Chapter 72: Caught In The Act

Before Liu Yun could come back to her senses, the golden dot flickered, then disappeared from the map.

Seeing this, she anxiously asked, ’System, where is that big golden dot? Why did it suddenly disappear?’

[Player, someone has discovered and collected the opportunity.]

Hearing this, Liu Yun gritted her teeth and cursed inwardly, ’Grass! I must have forgotten to check the almanac today! So unlucky!’

Since the opportunity had disappeared, Liu Yun decided to focus on her main goal for coming here—the supplies.

Closing the map, she refocused her mind on her task as she followed Lan Zuancheng and Gu Zhenwei to Area B, where the canned food products were stored.

While they were on their way, Lan Zuancheng and Gu Zhenwei killed the zombies. Following behind the two of them, Liu Yun secretly checked the zombies’ brains and collected crystal cores.

After killing another group of zombies, Lan Zuancheng noticed Liu Yun squatting beside a zombie’s corpse and stirring its brain with her wooden stick.

Frowning in disgust, he suppressed his nausea and curiously asked, "Younger Sister Liu, what are you doing? Don’t play with that thing. It’s too dirty."

When he said this, Liu Yun’s hand paused. She turned around and laughed awkwardly as her mind spun rapidly, trying to find an excuse.

"I... uh..."

After a brief moment of awkwardness, her eyes lit up.

She pointed to the zombie’s cracked head, then explained, "I, I read a novel about zombies before. The zombies in that novel had something inside their brains. I’m just curious and want to see if what was written in the novel is real."

Hearing this, Gu Zhenwei became interested. He walked up to Liu Yun, squatted beside her, then curiously asked, "So, did you find something?"

Now that they had discovered her, Liu Yun didn’t plan to keep this matter a secret. She flipped her palm, and a clear crystal appeared on it.

Showing the clear crystal to Gu Zhenwei and Lan Zuancheng, Liu Yun said, "I did find something inside their brains."

When Gu Zhenwei saw the beautiful crystal, he picked it up, then raised it above his head. As the faint sunlight shone through the crystal, iridescent light fell across his face.

Gu Zhenwei’s eyes lit up at the sight.

"So beautiful..." he muttered softly.

It was hard to believe that such a beautiful crystal was grown inside the disgusting zombie’s brain.

While he was mesmerized by the crystal core, Lan Zuancheng walked up to Liu Yun and asked, "Younger Sister Liu, how many crystals have you found so far?"

Liu Yun calculated the number of zombies they had killed after leaving the office building, then took out two more crystal cores from her inventory.

"I found three so far."

Lowering her eyes, Liu Yun thought, ’We killed around 200 zombies since we left the office building. Although I found 10 crystal cores so far, the probability of ordinary people finding crystal cores should be lower than mine. So, three is just right.’

Lan Zuancheng thought for a moment, then muttered, "The probability of a zombie having this kind of crystal in its head is very low."

Recalling the first time she farmed for crystal cores and experience points, Liu Yun couldn’t help but nod in agreement.

’Indeed. If I hadn’t added a lot of Status Points to my Luck, I wouldn’t have been able to find so many crystal cores.’

While the two of them were talking, Gu Zhenwei asked, "Younger Sister Liu, do you know what this crystal is used for?"

Liu Yun only knew that she could sell crystal cores to the System, but she didn’t know what the crystal cores were used for by other people.

Shaking her head, she honestly replied, "I don’t know. But since the zombies have this crystal inside their brains, these crystals should be useful."

"Younger Sister Liu is right." Lan Zuancheng nodded in agreement.

"I think not many people know about the existence of these crystals for now. We now have an advantage of time. We should gather more before the news spreads. As for the usage of these crystals..."

He paused for a second, then added, "... Let’s wait for the official announcement from the government or military."

The crystal core was found inside the zombies’ brains. Daring to use this kind of thing without proper testing or experiments was the same as courting death.

Besides, Lan Zuancheng was not stupid or tired of living.

Listening to his analysis, Gu Zhenwei and Liu Yun had no objection to his suggestion.

"Sure."

"Alright."

After the three of them reached an agreement, Gu Zhenwei returned the crystal core to Liu Yun. "Younger Sister Liu, here you go. You are a spatial-element ability user, so you should keep the crystal."

"Mhm."

Liu Yun stored the crystal cores back into her inventory, then said, "Let’s hurry up. We must return before Captain Lian and his team. Otherwise, they will find out about the missing armored car."

"Got it."

With that, the three of them continued on their way to Area B. On the way, Lan Zuancheng and Gu Zhenwei continued killing zombies, while Liu Yun was responsible for cracking the zombies’ heads.

Half an hour later, they finally arrived at Area B.

Seeing that the metal gate was locked, Gu Zhenwei asked, "Should we climb over the metal gate?"

Liu Yun scanned the area, then pointed to a small security post nearby. "Let’s check that security post."

Without waiting for Gu Zhenwei’s or Lan Zuancheng’s responses, Liu Yun trotted to the security post. Peeking inside, she saw no zombies or humans.

"Great. No danger."

She pushed the door, but it was locked. Turning to the only glass window there, she thought for a second, then turned around and saw Lan Zuancheng and Gu Zhenwei approaching.

Waving at them, she said, "The door is locked, but we can break the glass window. It’s large enough for me to pass through."

Peeking inside, Lan Zuancheng saw rows of keys hanging on the wall. Turning to her, he said, "Step back. I’m going to break the glass."

Hearing this, Gu Zhenwei and Liu Yun quickly stepped back a few paces.

Seeing them retreat, Lan Zuancheng raised his iron rod and smashed the glass window.

Crash!