qi Ningjie was still hesitating, wavering between improving his strength and finding a strong backer.
Deng Chen was also looking forward to entering the Poltergeist Cave. When he heard that they were about to leave, he was very reluctant. He muttered under his breath, “We came here because of the Poltergeist Cave. Why did we come here in the first place if we leave now?”
The room was very small, so Hua Cheng naturally heard Deng Chen’s mumbling clearly, and his eyes darkened.
He would never ask them for help if he had another choice.
With Hua Cheng’s family background, he had all the right to be arrogant, but he had always been gentle and polite, and never used his family background for anything. It was amazing that his family upbringing could educate Hua Cheng so well.
Being courteous didn’t mean that he had no temper. Being gentle didn’t mean that he was humble.
Hua Cheng knew very well that Qi Ningjie was so nice to him not because of him, but because of his father’s status in the military. He wasn’t that oblivious.
“As long as you can send us to the military zone, I won’t forget your reward,” Hua Cheng said bluntly.
Qi Ningjie’s eyes lit up, and he looked back at his father Qi Changjun. He had told Qi Changjun the identities of Hua Cheng and Yu Xiao when they went out for a pee earlier. Qi Changjun naturally understood his son’s plan and supported it.
Hua Cheng’s promise was exactly what the Qi family needed. Instead of looking for that illusory team banner, real benefits were more reliable. There was no doubt about what to choose.
However, Xun Ye suddenly spoke at this moment. “Hua-ge, you and Aunt Yu can take our car to the military zone too. Our car is just outside.”
Xun Ye did mention before that he was going to the Poltergeist Cave to find a driver’s badge, but it was just a casual comment, just like a child saying ‘I want to find a 100-dollar note on the street’. Was it really possible to come true?
Profession badges were rare, and the hope of getting one was even slimmer than getting a team banner. How could Hua Cheng put his hope on it? He just thought that Xun Ye and Deng Chen were bickering and didn’t take it seriously.
When Deng Chen heard this, he immediately choked. “The street is full of cars. The point is, can you drive one away?”
Xun Ye crossed his arms and looked at Deng Chen with a smirk. “You’re so forgetful. When we left this morning, didn’t I say that I was going to find a driver’s badge? Have you forgotten already?”
