Apocalypse: I rescued the big boss with millions of supplies

Chapter 88 Collective Advancement

"So floors six through eight are all home furnishings." Long Yangyang walked with light steps in the center of the mutated rose bushes.

Strolling leisurely, stopping and starting as if in a shopping mall before the apocalypse, I would put anything I liked into my spatial storage.

"Yangyang, let's put away the lights in this shop." Fu Muyu thought that the chandelier in Long Yangyang's room was broken and could be replaced.

After Long Yangyang finished installing the lights, the group went up to the fifth floor.

"The fifth floor has sportswear, casual wear, and children's clothing," Yun Cangshu said. Although they sometimes received brocade from Qing, wearing only one piece of clothing would always arouse suspicion.

They would occasionally wear other clothes over the mermaid gauze. "Yangyang, please collect some."

Long Yangyang nodded and walked along, clearing out the shops they passed. After collecting most of the items, they encountered Bai Zhi and Shi Qing resting on a sofa.

"Yangyang, crystal cores." Upon seeing Long Yangyang, Bai Zhi quickly handed the crystal cores she had collected to Long Yangyang.

They cleared out all the zombies above the fifth floor. Long Yangyang took out a level-four crystal core and began to purify it. "Qiu Ling, Brother Cang Shu, Sister Bai Zhi, you absorb the crystal core here."

The three of them received the crystal cores, their eyes filled with excitement. These were level four crystal cores; with them, they would soon advance to the next level.

After the three entered a meditative state, Long Yangyang thought about the Star Source Fragment in her hand that she could no longer absorb, "Brother Fu, you and Shi Qingyinzhu should also cultivate, maybe you can advance."

What is this...? Fu Muyu looked at the crystal in Long Yangyang's hand. A meteorite crystal? Sure enough, his awakening of his superpower was related to it.

Sensing the energy within the Star Origin Fragment, Fu Muyu's supernatural abilities stirred, and Shi Qing and Yin Zhu, who were already on the verge of advancing, immediately entered a state of cultivation.

"Miao Miao and I are on guard, Brother Fu, please continue your cultivation."

After everyone's abilities improve, Long Yangyang plans to return to the base and try to steal the Star Source Fragments from the research institute.

Seeing that everyone had started cultivating, Long Yangyang took out a cup of milk tea from her spatial storage and sat comfortably on the sofa. Dozens of mutated roses surrounded her, layer upon layer, like knights loyally protecting the group.

Time passed by unnoticed. When Shi Qing and Yin Zhu opened their eyes, it was already dark. Long Yangyang, bored, opened her phone and was engrossed in reading a novel.

"You advanced?" Long Yangyang's feathers trembled slightly as she looked up at Shi Qing and Yin Zhu. Level seven, that's good.

"Level seven!" Silver Candle flapped its wings and flew to Long Yangyang's side. "Yangyang, look at my wings, aren't they beautiful?"

Yin Zhu's voice sounded like that of an eight or nine-year-old boy. Upon hearing Yin Zhu's words, Long Yangyang's gaze fell on the wings on Yin Zhu's back.

Also silvery-white wings, somewhat resembling angel wings in appearance, but Silver Candle's wings are not feathers, but fish-scale-like scales, which look cold and sharp.

Shi Qing and Yin Zhu's advancement boosted Fu Muyu's progress. Soon, Fu Muyu successfully advanced as well. Long Yangyang looked at the Star Origin Crystal that disappeared after Fu Muyu's advancement and thought, "As expected, it's gone. I can only look for the next one."

Long Yangyang was quite content that she had already consumed most of her energy while healing the Tree of Life during her own advancement, and that she could still allow Fu Muyu and his two beasts to advance.

Advancing near the Star Source Energy was quite smooth for Yun Cangshu and the other two. Seeing that the three had woken up, Long Yangyang asked curiously, "Did you discover any new skills?"

Qiu Lingsuo looked disappointed, her face falling. "I still don't have any attack skills, but my perception range has increased fivefold. I can sense anything within a radius of 100 kilometers."

“Indeed, I also feel that after advancing, my strength will be at least five times that of level three,” Bai Zhi said.

"I just used my ability and discovered that black rain will fall from the sky in ten days. The black rain is corrosive, and I don't know if there will be any other consequences. We'd better return to the base before then."

Yun Cangshu sighed, wondering when this strange weather would end.

"It's getting dark, everyone should finish eating and get ready to rest." After Yun Cangshu finished speaking, Long Yangyang clearly sensed that everyone's mood was a bit low, so she changed the subject.

“If you’re not enthusiastic about eating, there’s something wrong with your thinking,” Long Yangyang said, taking out a feast from her spatial storage: braised pork, garlic ribs, braised prawns, cold bamboo shoots… “If you’re not going to eat, you can leave it all for Shi Qing and Yin Zhu.”

"I want to eat." Qiu Ling was still a child, and her emotions came and went quickly. As soon as she heard that she would give all the food to Shi Qing and Yin Zhu, the two big eaters, she immediately picked up her rice bowl and stuffed meat into her mouth.

Shi Qing and Yin Zhu had already started eating. They didn't care about the weather; as long as they were strong enough, they had nothing to fear.

"Shi Qing, leave some for me." With two big eaters around, Yun Cangshu and Bai Zhi didn't care about table manners at all. Their previous emotions had long been forgotten. Was there anything more important than being full? No!!

"Here you go." Long Yangyang quietly handed Fu Muyu a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) made from mutated pork, and began to eat with a smile.

"Before I left, I gave my dad the seeds of the mutated corn we encountered, hoping they could grow mutated corn again," Long Yangyang said, taking a bite of her roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).

The scorching heat was a disaster for crops, and coupled with seven consecutive days of torrential rain, the crops in the base that hadn't been harvested yet were drowned in the downpour.

“Even if it can’t be grown, we can have a wood-type ability user induce it,” Fu Muyu said. “Once the mutated corn is grown, the base won’t lack food for the time being.”

Fu Muyu observed that after the apocalypse, people with superpowers had a greatly increased appetite. In fact, it wasn't just people with superpowers; even ordinary people's appetites increased significantly.

However, due to resource scarcity, and because the original food did not contain energy like the mutated plants and animals, most people could not get enough to eat.

Mutant corn is different; it not only contains energy but can also improve the physical fitness of ordinary people.

"Let's keep an eye out for any edible mutated plants along the way," Long Yangyang said. Their route was heading towards the suburbs, and they would likely pass through many villages.

Even in the outskirts of Qingdu, the villagers still make a living by farming, so you might actually encounter some mutated plants that are still alive.

Ideally, the mutated plant would be a staple food like wheat, rice, potato, or sweet potato.

After dinner, Long Yangyang brought out four large beds and thoughtfully asked the mutated roses to divide the space into different independent small rooms so that everyone could rest.

We still have to travel tomorrow, so after washing up, Long Yangyang climbed into bed and quickly fell asleep. With Miaomiao here, there won't be any problems.

Fu Muyu's gentle gaze fell on Long Yangyang's face. He closed his eyes to cultivate his supernatural abilities. He needed to become stronger so that he could protect the person he wanted to protect.