"Why don't you mention it's more dangerous? Especially this area with office buildings. Behind the Huitong Twin Towers is the Liang River, and further upstream is Lingbo Lake. The authorities had previously issued a notice that empty spaces are most likely to appear above the Hai River, and many monsters emerge from them. Others are running away as fast as they can, and we're going to offer them a buffet? If you're not afraid of death, you can go by yourself."
No matter how enticing Bai Peijin's words were, they couldn't make others ignore the danger of City C. As he said, if others were running away, it would be foolish for them to go and offer a buffet to those monsters.
Too many people were afraid of dying, so her PPT was in vain. City C was vetoed first.
Of the remaining two cities, City H had a clear advantage, so there was almost no debate. They chose City H.
Huitong was a subsidiary of the Zhu Group, involved in logistics. Zhu Yujue, the former CEO of the Zhu Group and the eldest grandson of the Zhu family who held the most shares, was still among the invited to this meeting.
As the meeting dispersed, he overheard the woman from yesterday apologizing to Lu Huaqing.
The young man's eyes were dark and cold as he said, "It's as expected. After all, there are too many weaklings who can't even lift a chicken here. If they want to protect those weaklings, they won't choose City C. It doesn't matter; City C and City H are not far apart. When City H's supplies run out, they will naturally send people over. We'll have plenty of opportunities."
Bai Peijin echoed a few words. Casually looking up, she saw Zhu Yujue standing by a car, looking at the two of them with cold eyes.
Lu Huaqing's sinister expression vanished, replaced by a polite smile. He nodded slightly towards Zhu Yujue and then left with his people.
Zhu Yujue was somewhat surprised, not expecting there to be people with such thoughts at this time. Because they had some strength, they were eager for chaos. How confident were they in themselves?
He pondered what might happen in Gaomi and hesitated. Zhu Qin, following closely behind Zhen Jie, came out. As expected, the people around her stayed close.
"...Ambition is not small. If it weren't for those people, I really wouldn't want him to stay."
"He can't flip the sky. Since he hasn't given up, let him stay. Keeping him under our watch is better than letting him mess around outside."
Zhen Jie sighed, "You have a point. But I still want to ask, if a real fight breaks out, do you and Xiao Zhou have the confidence to deal with them?"
Zhou Chuan had also awakened his powers. He had wind abilities, which were still weak now, but wind had a certain advantage against lightning. Coupled with his special forces training, he had a great chance of winning against an ability user like Boss Liu.
"Dealing with them? Why would A Qin need to act?" Chong Yan said proudly, "I can defeat them all by myself."
Zhen Jie smiled.
Zhu Qin said, "Yes, A Yan can defeat them. You don't need to worry. If you're still uneasy, just kill them both."
Zhen Jie: "...That's not necessary. After all, they brought so many people. If we kill them, others might rebel."
"Then kill them all!" Chong Yan had just finished speaking when he was hit on the back of the head. "Hey, why are you hitting me? Did I say something wrong?"
"Stop shouting about killing all the time."
He retorted with dissatisfaction, "What do you mean I'm shouting about killing? Didn't you say you wanted to kill them first? I was just following your words..."
As they spoke, they passed by Zhu Yujue, not even noticing him. Zhu Yujue also felt his worries were excessive when he heard certain words.
Not to mention anything else, with that person's unfathomable strength and mysterious identity, a long sword with spiritual consciousness could easily handle a few ability users. As she said, the young man who looked like a pretty boy was enough to deal with them.
—
Hearing that they were finally going to stop, everyone in the team was extremely excited. Although they hadn't encountered any attacks in the past two days, some people had fallen behind for various reasons. With such a large team, there were many things to deal with.
Before, they had no definite goal, only wanting to stay away from the sea. They wandered aimlessly, seeing no hope, and many were listless and close to despair. Now, hearing that they were going to stop and establish a safe zone, and that the military had distributed the food they brought back, Zhu Qin released water for a few hours, and everyone worked together to charge towards City H.
The team's marching speed clearly increased.
Since the distance was no longer far, it would only take two to three days to travel if they moved quickly. They no longer went out separately but walked together.
During this time, Jiang Xiaoshu voluntarily gave the crystal to a researcher. After two days of research by the research team in the convoy, they reached an exciting conclusion: zombie crystal cores could help ability users cultivate.
They held another meeting.
Someone asked, "Are there any side effects? This thing is, after all, from... the brain. It always feels not quite right."
The researcher's excited expression remained unchanged. "There are indeed side effects. We experimented on white mice. Absorbing large amounts in a short period caused one-third of the research subjects to die suddenly. Even milder cases became irritable and prone to rage, banging against the glass. However, the factors causing this phenomenon can be eliminated. With a period of research, I believe we can definitely eliminate the negative guiding factors in the crystal cores, allowing ability users to safely cultivate with them."
Lu Huaqing's team members sneered, "Our third captain discovered the matter of crystal cores long ago. Our leader has been cultivating with crystal cores all along, and there's no problem at all. You're all making a mountain out of a molehill."
Hearing this, everyone turned to look at Lu Huaqing.
The early awakened members of their team were not on the same level as Lu Huaqing. Excluding the two cheat characters, Zhu Qin and Chong Yan, they thought Lu Huaqing was so powerful because of some special trait. Using crystal cores for cultivation could be considered a special trait.
However, the refutations from those people were as unconvincing as a chain smoker telling a doctor they were not sick and that smoking helped them live longer.
Crystal cores were taken from the heads of zombies. Walking dead who ate people to become stronger. It was unbelievable that something from such monsters would be fine.
"Perhaps he hasn't been using them for a long time, or he hasn't absorbed much power from the crystal cores. However, we still suggest that the crystal cores be processed before absorption, as no one knows what effects it will have on people."
That person remained unconvinced.
"Professor is right. Then, after we settle down, you should conduct experiments and research as soon as possible to come up with a safe absorption plan. This has a great impact on our combat effectiveness and must be taken seriously."
"We will try our best."
"Where are we now?"
"We're about to exit the HK expressway. There are still 36 kilometers to City H. If we move fast, we should arrive tonight."