Chapter 1 Chen Luo

Chen Luo gave Xia Haoran a level 4 flesh-type crystal to help him advance to level 4 more quickly.

He deducted 300 points from Xia Haoran. Xia Haoran had too many points, already a whopping 1128, nearing the 1500 needed to become an elder.

Xia Haoran didn't care. Although earning points had become more difficult, he could still easily get thirty or forty points a day.

Chen Luo said, "Let me know when you reach level 4."

Level 4 flesh-types could selectively temper parts of their bodies. Chen Luo had to advise Xia Haoran to focus on tempering his hands to avoid some detours.

If Dharma King knew about this, he would probably exclaim, "Good heavens!" The level 4 crystal I got back then was only worth 100 points, and you resold it for 300?

Making a profit as a middleman, huh?

When Chen Luo returned to the villa, Dharma King was playing with Little Red, who was lying on the ground, too lazy to move, with a look of utter despair.

Seeing Chen Luo, Dharma King looked at Chen Luo nervously, hoping he wouldn't turn Little Red into fried chicken.

Master, Little Red is mine!

Little Red was so energetic when she arrived in the morning, but now she looked like she was about to kick the bucket.

If Dharma King kept tormenting her like this, how many days would she have left?

Chen Luo scolded, "Am I letting you watch her like this? Will you lay eggs if she's gone? Take good care of her, and stop always pinning her down."

After thinking about it, Chen Luo gave Little Red two level 3 crystals.

"Dharma King, if Little Red doesn't know how, teach her how to absorb them."

Jiang Long's place didn't have many crystals, and there weren't enough for the people, so how could he give them to a chicken?

Even if there were enough, he probably wouldn't think that a chicken could absorb them, right?

If Little Red could grow, would she taste better? Or lay more eggs?

Back in his room, Chen Luo was still absorbing level 3 crystals. He didn't have many level 4 crystals, so it was better to absorb a large number of level 3 crystals. He'd save the level 4 ones for members who performed well.

Unless it was a level 6 crystal, it wouldn't have a good effect on Chen Luo. Level 4 and 5 crystals weren't as effective, after all, Chen Luo was already level 5.

And Rice, that was Chen Luo's top priority.

Although Rice's ability to predict the future was abnormal, it could currently only sense events that would happen in about ten minutes.

Even for Chen Luo, Mi Li, and Mi Ling, Rice could only sense whether danger would occur within half an hour at most.

It still couldn't sense events within a few days, or even longer periods of time.

This probably required raising Rice's level.

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The next day, Meng Yinyin stayed at the base, focusing on dealing with the seeds, happy to spend her days with them.

Xiao Yu, Chen Luo didn't let her go out to find crystals. She had just arrived, and he couldn't let her do such dangerous things, and her level was too low. He'd wait until she reached level 3.

Chen Luo had Shu Yun take her to train, and Chen Luo instructed, "Focus on her."

Chen Luo then went out with Mi Ling and Mi Li.

Only through battle could one better comprehend skills.

Chen Luo controlled his power to level 3, the same level as the zombies, in order to better pressure himself.

Chen Luo set a goal for himself: if he couldn't comprehend a new skill within three months, he'd have Dharma King slap him again.

Mi Ling had already comprehended a new skill, Fire Serpent Dance, which allowed her to transform her ability power into a snake-like form that wouldn't disappear after killing a zombie, but would continue to kill zombies.

Although Mi Ling was said to be level 4, she couldn't use large-scale skills yet, as she didn't have enough ability power.

Even if she could, the effect wouldn't be great, covering only a dozen meters at most. What was the use of that? Did she expect the zombies to stand close together for her to kill?

When they returned, there was an extra person outside the base.

It was Song Ling, Zhao Hai's henchman.

Song Ling respectfully said, "Brother Chen, Qi Lin invited Brother Hai to his place, probably to discuss dealing with Ye Gaofei. He also invited a lot of people, including you. Brother Hai wanted to know what you thought. If you go, he'll go with you."

Although Zhao Hai didn't introduce Chen Luo much, and didn't reveal how awesome Chen Luo was, Qi Lin knew that Chen Luo only recruited level 3 members, so his strength must be extraordinary.

Chen Luo was taken aback. Were they going to deal with Ye Gaofei so soon?

That's right, Ye Gaofei was being aggressive. If they didn't react quickly, how could they deal with him? There was no time to waste.

It shouldn't be a head-on collision, right? How many people would die?

Or, did the survivors of this scale have the guts to fight like this?

If they started fighting, at least half of them would probably slip away halfway through.

Chen Luo was quite curious how Qi Lin and the others would deal with Ye Gaofei. If he knew when the battle would take place, he might be able to save Long Yu when he was in danger.

Wouldn't that make it easier to subdue him?

Chen Luo agreed without hesitation.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Luo went to Zhao Hai's place alone. Zhao Hai then took more than fifty people to Qi Lin's place.

He didn't have Chen Luo's courage to go alone. If it weren't for Chen Luo, he would have brought even more people.

On the way, Zhao Hai carefully told Chen Luo about Qi Lin's deeds.

Ruthless, daring, and arrogant.

Would a person like Qi Lin be able to tolerate becoming a lackey, gradually being sidelined by Ye Gaofei?

Qi Lin's base was in a resort, with a very nice environment. Qi Lin was here when the apocalypse happened.

This was originally developed by Qi Lin himself. He was relaxing here with a group of his men at the time.

Quite a few people came, more than a dozen bosses.

Each of these people had hundreds of people under them. Qi Lin didn't invite small groups like Deng Xianhong, who only had twenty or so people.

Qi Lin laughed and warmly welcomed everyone.

For such a gathering, Qi Lin couldn't just let it pass without a feast.

The crowd sat around a large outdoor round table.

After Qi Lin passed around cigarettes, he said.

"That kid Ye Gaofei is simply too much. Isn't it good for everyone to develop on their own? He's too ambitious and wants to swallow us all."

"Don't even mention him, even if his old man hadn't died, he wouldn't dare talk to me like that."

Zhao Hai laughed and said, "Brother Qi isn't bragging. In terms of wealth, Brother Qi's family isn't any lower than Ye Gaofei's. Besides, Ye Gaofei is just an heir, not yet in power."

Qi Lin laughed heartily and said, "Let's not talk about wealth before the apocalypse, it's meaningless. Today, everyone here is a brother."

After chatting nonsense for a while, Qi Lin said, "If Ye Gaofei keeps going like this, we don't even need to do anything. It won't be long before he collapses on his own. He simply can't support so many people."

"His idea of a communal pot sounds good, but is it really feasible?"

"But he's being aggressive and wants to kill us first, which is intolerable."

"I have a way to kill Ye Gaofei. Once he's dead, his base will be in chaos. Then we'll bring our people, block them, and trust me, there won't be a fight."

"Then, we'll all divide up his people."

"To be frank, I'll be responsible for killing Ye Gaofei, but I need to take 30% of the supplies there."

Chen Luo narrowed his eyes. Qi Lin had a way to kill Ye Gaofei? Could it be that Ye Gaofei was killed by Qi Lin?

Qi Lin was putting in the effort, so taking 30% wasn't too much. If he took any more, the others would probably attack him once they ran out of supplies.

Someone asked, "Brother Qi, can you tell us how you're going to kill Ye Gaofei?"

Qi Lin smiled without saying a word.

Qi Lin said, "Alright, those who are willing to deal with Ye Gaofei, show your support."

Except for Chen Luo, everyone including Zhao Hai nodded. They could deal with Ye Gaofei and annex his people and supplies.

Chen Luo shook his head, "I don't have many people, so I won't participate."

Qi Lin chuckled and said in a sinister voice, "Do you know there's a tradition, when two sides are fighting, you kill the spectators first?"