Chapter 131 Third-Order Superpowered Individual!
Lu Yuyang's brows did not relax, and his voice carried an undeniable heaviness: "The opportunity exists, but the price is enormous. I have a reagent here that can stimulate supernatural potential. But the success rate... is only seventy percent!"
He paused, and clearly saw that the light in many people's eyes dimmed instantly, and even turned to fear.
But he had to explain clearly: "This means that five or six of you might... fail and become zombies."
A deathly silence enveloped the crowd.
A 30% mortality rate hangs like a cold noose overhead.
After a brief silence, a young voice rang out: "I'll do it!"
A young man from the Lu family, barely in his early twenties, strode forward, his eyes resolute. "Brother Yang! What's the difference between an ordinary person out there and waiting to die? Why not take a gamble!"
"Even if I fail, at least I died to become stronger, not to be pathetically devoured by zombies!"
"Me too!" A middle-aged man clenched his fist.
Count me in!
"Me too!"
One by one, fifteen people stepped forward, their eyes filled with a do-or-die courage.
The remaining five people, either out of fear or because of the desperate pleas of their families, backed down.
Lu Yuyang did not force anyone; he respected everyone's choice.
Fifteen vials of dark blue reagent were distributed.
Under the tense, almost suffocating gaze of everyone, the fifteen people tilted their heads back and drank it down.
Instantly, intense pain engulfed them.
Muscles contorted, veins bulged, bones creaked with a sickening sound, and some couldn't help but let out a piercing scream.
Lu Yuyang clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms, his eyes fixed on each of his clansmen, his heart filled with immense torment.
After a long period of painful torment, the dust has finally settled.
The twelve people stood up unsteadily, their bodies emanating varying degrees of, but undeniably, supernatural energy fluctuations.
Their eyes were filled with the ecstasy of surviving a catastrophe and awe of power.
But when they turned their heads, they saw three other relatives who had also turned into zombies, and who, like them, shared the Lu family bloodline. Their bodies were twisted into terrifying shapes during the mutation, and they had completely stopped breathing.
Everyone closed their eyes in pain, unable to bear it.
Lu Yuyang closed his eyes and ordered his men to carry the three people out and bury them.
Then he walked towards them step by step and handed the crystal core to his relatives who had just become superhumans.
"Look at me, and I'll absorb the crystal core..."
Time flies by in the cycle of hunting, luring, catalyzing, and absorbing.
The fat man became the most diligent "hunter," attracting several first-stage evolved zombies almost every day.
Second-order crystal nuclei are accumulating at a steady rate.
On the fifth day, a much stronger and colder energy fluctuation suddenly erupted from Lu Yuyang, and the temperature of the entire stronghold seemed to drop a few degrees.
He slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of icy blue light seemed to appear and disappear deep in his pupils.
A Tier 3 Ice-type Ability User!
He divided the remaining few precious second-tier crystal cores in his hands among Fatty and Lu Zhan.
The two were already close to breaking through, and their auras were rising steadily under the powerful push of the crystal cores. Unfortunately, the third tier required too many crystal cores. Although the two had increased their energy reserves by a large margin, they still failed to break through to the third tier.
Among the newly promoted superhumans of the Lu family who had absorbed the evolved zombie crystal cores over many days, three or four had successfully advanced to the second tier, and the rest had also seen a significant increase in strength.
The power within the stronghold expanded rapidly, like a snowball rolling downhill.
However, the higher the level, the rarer the higher-level crystal cores become, and the difficulty of upgrading increases exponentially.
Within the safe zone not far from the stronghold, the outsider with superpowers could not conceal his furious rage, roaring at the high-ranking officer of the safe zone who had been forcibly forced to kneel by his subordinates:
"I've waited for months, and all I got was an empty laboratory! If you don't hand over Fu Jinxing, I'll feed you all to the zombies today!"
The flames in his hands flickered erratically, and the scorching heat waves burned people's skin.
One of the base leaders, pinned to the ground, explained through gritted teeth, “Captain Xiao… ever since you… you took over the lab, we really haven’t seen Professor Fu… we have absolutely no idea what he did!”
"Didn't know?" Xiao kicked the man who spoke to the ground and stomped on his chest. "He's from your safe zone! If I can't find him, I'll take you all as collateral! Beat him up!"
"You can't be unreasonable!" a young voice rang out angrily. It was the son of a base leader. "Professor Fu was clearly under your supervision. You lost him yourselves, so why are you holding us accountable?"
"You're asking for death!" A fire-type ability user next to Xiao sneered, and a scorching line of fire shot out instantly, accurately piercing the young man's arm!
"Ah!" A piercing scream echoed across the square.
"Son!" The old leader rushed over, his eyes wide with fury.
"Reasoning?"
Xiao laughed cruelly, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "My fists are law! If we can't find Fu Jinxing, your entire safe zone will be buried with him!"
The outsider with superpowers unleashed their abilities without restraint, and ordinary guards were harvested like weeds.
Lu Zhenting and several other leaders who once held sway were forced to kneel on the cold ground, their sense of humiliation almost overwhelming them.
Lu Zhenting felt a deep sadness. He had foreseen the change of power, but he never expected it to happen in such a blatant and violent way.
He closed his eyes. This was the fate of ordinary people in the apocalypse. Their Lu family... was completely finished.
Just as despair was spreading and the executioner's blade was about to fall completely.
A group of figures appeared before them. Lu Yuyang's cold voice, filled with chilling killing intent, swept across the entire square like a cold wind.
"Let them go!"
Upon seeing his son suddenly appear, Lu Zhenting's calm face immediately turned excited. "Yuyang, hurry! Take them with you!"
The safe zone is definitely going to be destroyed by these people today. Yu Yang must live; he is the hope of the Lu family.
To his utter rage, Lu Yuyang not only didn't leave, but instead led his men closer and closer.
The outsider with superpowers ignored their presence and laughed arrogantly.
"Ha...another one coming to die?"
A bloodthirsty outsider with superpowers didn't take Lu Yuyang seriously at all. He sneered and raised his hand, sending a sharp wind blade straight at Lu Yuyang's face.
"Are you out of your mind? I'll grant your wish!"
However, before he could finish speaking, the sinister smile on his face froze completely.
Lu Yuyang didn't even make any extra movements, his eyes just narrowed.
"puff!"
A crystal-clear ice arrow, radiating extreme cold, materialized out of thin air. It struck first, moving at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye, instantly piercing the throat of the wind-type ability user.
The blood didn't even have time to splatter before it froze into scarlet ice crystals.
The arrogant superhuman fell straight down like a duck whose neck had been snapped, his eyes still filled with disbelief and astonishment.
The entire square was deathly silent.
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