Chapter 457: Second Phase Ability Awakening ( 3 )
Early the next morning, the sun rose earlier than usual.
After more than two weeks, the members of the Eagle Team finally recovered from their injuries. Seeing that everyone had woken up, Jin Xuyan said, "We will return to the Lin’an City Base after breakfast."
Hearing this, Wei Ying asked, "Old Jin, even though your team already cleared most of the zombies in this area, the number of zombies at the border of Lin’an City is more than you expected."
Glancing at the sky, Jin Xuyan replied, "The rain will stop soon. We will return using the military chopper."
As soon as he said this, the heavy rain slowly turned into drizzle and, after half an hour, it finally stopped.
The members of the Eagle Team were surprised when they saw how accurate his prediction was, while the Phantom Team members were already used to this.
After they finished breakfast, they went to the rooftop of the building, and Jiao Lizhi took out the military chopper from her space. Five minutes later, the military chopper took off and flew toward Lin’an City.
From above, they could see the situation of the city clearly. Besides the zombies, they saw several massive animals and plants engaged in battles, destroying the roads and buildings.
Seeing this, Mo Junjie’s eyes flashed with interest, while Li Qixuan said, "Are those mutant animals and mutant plants?"
Hearing this, Jin Xuyan glanced outside the window and replied, "Not all. Some are zombie animals."
When they heard this, everyone looked outside and noticed that some of the animals’ bodies were rotten, while the rest were intact.
Those with intact bodies looked similar to the animals before the apocalypse. It was just that their size and some parts of their bodies were bigger and stronger.
While the team was on their way back, Xun Che was having a headache. Standing inside a tent that was used as a temporary infirmary, he looked at the people tied up on the bed and asked, "How are their situations?"
Jiang Lixin shook her head and replied, "Not promising. Most of them show signs of mutation, and we can’t slow down the process at all."
"Is there no other way? How about the healer? Can they remove the virus from the patients’ bodies?" Xun Che asked again.
"We have tried this method, but so far, it is not efficient. While we can help them remove some of the virus, we can’t heal the damaged organs," she said with a frown.
Standing beside her, Chen Zhiyi hesitated for a moment before he said, "When I was breaking through before, I noticed that as long as I had enough energy, I could clear the zombie virus from my body."
When they heard this, Jiang Lixin’s eyes widened as she asked, "Husband, are you planning to use the crystal cores?"
Seeing her husband nodding his head, she said, "The crystal cores are indeed an energy source, but there are impurities contained inside. If we inject a crystal core into their bodies, it might speed up their mutation process instead."
"Then, do you have another way?" Chen Zhiyi asked.
As they were stuck in a dead end, Gu Shaoze suddenly walked into the tent and asked, "What if the crystal core has no impurities? Can we use it?"
Hearing this, everyone turned to him, and Xun Che asked, "Comrade Gu, do you have a way to remove the impurities?"
"I don’t, but I have some crystal cores without any impurities," Gu Shaoze replied as he placed a backpack on the nearby table.
After he unzipped the backpack, he took out a handful of crystal cores and showed them. "These are the crystal cores," he said.
Looking at the crystal cores in his hand, Chen Zhiyi and Jiang Lixin’s eyes flashed with surprise.
They noticed that the crystal cores given by Jiao Lizhi had no impurities and could be used. But they didn’t want to bring trouble to her, so they didn’t take them out. They didn’t expect Gu Shaoze to take them out now.
Xun Che was surprised when he saw how clear the crystal cores were. Without even testing the crystal cores, he could see the difference between the crystals he owned and the ones in Gu Shaoze’s hand.
"Where did you get them?" he asked.
"You don’t have to worry about the source. I just want to know, can we use these crystals?" Gu Shaoze replied.
After a moment of silence, Chen Zhiyi nodded and said, "We can give it a try."
Nodding at his words, Gu Shaoze put the crystals back in the backpack and handed them to him while saying, "Use these first. If they are not enough, let me know."
"Okay," Chen Zhiyi nodded and quickly went to the nearest patient.
With gloved hands, he pried open the patient’s mouth and fed a crystal core to him. The moment the crystal entered his mouth, it melted and turned into a surge of energy.
Holding the patient’s hand, Jiang Lixin used her energy to guide the energy to remove the zombie virus inside the patient’s body. Half an hour later, the patient suddenly coughed out a mouthful of black blood.
"Cough! Cough! Cough!"
The moment the black blood touched the ground, it let out a sizzling sound, and the rancid stench in the air thickened. Seeing this, everyone was taken aback.
While the man continued vomiting black blood, the progress of his flesh rotting clearly slowed down until it stopped completely.
Five minutes later, Jiang Lixin retracted her energy from the man’s body and said, "The zombie virus has been cleared out of his body."
Hearing this, everyone was delighted. Even though this method took an hour to treat a patient, at least they finally saw hope to save the ability-users.
Xun Che nodded and asked, "How many healers do we have at the moment?"
"Currently, we have seven healing-type ability-users and three water-type ability-users who can heal wounds," Chen Zhiyi replied.
"Comrade Jiang, please teach the healers how to proceed with this method," Xun Che said.
"No problem," Jiang Lixin agreed immediately.