I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

The wooden table was shattered, and a massive fist slammed into the electromagnetic barrier. Before being bounced back, it retreated instantly and then slammed into it again, the booming sound and sonic boom echoing throughout the room.

"As expected of an A-rank, that's some serious punching power!"

Yan Ziming sighed inwardly. If she continued to be passively attacked like this, she wouldn't be able to hold out for long, given her energy reserves...

Maybe we can hold out for another hour?

If Yan Ziming hadn't been restricted from using his full power, he would have already used a Radiant Dust attack on the Green-Faced Ghoul, causing it to vanish into thin air.

This was repeated about ten times. The blue-faced ghoul raised its fist and slammed it down again. It was expected that this time it would hit the electromagnetic barrier like before, but it did not. It pounced forward smoothly without encountering any resistance.

But this wasn't good news for it, because the green-faced ghoul's punch wasn't aimed at Yan Ziming, but at the electromagnetic barrier standing in front of it!

Caught off guard, the blue-faced ghoul punched into thin air, its upper body swayed violently, it lost its balance, and fell in front of Yan Ziming.

Having prepared in advance, Yan Ziming held the Thunder Cutter in front of him and pierced the abdomen of the blue-faced ghoul. Dazzling lightning flowed continuously into it along the blade, and the extinguishing lightning coursed through its body, eroding its bodily functions.

Yan Ziming did not lower his guard despite the impending victory, and remained cautiously on guard against the green-faced ghoul's desperate last stand.

"Um?"

Suddenly, the blue-faced ghoul gripped the blade of the Raikiri, making a hissing sound. Wisps of blue smoke rose from the point of contact. Then, Yan Zimo felt a strong force push her back a few steps, and the Raikiri was pulled out of the blue-faced ghoul's body.

"He's almost dead but still has so much strength. He's much stronger than a regular A-rank."

The blue-faced ghoul roared at Yan Ziming, the powerful sound waves making Yan Ziming feel dizzy.

"Tch! Shut up!"

Yan Ziming bent his knees, assumed a thrusting stance, and rushed towards the blue-faced ghoul with lightning speed. He crouched down to dodge its claws, then pushed off with both legs and leaped into the air.

The roar of the blue-faced ghoul disappeared, leaving only the sound of blood gushing out.

After pulling the Raichir from the blue-faced ghoul's mouth, Yan Zimo stepped on its head, slashed its neck, and separated its head from its body before finally feeling relieved.

Finish off the enemy; this is the most basic survival rule in the apocalypse.

"Seriously, what a waste of my time...wait, what's this?"

Yan Ziming noticed that the blue-faced ghoul seemed to be holding something that was glittering in its mouth.

"Could it be a crystal core? But shouldn't Grade A glow purple?"

Thinking is no substitute for doing. Yan Zimo used the Thunder Cutter to pry open its mouth and pull out the glittering thing.

"Ugh...this is disgusting, this shouldn't be a crystal core..."

Yan Ziming covered his nose with slight disgust. Although the thing in front of him was a crystalline lens, it was too big. Ordinary crystal cores are usually the size of an egg, but this one was as big as Yan Ziming's fist.

Moreover, the color was not the color that a crystal core should have. This thing was actually golden in color. Even without direct contact, Yan Ziming could feel the enormous life energy emanating from it.

"Could it be an SS-level crystal core?... No, impossible. This guy's strength is far too weak; it's impossible for him to be an SS-level mutated species."

Yan Ziming shook his head, denying the possibility that it was an SS-level mutated species.

Furthermore, SS-grade obsidian is black, while SSS-grade is red, so it cannot be either of those.

However, the energy contained in this crystal is indeed very powerful, and the level of life energy is also very high.

"No wonder this blue-faced ghoul reached rank A; it turns out this thing was enhancing its life level... Oh well, I'll take it back and study it properly after the mission is complete."

Unfortunately, the crystal was found in the mouth of the blue-faced ghoul. Yan Ziming, who had a slight obsession with cleanliness, had no intention of carrying the thing around with him. So he simply grabbed a piece of paper from the table, wrapped it up, and put it in his pocket.

However, during the time she was wrapping up the crystal, a title on a piece of paper caught her eye.

"Qilin blood sample test report?"

Yan Ziming read it aloud word by word and discovered a very important piece of information within it.

Qilin!

Yan Ziming was shocked; the contents of this report seemed to be related to the Qilin!

"Could this be related to Ozawa?"

Yan Ziming picked up the report and began to study it carefully.

Skipping over some irrelevant introductions, Yan Ziming flipped directly to the important parts, and when she turned to a certain page, she froze.

There is a photograph in front of you. The creature in the photograph has the head of a lion, antlers of a deer, eyes of a tiger, body of an elk, scales of a dragon, and tail of an ox. Its tail is hairy like a dragon's tail and has a horn with flesh on it.

That's Xiaoze!

Yan Ziming continued reading, and as she read further, her heart sank, and her face darkened with uncertainty.

Closing the document, Yan Ziming sighed softly.

"Something terrible is about to happen..."

Chapter 112 Experiment Report

What did Yan Zimo see?

"A crystal comparable to S-grade obsidian was created using the blood of a Qilin?!" Yan Ziming stared in disbelief at the report's conclusion, his mind reeling with shock.

This could very well unleash the biggest storm since the apocalypse! The technology to artificially create crystals comparable to S-grade obsidian is far too important for those with superpowers.

What is obsidian?

It is an extremely rare strategic resource!

Yan Ziming speculated that the total reserves of S-grade obsidian in the entire country might not exceed two hundred pieces, and the total reserves of SS-grade and SSS-grade obsidian might not even reach twenty pieces!

The scarcity of obsidian crystals does not necessarily mean that there are fewer S-level or higher mutated species. According to incomplete statistics, Guanghua has killed more than four-figure numbers of S-level mutated species since the apocalypse. As for SS-level and SSS-level mutated species, they have not been disclosed and are classified as top secret information. Only a handful of people in the entire country know about them.

If you give a newly gifted person a crystal, even if a lot of it overflows during absorption, they can still directly jump to the second tier, and a better one can even advance to the third tier.

If he's given five coins, he might directly advance to the sixth rank. If he's given ten, fifty, or even a hundred coins, wouldn't the number of high-level ability users in China increase several times over?

In other words, this technology for artificial obsidian crystals is absolutely a powerful tool for protecting the country and ensuring its stability, a treasure that can drive all superhumans crazy, and a turning point that can change the world order!

Moreover, this is only the initial stage of the experiment, and it is possible that crystals comparable to SS-grade or even SSS-grade will be created in the future.

What will they be afraid of then? What will they be afraid of? Two or three ninth-tier experts might not be able to defeat a sequence-level expert, but what if there are ten or twenty? They could definitely gang up on and kill the sequence-level expert.

Of course, this is only a theoretically possible scenario, since the raw material for making this crystal is the blood of the auspicious beast Qilin Xiaoze, which is indispensable.

Judging from Xiaoze's current size, even if all the blood in his body were drained, he could probably only produce no more than ten crystals.

However, the emergence of this technology will also lead the world in another direction; it's a transformation from nothing to something!

While it may be impossible to create crystals of the obsidian grade, it is still very likely that crystal cores can be created. If many crystals comparable to A-grade crystal cores can be produced, the impact on the entire world will be profound enough.

"I never expected they would create something so amazing... No wonder the military came here specifically to rescue these scientists; they must be the ones who have mastered this technology, or at least know a little about it."

Yan Ziming exclaimed in surprise, then remembered that she still had things to do. Her immediate priority was to contact the people at the research institute and then bring them back.

She turned around, picked up the Raiche, and carved her identity information in a place visible to the camera. Then she stared at the camera to see if it would react.

A moment later, a red light on the camera lens flashed three times in a row, and Yan Ziming knew that they had confirmed his identity.

The light on the left seemed to shift, and Yan Ziming turned her head to see a computer light up by itself, followed by a video chat window appearing on the screen.

"Holy crap, this is so high-tech!"

Yan Ziming thought to himself.

Soon, a woman dressed in white appeared in the video window:

"Hello, I'm Jiang Lan, the person in charge here. We already know your identity. Is there anything we can do to cooperate with you?"

Yan Ziming stated the request he had already thought of:

"First, open all the security doors leading to your location."

Jiang Lan nodded:

"Okay, but we can only open the last security door after you've cleared out the mutated species there."

"Then, secondly, do you have any weapons available for self-defense?"

Jiang Lan answered decisively:

"No."

Yan Ziming had a headache. She didn't know if she could protect the five researchers by herself. If something went wrong, she would be responsible.

But since she had already come all this way, there was no reason for her to back down.

"You guys pack your things there, not too much, I'll be right there."

"Ah."

Yan Ziming left the data storage room.

After a while, a second person's voice appeared in the video window; it was a male voice.

"Boss, that little girl probably didn't see the lab report we put there, right?"

Jiang Lan said nonchalantly:

"Who cares about her! Just do your own job."

"But that's top secret!"

"So what? Even if she saw it, what then? We'll still need her help to get back later, won't we?"