When the green light in Wen Qing's hand gradually faded and turned into pure white, she suddenly opened her eyes wide: "I seem to have...upgraded?"

Everyone's eyes focused on him.

Wen Qing: "After I upgraded, the effect of the first-level crystal core is almost negligible."

Lu Xici and Gu Qi looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Lu Nange was thoughtful, and thought to himself: [I told you to skip chapters and read the book, but I told you to memorize the whole book! You didn't see such an important thing...]

Chi Yanzhou: "It seems that after upgrading, we need a crystal core of the corresponding level..."

He Zhuo: "Does that mean Sister Wen Qing's healing ability will be even better in the future? However, when she recovers her ability, she needs a second-level crystal core."

"It's almost right." Gu Qi said in a deep voice

Lu Xici: "So we need to collect more secondary crystal cores."

The second-level zombie he encountered last time flashed through Chi Yanzhou's mind: "We can't rely too much on Sister Wen Qing's healing ability in the future."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

Wen Qing lowered his head and murmured: "How about..."

"No!" Several voices exploded at once.

Lu Nange: "Sister Wen Qing! You have already boarded our pirate ship, how can you jump off midway?"

He Zhuo: "That's right, Sister Wen Qing! Once we're on this pirate ship, we're a family, friends, and partners. How can we separate halfway?"

Lu Xici also coughed lightly: "Although the way the middle school boy speaks is stupid...but he is right. We are a team."

"Sister Wen Qing, if we want to hand you over in exchange for our departure, we will look down on ourselves!" Gu Wan held Wen Qing's arm.

Wen Qing's eyes turned red: "Thank you!"

...

As the dawn light shone through the window, a quick knock on the door woke everyone up.

Everyone immediately went on alert and stood quietly against the wall.

Lu Nange's mental power quickly seeped out.

Chi Yanzhou lifted a corner of the curtain with his fingertips and glanced out the window - no ambush, nothing unusual.

He shook his head at his companions.

"I'm going to open the door." Jiujiu knocked on the door lightly, and a low voice came from the crack of the door: "Don't make any noise."

The thin walls could not block the conversation outside.

A male voice sounded: "Jiujiu, did you sleep well last night? Are you scared?"

“Uncle He, don’t be afraid of alcohol.”

The hunched middle-aged man bent down and gently rubbed Jiujiu's dry and yellow hair with his rough hands: "Here, this is water and food for today."

Jiujiu took a half step back, put her hands behind her back and said, "No, no, thank you, Uncle He, but mom said...we have to rely on ourselves..."

He Yao sighed and put the bulging cloth bag on the shaky table: "Xiao Wei, put the things in the living room. I have something to do in the team, so if you need help, let Jiujiu come to me."

He was answered by a heart-wrenching cough, mixed with Li Wei's hoarse voice: "He Yao! I said... cough cough... you don't owe us women anything... take your things away!"

There was only a slight sound of the door closing outside.

Jiujiu quickly rushed into the inner room.

She carefully squeezed out the cough medicine given by Lu Nange and put it to Li Wei's cracked lips.

After taking the medicine, Li Wei struggled to stand up and ran her skinny fingers through her daughter's tangled hair.

"Jiujiu..." She asked weakly, "Are those people... still in the room?"

"Yeah," Jiujiu nodded vigorously: "I have never been out."

Li Wei took a deep breath and said, "Help mom up."

With the help of her daughter, the thin woman struggled to get up from the bed.

She dragged her sick body to the living room and said in a deep voice to the closed door: "Everyone, please come out and talk."