TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 200

Chapter 200: Calling It Quits

The groundhog was tempted. Reason told it that Wood Spirit Crystal Cores were the natural enemy of Earth Spirit Crystal Cores. Those bipedal creatures had a Wood Spirit Crystal Core; it definitely wouldn’t get the better of them.

But the pure and nourishing aura emanating from that Wood Spirit Crystal Core was just too alluring.

Burning crystal cores attracts rats… Ratty couldn’t resist!

The Fire Spirit smugly observed the Earth Spirit’s hesitant figure, rooted to the spot. Sure enough, the little dwarf gourd didn’t budge an inch. The Fire Spirit pressed its advantage: “Come, come, come to my side quickly! I’ll protect you.” It bared its teeth, spitting a string of fierce flames into the air, snorting through its nostrils, and declared aggressively, “I’ll burn them to death when they come! Then we can share the feast!”

Its smug tail twitched wildly, stirring up ripples of starlight, rising and falling as if the Wood Spirit Crystal Core was already within its grasp.

The Fire Spirit was elated. It knew it! Crystal Cores were born from and nurtured by nature. The Wood Spirit Crystal Core was the leader, in charge of exuberant vitality and nurturing all things. How could it not be tempted?

Its little plan clicked and whirred. Anyway, those bipedal creatures didn’t have a Water Spirit Crystal Core. No matter how strong they were, they couldn’t do anything to it. At most, it just wouldn’t be able to eat the Wood Spirit’s energy, no real loss.

They waited earnestly for several hours, ready for the intruders to walk into the tiger’s mouth, but instead, without realizing it, the alluring aura had almost completely dissipated…! ?

The people they were eagerly waiting for had already walked several miles away. “Why didn’t you take them?” Xie YunChuan asked.

He didn’t think that he and Luo Shuyou lacked the ability to subdue those two Crystal Core Spirits, even if they had already developed self-awareness and had their own set of survival rules and defense mechanisms.

Luo Shuyou had clearly detected their specific locations, but suddenly stopped and pulled him away. Xie YunChuan obediently followed, but couldn’t help but feel puzzled. He always felt that, in the mysterious natural climate and world changes, Luo Shuyou sensed more than he did.

“It’s not the right time yet,” Luo Shuyou replied. He understood Xie YunChuan’s confusion. However, there were some things that he couldn’t even trace to the source himself, let alone explain to the person beside him. He could only say, “I can’t give you a specific explanation. Many things are always touching me through a layer of mist, provoking tremors in my nerves, but I can’t see the threads clearly. I just feel that doing this is leaving humanity a chance at survival.”

Xie YunChuan didn’t doubt his motives, but had other concerns. “You have to know, Crystal Cores aren’t resources exclusively for humans.” He never thought that Luo Shuyou’s actions were a sudden whim or out of willfulness. He had his considerations, but many things were impossible to measure as right or wrong, and even harder to control the choices.

Not to mention falling into the hands of others, even worse was falling into the hands of zombies wearing human skin. Only by holding them in their own hands could they be controlled.

Luo Shuyou said with certainty: “I know, don’t worry, no one can take them except us, not even zombies.”

Then he asked about a seemingly unrelated, distant matter: “I remember, the one who took the Water Spirit Crystal Core was someone from your mother’s side, right?”

“Yes, the crystal core is currently in Su Nanzhi’s hands,” Xie YunChuan gave a more detailed piece of information.

“Su Nanzhi?” Luo Shuyou repeated the name with a hint of doubt.

Xie YunChuan then consciously continued to explain: “Su Nanle’s older sister, the eldest daughter of my second uncle, currently the top person in the Su family, a level seven water-type elite ability user.”

“A level seven ability user, the second largest family in Li City, a research institute that masters the manufacturing technology of powerful new weapons…” Luo Shuyou asked with a serious expression, “Do you think there’s a high probability of someone snatching the Water Spirit Crystal Core from her hands?”

Xie YunChuan replied without thinking, “Almost impossible, unless the Su family is exterminated.”

The Su family had always been protective, and after the end of the world, the protective measures for the younger generation would only increase, not decrease. Unless there was a disaster that exterminated the clan, the probability of Su Nanzhi having an accident and losing the only crystal core in the Su family’s hands was minimal.

He just didn’t know why Xie YunChuan became the exception, perhaps because he didn’t have the surname Su and wasn’t considered a member of the Su family, so the Su family’s practice of loving and protecting the younger generation naturally didn’t apply to him.

Luo Shuyou smiled knowingly, “So, no one can take those two crystal cores except us.”

Xie YunChuan: “This also can’t be explained?”

Luo Shuyou glanced at Xie YunChuan, pushed aside the branches blocking the way, and continued to walk while holding his hand as if nothing had happened. After a long while, he slowly said, “It can be explained.”

“The five elements generate and overcome each other. Wood overcomes Earth, Water overcomes Fire. These two crystal cores occupy the right timing and location, born in the magma veins most suitable for nourishing them. The two have also depended on each other for a long time, and now they have smelted a metal material in the magma that can block the detection of various energies. It can be said that as long as they don’t leave this place and don’t split up, even if the entire Su family is mobilized, plus Su Nanzhi’s Water Spirit Crystal Core, it would be difficult to take the Fire Spirit Crystal Core away, let alone the Earth Spirit Crystal Core.”

“So, the new type of material that Su Nanle and the others mentioned was created by the two of them?” Xie YunChuan marveled at the ability of the crystal cores.

Luo Shuyou also sighed: “I didn’t expect those two little ones to give people such a surprise. This is not a skill inherent to the crystal cores, but rather a result of their accidental forging together.”

Xie YunChuan pondered for a moment: “It makes sense, one is an Earth Spirit, one is a Fire Spirit, the mine is hidden underground, the metal is forged in flames, the combination of the two is indeed prone to chemical reactions and the creation of new things.”

Xie YunChuan asked: “So, you’re leaving them there because you want them to continue to smelt more of that material so that humans can continuously mine and use it?”

“Not entirely,” Luo Shuyou replied. This was not a necessary reason. If the two were subdued, the smelting method could naturally be mastered.

Human ability users still needed time to grow, while various forms of special zombies had already taken shape. The two sides were constantly changing in strength, and the complexity of human flesh and blood and emotions meant that they would find it difficult to achieve crushing force in terms of force. Relying on the power of crystal cores was imperative.

Crystal cores also needed to grow. Let’s see what kind of powerful crystal cores this treasure land, hidden with dragons and crouching tigers, can nurture. Let’s see if the power of nature is stronger, or the power of human nourishment is superior.

Luo Shuyou didn’t want to explain any further, so Xie YunChuan didn’t ask any more questions.

Temporarily putting aside many disturbances, the two humans and one tiger leisurely strolled through the silver-clad mountains and forests. At this moment, the world was peaceful with only the sound of rustling snow, as if this was just another ordinary winter snow season, but no one could predict – when this winter will usher in a clear sky after the snow!

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