He found Gu Lingchuan and told him that he would go and take a look first before deciding whether to take Gu Lingchuan for the appraisal. After saying that, he left directly. As for whether Gu Lingchuan agreed or not, that was really not up to Gu Lingchuan.
Although he was somewhat worried, Gu Lingchuan did not go with them. He felt that if he went and encountered danger, he might not even be able to protect himself, and would not be of much use and would only become a burden.
Gu Lingxiao followed the path he had taken earlier and arrived at the place where he had parted ways with Lü Ming, but unfortunately, he couldn't find anything after searching the surrounding area.
There wasn't time for a large-scale search, since there are too many tall buildings here, making it unlikely to search everything.
"Don't die!" Gu Lingchuan shouted, and then left.
Not long after Gu Lingchuan left, a monster appeared here. It was over three meters tall, with sharp horns on both sides of its head and its body covered with scales, but it still retained the basic features of a human. It was none other than Lü Ming.
The changes were so drastic that he would be unrecognizable if he hadn't still retained Lu Ming's face. Hunting evolved creatures was too slow, so he had begun hunting and absorbing zombie crystals.
He finally understood what the person who saved him had said: humans were indeed easier to hunt than other evolved creatures, but he couldn't hunt them at will and found it too slow, so he could only absorb zombie crystals.
This is also one of the reasons why he dared not come out to see Gu Lingxiao. He did not listen to him and still absorbed the zombie crystal, picking up the A4 paper that had fallen on the ground.
It contained writing, such as the location and information of Li Hai and Fang Younan, as well as the strength of the military survivor base.
The two horns on its head folded together and transformed into a drill-like organ, which drilled through the cement and entered the soil. Then, the hole left by the drill was covered and restored to its original state.
Gu Lingxiao, who had disappeared not long ago, suddenly reappeared at the place where Lü Ming had disappeared. Looking at the missing A4 paper and the cement that had been drilled through, he muttered to himself, "Why don't you dare to see me?"
He hadn't actually found Lü Ming. Everything he had just done was just a test. He had been watching from a distance for a while, but when Lü Ming didn't appear, Gu Lingxiao began to suspect that he was really gone. However, he still tried to leave until he could no longer see him, and then returned after waiting for some time.
Being able to detect that I was observing him from the shadows is an improvement, but being able to leave from underground also proves that he is rapidly becoming stronger.
After sending out the message, Gu Lingxiao went directly to Lijiang University. To his surprise, there were already people there, including military personnel, some of whom were old acquaintances.
"Zheng Guohao," Gu Lingxiao appeared behind him and called out.
Zheng Guohao's body trembled, and he instantly turned around and backed away. But when he saw Gu Lingxiao, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Why are you here?"
Come and take a look.
Soon the rest of the team members gathered, but one person was missing: "Where is the Giant Spirit God?"
Upon hearing Gu Lingxiao's words, the smiles that had been on everyone's faces vanished.
Gu Lingxiao also understood, "How did he die?"
“An official evolved being was infected after making eye contact with a monster and returned to the survivor base to mutate. Giant Spirit God was ambushed and turned into a zombie. At that time, he was incredibly powerful after becoming a zombie and killed many ordinary people. There was no other way but to kill him on the spot,” Zheng Guohao explained.
Gu Lingxiao simply nodded; accidents are all too common in this world these days.
"What's the current situation with that alien?" Gu Lingxiao asked.
"We can no longer enter Lijiang University. The corrupting power inside has attracted many aliens, and we could easily be surrounded and killed if we're not careful. Moreover, some areas still have corrupting power; if you accidentally enter, you'll either turn into an alien or a zombie."
“That alien appeared once before,” Zheng Guohao explained.
"Why did it come out? When I went in, I was already standing right on top of it and it didn't even wake up."
"Professor Hua Yansong wanted some skin tissue from the monster for research. If it were just touching or scraping off a little skin tissue, there might not be any problem. But that guy actually cut off one of the monster's tentacles. After that, the alien stood up, over fifty meters tall, and was crushed to death by that guy with one stomp. Its companion looked directly into the monster's eyes and went back and was deformed."
Zheng Guohao told Gu Lingxiao the whole story.
Gu Lingxiao then prepared to go in and check the situation. He wouldn't dare let Gu Lingchuan go in to examine it if he wasn't sure whether the alien had returned to its original position.
Several flashes appeared silently outside the ruins of the experimental building.
The ruins were shrouded in a gray-black mist, and countless alien creatures silently surrounded the ruins of the experimental building. In the very center, a colossal creature was embedded in the ruins, surrounded by the power of pollution, absorbing the surrounding pollution with its eyes closed.
Gu Lingxiao finally saw what the alien looked like. It was actually quite similar to a human, except that its hair had turned into tentacles and its face was exactly the same as a human's, except that it was covered with black blood vessels, which looked rather terrifying. Gu Lingxiao suspected that this thing was a human in disguise.
Although his eyes were closed, Gu Lingxiao felt very unsafe, because he might open his eyes at any time, and Gu Lingchuan's mental domain had a divine sense-like effect, making it easier to make eye contact with him.
Gu Lingxiao felt uncomfortable just from staring at it for a short while. He felt that if he were to actually examine it, there was a high chance that it would backfire on Gu Lingchuan.
After observing for a while without obtaining much useful information, Gu Lingxiao left.
He returned to Zheng Guohao's side and explained the details to them.
After learning that they would continue to guard the area, he went back first.
Back at the survivor base, he told Gu Lingchuan the details.
"There's no need to try. Our strength is still too weak right now. The assessment will most likely turn you into an alien or a zombie."
Gu Lingchuan nodded. Knowing the odds were slim, why would he still try? That would be foolish.
This also made Gu Lingchuan realize that he had to be more careful when using the mental domain in the future. If he made eye contact with a monster like the one he was now facing, he would be infected. Or, if he made eye contact with a monster that was attacking him, he might fall into its trap without even realizing it.
In the few days since Gu Lingxiao left, Professor Hua Yansong went crazy and smashed a lot of experimental equipment.
Only then did everyone realize that if they did not fully recover to their original state, they would lose their minds after a period of time.
However, Hua Yansong did not take any more Super Energy Crystals to fully recover. He only took Super Energy Crystals every now and then to keep himself rational.
Hua Zhiyuan strongly disagreed, but a son is still a son.
Having failed to achieve his goal, Gu Lingchuan prepared to return. Gu Lingxiao didn't say much and led him back to the Qingyu survivor base before turning back.
He hasn't even acquired his light elemental power yet.
However, he did not go directly into the military survivor base, but instead hunted evolved creatures and zombies in the surrounding area.
After hunting for several days, Gu Lingxiao still needed a lot of crystals to advance to the fourth stage, so he planned to ask the military for some.
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