After trying to absorb the energy of the crystal core, Yun Mo and Wu Qing had both become second-rank ability users. Li Ziqing also immediately said that she had also reached second-rank. In fact, she had already reached second-rank through the spiritual spring. Previously, he had been hiding his strength, but now, he was only revealing it because he was unwilling to fall behind Rong Yuexin.
Gao Lan did not reach Tier 3. He felt that the further he advanced, the more difficult it would be. Perhaps he would need more crystal cores.
Seeing that the other three ability users had leveled up, he did not hold any grudges and was quite happy. It meant that the team was safer, right? It would be best if they could reach the base safely.
After their absorption, they had also used up all the crystal cores. Yun Mo had also borrowed a lot of crystal cores from Lingluo. Although Lingluo was not unwilling, Yun Mo was still quite embarrassed. What if Lingluo also needed crystal cores to awaken her superpower in the future?
Yun Mo decided to return the crystal cores to Lingluo as soon as possible. The others also wanted more crystal cores, and for the first time, they had a desire for zombies.
Of course, it was just a small number. After all, anyone's legs would go numb when they saw over a hundred zombies.
"The highway is in front of us. If we want to reach the eastern base, we have to go through there.”Gao Lan said with a heavy tone.
This meant that they had to drive through the city while cleaning up the zombies.
In the end, it was decided that Gao Lan, Rong Yuexin, and Wu Qing would be on guard against zombie attacks, while Yun Mo and Li Ziqing would protect the team.
Although Rong Yuexin did not care about protecting ordinary people, she did not say anything. She was only traveling with them temporarily to protect herself. At most, she would just leave.
Li Ziqing was a little nervous. There was a big gap between her and Yun Mo, who was also a second-level ability user. Her ability only appeared because of the spiritual spring, and she rarely trained herself. She only used the spiritual spring to secretly level up.
When the zombie's head broke through the window, Li Ziqing's hand trembled and the water sword that she had just condensed was also shot off.
Just as Yun Mo blocked the other zombie, the zombie's hand was already reaching for her. At this moment, a steel pipe had already pierced through the zombie's head, and the one holding the other end of the steel pipe was Lingluo.
The steel pipe exerted force and threw the zombie out of the car.
Lingluo stuck her head out of the window again. The half of the sharp steel pipe was no different from a long blade, harvesting the heads of the zombies that pounced on the car one after another.
This move shocked Gao Lan and the others. They did not expect Zhou Lingluo to be so powerful. No wonder she could come out of the capital alone.
After they successfully passed through the highway and found a safe place for the time being, Yun Mo could not help but roll her eyes at Li Ziqing. She had a second-rank superpower, but she did not even know how to fight zombies.
Gao Lan ran over to ask for pointers from Lingluo. Although he was a martial arts coach, he only taught students and participated in competitions. He really didn't know much about killing techniques.
Lingluo told him the distribution of the human body's bones, which were weak and which were hard. The basic structure of the zombie and human body was similar. Although only by destroying the head could one completely die, to block or avoid the zombie's attack, or better yet, to kill it, one still needed to understand these.
After listening to this, Gao Lan seemed to have an explanation for Ling Luo's powerful and agile skills. A medical student who often dissected corpses was indeed not an ordinary person.
Rong Yuexin didn't mind. No matter how skilled she was, she was still an ordinary person without superpowers.
Li Ziqing could only sigh at the butterfly changes caused by her rebirth.
However, most of them remained the same. For example, zombies could level up. Soon, they found that these zombies were more difficult to deal with than a few days ago. Even the crystal cores in their heads had changed.
The more energy he could absorb.
Li Ziqing knew that this was the appearance of phase-2 zombies. Soon, there would be phase-3 and phase-4 zombies, just like the ranks of superpowered people. Most of the superpowered people had a hard time dealing with zombies that were at a higher level than them.
The mood of the team dimmed.
Other than being scattered, she realized that there was no difference to her whether she was at the second rank or the first rank.
Saying such words was quite hateful.
She also comforted Yun Mo. It was normal for humans to be afraid of zombies. Any creature would feel this way in front of a creature one level up in the food chain.
Zombies were like predators to humans.
Lingluo did not know if these words were useful, but looking at Yun Mo's expression, she should have been comforted.
This was a biological instinct, so there was no need to feel ashamed.
Similarly, any creature would resist even if it was preyed on.
After passing through a few high-speed roads, they were one step closer to the eastern base. They would arrive in a week at most. Everyone was a little excited. They did it because the eastern base was the nearest human settlement, and it was the place to protect humans from zombies.
Li Ziqing knew that in the future, the eastern base would be the most powerful human base that could fight against zombies. There was also the strongest human ability user, Ji Yu.
Along the way, Lingluo once again proved her ability to kill zombies as easily as cutting cabbages. She even destroyed the half steel pipe. Gao Lan wanted to find a suitable knife for her, but she declined.
At the same time, Lingluo had a further conjecture about the research of crystal cores.
She found Gao Lan and voiced her guess." Absorbing the energy of the crystal core might not have no side effects.”
Gao Lan was shocked and continued to ask what was going on. Lingluo only told him about the possible side effects or sequela." I'm just giving you my opinion and reminding you.”
If he told Gao Lan, he would also tell the others.
Not long after, Yun Mo came to look for Lingluo and said nervously," Lingluo, is what you said true?”
Lingluo pursed her lips and found a tree branch to draw a few pictures on the ground for her to demonstrate." If the human brain is a circle, the person who becomes a zombie is equivalent to a virus entering the brain and forming a crystal core. If there is enough speculation, we can suspect that the crystal core is the product of the virus.”
She drew another circle and pointed to Yun Mo." This is the brain of an ability user. The virus might have undergone another intense change in the human body. This is the production of abilities. Abilities can absorb the energy in the crystal core, but the body of an ability user is like a container. How much energy can it hold? Moreover, this energy might also carry the virus.”
Yun Mo's face turned pale, and Lingluo continued," When superpowered people are scratched by zombies, they will also be infected by the zombie virus and become zombies. This means that the virus has not formed in their bodies. Once the virus accumulates in their bodies, it will be difficult to predict what will happen.”
"In short, I don't recommend that you rely too much on absorbing the power of the crystal cores.”
Li Ziqing was shocked when she heard Gao Lan's report. This conclusion was only made in the sixth year of the apocalypse. At that time, many ability users had become irritable and irrational due to excessive absorption of the power of the crystal core. In serious cases, their bodies would collapse when their abilities exploded.
It could be said that absorbing energy through the crystal core was a way to overdraw one's life in order to speed up.
Therefore, she did not absorb any crystal cores and instead used the spiritual spring to level up.
Zhou Lingluo was able to come up with such a conclusion during the early stages of the apocalypse. If such a person had not died early in his previous life, he would definitely not have been unknown.
Li Ziqing took a deep breath.
When Rong Yuexin learned of this, she didn't completely believe it, but she was still cautious. Fortunately, she still had her spiritual spring, so she could slowly level up on her own. Rong Yuexin placed more importance on the spiritual spring.
She didn't tell anyone that the spiritual spring could cure the zombie virus. She had to be on guard. It was the apocalypse, and she wasn't a saint.
She had long felt that the spirit spring seemed to be yearning for something, and the jade pendant she had obtained back then was missing.
When Rong Yuexin glanced at Li Ziqing, her eyes flashed.
The closer they got to the eastern base, the more Gao Lan and the others ran into another team heading toward the eastern base.
However, the other party did not seem friendly, especially when his gaze swept over the few women in Gao Lan's team.
Gao Lan and Wu Qing took the initiative to block these disgusting gazes and endured their displeasure to communicate with the other party.
"We already know about the absorption of crystal cores.”" I'm a third-rank superpowered man," the leader said arrogantly." I have a metal-type superpower.”
Gao Lan was shocked. It had only been a month since the apocalypse, but there were already 3rd rank ability users. When he heard that there were five ability users in the other party's team, he became even more afraid and wanted to avoid protecting his team.
However, the other party did not intend to let them go so easily." I'll exchange some supplies with you. How about the women in your team?”
Gao Lan's face turned cold." You're crazy."”
Rong Yuexin's expression was also unfriendly.
Someone immediately jumped out from behind the tall and thin man." How dare you say such things to our Brother Tiger? Don't be so shameless.”
The person who spoke was also an ability user. The tall and thin man did not stop him and sneered," I'm not talking about ability users, just a few ordinary people. In this apocalypse, ability users are the strong, and ordinary people are just waste of food. It's already good enough that I'm willing to exchange resources for them.”
"Or maybe you don't like it enough." The tall and thin man laughed evilly.
"I won't agree to it." Gao Lan said coldly. If it wasn't for the fact that the other party's ability was higher than his, he would have punched him long ago. Such a scumbag would have been beaten to death by him long ago.
Considering the safety of the team, Gao Lan did not want to start a conflict." Let's go.”
The tall and thin man laughed sinisterly." Do you really think you can leave?"”
Suddenly, sharp knives were raised from all directions and stabbed at Gao Lan and the others under the control of the tall and thin man. Gao Lan immediately used his special ability to erect a thick earthen wall, but in the end, a Tier 2 was no match for a Tier 3.
The sharp knife pierced through the mud wall, revealing the shiny tip of the knife.
Wu Qing and Yun Mo immediately took action. Rong Yuexin and Li Ziqing also came over to help. The tall and thin man smiled sinisterly. Someone behind him had already sneaked into the carriage that Gao Lan and the others were protecting.
However, the scream did not come from Gao Lan and the others that the tall and thin man had been expecting. Instead, it came from the subordinates that he had ordered to abduct people.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know if it was a human or a zombie.”A cold voice rang out, and she put away her scalpel. The person who attacked the carriage fell to the ground, clutching his bloody throat and twitching violently.
The tall and thin man was furious. He looked at the young woman in an ordinary shirt and black pants who got out of the car and the short and thin blade in her hand.
"An ordinary person?"
He didn't have any superpower, but he could kill his third superpower possessor.
"What's the difference between these scumbags and zombies?”Yun Mo could not help but say angrily.
Suddenly, a sharp knife appeared in the air and stabbed at Lingluo. The tall and thin man called Brother Tiger thought that Lingluo, who did not have any special ability, would not be able to dodge it. However, the sharp knife stopped in front of Lingluo and disappeared without a trace as if it had lost its energy.
"You're an ability user!" The tall and thin man was shocked. He instantly formed a metal wall again, but the scattered scalpel broke through the wall like cutting paper.
The other superpowered men on the tall and thin man's side also released their superpowers, but they realized that it was useless against Lingluo. In terms of combat skills, beating them up was easier than beating zombies. They were knocked down in a few moves.
Gao Lan and the others, who had no special ability to block the attack, were no longer attacked. They looked at Ling Luo, who was holding a knife against the tall and thin man. Seeing that the tall and thin man looked like he was in unbearable pain, he probably had several broken bones.
LingLuo smiled and waved the blade in her hand." I'm not an ability user.”
Although she didn't know why those abilities didn't work on her, she had never awakened any abilities.
To her, superpowered people were not that scary. She had even killed phase-2 and phase-3 zombies, so why would she be afraid of superpowered people?
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