Apocalypse: Why did you provoke her? She's a cultivator.

Chapter 84 Afraid of being left behind

The spirit fire burned very quickly, taking only ten minutes to burn down a pile of abandoned cars and corpses each time.

Furthermore, there is no smoke during the burning process, so there is no need to worry about the production of harmful gases.

At this moment, Zhu Qihong and others were silently clearing the road ahead.

Using wood-based superpowers, they used vines to roll up the abandoned car and the corpse to one location and pile them up.

The water-based superpower simply washes the road surface.

When someone's superpower is exhausted, while giving them crystal cores to absorb, healing superpower users should also follow up and replenish their superpowers in a timely manner.

The group quickly cleared a kilometer of clean road.

During this time, Zhu Qihong and others also found five intact vehicles to keep for the team members to travel.

Under the pressure of frequent and intense use of superpowers, three wood-type superpower users actually broke through.

This surprised everyone. They never expected that staying behind and working themselves to the bone would actually allow them to successfully break through to a higher level of superpowers.

Zhu Qihong initially thought it was just a coincidence, perhaps the three team members' special abilities were just about to break through.

But as time went by, two days passed in a flash.

In the past two days, another seven or eight team members have broken through the superpower level.

This forced Zhu Qihong to admit defeat. Even he felt that his superpowers had increased significantly in the past two days, and he vaguely sensed that he was approaching the critical point of a breakthrough.

Zhu Qihong thought of Chu Qingyang and the other three. In the past two days, Fang Jun had also broken through to the fourth level of superpower.

In the beginning, whenever someone needed treatment, he was always the first to rush to their aid.

Once he had exhausted his own supernatural power, he took out a large bag of crystal cores and began to absorb them frantically.

Zhu Qihong and the others stared in disbelief, their eyes filled with envy.

Soon, Zhu Qihong and the others no longer needed to envy him, because after the team members exhausted their superpowers for the first time, Ye Qiumian didn't even blink and instantly took out a bag of crystal cores.

Under the envious yet puzzled gazes of Zhu Qihong and the others, Ye Qiumian said calmly, "Take it and absorb it."

As a result, the team members exhausted their superpowers. While healing-type superpowered team members were healing others, they would also absorb superpowers from the crystal cores.

They could only dream of having a large number of crystal cores stockpiled for everyone to absorb.

They were in the Lincheng military, where they received thirty crystal cores per month, along with food and lodging.

When they first heard that they would have to stay and clean the road, everyone was filled with resentment.

Everyone's superpowers are limited. Once they've used them all up, they're not going to have to dig through abandoned cars and those stinking corpses, are they?
Just think about it, they felt like dying.

At first, they worked reluctantly and slowly.

However, they still couldn't withstand the depletion of their superpowers, and soon some people's superpowers were exhausted.

As a result, Fang Jun smiled and offered to treat them, and Ye Qiu Mian even took out a bag of crystal cores for them to absorb.

The three team members who broke through to the next level of superpowers did so within a few hours, after absorbing all their superpowers.

They never had such good resources to cultivate before.

Now that they have a chance to become stronger, everyone is going crazy.

They used their superpowers as if they were free.

Abandoned cars are caught in vines and, like parabolic objects, automatically fall into fixed positions and pile up.

The water-based ability user conjured up water that resembled a high-pressure water gun, washing the road surface clean.

The healing-type ability users watched them work anxiously, and once their abilities were exhausted, they would snatch people away to treat them.

We need to take more people; if we only treat one person, we won't be able to use up all our superpowers.

The healing ability can only relieve fatigue and restore 30% of the team members' abilities; the rest they have to do is absorb the crystal cores.

Ye Qiu Mian explicitly forbade anyone from using crystal cores for cultivation until they had exhausted their supernatural abilities.

So those twenty-odd people suddenly became highly sought-after by the five healing-type ability team members. Thus, Zhu Qihong's team, who remained, began clearing the road with great enthusiasm.

That's why there have been frequent instances of team members breaking through their special abilities in the past two days.

Zhu Qihong walked to Chu Qingyang's side, his eyes filled with a complex mix of envy and admiration. "So that's how your strength increased so quickly?"

He suddenly remembered asking him before, "Do you regret it?", but now he's been proven wrong.

No one could regret this.

He only regretted that he had come too late.

Chu Qingyang nodded, "More or less."

The only difference is the method; now they're expending their supernatural abilities by clearing roads.

He used the Leaf-Splitting Sister to deplete his supernatural power.

However, he didn't say this, and even if he did, Zhu Qihong probably wouldn't believe it.

After all, who has ever seen someone cultivate using lightning?

One wrong move and you could be struck and your soul scattered.

Zhu Qihong understood perfectly. Just then, a healing-type team member broke through, and he watched with envy.

Sensing the power within him that was about to break through, Zhu Qihong couldn't wait to continue clearing away the supernatural energy.

Although he felt he was about to break through, no matter how much he absorbed the crystal cores, he couldn't break through that invisible barrier.

It seems he will need to continue expending his superpowers, and perhaps the opportunity to break through will come when he recovers his superpowers next time.

Zhu Qihong's superpower is also a wood-based superpower. If he can successfully break through this time, he will have a level five superpower.

Because he was eager to break through his superpower, he cleared the road exceptionally quickly this time.

Ye Qiumian had already told Chu Qingyang about the gasoline left in abandoned cars within the nearest three kilometers of the road.

"We don't have many crystal cores left. I'll go collect some more. You stay here and arrange for them to clean up the road."

We've used up quite a few crystal cores these past two days.

The remaining crystal cores can only last for a day at most.

Chu Qingyang silently noted down the vehicles that had left gasoline. "Okay, then Sister Ye, please be careful."

Ye Qiumian nodded, and with a swift movement, left the highway.

Nan Shaohua glanced back unintentionally and just happened to see Ye Qiumian's departing figure.

He rushed over, blinked, looked in that direction, and asked, "Sister Ye, where did you go?"

No sooner had he spoken than Shen Yujie and Fang Jun arrived, their eyes fixed on Chu Qingyang.

Their tense expressions suggested they were afraid Ye Qiumian would abandon them.

Chu Qingyang smiled helplessly, "She went to kill zombies."

As he spoke, he slightly raised his chin and glanced at the spot where the crystal core was placed.

Nan Shaohua suddenly realized what was going on and breathed a sigh of relief.

Having understood Chu Qingyang's words, Shen Yujie and Fang Jun were relieved.

As long as Sister Ye doesn't abandon them, that's fine.

The two turned around and went back to cleaning the road.

Just as Nan Shaohua was about to leave, Chu Qingyang called out to him, "Sister Ye has already told me about the abandoned cars with gasoline inside within the last three kilometers. There aren't many, so take the oil drum and pump it out."

“Sure, I’ll ask Fang Jun to go with me,” Nan Shaohua readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)