Tao Rui spent the entire day explaining the basic skills to the team members and even drew a diagram of the flow of spiritual power to help them understand the route of spiritual power flow in the most intuitive way.

The first one to learn it was Fan Qi. After all, he was already at the second level of supernatural power, so absorbing spiritual power was easy for him.

Tao Rui gave him some crystal cores for cultivation. He followed Tao Rui's instructions, absorbing the spiritual energy from the cores and guiding it along its path. After a full cycle, he found that this method was indeed much more effective than absorbing the cores himself.

Fan Qi rarely took the initiative to speak, and said to Tao Rui: "Thank you very much, you helped me a lot."

Tao Rui smiled and waved his hand, "It's just a small matter, no need to be so polite."

Fan Qi shook his head, his expression serious. "What you taught me is how to improve my chances of survival. This is more useful than the big deals you gave me before. It means a lot more. I'm really grateful."

Tao Rui patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Okay, I accept your gratitude. You should practice hard. When you become stronger, our team will be safer."

Fan Qi glanced at the others who were still worried and said, "Let me help you guide them. This way it will be faster."

"Okay." Tao Rui agreed readily. This would be more conducive to building up the team spirit, as team members should help each other.

Sure enough, after Fan Qi explained carefully and attentively to everyone, everyone's attitude towards him became much better, and they really felt that he wanted to integrate into the team.

It's not easy for ordinary people to cultivate. Since Ji Yingying and others didn't automatically activate their supernatural powers, it means that their talents are not high, or they are just ordinary people. For example, some outer disciples of the cultivation sects have practiced for several years without making any progress.

Seeing that they couldn't get the hang of it, Tao Rui came up with a quick solution.

He sat cross-legged behind Ji Yingying, with his hands on her back, pretending to be passing on his skills like in a martial arts movie.

Then he let Ji Yingying hold the crystal core in her hand, and he guided the spiritual power in the crystal core into Ji Yingying's body, slowly circulating it along the route. He said softly: "Feel the feeling of the spiritual power flowing, remember the route, don't rush, just focus on the route."

Ji Yingying closed her eyes and was a little nervous, but she was gradually attracted by the wonderful feeling in her body and put all her attention into it.

The spiritual power circulates in the meridians, just like a major cleanup of the body, or like taking a hot spring bath, which is extremely comfortable. It also seems to replenish full energy and become full of vitality.

In short, it’s a very mysterious feeling, which is really, really good.

Tao Rui helped Ji Yingying absorb ten crystal cores and circulated the spiritual power over and over again, and Ji Yingying gradually remembered them.

Tao Rui urged, "Continue practicing, don't stop."

After saying that, he slowly withdrew his hand and observed Ji Yingying's condition. He felt relieved when he saw that Ji Yingying was still using her spiritual power.

Seeing this, Fan Qi asked curiously, "What's the principle behind this? Can I also help others absorb spiritual energy in this way?"

Tao Rui thought for a moment and said, "It's possible in theory, but it may not work in practice. After all, you've just started. The effect will be better when you become more proficient. But you can give it a try. There's no harm in it."

Upon hearing this, Lei Xiao pulled Fan Qi aside and said, "Come on, young man, try it on me. I'm not afraid. It doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not. Let's feel the spiritual power."

The two of them experimented, but Fan Qi always absorbed the spiritual energy from the crystal core into his own body. Later, he was able to channel the spiritual energy into Lei Xiao's body, but he couldn't control its flow, and the spiritual energy would dissipate as soon as it entered Lei Xiao's body. However, this did have some benefits, nourishing the body and strengthening the physique.

While they were practicing, Tao Rui did the same thing and helped Xia Lin and Zhou Yangyang absorb and circulate the spiritual power. After they were able to control the spiritual power, he let them practice on their own.

When he drank some water and prepared to help Xie Qiulan, Xie Qiulan asked worriedly, "Xiao Rui, are you hurting yourself by doing this?"

"No, grandma, don't worry." Tao Rui said with a smile, "Supernatural powers will only get better with practice. When I help you, it's like I'm in contact with spiritual power, which is only good for your body."

"Oh, that's good. Are you tired? Take a rest. Your grandpa and I are not in a hurry." Xie Qiulan looked at Tao Rui's face and was afraid that her grandson would be tired.

Tao Rui helped her sit down and adjusted her posture. "Don't worry, grandma. It's not easy to get tired after having super powers. I also want to see everyone have super powers sooner."

Xie Qiulan said with a smile: "Okay, then let's get started. Grandma will definitely practice well."

When Tao Rui was helping Xie Qiulan absorb spiritual power, Tao Yuanfeng watched curiously from the side, and then looked over at Lei Xiao after a while.

The old man was slow to accept this kind of strange thing. This time, Tao Rui took more than an hour to make Xie Qiulan remember the route and barely control her spiritual power.

The same situation occurred when he helped Tao Yuanfeng and Lei Xiao later, but fortunately they were able to practice on their own in the end, so Tao Rui's efforts were not in vain.

Tao Rui used crystal cores to set up a spirit gathering array around each person, and placed a small pile of crystal cores next to each of their hands, allowing them to absorb as much as they could.

Fan Qi saw this and, fearing to disturb everyone's practice, he leaned in closer and whispered, "What is the purpose of the crystal cores surrounding this circle?"

Tao Rui replied, "It's a method to enhance the absorption of external spiritual energy. I was able to absorb spiritual energy without the crystal core before, but it was less than what was in the crystal core. So I did some research and found that arranging the crystal core in this way can absorb more external spiritual energy."

Of course Fan Qi wanted to try such a magical thing.

This time he did not absorb the crystal core, but as Tao Rui said, he captured the spiritual energy around him in the spirit gathering array and absorbed it.

There actually is spiritual energy! This way, even if I don't have a crystal core in the future, I can still practice directly.

After the experiment, Fan Qi looked at Tao Rui with a more serious expression. He sighed and said, "You shouldn't be a doctor, you should be a scientist. But it's not too late now. It's the end of the world. You can research whatever you want. If we find a research institute, we can also collect the equipment and put it in your space to take away."

Tao Rui thought about it seriously and nodded, "That's a good idea. Once we get some fresh food, we'll try to go to the hospital and then look for the research institute."

The two chatted for a few minutes and then started practicing on their own. In this era, becoming stronger is probably what everyone loves most in their hearts, especially when others are practicing, they always hope that they can also benefit.

Tao Rui and his team were peaceful and everyone was practicing seriously, but the supermarket team started to panic.

It was already dark. Liang Yurou and Peng Yuedong had left home at around seven in the morning and had not returned until seven in the evening.

This was so unusual. The mall was so close, it wouldn't even take half an hour to walk there! Plus, Liang Yurou had space, so collecting supplies wasn't as troublesome as it was for ordinary people. She could just wave her hand and take away a large area.

Peng Yuedong protected her, and the two of them just needed to go in and run a lap. How could it take a whole day?

Unless, something happens to them!

There are a total of eighteen people in the supermarket team. In addition to Liang Yurou and Peng Yuedong, there are six men who can fight. The others are either their family members or people who depend on them to help with logistics.

Now a second-level psychic and a dual-ability psychic of healing space are missing, and they are very panicked.

Someone said fearfully, "Why don't we go look for it? Xiaolin, don't you know the way? Go and take a look."

Xiao Lin immediately objected loudly, "I haven't even killed two zombies. Wouldn't I be delivering food to zombies if I went out? Besides, the mall is easy to find. I'll tell you the route. Anyone can get there."

"Then, then Brother Dong, can you guys discuss who should go?"

Dong Ge was the most capable fighter in the team after Da Zhuang. He was very unhappy when he heard this and cursed, "What kind of people are you? You only know how to ask for food. You asked us to protect you all the way, but in the end you didn't do anything.

I can go find it, but I say that from now on, the team's food distribution can no longer be divided equally as before. Those who work harder should get more, and those who just ask for help should not starve to death.

"Brother Dong, what do you mean by this? We're all in the same boat, and we've been through this together, so we're all family. Why are you discriminating?"

Brother Dong sneered, "Do you think I'm discriminating? Then why don't you just leave the team? When Tao Rui and the others left, didn't anyone keep them? They're doctors and big stars after all, so what are you?"

I'm saying this: there's no more equal distribution in the team. Anyone who's not happy about this can get out now. And those who are left here, shut up! "

A group of people looked at each other, no one dared to speak, and swallowed all their dissatisfaction.

They were dependents, how could they survive without the team? Although they cursed Brother Dong for being inhumane in their hearts, they all bowed their heads in agreement.

Brother Dong nodded with satisfaction, took the route map drawn by Xiaolin, and called five other capable fighters to go together.

He was unsure. This was the first time he wasn't following Peng Yuedong and was acting on his own. Of course, the more people the better, as there was strength in numbers. Of course, he wouldn't bring along the weaklings, to prevent them from holding him back.

The six of them agreed to go back to their rooms and rest early. It was already dark, so they didn't dare go out. Otherwise, they would not only fail to find the person but also lose themselves. They just hoped that Liang Yurou and Peng Yuedong could make it through the night. No matter what happened to them, everyone still hoped that they would return safely. They would still rely on them in the future.

Tao Rui and his friends had a sumptuous dinner. The sausages, beef jerky, kimchi and other dishes, paired with the hot food they made, made everyone eat with gusto.

Today is their lucky day. Tao Rui has acquired four types of superpowers, and Fan Qi, a second-level superpower user, has joined them. Everyone has also experienced the feeling of circulating spiritual power, which is definitely worth celebrating.

Tao Rui opened a bottle of wine and everyone drank some. They talked and laughed while eating, which was very lively.

Everyone was very enthusiastic about practicing. After exchanging experiences, they were ready to practice again. This time, Tao Rui asked everyone to have separate rooms.

The threat was gone, and he felt comfortable with everyone living separately.

He lived opposite Fan Qi, with his grandparents on his left and Ji Yingying on his right.

Xia Lin and her son live on the left side of Fan Qi, and Lei Xiao lives on the right side of Fan Qi.

In this way, their team's living quarters are very concentrated, and the two psychics are in the middle. They can appear at the first time if anything happens, which is very safe.

Everyone tidied up the room and started practicing again.

It was Tao Rui who helped them introduce the spiritual power into their bodies first, and then they began to control the spiritual power to flow along the basic route.

Tao Rui returned to his room and continued carving jade pendants. He spent an entire night carving low-level defensive magic weapons for all his teammates!

He was planning to rest for a while after daybreak when he heard a commotion outside. The six people from the supermarket team were about to set off, and the people left behind were giving them instructions.

That Dong brother banged on the doors of their six rooms, which was very rude.

Tao Rui casually put on a mask, frowned and went to open the door, "What are you doing?"

Brother Dong glanced at him and said, "Eh? Looks familiar."

"What's the matter? Isn't it too much to disturb someone's sleep so early in the morning?" Tao Rui leaned against the door with his arms folded across his chest, his tone very rude.

Brother Dong sneered and raised his knife. "What? I can call whoever I want. Our Brother Dong is a second-level fire-type mutant. I advise you to behave yourself and don't cause trouble, otherwise I will not forgive you when I come back today!"

He pointed at the ten people next to him and said, "See? These are all our people. We have to go out for a while now. If we find that they are missing a hair when we come back, I will settle the score with you."

The rest of Tao Rui's team was also called out by the noise. They all put on their raincoats. Lei Xiao scolded, "There are other people in this hotel. Why are you going to settle accounts with us? Do you think you can settle accounts with us?"

"We're the only two teams on the same floor. If something goes wrong, who else should we turn to? Old man, stop whining, you...ah!"

Brother Dong was reaching out to push Lei Xiao, but Tao Rui raised his hand and swung it, and the branch in his hand turned into a long whip and lashed his hand hard, causing him to scream in pain and scaring his companions!

The branch in Tao Rui's hand wrapped around Brother Dong again, and he threw him hard, knocking him far away, making him dizzy.

Tao Rui sneered, "I want to deal with you, do I need to pick a time?"

The supermarket team's faces changed, and they fled to Brother Dong, staying away from Tao Rui. Liang Yurou had previously assumed that these raincoat-wearing men were not powerful, and they subconsciously believed her. Who knew there were actually people with supernatural powers?

Fan Qi also demonstrated his metal ability. A spear appeared in his hand and extended to Brother Dong's eyes in the blink of an eye. Brother Dong was so scared that he immediately hid two meters away, sweating.

Fan Qi said expressionlessly: "Stay away from us."

Dong Ge no longer dared to act arrogantly. He nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, yes. I'm sorry. I didn't recognize a great man. Please don't hold grudges against me, my two lords."

As he said this, he slapped himself hard, got up and kept bowing to Tao Rui and Fan Qi.

Tao Rui stood up straight and said, "This won't happen again." He then looked at his teammates at home and said, "Now that you're up, wash up and get ready for dinner. Come to my room and eat."

"Okay!" Everyone closed the door again and went back to wash up.

The supermarket team looked at the empty corridor, a little dazed. When they came to their senses, they didn't dare to look at Brother Dong's face, because it was really too embarrassing, and they were afraid of being pissed off by Brother Dong.

Brother Dong spat and glared at them fiercely, "You ungrateful bastards! You saw me being humiliated and didn't even speak up to help me. What's the point of you? Go!"

He pushed them aside and strode out. The five people who went with him hurried to catch up. Thinking of going to the mall, everyone became nervous and was in no mood to care about embarrassing things.

The ten people who stayed behind were all restless after returning to their rooms. Xiao Lin even whispered, "What if, I mean what if, Brother Dong doesn't come back... That gentleman in Room 218 is also very capable. Otherwise, we should..."

"Xiao Lin! Things haven't come to a conclusion yet. It's not too late to think about these things after Brother Dong and the others come back to inquire about the situation. You don't want to betray me now, do you?"

"This isn't really betrayal. A wise bird chooses its own tree to roost in, right? Besides, I'm only talking about the possibility of a single event."

"Oh, you're dreaming, but they might not accept you. What would you do? You wouldn't even dare to go to the mall."

Xiao Lin blushed and retorted, "Do you think everyone is like our team and refuses to accept the elderly, weak, sick, or disabled? Among those people in raincoats, there are obviously old people, women, and a short person who might be a child. They even accept old people, so how can they not accept me? I am at least in my prime."

Indeed, Tao Yuanfeng and Lei Xiao had both spoken in front of them, and their voices told them they were not young, at least sixty. In this day and age, even close relatives might not be willing to take care of the elderly, and the fact that there were two elderly men and two women among the raincoat men made him feel soft-hearted.

The supermarket team fell silent, each pondering the possibility of joining the raincoat group. Apart from anything else, the raincoats themselves looked much safer, far superior to the clothes Liang Yurou had found for them. Just now, the tenants of Room 218 had invited their teammates to eat together, but what about them? Liang Yurou and Peng Yuedong always ate alone, their food unknown. The food they were given was always meager, and they often went hungry.

Who were they kidding when they said they didn't collect much food? An ordinary person wouldn't collect that much, would they? And certainly not someone with spatial abilities.

But the space is with others, and they can’t see anything. What else can they do except feel dissatisfied?

Now that there are suddenly other options, everyone's minds are in turmoil.

Brother Dong drove another car from the team to the mall. They were surprised to see so few zombies on the street, as this street should have a lot of people.

But it’s good that there are fewer zombies, they will be much safer.

When the car turned the corner and was about to reach the mall, someone saw the car at the mall entrance and said, "Brother Dong, it's our car! Eh? Why is the mall door locked?"

"There's writing on the door. Go over and see what it says."

They drove over and were surprised to see a sign on the door: The mall is empty, there are countless zombies inside, do not enter.

Brother Dong looked at the car left by Peng Yuedong, then looked around, and suddenly had a bad feeling, "Could Brother Dong and Xiaorou have gathered up a whole mall of supplies and run away without us?"

The people around him turned pale. "No, no way? They..."

They looked at each other and suddenly realized that this was very likely. They also noticed that Liang Yurou had a lot of things in her space. She usually didn't tell the truth. She always fed everyone expired food and compressed biscuits, but she ate alone with Peng Yuedong.

The mall here says it's empty, so if Liang Yurou got something from the mall, why would she go back? She and Peng Yuedong would definitely be better off if they left them behind.

Several people were a little panicked, and someone said, "Why don't we open the door and see? The lock is just hanging there, it's not locked."

Brother Dong scolded him, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you see it says there are countless zombies inside? How can you come out alive if you go in?"

"That's not necessarily true, is it?"

"It's true! Look, there's a zombie falling from the window on the second floor!"

They looked up and saw a window on the second floor open, and there were zombies huddled there. The noise of their car driving downstairs had attracted the zombies, so the zombies were falling down one by one!

They looked out the second-floor window and saw a group of zombies outside. They gasped and clapped their hands to the driver, urging him to hurry up and drive! "Hurry up! Hurry up! Drive faster!!!"

With a step on the accelerator, the car rushed out and knocked down two zombies.

Several people were terrified. They could only fight a little and had no special abilities. If they really fell into the zombie horde, they would be finished!

In their panic, they ran in the wrong direction and made two dangerous detours before they found the hotel.

When they got off the car, their legs were weak and their faces were pale. They ran back to the room using their hands and feet before they felt safe.

Xiao Lin and the others hurried over and asked, "Where are they? What happened? Did you find Dong Ge and Xiao Rou?"

Dong Ge swallowed hard and said with difficulty: "They are either dead or they ran away. I think... it is more likely that they ran away."

The person nearby explained the situation at the mall and angrily said, "Space abilities! We've been on the run for so long and we've only seen Liang Yurou. How could it be such a coincidence that another person could empty the mall? The mall is empty, so it must have been Liang Yurou's doing!"

"I can't figure out why they abandoned the car."

"Is there any need to think about it? He must have seen a better car! If he met a tough guy, Peng Yuedong would be able to fight him, right? Even if he faced the 218 guy and that Mr. Fan, Peng Yuedong would definitely be able to run away. How could he be killed without any movement?

They must have run away!"

Logically speaking, this is indeed true. They just didn't expect Tao Rui to have a life-saving artifact and was not afraid of zombies at all. He easily locked up the two men without even seeing them.

Someone started crying, "What should we do? How can they leave? We have put in a lot of effort along the way. Liang Yurou must still have some supplies we collected in her space."

More than a dozen people were arguing and making a mess. Xiao Lin thought of Tao Rui again and suggested loudly: "Why don't we join the Raincoat People and beg them with a humble attitude? Their abilities are no worse than Peng Yuedong's!"

Everyone looked at each other and quickly agreed to the proposal. They rushed out and knocked on Tao Rui's door.

Brother Dong's face paled as he saw them completely ignore him. But he also knew he was only good at fighting, and he was no match for a superpowered person. Especially after Tao Rui's beating that morning, he had lost all his dignity and prestige in front of these people.

He felt a little resentful towards Tao Rui, but he still pretended to be pitiful and followed everyone to Tao Rui's door.

Tao Rui had just taken out the jade necklaces to distribute to everyone, and before he had time to explain, this group of screaming and howling people arrived.

Tao Rui frowned and opened the door. "What are you doing again? Didn't you say not to disturb us?"

Xiao Lin hurriedly said, "We are here to beg you. Please accept us. We can do anything. As long as we have a bite to eat, please let us follow you. Please."

Tao Rui raised an eyebrow and leaned against the door. It looked like they had discovered that Peng Yuedong and Liang Yurou were gone, but they hadn't expected them to come to him. He said with a smile, "Follow me? Why should I accept you?"

Xiao Lin glanced inside the door. Although he saw nothing, he smiled flatteringly and said, "Look, there are old people in your team. You must be a kind-hearted person. Although I am not very powerful, I am better than the old man after all..."

"The old man is my elder."

Xiao Lin's heart skipped a beat, realizing he'd spoken too hastily and offended someone. The woman next to him pushed him aside, smoothed her hair, and said with a smile, "I don't eat much, and I'm willing to do anything. Just treat me like a kitten or puppy and keep me as a toy..."

Another beautiful woman pushed her away and said anxiously, "Look at me, I'm much prettier than her, and I have a better figure too."

Ji Yingying found this outrageous and walked out, saying coldly, "Are you sick? You're recommending yourself to my boyfriend? Where's Captain Peng? Where's Liang Yurou? Go recommend yourself to them!"

Xiao Lin found an opportunity to angrily say, "They ran away! These two bastards took all the supplies from the mall and then abandoned us and ran away, thinking we were a burden. How inhumane!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Tao Rui, trying to use the contrast to put Tao Rui in a good position.

Ji Yingying sneered, pulled down her mask and said, "Who are you trying to blackmail?" She glanced at the two women and said disgustedly, "Stay away from Brother Rui and recommend yourself to someone else."

"Ji Yingying???" Everyone exclaimed. Even if a big star was slowly dressing up, everyone still recognized her face. When they heard her say "Brother Rui", they all looked at Tao Rui at the same time.

Tao Rui also pulled down his mask. The supermarket team was no longer a threat to him, and there was no need to hide in front of them.

He raised the corners of his lips and smiled. "Long time no see. I didn't expect you to be so down and out today. You're not the same as when I left. The day I left, I asked you who wanted to go with me.

If none of you had chosen me, you wouldn't have had this opportunity. I wouldn't have accepted you, and I have a bad temper and don't like being disturbed. I suggest you leave quickly and stay away from me."

"Tao...Rui, it's really you?" Brother Dong asked in shock, "How did you get superpowers?!"

Tao Rui shrugged. "Is it strange to have superpowers? I just activated them later than others."

An elongated branch appeared in his hand and approached them, frightening them so much that they retreated repeatedly.

He said, "Stay away from us. I still remember how you laughed at me and called me a weakling, and how you were obsessed with my girlfriend. Don't come here and get yourself killed."

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so vindictive? We all spent so many days together in the supermarket, we're all friends, right? Did you develop superpowers the day you left? Da Zhuang died in front of the supermarket, wasn't that you?"

"Yeah, you didn't tell us you had superpowers, and you're still blaming us for not following you? We're trying to survive, too. The human race is dwindling, and every extra person means more strength. We should help each other."

Tao Rui asked Ji Yingying to step back. "I think it's useless to talk to these people. If we teach them a lesson and make them afraid, they won't dare to come anymore."

Ji Yingying stepped back with a smile, "Brother Rui is right! If you give them a good beating, they'll behave themselves! You're crazy to come here and try to blackmail them morally."

Everyone showed fear when they heard this. When Tao Rui lashed out with his whip and hit them, they immediately screamed and ran away without even daring to curse. After all, Tao Rui was already a superpower, and cursing him was definitely seeking death.

After returning to their room, they of course mercilessly scolded Tao Rui, blaming him for being inhumane and not helping them, but Tao Rui didn't bother to pay attention. They were a bunch of parasites who bullied the good and feared the evil, unable to distinguish between good and evil, and only aided and abetted the evil. As expected of a team like Peng Yuedong and Liang Yurou's, anyone who didn't agree with them had long since disappeared.

When Tao Rui returned to the room, Xie Qiulan was already wearing the jade necklace. This was the first time her grandson had given her jewelry. It looked very valuable. She rubbed it with great pleasure, her face beaming with joy.

When she saw Tao Rui coming back, she couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Rui, why did you think of giving us necklaces? They're all emerald green, too. What's the meaning of this?"

Tao Rui gestured for them to look at the pattern on the back of the pendant. "This is a pattern I carved that stores spiritual energy. Let's call it a formation. It has a defensive function. If I'm not around and you encounter danger, this jade pendant can help you block it. I haven't tested how strong an attack it can block yet."

There are too few jade stones. I will study them again when I find more."

Zhou Yangyang said excitedly, "I know, I know. This is the kind of defensive magic weapon from the cultivation world, right? It's just like what's written in the novel!"

Tao Rui was surprised and asked, "You are only ten years old, and you are still reading novels?"

Zhou Yangyang blushed, feeling a little embarrassed. "I didn't mean to read it. It's just... I had an optional winter vacation assignment to try to write a short story. I finished all the other assignments and then studied how to write a novel. So, shouldn't I read a novel? So I read this one."

Tao Rui patted his head and smiled, "You've read this article perfectly, and it's perfect for use right now. That's right, this is what defensive magic tools are. I think the method I'm researching is similar to cultivation. Once you understand the various paths of spiritual energy, you'll have cultivation techniques, offensive spells, alchemy, weapon and magic tool making."

Xie Qiulan pondered for a moment, "It's similar to those worlds of fairies, demons, and monsters on TV, right? It seems to be true. These people with special abilities can breathe fire and water, and there are those zombies outside who look like monsters. It's really similar."

Even those who haven't seen the show know a little bit about it. Everyone understood it immediately, and then marveled at Tao Rui's genius. He could even research something like this on his own?

But in the final analysis, any technique or anything is researched by someone, otherwise where would it come from?

As Tao Rui said, studying the various paths of spiritual energy flow, wouldn't the intricate patterns on this pendant be a path? The exercises they practiced were also a path, completely logical and reasonable. The only shocking thing was Tao Rui's extraordinary talent.

But this is a good thing, a huge good thing for them.

Ji Yingying immediately took Tao Rui's arm and exclaimed: "Brother Rui, you are amazing! You were only a doctor before. The peaceful times delayed you."

Tao Rui smiled, "I'd rather be delayed, and I also prefer a peaceful era. But now that the world has become like this, I hope to do my best to research everything I can and contribute to the early extinction of those zombies."

"Good!" Lei Xiao gave a thumbs-up, his eyes full of admiration. "Young man, you have ambition! I, Old Lei, can't help you with anything else, but there is one thing I can help you with. I used to be a soldier, and I know some military camps and bases. If there's a way to find someone I know, I can convince them to follow you.

Go ahead and do it, we all support you."

This was truly a pleasant surprise. Tao Rui would have to recruit soldiers sooner or later; it was impossible for them to survive alone. If they could find troops, military supplies, or even a military base, it would definitely be like adding wings to their forces.

After everyone knew that the necklace was a defensive magic weapon, they put on the necklace, hid it in their collars, and quickly started practicing again.

They hadn't slept the night before, controlling the spiritual energy in their bodies to continuously practice their skills. They all practiced the entire night until the supermarket team knocked on their door in the morning.

As a result, they didn't feel the slightest bit tired after a sleepless night. The spiritual energy circulating throughout the night nourished them a hundred times more energetic and their bodies felt much lighter. Everyone knew that the benefits of cultivation were enormous. Even if they didn't end up with supernatural powers, it would definitely strengthen their physical strength and even increase their strength, which would also be beneficial for them in killing zombies later.

Especially the three old men and Zhou Yangyang, they have the weakest physical strength in the team. Even if they just sit in the car all the time without fighting or running away, they will feel very tired. If cultivation can solve this problem, it would be great.

Xia Lin wants to protect her son and repay Tao Rui, and Ji Yingying wants to become stronger to help Tao Rui. They are both very proactive.

So after talking about the pendant, their entire team devoted themselves to cultivation again.

This was exactly why Tao Rui decided to stay at the hotel, so he supported everyone's cultivation and was also cultivating to improve his strength. Currently, Shui Tu Mu was only at the first level of the Qi Refining Stage, equivalent to a first-level psychic. They were still weak and needed to improve as quickly as possible.

This process of practicing while eating and then practicing while eating continued for a week.

Ji Yingying suddenly stopped practicing, opened her eyes, and said, "I, I seem to feel the spiritual energy around me. That is, when I was circulating the spiritual energy that you, Brother Rui, helped me introduce, I suddenly felt a little more spiritual energy. It's the kind of spiritual energy that I absorb from the surroundings. Do you understand what I mean?"

Ji Yingying was a little excited and her words were unclear. Tao Rui held her hand and said, "Don't be anxious. Close your eyes and concentrate on feeling it. See if there are any colors in the spiritual energy around you."

The others heard this and stopped practicing to watch. Ji Yingying followed suit, carefully sensing the spiritual energy. Everyone breathed softly, afraid to disturb her. Ji Yingying took a while, a full half hour, before she spoke softly, "I felt it. I don't know if I could call it seeing, but it just felt... red. Hmm... there seemed to be other colors, too, all faint, a little hard to make out... Actually, the red was a little faint, too."

Tao Rui understood. She also had mixed spiritual roots and wasn't particularly gifted, so the colors she perceived were relatively pale. However, if red was more prominent than the other colors, it meant that her spiritual roots were the strongest in the fire element. Since it was prominent, practicing fire-based techniques would be much more effective.

Tao Rui immediately took out the second-level fire crystal core that he had dug up and kept.

He placed the crystal core in Ji Yingying's hand and instructed her to absorb it. "Now absorb the spiritual power in the crystal core and concentrate on practicing to absorb this crystal core."

"Okay." Ji Yingying trusted Tao Rui unconditionally, and she would do whatever he said.

After she absorbed the entire crystal core without distraction, Tao Rui instructed her to gather the spiritual power in her body into the palm of her right hand.

Ji Yingying did as she was told, and suddenly a small flame appeared in the palm of her right hand. She was so scared that she opened her eyes immediately, and the flame disappeared.

She looked up at Tao Rui in disbelief, then at the others. Everyone was stunned, and the child Zhou Yangyang was the first to exclaim in amazement, "Sister Yingying! You have superpowers! You have fire powers!!!"

"Ah, I... I really have super powers?" Ji Yingying looked at her hands in shock. She really expected to have super powers every day, but she never thought that her dream would come true!

Tao Rui smiled and pulled her up, saying, "Do as I say and try again."

He taught Ji Yingying the simplest fire spell, which was to make fire appear. If one's cultivation was low, it would be a flame, and if one's cultivation was high, it would be a fireball, a fire dragon, and so on.

This time, Ji Yingying quickly created a small flame again and excitedly hugged Tao Rui, "Brother Rui, I have superpowers! I have fire powers! I don't have to watch you fight zombies alone anymore!"

Her voice was even a little choked.

Tao Rui smiled and patted her back gently, "We will fight side by side in the future."