Chu Nian chuckled but didn't answer. The demon tree only awakened its self-awareness and gained intelligence after the apocalypse, which was only a little over a year ago. It simply couldn't understand the complex emotions of humans.
Along the way, whenever they encountered attacks, the demon tree was always the first to be hit. Everyone thought it was doing its best to protect them, but only Chu Nian knew that it just wanted to "eat" something so that it could grow faster.
Because it grows too slowly, Chu Nian might not need it anymore. Should he take its crystal core or refine its roots then?
Honestly, the fact that it could think this way made Chu Nian think that it was a pretty sensible tree. A sensible tree, like a sensible person, is more useful, and usually quite easy to use. So, Chu Nian hasn't thought about getting rid of it yet.
In this zombie horde, the demon tree was still at the forefront. So, while it was enjoying its meal of zombies, it was also the first to "see" the powerful zombie controlling the horde.
"Oh my god, Master, save me!" The demon tree was so frightened that its claws almost went numb. It scrambled its branches to the ground and darted to the back, behind Chu Nian, who was being protected by the others.
To control such a massive horde of zombies, the opponent must be incredibly powerful. While the demon tree hid behind Chu Nian, its tall, proud figure had already entered the sight of the front-line team members.
"It's Vice Captain Qin! How could this happen?" Xiao Li exclaimed in disbelief, his eyes reddening. Although he had chosen to be on the same team as Chu Nian, he still had deep feelings for Qin Hao, his former vice captain.
Qin Hao used to be the most respected person in the team. When the others saw that he had become a zombie and was now commanding a group of low- to mid-level zombies to form a huge zombie horde to attack them, they were all shocked and saddened.
The demon tree said with lingering fear, "Master, this zombie is at least level ten or higher, a zombie king. I didn't expect it to grow so fast in just two months!" If it hadn't run fast enough, it would have been dealt with by this zombie king.
Chu Nian couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
Although I had anticipated that Qin Hao following someone like Zhang Lan might not end up as expected, I never imagined it would turn out like this.
The Zombie King has no memories of his past life. Even though Qin Hao, as the Zombie King, has a strong sense of self and extremely high intelligence, he no longer recognizes them and will naturally show no mercy when attacking them.
Xiao Li's eyes were already brimming with tears as he said, "Captain, what should we do? I don't want to be enemies with Vice Captain Qin."
Now that Chu Nian is the recognized captain, Xiao Li has changed his address for Chu Nian from "Sister Nian" to "Captain".
Chen Chen, standing to the side, said with deep sorrow, "But he is no longer the Deputy Captain Qin he used to be."
Xiao Li said, "The demon tree said he has already reached level ten. Does that mean that even if we all joined forces, we wouldn't be a match for him?"
The demon tree: "That's not how it is..." Its words trailed off as Chu Nian telepathically told it to shut up. After two months of rapid development, Chu Nian had now reached level ten.
The time when she and Qin Hao broke through to level ten was more than half a year earlier than the time when the zombie king who was killed by Chu Nian entered level ten in Zhang Lan's previous life.
Given the original owner's extraordinary physique, coupled with Chu Nian's continuous absorption of crystal cores, and the special ability cultivation method she devised that was particularly suitable for this physique, it's not surprising that her abilities improved so quickly.
But Qin Hao actually broke through to level ten, which was quite surprising.
Chu Nian's supernatural ability scanned Qin Hao several times and discovered that his dantian had been broken open before. Upon closer inspection of the scars, Chu Nian suspected that the supernatural crystal core inside his dantian was likely taken away before he died.
Therefore, his current zombie crystal core should be a later-developed one. Moreover, since he had no superpower crystal cores left when he died, it actually brought infinite possibilities for the enhancement of his body. And the superpower circulation path in his body now is the same meridian that Chu Nian opened up when she helped Qin Hao break through to the seventh level.
This discovery surprised Chu Nian a bit, but considering the original owner's heaven-defying physique, she felt that there was nothing strange about it.
Even now, as a zombie, Qin Hao still leaves his teammates feeling helpless. The main reason is that Qin Hao is simply too powerful; a single wave of his oppressive aura is enough to completely overwhelm them.
Chu Nian had long since mastered the methods of using her superpowers for offense and defense, and far more than the other team members. But like everyone else, she didn't want to be Qin Hao's enemy.
Also, she really wanted to know how Qin Hao turned into a zombie.
As Qin Hao approached with overwhelming majesty, she smiled faintly and said, "Zombie King, would you like to advance another level?"
One sentence nearly scared the team members next to him to death.
Li was trembling all over from being pressured by Qin Haowei. He said in a trembling voice, "Captain... Captain, are you kidding me?"
Although they really didn't want to be enemies with Zombie Qin, there was no need to help him break through to the next level, since the other party was a zombie.
Qin Hao lightly licked his lips, his face icy, his voice even colder, and said, "I can taste the deliciousness. Your power is enough to allow me to break through and enter the Saint Emperor level."
The team members looked extremely grim upon hearing this. They were already no match for Qin Hao, and if he were to reach the Saint Emperor level, they would have no chance of survival.
Xiao Li gritted his teeth and said, "Captain, what should we do?"
When they first met Qin Hao, they were shocked and heartbroken, and did not want to be his enemy. But now, they realized that they were not capable of being his enemy at all. Facing Qin Hao, they seemed to have no choice but to be beaten and wait to die!
The demon tree's branches and leaves trembled, saying, "Master... Master, you... you can't be foolish. This Qin Hao is already a zombie. Once he breaks through to become a Saint Emperor, you won't be his match." It knew all too well just how heaven-defying Chu Nian's physical body was.
Everyone looked at Chu Nian with some surprise: What? Has the captain also broken through to level ten? When did this happen?
They were unable to probe Chu Nian's internal condition or determine the strength of her special abilities from beginning to end.
Ignoring everyone, Chu Nian stretched out her snow-white wrist and said, "I can give you a piece of my flesh to help you break through to the Saint Emperor realm, but on the condition that you let us leave and tell us how you became a zombie."
One of the superhumans, with red eyes, said helplessly and heartbrokenly, "Captain, are you crazy? You're actually negotiating with a zombie. He's no longer our Deputy Captain Qin."
Chen Chen tugged at the sleeve of the superhuman and winked at him.
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