202: Would you mind traveling together?

Before the crystal cores appeared, Ai Yue had been unable to find anything to upgrade her space.

After the black fertile land in the space expanded to 500 square meters, it stopped growing, and her greatest desire—to be able to bring living people inside—had not been realized.

Now, with the appearance of crystal cores, she saw hope once again.

After five crystal cores disappeared, the entire area of the space expanded by one-fifth with a "buzz."

Ai Yue looked at the expanded space, but no joy appeared in her heart; this meant that if other changes occurred in the space, it still wouldn't have the ability to let others in.

It seemed that being able to bring people in and out at will was a very difficult and hard-to-achieve task.

She could only continue to work hard!

Ai Yue checked the space once more, and after finding no other changes, she finally left.

Ye Rui, seeing Ai Yue suddenly appear in the room, wasn't surprised at all because she had grown accustomed to Ai Yue's sudden disappearances and reappearances, and she also knew Ai Yue's biggest hidden secret.

At first, she found that there were always foods and various snacks in the house that could only be eaten before the Apocalypse; although she was surprised, she never asked.

Later, she discovered that Ai Yue would suddenly disappear and reappear right in front of her, which gave her worldview an even greater shock.

Although she was curious and surprised, she still didn't take the initiative to ask.

Gradually, as Ai Yue frequently disappeared and reappeared in front of her, manifesting things out of thin air, she realized that the sister she had acknowledged didn't care at all about her knowing the truth.

Over time, she came to know that Ai Yue had a portable space.

And now Ai Yue was also working hard to upgrade the space, with the ultimate goal of upgrading it to the point where she could bring people inside.

"Rui Rui, why don't you rest for a bit? I plan for us to go back out and kill zombies in a while."

Ai Yue said when she saw that Ye Rui wasn't resting.

Hearing this, Ye Rui's eyes immediately lit up:

"Okay, okay! crystal cores are really great. I just absorbed one and felt like my Lightning Superpower is showing signs of increasing. Let's hurry and hoard more crystal cores before others discover this secret. Otherwise, once others find out, won't they all swarm out to kill zombies?"

Ai Yue tapped her forehead playfully and said, "You really are a little money-grubber. But..." Ai Yue trailed off, "But, I think so too!"

"Hehe, that's why we're sisters. Sister, there's no time to lose. Let's go find Uncle and Auntie right away." Ye Rui hugged Ai Yue's arm and dragged her toward the door to find Ai Guosheng and his wife.

Just as they opened the door, they happened to see Gong Qiuqiu's raised arm, with Gong Qiumu following behind him.

Gong Qiuqiu was stunned to see the two of them suddenly open the door, then he smiled and said, "It looks like we're thinking the same thing. Do you mind if we tag along?"

Ai Yue gave an understanding smile: "I don't mind. Let's go together."

She knew that there were no fools in this world; having seen the benefits, how could they not want a piece of the pie?

Originally, she hadn't planned on inviting the Gong brothers; her family of four was enough. But since they had come to her door, they might as well go together. After all, they were people who had gone through hardships together.

Gong Qiuqiu smiled gently. He knew that Ai Yue would definitely have such a plan. Fortunately, he had arrived in time; otherwise, her family certainly wouldn't have brought the two of them along.

With the two brothers' abilities, they couldn't yet move freely in and out of the zombie tide. Only by cooperating with Ai Yue could they easily obtain crystal cores.

With this intention, Gong Qiuqiu successfully joined Ai Yue's team.

After calling for Ai Guosheng and his wife, the group headed straight for the base entrance.

The soldiers standing guard at the base entrance heard that they were going out to kill zombies and, without a word, opened the gate and let them out smoothly.

As soon as they stepped out, they were surrounded by dense crowds of zombies. They immediately and automatically placed Li Shilan in the center.

Li Shilan was like their perpetual motion machine and blood bag; as long as she was there, they wouldn't run out of strength and could keep killing.

Ai Guosheng's Annihilation was too powerful. With a wave of his hand, the zombies in front of him would vanish. Fearing that upgraded zombies might be mixed in, he aimed his attacks at the zombies' bodies below their heads, controlling his power perfectly so that a complete head was left behind after the attack.

Ye Rui and Gong Qiumu coordinated; one used lightning to strike the zombies until they temporarily lost their ability to move, while the other used a long blade to chop off their heads and search for upgraded zombies to dig out crystal cores.

Ai Yue was in no hurry to strike. She was responsible for clearing out any stragglers and potential upgraded zombies lurking in the shadows to prevent them from ambushing the group.

Among them, only Gong Qiuqiu's attacks looked very effortless. His hands moved rapidly, and a transparent Light Screen suddenly appeared, enveloping the zombies in front of him. Subsequently, the zombies began to stagger and fall to the ground as if they had drunk fake liquor. Unhurriedly, Gong Qiuqiu waved his hand again, and the zombies within the Light Screen died completely.

Then he released another Light Screen to block the surging zombies, deftly picking out the upgraded zombies from the pile, cutting open their skulls, and extracting the crystal cores without a single mistake.

Ai Yue hadn't expected him to be so powerful. At the same time, she realized that this person's ability wasn't as ordinary as he usually made it out to be; he was truly a hidden talent.

The group was like a sharp sword piercing into the zombie tide, forcibly tearing open a path.

The zombies had no thoughts; no matter how many zombies fell in front, new ones would always surge up from behind.

Eventually, they couldn't move a single step; standing in place, there would be a continuous stream of zombies pouncing on them.

But their goal was clear: they were here for the crystal cores, not to clear out ordinary zombies.

Knowing how powerful the group was, those upgraded zombies felt an instinctive fear and gradually stopped pouncing like the ordinary zombies.

Seeing that they hadn't encountered many superpower zombies after fighting for a long time, Ai Yue realized they couldn't remain so passive.

Just then, she turned her head and saw Gong Qiuqiu looking at her.

The two exchanged a glance and already understood what the other was thinking.

Nodding, the two took the lead in attacking, one offensive and one defensive. Ai Yue pulled her hands apart, and a "crackling" oversized Lightning Orb rose above the zombie tide.

It exploded with a bang, and streaks of blue-gold lightning accurately struck every nearby zombie.

Those superpower zombies tried to hide but couldn't in time, and were all struck head-on.

At this moment, all the zombies near them lost their ability to move.

The others had fought alongside Ai Yue countless times and had perfect chemistry; they immediately understood the intentions of Ai Yue and Gong Qiuqiu. Li Shilan stayed by Ai Yue's side without moving, while the others quickly ran toward the immobilized zombies under Gong Qiuqiu's protection.

Seeing that the others couldn't distinguish between ordinary zombies and mutant zombies, Gong Qiuqiu shouted, "The ones whose pupils have turned white are the mutant zombies!"