Sickly Girl Doesn’t Die in Zombie Simulator 303

Chapter 303: A4 Evolves

Lin Jiayao, controlling A4, slowly opened her eyes, scanned the surrounding Extraction Points, and glanced at the extraction time.

Soon, Lin Jiayao fixed her gaze on the Extraction Point to the west.

[Kun City Villa District Extraction Point: 790km]
[Extraction Time: 4:59:55]

The Extraction Points set by the system were based on the zombie’s state at the time of extraction.

Both the extraction time and the Extraction Point were the safest locations within the zombie’s reachable range at the time of extraction.

Now, for A4, which extracted in Perfect Form, the safest place it could reach to the west was undoubtedly Kun City.

Even the system considered Kun City the safest place for an extracting zombie.

This meant that Lin Jiayao could even preemptively guide the safe extraction locations by setting up bases before the zombie logged in, achieving targeted extractions.

Of course, this would consume a large amount of Blood Crystals, and Lin Jiayao might not be willing to do it.

At least for now, as long as Kun City was within the zombie’s extraction range, it would prioritize extracting in Kun City.

This was good news for Lin Jiayao. She could gather all her forces around her.

It was convenient for deployment and could also increase her own safety—although, Lin Jiayao didn’t think there were any zombies left that could threaten her.

Two descendable A-rank descended bodies, two A-rank clones, almost a squad of B-rank Awakened, plus various Awakened in the camp, almost enough to form a platoon.

Even without Lin Jiayao taking action, Kun City was incredibly safe.

However, the extraction time given by the system was a bit tight, practically forcing Lin Jiayao to glide and fly the entire way to the Extraction Point.

Fortunately, A4 currently had a very abundant amount of blood crystals, far exceeding the amount that an average B-rank zombie could store, so it wouldn’t run out of Blood Crystals halfway.

“Boom—”

Lin Jiayao continued to maintain Perfect Form, red flames ejecting from the black scales on her back, and directly rushed towards the Extraction Point.

There was no need to deliberately search for zombies to kill along the way. If she happened to encounter any when landing, she could just swallow them to avoid wasting time.

After setting A4 to head towards Kun City at full speed, Lin Jiayao switched her consciousness back to her main body.

She quickly checked the Blood Crystals stored in the system warehouse.

Twenty-eight bags of Blood Crystal Serum and three hundred and ninety-five Blood Crystals.

Although she had spent quite a bit since yesterday, this amount was still enough to support a B-rank blood crystal evolving to A-rank.

Plus the blood crystal liquid already stored in A4’s body, she would still have quite a bit left.

But there was one problem that was still bothering Lin Jiayao, which had to be solved before the evolution site was built and A4 arrived.

That was the few genes A4 was still lacking for its A-rank evolution.

Although after swallowing quite a bit of that Hunter’s blood, Lin Jiayao already felt that A4’s blood crystal storage “lock” had opened quite a bit and could hold more Blood Crystals, the amount was still a bit short.

She had to get more genes.

It wasn’t very reasonable to go and fight B-rank zombies now. Lin Jiayao’s main body lacked high-speed movement, and the zombies around Kun City had basically been slaughtered, so there couldn’t be any B-rank zombies left.

Lin Jiayao rested her right elbow on the armrest of the insect chair, her fingers twirling the ends of her long hair, and the corner of her eye suddenly caught a glimpse of blue.

It was the Blue Serpent, coiled by her leg, sleeping soundly with Huayibai.

Lin Jiayao’s hand released the ends of her hair, and the mycelium in her palm wriggled and mimicked, forming a syringe.

If it was genes, the camp had them.

And quite a lot.

“Blue Serpent.” Lin Jiayao looked at the coiled Blue Serpent and smiled faintly.

The awakened Blue Serpent seemed a little confused. It raised its head, shook the soft, not yet fully developed bone wings on its back, looked at Lin Jiayao, and then shivered, seemingly startled by her gaze.

“Borrow some blood.” Lin Jiayao shook the syringe in her hand and asked the Blue Serpent with a smile, “Is that okay?”

It seemed like a very amiable and polite request.

But the Blue Serpent, which completely understood, knew that it had no room to refuse.

The one in front of it had mental power that could crush an A-rank, and could threaten an A-rank just by controlling a B-rank zombie.

The little blue serpent straightened its tail and nodded stiffly.

It couldn’t afford to offend her, it couldn’t afford to offend her.

Don’t, drain me, dry.

The Blue Serpent’s forehead emitted a faint blue light.

It knew that whatever it had eaten from the girl in front of it during lunch just now, it would have to give back.

After a brief interaction, the little blue serpent had basically figured out the personality of its savior.

Only the benefactor could exploit others. If anyone else tried to take advantage of her, they would have to pay it back with interest before long.

Now the only good news was that the benefactor didn’t seem to eat snake meat, and she could create wings.

For the sake of the wings.

The Blue Serpent extended its tail, placed it on the armrest, and closed its eyes tightly, as if ready to let the other party draw its blood.

Lin Jiayao was also not polite and directly inserted the syringe, with mycelium mimicking and a black bone spur as the needle tip, into the blue tail.

Soon, some clear liquid, emitting a faint blue light, was slowly extracted.

After drawing the blood, Lin Jiayao let the fungus directly mimic and transform into a 200ml storage tube and placed it in the fleshy pouch extending from the side of the insect chair.

Soon, Lin Jiayao did the same, waking up Huayibai, also drawing 200cc from Huayibai’s body, almost draining Huayibai dry, and then stored the syringe in the fleshy pouch.

A4’s devouring ability was far inferior to Huayibai’s, so she had to supplement it a little more.

Lin Jiayao took out two bags of Blood Crystal Serum and handed them to Huayibai and the Blue Serpent.

Huayibai directly burrowed into the bag of Blood Crystal Serum and soaked inside, recuperating.

The blood drawn by Lin Jiayao just now wasn’t much for this small Huayibai clone, completely within Huayibai’s tolerance range.

Huayibai didn’t even ask why Mommy was drawing blood. As long as it was what Mommy wanted, and Huayibai had it, she would give it without hesitation, even her life.

Lin Jiayao pierced her finger with a bone spur, mixed a few drops of blood into the bag of Blood Crystal Serum, and gave it to Huayibai as a supplement.

And the Blue Serpent beside her was still looking at the bag of Blood Crystal Serum next to it with a look of disbelief.

Was this for her?

This, is for me?

The Blue Serpent looked at Lin Jiayao, its tail curling into a question mark.

“Don’t want it?”

Don’t want it!

The Blue Serpent shook its head repeatedly and retracted its tail.

Lin Jiayao looked at the Blue Serpent curiously, not understanding why it didn’t even want Blood Crystal Serum.

It clearly seemed to like Blood Crystal Serum, and when she gave it some on the seabed before, it drank it happily.

Since the other party didn’t want it, Lin Jiayao didn’t force it.

If it didn’t want Blood Crystal Serum, then she would wait for the people from the Corpse Immortal Sect to come and customize a few more pairs of wings for its skin suit, so it could change them.

It was considered a reward for donating blood.

Soon, Lin Jiayao took out seven bags of Blood Crystal Serum, had the green bugs pick up three bottles of ibuprofen capsules, and threw the Blood Crystal Serum and capsules into the Nutrition Department.

Soon, Lin Jiayao made three bottles of capsules filled with a small amount of blood crystal liquid.

These capsules not only had the effect of temporarily blocking most pain, but also contained pure Blood Crystal Serum, which could heal injuries.

Lin Jiayao created another faceless mycelium clone of herself and handed the medicine bottle to it.

Soon, the clone’s face, following Lin Jiayao’s thoughts, mimicked a bone spur mask, covering most of its face, and carrying the medicine bottle, it ran towards the ash area camp.

She needed to draw blood from a large number of Awakened.

The clone was responsible for collecting blood in the ash area, while she herself would return to the villa area and give her sister, Kisaragi Mika, and the Black Stem an injection.

She could even wait for A4 to return, and then directly log into No. 7 and go to the north to buy blood, just drawing a small amount.

It wouldn’t affect their bodies, and there would also be a reward of Blood Crystal Serum. She believed that no Awakened would refuse.

Through this method, Lin Jiayao could obtain the blood of a large number of blood crystals, which might help A4’s promotion.

This method of blood collection was extreme, but it was indeed one of the fastest ways to obtain genes.

If it weren’t for the constantly ticking countdown on the Crystal Detector, Lin Jiayao wouldn’t use this method.

After arranging the clone, Lin Jiayao controlled the insect chair and ran, returning to the villa area.

After giving her sleeping sister and Kisaragi Mika a capsule each, Lin Jiayao did the same, drawing two tubes of blood.

Then Lin Jiayao also found the small Black Stem and drew a tube of orange-yellow blood from its body.

Even the fire-extinguishing fungus that passed by had a tube of blood drawn by Lin Jiayao before being released.

But this, along with the blood from the ash area, was still not enough.

Lin Jiayao began to mass-produce blood collection tubes, had the flying insects carry them, left the villa area, and spread them throughout Kun City.

Because of the special structure of the vascular network, there were still many dying zombies entangled in the vines that hadn’t died yet.

Lin Jiayao didn’t let go of these zombies. As long as they were D-rank or above, Lin Jiayao drew a full tube of blood from them.

Soon, the fungal tubes filled with blood piled up around Lin Jiayao, and A4 was also getting closer and closer to Kun City.

Meanwhile, in the ash area, Wan Zi was also nervously dealing with the personnel assembly.

Just now, an Awakened from the Oasis Area, covered in black bone spur armor and wearing a terrifying mask, walked out of the Oasis Area.

As if to prove her identity, this mysterious Awakened was also surrounded by quite a few fluorescent green flying insects.

Naturally, Wan Zi, the person in charge of the ash area, went up to greet her, but the request made by the other party surprised Wan Zi.

That was to gather all the Awakened still in the camp and draw their blood.

At first, Wan Zi was a little hesitant and confused. This was the first time she had interacted with a powerhouse from the Oasis Area other than Lin Xiwan and Lin Jiayao, and the content of the mission was also quite strange.

But after seeing the capsules filled with blood crystal liquid in her hand, Wan Zi was relieved.

200cc of blood in exchange for one of these capsules was definitely a good deal, not only could the consumption be replenished, but there was even a profit.

She wasn’t afraid that the other Awakened would have any complaints.

Soon, in less than ten minutes, Wan Zi gathered all the Awakened.

Even Sharma, who had just arrived in the ash area, was called over by Wan Zi and lined up, waiting for the other party to draw blood.

After a brief explanation and seeing those capsules, almost all the Awakened agreed to donate blood.

As for the reason for needing blood, Lin Jiayao didn’t directly say that it was for zombies to devour, but said that an Awakened from the Oasis Area was seriously injured in battle outside and needed more blood for treatment.

Although this excuse couldn’t stand up to scrutiny, it was still better than saying it was for zombies to swallow.

The blood draw went very smoothly. Soon, the blood of more than forty Awakened in the camp was drawn, and each of them received a Blood Crystal Serum capsule.

Now, every day, there were quite a few survivors joining Kun City, and the number and quality of Awakened in the ash area had greatly improved.

Soon, it was Sharma’s turn, the last one in the blood draw queue.

Sharma sat on the stool and looked at the strange Awakened opposite her, who was holding a syringe and slowly approaching her arm.

During the blood draw, Sharma still couldn’t help but ask:

“Hello, my lord from the Oasis Area,” Sharma asked respectfully, “May I ask you a question?”

This clone was controlled by Lin Jiayao, and she had people get to know Sharma. Now Sharma was the only B-rank in the ash area.

Since she was asking her a question, she could answer.

“Ask away.” Lin Jiayao, controlling the mycelium clone, slowly said.

While she was on her way here, she had already mimicked the clone’s language system, so speaking wasn’t a problem.

“I want to ask, how can I join the Oasis Area?” Sharma asked while feeling her blood being drawn, “I’m a B-rank Awakened and can work for the Oasis Area.”

Want to join the Oasis Area?

The Oasis Area wasn’t as simple as the people in the ash area thought.

It wasn’t just about having abilities to join.

Now, every single blood crystal in the Oasis Area was absolutely loyal to Lin Jiayao.

Her sister went without saying, the bond of blood, having experienced countless life-and-death situations and growth together, their bond was beyond what outsiders could imagine.

Although Huayibai had known Lin Jiayao for less than a year, Lin Jiayao had already completely regarded this little mushroom as her daughter.

Similarly, Huayibai’s devotion to Lin Jiayao was also unreserved. As long as Huayibai’s filial piety didn’t change, their bond would also be unbreakable.

Kisaragi Mika had also lived and died with her in battle and always regarded her as a spiritual pillar.

Even after transferring from the Ino God to Lin Jiayao’s main body, Kisaragi Mika’s fervent feelings for her, which didn’t seem like faith, still continued.

There was no need to mention the little blue serpent, which had also fought alongside her, regarded her as its savior, and most importantly, it had no ambition, its mind full of lazing around, sleeping, and wings.

Little Black Stem, although it didn’t regard her as its mommy like Huayibai, was very docile and seemed to like her very much.

As for the fire-extinguishing fungus,

It was too weak to even mention.

In summary, every blood crystal with independent consciousness in the Oasis Area basically had a life-and-death relationship with Lin Jiayao.

And Sharma in front of her only had a Blood Crystal trading relationship with Lin Jiayao. In fact, it was Lin Jiayao who had saved her several times.

There seemed to be no reason for her to join the Oasis Area.

“The Oasis Area is not currently recruiting.” Lin Jiayao, controlling the mycelium clone, shook her head.

“How could…” Sharma seemed a little anxious after hearing the mysterious Awakened’s words.

Ignoring the fact that her blood was still being drawn, she stood up directly and supported herself on the table in front of her with her other hand.

She deliberately waited until last for the blood draw just to ask this question.

If her blood was drawn and the question hadn’t been asked yet, she didn’t know when she would be able to ask next time.

So Sharma seemed a little anxious.

“Excuse me, how can I meet that Miss Lin Jiayao?” Sharma looked at the mysterious Awakened in front of her and asked eagerly, “I’ve met Miss Lin Jiayao many times and made many trades with her, she still remembers me.”

Sharma thought that she had to at least talk to that beautiful girl named Lin Jiayao and hear the news of not being able to join from her mouth.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t be reconciled.

“Why do you want to join so much?” Lin Jiayao asked curiously.

No one else had wanted to join the Oasis Area for so long, and Lin Jiayao didn’t quite understand why Sharma, who had just joined, was so eager to join the Oasis Area.

If she didn’t know Sharma’s background, Lin Jiayao would even suspect that her motives were impure.

Soon, after Lin Jiayao asked this question, Sharma blurted out directly.

“I want to be Miss Lin Jiayao’s dog.” Sharma looked at the mysterious Awakened in front of her and said seriously.

Lin Jiayao: “…”

Pulling out the needle, Lin Jiayao transformed the fungal syringe into an ordinary glass tube for storing blood, put it into the bag behind her, and then carried the bag on her back.

“Goodbye.” After silently saying this, Lin Jiayao nodded towards Wan Zi.

Completely ignoring Sharma, who was standing there with a straight back and saying that she wanted to be a dog, she turned around and prepared to leave.

“Please, I’m not kidding.”

Sharma turned over the table, followed Lin Jiayao, and said in a pleading tone:

“Please, help me tell Miss Lin Jiayao.”

“I’ve always wanted to follow Miss Lin Jiayao since the first time we met. The worst time my addiction acted up, I was lying in bed, desperately chanting the Great Compassion Mantra, scratching my eyes from the discomfort, always imagining that Miss Lin Jiayao was right in front of me…”

Lin Jiayao stopped, turned around, and looked at Sharma in front of her.

Sharma was Indian, and she said she chanted the Great Compassion Mantra, so she might really chant it.

And…

She let Sharma learn Chinese in the dream world, and she learned this?

When she had an episode, she was even more fluent than the native Chinese speakers around her, making people suspect that she wasn’t faking it, but was really sick.

“I’ll tell her.”

Lin Jiayao didn’t have time to argue with her now, so she just told Sharma not to follow her anymore, and then turned around and left directly.

“Thank you, may you be blessed.”

Sharma’s voice of gratitude came from behind.

It had to be said that Sharma’s talent in languages was really strong. If it weren’t for the apocalypse, she would have been a translator proficient in several languages.

Fortunately, after Lin Jiayao said that she would tell her, the other party didn’t continue to pester her.

From preparation to completing the blood draw, it took Lin Jiayao about an hour.

After spending about ten more minutes returning to the Oasis Area, Lin Jiayao’s clone poured the blood bottles in the bag into the courtyard.

Lin Jiayao controlled the flying insects and began to organize the scattered blood bottles, putting them into different bags in order from lowest to highest rank.

And Lin Jiayao’s main body, after setting the dream world to be released for her sister and Kisaragi Mika in four hours, also left this place.

She planned to find an open space to arrange A4’s evolution.

She definitely couldn’t evolve within Kun City, otherwise, all the building-trees and tall buildings would be turned into ruins, which would greatly damage the vascular network.

Lin Jiayao’s target was Zhijing City, about ninety kilometers north of Kun City.

A4 would arrive at the Kun City Extraction Point in about three hours, so Lin Jiayao had to prepare the evolution site in advance.

She just needed to briefly confirm that there were no survivors in Zhijing City to avoid any accidental injuries from the aftershocks of the evolution.

Because she needed to carry quite a few things, Lin Jiayao directly arranged for a ten-meter-tall Building-Tree Guardian to carry all the blood vessels and herself, and headed towards Zhijing City.

The Building-Tree Guardian’s running speed wasn’t very fast. It took Lin Jiayao about an hour to reach Zhijing City.

After arriving in Zhijing City, Lin Jiayao extracted energy from the Building-Tree Guardian, created a large number of green fluorescent bugs, and started searching the entire Zhijing City from the edge.

Although it wasn’t as fast as Goldie, after spending about an hour, Lin Jiayao finally explored most of the places in Zhijing City where there might be survivors.

As Lin Jiayao expected, there were no survivors in Zhijing City. If there were any, they should have come to Kun City long ago.

The situation in Wangxi City, where all the survivors were controlled by the Black Stem Fungus, was too rare, and there was basically no chance of it happening in other places.

After confirming that there was no one there, Lin Jiayao deployed flying insects in Zhijing City for reconnaissance and to warn any passersby, and then controlled the insect chair to stop in the city center.

There were still two hours before A4 arrived in Kun City. During this time, Lin Jiayao could use the flying insects to do a simple sweep of the zombies in Zhijing City.

Although her sweeping efficiency with flying insects was not as high as Goldie’s, with the abilities of a younger Goldie, two hours were enough to clear most of the low-level zombies in this city.

Soon, two hours passed, and Lin Jiayao harvested five Blood Crystals and the flesh and blood of seven or eight C-rank zombies in Zhijing City.

And A4 finally arrived in Kun City.

On the system interface in front of Lin Jiayao, A4’s extraction countdown popped up.

[Extracting: 7.9]