Chapter 13: Stir-Fried Snail Noodles with Beef

An orange-tier three-level crystal stone—last lifetime, Su Su had only ever possessed one. It was after awakening her seemingly useless speed-type ability that she teamed up with other ability users and painstakingly pried it from the skull of a three-level zombie.

Now, in just half a year into the apocalypse, she had acquired one again.

"Xiao Hei, this is your achievement."

The black snake flicked its tail indifferently.

"Hiss~"

Su Su pocketed the three-level crystal stone and turned her gaze to the other two ability users’ corpses.

One had been gutted, the other poisoned; their belongings had become ownerless relics.

Su Su propped herself up and stood, first picking up a bag of crystals dropped by Zhang Er. Inside were three first-level crystals and one second-level crystal, all given to her by Zhao Zhenyu.

She stared at them for a few seconds before sneering coldly.

See? In the end, it benefited her after all.

Without delay, Su Su took a few first-level crystals from Zhang Er’s body and a few second-level crystals from Zhang Da’s. Then, after some thought, she returned a few first-level crystals and one second-level crystal to avoid arousing suspicion.

Next came cleaning up the mess. Su Su swept away the ashes and disguised Zhang Er’s death as a zombie attack.

When all was done, she sat back in the car’s rear seat and locked the door.

The people at the bridgehead hadn’t returned yet; they were still engaged in battle with zombies.

Taking advantage of the moment, Su Su counted her gains: five first-level crystals, three second-level crystals, and one three-level crystal.

Holding the three-level crystal, Su Su hesitated.

In her past life, ability users who recklessly consumed crystals beyond their level all died from their bodies exploding.

Given her current ability rank was not even first-level, she couldn’t possibly absorb it in a short time.

"Hiss~"

The black snake, still not fully recovered, suddenly moved its head closer and swallowed the three-level crystal whole!

"Xiao Hei!"

Su Su panicked. "Spit it out! You can’t—"

Can’t it?

But it had abilities too, so theoretically, it should be able to absorb crystals.

Su Su’s panic abruptly froze. She stared at the black snake that had just swallowed the crystal.

One moment it was fine; the next, it writhed painfully on the backseat cushion.

A bloody wound exploded at its vital spot!

"Hiss!!!"

"Xiao Hei!"

Su Su panicked again, wanting to help but not knowing where to start.

In this critical moment, she suddenly recalled the first time Xiao Hei had appeared—back then, Wu Zhi was holding its body, its vital spot bloodied and torn, exactly the same as now...

Exactly the same!

Suddenly, a blessing seemed to descend upon Su Su.

She quickly swallowed a first-level crystal, rapidly absorbing it to boost her ability to first-level.

The white light energy she had just exhausted finally replenished.

Trembling, Su Su placed her palm on the black snake, channeling the white light into its body.

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