26: Guest role as forklift driver

Qin Shilei then took out the Mutated Zombie's head.

Inside, besides a blue crystal, there was also a milky white stone.

Ability Orb!

It was only through the game description that Qin Shilei understood this was a unique product of mutated Evolution.

Whether it was a zombie or a mutated animal, as long as it underwent mutated Evolution, an Ability Orb might appear inside its body.

If a human consumes an Ability Orb, there is a chance to acquire that type of ability. If a human already possesses that ability, consuming it will also strengthen their existing ability.

One can also enhance or restore one's mental power by absorbing Ability Orbs.

Qin Shilei took out the Crimson Eagle, which was missing two legs, from his ring, and sure enough, he found a soybean-sized Ability Orb in its head, and a blue crystal in its chest and abdomen.

"This one is for you," Qin Shilei handed the Crimson Eagle's Ability Orb to Zhang Xiaoli.

"I don't want it, it's too precious," Zhang Xiaoli shook her head and refused.

"You also contributed to killing the Crimson Eagle, and one of them even became my pet. To be honest, I got the better deal. Take it quickly."

Qin Shilei directly took the Ability Orb and put it into her hand.

After distributing them, Qin Shilei took out a bottle of mineral water and washed the Ability Orb in his hand repeatedly.

"Please don't let me turn into a zombie too."

Qin Shilei hesitated for a moment, then threw the Ability Orb into his mouth.

The milky white Ability Orb instantly melted and went down his throat into his stomach. A cold current surged from his stomach directly to his brain.

Then it split into two: one part enhanced his mental power, and the other flowed into his eyes, strengthening the power of his Phantom Silver Eyes.

Unfortunately, Qin Shilei was unable to learn the Mutated Zombie's mental shock skill.

After Zhang Xiaoli consumed the Ability Orb, she activated an ability.

Swiftness: Can enhance movement speed and attack speed for a short period.

After finishing these tasks, Qin Shilei directly took out two tents, set them up, and prepared to rest.

Although their injuries were mostly healed, both were physically and mentally exhausted, too tired to even bother extracting the zombie crystals outside.

Before sleeping, he didn't forget to put the generator in the next room and start it, then charged the drone's battery.

The next day.

It was late morning when the two crawled out of their tents.

They reheated the Crimson Eagle soup from the spatial ring and drank two large bowls with bread.

Then the two came out to the hallway and began the pleasant task of extracting crystals.

They harvested a total of 132 crystals.

This time, Zhang Xiaoli refused to accept the crystals Qin Shilei offered, no matter what.

Qin Shilei had no choice but to absorb all of them himself.

Experience: 188 / 300

He was another big step closer to Black Iron Eight-star.

On this new day, he once again refreshed the purple Thunder Mark.

They were all white and blue attributes, so he ignored them.

Qin Shilei planned to refresh the Thunder Mark once every day from now on and would definitely not fix it until he found a suitable attribute.

Anyway, he hadn't reached the Bronze Realm yet, so he didn't need the Thunder Mark for now.

Qin Shilei planned to use the remaining refresh attempts later.

"Today, we're going to leave the school and search for some supplies at the Supermarket outside, and also find a paper map."

Qin Shilei suggested.

Hearing that Qin Shilei wanted to find a map, Zhang Xiaoli's eyes lit up. "You make the decisions, I'll listen to you."

Under Zhang Xiaoli's guidance, the two arrived at the top floor of the school's front teaching building.

They looked out into the distance.

About a hundred meters away was the school gate, with a road in front of it.

Across the road was a commercial street, and to the left of the commercial street was an urban village.

"The Supermarket is to the right of the commercial street. There's also a bookstore inside it, so we should be able to find a map there."

Zhang Xiaoli pointed to a standalone five-story building to the right of the commercial street and said.

"We can climb over the wall on the right side of the school to get out, then cross the road and head straight for the Supermarket."

This way, they could avoid the numerous zombies on the school's main road and the commercial street.

After Zhang Xiaoli finished speaking, she launched the drone and followed the path she had just described, flying all the way to the Supermarket.

From the screen, this path also passed through a food street. There were quite a few zombies inside.

The drone flew directly above the Supermarket, and the zombies below all looked up.

There were dozens of zombies densely packed below.

There were probably many zombies inside the Supermarket as well.

No matter which way they went to the Supermarket, they would encounter a considerable number of zombies.

Both of them were injured now, so it was best not to engage in combat if possible.

Qin Shilei looked around.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

He saw a construction site to the west of the school, with several large excavators parked inside.

Qin Shilei smiled, "Today, we'll make a guest appearance as excavator drivers."

The two went downstairs, and after cutting down a few zombies that followed them, they successfully arrived at the construction site.

"Qin Ge, can you drive an excavator?" Zhang Xiaoli suddenly thought of this question.

"My cousin-in-law is in an excavator engineering team. I tried driving a few times during holidays." Qin Shilei was very glad his cousin-in-law taught him this skill.

After the two killed more than ten zombies at the construction site, they found the excavator keys.

They used the ring to store the excavator first, then walked along the wall towards the Supermarket.

They crossed the road and arrived at the entrance of the food street.

The surrounding zombies immediately surrounded them.

With a wave of his hand, Qin Shilei released the excavator.

Get in, ignite.

A rumbling sound echoed, attracting even more distant zombies.

Shift gear, accelerate.

The zombies in front were easily knocked down, and the excavator rolled over them, leaving behind a pile of mangled remains.

Whether it was three or four zombies, or ten or eight zombies, they were completely unable to stop the excavator's advance.

On the buildings on both sides of the food street, the survivors heard the sound and came to the windows to look down.

They started discussing in the chat channel.

"This is too fierce, driving an excavator to escape."

"The excavator's sound is too loud, it will attract all the zombies. Showing off will always come at the cost of one's life."

"The day before yesterday, someone also drove an off-road vehicle to escape, but was blocked by zombies before even two hundred meters."

"This is an excavator, do you know what an excavator is? The tires are taller than you, zombies can't block him to death."

"Why didn't I think of driving an excavator to kill zombies?"

"Do you have an excavator? Can you drive it? Aren't you afraid of encountering those Mutated Zombies?"

"Don't think about those pointless things. While the excavator is attracting all the zombies, let's quickly find something to eat, or move to a different hiding spot."

The excavator rumbled from one end of the food street to the other.

Then it turned around and drove back again.

"The excavator is back, he's not escaping, he's slaughtering zombies."

"There's also a beautiful woman wearing glasses on the excavator. So driving an excavator with a beautiful woman can be this cool."

"Watching the excavator run over those zombies one by one is so satisfying. Even though some of my drinking buddies are among them."

Qin Shilei drove the excavator and ran over most of the zombies on the food street.

The remaining scattered zombies didn't necessarily require an excavator.

Parking, jumping down, the two swung their weapons more than ten times, finishing off those that weren't dead yet.

Then came the joyful harvesting time.

They harvested a total of 319 crystals.