“Bai Ling, you’re right, aren’t you? Don’t take things you shouldn’t take,” Gu Lingxiao said to Bai Ling.

Only then did Bai Ling remember that she had also taken a bird's head, and she quickly went to retrieve it.

Gu Lingxiao took the bird's head and looked into its eyes. "An alien, huh? Nothing special."

He then tossed the bird's head to Gu Lingchuan, saying, "Take out the crystal and see what's going on."

The bird's head, which was floating in the air, disintegrated, and a black crystal appeared before the three of them.

The locked crystal is described as an "alien crystal containing a large amount of chaotic energy, with most of it being corrupting energy and a trace of mutation energy. Evolvers and those with extraordinary sequences must never absorb it."

"Useless. It contains a large amount of polluting energy; even if it contains superpowers, the amount would be very small."

"So, this thing is completely worthless and only brings danger," Gu Lingxiao said, somewhat annoyed that all that effort had yielded no reward.

At the same time, he recalled the monster that had initially chased him. It had a humanoid shape, but its arms and mouth were not what a normal zombie should have.

Is that an alien? But there's nothing wrong with the crystallization. The only explanation I can't figure out is that it's the appearance of a mutated zombie.

Bai Ling couldn't understand any of the terms. What was an alien? What was the power of pollution? What was superpower? What was a transcendent being?

Only evolved beings should be like themselves.

Where did these two get so much information?

After they parted ways, Bai Ling shamelessly went to Gu Lingchuan's room.

"Chairman Gu, may I exchange some information with you?"

Gu Lingchuan looked at her, but instead of answering, he asked, "Have you always been the leader of this survivor base?"

"It wasn't like that before. I joined later. The former leader was locked in a dark room, but he did many evil things."

"Let's deal with him first. Someone is helping him, and he's almost free. Come find me after we've finished dealing with him." Gu Lingchuan had previously observed that someone seemed to be helping him, as there were remnants of zombie crystals that had been used, and the iron chains had also been sawed off.

Bai Ling was startled and quickly left. Regardless of whether it was true or not, she had to go and see for herself. She hadn't killed him before because someone had pleaded for him. Although they were slaves, most of the people were brought back by him.

After a while, a series of intense and rapid gunshots rang out.

"Let's go take a look," Gu Lingchuan said, and with a light leap, he flew towards the direction of the small dark room.

After a while, Gu Lingxiao lit a cigarette and slowly walked over.

As soon as Gu Lingxiao arrived, he saw several automatic rifles hovering around Gu Lingchuan, aimed at the person in front of him.

All ten were young, strong men, five or six of whom were from the small dark room, and the superhuman was also there.

At this moment, three people were being held hostage, including Bai Ling, who had been shot several times.

Although the blood was gushing from his neck and hadn't hit a major artery, it had still stained a large area red, making it look quite serious.

"How stupid! The other two kidnapped women are clearly in cahoots with them."

The two burly men holding them hostage clearly didn't use any force, and the two women didn't even seem to have any intention of resisting.

Gu Lingchuan could guess the gist of it; he figured Bai Ling had tried to deal with the evolved human but was threatened with hostages by his accomplices.

The spiritual realm spread and covered everyone, and the immense spiritual power immobilized everyone.

Everyone watched as Gu Lingchuan approached and slowly released the hand that was locking Bai Ling's throat.

Bai Ling looked at Gu Lingchuan, who seemed to be in control of everything like a god. This was the Chairman Gu she remembered.

If she knew that Gu Lingchuan was only so unhurried because he didn't really care about Bai Ling's life or death, she probably wouldn't think that way. Try it if it were Gu Lingxiao who was being kidnapped.

She collapsed without support, but Gu Lingchuan caught her and carried her away. Then, the automatic rifle floating in the air opened fire wildly.

Within seconds, not a single one survived.

"Don't break the crystal. We'll check later to see if it contains pure super energy," Gu Lingxiao said.

"Don't worry," Gu Lingchuan said, as a crystal flew out and landed in his hand.

Do you have a doctor here?

Bai Ling nodded quickly. At this moment, the people who had been hiding from the onlookers saw that a winner had been decided and quickly led their people to surround her.

"Where's Dr. Xiaoyu? Go and call Dr. Xiaoyu quickly!"

Gu Lingchuan gave Bai Ling a few crystals and put her on the bed in the room, then left her alone.

"Super-energy crystals contain a large amount of super-energy and mutation energy; ordinary organisms have a chance to trigger extraordinary sequences after absorbing them."

Gu Lingchuan told Gu Lingxiao about the information he had obtained.

"As expected, there was no corrupting power inside. The mutated energy is probably a superpower, but even if an ordinary person consumes this crystal, there's only a chance of it happening."

“Mass production of evolved beings is no longer feasible, but if ordinary people knew about this path, it would likely create an adversarial relationship between them and evolved beings,” Gu Lingchuan analyzed.

The two rested at the survivor base for three days, and Gu Lingchuan recovered almost completely with the help of the crystal.

Just as the two were about to leave, Lin Yu and Lin An arrived. Having not heard from Gu Lingchuan and the other person for some time, Lin Yu released a large number of animals to search for them.

It wasn't until yesterday that this survivor base was discovered, and pigeons flying low spotted Gu Lingchuan.

Since communication cannot be as smooth as that between humans, the only information obtained was that Gu Lingchuan seemed to be injured and staying in a place with many people.

The next morning, Lin Yu brought Lin An over to see if there was anything they could help with.

"Why are you here?" Gu Lingchuan asked.

Lin Yu gave a brief account of what had happened.

Gu Lingchuan also told him about his previous encounter: "Be careful of the aliens. They're too strong and don't have different levels. Once you encounter one, it's impossible to tell who's stronger."

While zombies and the like don't have different levels, you can still see their evolutionary direction.

Without Gu Lingchuan, there is currently no way to distinguish whether a zombie is an alien. If we only look at the appearance to see if there are any incongruous organs, that won't work either, since some zombies have changed in appearance.

For example, the zombie that Gu Lingxiao encountered before, which could emit shockwaves, had a cylindrical shape on its right hand. Now, Gu Lingxiao has absorbed this zombie crystal.

I encountered them while cleaning up the area around the factory and dealt with them easily. Their strength, comparable to the first stage, was not enough for the two of us to fight.

Bai Ling had mostly recovered by this time; the most serious injury was to her throat, and she could now speak normally.

The main reason for such rapid recovery is sufficient crystallization.

In the following time, Gu Lingchuan and Bai Ling shared some information.

"I'm giving you all this information for free." The main reason is that there's nothing he's interested in at this survivor base. There are only thirty or forty zombie crystals, and the other supplies are better left to her so that a few more people can survive.

"Are you leaving already? Why don't you become the leader of this survivor base?" Bai Ling was a little reluctant, as she didn't have much management experience.