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

Lu Yize withdrew his mental energy, and the moment he did, the stiff plants immediately began to pretend to be busy even more diligently.

Dead Root and Dead Vine, hurry up and get moving! If you get killed and your superpower core is dug out, you'll have nowhere to cry!

Lu Yize ignored those strange plants with bizarre thought processes; he planned to try absorbing this impurity, just like Xian Wenrui.

Seeing his actions, Jiang Yue guessed what he wanted to do and stepped forward to stop him, saying, "Let me do it. I'm a mentalist, so I might be more suitable. If anything unexpected happens, you can stop me."

Of course, Lu Yize wouldn't let Jiang Yue try something with such uncertain dangers, and he firmly refused without room for argument, saying, "No need, I can suppress it with my mental strength."

Jiang Yue clearly wanted to say something more, but Lu Yize had already started absorbing it. This impurity and the black crystal were from the same source, so it wasn't difficult to absorb.

Moreover, Lu Yize did not experience the pain of his mental sea being overturned as Xian Wenrui described during the absorption process. Not only did his memories not become confused, but he could also clearly perceive his mental power gradually gathering and improving.

The half-gram of "impurities" was absorbed smoothly, and Lu Yize not only did not feel uncomfortable, but could even feel his mental strength increasing.

Although half a gram of "impurities" did not significantly enhance mental strength, it did increase it.

Lu Yize was shocked. In his previous life, and even in the minds of insects like Noel, mental power was something that could not be changed except by absorbing mental crystal cores and ability cores.

It's a talent that was predetermined from birth, but now it seems that the level of mental power can be improved, just like the black crystal.

"Jiang Yue, try to absorb the remaining half gram," Lu Yize said to Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue looked at Lu Yize with concern at first, and only after confirming that he was really alright did she do as he said.

However, Lu Yize quickly noticed that when Jiang Yue was absorbing that half gram of "impurities," sweat quickly seeped from her forehead, indicating that it was extremely difficult for her. Lu Yize's spiritual power enveloped Jiang Yue, keeping a close eye on her condition.

This purified "impurity" does not surround the crystal core, but enters the mental sea. However, this is not comfortable for Jiang Yue either, as her brain is churning and she is hit by a large amount of energy.

The moment blood dripped from Jiang Yue's nose, Lu Yize intervened, interrupting Jiang Yue's absorption of this "impurity" and catching her in his arms.

"That's enough, no need to continue absorbing."

Lu Yize's mental energy entered Jiang Yue's mind, assisting her in absorbing the energy swirling within her mental sea. However, Jiang Yue clearly needed time to digest it.

As expected, Jiang Yue's mental strength did improve, but it was almost imperceptible. The half-gram of "impurities" was only absorbed to a small extent, not even enough to cause her any minor injury.

Lu Yize thought of the Black Crystal Stone. The Black Crystal Stone can only be absorbed after one's supernatural ability reaches the sixth level. Although he didn't know what this standard was, it was obviously applicable to other people.

Lu Yize guessed that the reason he was able to use it when advancing from the fifth to the sixth rank was probably related to his mental strength. He discovered that his mental strength had far surpassed that of most people.

Even a scion of a powerful family like Noah, whose spiritual strength has been accumulated over generations, is not as strong as mine. This is very likely related to my absorption of Jiang Yue's crystal core in my previous life and the accumulation of spiritual strength between the two lifetimes.

Black crystals require a certain level of supernatural ability or a mental capacity sufficient to absorb and digest a large amount of supernatural ability. Similarly, the absorption of this "impurity" which shares the same origin as black crystals is also conditional.

As for why Jiang Yue was able to absorb some of the energy while Xian Wenrui only experienced negative effects, it's most likely because Xian Wenrui's level is far lower than Jiang Yue's.

However, Lu Yize noticed something unusual from their absorption. For creatures with supernatural abilities, the absorption rate of black crystals was greater than that of creatures with crystal cores.

Conversely, crystalline nuclei organisms absorb this "impurity" at a higher rate than heterogeneous nuclei organisms.

Therefore, the crystal-core organisms will be more affected by these two elements that were previously scattered in the air and had not been purified.

Because these elements are absorbed into the body but cannot be digested and grow in the mental sea, as the level increases, these misty elements are not expelled from the body, but are gradually circulated and absorbed by the mental sea.

Therefore, as the level increases, zombies gradually regain their intelligence. This is also why, as the level increases, the intelligence of those zombie-like beasts and plants also gradually increases on the basis of their original level.

As the energy within the mind increases, the changes become more significant, most notably in several aspects of brain development, such as speech and thinking.

Jiang Yue, who was in his arms, trembled with her tightly closed brows and eyes, showing signs of waking up. Lu Yize paused his thoughts and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Jiang Yue shook her head. No, she not only didn't feel uncomfortable, but she was even in better condition than before. Her mental strength, which had always remained unchanged, was on the rise, and her special abilities had also improved.

"My mental strength and superpowers seem to have improved." Jiang Yue stretched out her hand, feeling the fluctuations of her superpowers.

Lu Yize was not surprised by this. "Well, for those with mental abilities, the improvement of mental strength has the greatest impact on their abilities. As long as there is no discomfort, it's fine."

He took out a tissue and wiped away the remaining bloodstains from Jiang Yue. It wasn't much; it had just dripped directly onto the ground. It seemed that her mental energy had reached its limit, and her body couldn't withstand that much mental energy.

That's why the body gives warning signals.

After confirming that Jiang Yue was alright, Lu Yize immediately took her to Xian Wenrui's laboratory.

When Xian Wenrui saw the two of them coming, he was a little confused. Why did they leave and then come back?

"Brother Lu? What's wrong? What happened?"

"Can you still purify out the impurities? Have you recorded the purification method?"

"Yes, yes, I have records for every experiment. What's wrong? Is there a problem with this impurity?" Xian Wenrui noticed Lu Yize's serious face and became anxious as well.

"Please repeat the steps once."

Lu Yize didn't say much because he understood Xian Wenrui's mental state and was afraid that if he said too much, Xian Wenrui would get nervous and the purification process would fail.

Although he didn't understand why Lu Yize said that, Xian Wenrui still did as he was told.

Lu Yize listened to Xian Wenrui's simple explanation that the impurity was extracted due to an unintentional operational error. He had originally wondered why the Zerg had not been able to extract this impurity for so many years.

It wasn't until I saw Xian Wenrui's operation, every step of which was outside the way of normal people's thinking, that I realized how he had to repeat these tiny steps countless times. It took him a full seven hours to purify 0.1 grams of impurities.