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Cloud Raising Little Zombies: Chapter 21
ZOMBIE EMPEROR CULTIVATION
21. 【Shocking! The base leader brazenly does this to a man in broad daylight—Is this the distortion of human nature or the loss of morality?】
Ye You watched the comments scroll across the light screen, quietly withdrawing his mental energy.
This light screen is really quite useful.
Being a mental ability user who was constantly in contact with the light screen, Ye You couldn’t sense any observation from beyond it, so the A-level crystal nucleus holder likely wouldn’t notice either.
If he used his mental energy to investigate, there was a risk of alerting the A-level crystal nucleus holder. It was better to leave the task of probing to those curious beings behind the light screen.
Entering the training room, Ye You pulled a C-level crystal nucleus, the size of a red bean, from his bulging pouch and placed it into the crystal nucleus converter in the center of the room.
The energy from the crystal nucleus was released and dispersed into the air.
“Try absorbing it,” Ye You suggested to Su Zi’an.
In the half month since the apocalypse began, Ye You had been collecting crystal nuclei every day.
If it weren’t for the fact that Ye You had been using crystal nuclei to nourish several mutant plants and animals, as well as a few highly capable zombies, he would have enough crystal nuclei to fill a car by now.
Everyone, including the principal, knew about his cultivation of mutant plants and animals.
However, Ye You’s cultivation of high-level zombies was something he did alone at night, without even Su Zi’an’s knowledge.
Only those beings behind the light screen watched every night with great excitement, even coming up with a “zombie cultivation guide” and encouraging him to raise more.
What a joke—cultivating high-level zombies consumes a lot of crystal nuclei.
If those zombies couldn’t find crystal nuclei to eat on their own, Ye You would have dug theirs out a long time ago.
Come to think of it, those zombies had all been raised to B-level, each with a crystal nucleus the size of a peanut. Digging one out should last a long time.
As Ye You pondered which zombie to target while watching the noisy comments on the light screen, a message with numerous exclamation marks suddenly caught his eye.
【Quick, look at the first room on the 25th floor!!!!!!】
25th floor?
This was the 25th floor, and the first room was right next door.
Ye You’s crimson eyes, devoid of pupils, glowed with a red light as his mental energy quietly enveloped the room next door.
He “saw” several people gathered around a spot where a middle-aged man lay on the ground.
In the man’s brain was a black crystal nucleus the size of a peanut, marking him as a B-level dark-type ability user.
At this moment, the man had his eyes tightly shut, seemingly unconscious.
The expressions of the people surrounding him were stiff, like puppets, as they took out restraining bands and began binding the middle-aged man.
A moment later, one of the walls in that room suddenly split open to the sides.
A man wearing a white robe, looking refined and scholarly, stepped out from the narrow space between the walls.
Ye You found this person somewhat familiar, strongly resembling the statue in the plaza outside the central building.
Unsure if this person was the A-level ability user, Ye You cautiously retracted his mental energy and turned his attention to the increasingly lively bullet comments.
【This uncle is kind of handsome; he’s exactly my type of refined scoundrel.】
【Oh my, why is the little uncle suddenly touching him? So shy.】
【A bondage game with a group activity, hehe.】
【Hey, he’s awake! He called the man in white the base leader. Could it be that the man in white is actually the base leader?】
【The middle-aged man is furious and struggling. Tsk, what a weak ability user—can’t even break free from a single strap. Well, now he’s hypnotized.】
【As expected, there’s a conspiracy going on. This base has some shady practices.】
【Shocking! The base leader brazenly does this to a man in broad daylight—Is this the distortion of human nature or the loss of morality?】
【Hey hey hey? Why did they just leave? I was ready to start recording—aren’t you going to do something?】
Seeing the screen filled with disappointment, Ye You once again directed his mental power into the room next door.
The man in white had already left, and the middle-aged man was still unconscious on the ground, though the restraint straps that had bound him were somehow removed.
Ye You had a nagging feeling that something was off.
He extended his mental power into the man’s mind and was surprised to find that the crystal nucleus in the man’s brain was now just an empty shell.
It was as if it had been hollowed out, leaving only the outer shell of a peanut.
How was this done?
The chat had mentioned that the man in white had touched the middle-aged man.
Did he use his ability through contact?
An empty crystal nucleus… That grape-sized A-level crystal nucleus was ash gray, ash gray…
A peculiar and familiar color.
Ye You recalled the ability user he had encountered at Su Zi’an’s school, who could transfer injuries from one person to another.
Could it be that this base leader had a similar transfer-type ability?
But unlike the student who could only transfer wounds, the base leader’s ability was more advanced.
He had just transferred the middle-aged man’s ability away.
Ye You’s mental power scanned through each training room.
Between the walls of each training room, there was a narrow passageway that allowed someone to move through.
These training rooms gathered all the base’s ability users and also served as the base leader’s ability supply chambers.
“Huh?” Su Zi’an, who had been sitting cross-legged and absorbing energy, made a small sound and opened his eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
Ye You walked over to Su Zi’an to check on him.
Su Zi’an was now a B-level ability user. After absorbing crystal nucleus energy for fifteen minutes, his crystal nucleus hadn’t changed at all.
This was normal.
Whether it was a zombie or an ability user, to level up, they either had to accumulate energy slowly over time or have a higher-level crystal nucleus to consume, directly advancing in rank.
“My ability’s energy increased slightly, but my body hasn’t changed,” Su Zi’an said, flexing his hand slightly as he described his feelings.
In the past, when he consumed crystal nuclei, the growth in his ability would also be accompanied by an enhancement of his physical constitution.
As a B-level ability user, Su Zi’an’s physical strength had already surpassed that of ordinary people. When he hardened his body, he could block bullets with his flesh, and when he moved nimbly, he was as agile as a cat.
As for Ye You, who consumed crystal nuclei like snacks, his physical prowess was comparable to that of Godzilla.
This time, when Su Zi’an absorbed the crystal nucleus’s energy, he didn’t feel any pain, but there was no enhancement to his body.
Ye You realized why the physical condition of the base’s ability users was so poor.
Directly consuming abilities was excruciatingly painful, but the energy from the crystal nucleus would also temper the consumer’s body.
And…
Ye You glanced at the crystal nucleus converter, said to be created by the base chief.
The device, with a maximum conversion rate of 60%, didn’t just convert up to 60% —it ceased operation once it hit that 60% mark.
So, where did the remaining crystal nucleus go?
The base chief was really raking in crystal nuclei, Ye You thought to himself.
Ye You wouldn’t bring up the base chief’s actions in his territory—who knew if that man had any surveillance-type abilities or tools? Instead, he casually remarked, “This is what happens when you absorb crystal nuclei painlessly—there’s gain, but also loss.”
“Such a rip-off,” Su Zi’an sighed.
He wasn’t lamenting the loss of energy from the crystal nucleus conversion but rather felt that the lack of physical enhancement was incomplete.
It was like drinking bubble tea, where instead of getting a full cup, you’re left with half, and the pearls are missing—it’s just not as satisfying.
Su Zi’an was used to pain and wasn’t afraid of it.
This slow and lacking absorption method, without any physical tempering, felt like a bucket of cold water had been dumped over his head, extinguishing all his anticipation.
In the end, the two of them stayed for less than half an hour before they took the room card and went downstairs to check out.
The receptionist was surprised to see them come down so soon. “So quickly?”
In such a short time, they couldn’t have absorbed even a single crystal nucleus, right? And with a price of 10 crystal nuclei per day, wouldn’t they want to stay longer?
Su Zi’an didn’t mention what had happened in the training room; he simply handed over the room card and vaguely explained, “We have some other matters to attend to.”
Ye You used his mental power to locate Director Lin and his group, then hailed a car with Su Zi’an and left.
As the car started, Ye You glanced back at the top ten floors of the building.
He wanted that A-level crystal nucleus but wasn’t sure how to go about getting it.
Charging in head-on was definitely not an option.
With so many ability users in the Central Tower, it was like an ability reservoir for the base chief, who likely had a transfer-type ability. He could obtain abilities from them whenever he needed.
Unless the base chief and the ability users can be separated.
The ability users leave the Central Tower, or the base chief leaves.
Ye You glanced at the light screen beside him.
The barrage of comments on the screen was varied—some were expressing concern, others were adjusting their cameras to share new discoveries, and some were even planning a zombie siege.
…A zombie siege, huh?
At the top of the Central Tower.
A man dressed in white work clothes, looking refined and scholarly, stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, his eyes lowered as he watched a taxi that had just left from in front of the tower.
In his lowered hand, he held a few forms.
On the topmost form, the name “Su Zi’an” was neatly written.
Name: Su Zi’an
Ability: Time-based
Level: B
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