After finishing his dry rations in the morning, Xiao Jing had been waiting for Zhan Si to come to the door, mainly because he was craving something sweet.
3 minutes to 9 o'clock, there was a knock on Xiao Jing's door.
"Wow, when did you become so punctual?"
Zhan Siyu didn't speak, but pulled the little woman behind him to his front, and said with a slight smile, "Let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend, Nan Xiangwan."
"Tsk tsk, sure. Hello, I'm Xiao Jing. Come in and talk."
Nan Xiangwan hadn't expected Xiao Jing to be so handsome. She was momentarily stunned when she first saw him, but quickly recovered.
As soon as the door closed, Xiao Jing said impatiently, "Ah Zhan, hurry up, give me something good to eat, I'm so hungry."
Nan Xiangwan didn't expect Xiao Jing to be such a foodie.
Of course, Zhan Siyu didn't tease him and asked directly, "What do you want to eat?"
"Of course, it's the standard breakfast, soy milk and fried dough sticks are the best."
"Ha, you really dare to ask for that. Do you really think I'm omnipotent, that I can provide any food you want?"
"I don't care, you're not going to get rid of me. Hurry up, I'm still hungry."
"Okay, but we don't have soy milk or fried dough sticks. We only have porridge and buns."
"That's fine, hurry up, we still have things to discuss after we finish eating."
Then Zhan Siyu took out a portion of the few stocks in the space, but when he thought of his wife's space, he didn't feel so bad about it.
After Xiao Jing finished eating, he started talking about business.
“Ah Zhan, after my meeting yesterday, all 22 of our ability users will be coming with me, along with two ordinary family members. The remaining 10 don’t want to go through any more trouble, so I didn’t force them. I’ll just give them some supplies after I leave.”
"Yeah, that's good. This way our military strength will only get higher and higher, and our safety won't be a problem."
"Yes, but can I ask why your powers are stronger than mine?"
"Do your abilities remain the same as they were when they first appeared?"
"Yeah, could this thing really be upgraded?"
Nan Xiangwan hadn't expected that, even after so long since the apocalypse, there were still people who hadn't mastered the ability upgrades. She was genuinely concerned about what they'd do if they encountered advanced zombies. She then pulled a transparent crystal core from her pocket and said, "Do you recognize this?"
Xiao Jing looked at the crystal core in Nan Xiangwan's hand, shook his head, and said, "I don't know, what is this?"
"This is called a crystal core. It's a product of the zombie's brain. The key thing is that this thing can upgrade superpowers. Haven't you noticed that zombies are harder to kill than before when you go out to kill them lately? And some zombies are even starting to have consciousness."
"I was wondering why the zombies have been moving faster and faster lately. So that's how it is. And how did you know about this thing? If we had met you earlier, we wouldn't have foolishly wasted so many crystal cores now."
"I've known this for a long time. My highest-level ability is now level 5, and the lowest is already level 2. So while many people still don't know, we can still upgrade ahead of others."
Upon hearing Zhan Siyu's words, Xiao Jing looked at him as if he were a monster, "Are you some kind of prodigy? You've reached level 5 so quickly?"
"Of course, so after we leave, we can still kill a large number of zombies to collect crystal cores."
"Tsk tsk, but are all crystal cores like this?"
"Of course not. This is a second-level ordinary crystal core, suitable for all psychics. As for colored crystal cores, they need to match the psychic ability they absorb. For example, water and ice elements need blue crystal cores, fire element red, my lightning element is purple, wood element is green, healing element crystal cores are milky white, dark element crystal cores are black, and so on."
"Damn, I didn't expect so many types? What if I find a crystal core that I can't use?"
Zhan Si rolled his eyes in disdain. "Are you out of your mind? Can't you just trade the crystal cores you don't need with someone else? Besides, crystal cores are likely to become the common currency for exchanging resources in the future, so do you think extra ones are useless?"
“That really works. Okay, let’s put this behind us for now. Let’s talk about when we’re leaving, and we need a vehicle for our 24 people.”
How many cars do you own now?
"There's only one jeep and one bus, and we're running low on gas."
"I'm not saying, why are you in such a miserable state?"
"Get lost. If I weren't in a bad situation, would I be seeking refuge on someone else's turf? Besides, I'm not all alone. Since I've run into you, you might as well help me take the supplies I hid earlier."
Zhan Siyu didn't expect that this guy actually had a secret stash of things. He asked in confusion, "How long have you been hiding it? Are you sure it's still there?"
"These are the supplies you bought when you told me to stock up. There were many kinds, a little bit of everything. I was afraid that they would be stolen, so I stored all the supplies in my secret base. But later, there were more and more zombies there, so I stopped going. Anyway, I won't starve to death. As for how much stuff is still usable, I don't know, but having something is better than having nothing."
"How far is it from here?"
"I'm passing through on my way north, but it's close to the mountains, so there might be a lot of mutant animals."
"Tsk, I knew it. But what do you think about burning down a mountain? It'll be a good opportunity to taste the meat of mutated animals."
Xiao Jing didn't expect Zhan Siyu to be so ruthless, burning mountains at the drop of a hat. However, given the current mutations in plants and animals, burning them wouldn't cause much harm, at least it wouldn't be too much trouble for their group.
"Yes, yes. Are you sure you can eat mutated animals?"
"Sure. After all, they don't have the zombie virus. In fact, the apocalypse is more like a game of survival of the fittest. Zombies, superpowered people, ordinary people, and mutations of plants and animals are all closely related. The food chain will not be cut off for humans. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to just destroy the Earth?"
"I have no words to refute your reasoning. If animal meat is really edible, that would be a wonderful surprise. You have no idea how long it has been since we've eaten meat in the apocalypse. No one could stand it."
“Understood. Since the only usable vehicle you have here is the Jeep, I will provide you with three more 7-seater minivans. That will be enough for your four vehicles. As for gasoline, I have plenty in my storage space. Getting to Beijing will not be a problem at all.”
"Thanks, brother."
"You're welcome. We're all family from now on. It's no big deal. I'll go talk to Zhou Bing about how to get my people here, and then we can leave tomorrow."
“Zhou Bing? I know him well. I’ll go with you. That way, we can give him some benefits. Let your people in today, and it’ll be easier for them to leave tomorrow.”
"Since we know each other, that's great. Let's go. The sooner we can get this over with, the sooner we can get it over with."
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