After finishing their late-night snack, the group was taking stock of their spoils from the trip in Ye Zhi's personal space: winter supplies and crystal cores.

The family had collected enough winter supplies to fill one of the villa's rooms, but this did not excite them.

What excited them was the crystal core.

Along the way, we obtained about 50,000 crystal cores, of which 300 were zombie crystal cores with attributes. Most of them were fire and water type crystal cores. The rarest ones were two mental ability crystal cores, two spatial ability crystal cores, one lightning ability crystal core, and one plant ability crystal core.

One of the mental ability crystal cores was provided by the Victory Base team, and the other was obtained from the brain of the zombie Lu Liwei.

The space-type ability crystal cores were obtained from the brains of the zombies Qi Wenxu and Chen Aoyao.

The lightning-type ability crystal core was a free meal fee given to me by the Victory Base team.

The plant-type superpower crystal core was given to Ye Zhi by Desde and He Tao as payment for their free meals. Ye Zhi had already turned it into a zombie crystal core refining agent and given it to Ye Yu Bai to drink.

As Ye Zhi watched the increasing number of zombie crystal cores, she felt much more at ease.

If they could have so many zombie crystal core refining agents at home that they could drink them like water, their family's strength would skyrocket.

Who else can defeat them!

At that moment, the faint roars of zombies could be heard coming from inside the villa where they were, "Awooo!"

Ye Zhi looked confused. Why did the zombie's cries sound so aggrieved? And when did a zombie appear in her space?

Ye Zhi asked in confusion, "Zombies?"

Lu Ke gave the group a resentful look and reminded them, "It's that intelligent zombie from before, the one you insisted on keeping to guard the house."

When it came to whether or not to raise baby squid to guard the house, the six people voted by raising their hands, with only Lu Ke and Ye Yubai refusing.

Ye Zhi remembered and called out the name of the intelligent zombie. "Little Squid!"

With a thought, Ye Zhi led everyone to the room where the little squid was.

After Ye Zhi tamed the little squid, his place of refuge changed from the water dungeon to a room in the villa.

Ye Zhi controlled the entire personal space, and naturally, the villa within that space was also under her control.

When Ye Zhi placed the little squid in the room of the villa, she gave the space an order, forbidding the little squid from leaving the room without permission.

The space was filled with live chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, and seafood, making it a paradise for zombies.

If the little squid zombie is allowed to run rampant in the space, Ye Zhi and the others' food reserves will likely be destroyed.

The little squid, who had finally managed to call Ye Zhi over, looked aggrieved, her leaden gray eyes fixed on Ye Zhi in the center of the crowd. "Hungry," she said in a hoarse voice.

He cried out for food every day, begging for food, waiting for the baby squid to give him some. But it took a long time for the baby squid to come, and the little squid felt really wronged.

Although it's not cold here, it's even more tormenting here. The air is filled with the aroma of food, but it can't escape this cage.

It was absolutely starving!

Ye Jingyu, Song Moshang, Song Yuanqing, Lu Ke, Ye Yubai: "!"

The group was stunned, especially Ye Yubai, a talking, intelligent zombie. And a zombie with only level one superpower.

Ye Yubai, whose worldview had been completely shattered once again, screamed inwardly at System 857, "What's wrong with this world? Wasn't it supposed to be only the Zombie King who could talk? This level one zombie can talk? Even if it's an intelligent zombie, it can't treat me like this!"

Ye Yubai felt an overwhelming sense of crisis. He was the man who was going to become the zombie king, but now he had met his match.

The intelligent zombie in front of him, with its delicate features, was not only good-looking, but it could also talk. It was definitely here to compete with him for the position of zombie king.

Ye Yubai felt a surge of murderous intent. If he had known that this zombie could talk and would be a formidable enemy in his mission, he would have killed it and taken its crystal core even if Ye Zhi and the others had tried to stop him!

Is it still not too late?

Ye Yubai glanced at Ye Zhi, and the murderous intent in his heart gradually subsided under the effect of the Loyalty Pill.

Ye Yubai felt as if he had been slapped in the face. "Slap!"

Damn, did he have to be proven wrong so quickly? In just a few seconds, he broke the vow he had just made.

Ye Yubai shrugged helplessly. "Fine, the Loyalty Pill produced by the big boss is really powerful."

Okay, fine, he won't kill me, then let's try our best to turn this intelligent zombie into my underling!

The little squid was completely oblivious to the change in Ye Yubai's gaze. After speaking, it walked steadily toward Ye Zhi.

Baby meat, where's my rice?

A few days ago, the baby meat was fed a fish and then disappeared, leaving it hungry for several days. Is the human next to the baby meat its meal today?

Baby meat is really good for it.

The little squid's greedy eyes darted towards Ye Jingyu and the others beside Ye Zhi. It made rapid "hoarse" sounds in its throat, revealing its zombie nature when faced with food.

Ye Zhi held a stick that had appeared out of nowhere. Taking advantage of the moment when Grandpa Song and the others were not paying attention, she flew to Little Squid's front and "thud!" smashed the stick down on Little Squid's not-so-conscious head.

He shouted loudly, "You beast!"

The little squid saw stars after being hit, and felt the crystal core in its brain vibrating. It staggered and swayed a few times before barely managing to steady itself. Tears welled up in its leaden-gray eyes from the pain.

Ye Zhi anticipated Ye Jingyu and the others' actions. When they looked anxious and tried to rush up to pull her away, Ye Zhi turned around first to reassure them, "My space, I am the master."

Upon hearing Ye Zhi's words, Ye Jingyu recalled the embarrassing situation when Ye Zhi had immobilized him in the space, and silently withdrew his left foot that had already stepped out.

Grandpa Song realized that Ye Zhi could take them anywhere in the space with a thought, so he withdrew his spiritual power.

Song Yuanqing was thinking about Ye Zhi slaughtering pigs in the space, and the lightning in his hands gradually dimmed.

Lu Ke instantly recalled the scene when Ye Zhi manipulated the food to jump into the hot pot on its own during their previous hot pot meal, and put down the broom he had picked up from the side.

Ye Yubai was praising his superior to System 857, his chuunibyou voice pouring into System 857's ears, "My space, I am the master, overflowing with domineering aura, my boss Ye Zhi, did you see that, did you see that, this is the confidence of absolute strength."

A large bump gradually appeared on the little squid's head. It reached up and touched its head—one bump, two bumps, three bumps…

It's all because of the baby meat I've been hitting these past few days.

Its gaze toward Ye Zhi grew increasingly aggrieved. She wouldn't feed it and even beat it. Waaah, it wanted to run away from home!

Suddenly, the little squid's nose twitched rapidly. Hmm? The familiar smell of human flesh.

The leaden-gray eyes looked at Song Moshang, and a hint of confusion appeared in the little squid's eyes, which then turned into fear.

This tastes so familiar! It remembers now, this person beat it up too!

The little squid was put in a sack by Song Moshang. Although it didn't know what the person who beat it up looked like, the little squid remembered Song Moshang's scent.