Chapter 57 Control
"Stop chatting?! The zombies are coming!"
After everyone gathered together, they obviously relaxed, except Mo Fei, who was the most sensitive to sound. He was always looking around, and immediately spoke out to remind everyone when he heard any movement.
Everyone immediately became alert.
Within two minutes, the unique roars of zombies could be heard from all corners.
Listening to the noise, the lowest level zombies were level three, and there were many level four zombies. It seemed that all the high-level zombies that had evolved in the city were rushing here.
Before Mo Fei and his friends entered the building, everything was quiet. Not to mention zombies, not even mutant plants or animals could be seen. No one could figure out where the zombies surrounding them came from. Could they turn invisible?
Fortunately, the external injuries of Combustible Ice and Lin Jiyuan were cured by Shen Mianmian.
While absorbing crystal cores to replenish their superpowers, they attacked in all directions.
An ice blade and a lightning flash covered two ice-blue walls.
Bai Qi was not to be outdone and swung his black halberd.
"Ancient weapon?" Lin Jiyuan glanced at Bai Qi's weapon while killing zombies.
"Brother Lin has a good eye. This is a weapon passed down in my family."
Bai Qi smiled modestly, and as he spoke, he used the halberd in his hand to stab, hook, chop, and stab at the approaching zombies. His movements were clean and neat, and it was obvious that he often used this halberd, and almost every attack could hit the vital points.
After a while, a pile of zombie corpses appeared near Bai Qi.
Lin Jiyuan could see clearly that this man did not use any special abilities, but relied entirely on the black halberd in his hand to fight. It was just strange that he did not look tired after fighting for such a long time.
With Bai Qi's joining, they surrounded Mo Fei in the central area to prevent any zombies from using their superpowers to hurt her.
Mo Fei used the spatial rules of the 20 square meters area very comfortably. At this moment, she felt a bit like a T (tank) in the game, and the output players could output with peace of mind when she was around.
Half an hour later, only a few of the huge zombie horde were left.
Mo Fei's eyes lit up as he looked at the supernatural crystal core that was stirred out from the ground.
Shen Mianmian looked at so many crystal cores, and couldn't help but be amazed.
The number of these crystal cores is a hundred times more than what was obtained in the previous few months.
It's like poking open the zombie lair.
She had been following Huo Shu and Xu Huiyuan since before entering the base, and thought they were already powerful psychics. But now it seems that there is always someone better than you.
They couldn't compare to anyone in front of her.
I wish I could become such a great person one day.
This way her teammates won't give up on her again.
This way, she can also stand in front of her teammates to protect them.
As Shen Mianmian was thinking, she heard Mo Fei speak.
"Let's divide these crystal cores here."
Because she has always been in an absolutely safe output environment, Mo Fei's space law ability has strangled the most zombies, so it is most appropriate for her to distribute these energy crystal cores. And the most important thing is that everyone here has gathered here because of her.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Mo Fei first picked out the most precious A-level crystal cores, a total of 7 pieces! This meant that they had killed 7 level 4 zombies!
But there are 7 A-grade crystal cores, but there are 5 people here.
One yuan per person is enough, but two yuan per person is definitely not enough.
Shen Mianmian waved her hands quickly: "Sister Mo, you don't have to consider me. I didn't do much, you were the ones who killed the zombies. My ability level is only level one now, barely touching the threshold of level two. C or D level crystal cores are enough, it's a waste to give me such a good one."
She said this clearly and sincerely, without any pretense.
He is definitely not the kind of person who says no on the surface but actually wants to stick his eyes to you.
Mo Fei felt even more favorable towards Shen Mianmian.
This little girl has both love and hate in her heart, she says and thinks the same, and she is not greedy, which is rare.
Combustible Ice glanced at the crystal core on the ground and showed no interest at all:
"What's the point of this? I don't want it. All my food will be given to you as food allowance. Please cook more for me. I want to eat meat. The more the better."
After saying that, he took out a few pieces of beef jerky from his pocket and put them in his mouth and started chewing.
Mo Fei's eyes widened, his face darkened:
"Okay. I said I made 20 kilograms of beef jerky. Five kilograms were lost in just two days. I guess you stole it."
At that time, she kept asking if it was done by combustible ice, but combustible ice refused to admit it.
She had no evidence and really thought a big rat had gotten into the house.
When Ran Bing heard this, he immediately put his hands behind his back and swallowed the dried meat without chewing it:
"Don't talk nonsense. A thousand miles of fate brought us together, and it was all blown into my arms by the wind."
Looking at the way he was protecting his food, Mo Fei thought that this man had eaten so much and killed so many zombies, so the two offset each other.
So Mo Feiduo distributed some BCD-level crystal cores to Combustible Ice and Chen Mianmian, and finally the people who were responsible for distributing A-level crystal cores became three people.
Mo Fei took 3 pieces for himself and gave 2 pieces each to Bai Qi and Lin Jiyuan.
Mo Fei knew that Lin Jiyuan had three hungry superpowers at home, and it was time for them to upgrade their crystal cores. In addition to using them herself, she also had to prepare crystal cores for the two children.
Surprisingly, Bai Qi didn't answer.
He smiled and handed the crystal core back:
"I wonder if I can count it as my food expenses like this brother?"
Seeing that Mo Fei was silent, he added:
"I think the beef jerky he just ate was quite fragrant. It must have been made by you..."
Mo Fei looked at the returned crystal core:
"Don't you know there's a survivor base in Baishi? I heard they have an exchange. You can take this crystal core to the base and exchange it for as much beef jerky as you want. Even if they don't have it, they'll have to go out and kill a mutant cow to make it for you."
People in Baishi must know that there are so many supplies in Central Plaza.
But when they came here, there were signs everywhere that no one had been here for a long time.
This means that the people from the survivor base in Bai City have never set foot here.
It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I don’t dare.
They don't have the ability to fight against the level 4 zombies here for the time being.
This means that in the survivor base, the number of A-level energy crystal cores is very rare, and the things that can be exchanged are naturally more.
Bai Qi pursed his lips and narrowed his eyes slightly:
"Survivor base? I don't know. I've always lived alone nearby. When I'm hungry, I come here to find something to eat and drink. Most of the food here has gone bad, but you can occasionally catch some mutant animals. But the food I cook is not very tasty, and it barely fills my stomach."
Shen Mianmian whispered:
"I heard your last name was Bai before, so I thought you were from the Bai family."
"You mean the richest man's family, right? It would be great if I were really a member of the Bai family. Do you know Zhongshuge? My family lives there."
Bai Qi pointed to a bookstore outside Central Plaza that occupied three floors and looked luxurious from the outside.
"That's what I said. It's not such a coincidence."
Shen Mianmian breathed a sigh of relief.
Mo Fei knew that bookstore. It was built like a circular book building. In addition to books, it also sold snacks and rented out study rooms. It also held book clubs and book signings. It was considered a popular online bookstore. I heard that the owner of the bookstore was a handsome guy. I didn't expect that the owner was Bai Qi.
"You don't have to pay for any food, just take it." Mo Fei stuffed the crystal core back.
Bai Qi's eyes dimmed a little.
But then he heard Mo Fei say: "You saved my life. It's only right that I cook something for you."
Bai Qi smiled brilliantly, and the light in his eyes brightened again, which made Mo Fei's heart skip a beat.
Mo Fei has been single for 30 years and has never been in a relationship. When he watched TV dramas and read novels in the past, he often wondered what it felt like to have a crush on someone.
Why would two people fall in love with each other just because of a look or a smile? Isn't this nonsense?
But now she thinks, is this the feeling she has towards Bai Qi?
Mo Fei was a little confused for a moment.
Even the way she looked at Bai Qi seemed a little strange.
"Are you still searching?"
Lin Jiyuan's voice suddenly rang out.
Mo Fei came back to his senses embarrassedly and pinched himself secretly, wondering what happened just now. He was like a crazy fan.
Ke Ran Bing came to Shen Mian Mian: “Why do I feel that my little brother is in a bad mood?”
"Who is your little brother?" Shen Mianmian didn't understand.
"Who else could it be, Lin Jiyuan? Hiccup." Combustible Ice covered his mouth.
He tilted his head and recalled the first time they met, when Lin Jiyuan fell in the snow, and the combustible ice dragged him back to the cave as a reserve food, and used ice to seal Lin Jiyuan's meridians. Later, in order to use Lin Jiyuan to win credit with Mo Fei in exchange for food, the two of them made peace. Speaking of which, he had never fought with Lin Jiyuan in real swords and guns.
"Please speak less. No one will think you are dumb if you don't speak."
Considering that the two of them had depended on each other on the 5th floor before, Shen Mianmian silently dragged the combustible ice away to prevent him from being beaten by Lin Jiyuan.
Because the zombies that had poured in had been almost cleared out, the five of them searched the building again.
They each put on a brand new warm windproof down jacket, a hat, a scarf and gloves, and then moved out boxes of stuff one by one until Lin Jiyuan's RV could no longer hold them.
Bai Qi has also been helping without complaint, and seems to be enjoying being with Mo Fei.
When the extreme cold comes, it gets dark quickly.
When Lin Jiyuan was about to drive Mo Fei and the others back to town, it was already dark.
"Be careful." Bai Qi did not get in the car.
He helped move more than a dozen boxes of things to Lin Jiyuan's car, but there was only a small cardboard box at his feet. It only contained some fuel for the gas portable stove and some long-lasting bread and biscuits.
"Let's go." Lin Jiyuan fastened his seat belt and put his foot on the accelerator.
He leaned over and said this to Mo Fei, who had not yet gotten into the car.
Mo Fei was holding a huge insulated lunch box in his arms, which contained a whole pickled fish. She pretended that she had put it in the RV before. But Ran Bing's eyes widened and he kept yelling for a while, asking why he was not given food, and then Shen Mianmian covered his mouth.
"This is for you. Take it back and heat it up and you can eat it. This fish is a golden line barb caught from the river in our town. The meat is very good, and I made it into sauerkraut fish. I left in a hurry today and didn't bring anything to eat. If we have the chance in the future, I will cook it for you." Mo Fei smiled gently and handed the lunch box to Bai Qi.
Bai Qi opened the lid and the smell of pickled fish spread out.
His eyes froze. Compared to the cold beef jerky, the warm pickled fish was more appetizing. It reminded people of the warm days when fireworks filled the world.
"Thank you. I took advantage."
He smiled. In his eyes, that little bit of crystal core was far less useful than this food.
In the car, Chen Mianmian took great effort to hold down the combustible ice, preventing it from going down to snatch the food from the tiger's mouth and ruining this beautiful farewell scene.
Lin Jiyuan's eyes were mysterious and he was casually looking out the car window through the rearview mirror.
I have met a lot of people recently. First, there was the ice-type psychic Ke Bing who said he could eat people, and then there was the level 1 healing psychic Shen Mianmian who was abandoned by his teammates. But these two are okay, the weirdest one is this Bai Qi.
Bai Qi looks as gentle as a gentleman, but every move he makes is deadly. Lin Jiyuan would never believe that he hadn't fought in mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Would such a person help a stranger without any ulterior motive?
Lin Jiyuan had no way of not doubting this person's intentions.
But what made him upset was that this time, Mo Fei no longer had a tacit understanding with him, but instead had a good impression of Bai Qi.
Fortunately, he rarely shows his emotions on his face.
His expression was indifferent most of the time, and even Lin Jiye couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy from his face.
After getting in the car, Mo Fei rolled down the window and waved to Bai Qi.
The car drove away gradually. Mo Fei looked in the rearview mirror and found that Bai Qi's figure was slowly getting smaller and smaller until it could no longer be seen.
Mo Fei rubbed her brows, the silly smile on her face disappeared, and her voice became calm: "Take a detour, don't let him see that we are going back to Hexi Town."
Lin Jiyuan paused as he held the steering wheel, and then followed Mo Fei's instructions and drove another route. Taking this long route, there were three directions to go. It would take three hours longer to get back to Hexi Town than originally planned.
"I didn't expect you were pretending." Lin Jiyuan glanced at him.
Mo Fei closed his eyes: "Who said I was pretending. I just felt that I was under mental control. But I'm not sure."
Only she herself knew that when she said goodbye under the car just now, she secretly pricked herself several times with a knitting needle, leaving needle holes all over her legs, so that she could stay awake and resist inviting Bai Qi to get in the car and go back to Hexi Town with her.
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Shen Mianmian in the back row frowned.
She was not stupid and had heard of various superpowers in the base.
I know there is a type of psychic called psychic.
At the beginning, these psychics were mostly auxiliary.
They can connect to other people's sea of consciousness, and at first they can guide and soothe the emotions of other psychics, especially those with animal-like alien forms.
Later, some people discovered that psychics were the real horror.
They possess powerful mental powers and can influence others at will, including but not limited to spying on others' abilities, making others dizzy, causing hallucinations, hypnosis, and control.
What’s even more terrifying is that the powers of psychics are very hidden.
If they don't say it themselves, others will have no way of finding out whether he has superpowers and how high the level of his superpowers is.
"Fortunately, Sister Mo, you are smart."
Shen Mianmian told everything she knew about psychic abilities, and couldn't help but praise Mo Fei with admiration.
"It's very similar to Ono's ability." Mo Fei muttered and looked at Lin Jiyuan.
Could this be the direction for Lin Jiye's future upgrade of his supernatural powers?
But Ran Bing was tired from playing, so he ignored the other people in the car and fell asleep by the car window holding the big ham.
Shen Mianmian was not idle, seizing every opportunity to use those crystal cores to start upgrading...
Mo Fei and Lin Jiyuan each had their own concerns and did not speak any more.
Night has fallen and the snow has gotten heavier.
Bai Qi was still standing in the snow. He opened the box and slowly picked up a piece of fish and chewed it.
He actually didn't like to eat these things. But he could tell that the energy contained in this dish was no less than that of the supernatural crystal core. This was also the reason why the zombies were so crazy about it.
The ultimate pure power.
Before Bai Qi finished eating, he heard footsteps coming from not far away.
They were a group of young people with special abilities.
“Cousin, can you be more careful? It’s already dark, and you have to come here. If the zombies show up again, we’ll be dead.”
Xu Huiyuan is a water-type ability user. In snowy weather, her ability can also be used as an ice-type ability. However, she is only level 2 now, and can only focus on dealing with two level 2 zombies at most at a time.
Where are they coming from now?
This is a place where even the strongest team of psychics in the survivor base dare not come.
"What do you know? Didn't you see that we didn't encounter any zombies along the way? Maybe this is an opportunity." Huo Shu just felt that Xu Huiyuan was too timid and had no knowledge.
Fortune and wealth are achieved through risk.
If he hadn't brought them out in time and rushed to the survivor base, they would have starved to death by now.
It's unusually quiet here right now. Not only are there no zombies along the way, but I also picked up a few D-level crystal cores that no one knew who wanted them.
You can’t say for sure about Central Plaza, you might even find C-grade ones.
He has maintained his second-level ability for a long time, and it is time for him to reach the third level with the crystal core.
Zhang Zhixin and Li Haoxuan followed suit. They had also picked up a few crystal cores just now, but kept them in their pockets and didn't hand them over. They were as happy as if they had won the lottery. They were hoping to follow Huo Shu to pick up some more.
There were four people in the group, and three of them agreed to go deeper.
Xu Huiyuan had no choice but to follow them.
She shrugged her nose and suddenly smelled a fragrance:
"Cousin, it seems someone is eating fish?"
Huo Shu stopped digging at the zombie's body, stood up and took a sniff.
“It’s true.”
A few people followed the smell and saw Bai Qi eating pickled fish in the snow.
Bai Qi didn't look at them.
He chewed each mouthful of fish slowly for a long time, perhaps because he wanted to better appreciate the taste or because he was afraid that the fishbone would cut his esophagus.
Several people observed Bai Qi from a distance.
Apart from his good looks and the strange halberd beside him, he looked ordinary, just like an ordinary person without any special abilities.
Could it be that this person was just like them, running over to take advantage of the situation when he saw there were no zombies here?
"Mr. Huo, you see there is a box next to him. It must contain supplies or crystal cores. Let's grab it. There is also food in his hand. It smells so good!" Li Haoxuan offered suggestions.
Huo Shu did not move. He was able to survive until now, not only because of his supernatural powers, but also because of his brain.
Xu Huiyuan was a little impatient: "
It's getting dark. Hurry up! What if we run into a horde of zombies when we get back?!"
Huo Shu has always doted on his younger sister, and Xu Huiyuan's words are usually Huo Shu's words.
Li Haoxuan nodded and immediately walked towards Bai Qi.
Li Haoxuan stepped on the box.
The flashlight in his hand shone directly on Bai Qi's face.
Bai Qi didn't react at all.
If he hadn't been chewing something, others might have thought he was frozen.
Li Haoxuan happily opened the box, and it was indeed filled with fuel, food, and crystal cores! So many crystal cores! There were even levels he had never seen before!
"Mr. Huo! We're rich!!!"
Li Haoxuan shouted happily.
"You didn't react to this, are you really a fool?"
Xu Huiyuan frowned, it was a pity for this man's good looks.
She has never looked for a partner, just wanting to find a high-level psychic in the base to support her.
The man in front of me is handsome, but unfortunately he is just an ordinary person with an abnormal brain. He doesn't even resist when he sees someone snatching things.
Huo Shu couldn't resist the temptation of the crystal core and walked slowly towards it.
Li Haoxuan quietly took a few crystal cores and put them into his pocket, then snatched the insulated box from Bai Qi's hand: "Here you go!"
The next second, the person who seemed to be frozen in the snow slowly moved his hands.
He picked up the black halberd.
No one could see how he moved, they only saw the halberd waving like an afterimage.
The blood in the snow is always particularly eye-catching and beautiful. When it splashes on a person's face, it is warm at first and then solidifies into blood ice.
Bai Qi stood in the snow, exhaling a breath of cold air as he spoke: "Dirty."
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