Chapter 23 Untitled Draft
The rooftop of an abandoned office building in Yucheng was empty and silent. Lin Xiyue stood in the center, facing the three of them, her figure towering in the sunlight.
Suddenly, Lin Xiyue gently raised her left hand, and the Pisces tattoo on her wrist shone with a golden light. As her mind moved, the light spread rapidly like a ignited flame.
In the blink of an eye, two houses slowly emerged from the light! They were like being summoned from the void, fully displayed before the three people.
These two houses were exactly 2201 and 2203. Lin Xiyue had unexpectedly stored them in her space. These were two of them. 2202 and 2204 were still in the Pisces space. She had thought that releasing two would be enough for the four of them. Perhaps because they were in the Pisces space, the two houses looked remarkably new, without the slightest sign of damage.
Gu Qinghan stood aside. She was already familiar with Lin Xiyue's Pisces space, so she didn't show much surprise. However, for Ji Yuan and Du Luoqing, this scene was simply a fairy tale.
Ji Yuan's eyes widened, her mouth hanging open, unable to close. She stared at the two houses in disbelief, as if they were miracles from another world.
Du Luoqing was also so shocked that she was speechless. Her eyes were fixed on the two houses, as if she wanted to see through them.
Lin Xiyue looked at their reactions, her lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile. She said softly, "Okay, let's go back and absorb the crystal core first!"
It turned out that the four of them had encountered several waves of zombies on their way to the rooftop of the office building. After a fierce battle, the four of them worked together to fight the enemy and finally eliminated all the zombies. As a result, Lin Xiyue also helped collect 200 first-level crystal cores in her Pisces space.
In those life-and-death battles, Lin Xiyue demonstrated her formidable strength and calm mind, leading everyone to a successful escape. And now, Lin Xiyue has used the Pisces space to create two more houses, which undoubtedly gave everyone a deeper understanding of her abilities.
Ji Yuan and Du Luoqing finally came to their senses, nodded quickly, and followed Lin Xiyue and Gu Qinghan back to their home2201.
Lin Xiyue returned home and put the military backpack and twin swords by the door. She took off her military boots and changed into slippers in the shoe cabinet. Gu Qinghan followed Lin Xiyue and did the same thing with her. He put the military backpack and Lin Xiyue side by side and changed into pink shark slippers.
Lin Xiyue walked to the sofa and waited for them, and did not forget to put the 200 crystal cores harvested today on the coffee table. After the 200 crystal cores were purified and impurities were removed in the Pisces space, each crystal core flowed with blue energy, a bit like the blue ocean.
After Lin Xiyue saw the three of them sitting down, she distributed 50 crystal cores to each of them, and also reminded them: "You can only absorb 10 crystal cores at a time. Come back every 10 minutes to absorb more, and so on."
"Okay, let's start absorbing!"
Lin Xiyue carefully placed the two crystal cores in her mouth, feeling a little uneasy, unsure what they would taste like. However, as the cores melted on her tongue, an unexpected sweetness spread, surprising her. It tasted a bit like blueberry candy, refreshing and sweet, completely unexpected.
Lin Xiyue swallowed the remaining eight crystal cores without hesitation. With each crystal core she swallowed, she could feel a warm energy flowing slowly through her body. This energy was like a trickle, gradually converging into a powerful torrent, rushing through her meridians.
When Lin Xiyue consumed all ten crystal cores, the energy finally reached its peak. Her meridians began to heat and swell, as if scorched by a blazing flame. At the same time, she could clearly feel her ice-based abilities slowly strengthening and becoming more active under the nourishment of this energy.
Seeing this, Gu Qinghan, standing nearby, followed Lin Xiyue and swallowed ten crystal cores without hesitation. As the cores entered her stomach, a faint orange-yellow light gradually emanated from her body, enveloping her completely. Although the light was faint, it gave off a warm and gentle feeling.
Ji Yu'an and Du Luoqing were filled with curiosity and excitement. They stared wide-eyed, carefully feeling the power brought by the crystal core. Although their reactions were not as obvious as Lin Xiyue and Gu Qinghan's, they could also clearly feel the supernatural power in their bodies gradually increasing.
Lin Xiyue continued to absorb the energy from the crystal cores, swallowing them one by one. When she swallowed the fiftieth crystal core, she suddenly felt an unprecedented burning sensation spreading throughout her body. This burning sensation didn't come from the outside world, but from within her body, as if a new supernatural power was trying to break free and burst forth.
This new power was completely different from her awakened ice power. It was filled with violence and heat, catching Lin Xiyue off guard. But she did not panic. Instead, she calmly used her mind to control this power, trying to guide it and accept its existence. The new power could coexist peacefully with her existing ice power.
Just as Lin Xiyue was concentrating on controlling this new power, her eyes suddenly flew open. If you looked closely, you would see that her eyes were flashing with blue lightning fire, and the flames danced freely in her eyes like leaping spirits.
It's actually a lightning ability! Lin Xiyue's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief. She had never imagined that in addition to her awakened ice ability, she could also awaken a lightning ability. What did this mean? Awakening two abilities at the same time not only meant that the crystal cores needed would be larger in the future, but the energy consumption would also increase exponentially!
Lin Xiyue slowly raised her hands, gazing at the two distinct powers. The ice crystals in her right hand exuded a chilling aura, while the lightning in her left pulsed with faint currents, as if proclaiming their existence. Her thoughts drifted away, as she began to ponder the potential and application of these two powers.
At this moment, Gu Qinghan opened her eyes and her gaze fell on the dazed Lin Xiyue. She noticed the ice crystals on Lin Xiyue's right hand and the flash of lightning on his left hand, and couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression: "Xixi, you can actually awaken the lightning ability! This is really great!"
Lin Xiyue was interrupted from her thoughts by Gu Qinghan's voice and came back to her senses. She was about to speak to Gu Qinghan when suddenly her stomach made a "gurgling" sound, as if protesting her hunger.
Seeing this, Gu Qinghan smiled slightly, stood up, stretched out his hand to Lin Xiyue, and said gently: "Okay, let's go cook together!" Lin Xiyue smiled a little embarrassedly. She quickly retracted her supernatural power and put her right hand on Gu Qinghan's left hand.
Gu Qinghan grabbed Lin Xiyue's arm tightly with both hands and pulled it with all his strength. Lin Xiyue was caught off guard and his body seemed to be pulled by a powerful force, and he stood up from the sofa involuntarily.
Because of this sudden movement, the two of them lost their balance and pressed tightly against each other. Lin Xiyue was a full 5 centimeters taller than Gu Qinghan, and this small difference was particularly obvious at this moment.
At the moment their bodies were pressed together, Lin Xiyue's lips touched Gu Qinghan's forehead. It was as if time had stopped at this gentle touch. At the same time, Gu Qinghan's lips landed squarely on Lin Xiyue's chin.
It all happened so quickly, so naturally, that they were both caught off guard. However, at that moment, a strange feeling came over them, as if they were the only two people left in the world.
Lin Xiyue's face flushed instantly, and her heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably. Gu Qinghan looked at the blushing Lin Xiyue so close to him, and was also a little flustered. He dodged his gaze for a moment, but did not loosen his grip.
At this moment, Ji Yuan and Du Luoqing finished absorbing the crystal core and walked out of the room together. Seeing Gu Qinghan and Lin Xiyue hugging each other, Ji Yuan whistled and teased, "Hey, what's going on with you two...what's going on!" Du Luoqing also covered his mouth and laughed.
Gu Qinghan insisted on holding Lin Xiyue's hand, interlocking their fingers, and said to Ji Yuan, "What's wrong with me kissing and hugging Lin Xiyue? Only you and Luo Qing are allowed to be affectionate!"
"Xixi, let's go cook. Don't worry about them. Let them go hungry!"
"Okay, let them starve." Lin Xiyue cooperated.
Ji Yuan held Du Luoqing's hand and said as they walked, "I didn't expect Xiyue to be a guy who values love over friendship."
Walking into the kitchen, Lin Xiyue took out a big goose, celery, onion, star anise, and beer from the Pisces space. He first chopped the goose into small pieces, boiled water, put the goose meat in the boiling water, added onion, ginger, and cooking wine, rinsed the water, and took out the meat.
Then put oil in the pot, add star anise, green onion, ginger, then goose meat, add appropriate amount of salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, beer, add appropriate amount of water and simmer for an hour.
Gu Qinghan washed the rice, added an appropriate amount of water, and put it into the rice cooker to start cooking.
After a while, the aroma of goose meat wafted out from the kitchen. Ji Yuan and Du Luoqing smelled the fragrance and felt even hungrier. They stretched their necks eagerly to look at the two people busy inside.
Until Lin Xiyue opened the lid of the pot and tasted a piece of meat, feeling that the meat was already stewed, he said to the two people at the door: "Alright! Let's eat!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan and Du Luoqing quickly washed their hands to help. Ji Yuan took four bowls to Gu Qinghan to scoop rice, and Du Luoqing took four pairs of chopsticks.
Maybe the four of them consumed a lot of energy absorbing the crystal cores, so they ate up the whole bowl of goose meat in a short time, and even the rice crust in the pot was not completely finished.
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