But why did he see a look of disgust in Hua Wuyan’s expression? How could she possibly be disgusted by him?
“What exactly are you still making a fuss about! I’ve already personally extended my hand to pull you up. If you keep this up, you’re just being unreasonable!”
[Host, the zombie horde is 500 meters from the battlefield. 7 minutes remain until the mission ends.]
“Jiang Nanying, I don’t give a damn about being reasonable! I’ll lead the zombie horde over right now and dance a wild rave on your graves.”
She had to stir things up—stir them until these people felt a chill deep in their bones. Only then would things become easier.
“Beee~ Beee-beee-beee-beee-beee~”
The zombie horde outside the corridor, drawn by the sound, twisted and lurched closer in a frenzy.
Everyone inside the equipment room glared at Hua Wuyan with hatred as she blew the suona with flushed cheeks, playing an excited tune—yet not a single person dared to rush out and stop her.
“She’s gone mad! Senior Nanying, isn’t Hua Wuyan your little lapdog?
Go coax her quickly. Make her stop! There are a lot of zombies out there—if we get discovered, we’re all dead!”
“Ah! Look over there—the zombies on the playground seem to be gathering and heading straight for us!”
At that moment, someone shouted recklessly, “Hua Wuyan, stop blowing! People are really going to die!”
Jiang Nanying’s face turned pale, his gaze not daring to move an inch from the zombie horde about to enter the corridor.
“Hua Wuyan, what exactly do you want! Fine, I’ll give you a chance to pursue me—is that good enough?! If you keep this up, I’ll start hating you!”
“Ugh!” Hua Wuyan gagged. “I beg you, Jiang Nanying, please don’t give me any chance. I already find you utterly disgusting just by looking at you.”
“You—!”
Xu Qingtian’s voice cut past Jiang Nanying, slightly trembling as she spoke.
“Hua Wuyan, that’s enough. Don’t think saying things like that will get Senior Nanying’s attention. This is the apocalypse now—do you really have to drag everyone down to die with you before you’re satisfied?”
[The zombie horde is 300 meters from you. 4 minutes remain on the mission timer. Host, please hurry.]
Hua Wuyan kept her eyes fixed on the jade bracelet on Xu Qingtian’s wrist while continuing to blow the suona.
The sanctimonious faces of these people had already twisted with fear, their bodies trembling violently.
The emotional atmosphere had been built to the perfect pitch!
These people were now like startled birds. It was time to make her demands.
“If you want me to stop, that’s fine. That bracelet of yours looks like decent quality. Give it to me, and I’ll stop.”
Xu Qingtian reluctantly touched the jade bracelet on her wrist, backing away desperately. She had a vague premonition—a feeling that this bracelet was important to her, and she couldn’t hand it over.
On the surface, Hua Wuyan showed no sign of urgency, but inwardly she was burning with impatience.
The System shouldn’t lie to her. Xu Qingtian had no idea there was a space inside the bracelet, so she was merely reluctant to part with it.
“Not willing? Xu Qingtian, you won’t even trade a useless jade bracelet for your companions’ safety.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. How selfish can you be?”
“In that case, let’s all die together!”
She turned toward the direction of the zombie horde and continued blowing the suona. “Beee-beee-beee…”
The crowd in the equipment room was stricken with panic, their gazes toward Xu Qingtian instantly shifting.
“Junior Qingtian, bracelets like that are worthless in the apocalypse! You might as well just give it to her.”
“Yeah, Xu Qingtian, do you really want to watch us all die here?!”
Jiang Nanying stared intently at the zombie horde outside the equipment room corridor, and finally grabbed Xu Qingtian’s hand, forcibly pulling the bracelet off her wrist.
Xu Qingtian looked at Jiang Nanying with reproach and confusion in her eyes. “Senior Nanying, what are you doing!”
“Qingtian, the greater good matters more. It’s just a bracelet. Next time we pass by a jade shop, we’ll pick out a better one. Give this one to her!”
“No…” Before Xu Qingtian could finish her refusal, Jiang Nanying had already reached out and passed the jade bracelet through the gap in the door.
“Hua Wuyan, stop blowing that damn suona right now!”
Hua Wuyan stopped playing and immediately snatched the jade bracelet, slipping it onto her wrist. “Smart of you.”
She turned to look at the dejected Xu Qingtian and victoriously waved the bracelet on her hand.
“Oh, Xu Qingtian, Senior Nanying rubbed your wrist all red. Is he not into you anymore?”
Xu Qingtian had only felt wronged before, but upon hearing this, she suddenly burst into sobbing tears.
Jiang Nanying immediately embraced her with an apologetic look and began comforting her.
【Host, the zombie horde will arrive at the battlefield in one minute. Please find a safe place to hide as soon as possible.】
“One minute?” She needed to get out of this troublesome place quickly.
Just as she was about to leave, Jiang Nanying called out to her, “The zombie horde is coming. Aren’t you coming in?”
Hua Wuyan rolled her eyes, left a “dumbass” behind, and turned to run.
“Hopefully that zombie horde will chew up both Xu Qingtian and Jiang Nanying, so I won’t have to scheme so hard to seize the Female Lead’s providential opportunities.”
【Host, the Female Lead of this world is protected by Heavenly Providence. She won’t die that easily.】
She ran while panting heavily with frustration. “System, I’ve got the jade bracelet. Settle my Opportunity Points reward now!”
【Mission complete. Settling reward for Host now.
Reward settlement complete. 0.1 Opportunity Points deducted. 2.9 Opportunity Points have been credited to the Host’s system account.】
“Exchange for a sharp long blade and some chocolate cookies.”
【Exchange complete for Host. 1.9 Opportunity Points remaining. Items can be retrieved from the System Warehouse.】
The Opportunity Points spent on two chocolate cookies were so small they could be ignored.
Hua Wuyan took out the chocolate cookies and stuffed them into her mouth, chewing wildly.
The sweet taste touched her tongue, bringing joy and satisfaction to her hungry taste buds.
She suddenly stopped at the other end of the corridor, turned around, and swung the long blade at the zombies charging at her from behind. The blade tip accurately pierced into the zombie’s skull, killing it.
Luckily, only two zombies had followed. Just cutting down those two zombies was exhausting enough.
This body was far too weak. If not for her strong will, even raising the blade would have been painfully slow.
“No way. System, is there any way for me to recover my strength? This body is too weak—I can barely catch my breath after running a few steps.”
【Host, two methods for recovering your strength have been analyzed for you.
One: Use Opportunity Points to exchange for secret manuals and techniques in the System Mall. Techniques in the mall can be mastered instantly upon learning, with no need for cultivation or leveling up.
Two: Absorb spiritual energy and circulate your Wind-Moon Sect’s secret manual to slowly recover your power.】
“I’ve already sensed it. The spiritual energy in this world is thin, and it’s contaminated with pollutants and impurities. Absorb too much and I’ll fall into demonic deviation.”
“Don’t worry, Host. This world has a product equivalent to Spirit Stones, and its internal spiritual energy is pure. You can use it for cultivation.”
“What is it?”
“Crystal Core.
Host, the zombie beneath your feet has a Crystal Core in its head. Dig it out, hold it in your palm, and activate your cultivation technique’s incantation to absorb it into your body.”
The long blade plunged into the zombie’s head and churned it around.
Hua Wuyan glanced at the Crystal Core in her hand, stained with the zombie’s brain matter and black fluid, then activated the Wind-Moon Sect’s technique. Soon, she established a connection with the spiritual energy within the core.
Absorb!
The pure, cool spiritual energy entered her body and was immediately absorbed before even reaching her meridians, leaving only the shattered powder of the outer shell.
“Strength increased, and my stamina seems much better too. I’m not out of breath anymore.”
The spiritual energy within this Crystal Core was pure, though one core was at most equivalent to one-tenth of a low-grade Spirit Stone in the cultivation world.
But in this apocalyptic world, what was the most abundant?
Zombies!
This world was covered in zombies everywhere.
She could already envision a scene of Crystal Cores scattered across the ground, hers for the taking.
Perhaps if she stayed in this world long enough, her cultivation might even reach a higher level than before.