Chapter 20

[Currently issuing a limited-time mission: Please obtain at least one Level 1 Crystal Core within 24 hours.
Mission Reward: 10 Level 1 Crystal Cores.
Does the host accept the mission?]

Lin Qianhuan was somewhat puzzled. Now that the Crystal Cores in the zombies’ brains haven’t yet formed, where is she supposed to get a Level 1 Crystal Core?

Just as she was wondering, a flash of inspiration struck her mind, and she suddenly stood up from the grass.

That’s right! The appearance of zombies was foreshadowed. Although the virus didn’t break out on a large scale until after February 26th, that doesn’t mean there weren’t any before then!

Those zombies that appeared earlier must have already had Crystal Cores formed in their brains!

Lin Qianhuan was just about to choose to accept the mission when she hesitated.

Searching for these pre-apocalypse zombies would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. Searching for zombies with Crystal Cores in the midst of a zombie horde, and wasting time digging out the Crystal Cores, is simply too dangerous.

10 Level 1 Crystal Cores are indeed tempting, but she doesn’t want to take such a big risk.

Lin Qianhuan responded, “I decline.”

[Refusing to accept the mission will result in the system randomly locking down an area. Does the host accept the mission?]

“Are you trying to force a deal here?”

Lin Qianhuan was furious. The only areas she has currently unlocked are the warehouse and the Spirit Spring.

One drop of Spirit Spring a day is fine, but if the system locks down the warehouse, the 20 square meters of grassland in the space won’t be enough to hold the supplies she’s stockpiled.

The system didn’t choose to answer her question, but continued to ask: [Does the host accept the mission?]

Lin Qianhuan bit her molars in frustration, forcing out a few words: “I… ac-cept.”

Flashing out of the space, Lin Qianhuan collapsed lifelessly on the bed, wrapping herself into a cocoon with the quilt.

She had originally planned to lie low at home for a while, but who would have thought that the Spirit Spring System wouldn’t give her any chance at all.

Finding zombies with Crystal Cores definitely won’t work in the suburbs, so she can only try her luck in the city center.

She sighed deeply, sat up, got dressed, opened the door, and went downstairs, just in time to meet Lin Wansheng on the stairs.

Seeing her fully armed, Lin Wansheng frowned in confusion, “Where are you going?”

He was holding a freshly cut fruit platter, obviously about to deliver it to her bedroom.

Lin Qianhuan picked up a piece of pineapple and put it in her mouth. The sweet and sour taste was especially delicious.

“I plan to go to the city center. The zombies that mutated before the large-scale spread of the virus should already have formed Crystal Cores in their brains. I’m going to look for them.”

She said as she went downstairs, but Lin Wansheng blocked her way.

He frowned unhappily, “By yourself?”

Lin Qianhuan nodded, “Yeah, your and Big Brother’s control over your abilities isn’t skilled enough. The city center is too dangerous. I wouldn’t feel safe taking you two.”

She has rich practical experience and is more skilled with her abilities. Even if she encounters danger, she can escape in time.

But her two older brothers are not like that. She doesn’t want them to suffer any harm.

Lin Wansheng sighed heavily, ran quickly downstairs, placed the fruit platter heavily on the coffee table, and then walked into the monitoring room.

Lin Qianhuan’s hand had just touched the anti-theft door of the villa when she was suddenly grabbed by the collar and pulled to the sofa to sit down.

She turned her head in a bit of panic, only to see her Big Brother’s icy face.

“Tell me again what you said to me and Second Brother.”

He looked at Lin Qianhuan with sharp eyes, the words coming to her lips, but in the end, she didn’t dare to say them.

“Ahem, what I meant was, the city center is too dangerous, it’s easier for me to escape alone.”

She smiled awkwardly, looking resentfully at her Second Brother, who had ratted her out.

The other party glanced at her provocatively, then quickly shifted their gaze.

Lin Yixuan slammed the table heavily, but then regretted it, sighing helplessly, and said softly, “Do you think me and your Second Brother are a burden to you?”

Lin Qianhuan shook her head frantically, “I didn’t mean that, I just don’t want you to take risks with me.”

“Then have you asked us what we want? Have you asked us if we are more afraid of you taking risks, or of you getting hurt where we can’t see you?”

Lin Yixuan’s voice was not loud, Lin Qianhuan opened her mouth, and said hesitantly: “I know you two are worried about me, but…”

Lin Wansheng, who was watching, spoke, “No buts. In the eyes of me and Big Brother, your safety is always the top priority.

You’re going to such a dangerous place in the city center by yourself. Have you thought about how anxious we would be at home?

It’s true that we two aren’t very skilled in using our abilities, but we can protect you when you encounter danger, instead of being left in the villa, panicking.”

Lin Yixuan nodded in agreement: “Isn’t your rich combat experience from fighting your way out of mountains of corpses?

You only care about protecting me and your Second Brother, but what we want has never been a stable life, but the strength to protect you.”

Lin Qianhuan pursed her lips and said, “I was too cautious, it won’t happen again.”

She only cared about protecting her two older brothers, but forgot that in their hearts, her safety was far more important than their lives.

“Then you two pack up, and the three of us will go together?”

Hearing her say this, the two brothers were finally satisfied. They went upstairs, quickly got dressed, and hurried to the garage with their Tang swords.

Lin Qianhuan sat in the passenger seat looking at the road helplessly, her mind thinking about where the target zombies were most likely to appear.

She felt that the hospital was more likely.

After all, before the large-scale outbreak of the virus, survivors bitten by zombies were sent to the hospital for treatment.

But now the hospital is equivalent to the zombies’ lair. As long as you dare to enter, no matter how strong you are, you must be prepared to be wiped out.

After all, if an entire corridor of zombies rushes towards you like crazy, wanting to escape the hospital without injury is basically wishful thinking.

But where else can you find zombies that have already formed Crystal Cores besides the hospital?

Lin Qianhuan touched her chin, planning to try her luck in places with a lot of zombies.

After all, the zombies with Crystal Cores must be much more agile than those without Crystal Cores. If you observe carefully, you can also find them in time.

She was just about to withdraw her gaze and tell her Big Brother to drive the car to the shopping street in the city center when she heard a muffled sound from above, like a heavy object falling from a high altitude.

The off-road vehicle jolted violently a few times, and then began to sway from side to side. If Lin Yixuan hadn’t been driving steadily enough, the car would have lost control and crashed into the flower beds on the side of the road.

“What’s going on!”

Lin Qianhuan’s whole body tensed up. She looked up at the roof of the car, but met a pair of turbid, all-black pupils.

It’s a zombie!

Judging from the degree of shaking just now, this guy should have jumped down from a building on the side of the road.

Falling from such a height without needing any buffer time to climb to the car window and launch an attack, it seems that this zombie is not to be underestimated.

Lin Qianhuan hooked her lips, it really came without any effort, this guy might just be the target she was looking for.

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