Chapter 16: Xiao Er Upgrades with Crystal Cores
Cheng Zhiyu thought for a moment and asked the system, "Is the preservation function the same as the freezing function of a refrigerator?"
System: [The preservation function can completely preserve the food; what the host puts in will be exactly the same condition when taken out.]
Cheng Zhiyu: "!!!" That's amazing!
In comparison, it seems that the preservation function is more appealing than the larger storage function.
However, he was still in no hurry to make a choice. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "If I choose the preservation function, will the storage space be able to be preserved no matter how big it is, or will it only be able to preserve this cubic meter?"
This is obviously very important.
System: [...It can keep food fresh no matter how big it is.]
Cheng Zhiyu's eyes lit up when he heard this. This meant that the preservation function only needed to be selected once. He immediately made a decision: "I choose preservation."
System: [Storage space upgrade in progress. Please check back in five hours.]
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhiyu tried to retrieve something from the storage space, only to find that it would take five hours to get it out.
Okay...
Cheng Zhiyu cultivated for a while, then took the remaining cabbage seeds and entered the system space.
There are only two cabbages left from the ones I planted earlier. I need to pick them quickly, or they'll start flowering.
Cheng Zhiyu was torn between keeping one of the plants to flower and save seeds. After thinking about it, he decided against it for now. He didn't have much food at the moment, and he also had cabbage seeds, which he could plant. He could save the seeds later.
Thinking this, he picked the red and white cabbages and planted the remaining cabbage seeds. This time, in addition to planting them around Xiao Er, he also planted many around Xiao Tie after asking for Xiao Tie's opinion.
As for Xiao Huang, its condition is not stable yet, so naturally it cannot allow other plants to compete with it for nutrients, so there is still empty space around Xiao Huang.
Even so, Cheng Zhiyu planted about ten cabbages, enough to eat for a long time.
He was also curious about what would happen to the cabbages planted around Xiao Tie. Would they harden like Xiao Tie? Would they still be edible?
Hmm... we'll know when the cabbages grow.
Speaking of which, Xiao Er and Xiao Tie both improved a lot when they went out to fight zombies yesterday. Judging from their appearance, Cheng Zhiyu estimated that they should be close to the second level of maturity.
He patted Xiao Er and Xiao Tie one by one, praising them repeatedly. The older Xiao Er happily rubbed against Cheng Zhiyu, while Xiao Tie, perhaps jealous, turned into a kitchen knife and slashed at Xiao Er.
The waiter wasn't going to back down either. One second he was being coquettish, and the next he turned into a fireball. The fireball and the cleaver were locked in a fierce battle.
Cheng Zhiyu: "..."
He remained calm, having grown accustomed to it. He used to worry that the two might get hurt, but he later realized his worries were unnecessary; the two knew what they were doing and were just playing around.
Seeing that they couldn't be defeated in a short time, Cheng Zhiyu simply left the system space, not forgetting to instruct: "Be careful when you fight, don't hurt Xiao Huang or my cabbage."
The two paused, moving a little further away from Little Yellow and Cabbage.
In the afternoon, the storage space upgrade was completed. Cheng Zhiyu didn't notice any changes. After thinking for a moment, he cooked a dish and put it in. When he took it out in the evening, he found that the dish was still hot, just like it had just come out of the pot.
Cheng Zhiyu: "!!!" What kind of high technology is this!
After that, Cheng Zhiyu didn't rest either. Every day, besides eating and cultivating, he would take Xiao Hei and the others out to fight zombies.
The zombies in the apartment building had been cleared out, and he then cleared out the rest of the neighborhood. Soon there were almost no zombies left in the neighborhood, with only a few wandering zombies occasionally, presumably having wandered in from outside.
During this time, Cheng Zhiyu's combat skills became more proficient, and he could easily deal with even a group of zombies.
In addition, there's more good news: Xiao Er has been promoted!
The timing of Xiao Er's upgrade was quite coincidental. At that time, they were surrounded by a group of zombies, which kept emerging, and the situation became deadlocked.
Cheng Zhiyu noticed a zombie hiding in the horde of zombies. It looked inconspicuous, but he still caught its attention.
Because this zombie was significantly more agile than the others, and its body was less decomposed, the surrounding zombies, which appeared to be attacking them randomly, were actually subtly encircling it.
The group of zombies is protecting that zombie.
Moreover, Cheng Zhiyu could sense that this zombie was probably more powerful than the female zombie he had encountered before. It was possible that the zombie was on the edge of the first stage of evolution compared to the female zombie, while it had already evolved to the first stage.
Cheng Zhiyu soon discovered that his guess was correct.
When Xiao Hei tried to smash the zombie's head with a water balloon, he discovered that this zombie's head wasn't smashed like a watermelon, unlike other zombies.
Xiao Hei narrowed his eyes: Metal-based superpower.
This zombie had clearly added defenses to its head; its water-based attacks were at a disadvantage against its metal-based attacks.
The zombie probably realized it had been discovered and stopped pretending to be an ordinary zombie. The next moment, Cheng Zhiyu felt a whooshing sound as metal from all around him came crashing down on him.
Cheng Zhiyu reacted quickly, leaping into the air. The metal objects crashed together with a series of crackling sounds. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would probably have been smashed into a pulp.
He became alert, but the metal-type zombies hesitated to attack. With an angry roar, more zombies charged towards him.
Cheng Zhiyu: "He shouldn't be able to launch consecutive attacks."
If zombies were ranked, this metal-type would most likely only be a level one.
Cheng Zhiyu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, if the opponent could continue to attack, it would be really difficult to deal with.
Although it's quite difficult to deal with now.
Xiao Hei jumped onto Cheng Zhiyu's shoulder, its gaze falling on the metal-type zombie. It narrowed its eyes, thinking that it was only level one and its water-type ability was still too weak.
He stretched out his paw and patted Cheng Zhiyu's hand holding the small metal kitchen knife.
Cheng Zhiyu immediately understood what he meant: "You mean, Xiao Tie can cut open his brain?"
Xiao Hei nodded. Xiao Tie was no ordinary metal. Even though he was only level one, he could still suppress metal-type zombies.
Of course, if you encounter a level two opponent, it will be difficult to deal with.
Now, we need to get close to the metal-type zombies, but how can we get close?
Xiao Hei's expression shifted, and the next moment, Cheng Zhiyu found himself completely surrounded by water: "Xiao Hei?"
Xiao Hei patted Cheng Zhiyu's shoulder with its paw, signaling him to hurry up and act.
Clearly, Xiao Hei won't be able to hold on for long.
Cheng Zhiyu nodded and walked towards the metal-type zombies. The ordinary zombies tried to attack him, but as soon as they touched the water around his body, they were turned into mincemeat.
The water turned murky for a moment, then quickly became clear again, continuing to churn up the rushing zombies.
Cheng Zhiyu: "!"
He widened his eyes slightly, but didn't stop moving, heading straight for the metal-type zombie.
The zombie clearly sensed the danger and became agitated, attracting more zombies to surround it in an attempt to escape Cheng Zhiyu.
However, no amount of ordinary zombies could withstand Xiao Hei's water wall.
Just as they were about to reach the metal-type zombie, it suddenly launched an attack, and more metal objects were thrown at Cheng Zhiyu.
Cheng Zhiyu frowned. This metal-type zombie obviously knew that the water wall wouldn't last long and wanted to buy time.
The water wall couldn't stop the incoming metal... Just as Cheng Zhiyu was about to leap away, a system notification sounded in his ear: [Congratulations, host, your character has reached level two maturity. Please explore further.]
For the first time, Cheng Zhiyu felt that the system's mechanical voice could be so beautiful and pleasant to listen to.
The little fireball instantly grew from the size of a palm to the size of a head.
As the metal hurtled toward Cheng Zhiyu, a fireball the size of a head immediately enveloped it, freezing it in mid-air.
Before the metal-type zombie could react, Cheng Zhiyu swiftly slashed at it. Its head was indeed harder than that of an ordinary zombie, but it was clearly not as hard as Xiao Tie's.
When Cheng Zhiyu chopped down on the zombie's head, his hand trembled. He gripped the cleaver tightly and forcefully chopped down the metal zombie's head, which instantly went still.
The water wall surrounding Cheng Zhiyu was removed, rushing towards the remaining ordinary zombies, who were instantly shredded.
It's clear that Xiao Hei is quite angry.
Cheng Zhiyu asked with some concern, "Xiao Hei, are you tired?"
Xiao Hei has overdrawn his superpowers and is feeling a bit unwell. However, aside from the discomfort, overdrawing superpowers actually has its benefits. Once his superpowers recover, he will become even stronger.
However, very few people would overuse their abilities to become stronger, because it's too uncomfortable.
Cheng Zhiyu could clearly sense that Xiao Hei was listless, so he quickly patted Xiao Hei, tucked him into his clothes, and patted him through the clothes: "I'm here for you. Go to sleep if you're tired."
Xiao Hei's barely open eyes slowly closed. It was strange; despite being just a weak human, he felt inexplicably at ease.
A fireball the size of a head floated over and swayed in front of Cheng Zhiyu. He immediately understood what Xiao Er meant and praised, "Xiao Er is really amazing. Luckily, you were here at the crucial moment."
The little dog was embarrassed by the praise and wanted to act cute with Cheng Zhiyu, but it had just leveled up and needed to go back to the ground in the system space to stabilize, so it could only reluctantly go back.
After he left, Cheng Zhiyu noticed that Xiao Tie was floating around the metal zombies, looking like he was in a hurry.
Cheng Zhiyu was puzzled. Did this zombie have something that Xiao Tie wanted?
He thought of something, found a tree branch, and frowned as he poked around inside the metal zombie's head.
He quickly poked something hard, his expression changed, he picked it out, and rinsed it with water.
It was an irregular silver crystal, about the size of a thumb, shimmering with a devastating light in the sunlight.
Cheng Zhiyu couldn't help but say, "There really is a crystal core."
Who would have thought that such a beautiful crystal core could be found inside such an ugly zombie head?
This zombie is a metal-type, and Xiao Tie should also be a metal-type, which explains why Xiao Tie kept circling around this zombie.
Clearly, crystal nuclei are beneficial to small iron particles.
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