What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

"Brother Lu, these mutated plants are growing so well..."

Xian Wenrui swallowed hard, looked up at the morning glory that was at least several hundred meters tall, and whose vines were at least a hundred times as thick as him, the kind that could turn him into mincemeat if you pulled them.

How could it not be good? It grows right next to the black crystal, but because it's not purified, it just absorbs the nutrients, which probably affects its brain.

Judging from Noah's memories, the Zerg did not allow them to grow so unchecked when they were still around.

However, after the Zerg left for a few days, the Black Crystal Stone was left unguarded. These alien plants frantically absorbed the Black Crystal Stone powder in the air, which is why they grew into enormous creatures in a short period of time.

If left to grow unchecked, they have a very high probability of either evolving into a higher level or exploding and dying.

Lu Yize planned to temporarily retrieve one pound of black crystal. How much he could extract depended on Xian Wenrui's abilities. As his supernatural powers converged, the strange plants immediately sensed the anomaly.

Just before Lu Yize was about to make his move, a huge crack appeared in the ground where he and Xian Wenrui were standing, and it collapsed instantly. Xian Wenrui lost his footing, staggered a few times, and fell to the ground, but then plant veins lifted him up.

Xian Wenrui used his water-based supernatural abilities to sever the plants' entanglement, then rolled around on the ground in a sorry state.

Compared to his heartbreak, after Lu Yize's superpowers were enhanced, he used several spatial slashes to directly sever the roots of these alien plants and extract the crystal cores deep within their bodies.

Most of them were already at the third tier. Under the crushing power of Lu Yize's mental strength, these mutated plants, which had no intelligence, finally realized that their opponent might take their lives, and gradually retreated out of fear.

As the retreating plants moved further back, Lu Yize threw a few crystal cores into his supernatural space. Several brightly colored crystal cores landed right in front of Jiang Yue, who was farming.

After the alien plants receded, the massive meteorite revealed its true form. The rock strata covering it were still scorching hot, and the power contained within caused Lu Yize and Xian Wenrui's supernatural abilities to instantly surge, even though they were standing at a slight distance.

Xian Wenrui's superpower level was relatively low. Under this impact, his eyes quickly became bloodshot and the veins on his head bulged. It seemed that he would explode and die at any moment because his body could not absorb too much of the surging superpower.

Lu Yize felt it more clearly than Xian Wenrui. He could even sense the supernatural power constantly seeping into his body through his pores, surging from his blood vessels to his heart.

If one stays in this environment for a long time, it's one thing for one's superpowers to increase, but more likely one's body will not be able to withstand such a burden, accelerating the rate of death.

Xian Wenrui's face turned red, the veins on his body bulged, and his breathing became rapid. He could even clearly feel his esophagus swelling in his throat, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.

It wasn't until he sensed a fluctuating spatial energy around him, forming an insulating wall around him, that he was able to barely escape the suffocating pain that had brought him to the brink of death.

"Step back and keep your distance from this meteorite," Lu Yize said to Xian Wenrui, who was lying on the ground retching.

Xian Wenrui didn't refuse out of politeness. He could tell the difference between helping and making things worse. Even if he wanted to help, he couldn't do anything about it. The task of mining the black crystal raw stones could only be left to Lu Yize.

He couldn't speak, and his backward movements were incredibly slow. Once Lu Yize was sure he wouldn't die, he looked away.

Lu Yize recalled that when Noah was collecting the stones, he would wear a special garment, probably to isolate the impurities on the raw black crystal stone and the large amount of supernatural energy that the black crystal stone itself was constantly overflowing.

Lu Yize could clearly sense that the closer he got to the meteorite, the weaker the spatial barrier around him became, and the constant influx of energy caused his blood to churn.

All he could do was constantly build up a barrier to his supernatural abilities. The closer he got, the more his supernatural abilities were consumed. He had to suppress the damage to his body caused by the rapidly consuming supernatural abilities.

These superpowers are not pure. Although the owners of superpower cores can directly absorb these superpowers, the efficiency is low and the impurities need to be purified.

The crystal nucleus organisms have a high absorption and conversion rate for these supernatural abilities, but at the same time, impurities are also absorbed, forming a mist that surrounds the crystal nucleus.

When Lu Yize was only one step away from the black crystal, the amount of supernatural power in his body had already rapidly decreased to 50%.

He had less than three minutes left to mine the meteorite, and he had to get away from it, or his body would be destroyed by the uncontrollable supernatural power.

Lu Yize slashed violently at the meteorite, his spatial blade, capable of severing the limbs of the Zerg, was unable to cause the slightest damage to the meteorite.

He quickly recalled the tools Noah had used, as if he had been wearing white gloves and then using his powers to break the material off the meteorite with his bare hands.

Lu Yize focused on attaching a layer of spatial ability to his hand, forming an isolation membrane. The moment he reached out and touched the meteorite, Lu Yize's internal ability poured out instantly.

Lu Yize's eyes were bloodshot. The moment he touched the meteorite, a large amount of supernatural energy surged into his body. Even though he used his spatial ability to block it, it was still to no avail.

His internal organs were burning with pain, and he could even clearly hear his blood vessels bursting. Ignoring the changes in his body, Lu Yize increased the force of his supernatural power and barely managed to pry open a small crack.

Xian Wenrui, who was still moving outward, suddenly felt a surge of supernatural power behind him. The moment he turned his head, he was blasted several meters away by a heat wave formed by the supernatural power.

Dust billowed up, blurring his vision. Xian Wenrui coughed a few times, then turned to look for Lu Yize. "Brother Lu, Brother Lu, are you alright?"

Sand flew everywhere, but Xian Wenrui managed to spot a familiar figure amidst it all. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, supporting his injured leg.

The smile on Lu Yize's face only stopped when he got closer. Lu Yize was covered in blood, his right arm was torn open, the wound was so deep that the bone was visible, and blood was still seeping from his pores.

"Brother Lu! Are you alright?"

"It's nothing." Lu Yize tossed the whole piece of black crystal rough that he had painstakingly broken off in front of Xian Wenrui.

"Place it in a separate space. When conducting experiments, do not touch this raw stone directly." After saying this, Lu Yize's right hand drooped, feeling somewhat weak. If he hadn't been stubbornly holding on because of his pride, he probably would have already collapsed by now.

Xian Wenrui was so excited that he picked up the rough stone with his bare hands. Before he could even feel happy, he was hurt so badly by the power contained within the rough stone that his skin was torn open.

Without saying a word, he immediately took out the space twister he had used before and put the raw stone into it. Even so, Xian Wenrui's hands were still burned with several bloody holes.

Lu Yize looked at Xian Wenrui speechlessly. Some people are just so quick to forget what they've said, insisting on suffering the consequences.