15. Crystal nucleus
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T/N: Crystal core and nucleus/nuclei will be used interchangeably. It's similar to how warehouse or storage space both refer to He Zizhong's 'basement' storage space. For consistency, I'm trying to stick to 'ability holder' or 'user' when referring to those with abilities/powers, but please forgive with me if I slip up. ?

Also - there may be minor logic flow issues because of the author's writing style and how Chinese works (e.g., pronouns/descriptors work differently or are missing). I've tried to avoid interpreting/changing too much, so a few things may crop up. ?

Now... back to the chapter...

Although low-grade zombies are sluggish and slow, once they find food nearby, they would burst out with amazing strength and speed, grabbing everything that could be eaten, and gnawing desperately.

Looking at the things outside the car window that were obviously no longer human, Fang Hao's heart pounded in his eardrums - everything in front of him seemed to become unreal.

Occasionally a few cars sped by as they rushed onto the road, and there was often an army of swaying zombies hanging far behind.

The route He Zizhong chose was relatively clean. At this time, most people who reacted had their eyes on major, medium, and small supermarkets. On the way to the meat processing factory, except for smaller communities on the sides of the road, they basically did not encounter many people.

It didn't take long for the two to see the tall factory building of the meat processing factory. It was the largest in city F. Most of the products sold in supermarkets and scattered deli meat shops came from here, and the taste was also very good.

When the two of them drove to the gate, they saw a refrigerated truck lying on the middle of the street. Looking at the direction the car was positioned, it should be filled with goods just picked up in the morning, but something went wrong after they opened the gate.

He Zizhong parked the car on the side of the road and got out of the car with the steel pipe. Fang Hao raised his binoculars and glanced around: "There should be no one."

He Zi nodded emphatically, walked to the refrigerated truck, and opened the door.

Sure enough, the truck had just finished picking up the goods, and was full of raw and cold cut meat, all of which were just processed in the morning and were to be sent to a large supermarket chain.

With a big wave of his hand, He Zizhong put everything into the space.

"Senior, there's another one ahead!" Following the direction Fang Hao pointed to, He Zizhong found another freezer truck that crashed into a tree at the T-shaped intersection ahead.

"Deal with the truck first." He Zizhong made a decisive decision. The situation inside the meat factory is still unknown. If there were survivors inside, it is not easy for them to go in and grab others' things. There are a lot of stock in these two vehicles. If they are full of stuff, then the two of them don't have to enter the meat factory, which would save a lot of time.

He drove forward. When he passed the refrigerated truck, He Zizhong found two zombies inside, struggling to hit the door.

Stopping the car, one steel pipe was used to get one crystal nucleus.

In the other truck, there were also three zombies locked inside. One of them was chewed out of nowhere, and the skin and flesh were hanging on his face.

This time Fang Hao stepped forward, struggling to raise his arm.

He Zizhong looked at him, although his expression and his face was tense, the movements in his hands were firm and powerful. Knowing that he has basically adjusted, he felt a little relieved.

This time the three zombies in the car did not have crystal nuclei in their brains. After the two opened the freezer compartment, they found that the car was full of cooked meat. There are all kinds of cured meat, sausages, and bacon. Although there was only one car, it was enough for two people to consume for a long time. What's more, He Zizhong previously went to the supermarket to buy some cooked food from time to time?

When the two returned to the car, He Zizhong asked, "Do you still want to go in?" They collected lot of things just now, and when the ecosystem in the space is perfected in the future, the consumption of these things will be even slower. .

Suddenly, a few cars turned in the direction of the T-junction. A hummer took the lead, followed by a few jeeps, and a sharp brake sounded on this relatively empty street, turning around, and headed in the direction of the meat factory.

Since He Zizhong parked the car on the side of the freezer truck, the cars did not see him when they drove over.

There was another screech of brakes, and several cars drove into the meat factory one after another. When the cars passed by, He Zizhong and Fang Hao heard a string of wanton laughter from the car.

Fang Hao looked at He Zizhong and blinked, "Then don't go?"

The convoy was very arrogant, not to mention that the two of them had already collected almost everything, even if they needed to go inside to find something, they didn't want to clash heads with them.

"Let's go." He Zizhong started the car, reversed direction, and prepared to move in the expected direction. Suddenly, a loud noise came from the direction of meat processing plant. The two looked back and found that the original factory door was blown away by something unknown. An earth wall slowly rose up, sealing the gate and courtyard wall completely.

He Zizhong raised his eyebrows, it was a person with fire and earth abilities.

He suddenly remembered who the team was. In his previous life, although city F fell completely quickly, but in the first month, there were still many powerful groups. Even if everyone finally fled to city A, there were several well-known small groups amongst the original forces in F city.

When He Zizhong saw this team in his last life, the number in their caravan was more than half less than it was now, and the cars had long been smashed.

At that time, he heard that their group was originally a small gang. After the end of the world, they responded quickly and robbed a nearby car exhibition center, and occupied a meat factory, so that they could survive the first wave of zombie riots...

Unexpectedly, what they occupied was here...

"Se, senior, what is that?"

He Zizhong looked at Fang Hao in surprise, and then looked back, only to find that he was waiting with straight eyes for the dirt wall that had just been sealed.

Yes, in the early days of the apocalypse, except for the most easily spotted offensive abilities, other kinds of abilities are not easy to spot immediately. He and Fang Hao only met on the fifth day of the early end of the world. At that time, the food at home had been exhausted, and he had to go out to find supplies. After going out, he teamed up with other survivors in the community.

At that time, Fang Hao was already in the team and had discovered his ability.

"Perhaps... it's a special ability?" He Zizhong drove forward, considering how to make Fang Hao aware of his abilities. "This morning, I saw by the window, while you were taking a shower, someone showing fire at a zombie. I thought I was wrong, but when I saw the dirt wall just now...Perhaps, some people really have an ability? After all, there are even zombies."

Fang Hao nodded woodenly. Understanding is understanding, but things beyond common sense cannot be immediately accepted sensibly after understanding.

After discovering they have a supernatural ability, someone who immediately accepts it happily is usually someone who has too big of a brain hole or is second-hand.

He Zizhong accepted it quickly, because he had the complete memory of his previous life. Even zombies had abilities in his previous life, OK? What's more, ability holders?

On the road, many vehicles randomly littered the ground, and some scattered zombies dragged their feet and wandered the street. Hearing their car passing by, it shook his broken body and followed the car staggeringly.

"Senior! Van1There's a vehicle named "bread car" in China since it's shaped like a loaf of rectangular bread, which is what FH yelled out.!" Fang Hao adjusted his mentality easily, observing the road conditions, and suddenly yelled, pointing not far away.

'Van' did not refer to the van-shaped vehicle, but an electric tricycle that transported bread.

When the car stopped on the road, plastic baskets were stacked on top of each other inside, completely full of bread made this morning.

He Zizhong slowed down, drove to the side of vehicles, stretched out his hand, touched the plastic box, and the entire car with bread was taken into the space.

"It seems that we can pick up a lot of treasures on the road. We may not really need to look for things in shopping malls and markets." Fang Hao has relaxed a lot now than before, and said to He Zizhong with a smile.

He Zi nodded emphatically: "But it takes luck. When there are few zombies, we can pay attention to roadside vehicles."

The two of them went all the way west, and rarely encountered other people on the road. Even if a few cars passed by, they all hurriedly drove to where they thought it was safe or necessary.

It didn't take long to arrive at the vegetable wholesale market mentioned by He Zizhong. If these vegetables are not put away now, they will rot completely in a few days. He Zizhong had also been here before, and he would smell a pungent rancid smell from a distance back then.

The market door opened wide, and apart from some wandering zombies, no living people were here.

Vegetables rot quickly. Even if there are people with space abilities, when space is limited, they will not come here first.

The two of them simply put the car into the space, killing zombies while picking up things.

Carts vegetables have not been unloaded, and were abandoned because of the sudden end of the world.

Except for contaminated or rotten fruits and vegetables, He Zizhong took in everything this time. In addition to vegetables and fruits, there was also a grain and oil store, which he also unceremoniously stored.

There were not many zombies in the vegetable wholesale market, but they were not too few either. After killing them from start to finish, the two counted them and harvested a total of eleven crystal nuclei.

He Zizhong threw five into the space, and put the rest into a bag for Fang Hao to hold.

"Senior, I will also enter the space at night, when that happens..." Fang Hao blinked at him with a joking expression on his face. Although the usual senior is already perfect, the senior who occassionally made a mistake was very cute too (>﹏<)!

...He really forgot to consider this! Besides, he was really worried about leaving these things outside.

With a sigh, he took out two of them from the bag, and threw all the rest into the space: "Leave these two for research and see if you can find out what purpose they have."

Holding a crystal nucleus in his hand, He Zizhong went cycled his thoughts, feelings, emotions and so on, but the crystal nucleus was still the crystal nucleus, and he was still himself. It seemed like nothing changed.

"Are you going to eat it? Will you also have supernatural powers later?" Fang Hao raised the one in his hands and looked at it in the sunlight. He was curious about where those people's abilities came from.

"Don't. If you eat and become a zombie, you'll lose everything." He Zizhong2Says FH in the original; assuming its a mistake hurriedly stopped him. Perhaps the way to improve his ability is really to eat this thing...

Perhaps the person who said "eating crystal nucleus will turn into a zombie" could enjoy this secret exclusively. But in any case, he did not dare let Fang Hao take this risk. He didn't want to lose the second life he finally got.

Fang Hao smiled and put away the crystal core: "En, I won't try it." This thing was made from the brain of a zombie. He didn't want to eat it, otherwise he would have a shadow in his heart whenever he wants to kiss senior in the future!

He sighed. He Zizhong admitted that it seemed like the secret of crystal nucleus could not be discovered in advance in this life. He could only wait until after arriving at the base.

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