bookrandom Chapter 14 Crystal Nucleus
Chapter 14 Crystal Nucleus
At this moment, Luo Mei admired Yu Yao.
After all, not everyone can still be in the mood to read a novel under these circumstances.
At least she's not in the mood for that right now.
Yu Yao, however, was still holding up her tablet, looking earnestly recommending it, and persuaded, "Why don't you take a look? You're just killing time anyway."
Another slightly strong tremor began, and Luo Mei was almost knocked over.
"Won't you get dizzy reading novels in this situation?"
Yu Yao was taken aback, and found that it made some sense.
Before she could react, Luo Mei snatched the tablet, crossed her legs, and looked ready.
"Who cares? Let's see first!"
After saying that, he started flipping through the pages, while also taking the water and bread with his other hand.
"I won't stand on ceremony. I'll pay you back later, I definitely will!"
Luo Mei is a grateful person. She knows that the world has changed and food and water will inevitably become scarce resources.
Yu Yao not only saved her, but now she is also offering her food and water. She will remember this kindness and never let her down.
At the same time, Luo Mei is also a very self-aware person.
Even though he was starving, he only drank a few sips of water and ate half a piece of bread before stopping.
Twenty minutes later, unable to hold on any longer, I put down the tablet.
"No, no, I'm really going to get dizzy." Reading small print on electronic products in such a violently shaking environment is really a challenge.
Luckily, I didn't eat much, otherwise I would have thrown up long ago.
Her face was frighteningly pale. Yu Yao knew that she had overdrawn her superpowers, so she quickly said, "Take off the shield. Your superpowers can't hold up anymore."
"Oh dear, I forgot!" Luo Mei, who had just read some post-apocalyptic novels and gained a basic understanding of zombies and superpowers, exclaimed and quickly withdrew her shield.
She had just put away her shield when another loud bang came from somewhere, accompanied by several agonizing screams.
Luo Mei looked slightly taken aback, a rare look of bewilderment appearing on her face.
"You know... how can the world change so suddenly?"
Just a few days ago, she had discussed with her teammates about going out for some fun and relaxing.
But in the blink of an eye, the world changed to a state she no longer recognized.
Even Yu Yao, who had "experienced" an apocalypse once, couldn't figure out this question.
Perhaps the world is sick and can no longer provide a good living environment for living beings;
Perhaps it is punishment for humanity's excessive consumption of survival resources; perhaps it is a natural disaster; perhaps it is a man-made calamity.
In short, Yu Yao couldn't understand what humanity hadn't figured out in ten years in the previous life.
So she could only shake her head and say, "I don't know."
Luo Mei's eyebrows twitched slightly, and her fingertips tapped lightly on the tablet. After a moment, an excited smile gradually appeared on her lips.
"...That was so exciting!"
"..."
As expected, a woman’s heart is as unfathomable as the sea!
I can't figure it out!
I really can't figure it out!
Seeing Yu Yao's blank and speechless expression, Luo Mei laughed and continued, "The novels say that zombies have crystal cores. Do you think they really do?"
She had long since put away her confusion, and her tone became excited.
"Mmm," Yu Yao replied.
He took out a translucent white crystal the size of a date pit from his backpack and handed it to her, saying, "I found this yesterday."
Luo Mei was surprised; she hadn't expected that a casual question would actually yield such valuable information.
She took the small crystal core and examined it carefully, clicking her tongue in admiration. "I must say, it's really quite beautiful. What kind is it? And what's this color? Is it white or translucent?"
"Psychological Department."
The crystalline nuclei in the brains of zombies of different types are also different.
Red represents fire, light blue represents water, gold represents metal, green represents wood, and earth yellow represents earth.
Purple represents lightning, ice blue represents ice, and cyan represents wind.
Translucent white represents the spiritual element, milky white represents the light element, black represents the darkness element, and other special elements are transparent.
Just like in the novel, superhumans can enhance their abilities by absorbing the crystal cores in the brains of zombies.
However, there are certain limitations: elemental ability users can only absorb crystal cores of the same element, while special ability users can only absorb transparent crystal cores.
For example, fire-type ability users can only absorb fire-type crystal cores.
Those with special abilities such as spatial ability, healing ability, power evolution, and speed evolution can only absorb transparent crystal cores to advance.
A person with a mental ability like Luo Mei can absorb both mental crystal cores and transparent crystal cores at the same time.
After all, there are very few mental crystal cores, and she is not considered an elemental ability user.
To put it simply, the crystal core in Luo Mei's hand is exactly what she needs right now.
I thought she would be greedy, but to my surprise, Luo Mei just nodded calmly and said, "That's what it looks like? Okay, I'll remember it."
After saying that, he was about to return the crystal core to Yu Yao, without a trace of greed in his eyes.
Yu Yao glanced sideways but didn't answer.
He said, "Here, take it and absorb it. It can alleviate your overdraft of superpowers and also upgrade your superpowers."
"No! This is yours." Luo Mei refused immediately and forcefully shoved the crystal core into Yu Yao's hand.
Yu Yao held the small crystal core in her palm, stunned for two seconds.
"Didn't I say I'd lend it to you? Did I say I'd let you get it for free?"
Aren't you afraid I won't be able to pay it back? Or that I won't pay it back at all?
Why don't you give it a try?
"..."
Luo Mei froze for a moment.
Yu Yao said seriously, "I have no use for this crystal core. You can use it first, and return it to me when you get the one you need later."
After saying that, he handed the crystal core to Luo Mei once again.
She was an easygoing person, and although she only exchanged a few words with Luo Mei, she felt quite comfortable with her.
So at this moment, I don't want to worry about too much, lest I spoil the mood.
Yu Yao's eyes were so pure that Luo Mei stared at them intently for a long time but couldn't detect a trace of falsehood.
After thinking about it, he stopped refusing. "Okay, I'll definitely pay you back when I get it. I definitely will!"
"Ah."
Seeing that Yu Yao had agreed, Luo Mei picked up the crystal core, held it in her palm, and closed her eyes to feel the energy within it.
Soon, she felt the energy in the crystal core transform into a stream of heat, flowing into her mind through her palm.
The headache was instantly relieved, and she could clearly feel that her superpowers had become much stronger.
The crystal core lost its energy and turned into a lifeless rock, which crumbled into a pile of dust with the slightest touch.
Upon absorbing the crystal core for the first time, Luo Mei was extremely excited and opened her eyes with joy.
Without even brushing the crumbs off his hands, he exclaimed, "It really works!"
Yu Yao chuckled softly, "Mm."
......
Time slipped away quietly as the two chatted back and forth.
The smell of sulfur in the air grew stronger and stronger, even becoming pungent.
Upon noticing this, Yu Yao immediately retrieved two N95 masks from her spatial storage.
He handed one to Luo Mei and said, "Wear it. It must be a volcanic eruption."
The simultaneous eruption of volcanoes on land and underwater around the world has caused extremely serious air pollution.
It could have caused even more terrible consequences, such as extreme cold or polar night.
But the arrival of the apocalypse makes everything less natural.
Extreme cold and polar night will come, but not now.
Thankfully, it's not now!
......
Luo Mei wrinkled her nose and sniffed, too lazy to complain about this messed-up world anymore. She said thank you and took it and put it on.
Feeling the vibrations lessen, Luo Mei got off the mattress, stood up, and slowly stretched her body.
Therefore, they did not see Yu Yao's lowered eyes.
She prided herself on being cold-hearted and detached, but she couldn't help but wonder how many port cities had already been swallowed by the tsunami at this time.
I wonder how many people managed to escape in the end...