TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 98

Chapter 98: All Dead

That zombie was as fast as lightning, blood flowing like a river in the blink of an eye. It didn’t tear at human flesh with its mouth, but instead inserted its long fingernails into the skulls of the ability users, digging around to extract the crystal cores inside.

Basically, all ability users and zombies have their crystal cores in their heads, but there are exceptions.

Like this zombie now, in its abdomen, through the thin, transparent skin, reflecting behind blood vessels like paths in a field, a red fluorescent glow radiated from where the crystal core should be located.

In this situation, the location of the crystal core was so obviously eye-catching, it was no different than exposing its vital point to the enemy.

The crystal core is as important as the heart to a normal person. If an ability user or zombie loses their crystal core, it’s equivalent to losing all special abilities and extraordinary physique.

In fact, simply taking the crystal core wouldn’t kill an ability user or a zombie, but almost all the ability users and zombies they’ve encountered so far have had their crystal cores in their skulls. After an ability user has their crystal core removed, they immediately lose all power and abilities and become an ordinary person.

And after becoming an ordinary person, the body simply cannot withstand the crude and violent damage of having its head cracked open to take the crystal core, almost certainly leading to death.

And after a zombie has its crystal core removed, it becomes an ordinary walking corpse, of course, unable to avoid the fate of being headshot. Therefore, everyone thought that the crystal core was directly related to the life of the ability user, and once lost, death was certain.

Actually, that’s not the case. If someone were to make full preparations and perform a craniotomy like a regular and authoritative hospital to remove the crystal core from the ability user’s body, then that person wouldn’t die, but would only lose their abilities and become an ordinary person.

Unfortunately, in the end of the world, those ability users and zombies who kill to seize crystal cores would not kindly prepare a craniotomy for you. No one cares whether you live or die.

This highlights the role of healing-type ability users, because most high-level zombies disdain tearing at human flesh. They only dig out the crystal cores from ability users to replenish their energy.

At this time, if a healing-type ability user were to heal the wounds of the person whose crystal core was taken in time, then they would not die.

Unfortunately, there are no healing-type ability users here with Luo Zhengping, so they can only watch the person whose crystal core was taken wail in pain, slowly breathing their last, with blood flowing all over the ground.

The few ability users were powerless against this zombie. Simply dodging the attacks had exhausted all their strength.

Even if they saw the zombie’s crystal core lifeline dangling in front of them, no one dared to actively approach the zombie to attack its abdomen.

By the time they grabbed the crystal core, they would have already had their heads cracked open by the zombie.

Ranged attacks were also useless. The zombie was too fast and reacted quickly, either dodging or blocking the attacks.

Those so-called family members were all running out like crazy. The zombie didn’t chase them, letting them run, not knowing whether it didn’t care about these scraps of meat, or if it was planning to leave them for its little brothers outside.

But as soon as an ability user followed to run out, they would be the first to be pierced through.

Three ability users had already died, all of whom wanted to run out. Each of them was either not at the door or had just touched the threshold before having their crystal cores dug out. Seeing this, the remaining four did not dare to act rashly.

The zombie was toying with them like a cat playing with a mouse. As long as they didn’t run out the door, the zombie wouldn’t deal a fatal blow.

None of them dared to escape, so the only remaining way out was to unite and desperately kill this zombie.

The four exchanged glances. At this critical moment of life and death, they secretly resolved to no longer hide anything. At this time, even if the four of them tried their best, they might not be able to repel this zombie, let alone play tricks. They could only wait to die.

Having this awareness was a good thing, but the difference in strength was too great. Any perfect cooperation or beautiful strike was like an itch on the zombie’s body.

“I’m not playing anymore, it’s time to find my delicious meal!”

The zombie’s abdomen vibrated slightly. After saying this, it flashed past the four of them in a split second like a phantom. The four of them only felt a blur before their eyes, and a stinging pain struck.

When the zombie returned to its original position and stood still, four crystal blocks of different colors were lying in its hand, which were the crystal cores of the four of them. They were instantly absorbed into powder in its hand.

The four of them had not yet reacted to their heads being cracked open, so they stood there blankly until the gushing blood wet their eyebrows and flowed into their eyes.

They just watched the zombie absorb their crystal cores before falling straight down, all at once.

“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang…Bang!” The sound of successive falls rang out. Staring blankly at the void, waiting for death, they realized the horror of this zombie, and how vulnerable they were.

Their vision gradually blurred until it finally darkened, and their souls returned to nothingness.

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Wei Biao didn’t go to the upper district with the group of ability users to hide. He knew that going there would only mean being pushed out as cannon fodder. It was better to break through the encirclement and escape on his own.

Before running, he thought about the things at home, and he had to take some travel money with him to get on the road.

Not taking these newly turned zombies whose flesh hadn’t rotted yet seriously, he directly returned to his residence to pack his things with unstoppable force and easily crushing the zombies.

By the time he hurriedly and pickily finally packed the things he wanted to take, he thought he had been very fast, but in fact, time had passed a lot without him realizing it.

By the time he opened the door, a mountain of zombies had overwhelmed him in droves. No matter how strong he was, he couldn’t keep up with the endless tide of corpses.

In the end, he, who had exhausted his abilities, completely collapsed and could only let the zombies tear at his body.

When the zombies were vying for food on his body, he seemed to see Ren Zifang’s intact, livid face.

Because ability users are not prone to zombification, and they have a unique attraction to zombies, he was eventually gnawed to the bone.

Ren Zifang, who had become a zombie, forgot what weakness and fear were, and only followed the zombie horde, pouncing on anyone he saw. After finishing, he had to rush to the front to be the one who ate the most.

When a person has been hungry for so long, and has been cowardly for so long, he straightens his back when he becomes a zombie.

Like these newly mutated zombies that have not yet evolved, they will not specifically search for crystal cores to eat. They only follow their instincts and desire to poke around everywhere, being both stupid and clumsy.

Tit for tat, Wei Biao’s crystal core was snatched into Ren Zifang’s mouth, who was randomly grabbing and gnawing. He crunched it twice and swallowed it.

Well, maybe Ren Zifang will become the boss among the corpses here in the future. It can be said that it is another form of triumph.

…

Lu Yunzhou searched Cheng Xie’s laboratory but found nothing useful. Lin Yi and Lin Yan were also nowhere to be seen. Instead, he was disgusted by the things in Cheng Xie’s laboratory.

After thinking about it, he still felt that he had to find a way to get the White Tiger Cub from Xie YunChuan’s side. It’s just a little animal, what does it know about recognizing its master? It’s just that whoever gives it food will follow them, and whoever has milk is its mother.

With the White Tiger Cub, he can upgrade without restraint, otherwise, even if he has more zombie crystal cores, he would not dare to use them much.

He can’t afford to offend Xie YunChuan, but he can seize the opportunity to secretly kidnap the White Tiger Cub. Xie YunChuan wouldn’t pay attention to the White Tiger Cub’s movements all the time like he does with Luo Shuyou.

At worst, after stealing the White Tiger Cub, he would hide far away and improve his strength as soon as possible. Even if Xie YunChuan came to him later, he shouldn’t be so passive!

Without the White Tiger Cub, he definitely wouldn’t dare to absorb crystal cores to upgrade without restraint. Maybe by then, Xie YunChuan would no longer be his opponent! The more Lu Yunzhou thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, hehe!

The imagined future is always full of flowers, but the actual road will only be covered with thorns. Lu Yunzhou’s desire to die cannot be stopped.