Chapter 206: Perfect Self-Healing p1
Blood crystals! One hundred and eight!
Lin Jiayao looked at the Blood Crystal Box, more than half full and brimming with Blood Crystals, and nodded unconsciously.
Good, very good.
In the hour that her sister had been maintaining order, almost half of the city’s Flesh Pillar Trees had fused together, pooling their Blood Crystals into the lake to dissolve, leaving only the pure crystals behind.
Even before the collection was complete, she had already surpassed one hundred. If they continued collecting, getting another thirty or forty wasn’t impossible.
The blood crystal hierarchy in Wangxi City was unique. A single B-rank Black Stem Mycelium monopolized almost half the city’s Blood Crystals, leaving the rest insufficient for another B-rank Awakened to emerge.
But this was precisely what gave Lin Jiayao her opportunity to take control of the Black Stem Mycelium.
If there were other B-ranks in Wangxi City, after a longer gestation period, Lin Jiayao might have to face several B-ranks attacking simultaneously. Then, forget controlling it, even escaping Wangxi City alive would be a problem.
This was the fastest Lin Jiayao had ever plundered Blood Crystals. By defeating just one B-rank, she had harvested the Blood Crystals of almost half a city.
Even the terrifying Black Stem Mycelium in front of her seemed more pleasing to the eye.
So many Blood Crystals, how can I ever spend them all?
It was a bit of a pity that, because she knew too little about the Black Stem Mycelium and attacked too late, it had consumed a large amount of Blood Crystals to create clones to deal with her and her sister.
If she could have breached and controlled it earlier, she might have been able to completely fill the 10×20 Blood Crystal Box.
But that was all in the past. After all, entering a new city, everything was unknown and unpredictable.
Even if Lin Jiayao logged in earlier, she might have just logged into one of the Awakened clones it created. Without Bone Spike Lurker and Super-Sensory Hunt, the probability of discovering the Black Stem Mycelium in the center of the park was almost zero.
This result was already very good.
As Lin Jiayao watched the remaining Flesh Pillar Trees jump into the lake one by one, dissolving into Blood Crystals, she heard footsteps behind her.
Lin Jiayao looked back and saw her sister had already walked behind her and was half-squatting beside her.
To prevent the bone spur and mycelium exoskeleton from continuing to consume Blood Crystals, Lin Jiayao had retracted it long ago and had been sitting by the lake “harvesting crops.”
Even after harvesting so many Blood Crystals, she couldn’t waste them casually. Important resources should be spent wisely.
“What’s wrong?” Lin Jiayao asked, looking at her sister beside her.
“They’re basically all awake.”
Lin Xiwan glanced at the disheveled and shivering people in the gazebo behind her, then continued:
“I asked the Awakened among them. They are from different camps, and they were almost all attacked by the zombie in the lake during the winter. Calculating the time, it should have been more than half a year ago.”
“Hmm…” Lin Jiayao nodded.
This result wasn’t surprising to Lin Jiayao. It was normal for a city to have several different camps.
And the time when the Black Stem Fungus became B-rank also basically matched Lin Jiayao’s prediction, it hadn’t been formed for more than a year.
In other words, before the Black Stem Mycelium grew and developed to B-rank, this place should have been an apocalyptic city similar to Yangzhou City, with some remaining supplies in the city, but not much.
In that case, it should be easier to communicate, as they must also be veterans of the apocalypse.
Just as Lin Jiayao and her sister were chatting about these Awakened by the murky lake, they both heard weak footsteps approaching and turned around at the same time.
The newcomer was a female C-rank Awakened in a tattered long dress, but at least it covered what needed to be covered.
She walked unsteadily, her legs close together, and there was some saliva at the corner of her mouth, as if she hadn’t yet recovered from being impaled for a long time.
When she came over, there was a hint of fear in her eyes, especially when she made eye contact with Lin Jiayao, which made her shrink her neck.
Obviously, compared to the heroic older sister, the seemingly weak girl who seemed to be controlling the monster in the center of the lake just now was more frightening, not to mention her eyes that seemed to look at everyone like they were corpses.
“My name is… my name is… Chu Yuxun.” The woman stood in front of the two sisters, and then seemed to feel that standing was not very good, and was about to squat down, but because of her lack of strength, she directly sat down.
They had been “raised” with extremely low living conditions for so long, and it was already good that they could move.
“Sorry…” After apologizing for her gaffe in a weak voice, Chu Yuxun asked, “Are you… from Survivor’s Light?”
Hearing this, Lin Xiwan was slightly stunned.
Talking to these people who had been unconscious for more than half a year really made people feel like they had traveled through time.
“No, we are Awakened from Kun City, here to clear the surrounding cities.” Lin Xiwan shook her head, and after explaining, added, “The Voodoo Cult has been destroyed, all three B-ranks died in Kun City.”
Hearing Lin Xiwan’s words, Chu Yuxun’s mouth almost formed an “O” shape, and it took her a long time to recover.
In just over half a year, the outside world had undergone earth-shaking changes, which made Chu Yuxun, who had just revived, not know how to accept it for a while.
It was like a person who had been frozen for decades in a science fiction work and then thawed out, feeling extremely unaccustomed. This made Chu Yuxun not know how to say what she had originally planned.
“If you don’t know where to go,” Lin Xiwan said, looking at the other party’s confused look, “You can consider going to Kun City after you’re ready. It’s less than a hundred kilometers from here.”
“The ash area there is still being rebuilt, and there are many other camps that have encountered similar situations as you… If you also love peace, you should be able to adapt quickly.”
There was still a large area of uncultivated land in the ash area that could be left for ordinary people to cultivate, and a large number of Awakened were also needed to establish exploration teams… Kun City was in need of people for development.
“Kun City…” Chu Yuxun, who had come back to her senses, was about to say something, but closed her mouth again.
What she wanted to say was that they had also sent people to the outskirts of Kun City to try to communicate with the survivors there, but there were basically no signs of human activity there except for the terrifying giant trees.
But considering that everything might have changed while they were unconscious, she didn’t ask.
“Thank you for your kindness, and thank you for saving us… I’m very grateful.” Chu Yuxun stood up shakily, cupped her hands in thanks to the two, and then said, “Then I’ll go and explain the situation to them… If possible, I really hope to join you with them.”
“It’s okay, go ahead.” Lin Xiwan also stood up and waved her hand. “It’s just a small matter.”
A small matter… a small matter of subduing a B-rank zombie, taking countless Blood Crystals, and then saving hundreds of people?
This was too much of a small matter…
Maybe this was the ease of a strong person.
In Chu Yuxun’s eyes, the slightly friendlier tall beauty and the seemingly weak girl who casually controlled a B-rank zombie were the top B-rank powerhouses mentioned on the radio, and they were top-notch existences in any city.
After expressing her gratitude to the two again, Chu Yuxun slowly retreated and walked towards the crowd.
Those who were waiting there were all looking forward to the result of Chu Yuxun’s conversation with the two mysterious powerhouses.
After watching Chu Yuxun leave, Lin Xiwan sat down next to her sister and watched as her sister took a Blood Crystal from a black stem from time to time, and then it disappeared in her hand.
“How many are there?” Lin Xiwan suddenly became curious and asked softly in her sister’s ear.
Then, Lin Xiwan saw her sister raise her head, look back, and then look at her, replying softly:
“Almost one hundred and twenty…”
Although her sister’s expression didn’t change much, Lin Xiwan could still tell from her sister’s small movements that she was in a very good mood now.
“Amazing.” Lin Xiwan smiled and rubbed her sister’s head.
Then, Lin Xiwan turned her gaze to the huge Black Stem Fungus in the center of the lake, looked at its huge follicles drooping from the top of its trunk, as if it wanted to rub its head at any time, and asked casually:
“What are we going to do with this zombie after we take all the Blood Crystals?”