Gao Wu: I have a dimensional gate

Not only Zou Ming, but everyone who passed by the corpse spat on it. Two people even kicked the corpse's head twice, clearly showing their extreme hatred.

Lu Qiu and Zou Ming walked side by side, and Lu Qiu asked, "Is this the traitor Li Zhao mentioned?"

"Yes," Zou Ming nodded, "His name is Du Xuan. His brother, Du Qiang, was once the closest Level 2 Resonator to Level 3 in the refugee area."

"Du Xuan killed his brother while he was asleep. After Li Zhao discovered this, he stabbed Li Zhao. He then used his brother's head to exchange for a source energy resonance agent and defected to the Blood Wolf Clan."

Someone else added, "He's the one who knows us best, the one who killed us is the most ruthless, and he orchestrated this attack!"

A flicker of disgust flashed in Lu Qiu's eyes: "He truly deserves to die."

"Thanks to Lord Shan's help," Zou Ming said gratefully. "If it weren't for you, we would probably have been captured and taken to the new city district, where we would have suffered a fate worse than death..."

Mentioning the new urban area, the homeless people all looked apprehensive and fearful.

"What will they do to you?"

"Those with resonance abilities will be dissected and studied until they die; those without... will be turned into dried food by the clans below." Zou Ming's voice trembled slightly.

Lu Qiu didn't reply for a few seconds before speaking, "I just woke up recently and don't yet understand the drastic changes in the world. How are the levels of Resonators distinguished?"

To continuously acquire resources in this other world, he will inevitably need to interact with more people, making it essential to understand the power system.

"It was established by a supreme resonance master known as 'Mad Tiger' after the first large-scale energy tide. Levels one to five correspond to gentle waves, giant waves, raging waves, turbulent waves, and tsunamis, respectively."

Zou Ming paused for a moment: "It's roughly divided according to the level of destructive power. I'm not sure about anything above that. Under the Fire Thieves of the New City District, the patriarchs of the three major clans are all at the peak Giant Wave level."

"Du Xuan is a minor leader in the Blood Wolf Clan. Although his resonance ability is only at the D level, his strength is close to that of the Giant Wave level."

When Zou Ming said this, he was filled with awe.

In the battle at the entrance to the refugee district, the strength of Du Xuan's henchmen was not much different from that of his own side, and they were even slightly weaker.

After Du Xuan joined the battlefield, each of his blazing flames could take away a level one Resonator.

Li Chun, whose condition had worsened, was no longer able to walk. The refugees had no choice but to flee. He volunteered to stay behind to cover their retreat, but he and five others were captured alive.

But Du Xuan died after only being stabbed twice.

With one stroke severing his arm and another piercing his heart, this traitor, whom Zou Ming both hated and feared, died at Lu Qiu's hands.

He had just seen Lu Qiu's burns healing rapidly, and knew that Lu Qiu had taken a scorching blow, yet Du Xuan was still powerless to fight back.

This person is different from everyone else.

With her strength, speed, and highly efficient fighting style, she was able to kill Du Xuan and fight her seriously ill older sister to a draw.

Zou Ming felt that even if his older sister hadn't developed crystalline disease, she might not have won.

Lu Qiu nodded from time to time to show that he was listening, silently digesting the information.

The Level 1 Resonator is physically weak and has no martial arts skills, so he poses no threat to him.

However, the gap between those at the same level is enormous—Li Zhao can only create tiny explosions, while Du Xuan can conjure a fireball the size of a person. Rank is merely a cage, containing things of varying sizes.

As he followed Zou Ming to the Li sisters' residence, he listened to Zou Ming explain the new world.

A century ago, the first energy tide erupted, destroying the order of the entire world. Energy appeared, and the world was no longer safe for humanity.

A century later, the [Yuanting] and [Company] became two major powers vying for supremacy. Below them were numerous city-states and clans, each with a large population.

The Fire Stealers in Ye City's new district are merely a peripheral stronghold within the Fire Seed Company's hierarchy. The patriarchs of the three major clans are only at the peak Giant Wave level, while the strongest among the Fire Stealers is only at the beginner Raging Wave level.

He gradually pieced together his judgment from Zou Ming's words.

The company relies on Yuan Neng Technology. While the number of powerful individuals is small, it can continuously cultivate lower-level Resonators.

The source energy enhancer seized from Du Xuan was one of their methods for cultivating combat consumables.

As for Yuan Ting… Zou Ming was somewhat vague. He was born in Ye City and lacked communication with the outside world. He only heard that Yuan Ting had far fewer Resonators, but the number of strong individuals was enough to suppress the company.

There are many ways to enhance resonance ability, but Zou Ming only has access to source energy resonance agents and enhancers.

Lu Qiu glanced at the Flesh Furnace on the panel, his gaze fixed on the words "can be upgraded" in the description.

Having only reached 2% of the Flesh and Blood Furnace's power, his eagerness to improve his talent far outweighed his curiosity about the world's格局 (geju, a concept encompassing both overall situation and overall dynamics).

"We've arrived, Professor Shan."

After Zou Ming whispered a reminder, he walked to the door and knocked in code. He knocked several times before Li Zhao's frightened face, with tears still on her face, finally appeared through the crack in the door.

Upon seeing who it was, she immediately opened the door: "Shan, the antagonist! My sister is dying!"

Lu Qiu reached into the backpack he had casually seized and placed a whole box of antagonists in Li Zhao's hand.

Following Li Zhao into the inner room, he saw Li Chun curled up on the bed, her eyes unfocused, her lips bluish-purple, indicating that her crystalline disease had reached its late stage.

When she saw Lu Qiu enter, a faint light flashed in her eyes, and then she coughed up a mouthful of bright red blood.

Seeing her sister's miserable state, Li Zhao was so anxious that she kept crying, and her trembling hands couldn't even hold the bottle cap tightly.

"I'll do it."

Lu Qiu took the antagonist, unscrewed it, and slowly poured the azure liquid into Li Chun's lips.

"Shan...cough cough, you saved them again, please...escort them to the refugee district in the south of the city, the leader there...cough cough, I..."

Li Chun spoke with great difficulty, as if she felt she was going to die, and she clung tightly to Lu Qiu's hand, begging for help.

She had never heard of any antagonist for crystalline disease. Even if someone in the new urban area got crystalline disease, they could only wait to die.

Yesterday, I asked Zou Ming and my sister to help Lu Qiu prepare the resonance agent, just to establish a good relationship with Lu Qiu so that he could take care of them after my death.

Even if Lu Qiu did bring the medicine, Li Chun didn't think it would be effective.

Lu Qiu shook his head.

The light in Li Chun's eyes dimmed, her hand fell limp, and she forced a smile. She had been unrealistic; what need did the strong have to pity the weak?

"You won't die," Lu Qiu said earnestly.

Medical technology in the main world has advanced for many years, and crystallization disease has long been overcome. As long as the lungs are not completely crystallized, the crystallization reaction can be suppressed and gradually eliminated through antagonists.

He had crystallization disease when he was a child. After taking an antagonist, he slept and became energetic again.

Li Chun's condition is indeed serious, but it is not at all to the point of lung crystallization. Coughing means that organ function is still working, so there is hope.

Seeing Lu Qiu's resolute expression, Li Chun felt a glimmer of hope and closed his eyes to carefully sense it.