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Chapter 781 They are all searching for energy stones

In the end, he turned around and went back dejectedly.

Bai Wanwan didn't wait, nor did she pay any more attention to the remaining gazes.

She gestured for Wang Hong and her family to follow, and they continued walking.

Of course, besides Wang Hong's family, there were seven or eight other survivors who were either bolder or truly desperate. Even after Bai Wanwan clearly drew a line, they still gritted their teeth and followed the group, keeping a distance.

About three kilometers from the settlement, before they had fully entered the desolate wilderness, near the wreckage of abandoned vehicles, they encountered their first wave of wandering zombies, about a dozen in total.

The survivors following behind turned pale with fright and trembled, but they still gripped their makeshift weapons, such as iron bars and kitchen knives, tightly, and formed a small circle back to back, instead of scattering and fleeing.

Perhaps they also understood that if they left the side of those powerful superhumans, they could be devoured by zombies at any moment.

Just when they thought they were about to face a bloody battle, a man standing next to the incredibly beautiful young woman suddenly transformed into a majestic, snow-white leopard.

With a swift movement, the leopard's sharp claws swatted away one zombie after another.

The zombies couldn't withstand Yan Lie's claw attacks at all. As soon as he touched them, the low-level zombies would fall to the ground like wheat that had been cut down, with a black and viscous liquid oozing from their heads or necks, and then they would be motionless.

The battle started quickly and ended even faster.

The human survivors behind didn't even see the specific process clearly before the danger was over.

They stood there, stunned, a mixture of relief at surviving the ordeal and awe at the sheer power.

Yan Lie returned to his human form, grinned, and returned to Bai Wanwan's side.

The group continued forward, ignoring the zombies on the ground.

One of the braver followers looked at the zombie heads on the ground, a struggle flashing in his eyes. Finally, he mustered his courage, ran a few steps, and shouted at Bai Wanwan and the others' backs, "Please, please wait! If... if you don't want these crystals, can... can we dig them up?"

"Crystals?" Bai Wanwan turned around in surprise. So zombies had such things in their brains.

The man quickly explained, "It's the stuff inside the brains of these low-level zombies, like small stones, we call them crystals. Maybe we can exchange them for food in other places..."

Bai Wanwan suddenly realized and nodded: "You guys go dig."

The survivors were overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately pounced on the zombie corpse like hungry wolves. With swift and skillful movements, they used daggers, screwdrivers, and other tools to break open the zombie's hard skull and quickly pried out irregular, multifaceted green crystals, about the size of a thumbnail, covered in red and white filth.

Bai Wanwan looked at the bloody and nauseating scene, her stomach churned, and her face turned slightly pale.

Xin Feng, who had been watching her closely, immediately stepped forward, his broad frame blocking part of her view. He handed her the water pouch he carried with him and said gently, "Are you feeling unwell? Drink some water, don't look."

Bai Wanwan shook her head, suppressing the nausea in her throat, "It's okay... you'll get used to it."

Now that we've come to this world, if we want to find the energy stone and survive, we must force ourselves to get used to this cruelty and filth.

Before long, those people had thoroughly dug out the green crystal cores from all the zombie skulls, carefully wiped off most of the filth on their dirty clothes, and treasured them into their close-fitting cloth bags.

"Bring it here, let me take a look," Bai Wanwan said.

Two people immediately stepped forward, opened their palms, and inside lay three or four green crystal cores that had been wiped clean.

The crystal itself was fairly clear, with a faint shimmer inside, but the surface still had stubborn stains and a fishy smell that were difficult to remove.

Bai Wanwan suppressed her discomfort and did not reach out to touch it, but instead focused on observing it carefully.

A glimmer of hope rose in her heart: could this crystal, which seemed to contain some kind of energy and originated from the brain of the mutated monster, be the energy stone they were looking for? She immediately tried to call out to the system in her mind, but, as many times before, there was only silence in the depths of her mind, with no response.

Peanuts haven't appeared since the last time.

Suppressing her unease, Bai Wanwan stared at the green crystal core for a few more seconds before shaking her head.

She had seen real energy stones in the beast world; they were deep, black minerals that seemed to absorb light, completely different from the faintly glowing green crystals before her.

"Alright, you can put them away now," she said, her tone returning to calm.

The group continued heading northwest.

During the journey, Bai Wanwan tried to contact Peanut several times in her mind, but to no avail.

That ominous premonition, like dark clouds, gradually gathered in her heart.

The sky, already a hazy gray, gradually deepened into a darker twilight.

Night is approaching, and extra caution is needed when spending the night outdoors.

Jiaoyin and Huahan went ahead to scout the way, but soon returned.

"Wanwan, there's a house in the ravine ahead. There's no dirty stuff inside."

"Okay, let's go there then."

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Roger stood on the rooftop of an abandoned high-rise building, a strong wind whipping his face and carrying with it the thick stench of blood and decay from afar.

He opened his palm, and in his palm, a piece of dark black gravel, about the size of a fingernail, was emitting a faint warmth that only he could perceive.

This is what enabled him to pinpoint the winding path and ultimately tear open a spatial rift to follow it.

Energy stones... He needs more, purer energy stones.

The energy of the stone in his hand is being continuously depleted. If it is not replenished in time, his weak and fleeting connection with this world will be severed, and he will lose all trace of her.

He looked down at the filthy, chaotic city streets below, which resembled an anthill, his gaze cold and devoid of any emotion.

Just then, the commotion below caught his attention.

Several relatively clean-looking, fierce-looking men were skillfully attacking a few slow-moving monsters.

One of the fire-type ability users unleashed flames from his palm, burning the last zombie to a crisp.

The other man eagerly stepped forward and roughly pried open the charred skull with a dagger, digging out a filthy crystal that gleamed with a dull yellow light.

The crystal was casually wiped twice, and in the dim light, it emanated a faint but unmistakable energy fluctuation.

Roger's pupils contracted slightly. Was it an energy stone?
It seemed to have a different energy than the calm, deep black stone in his hand.

For the next few days, Roger wandered the area like a ghost, silently gathering information.

Ultimately, this led him to identify several high-level superhumans.

"Something's wrong over in the northern canyon. There are a lot of zombies, including quite a few high-level ones. I heard that the Black Hawk team almost got wiped out when they went in to search for supplies last time..."

(End of this chapter)