He Daqing blew out smoke, “During 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 Base’s 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 people’s 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.”
Especially ordinary women without abilities, they’re completely reduced to commodities.
Even if their relatives are ability users, if they only have hearing and other ineffective abilities, they couldn’t protect their wives and sisters. These women will also become the base’s public property, with a clear price tag. They distribute women as rewards to the powerful ability users who’re widowed after the end of the world. The management even propagated the old system of three wives and four concubines, blatantly abusing these women.
“In 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.”
Compared with zombies, those sane fellow humans are the real terrible disaster.
When He Daqing said this, he poked the soot, then said, “They 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 level…”
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 didn’t know, it would be his and his brothers’ repayment for their life-saving grace.
“They also mentioned one thing, the crystal in the zombie’s brain.”
Seeing their eyes lit up, He Daqing went on to say, “There are glands in the ability users’ 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.”
“So to speak, the human base has developed a way to absorb crystal nuclei?!”
Hou Ying was overjoyed, and Li Xuanyuan’s usual cold expression also loosened a little.
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 didn’t know how to absorb them. He Daqing nodded immediately and said, “Yes, Chen Yong and I also learned from the Yangtze River Base’s people the method of absorbing the nuclei.”
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.
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With only this skill exposed, He Daqing knew that Li Xuanyuan’s ability level was higher than he thought. When Hou Ying opened the iron box with the lightning golden crystal nuclei, He Daqing’s pupils dilated!!
Oh my god!
So many nuclei!
So many lightning crystal nuclei!!
He was stunned. It took him a while to recover his gaffe look, and then said, “Unexpectedly, there are even level 2 nuclei…”
Hou Ying said, “We 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 it’s a shame, we still don’t know how to absorb it. I don’t know…”
“Brother Hou, don’t be polite to me. If it weren’t for you, more than 50 of our brothers wouldn’t escape Chen Yong’s traitorous hand today.”
As He Daqing talked, he picked up a level 1 golden crystal nucleus and spread it on the palm of his hand, “The people from the Yangtze River base said the basic method, and later our brothers improved it. In fact, it’s 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 is secreted to a certain level, you can successfully absorb the energy in the crystal nucleus.”
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.
“Great!”
Hou Ying was extremely happy. A wolf pounced and hugged Li Xuanyuan, who also seldom laughed happily. He didn’t even notice that he took the opportunity to eat tofu. Hou Ying looked around and said with joy, “Try the level 2 crystal nucleus again.” After that, he let go.
Sure enough, Li Xuanyuan could also absorb it.
He Daqing noticed that Li Xuanyuan was consuming the first-level crystal nucleus much faster than himself, but he didn’t 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, “These 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.”
Hou Ying saw that Li Xuanyuan’s absorption was very smooth, so he asked distractedly, “Since you and Chen Yong both know how to absorb the crystal nuclei, why are Chen Yong’s people still level 1 ability users?”
When the number of level 2 and level 3 zombies is limited, it’s understandable that He Daqing’s team has a small number of level 2 ability users. But there’s no reason why there’s no level 2 ability user in Chen Yong’s team.
“Because psychic ability zombies are scarce, Chen Yong never met one. And he found that his ability can’t control me like others unless I relax my guard against him and let him take advantage of it. So, he doesn’t allow his team members to have ability levels higher than himself.”
He Daqing said.
Hou Ying knows that this is too in line with Chen Yong’s abnormal psychology.
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 didn’t pay attention to Chen Yong’s level 1 psychic ability, Chen Yong found the opportunity to hypnotize him.
He Daqing saw that Hou Ying didn’t try to absorb the crystal nucleus. He didn’t know whether it’s because he had no ability or he didn’t 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 Daqing’s guess was biased towards the latter. Noticing that Li Xuanyuan would still need time, he asked about the current situation outside.
He Daqing breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Chen Yong was dead. He said, “Brother Hou, I’m still worried about my brothers. I want to go back and see.”
Hou Ying looked at Li Xuanyuan and saw that the second-level crystal was almost absorbed. He segued, “That’s what’s supposed to happen. It’s just that Chen Yong’s ability is too domineering. We still don’t know if his hypnosis can be gotten rid of when he dies. Can Boss He wait a while and go down with us later?”
He Daqing glanced at the bald head and agreed.
While speaking, Li Xuanyuan successfully absorbed a second-level crystal.
“How are you feeling?”
Hou Ying looked at him nervously. Li Xuanyuan nodded and said, “It’s okay.” He gave Hou Ying a look, meaning they’ll carefully talk about it later.
So the three of them got out of the car and went to the police station.
Liu Zhan was the first to see them. Paying attention to He Daqing, he said directly, “Brother Hou, things aren’t optimistic. Some ability users are regaining consciousness, while some are still muddled. But the ordinary people, except for those initially awakened by Chen Yong, haven’t recovered.”
He Daqing frowned. Thinking of Bald Head, he’s very anxious, “Is it because of the difference in ability levels? Can anyone higher than Chen Yong regain consciousness?”
Liu Zhan nodded, “At present, it seems so.”
He Daqing was relieved. But thinking of those innocent ordinary people, he’s also very helpless.
Gongsun Jing added, “Fortunately, these ordinary people have normal physiological functions such as blood pressure, heartbeat, and body temperature, and they have no loss of mobility. It’s just that…they’re similar to children with mental retardation. I’m afraid that in the future…”
She looked at Hou Ying sadly. The latter understands her concerns. It’s unrealistic for them to take these ordinary people with them, they can’t take care of them.
He Daqing told Hou Ying, “Brother Hou, in that case, I’ll take Bald Head back first. If it’s delayed, I’m afraid my people won’t stay.”
Hou Ying did not stop him, “Boss He, it’s getting late now. The temperature will be very high later. Why don’t we make an appointment in the evening to have a good talk?”
“No problem, just go to the hot spring villa in the villa area. What do you think, Brother Hou?”
“Okay.”
Hou Ying, for nothing else, asked him curiously why the accommodation conditions in the villa area are so good, but neither they nor Chen Yong’s people live in it?
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