"The mutant crystal core is mainly formed by the condensation of Hell Silk energy. Creatures that are too small cannot contain enough Hell Silk, so they cannot condense a crystal core!"

Li Chenzhou replied, "However, precisely because they don't condense a crystal core, all the energy of the Hell Silk is absorbed by the body, which is why that little hamster's body is so hard!

"But, also because of its small size, as I said at the time, the mutant hamster isn't as scary as you think. It wouldn't be easy for it to really kill us. Back then, even if we couldn't beat it, it would at most tear off a few pieces of flesh from you and run away!"

"Then… do we have mutant crystal cores in our heads?"

Grizzly nervously pointed to his head and asked, "Don't we also have Hell Silk in our bodies?"

"Humans don't have mutant crystal cores!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head. "But I don't know the reason. Maybe… it's related to intelligence!"

"Intelligence?"

Grizzly was taken aback.

"Yes! But this is just my guess. The lower the intelligence, the faster the mutation. When a human dies, it takes only a few seconds, or even less than a second, to turn into a zombie!"

Li Chenzhou said, "But mutated beasts need ten to dozens of hours. As for us humans, that stage is even longer, and… the improvement in physical fitness is obviously not as great as that of mutated beasts and zombies!"

"Whatever the reason, it's good that there are no crystal cores in human heads, otherwise the world would be even more chaotic!"

Grizzly muttered.

Li Chenzhou nodded in agreement. That was indeed the case.

If there were mutant crystal cores in human skulls that could strengthen people, who knows how many people would set their sights on them. At that time, human infighting would only become more and more frantic. In order to strengthen themselves, the vast majority of people would turn their knives against their own kind.

"That's right! Now that this guy's crystal core has been dug out, what's the point of keeping the corpse?"

Grizzly turned his gaze to the mutated crocodile corpse tied to the car.

"Eat it!"

Li Chenzhou said, "Mutated beasts don't have zombie viruses in their bodies, but they do contain the energy of Hell Silk. Therefore, the meat of all mutated beasts is good stuff. Even ordinary people can improve some attribute points if they eat it often!"

"Is there really such a good thing?"

Grizzly's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at the remaining two mutated crocodile corpses on the ground. "Then we have to take these two away too!"

"Okay! You watch here, I'll go get Duan Lei to drive his car over, and then find a bigger car!"

Li Chenzhou said, and then ran forward.

These mutated crocodiles were over five meters long. Although a large part of that was head and tail, their weight was definitely over a thousand *jin*. Even Li Chenzhou could only drag them along, and ordinary cars really couldn't pull these guys.

Duan Lei had already returned to the front, and it was at the moment when Grizzly had just rushed towards Li Chenzhou, before he had killed the last mutated crocodile.

Because Duan Lei knew that with that crocodile, even if Grizzly didn't help, Li Chenzhou could kill it, but he would have to wait a little longer, until the skill cooled down.

With Li Chenzhou's combat skills, it was definitely no problem to tease that crocodile for ten minutes. When the time came for a fatal surprise attack, he could definitely take it down easily, so Duan Lei dragged his weak body back to the team.

When the crocodiles first appeared, Li Chenzhou and Grizzly immediately started fighting, while Duan Lei only reacted when he heard the gunshots.

Because it was only a few hundred meters away and there were no buildings blocking the view, Duan Lei also saw the three crocodiles. But Li Chenzhou's performance let him know that Li Chenzhou should be confident in dealing with these crocodiles, because he didn't even use the Fog of War!

Now, Li Chenzhou and Duan Lei were quite clear about each other's skills and talents, because they would be fighting together in the future. They had to have enough understanding of their teammates so that the two sides could cooperate.

Therefore, Duan Lei did not rush over immediately, but immediately said to the survivors, "Wait where you are. The zombies in front have not been cleared. Don't go forward. Just keep quiet. I'll help the boss kill those three crocodiles."

"Xiao Sha… Brother, those crocodiles are too damn big, and they're strong too. You definitely can't beat them. Why don't we run away?"

Wang Yuanqiang had rushed to the front and said to Duan Lei.

Of course, they also saw the three huge crocodiles, and even saw one of the guys flip a car with a flick of its tail! That was a car, and it weighed several tons. It was flipped over with a flick of its tail. If it hit a person, who could stand it?

"Run?"

Duan Lei pointed to the crocodiles in the distance. "If we want to run, we'll be fine, because we have armored vehicles, but what about you? So many cars, and so many people who need to walk. Can you outrun those three big guys?"

As he said that, Duan Lei deliberately amplified his voice a little, jumped onto the armored vehicle, and looked at the survivors around him who were staring at him. "We said that as long as you obey our commands, we will do our best to protect you. The meaning of doing our best is to go all out. Therefore, I will cooperate with the boss to kill those crocodiles, and what you have to do is to try to keep everyone quiet and not panic.

"If someone yells because of panic and attracts zombies, we won't be able to protect everyone's safety!"

As he said that, Duan Lei pointed to the direction of the crocodiles and said, "You can all see clearly over there, so you don't need to panic now. Even if you want to run, you have to wait until we are all dead and can no longer fulfill our promise to protect you!

"Moreover, this place is far enough away. As long as you don't make noise, even if they kill us, they may not see you!"

Then, Duan Lei jumped off the armored vehicle and rushed towards the battlefield, saying, "Remember, fear and panic will not help you at any time. They will only make you make the wrong choices. The world is already like this. What are you afraid of?"

Looking at Duan Lei's departing figure, all the survivors suddenly felt that… something seemed to be budding in their hearts…

Almost all the survivors chose to follow Li Chenzhou and the others because they saw how strong they were. As for their obedience to commands, it was of course because of Duan Lei's somewhat bloody methods. To put it bluntly, whether it was following or obeying, it was all because they were afraid of death!!!

But now, they finally realized that these people who said they would protect them and send them all the way out of the city were really fulfilling their promises. When they fought those huge monsters, which they had only seen in movies and were like prehistoric crocodiles, they really realized how lucky they were…