The following afternoon, sunlight lazily filtered through the gaps in the heavy curtains, cutting out several slanted beams of light on the dusty floor, with dust particles slowly floating in the light spots.
The sound of doors opening one after another from the second floor of several villas side by side broke the silence that had lasted all day.
"Squeak—"
Wen Qing was the first to push open the door. Her face was filled with barely suppressed joy, her eyes sparkled with excitement, and even her steps were much lighter.
Immediately afterwards, the door across the street opened as well.
"Sister Wenqing, how is it?" Gu Wan asked as she walked out from behind the door across the street.
"Wanwan!" Wen Qing strode forward: "Thanks to the wood-type crystal core that Zhizhi insisted on giving me yesterday, my healing skill has leveled up to level five!"
She stretched out her finger, and a soft, pale green light flowed around her fingertip, radiating a warm, life-giving aura.
Gu Wan blinked enviously: "I'm still at level five, but I feel like my control has become much more refined."
As she spoke, a cluster of flames, hotter than ever before, danced at her fingertips, casting a healthy blush on her cheeks.
The two chatted and laughed as they went downstairs, just in time to run into Ji Xian and He Zhuo walking over from the next building...
He Zhuo sighed, "Old Ji and I are still at level five! Gu Wanwan, Sister Wen Qing, Brother Che, Sang Yan... how are you guys?"
In the courtyard, Sang Che, Sang Yan, and Ji Huan were already sitting on the stone benches waiting...
Sang Yan rested her chin on her hand: "I'm at level four, but my brother is already at level five!"
"Sigh..." He Zhuo plopped down in a chair and sighed deeply.
"The enemy has already sent out level eight zombies, and I'm still a level five ability user! It's not fair! The villains are so strong... and I'm still a noob."
Sang Che: "Isn't what's even more disheartening the fact that the crystal cores we need for our upgrade are all in their hands?"
Everyone nodded in agreement. Ji Xian said, "Indeed, it's extremely rare to encounter a lone high-level zombie in Beijing."
Luo Xingyou strolled out of the gate, stretched, and said, "Good afternoon, family... what are you chatting about?"
Just as everyone was chatting idly in the courtyard of the Lu family villa, the doors of the Chi family villa, Gu family villa, and Shi family villa opened simultaneously.
"Ah Xu, Brother Chi! How is it?" Gu Qiqing's clear voice came.
He Zhuo's ears twitched, and he immediately jumped up from his chair: "I heard Old Gu's voice!"
As he spoke, he darted to the courtyard gate, leaned out, and asked, "Old Gu, Ah Xu, Brother Chi? How are you guys?"
Shi Xu: "I don't have a level seven mental crystal core... I'm just consolidating my level six!"
Gu Qi: "Level 6 water system."
With a casual wave of his hand, a jet of water fell into the vegetable garden in the courtyard of the Chi family villa, the water droplets evenly sprinkling on each vegetable.
Following behind him, Chi Yi smiled憨厚ly and clenched his fist: "Level 6 Wood Element."
"Waaaaah..." He Zhuo clutched his chest, tilting his head back: "Damn it, what's the point of having one more person like me? Why am I still level five?!"
When Lu Xici and Lu Beiye came out of the Chi family villa, they saw He Zhuo looking resentful and complaining.
Lu Xici raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is this... another shock?"
He Zhuo said with a long face, "Brother Ci... they both got level six crystal cores, but they upgraded behind my back."
Gu Wan couldn't help but chuckle: "Don't you think we should occasionally look for the reasons within ourselves?"
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