Upon seeing the group return, the main gate was opened, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, Liu Zhigang and his companion were locked in the adjacent room.

"What are you doing?" Liu Zhigang and his companion panicked the moment the door was locked.

"Don't worry, just in case you get infected, you'll have to stay in this room for a full day before you can leave."

After saying a few words, Brother Lin led the remaining four people into another room, where they were checked one by one before being released.

"Brother Lin, is it really necessary for Brother Lin Yu to make us do this? If we get infected, we'll turn into zombies in two or three minutes," the burly man following behind Brother Lin complained.

He felt somewhat uncomfortable being inspected while completely naked.

"My brother is doing this for our safety, stop talking nonsense."

Lin An put on his clothes and walked towards the houses further away. At first, the grass carp fishing base was just a simple fishing place, but later they added picnics and accommodation. The name has never been changed.

A day passed in the blink of an eye, and night deepened. Lijiang City was completely plunged into darkness, and the rustling sounds in the darkness were like demons crawling.

There is an abandoned factory 17 kilometers away from Gu Lingchuan.

On the first floor, a person covered in blood and wearing a helmet had their back pressed tightly against the corner, the tip of the boning knife in their hand pointing forward.

Moonlight streamed through the broken window, casting a human-shaped silhouette, but its hands were forelimbs like a praying mantis, and its mouth had become a mouthpart that opened and closed on all four sides.

It was hissing at that moment.

The two remained locked in a stalemate, with the monster growing increasingly agitated as time passed.

Green blood was oozing from the several holes in its chest, which greatly angered it because it had been injured by its prey.

The monster's form vanished instantly in the next moment; to be precise, only its upper body disappeared.

The forelimbs, gleaming coldly in the moonlight, pierced the abdomen of the person leaning against the corner, but at the same time, the boning knife also plunged into the monster's mouth.

With a forceful upward tug, the monster's severed limb was thrown high into the air, then slammed heavily to the ground, twitched a few times, and remained motionless.

"Hahaha, the heavens aren't against me. You dare to chase me for three nights and two days just because you're not skilled enough at using your abilities?"

He crawled to the monster's head, removed a purple rhombus-shaped crystal about the size of a thumb, held the boning knife in his right hand, and grabbed the rhombus-shaped crystal with his left.

The purple rhomboid crystal transformed into purple energy, flowing from the left hand into the heart until the entire crystal disappeared.

The next day, Gu Lingchuan woke up slowly, his head still groggy, and he was extremely thirsty and hungry.

With a mental extension, half a bottle of mineral water, which had been sitting for who knows how many days, flew into my hand.

I felt much better after drinking it all in one go.

"It seems the mental realm shouldn't be overused; the side effects are quite severe."

The chances of getting into trouble if he goes out in his current state are extremely high. While thinking, Gu Lingchuan took out the mineral water bottle containing the zombie crystal.

I poured one into my hand and instantly felt the energy it contained; my body immediately sent out signals of desire.

You can draw out energy simply by thinking about it.

Gu Lingchuan did the same; the moment the wisps of energy entered his body, they surged into his mind.

A refreshing sensation instantly lifted me from my drowsy state.

One by one, the zombie crystals hardened and shattered in Gu Lingchuan's hands.

When there were only five left, Gu Lingchuan forcibly suppressed his desire.

The spiritual realm not only recovered, but its radius also increased from the original thirty meters to thirty-two meters.

Evolution, recovery, enhancement—these are simply the most important resources of this era.

Leaving five pills for recovery, Gu Lingchuan arrived at the door. The zombies outside were more than five meters away from him, making it impossible for him to directly crush their heads.

The seven-meter distance dragged the zombie back, and at the same time, the mental domain was shrinking. When it shrank to five meters, the zombie's bright red, protruding flesh was clearly visible.

With bits of meat stuck in its teeth, its grayish-white pupils bulged, and in the next instant, its entire head exploded, pulling a milky-white zombie crystal aside.

The commotion instantly attracted the remaining six zombies. They turned around hesitantly, blood dripping from their torn mouths. Once they turned to the direction from which the noise came, the hesitant zombies suddenly erupted.

He arrived at Gu Lingchuan's door at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

The loud banging on the door attracted the zombies downstairs again.

At this moment, Gu Lingchuan knew he couldn't delay any longer.

After the loud bangs and explosions, Gu Lingchuan's head began to throb again.

He had reached his limit again, but this time, due to the presence of zombie crystals, Gu Lingchuan did not withdraw his mental domain.

After instantly absorbing a zombie crystal, he burst through the door and used his mental energy to propel him to the rooftop before the zombies could completely surround him.

Without hesitation, it flew straight to the rooftop of the hospital building, which was not yet in use. The zombies following behind jumped off the rooftop and then crashed heavily to the ground, splattering blood everywhere.

A pain even more intense than before surged from his head. Gu Lingchuan crashed onto the rooftop, rolling several times to protect his head before finally stopping.

As soon as he stopped, Gu Lingchuan grabbed the three zombie crystals in his hand. Streams of energy surged into his mind, which prevented Gu Lingchuan from fainting.

Once the pain subsided and the mental realm was completely recovered, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Dragging himself through the air was more exhausting than he had imagined, which caught Gu Lingchuan off guard. Fortunately, he didn't fall off the roof.

According to what my brother originally said, the zombies shouldn't be this strong, so there's only one possibility: these zombies are also evolving.

This is not good news.

During his break, Gu Lingchuan tallied up the zombie crystals in his hand. Of the seven zombies he had just killed, four had crystals, and with the rest still remaining, he had a total of five.

After absorbing another one, Gu Lingchuan could use his mental domain again. Although he was a little tired, he began searching again.

For the next two days, Gu Lingchuan searched for Liu Zhigang and his brother, but to no avail.

We found quite a bit of food, which we put in the backpacks we found.

"It's unlikely that Liu Zhigang and his companion left towards the city center, but we've searched the area within two kilometers of the other three directions and still haven't found them."

"Could they have really headed towards the city center, or perhaps they've already been eaten alive by zombies?"

Without any clues, Gu Lingchuan decided to first search along the city's edge to the left.

The right side is mostly factory buildings, so there's not much food. When the apocalypse broke out, it was a Thursday, so there were many people working, and correspondingly, many zombies. It's unlikely that Liu Zhigang and his group went in that direction.

Search three kilometers to the left; if you still can't find it, search outside the city.

Gu Lingchuan remembered that there were still quite a few villages outside the city, and this direction was the most likely possibility.

Another day passed, and still nothing was found, so Gu Lingchuan decided to search outside the city.

Sitting in a wheelchair and moving slowly along the right-hand sidewalk, constantly in a flying state is not advisable, as that would be too taxing. However, using mental energy to push the wheelchair is much less taxing.