"They underestimated the allure of evolved beings to these zombies." Now, all the surrounding zombies will probably gather around.
Keep in mind that his teleportation distance was only two hundred meters. By the time his wounds had almost healed, a circle of zombies had already piled up below the building.
Several mutated speed-type zombies charged forward. These mutated zombies had already surpassed human limits, but they were still no match for Gu Lingxiao.
His second-stage evolution level, speed, and strength are already on par with these mutated zombies, and with teleportation, he can easily kill them.
After quickly extracting the zombie crystals from nearly ten monsters, Gu Lingxiao planned to leave.
"If only there were a bomb, I remember there was a military base in Lijiang City." This is just a thought for now, but I can look for it later.
He teleported to the spot where he had previously killed zombies, skillfully and quickly taking out zombie crystals one by one. When a zombie discovered him and rushed over, Gu Lingxiao teleported away several times.
Once they reached a higher vantage point outside the city and looked down at the factory area, the roaring sounds were unlikely to stop anytime soon.
He exhaled and took out three or four zombie crystals. Within seconds, the rhomboid white crystals turned to ashes.
His special ability was to devour and plunder, so his absorption speed was naturally extremely fast. After recovering some of his strength, Gu Lingxiao prepared to go back, but the next moment a sense of danger enveloped his entire body.
Subconsciously, he teleported away from where he had just been. Turning his head, he saw countless unknown roots sprouting from the soil. The dense, wriggling tendrils on each root triggered Gu Lingxiao's trypophobia.
After quickly leaving that area, the roots were retracted.
"Have even the trees mutated?"
Gu Lingxiao originally thought that the wild would be safer, but now it seems that's not necessarily true. If it's just the animals that have mutated, it might not be too dangerous, but if the plants have mutated, how far behind can the insects be?
The wilderness is far more dangerous than you might imagine.
Gu Lingxiao then quickly headed towards the Blue Fish Survivor Base along the edge of the city.
The journey was fraught with danger but ultimately safe.
Gu Lingchuan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Gu Lingxiao; he could hear some of the commotion in the city earlier.
"Is Ling Xiao alright?"
"Nonsense, if something happened, would I be able to come back?" Gu Lingxiao retorted habitually.
Outside the survivor base, Gu Lingxiao quickly cleaned the zombie blood and brain matter off his body, then went to the bathroom to clean himself thoroughly.
Only after everything was settled did Gu Lingxiao have time to take stock of what he had gained from the trip.
Fifty-four ordinary zombie crystals, some soft and some hard. The soft ones haven't fully crystallized yet, meaning they're semi-finished products.
Fourteen semi-finished products, plus seven larger and whiter zombie crystals, were all taken from the brains of mutated speed-type zombies.
The energy in the semi-finished product is estimated to be only half that of the finished crystal, while the energy in the mutated zombie crystal is two to three times that of the normal zombie crystal.
This is the general conclusion drawn when Gu Lingxiao regained his superpowers.
The semi-finished product was left behind, and all the remaining crystals were given to Gu Lingxiao. By this calculation, he is about to enter the second stage.
Gu Lingchuan looked at the zombie crystals on the table. He could kill so many in just three or four hours. Was the second stage really that strong?
unlikely
"We can take it slowly in the future; we don't need to take too many risks."
"Right now, the zombies are relatively weak. It's impossible for us to be the only ones hunting zombies to become stronger. This world is not lacking in geniuses. If we don't take advantage of this period to snowball our power quickly, we will fall behind others later. In a chaotic world, strength is king. As the head of a group, you can't possibly be unaware of the situation."
What are you afraid of?
Gu Lingxiao realized that Gu Lingchuan had lost his drive since his legs became crippled, which is why he said so much.
Gu Lingchuan naturally knew that he was just afraid of losing his younger brother again.
Gu Lingchuan adjusted his glasses and remained silent for a moment. "From now on, I'll hunt zombies with you, we'll advance and retreat together, face life and death together, and fight for a future."
"Let's move on to the second stage first."
At this time, Li Yan had finished cooking, and the two of them stopped talking. It was a simple meal of four dishes and a soup, but it was a rare treat for the three of them.
"Finally, I can have something hot!"
Gu Lingchuan sighed, then continued, "Lingxiao, have you seen the Lin brothers?"
Gu Lingxiao shook his head. He had gone in the direction of the factory with more zombies, so the two injured people had most likely gone in another direction.
After eating, Gu Lingxiao planned to collect some more zombie crystals. He had only collected about half of the crystals from the zombies he killed that morning before being surrounded by other zombies and forced to leave temporarily.
But this time Gu Lingchuan insisted on going with her, leaving Li Yan alone. Although she was afraid that the two of them would abandon her, she had no choice but to follow their arrangements.
The two arrived outside the factory where Gu Lingxiao had killed zombies that morning. Most of the zombies were still gathered there. They did not kill each other, but they would attack the dead zombies, pry out the crystals from their heads and swallow them.
They are like a new race; powerful zombies do not consciously attack weaker zombies, but they also do not waste the crystals of dead zombies.
It's hard to say what racial trait this is, but it has disrupted Gu Lingxiao's plans.
"Let's retreat. We'll start clearing from the outside. Try not to get hurt. Although we won't get infected, our flesh and blood are very attractive to zombies."
"We'll figure something out when you get to stage two."
Gu Lingchuan nodded. "Simply killing zombies in this horde will yield very few zombie crystals; the zombie crystals you leave behind will only increase their strength."
Upon reaching a location with fewer zombies, Gu Lingxiao began to kill them, while Gu Lingchuan collected the zombie crystals and provided support to Gu Lingxiao.
Although this method of obtaining zombie crystals is not fast, it ensures that you can get crystals from every single zombie.
By evening, the number of zombie crystals the two had obtained was about the same as in the morning, except that there were no mutated zombie crystals.
"Alright, that's all for today," Gu Lingchuan said.
The two returned to the Blue Fish Survivor Base. After washing up and having a meal, Gu Lingchuan focused on absorbing the zombie crystals.
For the next five days, Gu Lingchuan continued to absorb the zombie crystals, and he also felt a sense of saturation.
It took five days to use up more than a hundred zombie crystals, during which time Gu Lingxiao went out to find a suitable second superpower.
There were a few that particularly appealed to him. One was the ability to regenerate rapidly on a salamander, where severed limbs could be completely restored within an hour.
I originally intended to take the crystal directly, but after a struggle, it escaped. Its vitality was too strong, and it even left me with a lot of injuries.
Another one is the electric eel, which is in the Li River. Gu Lingxiao saw it when he went there that day. The electric current that burst out in an instant, even though it is seven or eight meters long, can be seen from the shore. However, this guy is very difficult to catch.
I'm definitely no match for him in the water.
There was also a mutated zombie that could emit shockwaves. Gu Lingxiao only saw the zombie fighting with the mutated animal from afar, and its power was also great.
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