Lin Yu's resolute decision deeply moved Gu Lingchuan. "Actually, superpowers can be strengthened. I don't know if you've noticed, but there's a kind of crystal in zombies' brains that can be absorbed to enhance superpowers. Maybe when your superpower becomes strong enough, you can perfectly solve the current problem."
Lin Yu paused for a moment, then shook his head again and sighed.
"If I had learned this news ten days ago, I might still have had a chance to become stronger, but now I'm really close to my limit."
"The parasites that infested my brother were among the earliest, still in their initial state, but they've been suppressed for far too long. The force of their rebound could cause him to lose himself in a short period of time."
"If we don't succeed this time, there won't be another chance."
How much longer can you hold on?
"One day."
"Let me recover first; you see, I'm basically at my limit now."
Indeed, Gu Lingchuan was filthy and in very poor spirits, with bloodshot eyes just like Lin Yu's.
Let me arrange a place for you to stay.
After making the arrangements, Gu Lingchuan went straight to sleep, but the door was still locked. His recent experiences had made him much more vigilant.
Lin Yu took a drag of his cigarette. He didn't actually know what Gu Lingchuan's special ability was, but he had no choice but to try anything.
Just then, the door was pushed open, and Lin An walked in. "Brother, what's wrong? Did something happen?"
“You can tell me, I can help you. You said you would tell me if you talked to President Gu,” Lin An said anxiously.
Lin Yu smiled. "Didn't you kill quite a few zombies before? Send someone to check if there's anything inside their heads."
"If they have any, have them bring them back. You don't need to go out this time. I'll let you know by the day after tomorrow at the latest."
"Ugh," Lin An said, sounding annoyed, but he didn't bother Lin Yu. After a while, realizing he couldn't get any more information, he turned and left.
Before long, it was evening, and Gu Lingchuan woke up. Although his mental state had not fully recovered, it had recovered about 70-80%.
They found Lin Yu, knocked on the door, and it was opened shortly afterward.
Lin An was also inside, currently examining a zombie crystal.
"Mr. Gu, is this the zombie crystal you mentioned?"
Gu Lingchuan nodded and closed the door behind him.
"You can feel the energy inside just by holding it in your hand; you can absorb it instinctively."
Lin Yu took the zombie crystal from Lin An and tried it using the method Lin An had given Ling Chuan. Sure enough, the energy was slowly absorbed.
My drowsy thoughts eased somewhat, and it took me more than ten minutes to fully absorb the zombie crystal.
The speed was somewhat slow compared to Gu Lingchuan, at least ten times slower.
"The speed is a bit slow. Didn't you absorb it at full power?"
"Absorbing these zombie crystals should be helpful for what we need to do next."
Gu Lingchuan roughly counted more than forty. Since evolving his superpower, he had only absorbed this many, yet his abilities had become much stronger.
If Lin Yu absorbs all of it, will the parasites voluntarily give up their parasitic relationship?
As Lin Yu had said before, animals stronger than him can only communicate, while those weaker than him can interfere to a certain extent, which might actually work.
Lin Yu also realized what Gu Lingchuan was thinking: "I did absorb it with all my might, and I even feel a sense of fullness."
"At the current rate, we can only absorb a maximum of four before needing to wait a while."
"However, with my nearly depleted superpower replenished, I can hold out for a while longer."
Gu Lingchuan had never realized that there was a limit to absorption. There was probably one, but the upper limit would be higher than Lin Yu's. He himself had never absorbed too much at once.
The two's inexplicable conversation left Lin An completely bewildered. The fragmented information was utterly useless, so he simply asked, "Brother, what exactly is going on?"
Lin Yu stopped hiding things and told him everything. After speaking, Lin Yu sighed deeply, "I'm sorry, Xiao An, you can resent me or hate me as you please, but now we should think of a solution."
At first, Lin An was very excited when he heard about the superpower, and kept asking what kind of superpower it was and whether he could awaken it. But as he listened, his expression became dazed.
The fear and resentment he had imagined didn't materialize. Lin An smiled and said, "Brother, how could I resent you? Besides, you've helped us suppress this for so long. At worst, I'll just die."
"No wonder you wouldn't let the new survivors eat fish; the people below said you were unfair."
Seeing his younger brother like this, Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He might not care so much about others, but he couldn't care less about his younger brother.
"Let me take a closer look at the parasite. When I was observing you at the door earlier, you must have used your powers or some other means to interfere with me."
Over the next period of time, Gu Lingchuan carefully studied the parasite in Lin Yu's brain.
After a while, Gu Lingchuan withdrew his mental domain, rubbed his temples, and observed the inside of the body, which was more exhausting than killing a few zombies.
"Let me start with my guess. Every time the parasite in your brain connects to your nerves, it shrinks a little. I suspect it's very difficult for the parasite to parasitize an evolved being, which is why the parasite in your brain is the smallest."
"Judging from the parasite's condition, it might connect to one or two more nerves, and then it will die from excessive exhaustion."
"Let's take a look at my brother's too."
Gu Lingchuan then observed Lin An's parasites.
"Although it's larger and more active than you, it only connected to one nerve under your suppression."
"Relatively speaking, your brother has a very high chance of survival."
After sharing the information he had received, he fell silent, and the room became quiet for a moment.
After a while, Lin An said, "Brother, since my chances are the best, let me try first."
"No," Lin Yu refused decisively; he couldn't let Lin An take the risk.
"elder brother......"
"No, there's no room for discussion on this," Lin Yu said emphatically, his expression extremely serious.
Lin An felt a little uneasy at that serious expression, but he wanted to persist, only to be interrupted by Gu Lingchuan's words.
"Let's find someone to try," Gu Lingchuan said. There couldn't be only good people in the survivor base, could there?
After a moment of silence, Lin Yu said, "Some people in our survivor base have indeed gone too far."
"Xiao An, go and call Lin Hai over."
Lin An hesitated for a moment, because Lin Hai was his cousin and also Lin Yu's cousin, but in the end he didn't say anything and went out to find Lin Hai.
Not long after, Lin An walked in with a robust middle-aged man.
Lin Hai laughed heartily and asked, "What does my cousin want with me?"
As she spoke, she sat down in the chair next to Gu Lingchuan.
"Let's begin," Lin Yu said to Gu Lingchuan.
Then he looked at Lin Hai and said, "Xiao An brought back a couple before. The man's name is Yang Wenguang, and the woman's name is Tao Peipei. Tao Peipei is quite beautiful. A few days ago, some of your brothers went out with Yang Wenguang to look for food, but Yang Wenguang ended up dying out there."
They came back saying Yang Wenguang had been eaten by zombies.
Hearing this, Lin Hai's smile slowly faded.
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