"Why, why? You clearly had the ability to save me!" One of the taller men lunged at Gu Lingxiao, seemingly wanting to infect him with the zombie virus as well.
Gu Lingxiao slapped him back. "Stay here. Tie it around from behind the wound. We'll find a way later."
Gu Lingxiao said with a smile.
These words rekindled the three's hope, and they could only grasp at this last straw, so they all did as Gu Lingxiao said.
Gu Lingxiao had actually been keeping an eye on Tang Yun outside. He didn't want her to die like that either.
He emerged and grabbed the zombie that was about to bite Tang Yun's neck. Dark elements spread, and it instantly turned into pieces.
Gu Lingxiao easily dispatched the remaining zombies, then looked at the severely injured Tang Yun and said, "I'm not breaking my promise, but you asked me to save someone else."
"Someone come and dig out the zombie crystals from these monsters so your guardian spirit can absorb them."
It's a pity no one came. There were a few eyes that were originally looking this way, but they immediately withdrew them after Gu Lingxiao said those words.
"Haha, do you think it's worth it?"
"I, I'll do it," Xiao Ran gritted her teeth and stepped forward, first dragging Tang Yun to a relatively clean spot nearby, her hands covered in Tang Yun's blood.
"Xiao, Xiaoyun, are you alright?" Tears were welling up in Xiao Ran's eyes.
With trembling hands, he held Tang Yun's Tang horizontal sword and struggled to chop at the zombie's head. Blood and flesh splattered, and a few drops of blood splashed onto his pale face.
"Don't get it in your mouth or on your wound, or you might get an infection," Gu Lingxiao reminded him with a playful smile.
Gu Lingxiao's words made Tang Yun shudder and almost chop her hand.
After several minutes of effort, he managed to pry one out and hurriedly handed it to Tang Yun, intending to put it in her mouth.
"Just let her hold it and absorb it," Gu Lingxiao couldn't help but remind her. Tang Yun is still conscious, so it's best not to eat unless absolutely necessary.
Once you've done it the first time, the rest shouldn't be a problem.
Tang Yun's absorption speed was not slow. In the short time that Xiao Ran was taking the zombie crystal, she had already absorbed one, and her pale complexion had improved a lot.
After shoving the zombie crystals into Tang Yun's hands, Xiao Ran ran to the side and started gagging.
"Quick, help me!"
"Please, please give me a way to survive."
The three of them held back until now before coming out, and the others followed, but they all avoided the three of them.
"Can you save them?" Tang Yun, who had recovered somewhat, asked weakly.
"Sure, it just depends on whether they dare to gamble," Gu Lingxiao said with a smile as he approached the three and dropped three ordinary zombie crystals.
"Whether you survive after eating it depends on your luck," Gu Lingxiao said, eager to see if they would believe him.
"This, this is zombie crystal? Will eating it restore my health?" Tang Yun pressed.
Gu Lingxiao smiled mysteriously, "That's how I survived, and I even gained superpowers in the process."
Gu Lingxiao's nonchalant attitude made it seem like an easy task, which gave them a false sense of security.
One of them swallowed it directly, but after finishing, he panicked when he saw that his two companions hadn't eaten.
"Eat! Why aren't you eating? This is our only chance to survive!" she shouted hysterically at the two men.
Neither of them paid him any attention. One reason was that they wanted to see what would happen, but the main reason was that they didn't trust Gu Lingxiao at all and were afraid that he would trick them. It would be best if there was a scapegoat.
The man's shouts stopped abruptly, and he collapsed to the ground, convulsing. His veins bulged as if they were about to burst. The crowd retreated quickly, their faces filled with fear.
Gu Lingxiao also took a step back. It wasn't that he was afraid, but he was afraid that the blood would splatter on him.
The person on the ground twitched a few times and then fell completely still.
"You lied to us!" the two injured men said angrily, their eyes filled with hatred as if they wanted to tear Gu Lingxiao to pieces.
"It's all because of you. If you hadn't refused to save us, we wouldn't have been scratched. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have come out and ended up in that damn military survivor base."
"It's all because of you, it's all because of you!" The two were so enraged that the zombie virus spread rapidly, and they were already showing signs of turning into zombies.
"Heh~ There's no point in saying more. You'll only have a chance to turn into a zombie if you eat it. Will you eat it or not?" Gu Lingxiao looked at the two of them calmly.
Apart from Xiao Ran and Tang Yun, the other five people had retreated back into the room, only peeking out from the broken walls.
"Are you lying to us?" Tang Yun asked seriously.
"Believe it or not, it's just that the chances are low," Gu Lingxiao said indifferently.
"Is there any other way?" Tang Yun asked again.
Gu Lingxiao grinned. "Yes."
Gu Lingxiao's answer instantly energized the group, and the two who had been shouting stopped, then became even angrier, "Then why didn't you say so before? Did you think it was fun to mess with us?"
One of them questioned Gu Lingxiao.
Gu Lingxiao ignored him and continued, "That's a super-energy crystal, which is the crystal in our brains, or the crystal in other evolved creatures. Do you have any?"
He paused, then continued, "Or are you willing to take out your super-powered crystal and give it to them?"
Gu Lingxiao's words did indeed draw the attention of the two men to Tang Yun.
Before the apocalypse, Tang Yun's family background was much worse than everyone else's here. She was only able to come here because Xiao Ran brought her.
"Tang Yun, are you willing to sacrifice yourself again to save me? I really don't want to die."
Gu Lingxiao slapped the man without hesitation. "Did you see their true colors? Don't be so arrogant. They all want you dead."
Tang Yun fell silent, her eyes gradually dimming. She had protected them for so long, yet they still wanted her dead.
After a moment of distraction, Tang Yun's eyes gradually hardened. "I won't help you like before. If you want to survive, risk eating the zombie crystals."
"Just see things clearly, don't be as kind and compassionate as that person, lest you cause trouble later."
They didn't know who the person Gu Lingxiao was talking about was, but his tone showed great disdain for that person's kindness.
The two collapsed to the ground, trembling as they held the zombie crystals. They could feel their bodies rapidly heating up, their vision blurring, and their minds spinning.
One of them had reached the peak of his anger on the battlefield; he wanted to live so that Tang Yun and Gu Lingxiao would suffer a fate worse than death.
In a fit of rage, one person swallowed the zombie crystal without hesitation, and the other hesitated before finally eating it as well.
The person who ate first was the first to show changes. Their muscles bulged, looking like they were about to burst. After a while, they slowly returned to normal, becoming more proportionate than before, and their originally somewhat thin body became much more upright.
This surprised Gu Lingxiao. He didn't expect this person to have such a good will and be able to hold on. But this was good, as it would make things much easier for him to do what he wanted to do later.
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