Chapter 9

Gu Qi raised his hand and made a hand gesture, then skillfully performed a light body technique on himself, just like when he came.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped, changed direction and did not return to the cave, but chased in the direction Xiang Haoyu and the others left.

Of course, she didn't intend to catch up and make it more difficult for Xiang Haoyu and others to escape.

Gu Qi’s target was that group of zombies.

Gu Qi, who was as light as a swallow, found the group of zombies in no time, and his speed was even faster than Xiang Haoyu and others who were driving.

Looking at the group of thousands of zombies not far away, Gu Qi hid his body, jumped up and landed on the branch of an ordinary tree.

She confirmed through the spiritual power mark and found that Xiang Haoyu and the others were not coming this way, but drove off the highway towards a muddy road.

Gu Qi was not surprised by this. She would have found it strange if Xiang Haoyu and the others had chosen to continue taking the main road.

After all, they haven't been able to shake off the group of mutant rats yet. If they continue to drive in this direction, they will definitely be attacked from both sides, which is no different from seeking death.

Gu Qi is a little hesitant now. Should she directly get rid of this group of zombies and collect some crystal cores to take back for experiments, or should she find a way to lure the zombies to chase Hao Yu and the others?

While Gu Qi was hesitating, the situation on Xiang Haoyu's side was not very good.

"These mutant rats are crazy!"

Xiang Haoyu held the crystal core in one hand to restore his superpowers. With a grim look on his face, he did not forget to use his superpowers to kill the mutant rats to prevent the off-road vehicle from being damaged by them.

"This isn't right." Liu Yun frowned. "They're mutant rats, not zombie rats. We don't have any serious grudge against them. Logically, they shouldn't be chasing us so relentlessly, regardless of casualties."

Zhang Lie, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up: "There may not be a big grudge."

"What do you mean?" Xiang Haoyu understood after asking, "Are you saying that these mutant rats thought we were emptying the warehouse, so they kept chasing us?"

As for why the mutant rats thought it was the warehouse they had emptied and kept chasing them, everyone present knew it very well.

From the place where the mutant rats appeared, it is not difficult to guess that they have probably been near the warehouse, and the supplies in the warehouse have been targeted by them for a long time, but they probably did not take any action before because of the two mutant plants.

Now that the mutant plants were gone, they happened to be in the emptied warehouse...

"What a damn bad luck!" Zhang Lie couldn't help but curse in a low voice with a burning throat.

Xiang Haoyu, who figured out the key, couldn't help but exclaim, "Fuck it!"

That’s not right. There is another person present who doesn’t understand the key point.

However, seeing the unhappy expressions on the faces of the people, the girl suppressed her doubts and did not ask any questions.

On the other side, Gu Qi did not hesitate for too long and quickly made a decision.

Just get rid of this group of zombies.

Another reason is that even if Gu Qi found a way to lure this group of zombies to chase Hao Yu and the others, it would be difficult to catch up with them given the distance between them. After all, this time there was no zombie that was about to be promoted to level four to take the lead to stop them.

But it doesn’t matter, there is still a long way to go.

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The zombie eradication went very smoothly.

For Gu Qi, who has reached the peak of Qi training and has a third-level supernatural power, dealing with this group of zombies, which are at most level two, is just a matter of time and there is no danger.

Of course, this is only for her.

The main reason is that Gu Qi can use magic after his superpowers are exhausted, and his superpowers are almost restored after his spiritual power is exhausted.

In addition, while both were being consumed, they were also recovering slowly but steadily, because Gu Qi had been maintaining the practice of the technique. At most, the recovery speed was a little slower than when he was concentrating on practicing.

In this way, as long as his spiritual power and supernatural powers are not exhausted all at once, Gu Qi can even act as a "perpetual motion turret".

One zombie after another was strangled by the suddenly wildly growing vegetation, or was hit in the fatal spot by the ice blade, but they couldn't even find where the enemy was.

During this period, Gu Qi did not forget to control the vines to dig out the crystal cores, and then use the Water Condensation Technique to clean them.

As more and more crystal cores like crystals appeared in Gu Qi's storage space, the number of zombies became smaller and smaller.

It’s not that there are no zombies who want to escape, but just as they are about to run out of a certain range, they will be pierced cleanly and neatly through the center of their eyebrows by suddenly appearing ice blades or wooden vines.

"Huh?" Gu Qi looked towards a certain part of the zombie group with some surprise.

After the number of zombies decreased, Gu Qi discovered a somewhat special existence inside.

Unlike most of the hideous and ugly zombies, even with a lot of blood on her face, it is not difficult to tell that she is a cute little girl.

She didn't have the zombies' symbolic pale skin, gray-black sharp nails, and cold scarlet eyes. However, compared to normal people, her skin was too white, the kind of pale that was lifeless.

If you don't look closely at her nails and eyes, they are no different from those of a normal person. But if you look closely, you can find that her nails are too white, just like her skin, and her eyes are not black but a deep dark red.

This is a half-zombie. He has a strong aura of death and is no different from other zombies, but he is not completely transformed into a zombie and still has some consciousness.

When Gu Qi was scanning the zombie group, she mainly paid attention to their breath. Since she was relatively short and was blocked by other zombies, and she also tried to avoid them, she was not discovered at the first time.

This kind of existence is very rare.

There were only a handful of them in the past ten years after the end of the previous life. Of course, there may be some others that have been hidden and have never been discovered by humans, but there are definitely not many.

Looking at the half-zombie appearance, Gu Qi couldn't help but recall an incident that happened in Hope Base in his previous life.

A zombie disguised herself as a person with special abilities and sneaked into the Hope Base. It was not until she killed a girl in the street that her inhumanity was revealed.

Could the rumored zombie be the one she saw?

Gu Qi looked at it thoughtfully, and his action of clearing out the zombies continued, not slowing down at all, but even faster.

But compared to the previous half-zombie who tried every possible way to avoid, this time Gu Qi deliberately avoided it.

Somehow, Gu Qi suddenly thought of the new purification function of the cave.

She had previously speculated that the inexplicable reduction of 0.3 high-grade spirit stones in the cave restoration conditions might be related to this purification.

The foul air on the mutated raspberry has been purified. Will it disappear directly after purification, or will it be transformed into energy and absorbed by the cave?

But this is just Gu Qi's guess.

At first, Gu Qi wondered if the cave absorbed spiritual energy from the outside world, thereby reducing the amount of high-quality spirit stones needed for repair. However, this idea was denied as soon as it arose.

When she was in the world of cultivating immortals, she discovered that even when the cave was open, there was an invisible barrier between it and the outside world. This barrier blocked the energy exchange between the cave and the outside world.

Whether her guess is correct will be known when she returns to the cave and plants the mutant roses and mutant trees she obtained earlier.

Now, another idea came to Gu Qi's mind.

The current purification function of the cave is limited to the spiritual plants within the cave. After the upgrade, will this function change like other functions?

For example, purifying the foul air contained in other creatures in the cave, or increasing the types of purification...

Thinking of this, Gu Qi decided to bring this half-zombie back to the cave and give it a try.

Half an hour later, the zombies were finally wiped out.

Looking at the pile of crystal cores of various colors in the storage space, Gu Qi went home with a "large rice dumpling" in his hand and was satisfied.

This large zongzi is the half-zombie.

When the zombies were almost wiped out, Gu Qi tied her up with vines, tying her up tightly to ensure that no one could see anything that shouldn't be seen.

I felt no ill will, nor any killing intent.

The moment he was tied up, he used his ability to carefully feel himself. After making sure that his life was not in danger, the half-zombie thought happily: It seems that I can still live for a while!

I just don’t know where this person is going to take me?

The half-zombie closed her eyes and thought, hoping not to stray too far from the Hope Base. She still hadn't found out who had harmed her...

"Hulu hulu..." A faint sound came from inside the large rice dumpling.

Could it be that he fell asleep?

Gu Qi looked at the large rice dumpling in his hand in surprise.

After using his mental strength to check, Gu Qi said: "..."

He actually fell asleep, and slept soundly.

Gu Qi: "That's fine."

…

After returning to the cave, Gu Qi gently placed the large rice dumpling at the bottom of the hill, and then took out the two mutant plants he had harvested earlier.

After a moment, she put the mutant tree back into the storage space, leaving only a mutant rose in her hand.

Using his spiritual power, he dug a shallow pit on the ground. Gu Qi pointed at the pit and said to the mutant rose, "Do you want to go in by yourself or should I plant you in?"

She had previously branded the two mutant plants on their crystal cores, so there was no need to worry about any problems in the short term.

As for how long?

Once the plants are planted in the cave, even if the magic weapon is damaged, it is still a magic weapon, and there is no need to worry about any unexpected problems happening to the creatures within its control.

The mutant rose quickly used its actions to tell Gu Qi what its choice was.

It slipped from Gu Qi's hand and landed precisely in a shallow pit, its broken roots quickly taking root in the soil.

Not long after the roots took root, the branches and leaves of the mutant rose stretched out a lot, and new buds grew in the broken places.

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Compared to the mutant raspberry that can clearly convey its thoughts, the mutant rose can only convey simple and somewhat vague messages, but this time it is still clear.

It really likes the soil here. Its roots don't hurt at all and feel very comfortable! If only it could stay here forever!

The mutant rose stretched out a branch in front of Gu Qi, with a bud on the branch.

"Boo..."

The flower buds bloom instantly, emitting a strange fragrance that is sweet and slightly warm.

[For you!]

The mutant rose broke off the branch and carefully stuffed it into Gu Qi's pocket, leaving only the blooming rose and a green leaf outside.

It gave the most beautiful and fragrant flowers to this human. Could she let it stay here forever?

The mutant rose shook its branches expectantly. It felt that this place was better than where it lived before the world changed.

Gu Qi said in a very good mood: "Then you can stay here from now on."

Her guess had just been confirmed.

The reduction in spirit stones in the upgrade conditions comes from the newly added purification function of the cave.

The only pity is that this mutant rose is not like the mutant raspberry, which can support five at a time. After it is planted, the progress only increases by 3 points, which means that two first-level spiritual plants are needed to upgrade.

The top-grade spirit stones were not bad. After she used up part of the spirit marrow, she basically had enough. The remaining amount would be enough if she used up the part of the spirit marrow that she had specially reserved.

She hoped that the mutant tree could match two first-level spiritual plants, otherwise she would have to take the risk of arranging mutant groundhogs to look for it in the distant green mountains.

If something unexpected happens and she loses her farming tool rat, she will have to farm on her own.

Fortunately, although the mutant tree's consciousness expression was not as clear as the mutant rose, and was even very slow, it was enough to make up for the remaining progress. It was stronger than the mutant rose and was equivalent to three and a half first-level spiritual plants.

"Finally I can level up!"

Gu Qi showed anticipation on his face and raised his hand to point at the word "upgrade" written in ink.