Then Fang Ming also wanted to try if he could find crystals in the heads of real zombies.
This was a whimsical decision.
It was just a fleeting thought in his mind.
But Fang Ming did not expect that he would actually find crystals in the zombies' heads.
So, what exactly were these crystals?
"How are they different from the demon cores of demonic beasts?"
"Can they be swallowed directly?"
"Will swallowing them increase combat ability?"
"..."
"It's better to be cautious."
Fang Ming was still wary of these crystals. How could he swallow something of unknown origin directly?
At least, it should be handed over to someone for experimentation.
Perhaps when he returned to the cultivation world, he could ask the cultivators there.
As Fang Ming walked, lost in thought.
His expression suddenly changed.
"The smell of humans."
"They should be survivors under this apocalypse."
"Let's go check over there. Perhaps food and water can be obtained from that direction."
Fang Ming quickly chased after them.
With the blessing of Clear Spirit Qi and magic power, his speed was exceptionally fast.
Soon.
He saw more than ten zombies chasing four humans.
Amidst these more than ten zombies, there was one that was significantly taller than the others.
"This is... an evolved zombie, or should I say, a Level 2 zombie?"
Fang Ming stroked his chin, pondering.
He was already prepared to act.
Fight if he could, run if he couldn't.
As a cultivator with high mobility.
Fang Ming could escape much faster than ordinary people.
And these zombies were actually at the speed of ordinary people.
Fang Ming was not afraid.
...
Li Qiang was an ordinary person from a survivor camp in the apocalypse.
When the apocalypse descended, many countries had implemented numerous defense measures, but they failed repeatedly, ultimately unable to stop the apocalypse.
Almost everyone on Earth turned into zombies.
Only one percent, or even fewer, survived.
In the beginning, various survivor camps could still communicate externally.
But after communications were also destroyed by zombies.
The major human bases lost contact.
Leaderless, they each governed themselves.
Life became increasingly difficult.
Various supplies began to run out.
Even though they knew the dangers outside, they were forced to venture out to search for supplies.
Leaving the base and going outside was risky.
Once caught by a zombie and their skin broken, it meant complete ruin.
It meant they would turn into a new zombie within three hours.
This was something Li Qiang did not want to happen.
He was terrified and dared not leave the safety of the base.
But unfortunately, the base did not support idlers. This was no longer the early days of the apocalypse or before the apocalypse.
It was three years into the apocalypse.
If he did not go out to search for resources, then the only thing awaiting him would be the threat of firearms.
At that time, he would not be living leisurely in the base, but facing cold bullets and the final cremation.
Therefore, Li Qiang, despite knowing the dangers outside.
Had no choice but to leave the safety of the base and form a small team with three others to explore.
If you walk too much at night, you will eventually encounter ghosts.
This is an age-old saying. In other words, the outside of the base is so dangerous. Perhaps one or two explorations will be fine, but with more explorations, danger will be encountered.
Now, Li Qiang had encountered danger.
Eighteen zombies were chasing them.
Zombies' stamina was only at the level of ordinary people, even worse than ordinary people. Logically, humans should be able to deal with zombies easily.
However, the real lethality of zombies to humans was not through brute force, but through a scratch. A certain substance in human blood would invade, spread from the arm to the heart, and finally turn into a new zombie that had lost all reason and emotion.
This was the reason Li Qiang dared not confront zombies head-on.
If Li Qiang punched a zombie, the zombie, with its high resilience, could walk even with its organs exposed. It obviously wouldn't care about one or two punches from an ordinary person.
And if a zombie scratched Li Qiang, Li Qiang could prepare to die.
The two sides were not on equal footing.
Therefore, Li Qiang did not dare to confront zombies head-on.
In fact, let alone empty-handed, even with melee weapons, Li Qiang would not dare to fight zombies head-on.
What about firearms?
This was precisely the characteristic of the base's higher-ups that Li Qiang hated the most.
Survivor bases could not have a production chain for manufacturing firearms, but they definitely had firearms from before the apocalypse.
The quantity was enough to be distributed to everyone in the base.
But having enough to distribute to everyone in the base did not mean the base's high-ups would actually do it, would actually distribute them.
They only distributed them to their trusted subordinates and followers.
They would not distribute them to everyone.
This was because they were wary of the higher-ups being overthrown by those who wielded firearms.
Theoretically, sending people out of the base to explore, and wanting to increase their survival rate, distributing guns to those who went out would naturally increase their survival rate.
Li Qiang believed that if he had a gun, dealing with these zombies would not be so desperate.
But there were no "ifs."
The base's higher-ups dared to send them out on highly dangerous explorations precisely because they knew they had no firearms and wouldn't resist.
Why would they give them firearms for self-defense?
Impossible.
Non-existent.
Therefore, Li Qiang and the other three who went out to explore could only go empty-handed, without firearms.
Thus, the four empty-handed individuals, facing more than a dozen zombies, naturally had only one path: to flee.
Especially when they saw that tall zombie.
Li Qiang knew in his heart that their chances of escape were slim, and they were likely doomed.
Mutated zombie.
This was a mutated zombie that had evolved further beyond ordinary zombies.
Its strength was even greater. Let alone melee weapons, Li Qiang had once seen someone fail to kill a mutated zombie even after firing dozens of shots, only managing to push it back a certain distance to escape.
This kind of mutated zombie, combined with more than a dozen ordinary zombies, was enough to cause their deaths.
This was what Li Qiang thought.
But suddenly, he saw a child, who looked about seven or eight years old, walking on the street.
Where was this?
This was the apocalypse.
In the apocalypse, how could there be a child walking on the street?
Li Qiang had never seen such a scene after the apocalypse.
This made him somewhat shocked by this seemingly bizarre scene.
But soon, his shock level increased by hundreds or thousands of times.
His shock had escalated from slight surprise to almost disbelief!
Heavens!
What did he see?
He saw that the child, who had initially looked like he was seven or eight years old, did not use any firearms. With just a flick of his finger, he sent out several beams of cyan light.
Each beam of cyan light pierced through a zombie, and then the zombie directly fell down and stopped moving.