Chapter 240 Bottom Line

They discovered a human mummy in the ruins of the Sahara Desert.

It is not surprising to find a mummy in the desert. What is surprising is that this mummy actually has a metal heart inside.

Although Lin Xi was not an archaeologist in her previous life, everyone could see that the mummy had gone through countless years, otherwise it would not have looked like that.

The artificial heart was not invented until the 1980s.

Not only did they find a metal heart, they also discovered something similar to a spaceship in the ruins.

It was covered with thick dust, but the metal was still as bright as new.

This kind of thing must never fall into the hands of any other force.

So Sister Xi would rather pay the price of her life to let the team members take the things away.

Twenty years have passed, and Lin Xi has no idea what research progress has been made on that suspected spacecraft.

However, she does not regret it.

Everyone chatted for a while and then went back to rest. They got up early the next morning and continued to advance towards Shelter No. 4.

The speed was much faster than at the beginning. It only took about an hour to clear the area around Shelter No. 4.

Lin Xi took out some food and piled it up in the shelter.

Just as he was about to lead the team away, he suddenly saw that the food against the wall was visibly decreasing.

At this time, many people had gathered around the grain pile, all trying to grab the food.

However, the rate of reduction is too rapid.

Moreover, a dent has appeared on the top of the grain, which was pointed just now.

Song Huaijin narrowed his eyes, "Another invisible space-capable person has appeared."

Lin Xi nodded. She stared at the place where the food was decreasing the fastest and began to pull the distorted light back one by one.

Soon she saw people standing on the pile of grain.

The man looked to be in his thirties, wearing a black sweatshirt. He was standing on a pile of grain, collecting the grain with his mind, and smiling smugly as he watched the people grabbing the grain below.

The moment Lin Xi turned the light back, Song Huaijin also saw it.

The vine in his hand flew out like an arrow, wrapped around the man's waist and dragged him over.

The man was still confused.

As he tried to untie the vines around his waist, he muttered, "Why am I tied up? It's impossible. This must be an accident. There's no way anyone could see me."

Lin Xi squatted down and looked at him, and whispered: "Invisibility plus space?"

"Haha, nothing is impossible. Invisibility is nothing more than distorting light. When I twist your distorted light back, your invisibility will be invalidated."

The man was horrified. "How could this happen?"

Zhou Ying also squatted down and looked at him, "It's very simple, because her level is much higher than yours."

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden light flashed and the man's head and neck were instantly separated.

Zhou Ying's knife was so fast that not a drop of blood splashed out the moment the knife passed.

Only after the man's head rolled to the ground did blood gushed out of the body's cavity.

Lin Xi glanced at Zhou Ying.

She had no intention of killing the man.

After all, this man was just a little greedy, relying on his special abilities to get more food.

It's not a capital crime.

There were people around who saw the man's miserable condition, but everyone just stood a little distance away and no one cared about the sudden appearance of a corpse on the ground.

In their eyes, this small mountain of grain is more attractive.

At this moment, Zhou Ying had already used his knife to cut open the man's head, and inside was a two-color crystal core.

Zhou Ying took the crystal core and said calmly, "Let's go."

Lin Xi pursed her lips and followed Zhou Ying out of the shelter.

Then advance towards the Xishige Shelter.

The progress on the second day was faster than the first, and the zombies around six shelters were cleared in one day.

In the evening, everyone still gathered in the space to eat together.

After dinner, Zhou Ying found Lin Xi and said, "Come with me."

Lin Xi followed him to the wooden house in front of his house. Zhou Ying took out the two-color crystal core and said, "Absorb this."

Lin Xi looked at the two-color crystal core in Zhou Ying's hand emitting a brilliant light.

She instinctively wanted to get it, but she lowered her eyes and remained motionless.

Zhou Ying said calmly, "I know you didn't intend to kill the person who stole the food today."

"He's not to the point of being damned."

"I killed him precisely for this crystal core."

"Because this crystal core is too rare, and you need it."

Lin Xi pursed her lips and said nothing.

Zhou Ying continued, "I also know that you have been holding it in for a whole day."

"You think I'm killing innocent people and that this behavior is wrong, but you can't say anything."

He laughed at himself, "I admit that my bottom line is lower than yours, perhaps much lower."

"But I don't think there's anything wrong with me."

“The world has changed.”

"We are no longer a human society cloaked in civilization. Now we are all in the same jungle."

"In this case, we have to follow the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak."

"Therefore, the only way for us to survive is to constantly make ourselves stronger."

"It seems that we S-class players are invincible now, but this situation will definitely not last long. We don't need to improve in this way. There are many people who can improve in this way, such as Shen Jun."

"And the zombies will evolve very quickly. They are intelligent too. Even a monkey knows how to use crystal cores to improve itself. It's certain that it won't be long before S-level or even SS-level zombies appear. By then, will we still be able to defeat them?"

"Once you reach S-level, it's almost impossible to improve through training.

"Only the crystal core can allow us to improve."

"If we still hold on to the same viewpoint as before, sooner or later we will be dead without a trace left."

Lin Xi fell into a long silence. What Zhou Ying said was not without reason, but the outlook on life formed in two lifetimes could not be reversed in a short period of time.

At this moment, Zhou Ying's communicator rang. He walked to the side to answer it. "Yes, she's here with me."

"Okay, come here."

After a while, someone knocked on the door. Zhou Ying went over to open the door and Song Huaijin walked in.

He looked at Zhou Ying deeply, then walked over and sat down opposite Lin Xi.

He thought for a moment and said, "I know what Zhou Ying will say to you without even thinking about it."

"If he doesn't take action today, I will."

"However, I would not say that this behavior is correct."

"But the world we live in is indeed different from before."

"Let me give you a simple analogy. When humans hunt animals, they never consider whether the animals are innocent."

"Because we need to get energy from animals to sustain our own survival."

"In essence, this behavior is no different from killing people for crystal cores."

(End of this chapter)