Chapter 51 Reappearance of Civilization
After the girl spoke up, the other four stopped what they were doing and watched them quietly.
Rong Yi glanced at Wei Yanqing first, and seeing that his eyes were normal, said, "Let's try Jin'an District. We don't know much else."
This clearly shows that they didn't want anyone following them, and they didn't say that they would be going to Jin'an District.
But for the girl, that was enough. "Thank you, we'll go take a look."
Having a destination is always better than staying in the same place aimlessly.
As soon as they stepped out the door, zombies appeared on both sides. Fortunately, there weren't many of them. Rong Yi shouted back inside, "Hurry up, some zombies are popping up."
She attached a silencer to the muzzle of the gun and fired a few shots to both sides, causing the newly emerged zombies to fall one after another.
The weapons sold in Obsidian City are really good. Not only is the range longer than in the dungeon world, but the silencers are also so effective that there is no gun noise except for a slight pew-pew.
As they moved further away from the mall, they saw more and more zombies, as well as living people, though most of them were still inside the buildings upstairs.
As darkness began to fall, Rong Yi noticed that the zombies' movements were on a completely different level compared to the daytime, indicating that the danger at night was far greater than during the day.
Wei Yanqing found a hardware store, and the roller shutter door rose as he moved his hand. "There's no one inside."
With these words, Rong Yi bent down and went inside, with Wei Yanqing following closely behind. The roller shutter door fell down, and he spread his hands, causing bricks and stones to fly out from the walls on both sides and pile up at the entrance.
It's as if this is a building with walls on all four sides.
Rong Yi has night vision in dark environments, so whether there is light or not has no effect on her.
Wei Yanqing then took out something, twisted it to turn on the light, and said, "It's rechargeable." He placed the lamp on the counter.
"It looks small, but the brightness is strong enough." Rong Yi brought out two chairs from behind.
"I rested early at the mall earlier, so I didn't take this out." Wei Yanqing reached out and took the chair she was carrying. "Thank you."
"Don't mention it." After sitting down, Rong Yi immediately took out a food box. She had been hungry while packing things at the small supermarket and had been holding back until now.
Because the chair was big enough, she curled up her legs and put her feet on the edge of the chair while eating, her delicate little mouth chewing non-stop.
"We've collected so many crystal cores in such a short time. I wonder how many will be stolen by the system later." Rong Yi wasn't worried about herself. Anyway, she wouldn't leave any for the system after feeding them to Gray Word. It was Wei Yanqing who was really at a disadvantage.
Hearing this, Wei Yanqing nodded thoughtfully, "That's true, but that's how it is."
Have you ever collected energy entities like crystal cores before?
"No," Wei Yanqing replied, "but I plan to use it as much as possible."
Rong Yi stopped chewing. "Use it? You can absorb this yourself?"
"Sure." Wei Yanqing put the food in his mouth, thankfully the lower half of his mask, around his mouth, was exposed. "Talent upgrades require energy. You really haven't awakened your talent?"
Rong Yi shook his head, "No, I wrote 'none' in the talent section of my personal information. It can't be that my talent is zero, can it?"
That makes sense.
After a few seconds, Wei Yanqing said, "There will be a display when you take the medicine purchased from the system to activate it. There will be no prompt when you awaken on your own. Think about what makes you different from ordinary people."
There are differences, but upon closer inspection, it doesn't seem like he has any talent.
"Is he particularly good at planning? When he gets carried away, he can lose control. Before, when he lost control, I always managed to regain my senses on my own." Rong Yi pondered for a while and only noticed this one difference.
Wei Yanqing stopped eating and began to analyze the situation for her, "Perhaps you have truly awakened your talent, but you can't control it well right now. Have you tried absorbing energy?"
"No." Rong Yi didn't have any particular thoughts when he saw the crystal core. "I keep all the crystal cores, and I don't know how to absorb them. I've never tried it before."
Wei Yanqing put the object in his hand aside and opened his palm to reveal a crystal core. "When your talent level is low, you must have skin contact with the energy body and think about drawing out the energy within."
As he spoke, he raised his head, signaling Rong Yi to follow suit.
Rong Yi had no choice but to do as he was told, staring at the crystal core in his palm with cross eyes. This time, he warned Gray not to absorb it. Gray twitched a few times in frustration and then stopped moving.
Wei Yanqing didn't disturb her, and just watched Rong Yi quietly looking at the crystal core.
How do we introduce it?
The spot where the crystal core was placed gradually became hot, and Rong Yi's breathing became a little rapid. She could feel something inside the crystal core. Was that energy?
At this moment, without any off-site guidance, Rong Yi freely guided the energy through the outer shell of the crystal core and into her body.
Instantly, every cell in her body was immersed in energy, and then something deep inside her was activated, causing her to tremble all over.
Kill him!
The thought arose, and the edges of his pure black pupils were tinged with red as he looked up and stared at Wei Yanqing.
Wei Yanqing was initially puzzled, as he hadn't been this excited during his first absorption, but then he saw those eyes that were black with red swirling around them.
She lost control.
He didn't have time to think about why; he was too close to Rong Yi. The moment he made a move, Rong Yi had already tackled him.
Rong Yi pinned his thigh with his right knee, stepped on his knee with his left foot, grabbed his hand that was about to move with his left hand, and choked his neck with his right hand.
He was pinned down completely.
Now they were even closer, and Wei Yanqing could clearly see the distinct red rim around her pupils.
The hands around his neck tightened their grip, and he frowned, spreading his palms. Cool, healing energy entered his brain through Rong Yi's eyes.
The treatment was extremely fast and effective; the hand gripping my neck loosened after the delivery was successful.
Rong Yi sat back down, and Wei Yanqing sat up, clutching his neck, which already had purplish marks. Rong Yi felt very embarrassed, never expecting that he could lose control just by absorbing a crystal core.
After Wei Yanqing removed his hand, the mark on his neck disappeared without a trace. "In the future... you should take it easy when absorbing energy."
"And, you have indeed awakened a talent. Even if an ordinary person goes crazy, they can't overpower me. Either this is how your talent works, or there is a flaw in it. Are you currently at level zero?"
“First-tier…” Rong Yi quickly swallowed the word “lower-tier,” “intermediate-tier.”
Wei Yanqing raised an eyebrow. "Your level indicates that you have talent. In the early stages, you can increase your level without absorbing energy. However, you must have energy to go beyond the fifth rank."
Rong Yi propped herself up, picked up the lunchbox, and continued eating; she was so hungry.
Seeing that she was in a hurry to eat and had no interest in listening to him, Wei Yanqing shut his mouth.
Rong Yi ate three boxes of non-ranked boxed lunches and one box of rank-one boxed lunches in one go before his stomach was full.
"I think it's better to use the crystal cores to buy more energy-rich food instead of absorbing the crystal cores. At least I won't lose control after eating these."
She hated the feeling of being out of control, and in that moment, it turned into pure murderous intent.
"Don't be discouraged. I'll try to heal you while absorbing your energy in the future." Wei Yanqing felt that she was so capable that she was an expert at collecting crystal cores, and it would be a waste to give so much energy to the system.
Seeing that she was listless and didn't speak, Wei Yanqing disassembled the chair she was sitting in and reassembled it into a recliner. "You've been busy for a long time, go to sleep."
Rong Yi laid out his sleeping bag, zipped it up, and immediately fell silent.
Wei Yanqing sat opposite her, deep in thought. Neither he nor... had ever seen Rong Yi in such a state.
(End of this chapter)
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