The iron gate was pushed open, and the bright sunlight outside shone into the dark passage.

It's noon now, the warmest time of day, and also the time when the mutated people are least willing to move.

Of course, this reluctance to move occurs when there is no prey.

The large tree that was originally next to the iron gate had been broken off, and after they climbed out, they were all exposed in the open space.

The cold, sinister gazes from the ruins fell silently upon them.

There are many deformed people around here, densely packed together, all attracted by the explosion that day.

Although most mutants do not have crystal cores, killing them would be a waste, but there are a few powerful ones.

On the ruins, a mutated human resembling a lizard slowly crawled out, and several smaller mutated humans followed.

The lizard-like mutant flicked its tongue and swallowed a small mutant whole, chewing and munching away.

"Yellow crystal nucleus."

Miao Yin drew her knife and said, "Come on, this one is mine, the others are for you to practice on. Be careful, make sure you dig out all the crystal cores."

Countless deformed people crawled out from the shadows and surrounded them.

Today is destined to be a great harvest.

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In front of the abandoned office building, the corpses of deformed people were piled up like a small mountain.

The Nine-Tasseled Rabbits diligently moved among the corpses, digging out the crystal cores from their heads and carrying them to the bag next to Yan Shuzhou.

Their division of labor was very clear: the offensive ability users had a great time fighting, and when they encountered mutants of lower levels, they simply tore them apart.

If you find that it has a crystal core, just greet Yan Shuzhou, and the rabbits will naturally come to take care of it.

Sending the smaller Nine-Tails Rabbits to dig for crystal cores also avoids the danger of the mutants feigning death to ambush them.

If anyone is injured, Juventus will treat them. Zero's thorns can both attack aggressively and act as a support, helping teammates block many threats.

After killing the lizardman, Miao Yin absorbed its yellow crystal core and then began to target other mutants.

However, she didn't burn them directly with the firewood; most of the time, she would kill them with a knife and then throw them into the pile of corpses.

When the battle ended, she clapped her hands and collected all the corpses into the Guanyin Eighty-Eight Temple.

That was the food she had promised to give to Lady White Snake.

The remaining bits and pieces also ended up in the belly of the Moon-Treading Pig.

Those little creatures are now about half the height of Yan Shuzhou.

The power of the crystal cores they swallowed naturally flowed into Yan Shuzhou's body. When they grew big enough to swallow the mutants whole, it would be incredibly convenient.

After the battle ended and they divided the crystal cores, Miao Yin released two vehicles.

No one dared to let Miao Yin drive, so Ji Yuanzhou and Tu Hao quickly took over the two driving positions.

Miao Yin had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat, Yan Shuzhou sat in the back, and You Wenwen and Ling shared a car with Tu Hao.

She took out a map and placed it in front of her, pointing to the ancient capital: "Let's go back the way we came."

"it is good."

The car started, and they drove through the blood-stained ruins, heading back towards the small manor.

Perhaps because the explosion attracted most of the mutants, they didn't encounter any obstacles on the road.

The bright sunshine dispelled the gloom.

Miao Yin leaned against the car window, letting the wind gently blow through her hair, while holding a few crystal cores she had just dug out to absorb.

There is a huge dividing line between A-rank and S-rank, and she needs more power to cross it.

We still need to look for places where mutants gather; the probability of finding crystal nuclei there is higher.

It would take at least two days to get back to the ancient capital from Yecheng. The mutants were active at night, so it wasn't a good time to travel. When night fell, they stopped in front of an abandoned gas station.

Tu Hao checked the gas station's pumps and shook his head: "They're all out of gas."

There was a small supermarket inside the gas station. When Miao Yin pushed open its door, unsurprisingly, it had already been completely ransacked.

Looking at the traces of life left inside, she said, "There were survivors who lived here, but they left some time ago."

This place is remote and sparsely populated, and the fact that people have already lived here indicates that the area is very safe.

Miao Yin took out some stools and a barbecue grill from the Eighty-Eight Temples.

"You have this too?" Tu Hao picked up the shelf and fiddled with it.

Miao Yin carried one bag of ingredients after another, and finally took out a bag of charcoal and threw it into Tu Hao's hand.

"Leave it to you."

She then lay back in her chair and leisurely began watching TV.

Tu Hao: "..."

Of course he knew how to start a fire, so he opened the bag, poured the charcoal into the stove, and slowly heated it up.

Yan Shuzhou unpacked the barbecue and, together with Ji Yuanzhou, separated the items to thaw.

Ling was still on guard around, but within two minutes she was pulled over by Miao Yin to watch TV with her.

Before the apocalypse began, she downloaded a lot of movies and TV shows onto her electronic devices to entertain herself.

She had hardly ever watched television in her previous life, so it seemed quite novel to her now.

As soon as the tablet is set up, it starts playing the drama "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me".

Just as Ling was being pulled over, the screen showed the female lead being pinned against the wall by the male lead, with multiple slow-motion shots showing them making eye contact.

Ling: "...You like watching this?"

Forgive her, she couldn't stand this type of lowbrow drama when she was a teenager.

"It's quite interesting," Miao Yin said with great interest.

Ling looked at her, then at the bubbly female lead, and felt utterly torn apart.

Miao Yin pointed at the screen and asked, "Ling, why do you think the female lead keeps getting pinned down in all sorts of places by the male lead?"

"That's how these kinds of romance dramas are; they just depict the ambiguous development of their feelings for each other," Ling said.

Miao Yin suddenly realized: "So the fact that I pinned Tu Hao to the ground also means that our relationship has improved, right?"

Ling: "...This should still be a little different."

Okay, she misunderstood; Miao Yin hasn't changed at all.

Tu Hao, who was burning charcoal: "..."

He wanted to leave some charcoal in her room to burn, hoping to suffocate the woman sooner or later.

"Sister, which ones would you like to eat first? I'll grill them first," Yan Shuzhou asked, holding a barbecue grill.

“Either is fine,” Miao Yin replied.

The charcoal gets quite hot when it's heated up, and the barbecue melts quickly when left to sizzle. Yan Shuzhou then breaks the skewers apart one by one and puts them on the rack.

The food was ready after Miao Yin finished watching two episodes of the pink bubble drama.

You Wenwen put them all into a plastic bowl and, under Ji Yuanzhou's guidance, added seasonings to them.

The gas station was filled with the salty aroma of barbecue.

It was completely dark by then, and the only sound in the quiet gas station was the crackling of the charcoal fire.

There was no electricity, so they turned on the car's headlights to illuminate this small space.

Miao Yin moved the stools around, and they sat around the stove, opening a few bottles of beer, with the Nine-Tails Rabbits running around at their feet.

The charcoal fire warmed the people, while the male and female protagonists on the tablet were having a tender conversation.

Miao Yin picked up a bottle of beer and tapped it in the air.

"Congratulations to us for surviving another day."

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