Chapter 119 Raising Little Zombies in the Apocalypse 3 Have you made a breakthrough?
Although Zhuo Lin did not show it, some gossipers noticed something and gossiped about it in private.
"Why is this Shen Qian still in the team?"
"Who said she wasn't? She's a rank 0 Purification System. It's fine that she followed us to S City before, but now she's still following us when we're on a mission in S City. She always stands at the end of every mission, and she has to get a share of the crystal cores. I've been disliking her for a long time!"
"Forget it, just keep your voice down. What if he has a backer?"
"Who is she clinging to?"
"Who else could it be? Didn't you see before? Captain Zhuo always takes good care of her... maybe..."
"Forget it, forget it. Let's just stop talking about Captain Zhuo."
Even if Shen Qian deliberately avoided Zhuo Lin, people's gossip was terrifying, and if she wasn't careful, she would be gossiped about. At this time, two beauties came to the team. The female fire-type superpower was wearing a neat combat uniform, which outlined her well-proportioned figure, bright face, and confident eyes. Even though Xu Yingshuang, who was also eye-catching, was standing next to her, she was still like the brightest star. Both of them were level 2, but they were much more useful than Shen Qian, a level 0 purifier. Many male team members gathered around to talk to these two people.
Lin Wan also saw Chen Qian from the crowd. His expression changed slightly, but he did not pretend not to know her and walked straight towards Chen Qian.
"Chen Qian, long time no see."
"haven't seen you for a long time."
The fact that the two of them could greet each other after meeting at the end of the world was already the limit of their affection.
When the original owner was five years old, her parents divorced and she followed her mother to remarry and enter the Lin family. Lin's father was a strong military man who was often on missions outside. The old lady was the housekeeper at home and never said a word to Shen Qian, a "burden". Lin's mother was weak and did not dare to fight for herself, let alone her daughter. Almost all the resources in the family revolved around Lin Wan.
They are sisters on the surface, but in reality they are just competitors who grew up together.
It's not that the original owner didn't work hard. She also tried to fit into this family, but Lin Wan never allowed her to surpass his own halo. As long as she had achievements, Lin Wan would suppress her with another more dazzling thing. Certificates, school rankings, praise from parents, friendships, even a cat at home was closer to Lin Wan.
The original owner once naively believed that as long as he was good enough, he would be recognized one day.
Until her mother fell ill and was hospitalized, the Lin family was busy preparing Lin Wan's travel documents, but they said to her casually: "Don't go, so as not to worry your mother."
Later, she understood. She was just an "extra gift," a marginalized member of that family, an unimportant part of Lin Wan's life. So she chose to get married, hoping to pull herself out of this suffocating family, but she fell into another misfortune, and her marriage did not last long.
Both of their parents were infected with the virus and died when they entered the apocalypse, but the property, supplies, and resources left by their father all went into Lin Wan's pocket, while the original owner got nothing.
Now that the two have met, Chen Qian is no longer the original owner, but Lin Wan is still the brilliant Lin Wan.
Chen Qian knew that the unfairness between the two of them was not limited to this. Lin Wan was the heroine in the book and was born with the aura of a protagonist. Whatever resources she wanted, she only needed to move her fingers and a man would provide them for her. The protagonist and supporting actor in the book all revolved around her.
But so what? Shen Qian didn't care at all. All she wanted was to find her son and ensure his safety. To her, everyone else was just a passerby.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, they soon ran out of things to say to each other. Fortunately, Lin Wan's best friend pulled her away, and Shen Qian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lin Wan, have you seen Captain Zhuo of our team? He's so handsome!" Xu Yingshuang lowered her voice, but with a hint of unconcealed excitement: "Do you think he will pursue you?"
Lin Wan is not someone who is easily moved, and when she saw Zhuo Lin, she couldn't help but skip a beat.
The man not far away was standing casually, talking in a low voice with the deputy captain, his brows slightly furrowed, as if they were discussing the route on the map.
His combat uniform was a little worn out from the intense fighting, and his stern face showed a bit of fatigue, but he could arouse women's curiosity and desire to conquer more than those over-maintained men.
The two of them discussed in whispers, and Lin Wan blushed secretly when she accidentally made eye contact with Zhuo Lin. There were not many men who could make Miss Lin's heart flutter as soon as they met.
"I can see that you are moved. Why don't you take the initiative?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
In the next few days, Lin Wan and Xu Yingshuang gradually became the favorites of the Dawn Team. Zhuo Lin also discovered that this new female psychic seemed to be interested in him. She was outstanding in appearance and tall in stature, and her affection for him was quite obvious.
Zhuo Lin had discussed this topic with his friends before. After entering the apocalypse, he had no intention of looking for a partner, but if he wanted to find one, he would have to find a female superpower with high-quality genes, preferably with good combat capabilities.
Only in this way can we have the ability to protect ourselves in the end times.
Obviously, Lin Wan is the perfect candidate for a partner.
But for some reason, Zhuo Lin just couldn't muster up the energy. He still paid attention to Chen Qian's movements intentionally or unintentionally.
Shen Qian has had no time to care about others recently. After entering the dangerous area of City S, she discovered something very strange. In order to gain greater promotion, she always intentionally or unintentionally created opportunities to face zombies alone. However, those zombies were usually just ordinary zombies, and she never had a chance to face mutated zombies.
But on this day, when the Dawn Squad was carrying out a zombie elimination mission in cooperation with the army, Shen Qian realized for the first time that the zombies seemed to be... coming for her.
Zhuo Lin led the mission well, communicating with the army throughout the process, adjusting personnel in real time according to the feedback from the other side, and the team progressed very smoothly. After the large-scale clearing was completed, the next step was the cleanup work. Shen Qian volunteered to go to an abandoned community with the deputy captain. This was a hard job that others were unwilling to do, but it was a good choice for Shen Qian.
On the one hand, she can avoid the cold stares of others, and on the other hand, she can occasionally encounter some lone zombies, which makes it convenient for her to pick up some low-level crystal cores that others look down upon.
That community was a high-end residential area in S City ten years ago. The buildings were old but well-protected, and the terrain was closed, which was a favorite place for mutant zombies. Ordinary people didn't dare to go deep into it alone. Zhuo Lin didn't stop her, but asked the deputy team leader to give her an enhanced locator.
"If anything happens, press the signal immediately." The man turned and left after giving the instructions.
After entering the area and searching for a while, Chen Qian felt something was not right. Unlike ordinary infected areas with foul smells and corpses everywhere, this place was not - too quiet.
Several low-level infected bodies trembled against the wall and avoided her, not even having the courage to approach her, as if they were afraid of something more powerful.
Chen Qian is not a rookie. She has rich combat experience in the apocalypse. Her sixth sense inexplicably makes her feel like she is being secretly watched after entering this community.
Shen Qian looked around but didn't find anything wrong. After dealing with the low-level zombies, she decided to evacuate the area immediately for safety reasons. Unexpectedly, just as she was about to leave, the fire door was slammed open and a zombie staggered out of the door.
Judging from its movement speed, it must be a mutated zombie without a doubt. However, as it got closer to her, its movement speed suddenly slowed down, as if the pause button was pressed, and it almost stopped in front of her.
Shen Qian: “…”
Of course, Shen Qian wasn't the type to just sit there and wait foolishly. She quickly killed the zombie with her knife, then carefully dug out the still-pulsating crystal core from the zombie's head. Her palm suddenly felt warm.
It's a fourth-level purification crystal core!
Her pupils suddenly shrank. This kind of zombie with a purification crystal core is extremely rare, let alone a fourth-level one!
Moreover, mutated zombies are usually extremely powerful, have extraordinary physical fitness, and move very quickly. The fourth-level ones are even rarer. Ordinary psychics would most likely die in a one-on-one fight. But it was actually... almost dying, and it took the initiative to come to her?
"This is not right..." Shen Qian murmured.
For a moment, she didn't know whether she should be happy or scared.
If it weren't for this misunderstanding, she would have been killed by zombies by now.
Some team members had already passed by from a distance. Shen Qian held the still warm crystal core tightly in his palm, his face slightly gloomy, and he quickly made a decision.
This place is not safe, but if she goes out with such a priceless rare crystal core on her, she may not be able to return to the base alive.
This is the end of the world, and she doesn't trust anyone, not to mention that many people in the Dawn Action Team dislike her. If they knew that she was carrying a fourth-level purification crystal core, they would probably force her to hand it over to the team, and it was hard to say who would get it in the end.
The safest way is to immediately find a place to fuse this high-level purification crystal core!
Shen Qian looked around and quickly found the top floor of a villa. He hid in the attic storage room and locked the door.
She really needed a hidden, safe place where she wouldn't be disturbed to complete the crystal core fusion.
Chen Qian found a place to sit down, held the crystal core in his left palm, carefully covered it with his other hand, then closed his eyes and tried hard to activate his purification ability.
The purification crystal core belongs to a special type of crystal core. It can only exert its maximum effect when fused with a purifying ability user. Among other ability users, only the healing ability users can fuse it, but the effect will be greatly reduced.
A purification crystal core of level two or above is already high enough to be sold at a high price on the black market and at auctions, not to mention the level four in Shen Qian's hand, which is basically certain to attract a frenzy of grabbing from all parties.
At this moment, the crystal core in Shen Qian's hand gradually disappeared after sensing the supernatural power. Shen Qian felt as if her consciousness was being stripped away and her senses were being submerged. The energy was rampaging in her body, as if it wanted to tear her apart and reshape her.
Shen Qian felt her blood boiling and her bones seemed to be burned, which was very uncomfortable. She tried hard to adapt herself to this discomfort, but in the end she bit her lips until they bled.
The purification spiritual line in the body, which was originally too thin to be seen, was expanded little by little.
The process of breaking through from level 0 to level 1 was extremely difficult, and Shen Qian felt that the time was extremely long.
But the transition from level 1 to level 2 was remarkably smooth. She discovered that the supernatural core in her body, which she had not been able to feel before, quickly took shape and began to flow continuously through her meridians throughout her body.
In the end, this fourth-level crystal core allowed her to successfully upgrade from level 0 to level 2!
Due to the upgrade, Shen Qian's five senses seemed to be much more sensitive than before. She noticed someone outside and quickly opened the door and walked out.
"Captain, you're here."
The person standing outside the door was the newly found captain, Zhuo Lin.
She was careless and forgot that she was still carrying the enhanced locator given to her by the deputy captain, and she should have turned it off in advance.
Zhuo Lin looked her up and down, his expression extremely surprised: "You... have made a breakthrough?"
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