14: Chapter 14 Secret Realm Upgrade

Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Yufei ignored the flickering blue and white electric arcs. With a sudden thought, his spatial power instantly locked onto the White Ferret in the cage, which was still unleashing its superpower.

Before the White Ferret could react further, an invisible force wrapped tightly around it. In the next second, the electrified White Ferret vanished into thin air, forcefully pulled by him into the Storage Space.

Mo Yufei immediately sensed the space. He saw that the White Ferret was still in its discharging state, yet it was completely frozen in time inside the space. The blue and white electric arcs were frozen on its fur, with no current flowing at all, completely sealed by the space.

Suppressing the wild joy of capturing the superpowered White Ferret, Mo Yufei's gaze quickly swept over the remaining cats and dogs in the shop. After examining them one by one, he found no signs of superpower awakening in any other animals; they were all ordinary creatures that had retained their sanity and had not been infected by the virus.

Since the space could safely store living things, leaving these harmless, ordinary animals here would only mean they would eventually become food for zombie beasts or mutate from virus infection. Without any hesitation, Mo Yufei shifted his thoughts, and his spatial power swept out.

The black Labrador and the two startled cats were also taken into the space. The moment they entered, they instantly fell into a frozen state.

Having dealt with the caged land animals, Mo Yufei turned and walked toward the separate aquarium section on the other side.

Looking at the tanks of fish, shrimp, turtles, and crabs that were safe and untouched by the virus, his eyes flickered. These aquatic creatures were not only clean living things, but they would also be rare, fresh ingredients in the future. He absolutely could not let them go to waste.

With a thought from Mo Yufei, the space instantly enveloped the entire fish tank setup, pulling everything into his space completely intact.

The glass fish tanks vanished into thin air, leaving only a ring of dry water stains. Inside the space, several large fish tanks floated steadily, and the small creatures inside were likewise frozen in time, completely unaffected by the outside world, maintaining their original postures.

Finally, his gaze fell on a Parrot on a bird stand in the corner.

This Parrot had colorful feathers. At this moment, it was tilting its head warily, its pitch-black eyes staring intently at the approaching Mo Yufei, its feathers puffed up slightly in sheer panic.

Mo Yufei stepped forward slowly. Just as he was about to put it into his space, the Parrot suddenly flapped its wings violently and let out a sharp screech. As its powerful wings flapped, it suddenly condensed a fierce, pale green Wind Blade, shooting it rapidly toward Mo Yufei's face!

The Wind Blade sliced through the air with a sharp whistling sound, its speed incredibly fast.

Mo Yufei's pupils contracted slightly, and he instinctively tilted his head to dodge. The Wind Blade grazed his cheek and slashed heavily against the metal railing behind him, instantly cutting a deep gash.

He hadn't expected this Parrot to have a superpower. Before it could flap its wings to prepare another attack, Mo Yufei's gaze turned cold. He instantly activated his space, and a powerful suction force enveloped the Parrot.

The Parrot only had time to let out a terrified shriek before its body floated into the air uncontrollably. In the blink of an eye, it was forcefully pulled into the space, completely vanishing.

Having taken all the living creatures and aquariums in the shop into his space, Mo Yufei stood in the ruined pet shop, rubbing his fingertips together as a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

After his own mutation, his strength far exceeded that of ordinary people, which was a special mutation after zombification. According to common tropes in novels about The Apocalypse, surviving humans might also gradually awaken various superpowers, gaining the ability to fight zombies and mutated beasts.

At this thought, he remembered the zombies he had previously collected in his space. A deeper speculation arose in his heart: could there be crystal cores hidden inside the heads of these zombies, just like in the books?

Once this thought arose, he could no longer hold it back.

Mo Yufei immediately focused his mind and locked onto an ordinary zombie in his space. With a thought, the foul-smelling, stiff-moving zombie was instantly teleported in front of him, appearing out of thin air on the ground.

The moment the zombie hit the ground, before its cloudy eyes could lock onto its target and just as a low growl was about to escape its throat, Mo Yufei preemptively struck.

A rusty but sharp and heavy fire axe instantly appeared in his palm. The surging power after his zombification filled his entire body. Although the zombie's body was not fast, its strength was astonishing.

With the sound of rushing wind, the fire axe hacked down fiercely toward the zombie's head!

"Splat!"

Without any resistance, the heavy axe blade split the zombie's skull. Its entire head instantly exploded, splattering foul-smelling flesh and brains all over the ground.

Without even a frown, Mo Yufei squatted down, used the tip of the axe to part the shattered skull, and searched carefully. However, there was only mushy flesh inside, with no sign of a crystal core at all.

A trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes. Without pausing, he released a second zombie from his space.

It was the exact same process. The moment the zombie appeared, before it could even make an attacking move, its head was split open by his axe. But the result remained the same—empty.

The third, the fourth... Refusing to give up, he experimented one after another. The zombies in his space were released one by one and swiftly decapitated one by one. Shattered skulls littered the ground, yet he still couldn't find the expected crystal core.

With only two zombies left in his space, Mo Yufei suppressed his disappointment and released one of them.

This time, a sudden change occurred!

This zombie, once released, was noticeably more agile than the previous ones, and its level of decay was also much lighter.

When it saw Mo Yufei's fire axe hacking down, its body, which should have been stiff and numb, actually tilted its head instinctively to dodge. Although the movement was not very agile, it completely shattered the stiff, brainless stereotype of ordinary zombies!

Mo Yufei's eyes sharpened. His reaction speed far exceeded that of the zombie. Seeing the zombie dodge, his wrist twisted instantly, and he gripped the fire axe tightly to slash horizontally with great force!

A cold gleam flashed, followed by a crisp crack. The mutated zombie's head was severed cleanly and rolled to the ground, black blood spurting from its neck.

Mo Yufei instantly sensed that something was wrong. The previous zombies would only charge blindly when facing the axe, never showing any awareness of dodging. This one had clearly undergone a deeper mutation!

He stepped forward quickly, stepped on the rolling head, and carefully split the skull with his fire axe. Suddenly, his fingertips touched a hard, cold object. With a stir in his heart, he reached in and pulled it out.

Lying in his palm was a crystal the size of a pigeon's egg, completely clear and emitting a faint, lustrous white glow. It was hard in texture, without any foul smell—exactly the zombie crystal core he had been searching for!

Right at that moment, a pale blue shimmer suddenly lit up in his mind. The interface panel, which had always been silent and would only appear when he actively searched for it with his thoughts, now automatically unfolded out of thin air, floating in the air before his eyes.

The button next to the Secret Realm level (Upgradeable) lit up. Previously, while inside the Secret Realm, he had tried to touch it but got no response, making him think that after the system consciousness left, the Secret Realm had been locked and would no longer change.

Mo Yufei checked the panel.

Shelter Information:

Name: Taoyuan Secret Realm (Independent Small World)

Level: 1 (Upgradeable)

Function: Space Channel (Connecting)

Detectable energy for Secret Realm upgrade (Tier 1 Zombie Crystal Core). Consume the crystal core immediately to start the Secret Realm upgrade process?

Mo Yufei looked down at the crystal core in his palm, and then at the panel before him that had never shown any activity before. A ripple of emotion finally welled up in his cold eyes.

He had originally searched for the crystal core with just a tentative mindset. He hadn't expected to not only actually find a zombie crystal core, but also accidentally trigger the upgrade conditions for the Void Secret Realm.