TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 182

Chapter 182: Offense and Defense Switch Places

Xie YunChuan tightened his grip on Luo Shuyou’s lower back, one hand ruffling the fluffy little head at the crook of his neck, and chuckled, “So many demands, huh?”

Luo Shuyou wriggled his head, nuzzling against Xie YunChuan, and coquettishly said, “No way~!”

Xie YunChuan chuckled softly. “Okay, okay, no, no, not many, not at all. Then tell me, baby, which one haven’t I fulfilled?”

Luo Shuyou paused for a long time, seemingly recalling and settling old scores, before finally saying in a muffled voice, “You let me sulk alone just now, without coming to coax me.”

Xie YunChuan raised an eyebrow, his tone teasing. “Baby, are you sure our little Youyou was alone just now?”

Luo Shuyou pouted. Okay, he wasn’t. It seemed like there wasn’t a single instance where he hadn’t. Suddenly, Luo Shuyou remembered the reason for his anger. How could he forget the source? Luo Shuyou immediately regained his confidence, pointing an accusing finger with a aggrieved expression, “You scolded me just now. I wanted to get up and beat that black-hearted guy to death, but you not only didn’t let me, but you also said I was making a fuss. Youxiánqì – disliked me.”

Xie YunChuan sighed, “Baby, that black-hearted guy you’re talking about is Wu Changbai’s son, the eldest son of the Wu family, one of the four major families in Li City. We can’t just casually beat him to death, okay?” Even in the end of the world, you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog.

Luo Shuyou: “The Wu family? Are they very powerful?”

“……”

Xie YunChuan paused, “Well… how to say it? They’re moderately powerful, but there’s no need for us to provoke them.”

Luo Shuyou looked up, baring his teeth at Xie YunChuan, and said, feigning ferociousness, “Then I’ll have Li Shi secretly bite him to death.”

Xie YunChuan laughed, “Why are you so fixated on killing him? By the way, Li Shi disappeared without a trace after getting out of the car last night and separating from us. Can you still find him?”

As for what Li Shi was going to do after leaving Xie YunChuan and the others, everyone understood without saying. Whether it was to improve his meals or take the opportunity to hunt for crystal cores of ability users, the truth was that Li Shi was not a zombie raised by Xie YunChuan and the others. It was just that for various reasons, they hadn’t killed him. There was no need to take responsibility for his actions.

Luo Shuyou’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and he innocently replied, “Who told him to be so bad? We saved him, but he was stingy and used a level six crystal core to enslave me, and he even maliciously deceived us.” Then, his tone changed, and he cheerfully said, “Li Shi, I can sense that he’s still on this mountain. He will definitely come back to find me, hehe. I told him that in the future, one level six crystal core will be exchanged for one skin and flesh repair. The body I made for him is the most flexible and realistic. No one else has the ability to repair it.” Unless he completely abandons that body and finds a healing ability user to recreate one for him, but others’ creations will definitely not be as good as Luo Shuyou’s.

Luo Shuyou believed that a level six crystal core was simply a bargain, good quality and low price. Li Shi would definitely be a long-term customer. Regardless of what Luo Wushang was keeping Li Shi around for, it didn’t prevent him from not making a losing trade. There was no way he would put in effort without any rewards.

……! When Li Shi first heard Luo Shuyou’s “good quality and low price” deal, he had already decided to find another provider. Luo Shuyou’s prices and other people’s prices seemed to exist in different worlds. Yes, even in the same world, the value difference between the currencies of two countries would not be so great.

Li Shi carried the skin and flesh sculpted by Luo Shuyou. Energy flowed into that skin, swirling around to keep the flesh fresh, and would dissipate after a long time. When that happened, it would be time to input energy again to repair the skin. This also led to a significant increase in Luo Shuyou’s sensing range of Li Shi’s movements.

Xie YunChuan gently tapped the tip of Luo Shuyou’s nose, smiling and praising, “You’re really a clever little businessguǐ – ghost/imp.”

He couldn’t help but find it funny. This cleverness was probably going to scare Li Shi, this level five zombie, thousands of miles away. How could a level five zombie easily hand over a level six crystal core every so often? Killing enemies above one’s level was just an occasional fluke; how could it succeed every time?

Luo Shuyou was proud, smiling triumphantly. “Yes, yes, I’ll earn crystal cores to support you in the future.” Although he didn’t have much ability to make money before, earning crystal cores now seemed quite easy.

Xie YunChuan: “……” It must be that Luo Wushang’s crystal cores had raised my Youyou’s horizons too much. How should I explain to him that level six crystal cores weren’t like radishes in the ground, where you could pull one out whenever you wanted!

After hesitating for a moment, Xie YunChuan quickly let it go. He wouldn’t explain. Let it be. With him around, anyway, no one would dare to beat him to death.

Li Shi’s plan to distance himself from Luo Shuyou was progressing smoothly. He was about to pluck feathers from every passing goose, drink blood, eat meat, and pick up crystal cores all the way out of this snow mountain, but unexpectedly, he kicked a steel plate at the last moment.

Skin torn and flesh split, Li Shi used the heavy snow to conceal his pathetic state and fled back to the place where he had separated from Luo Shuyou and the others. For now, his only option was to seek Luo Shuyou’s protection. He hoped that his exorbitant demands this time wouldn’t be too outrageous. His life was very important, but there were some things that he would give his life to not hand over. For example, a level seven crystal core……!

The people behind were still chasing relentlessly. Zombies were not affected by the cold, they were just a bit tired and disliked moving around in low temperatures, but when their lives were at stake, they could move even faster than humans. Otherwise, Li Shi would have been caught up and killed by those people long ago.

In the end of the world, not only were humans food for zombies, but the crystal cores of zombies had also become important items that humans fought over. Crystal cores could be used to absorb energy and enhance abilities, and those with professional equipment could also extract the energy inside and convert it into various energy sources for use in various facilities and equipment.

Who said the prey would always be the prey? The hunting relationship was never fixed.

Su Qingshan led several Su family juniors to wander around in the mountains. The news of the Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core this time came at an inopportune moment. The Second Research Institute had some problems and urgently needed manpower. Su Nanzhi had taken several high-level ability users to support the research institute. The Su family could not spare many more high-level ability users to carry out this Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core competition mission, so this trip was just to try their luck. There was no other way, they didn’t have enough manpower to force a grab, and they were extremely unwilling to give up, so they could only pin their hopes on the luck of stepping on dog shit.

This thing often relied on luck. After all, if they didn’t even see the shadow of the Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core, then even the strongest skills would be useless.

Their luck wasn’t good. They didn’t see the shadow of the Jīngpò- Crystal Soul or Core, but they ran into a zombie that was attacking them. Fortunately, it was just a level five zombie, and Su Qingshan was a level six ability user, and the people he brought were all level four and level five high-level ability users. In a short while, the zombie’s sneak attack failed and it was chased instead.

What Su Qingshan and the others were thinking was that since they couldn’t find anything by wandering around in the mountains like headless flies, the crystal core of this level five zombie was still somewhat useful. It would be foolish not to take it.

So the few of them chased from the dim morning until the sky was bright. This zombie was extremely good at hiding its aura and seemed to have some kind of mind-controlling skill, allowing it to escape by luck several times during the battle.