As for animals, besides various pets and those in zoos, birds are the most common.
Di Xiu looked at the sparrow in the sky whose chirping had suddenly changed.
Its cry was mournful, its small eyes were filled with grayish-white, and its feathers began to fall out one by one. It flapped its increasingly stiff wings, its small head still facing the sky, and its cry grew more and more urgent.
In a single moment, all its feathers fell off along with its skin, leaving only its flesh and bones that rotted away in an instant. Even so, it continued to try to fly, but it struggled more and more to fly.
It slowly descended, its white eyes slowly turning as it "looked" at the four living people below.
It let out an excited cry, which became hoarse and no longer clear. Then it swooped down on Mao Qiu and the other two, twice as fast as when it was alive.
Emperor Xiu flicked his finger, seemingly striking nothing in particular, but the corpse-turned sparrow was immediately struck as if by a heavy blow. Its wings stopped flapping, and it crashed heavily to the ground, mingling with the filth.
Its white eyes reflected nothing, yet its wings trembled gently, their tips pointing upwards, as if trying to embrace the vast sky that could no longer be seen.
001 looked somewhat sad, whether because of the bird or because of the countless people and zombies like it.
Di Xiu patted his head, pondered for a moment, grabbed a corpse-like bird, pried open its beak, and dripped a drop of spiritual spring water from his space into it.
The corpse bird exploded on the spot.
Emperor Xiu: "..."
001 instantly lost all sadness and quickly locked her facial expression system, switching to a sorrowful expression: "Poor little bird."
"...You don't have to hold back."
001, channeling her inner green tea spirit, said with concern, "Little Xiu Xiu, you're always so careless about safety. People will worry about you."
Di Xiu suspected that he might have secretly looked at something strange again and been poisoned.
For as long as the red rain fell, he caught birds of various degrees of zombification and experimented with them for that long. When Mao Qiu and the other two felt the rain stop and stopped cultivating, they saw that there were many bird corpses piled up next to his car, or more accurately, the corpses of zombified birds.
Based on these experimental subjects delivered to his door, Di Xiu came to a conclusion: once the zombification was complete, meaning the eyes were completely white, the mutation could no longer be reversed by injecting spiritual energy. But before that, it was possible to save them.
He even caught a zombie to test it out. The zombie was infused with spiritual energy, and as long as it wasn't instantaneous or in a large quantity, it was fine. This might be because a crystal core had grown in his brain, allowing him to absorb pure spiritual energy.
However, this conclusion was drawn from a metaphysical perspective. As for the scientific perspective, he will not argue with the professionals this time.
...
Mao Qiu and the other two felt the changes in the power within their bodies, their faces filled with joy, almost impatient to show it off to their teacher.
They jumped off the truck together. Mao Qiu controlled the rain to turn it into whips, lashing away the zombies that were wandering around the truck. She then turned the water into water rings, trying to block the zombies that were approaching again, only to find that they could now bend over and jump high.
The jump wasn't very high, but it was about the height of one or two steps.
They became stronger, and so did the zombies.
They became stronger through cultivation, while the reason why zombies became stronger is unknown.
The three people looked rather grim, as they thought about the even more difficult future that all of humanity would face.
Mao Qiu still cannot heat the water or directly produce water vapor, but he has taught himself a rudimentary method of water control.
She could only control a limited amount of water at the moment. After stretching the water ring into a thin water curtain, it looked nice, but its actual effect was almost zero. It couldn't stop the zombies at all. Frustrated, she withdrew her superpower and took out a hammer.
Yan Jing also tried it and found that her superpowers were no match for the hordes of upgraded zombies.
The three girls pulled out their hammers and began violently beating the zombies. When they arrived at the repair shop, the three girls, who had been happy about their level up, all became dejected.
Although the rain didn't feel cold while it was falling, once it stopped and the wind blew, the three girls all started shivering.
Emperor Xiu was fairly satisfied with their cultivation progress. He stepped down from the roof of the car and nodded slightly: "Keep up the good work."
"yes."
As the three prepared to get into the car, Di Xiu looked at Mao Qiu thoughtfully and said, "Try to extract the moisture from their skin."
001 looked shocked: "Are you serious?"
First, they summoned water vapor, then they performed such delicate operations... Please have some understanding for these three ordinary people.
Mao Qiu, unaware of the difficulties involved, only felt that a new way of thinking had been opened up and immediately began to try it.
Ten minutes later, she said with shame, "I can't do it."
A mass of water is made up of countless tiny water droplets. Controlling countless tiny water droplets and controlling a mass of water seem like the same thing, but in reality, they are not the same difficulty at all, especially since some water has seeped into clothes.
Mao Qiu's current water control ability is insufficient, whether it's carrying away countless water droplets at the same time or drawing water out of his clothes.
Di Xiu pressed his temples, but unfortunately he really had no teaching experience in this area, so he finally said, "I will demonstrate once, and you can learn as much as you can. An Yao, you can activate your superpower."
He stretched out his hand to Mao Qiu, this time with his palm facing her.
In An Yao's vision, an invisible and colorless stream of air surged toward him, obediently swirling around him, especially around his palm, and then, under his control, it blew toward Mao Qiu.
Tiny specks of light emerged from Mao Qiu's entire body, converging once more into his palm, slowly forming a ball of water that grew larger and larger.
Mao Qiu and Yan Jing both pinched themselves to suppress their surprise and try to feel the flow of his power, but unfortunately, they were too dull-witted to understand.
Looking at their clear yet bewildered eyes, Di Xiu sighed inwardly. The pool of water instantly returned to the earth, and with a wave of his hand, the other two people's clothes and hair dried.
Seeing his expression, the three girls worried that he was disappointed in them, and nervously called out to him, "Teacher."
001 thought for a moment and still spoke up to defend them: "Xiu, they can't possibly learn this level of control at this stage. At least they'll have to wait until Mao Qiu and Yan Jing can freely use water and wind for offense and defense. They're only at level two now. Applying pressure like this is going too far."
"Is this considered applying pressure?"
001 couldn't be serious for more than three seconds before giving him a reproachful look: "Doesn't that count? Doesn't that count? They've only been superhumans for less than a month and have been training for less than ten days. It's already quite impressive that they've reached this level."
Emperor Xiu pondered for a moment. Although he didn't really think that level two was good, he still changed his mind.
"Mao Qiu, this is your future goal. After that, you and Yan Jing will continue to focus on cultivation while also mastering your respective abilities. An Yao doesn't need to practice her abilities too much; just focus on cultivation and body tempering."
The three of them immediately shouted, "Yes, teacher!"
Even the zombies that had no presence shouted: Can't you at least show some respect for our existence?
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