Chapter 60 Reappearance of Civilization
The psychic zombie had been watching the battle closely. When it saw two grenades explode between the three figures, it couldn't help but move closer to the door, wanting to see for itself whether the troublesome human was dead.
Bang bang——!
Suddenly, several gunshots shattered its hopes.
After the smoke cleared, Rong Yi held two guns in his hand. His clothes were covered with shrapnel, but his head and neck were completely unharmed, not even a single hair was missing.
The psychic zombie stared wide-eyed; all four of its bodyguards were dead.
When the grenade exploded, the protective shield that Rong Yi had stored in the crystal core activated, blocking a large number of shrapnel fragments for her. However, it was not easy for her body to feel uncomfortable. Clothing could block shrapnel fragments, but it could not stop the force of the impact.
She bent down and brushed away the shrapnel from her body. Her clothes were quite protective and there were no tears, but there were a few obvious black marks, which she wiped clean easily.
As for the powerful zombies that were hit in the head by shrapnel and then finished off with gunshots, they were already beyond dead.
"Go to the last shop," Wei Yanqing's voice prompted.
Rong Yi put away his gun and strolled into the last shop, a beef noodle shop. There were seven rows of tables and chairs on both sides of the first floor. The cashier was covered in dust. There was a staircase next to it, with a sign next to it that read: "Private rooms upstairs, please do not go up."
The sound of leather boots pattering on the wooden stairs was particularly noticeable.
"Which room is it in?" Rong Yi was still wondering why Wei Yanqing hadn't said which room the psychic zombie was in.
"The situation is interesting now. It wants to use its abilities to mislead you, so take your time and look for nothing."
This was indeed interesting. Rong Yi arrived on the second floor, where there were several room doors, all of which were tightly closed.
Rong Yi hesitated whether to start from the far left or the far right.
"From right to left," Wei Yanqing suggested at the opportune moment.
Rong Yi stood for a few seconds, then turned and walked to the right, opening the first door. Inside, there was a simple bed, a bedside table, and a three-tiered clothing storage box.
She peeked behind the door and it was obvious that nothing was hidden there.
Turning to the second door, there was a bathroom, even smaller than the previous room. The toilet and shower head were almost squeezed together, and there wasn't much to search.
The third room was filled with miscellaneous items...
Until the last room on this side, Rong Yi sensed an indescribable atmosphere.
Click, the door opened.
It's the same bedroom, but the difference is that a psychic zombie is huddled in the corner.
Rong Yi pretended not to see it and walked in to look around.
Then my gaze slowly shifted to it in the corner, and I met its eyes.
Rong Yi: "..."
Mental zombie: "..."
Living beings are extremely sensitive to eye contact, and the mentally-based zombie immediately increased its energy output, trying to completely affect Rong Yi's perception.
Rong Yi didn't blink once, his body moved but his gaze remained unchanged.
The psychic zombie knew it couldn't escape, so it adopted a defensive stance and roared loudly with indescribable resentment.
Click——
Its neck was too fragile, that was Rong Yi's first impression.
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This time, the final result yielded four level-two crystal cores and one level-three crystal core. It was actually close to level four. This mental zombie was just one opportunity away from reaching level four, but it encountered Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing.
Looking at the five glittering crystal cores in his hand, Rong Yi sighed that although these creatures were ugly, the crystal cores they formed were very beautiful.
Before reaching the first level, the crystal core is generally cloudy. Starting from the second level, it becomes transparent and subtly refracts other colors when facing the sunlight. This special brilliance is unmatched by any other jewel.
As for the level-three crystal core, it was transparent with a purplish tinge, exuding a captivating beauty.
After Rong Yi left, Xu Ziqiang and the others went downstairs to collect the crystal cores. In the past two days, Wei Yanqing had not killed a single zombie, but had only piled up the zombies they had dealt with on the opposite side of the building.
Knowing that there was a base in Jin'an District, and now understanding that they had to go to the base to activate the side quest, they did not want to waste time collecting crystal cores one by one, so they asked Wei Yanqing for help, and each team was willing to pay fifty level one crystal cores.
Before even splitting the profits with Rong Yi, he had already received four hundred level-one crystal cores.
"They gathered the remaining surviving residents in the community and prepared to go to the base together."
Xu Ziqiang wasn't acting out of a saintly impulse; it was simply that the mentally-based zombies had brought too many zombies over, and their levels were too high to control the large group's coordinated actions, resulting in them all becoming easy prey for the players.
At first, it might have wanted to kill the player, but after it started, it found that it couldn't control the zombie horde to leave, so it could only observe silently from the sidelines.
After this wave ended, many zombies in the vicinity were killed, and the density of zombies was greatly reduced. Only then did Xu Ziqiang decide to lead the residents away.
We're already very close to the base, which is probably still under construction. Sending so many people there would be a burden, but they would also be valuable laborers, and the base should need them.
Rong Yi wasn't worried about that. Pointing to the fallen level-two zombie, he said, "They have a kind of transparent liquid inside them that must smell really bad. It's corrosive, and I don't know if it can be burned to ashes successfully."
Wei Yanqing glanced at the corroded areas next to the evolved zombie and said, "We'll know once we try."
The large barrel of special alcohol was poured on it, and the fire burned fiercely as soon as it touched it. Fortunately, it was as flammable as before. In less than two minutes, a zombie that was more than two meters tall turned into ashes and was collected by Wei Yanqing into a bag.
They weren't the only ones interested in the remains of zombies; every player did the same, knowing the use of ashes. Eight bonfires had already been lit in the neighborhood.
However, unlike Wei Yanqing's convenient storage method, their dust particles fly everywhere with the slightest breeze, mixing into the air before slowly falling into the soil to provide ample nutrition for the plant seeds underground.
As the fire raged, people hiding in the neighborhood heard the loudspeaker and, seeing that no zombies had appeared for a while, came out of their houses to hide.
Xu Ziqiang's teammates held up a loudspeaker that played messages over and over again: "Anyone still alive nearby who wants to go to the Jin'an District base with the team, pack your supplies and get ready to leave immediately. We're only staying here for an hour, so hurry up..."
As for the buildings where they stayed, regardless of whether the group brought people with them or not, everyone went to pack their things and left the community, even if they followed from a distance.
They were lucky to encounter a team with ample ammunition and no interest in their supplies today. Who knows if there will be a next time? In any case, as long as there are still survivors here, the zombies will come back. Going to the base is the best choice.
When Rong Yi returned to burn their pile of zombies, he saw the man who had been unconscious. He was lucky; he had awakened a water-based ability, so at least he wasn't afraid of viral contamination when it came to drinking water.
The neighborhood, which had been quiet after the outbreak, is bustling again as people prepare to migrate.
Every household mobilized, packing up everything they could take with them, carrying it all to the base.
At this time, trolleys became a popular tool. Packages of all sizes were piled on the four-wheeled trolleys, which were severely overloaded. Elastic ropes secured the supplies, and the whole family divided the load into those pulling the trolley in front and those pushing it in the back.
(End of this chapter)
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