Chapter 182 Settlement Time

After the survivors were all settled into their vehicles, Chu Jie came over to greet them, "We're heading back to base. Thank you so much for your help this time."

Tao Yarong waved to him, "Bye-bye, be careful on the road."

Chu Jie reminded them, "The acid rain should be coming in a few days, so you should go back to base as soon as possible."

After saying that, Chu Jie and Hu Wenhao got on their excavators, while Cao Yang drove an armored vehicle, followed by several other armored vehicles, and slowly drove away from the Ministry of Security's compound.

After Tao Yarong and the others finished collecting the crystal cores from the pile of bones, Meng Shiwan, who had gone to gather supplies, had not yet returned.

Lei Zhe suggested, "Kill another batch."

While we have the time and a sufficient number of zombies, we should kill as many as possible to obtain more crystal cores, which will allow us to exchange them with Meng Shiwan for more power-enhancing fluid and spatial volume.

Lu Yu said to Jiang Yuandao, "We don't need you to kill the zombies. Go and rest in the car. Remember to turn on the air conditioning and eat some snacks to replenish your energy. We'll need you to extract the crystal cores after we finish killing the zombies."

Jiang Yuan: ...

He really found himself a great job.

Anjavin removed the section of wall, and the zombies that were blocking the outside rushed into the courtyard in a swarm.

The group threw themselves into their work and began killing.

When the entire compound was filled with zombies, Anjawen blocked the wall again, closed the gate, and fought off the zombies.

In order to conserve Jiang Yuan's superpower, after this wave of zombies was eliminated, Jiang Yuan was not allowed to use the tornado to strip away the crystal core.

Instead, they opened the wall, let in another wave of zombies, and then killed them.

After performing the operation twice, a thick layer of zombie corpses piled up on the ground, and the sky began to darken.

Lei Zhe called to Jiang Yuan, "You've rested enough, come and get to work."

Knowing that it was time for the settlement, Jiang Yuan instructed Qiu Zhiyi to release the water, and he controlled the wind to start spinning again, creating a tornado in the courtyard.

When Tao Yarong first saw a tornado, she thought, "You know what, it's pretty clever of them to come up with such an idea."

Lei Zhe was basking in the joy of being able to extract crystal cores from zombies without having to knock their heads.

The bottom of the tornado is like a gaping abyss; no matter how many zombie corpses there are, they can be quickly sucked into the eye of the storm and shredded into dust in the blink of an eye.

This time, there were even more zombie corpses, but the tornado's efficiency remained the same; it seemed to be able to swallow up any number of corpses.

The tornado roamed the courtyard, and the others busied themselves carrying out the corpses that couldn't be caught in the tornado and throwing them into it.

After most of the zombie corpses in the courtyard had been eliminated, Jiang Yuan separated the sunken crystal cores and bone fragments from the floating flesh and blood.

His supernatural abilities were also almost completely exhausted.

This time, the pile of bones was like a small mountain, and it would take quite a while just to collect the crystal cores.

They took out some food from their card space to fill their stomachs, found a flashlight, moved a small stool, and sat down next to the pile of bones to dig around.

Since they got a cubic meter of card space, it's very convenient to put food, daily necessities, and the like in it.

Once the sun sets, it gets dark very quickly.

Tao Yarong was a little worried, "Why hasn't my sister come back yet?"

Lei Zhe sifted through the bone fragments. "Don't worry, my strength is enough to prevent any problems. It's just that there are a lot of supplies around, which is why it's taking a little longer."

Tao Yarong thought about it and realized it made sense. Given Meng Shiwan's strength, not many people could bully her.

Even after they had finished collecting all the bones, which were piled up like a small mountain, Meng Shiwan still hadn't returned.

Faced with the choice between continuing to kill zombies and counting crystal cores, the group decisively chose the latter.

Jiang Yuan's superpowers were exhausted, and they had to knock their own heads off to kill zombies. They should first take stock of how many crystal cores they had left.

It seems they haven't counted the crystal cores since they went to the fishing village.

The group cleared a clean area and took out all the crystal cores they had stored in their respective card spaces, piling them on the ground.

They actually piled up a small heap, and when a few flashlights shone on it, it gleamed brightly.

Lu Yu stroked the crystal cores as if he were caressing some great treasure. "There must be several thousand of these in this pile."

Lei Zhe estimated, "Maybe tens of thousands."

They probably cleared several thousand zombies today alone.

We also obtained quite a bit from clearing out the zombies in the fishing village.

The group didn't mind the trouble; instead of finding a scale, they squatted there and counted each person one by one.

He looked so happy, as if he were taking stock of an incredible fortune.

One person can count a whole group of people, and when the final numbers are added together, it's quite something!

"Twelve thousand and seventy."

Qiu Zhiyi was shocked. "More than 10,000 crystal cores! We could buy so much power-enhancing fluid with that!"

Lei Zhe took out his phone and calculated, "We can buy sixty bottles of power-enhancing fluid. Sixty bottles! We've never been this rich before."

Lu Yu quickly said, "No, no, no, we also need to exchange for some card space. Ten crystal cores make up one cubic meter."

Anjiewen suggested, "With you here, the card space isn't the most important thing for us. Let's focus on exchanging for ability enhancement liquid first. Improving our strength is the most important thing. We only need a little bit of card space for our daily use."

Jiang Yuan calculated, "Twelve thousand crystal cores can be exchanged for sixty bottles of ability enhancement fluid. The remaining seventy crystal cores are enough for each of us to exchange for one cubic meter of space."

His suggestion was unanimously approved by the group.

Tao Yarong slammed her hand on the table and said, "Let's do it this way."

Meng Shiwan swept through all the nearby supplies and then used the farm to return to her RV.

Through the window, I could see them huddled together, whispering to each other.

Meng Shiwan stepped up the stairs to look at Taxue, who was also looking at her with her round eyes.

Meow~

Ta Xue stretched and walked towards Meng Shiwan.

Now, Snowwalker is quite large; on the second floor, with a ceiling height of one meter, its back can reach the top.

In a short period of time, Taxue has grown from a tiny kitten that can be held in your arms to a height of one meter.

The energy of the black cube should not be underestimated.

Meng Shiwan jumped down the stairs and let Ta Xue come down, "Want some freeze-dried food?"

She took out all sorts of pet treats from her storage space and piled them full in Ta Xue's little plate.

Ta Xue has grown taller, and her appetite has increased significantly as well.

It jumped onto the cabinet with a "Duang!" Luckily, the RV was immune to damage, otherwise Meng Shiwan suspected that Ta Xue could have kicked the cabinet down.

With its big, furry mouth, it can eat up half a plate in one bite.

Meng Shiwan pondered that, given Taxue's current size, it probably wouldn't be enough to just eat snacks and cat food; she would have to feed it more meat from time to time.

She took out a piece of raw beef that she had previously stored in her spatial storage, cut off a small piece, and placed it in front of Taxue.

Ta Xue sniffed it with its nose, then went up and let out a fierce bite.

Meng Shiwan patted Taxue's big head, "My baby has really grown up now."