Chapter 280 This 'purity'...
With all the RV windows open, icy air rushed into the vehicle.
Lu Nange and Shi Xu stood by the window, their spiritual energy instantly spreading out...
Chi Yanzhou, Lu Xici, and Lu Beiye leaned against the window, their eyes fixed on the backs of the seven people in front of them.
Gu Qi led the charge, with Wen Qing and Luo Xingyou in the middle, Chi Yi and Ji Xian bringing up the rear, and He Zhuo and Gu Wan protecting the flanks—the seven of them advanced steadily in a battle formation, finally stopping beside a building that was frozen in ice.
Gu Qi stared at the dark figure swaying behind the ice: "Is everything ready?"
Everyone turned around and looked in the direction of the RV.
Lu Nange gave them a thumbs-up: "Keep it up!"
"Go, brothers and sisters!" Lu Beiye shouted from the window, with his macaw and Zhizhi nestled in the stroller beside him.
Blazing flames, sharp earthen spikes, jagged earthen barbs, and gleaming golden darts all rained down on a layer of ice sculpture...
Considering their numerical disadvantage, Gu Qi and his group devised a prudent tactic of clearing out enemies layer by layer.
"Splash!"
The moment the first layer of ice shattered, the zombies inside the building staggered toward the group.
Shi Xu unconsciously straightened his back: "There's a lot, it won't..."
Chi Yanzhou: "No!"
"They can." Lu Nange said firmly.
Lu Xici: "Nan Nan is right, they can..."
The hot tea and snacks on the table were ignored, as Lu Xici and the others kept their eyes fixed on the fighting scene in front of them.
Wen Qing, who had been sprayed with zombie spray again, now held a Tang sword in each hand. She weaved through the horde of zombies, and as the head of a zombie on her left flew off, a zombie on her right was cut in half at the waist, black blood splattering onto the ice.
Luo Xingyou followed closely beside Wen Qing, the golden darts dancing between her fingers as if they were alive.
With each wave of his hand, several golden darts pierced through the zombie's forehead.
Gu Qi and Chi Yi worked together seamlessly.
As Chi Yi's thorny vines entangled five or six zombies, Gu Qi immediately activated his water-based superpower—the zombies visibly withered and shriveled, eventually turning into shrunken corpses, the vines contracted, and the bodies crumbled into powder.
He Zhuo's earth spikes suddenly protruded from the ground, stringing the zombies together.
Ji Xian's earthen spikes seemed to fall from the sky, pinning any zombies that tried to approach to the ice.
The two stood back to back, managing to clear a vacuum in the horde of corpses.
Gu Wan stood in the center of the group, her palms glowing with blinding firelight.
She compressed the flames into beams as thin as hair, each strike hitting the zombies between the floors.
The zombie that was hit first stiffened, then burst open from the inside, and the flying fire fragments blasted five or six zombies that tried to rush out into pieces.
He Zhuo: "Gu Wanwan, you're amazing..."
Gu Wan: "You're not bad either..."
Lu Nange and Shi Xu's mental energy constantly enveloped the entire hospital area, like two invisible radar networks, so that not even a zombie fly could escape their perception.
When Gu Wan and her group of seven had completely cleared out the last zombie in the hospital, the entire space fell silent, with only the dripping sound of melting ice remaining.
"How was it?" He Zhuo tossed his hair eagerly as soon as he got into the car. "Didn't I look incredibly cool just now?"
Lu Nange and Lu Beiye exchanged a glance and nodded in unison: [Fine, let's try to appease her...]
Shi Xu picked up a book without even looking up, and started flipping through it: "Not bad..."
"Huh?" He Zhuo picked at his ear. "Is there something wrong with my ears?... Am I hallucinating? Did Shi Xu just praise me?"
"Not only Shi Xu is praising you, but Yan Ge and I also have to praise you." Lu Xici patted He Zhuo on the shoulder and said, "You're using your brain during fights now, not bad... Comrade He, you've made considerable progress!"
"Something's not right..." He Zhuo said, trembling, "You're all praising me, but why does it feel so unreal?"
Gu Wan rolled her eyes: "...He Zhuo, I'm not trying to be mean, but seriously! I think you're a bit seriously ill."
"Hey..." He Zhuo rubbed the back of his neck: "Isn't it strange? It feels good..."
Gu Wan: "..."
Everyone: "......"
Chi Yanzhou glanced at He Zhuo: "...This purity...I reckon even a gold mine couldn't refine such pure 'divine gold.'"
Everyone: "Brother Yan... insightful!"
......
The flames from the burning corpses illuminated half the sky, while the surrounding ice melted continuously under the intense heat, the sound of dripping water echoing throughout...
While He Zhuo and the others were changing clothes, Lu Xici deliberately parked the RV upwind, avoiding the area where the ice was melting.
As the flames gradually died down, Chi Yanzhou raised his hand and waved it lightly, and the ground was covered with a smooth, flat ice surface.
The group sat around the island counter in the RV, with five level-four crystal cores laid out on the table.
Lu Nange: "The crystal cores we collected today, barring unforeseen circumstances, should be enough to power our RV for more than half a year... Now the main concern is these five level-four crystal cores. Who should we upgrade first?"
Chi Yanzhou: "As agreed before, in the order of ability upgrades?"
"agree."
"No objection."
"Can."
Everyone nodded in agreement...
"I have a suggestion..." Seeing everyone's attention focused on him, Gu Qi continued, "I suggest giving the three ice, metal, and fire type stones to Yan-ge, A-ye, and Ci-ge first."
Lu Xici: "But I..."
Gu Qi: "Brother Ci, listen to me first. I know you need level 5 elemental crystal cores to break through to level 5 superpowers. But after each battle, everyone can feel the bottleneck in their superpowers loosening... So, I think instead of distributing them evenly, we should use these crystal cores to concentrate resources on building a few top-tier combatants..."
The discussion gradually heated up, and a consensus was finally reached—Chi Yanzhou, Lu Beiye, and Lu Xici would take the ice, metal, and fire element crystal cores respectively for their upgrades.
The remaining wood and earth elements were given to Chi Yi and He Zhuo, respectively.
"Although a level four crystal core offers limited help in breaking through to level five..." Gu Qi stroked the level three crystal core in his hand, "there might be some unexpected gains."
After dinner, apart from Lu Nange and Shi Xu who were on guard, everyone else returned to their rooms with level three or four crystal cores to begin absorbing them.
The entire RV was so quiet that only the soft hum of the heater could be heard.
Shi Xu glanced at the time displayed on the tablet—23:47—and turned to Lu Nange, saying, "Nannan, you go get some sleep first. I can keep an eye on things by myself."
"No need." Lu Nange leaned back on the single sofa, hugging a cushion. "Let's stay here together and wait until they've finished leveling up."
The two assigned watch times: Shi Xu would first use his mental energy to cover the entire area for two hours, and then Lu Nange would take over...
The ice sculptures outside the window glowed with a faint blue light...
At 3:17 a.m., Wen Qing's door was the first to open.
She tiptoed into the living room and found that Gu Wan and Ji Xian had also come out one after the other...
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