Chapter 69: The space necklace reacts again. The kitten has not mutated...
Ji An and Gu Jinsheng quietly followed the zombie patrol and found that the zombie patrol finally entered the darkest room in the corner.
The zombie patrol, who seemed to be quite energetic at first, seemed to have lost their spirits in an instant as soon as they returned to the room. They became lazy and slow again, and went to the darkest corners one by one, lying all over the floor in a mess.
There were originally more than a dozen zombies in the room, all lying on the ground. Even though their hands and feet were stepped on by their companions who came back later, their heads were motionless, as if they were dead.
This is consistent with Ji An's past understanding of zombies: they have no intelligence, do not feel pain, do not like sunlight, and are always hungry.
It would be abnormal to overcome the natural aversion to sunlight as they did just now, and even behave in an organized and disciplined manner, and even patrol with some caution.
Gu Jinsheng and Ji An looked at each other, and neither of them took action to hunt these zombies. The main reason was that they were afraid that they would make some noise and alert the mental zombie king, who might escape.
The two quietly left the room where the zombie patrol was. After they were far away, Ji An whispered, "That zombie guard team doesn't look like they are acting spontaneously, but more like they are being controlled by the mind."
Ji An touched his chin with his fingers and thought: "My supernatural power has been abolished. Now I am just an ordinary person. Although I can see the mental threads, it is possible that my perception has decreased. Have you noticed any abnormalities in the zombie patrol, such as energy fluctuations?"
When Ji An mentioned that his ability was abolished, Gu Jinsheng's eyes inevitably flashed with heartache. Gu Jinsheng's regret for losing his wind ability was not as sad as his heartbreak for Ji An's loss of his spiritual ability.
While Ji An has now been able to calmly face the fact that he has lost his psychic abilities, Gu Jinsheng is still still brooding over it, even more unable to let it go than the fact that his wind abilities had been abolished.
However, Gu Jinsheng kept his love in his heart and never showed it to Ji An. He didn't want Ji An to think about this irreparable sad thing. "I didn't feel any energy fluctuations from the supernatural power."
"It seems that the psychic zombie king should have given a mental hint to the zombies under him." Ji An said, "There are only two ways to control the opponent with psychic abilities.
One is to control the other person mentally, like a puppet.
The second is a kind of mental suggestion, which plants a task in the other person's brain. As long as the time comes or the mechanism is triggered, the person who has been mentally suggested will immediately follow the instructions in the brain. "
"Since we don't see any mental control lines on the zombie patrol, then the zombie king must have given the zombies mental hints." Ji An concluded, "This is the most terrifying thing. It means that the mental zombie king has not only gained wisdom, but has also begun to learn to think and knows what to do to be most powerful for him."
"We must get rid of it today, otherwise it will become a big problem." Gu Jinsheng said.
The two continued to go deeper into the zombie den and encountered another zombie patrol on the way. This time, Gu Jinsheng was afraid that Ji An would continue to take risks, so he threw a long blade at the zombie group before Ji An.
The long blade was infused with supernatural powers and was extremely powerful. It moved up from behind the zombie patrol, ruthlessly harvesting the zombies' heads like the scythe of the god of death.
In the blink of an eye, seven or eight zombie heads rolled to the ground.
Gu Jinsheng and Ji An stepped forward, quickly cut open the zombie's head, and took out the zombie crystal core inside.
The zombie this time was obviously of a higher level than the one Ji An had hunted before. The quality of the zombie crystal core was much better, but the crystal was still not transparent enough and there were still many impurities.
"Level 2 peak and level 3 early zombie crystal cores?" Ji An fiddled with the crystal cores and said, "Sure enough, these zombies have gained intelligence. When they arrange patrols, they already know how to arrange them from low to high, from sparse on the outside to dense on the inside, and from loose on the outside to tight on the inside."
"Here you go." Although all the zombies were killed by Gu Jinsheng, Gu Jinsheng gave all the crystal cores he obtained to Ji An.
Ji An held the crystal core and asked with a smile: "Are you really willing to give it up?"
Gu Jinsheng glanced at Ji An and asked, "When have I ever been reluctant to part with you?"
"It was at that time, when we first met, that you took away all the zombie cores that I hunted. You were so domineering." Ji An brought up the past, his beautiful big eyes pretending to be angry, which was also a bit cute.
"I've let you guys live in West City." Gu Jinsheng said calmly.
It is true that the Jingshi base accepts ordinary people and people with special abilities who have no criminal records in other bases free of charge all year round, but when they arrive, they are all thrown into the slum area in Dongcheng.
There is a difference between where you live and where you live!
The zombie cores that Ji An and Tang Ning had were enough to buy them a middle-level district in East City at most. As for the experimental equipment, they were only enough to buy a laboratory protected by the headquarters.
That's why Gu Jinsheng said that he let Ji An go. At that time, Ji An only had the initial level three superpowers, which were psychic superpowers that were not combat-oriented in the public's impression. Moreover, he had a burden with him. How could Gu Jinsheng bear to throw him into the tiger's den in East City?
Otherwise, how could Tang Ning, an ordinary person, live in a single dormitory building in West City? That was equivalent to a house within the fourth ring road of the capital before the end of the world.
Ji An couldn't help but burst out laughing, "I know."
Ji An was teasing Gu Jinsheng on purpose.
Gu Jinsheng said: "From now on, all the crystal cores will be given to you."
The two continued walking forward, and after about five or six minutes, they encountered the third zombie patrol team.
This time it can be clearly felt that the level of this team of zombies is not low. It should be composed of peak level three and level four zombies.
The two looked at each other, then rushed forward together in tacit understanding.
The zombies didn't even have time to make a sound before they were knocked down by Gu Jinsheng and Ji An's department.
Gu Jinsheng dealt with five, Ji An killed two, but Gu Jinsheng gave all the zombie crystal cores to Ji An.
Ji An accepted it naturally without being polite to Gu Jinsheng.
This time the two of them didn't need to walk anymore. Ji An felt that the house the zombies were patrolling around should be this one.
This house is very special and different from other houses.
The windows on the walls of the house were all covered with bricks, and they were stacked neatly and tightly, so that no light could get in. The windows on the door were nailed shut with wooden boards, which also blocked out any light.
To humans, such a house is a gloomy room that is uninhabitable and must be damp and dark. However, it is exactly the living environment that zombies like and it is a sea view villa in their eyes.
Zombies have no intelligence, and even if they like such an environment, they will not create it themselves. However, it is obvious that the bricks on the windows of this house are newly added, created by humans, or it would be more appropriate to say that they were created by zombies.
If nothing unexpected happens, this should be done by the mental zombie king who controls the zombies.
This should be the residence of the zombie king.
Ji An picked up a brick that looked safe, moved it quietly, then lay down at the hole and looked inside. It was pitch black inside and he could not see anything.
Ji An and Gu Jinsheng did not force their way in. What if this was not the Zombie King's residence but a place specially used to confuse them? If they rushed in with great fanfare and started fighting with the zombies inside, they would alarm the Zombie King and let it escape, and all their efforts would be in vain.
Ji An pointed at the roof, and the two of them jumped up and lifted the tiles. This time they could barely see what was going on inside the house.
The room was just as Ji An and the others had imagined, dark and damp. Ji An could even feel the dampness coming out from the cracks in the tiles and hitting his face.
No wonder Ji An couldn’t see anything from the window just now. It turned out that the zombies had hung curtains on the windows in the room.
I don’t know where they found the curtains from. The colors and styles are different, but the only common feature is that they are thick.
The thick curtains can definitely ensure that even the midday sun cannot penetrate.
There was an earthen kang in the house, and thick curtains were hung around the kang, covering the small kang tightly, making it impossible to see what was inside.
Ji An moved aside and Gu Jinsheng came over. He used his special power to create a tiny flame, which licked the curtains and stopped just after burning a hole big enough to see what was behind the curtains.
It was pitch black behind the cave, and there was nothing there.
Ji An and Gu Jinsheng peeled off the tiles on the roof to make a big hole. Gu Jinsheng jumped down first, followed by Ji An.
Gu Jinsheng used his skills to be on guard while pulling open the curtains.
There was nothing behind the curtain, absolutely nothing.
The Zombie King is not here at all!
"Have we been fooled?" Although Ji An asked this, he still felt in his heart that this was where the Zombie King lived.
"Look around." Gu Jinsheng searched the room.
Ji An also checked it out. The more he looked, the more he felt that this was the room where the zombie king lived. There were traces of zombie activities everywhere, but they were not messy and were very simple. It was obvious that only one zombie had lived here before.
How could such a sea view villa that is so ideal for zombies not be favored by other zombies and only allowed to be lived in by one zombie, unless that zombie is the zombie king.
Since the Zombie King has developed intelligence, it means that it has become cunning and is likely to have a backup plan before doing anything. We cannot think of him in the same conventional way as other zombies.
Thinking of this, Ji An searched more carefully, as if he were treating an equal enemy. Finally, Ji An found something wrong at the foot of the wall.
"Jinsheng, there's nothing underneath." Ji An stepped on the floor tiles twice, making a dull sound.
"I'll do it." Gu Jinsheng used his special powers to pry open the floor tiles covering the surface, revealing a dark hole underneath.
The entrance to the cave was neither too big nor too small, just enough for a person to crawl in and out. There was some new soil on the edge of the cave, and it was obvious that something had just come in, and more than one person had crawled in here.
Gu Jinsheng released a bolt of lightning towards the cave entrance, and the flames, like snakes, drilled into the cave.
"Let's follow it." Gu Jinsheng and Ji An walked out of the gate and followed the thunder and fire underground on the ground.
Thunder and fire are Gu Jinsheng's special abilities, and Gu Jinsheng can feel where it is heading.
Gu Jinsheng and Ji An walked on the ground following the direction of the fire snake. At first, they didn't hear any movement, only the fire snake quietly moving in the underground tunnel. About a minute later, Gu Jinsheng and Ji An vaguely heard the screams and hisses of zombies on the ground.
Gu Jinsheng's thunder and fire are the nemesis of zombies, and anyone who comes into contact with them will be burned to ashes.
Suddenly, the ground under Ji An's feet began to tremble, and zombies broke out of the ground. Ji An almost immediately noticed the mental zombie king, who was protected by several zombies behind him.
Several zombies flew out of the ground, and before they landed on the ground, they shot their supernatural powers towards Ji An and Gu Jinsheng.
Gu Jinsheng was well prepared. He grabbed Ji An into his arms and rolled on the ground to avoid an approaching attack. He then threw out several lightning balls in succession, which hit the zombies' attacks and easily neutralized them.
As soon as Gu Jinsheng and Ji An stood up from the ground, three level three or four zombies gathered around them, surrounding the two of them, while the zombie king was carried on the back of a speed-capable zombie and fled.
"Everyone, the Zombie King has been spotted in area six. He is currently fleeing to area seven. Everyone, pay attention and prepare to encircle and suppress the Zombie King with all your might." Gu Jinsheng issued the order through the internal intercom. Long before this encirclement and suppression of the Zombie King, the command center had already figured out the areas where the Zombie King was located. When they had held a meeting to study the battle plan, they had roughly assigned area numbers to each area to facilitate the encirclement and suppression of the Zombie King in emergencies.
Before Gu Jinsheng could finish his words, the zombies pounced forward. Ji An took out the long blade from the space and cut off a pair of zombie claws that were grabbing Gu Jinsheng. He turned around and jumped behind the zombies to avoid the supernatural powers that the zombies shot at him. The long blade swept across again and cut off the zombies' legs. In an instant, they became shorter and only reached Ji An's waist.
With this angle and distance, Ji An easily inserted the long blade into the zombie's skull, and with a fierce poke, the zombie crystal core in the zombie's brain was picked out by Ji An. Ji An picked it up and caught it. The quality of this zombie crystal core was pretty good, probably at the initial stage of the fourth level of supernatural power.
Over there, Gu Jinsheng took action at the same time as Ji An did. He released the thunder dragon that symbolized him. The thunder dragon circled around the zombies, breathing fire and releasing thunder balls at them.
The zombies that usually look slow are not slow in a fight. The zombie jumped up to the height of a three-story building. This zombie should be a water-powered zombie. He used his water power to wrap himself in a layer of water, and then tried to stand on the head of the thunder dragon, which made the thunder dragon so angry that it opened its mouth wide and bit the zombie.
The zombie was only level four and was no match for the Thunder Dragon. It was swallowed by the Thunder Dragon in one bite.
Lei Long's red eyes were full of pride as he flew towards Ji An. Although Lei Long was the result of Gu Jinsheng's supernatural power, Ji An seemed to have sensed something and spread out his palms towards Lei Long, who then opened his mouth and spit out a zombie crystal core.
It seems that the zombie has been burned to ashes by the Thunder Dragon, leaving only this crystal core.
Gu Jinsheng used the flaming spear that his supernatural power had transformed into to pick open the zombie's skull with one shot, "Next."
Ji An raised his hand, and there was a zombie crystal core lying steadily in his palm.
Ji An smiled, Lei Long and Gu Jinsheng looked at each other, they were obviously the same person in a sense, but at this moment the man and the dragon looked at each other like rivals in love, as if they were secretly competing for favor. If you send out a zombie crystal core, I can't fall behind.
"Come back." Gu Jinsheng said to Lei Long.
The Thunder Dragon didn't listen and circled around Ji An, moving up and down in a winding manner.
The thunder dragon looked at Ji An with its big red eyes, looking a little cute. From time to time, it rubbed its head against Ji An as if it wanted Ji An to touch its head.
Ji An was a little scared, "I can't touch you, you will burn me."
Lei Long refused to give up and still rubbed his lightning-charged head towards Ji An. Gu Jinsheng pursed his lips tightly, not knowing whether he was angry that Lei Long didn't listen to him, or was angry about something else.
The thunder dragon tried to show goodwill to Ji An several times, but Ji An refused to touch it. Instead, the dragon rubbed against Ji An. Ji An was frightened and tried to hide backwards, but he was still a step too slow and was hit by the thunder dragon.
Ji An thought he would be burned by the fire immediately, and was about to take the spiritual spring water in the space to put out the fire, but unexpectedly, even though the lightning and fire snakes of the Thunder Dragon were already sticking to Ji An, they didn't even ignite the corner of Ji An's clothes.
"Ah, why? Why didn't it get burned?" Ji An asked curiously.
Gu Jinsheng had a blank expression on his face. "The Thunder Dragon was transformed from my supernatural power. If I don't want it to, it won't hurt anyone. It's just like the water power of a water-type supernatural being. It can be drunk as water, or it can be turned into a weapon made of water to hurt people."
After all, the thunder dragon is a product of supernatural powers, it just has sparks and lightning, which looks very cool. As for whether it will hurt people or not, it depends on Gu Jinsheng's intention.
Ji An said: "Its appearance is too intimidating. I often forget that it is also a supernatural power. The sparks and lightning all over its body that look scary are actually harmless."
"Go back to where you should go!" Gu Jinsheng said to Ji An again.
The Thunder Dragon shook its head and tail, refusing to listen, and even used its dragon horns to rub Ji An's palm.
Lei Long was still upset about not being able to touch him actively, so this time he applied a tiny electric current. This current would not do anything to Ji An, but it made Ji An feel numb.
Ji An felt so itchy that he took the initiative to scratch the horns of the thunder dragon. The thunder dragon squinted its eyes comfortably and purred with enjoyment, like a big cat.
Gu Jinsheng's lips were pursed even tighter. Ji An turned around and accidentally saw Gu Jinsheng's dark face, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Ji An faced Lei Long's abnormality head-on and realized more clearly what Gu Jinsheng meant when he told him that Lei Long was somewhat out of control and seemed to have some ideas of his own.
As the thunder dragon transformed by Gu Jinsheng's supernatural power, isn't he now going against Gu Jinsheng's wishes and doing what he wants?
Ji An couldn't help but worry: "Jin Sheng, is your control over the Thunder Dragon weakening?"
"No." Gu Jinsheng said firmly: "You don't have to worry about my ability. Lei Long just wants to protect you."
Ji An said: "Now that the Zombie King has been found, there is no need to worry about making any noise. If the Thunder Dragon wants to stay outside, let it stay outside. It can protect me."
Lei Long seemed to understand Ji An's words. He jumped and leaped excitedly beside Ji An, and like a big cat, he turned over his belly for Ji An to touch.
The majestic Thunder Dragon was so adorable when he did this, Ji An couldn't help but touch the Thunder Dragon's belly.
Gu Jinsheng's face darkened, "Let's go."
"Oh well."
Gu Jinsheng and Ji An chased forward with the cool Thunder Dragon. Not long after they started chasing, they heard the sound of fighting.
It turned out that Wan Xueying and her men had caught up with them. When Wan Xueying saw that Gu Jinsheng actually released the Thunder Dragon to protect Ji An, she was speechless.
The powers of these psychics are not infinite. As long as the power is released, even if it is just a form without fighting, it will consume the power. Moreover, Gu Jinsheng's transformation of the Thunder Dragon is so lifelike, so it requires more energy.
Therefore, in order to save their powers, many psychics simply use their power prototypes in battle, without doing any fancy stuff.
Their boss seemed to be quite pragmatic in the past. He transformed into a thunder dragon at the beginning simply to exercise his control over his supernatural powers.
But ever since he met Ji An, he seemed to like showing off more and more by doing these flashy and impractical things.
Wan Xueying really wanted to ask Gu Jinsheng if his headache was gone. He had just lost one of his superpowers, and instead of resting his mind, he was doing all this nonsense.
But Wan Xueying didn't dare.
"Boss, the zombie king has fled to area number four. You guys chase him there while we deal with these zombies."
"good."
Gu Jinsheng and Ji An continued to chase forward. After they chased for a while and saw no trace of the Zombie King, the two slowly stopped.
"The zombie footprints suddenly stopped here. I suspect the Zombie King might be hiding nearby. Let's look for him." With the Zombie King's newly acquired wisdom, he probably couldn't think of such a complicated conspiracy. At most, his IQ is that of a child of a few years old. When playing hide-and-seek, he only remembered to wipe off the footprints in his hiding place.
"Well, let's split up and let Lei Long follow you." Gu Jinsheng said.
"Okay." With Gu Jinsheng's strength, even if the Thunder Dragon is released here to protect him, it will not prevent him from continuing to fight with his supernatural powers.
Ji An chose a direction based on his intuition, but he did not stray too far from Gu Jinsheng. Now that he had no special powers, he was afraid that he would not be able to resist the zombie king's mental control over him, or that he would be planted with the zombie king's spiritual seeds. In that case, Gu Jinsheng, who was completely defenseless against him, would be in danger.
Ji An searched house after house, but he still couldn't find anything after searching four or five houses. Apart from some low-level mutant beasts, there was not even a small zombie in the house.
Ji An stopped and did not continue searching blindly. Instead, he began to look at the house in front of him.
Suddenly, Ji An's eyes lit up. There was a house in the corner. It was very dark and could not get any sunlight whether it was sunrise or sunset. There was also an old locust tree next to the house. Its branches and leaves were lush and covered the whole small house.
The zombie king has only recently gained intelligence and can think. He probably doesn't know how to overcome his nature yet. Even when hiding, he subconsciously hides in an environment he likes.
"Jinsheng." Ji An greeted in a low voice and pointed to the gloomy little house over there. Gu Jinsheng nodded, and the two of them sneaked over quietly.
Suddenly a breeze blew by, and a rustling sound was heard in the weeds. The sound was very faint, and if you didn't listen carefully it would be drowned out by the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the weeds.
But both Gu Jinsheng and Ji An noticed it. Gu Jinsheng made a gesture to Ji An, indicating that Ji An should hide behind him. At the same time, the Thunder Dragon coiled around Ji An like a dragon coiling around a pillar, in a protective posture.
Ji An was a little amused.
Gu Jinsheng walked cautiously to a distance of about ten steps, and suddenly released a supernatural power to attack the weeds.
"Meow!" A kitten rolled out from the grass in a mess. It seemed that it had just opened its eyes and could not see the world clearly. Its limbs were limp and it had no strength to crawl. There were several wounds on its body, which looked like they were cut by branches and sharp stones.
"Is it a non-mutated kitten?" Ji An's attention was almost immediately attracted by the kitten.
It has been seven years since the end of the world. Whether it is animals or plants, all those that should mutate have mutated, especially the animals. There is really no way. If they don’t mutate, they can’t survive. Without superpowers, they can only wait to be hunted as prey. The strong prey on the weak, and only the strong can survive.
So now there are no mutated animals or plants, the only rare ones are like the giant pandas before the apocalypse.
This non-mutated kitten inexplicably had an attraction to Ji An. Ji An couldn't help but walk over to the kitten and stretched out his hand to touch the kitten.
At this moment, the space necklace on Ji An's chest suddenly burned again without warning. This time, the temperature emitted by the space necklace was even more scorching than the last time Ji An touched the mutant's crystal core.
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