64: Activate the artifact and complete the food transfer

"What are you fools standing around for? Run!"

Yang Batian ran wildly, finally reaching the back door.

He pushed open the tightly shut door with force, and just as he turned his head, he saw his younger siblings still dawdling halfway. He couldn't help but feel anxious and urged them loudly.

"Huh? Where did the zombies go?"

Yang Batian subconsciously looked back towards the main entrance that had been pushed open, and what he saw instantly stunned him.

The main entrance, which should have been swarming with zombies, was now empty, not even a shadow of a single zombie. He was completely dumbfounded, his face filled with shock and confusion.

His sudden action immediately caught the attention of the other three.

Everyone stopped, turning their heads back with puzzled expressions. When they looked around and confirmed that there were indeed only the seven of them inside the entire granary, with no trace of zombies, everyone was completely bewildered.

"Where are the zombies? Wasn't it zombies who pushed open the door?" Their hearts were filled with fear and confusion.

During this period, being chased and cornered by zombies and constantly fleeing had become the norm for their lives.

Just now, they had clearly seen the heavily barricaded door pushed open by a powerful force, and they naturally assumed it was the result of thousands of zombies outside working together.

After all, these zombies were accidentally attracted by them when they fled to this place.

But what was going on with this strange scene now?

Why were there no zombies, and why couldn't they see the mysterious entity that pushed open the door?

Just as they were stunned, Long Feiyang had already silently run to the back door.

He gripped the rebar tightly, his eyes revealing a hint of sternness and determination. He swung the rebar fiercely, smashing it hard towards Yang Batian's waist.

Yang Batian had no time to react and was knocked to the ground by this sudden blow, groaning in pain.

Immediately after, Long Feiyang did not stop for a moment, and the rebar in his hand rained down on Yang Bachang and the others.

Under this short but intense attack, the four were quickly all knocked to the ground, lying there, screaming miserably in pain.

Yang Bashu and Yang Yuanyuan watched helplessly as their relatives were instantly knocked to the ground by an invisible "monster," screaming in agony. The fear in their hearts was instantly magnified infinitely, and for a moment, they were so scared that they didn't know what to do, their feet seeming to be nailed to the ground, unable to move an inch.

Seeing this, Long Feiyang approached them swiftly without hesitation.

He raised the rebar high and swung it down twice with force, accurately knocking both of them to the ground as well.

In an instant, the entire granary echoed with screams rising and falling, and the atmosphere became particularly tragic and terrifying.

Long Feiyang didn't give them any chance to breathe and immediately started grabbing people.

He grabbed Yang Yuanyuan, thinking to himself, he might as well try putting her in the prison.

To his surprise, he succeeded.

The moment Yang Yuanyuan was taken into the prison, a strange and terrifying scene appeared in Long Feiyang's mind: as soon as Yang Yuanyuan appeared in the prison, countless dazzling lightning bolts instantly struck down from the sky, accurately hitting her.

Under the powerful force of the lightning, Yang Yuanyuan was instantly charred black, and her clothes were also reduced to ashes by the lightning strike.

However, before she could react, a mysterious light then shone on her already blackened body, and something miraculous happened: Yang Yuanyuan instantly recovered as before.

At this moment, her body was unclothed, her skin smooth and fair, her figure graceful and charming, and her proud breasts swayed continuously with her struggles and painful groans.

But before she could recover, the chilling lightning struck down mercilessly once again. In less than five seconds, she was charred black again.

This cycle repeated, a scene so horrific it was like being in a lightning hell.

At the same time, Long Feiyang also unexpectedly learned how to use this prison artifact.

It turned out that this lightning punishment was just the initial version of punishment; in addition, various cruel tortures could be set according to the user's will, such as immolation, flaying, waist cutting, dismemberment, five punishments, slow slicing, hanging, boiling, lead pouring, riding a wooden donkey, sawing, and so on. Each torture was chilling.

Yang Yuanyuan's sudden disappearance terrified the other six to the extreme.

Fear spread rapidly among them like a plague.

At this moment, they no longer cared about the sharp pain in their waists or the weakness in their lower bodies; they only wanted to desperately escape this terrifying place.

They crawled desperately on the ground with their hands, trying to escape this unknown fear.

Long Feiyang looked at their disheveled appearance, snorted coldly, and mercilessly put all six of them into the prison.

Like Yang Yuanyuan, they were subjected to the terrifying lightning punishment as soon as they entered the prison.

A mischievous idea suddenly arose in Long Feiyang's mind: he specifically placed Tong Ting and Yang Yuanyuan together.

At that moment, the "spring scenery" displayed within the prison was indeed exceptionally dazzling, though, of course, it was accompanied by endless pain and fear.

From this moment on, these seven people continuously contributed Super Emotional Value in the prison, and their tragic fate had only just begun... "One person can provide 7200 emotional value a day, so these seven people combined provide over 50,400 daily. This prison is truly a divine artifact."

Long Feiyang looked at the seven people in the prison, his heart filled with satisfaction.

The continuously generated emotional value made him feel as if he saw an infinitely bright future.

He thought to himself, as long as Base City could truly supply death row inmates as promised later, then he would no longer have to worry about emotional value.

Long Feiyang composed himself and began to transport the grain.

After a period of busy work, he successfully collected 110,000 tons of grain, which had reached his limit of 146,000 cubic meters that he could transport.

Then, he used his Superpower, transformed into a majestic Golden Eagle, and flapped his wings towards Base City.

Major Zheng had been waiting early at Base City.

Time passed by second by second, and after waiting for more than an hour, he finally saw a small black dot appear in the sky. As the black dot gradually approached, he confirmed that it was Long Feiyang returning.

His previously tense and serious expression finally relaxed. He had been genuinely worried that Long Feiyang would not return, and now, seeing him return safely, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

"Mr. Long, why did it take so long this time? Did something unexpected happen?"

Major Zheng stepped forward, asking with a worried expression.

After all, the grain in the granary was crucial for Base City. If something really happened there, Base City's grain supply would be in trouble, and the existing reserves wouldn't last long.

"Major Zheng, I'm truly sorry. This time, when I went to the granary base, I encountered an invisible zombie and was accidentally bitten by it."

Long Feiyang explained with a helpless expression.

He knew in his heart that at the time, he thought he was going to turn into a zombie, and in a fit of emotional distress, he frantically killed all the zombies. This whole ordeal naturally took more time.

"What? Evolved zombies have already appeared? How are you now? Are you alright?"

Major Zheng's face showed a shocked expression upon hearing this, and he quickly asked with concern.

"I'm fine, I don't know why, but I didn't turn into a zombie."

Long Feiyang shook his head, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

Hearing that Long Feiyang was fine, Major Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In his opinion, Long Feiyang was now a great treasure to Base City and absolutely could not have any accidents.

"Mr. Long, in my opinion, it should be because your Superpower level is higher than that invisible zombie's level, which is why you weren't infected. Besides being able to activate Superpowers and strengthen the physique, zombie nucleus also has the effect of resisting the zombie virus."

Major Zheng said after a brief thought.

Long Feiyang suddenly understood after hearing Major Zheng's words.

It turned out that the reason he didn't turn into a zombie was because his Ultimate Transformation Ability was secretly protecting him, allowing him to not fear low-level zombie viruses.

However, he was still a bit curious why the Super Warehouse's identification function didn't prompt that the zombie nucleus could remove the variant virus.

Was it really because his Superpower level was higher?

"Major Zheng, I also found seven people at the granary who were sentenced to death by Skynet. I've already dealt with them."

Long Feiyang said, glancing at the two beautiful figures in the prison, secretly finding it quite pleasing to the eye.

"As long as they are confirmed death row inmates, you can handle them as you see fit, without any concerns."

Major Zheng didn't care about this at all. In his opinion, these death row inmates were already heinous criminals, and whatever Long Feiyang did to them was not excessive.

"By the way, I wonder if Mr. Long brought back any grain this time?"

Major Zheng suddenly remembered Long Feiyang's main mission this time and quickly asked.

"Of course, I brought back 110,000 tons of grain, but I'll have to make five more trips to move it all."

Long Feiyang replied.

Hearing this, Major Zheng finally relaxed completely and let out a long breath.

He led Long Feiyang to the newly built granary, and under his watchful eye, Long Feiyang released 110,000 tons of grain from his storage space.

Seeing the mountains of grain, Major Zheng was ecstatic. With this grain, Base City would not have to worry about grain shortages for a short period.

"Mr. Long, I'm truly grateful for everything you've done."

Major Zheng saluted Long Feiyang with a standard military salute, his face full of gratitude.

"Major Zheng, this is all my duty."

Long Feiyang said with a smile.

After speaking, he immediately began to prepare for the next transport without stopping.

Major Zheng immediately reported the relevant intelligence to the command center.

Upon learning that Long Feiyang had indeed delivered 110,000 tons of grain, Brigade Commander Li and the two regimental commanders finally let go of their worries.

"Haha, it seems we can rest assured for now."

The two regimental commanders laughed heartily upon learning that a portion of the grain had been transported back, and the pressure they had been under due to the grain issue was greatly reduced.

However, when they heard that Long Feiyang had encountered an invisible zombie, the expressions of the three instantly changed, becoming even more solemn.

"It seems that zombies do evolve. We must find a way to become stronger, otherwise, life will be even harder in the future."

Brigade Commander Li said with a frown and a serious expression.

The other two also nodded in agreement. They all knew that in this apocalypse, only by continuously becoming stronger could they have a glimmer of hope for survival.

--- Long Feiyang worked tirelessly, making five round trips, and finally successfully and securely stored all 600,000 tons of grain in Base City's granary.

"Mr. Long, we truly owe you a great debt of gratitude for your strong assistance this time! I wonder if you would prefer Qin Dynasty coins as compensation, or are you more inclined towards zombie nucleus?"

Long Feiyang looked down at the 1191 tons of low-level variant virus remaining after decomposing over two million zombie corpses, secretly pondering, somewhat hesitant about whether to choose the zombie nucleus.

However, when he activated the Super Factory, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he tried to integrate 9 tons of low-level variant virus into a zombie nucleus that was only one millimeter in diameter.

Something miraculous happened: that originally inconspicuous zombie nucleus, after absorbing the variant virus, directly evolved into a one-centimeter diameter level 1 zombie crystal core.

Long Feiyang carefully examined the attributes of this newly born level 1 zombie crystal core:

level 1 zombie crystal core (no attribute, can enhance physique, improve Superpower, used for healing, ordinary people can also randomly activate Superpowers, and the activated Superpower is based on the host's strongest attribute).

After witnessing the miraculous effects and value of the level 1 zombie crystal core, Long Feiyang's horizons were immediately broadened. At this moment, he naturally looked down on those ordinary zombie nucleus.