Sickly Girl Doesn’t Die in Zombie Simulator 290

Chapter 290: Goldie Extracts

The scene was incredibly familiar, almost identical to the apocalyptic prophecy Wu Hejun had shown her.

But seeing it again, Lin Jiayao had a new understanding.

It was… too similar.

The collapsing city, ravaged by Crystal Vibration Pressure, the terrifying throne of flesh and blood beneath the black-haired girl…

Unconsciously, Lin Jiayao felt herself drawn to this figure, a chilling sensation creeping up her spine.

As if she was following a predetermined path.

Fortunately, unlike Wu Hejun’s direct, brutal method, Lin Jiayao had a living subject this time. She could properly study what was happening.

She stood before the tall man. Goldie, in comparison, looked like a small child.

Of all the Awakened, Lin Jiayao had the strongest mental control over this man through the brain worm. Now, she slightly loosened her grip, allowing him to regain some awareness.

“Name.” Lin Jiayao asked, looking at the man whose eyes were slowly focusing on her.

“Bob Myers…” the man said slowly, his heavy eyelids lifting slightly as he looked at the girl before him.

But he wasn’t as agitated and manic as before, as if the part of his brain that processed emotions had been suppressed.

“When did your precognitive ability evolve?” Lin Jiayao continued her interrogation.

“Four years ago, when I evolved to C-rank,” Bob answered without resistance.

“Can you sense other precognitives?”

“I… I feel like I’m not the only one, but I can’t pinpoint their location…”

“Have you used your precognitive ability to do anything?”

“I…”

Although she had access to many of Bob’s memories, they were fragmented, like scenes from a movie, lacking crucial details. She would have to guide him to recall them.

As Lin Jiayao continued her questioning, her doubts grew.

According to the other Awakened, Bob possessed so-called “prophetic” abilities, making every decision with uncanny precision and accuracy.

But in reality, Bob’s “prophecies” weren’t something he could actively use. He hadn’t even used them in any of his previous decisions.

Those decisions had been made through careful deliberation, and this “prophetic” ability, instead of being an asset, seemed more like a mental disturbance, occasionally assaulting his mind.

Fortunately, his mental fortitude was relatively strong, and he hadn’t been overwhelmed by these visions. It was also likely because he was so far from Lin Jiayao that the precognitive ability only manifested as occasional flashes, only recently becoming more frequent.

These visions were sometimes from someone else’s perspective, sometimes of terrifying zombies he had never seen before, but they were essentially hallucinations. Bob hadn’t explored this ability, considering it a burden.

It was a good thing he hadn’t, or he might have become another blood crystal lunatic like Wu Hejun.

But in the past six months, even without actively triggering this ability, he had begun to frequently see strange visions in his dreams.

Every time he woke up, he would forget most of what he saw, and each time, his mental power would be almost completely drained.

After this prolonged period of mental instability, finally, a few days ago, he saw the Awakened infected by flying insects from his dreams appear before him in reality, with the same head wound as in his dream, and he finally broke down.

Was this a precognitive ability?

Lin Jiayao frowned slightly.

Recalling Wu Hejun’s state, and looking at Bob before her, Lin Jiayao felt this wasn’t an evolutionary ability, but a side effect of blood crystal evolution.

Her instincts told her this wasn’t simple.

“You should know what’s going on, right? System.” Lin Jiayao asked mentally.

“[This is indeed not a specific evolutionary ability, but an unstable projection strongly associated with blood crystals.]”

“Unstable projection?”

“[The host can understand it as a bug.]”

A bug?

What kind of bug?

A blood crystal bug?

“[If the host still doesn’t understand, they can upgrade the new Control Center. The new Simulator function is a stable version developed by the system based on this bug.]”

Developing programs using bugs, huh?

Lin Jiayao knew that even if she continued to ask, the system wouldn’t tell her anything more. Whenever it involved new Hideout functions, the system would become cryptic.

She might as well not ask.

It seemed she had to wait for this new Simulator function to be upgraded before she could learn the answers to these mysteries.

Lin Jiayao’s curiosity about the new Control Center was piqued.

If, after spending five hundred Blood Crystals, the function wasn’t powerful enough, then she would just simulate A4’s evolution in the training ground every day.

Fortunately, she had almost collected enough Blood Crystals. At the earliest, today, at the latest, tomorrow, Lin Jiayao would have the five hundred Blood Crystals needed for the upgrade.

Having asked all her questions, the man before her was no longer of any use.

To prevent him from going berserk again, Lin Jiayao didn’t immediately release her mental control, but glanced at the surrounding survivors.

They were all looking at her with fear in their eyes. The swarm of insects in the sky gave them no escape, and they didn’t even dare to think about running.

Run? What a joke.

All four B-rank leaders of the Hand of Freedom had been instantly controlled and trapped in insect cages for almost half an hour.

Those thirty minutes had been agonizing, a constant fear of imminent death.

That girl with four pairs of blood wings on her back, wearing flesh and blood armor, definitely had the power to kill them all in an instant.

After seeing the girl finish her interrogation and glance at them, almost everyone broke out in a cold sweat, no one daring to speak or move.

They were afraid that any action would anger the girl before them and bring about their deaths.

Lin Jiayao also felt a bit conflicted.

After all, she had just taken all their Blood Crystals and then chased them down, scaring them half to death.

And the reason they were in this situation was indirectly because of her, which had caused their leader to go mad.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Jiayao controlled the brain worm that had burrowed into Bob’s brain, accessed his brain again, and erased all the memories related to the so-called “prophecy”.

Although this might make him mentally sluggish for a while, it was better than going berserk.

After doing all this, while Bob was recovering, Lin Jiayao looked at the only female Awakened among the B-ranks who seemed to have a relatively high status.

Compared to the others, there was less fear and more curiosity in her eyes, and from the memory fragments, it seemed that Lin Jiayao had met her once before.

It was just that Goldie was still B-rank at that time, and she hid herself very well. Plus, Lin Jiayao hadn’t expected there would be anyone else around, so she hadn’t noticed her.

Lin Jiayao raised her hand and beckoned to her.

Eileen, seeing the girl beckoning to her, was stunned for a moment, then walked towards the blonde girl.

“Is there anything I can do for you, beautiful miss?” As Eileen approached, she slightly bent down, wanting to be at eye level with the other party as a sign of respect.

But as soon as she bent down, she felt something was wrong.

Her posture looked like she was coaxing a child, not only without any respect, but also a bit frivolous.

Eileen, realizing her mistake, instantly regretted it, but straightening up now would be too obvious.

So, continuing the bending motion, she knelt down on one knee before the girl, like a knight before a princess.

Good… saved it…

Eileen breathed a sigh of relief, a little smug about her quick thinking.

But Lin Jiayao, seeing the other party’s action, was speechless.

Was it fashionable to kneel down upon meeting now? She had encountered the same thing with the Eyeball Cube before.

Their will to survive was simply too strong.

Lin Jiayao didn’t ask her to get up, but simply said: “Sorry for taking up your time, I’m just here to figure some things out.”

“No, no, no, it’s our honor to be of service, miss.” Eileen looked up at Lin Jiayao, smiled, and said, “Your powerful and beautiful figure is truly captivating. If I weren’t an atheist, I would have thought an angel had descended.”

Eileen spared no effort in flattering the other party, and at the same time, her heart calmed down.

The girl’s voice was gentle, and her tone was calm and polite. It seemed that she was right, the other party was very friendly and not here to kill them.

At this time, Lin Jiayao felt a little guilty in her heart. Now, seeing the other party being so humble, she felt even more embarrassed.

When they went back and found that the place had been ransacked, she didn’t know what their expressions would be.

And the person who robbed their Blood Crystal inventory was standing right in front of them, accepting their compliments.

At least let them have the strength to face the possible zombie hordes and seabed zombies after they went back, after all, it was she who took their Blood Crystals.

If they were really wiped out because of the depletion of Blood Crystals, then Lin Jiayao would be indirectly responsible for their deaths.

Lin Jiayao only wanted money, not lives. She was all about taking things reasonably.

After thinking for a while, Lin Jiayao looked at the twenty-five Blood Crystals in the Safehouse, raised her hand, and took out five of them.

The five Blood Crystals rolled down Lin Jiayao’s hand and landed on the ground, stopping in front of Eileen.

She had a conscience, but not much.

“This is compensation for you,” Lin Jiayao thought for a moment and added, “I’ve also taken care of your leader Bob’s mental problem by the way. I wish you a safe journey.”

After saying that, Lin Jiayao raised her hand, patted the mycelium blood wings behind her, and said in Chinese: “Huayibai, let’s go.”

“Whoosh—”

Huayibai spread her huge wings, and with a strong flap, she lifted Lin Jiayao from the ground, creating a gust of wind, and along with the massive insect swarm, flew towards the horizon.

After Lin Jiayao took off, no one moved, only Eileen was staring blankly at the five Blood Crystals on the ground.

Holy shit, what a rich person, giving five Blood Crystals just for asking a question?!

Boss, which organization are you from? Can you take me with you? I’m a B-rank, I can work! I can do anything you want! You can do anything to me!

When the golden-haired figure was almost out of sight, Eileen suddenly stood up and shouted towards the horizon: “Thank you! Miss! Leave a contact method!!!”

But unfortunately, until the insect swarm completely disappeared from sight, Eileen didn’t get a reply.

She squatted down again and picked up the Blood Crystals on the ground.

They hadn’t brought many supplies or Blood Crystals on this inexplicable escape, so these five Blood Crystals were a lifesaver.

“What… happened?”

Just as Eileen was happily holding the Blood Crystals, she heard Bob’s slightly weak voice.

“Banker, you’re finally back to normal.” Eileen looked at Bob, who had finally recovered, and couldn’t help but marvel at the girl’s strength and selflessness again.

She was truly too kind and helpful.

After the insect swarm left, the crowd slowly gathered.

They chattered to the recovered Bob about the outrageous things he had done, recounting what had just happened.

And Bob, standing there shirtless, felt more and more outrageous and inexplicable as he listened.

But looking at the expressions of the people around him, it didn’t seem like they were lying to him.

“I seem to have forgotten a lot of important things…” Bob rubbed his aching temples and sighed, “If it’s really as you said, then it’s better to forget.”

“What exactly did you for…” Eileen was about to ask, but then, worried about making Bob recall something, she quickly shut her mouth.

“So, these five Blood Crystals, are they what she left for us?” Bob looked at the Blood Crystals in Eileen’s arms and asked.

“Yes, both beautiful and generous.” Eileen recalled the shocking scene of the girl giving her the Blood Crystals just now and didn’t know how to describe it for a moment.

Now she regretted not hugging the other party’s thigh and crying, begging her to take her with her.

Seeing the other party’s polite appearance, maybe if she had cried more miserably, the other party would have really taken her away. Although she didn’t seem reliable, she was a genuine B-rank, and her looks were outstanding.

“There are really such things…” Bob shook his head and murmured.

“No matter what, we still have to thank her. If we have a chance to meet her again in the future, we’ll return the Blood Crystals to her, just consider it making a friend… Now let’s set off and go back.”

“Okay…”

After briefly apologizing to everyone, Bob reorganized the convoy, gave each B-rank Awakened one of the five Blood Crystals, distributed the rest to all the combatants, and then led the convoy back to Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, high in the sky, Lin Jiayao continuously collected the flying insects she had released before, and the five empty slots in the Safehouse were instantly filled.

“Mom.”

While Lin Jiayao was flying, she suddenly heard Huayibai’s call.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Jiayao asked.

“Why did we give them Blood Crystals?” Huayibai asked with confusion, seemingly not quite understanding Lin Jiayao’s actions just now.

“Uh…”

Huayibai’s question stumped Lin Jiayao. After a while, Lin Jiayao said:

“Because the sixty-four Blood Crystals we took just now were theirs.”

“The ones we stole just now?”

“Borrowed.”

“Oh…”

Huayibai was silent for a while, as if thinking.

After ten seconds, Huayibai seemed to understand something and said, “Then they still have to thank us?”

“Yes.” Lin Jiayao nodded.

It was indeed the case.

“Thank you, Mommy, I learned something.”

“Don’t learn this.”

“Huh? Why?”

“This is not something a little mushroom should learn.”

“Okay…”

The little mushroom’s newly ignited enthusiasm for learning was mercilessly extinguished.

For the rest of the time, Lin Jiayao and Huayibai flew towards the Extraction Point together, harvesting the flying insect army scattered along the way and collecting Blood Crystals.

The Blood Crystals collected this time were about what Lin Jiayao expected, about eighty.

Plus the sixty-four Blood Crystals “borrowed” this time, Lin Jiayao had more than exceeded her goal, and finally had enough Blood Crystals for the Control Center.

After returning to the Extraction Point, dusk had also fallen. Lin Jiayao stood in the Extraction Point, carrying the pile of Blood Crystals beside her, watching the extraction countdown slowly tick down.

[Extracting: 7.9…]