Chapter 9: A Bountiful Harvest
As night fell, the entire wilderness area seemed to be shrouded in a pitch-black cloth. Most of the buildings in Chenzhai Town had completely turned into ruins. The occasional dilapidated attic was considered an excellent place to take shelter in this vast expanse of ruins.
At this moment, on a dilapidated three-story attic that had no roof and half of its walls had collapsed, two young people were sleeping soundly.
The woman, dressed in a black tight-fitting outfit with her long purple hair flowing loosely, had her eyes tightly closed. Her slender eyebrows would sometimes furrow slightly, and it seemed that she was enduring great pain in her sleep.
The woman was extremely beautiful, with features as picturesque as a painting and a body as delicate as ice and jade. What was even rarer was the valiant and elegant aura she exuded.
The woman's thin and rosy lips parted slightly, emitting a faint murmur. Her long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and suddenly she opened her eyes.
By the faint starlight, the woman looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings with a dazed expression. Ke Bei, with a pale face and curled up in a ball, came into the woman's sight.
Looking at Ke Bei, who was huddled together and constantly trembling, Luo Ling's heart suddenly gave a little flutter. A scene suddenly appeared in her mind.
A scene of a young man standing as firm as steel in front of her, using the knife in his hand and his own body to block all the attacks of the zombies, preventing a single drop of blood from splashing on her.
"How can there be such a silly person?"
With her delicate hand resting on her chin, Luo Ling sat in front of Ke Bei and murmured to herself.
"Father, Father, don't leave me, don't leave me..." Ke Bei's lips quivered as he mumbled intermittently in his dream.
"Don't go."
Ke Bei suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Luo Ling's small hand. He held it very tightly.
"You really can't be still even when you're unconscious..."
Caught off guard, Luo Ling didn't manage to dodge. Two patches of red suddenly flushed her pretty face. Feeling shy, Luo Ling tried to break free, but Ke Bei was holding her hand too tightly. Looking at the countless wounds all over Ke Bei's body, Luo Ling's heart suddenly softened, and she stopped struggling, allowing Ke Bei to hold her tender little hand.
"Forget it. Maybe this is your opportunity."
A look of pity flashed in Luo Ling's eyes. She took out a silver round pill from her bosom.
The silver round pill was the size of a longan. It was translucent all over. As soon as it was taken out, a rich and faint fragrance filled the air.
"I don't like owing people favors. I'll give you this divine pill. Besides... besides, you've also taken a bit of advantage. From now on, we'll be even."
Luo Ling felt a bit guilty as she pulled her small hand out. She bit her lower lip gently with her white teeth. Holding the silver pill, she hesitated for a moment and then suddenly stuffed it into Ke Bei's mouth.
The silver round pill, also known as the divine pill, was formed inside a type of zombie that was even more advanced than the purple-haired zombie. These zombies regarded themselves as the Divine Race.
For this divine pill, Luo Ling had been planning for more than half a year and had spent a great deal of energy. Finally, she was very lucky to kill a junior member of the Divine Race and obtain this divine pill.
This divine pill was extremely important to Luo Ling. Her strength had already reached the peak of a third-level enhancer. One step away, she could break through the bottleneck and advance to the Transcendent Realm.
However, because Luo Ling was not just a gene enhancer, her breakthrough was much more difficult than that of an ordinary person. And the divine pill could help her break through the realm, which showed how important this divine pill was to her.
Heaven was fair. Luo Ling had obtained the ability to control ice due to a genetic mutation, giving her an absolute advantage in strength among those of the same level. But correspondingly, it was even more difficult for her to break through the bottleneck.
"Farewell if we're destined to meet again. Oh no, it's better if we don't meet..."
Luo Ling's pretty face blushed. She glanced at Ke Bei's slightly childish face. Her graceful figure turned into a blur, and she quietly left under the starry sky.
.........
Ke Bei felt that he had a particularly sound sleep. It was not until the sun rose and the sunlight shone on his face that he opened his eyes.
"Ah, so comfortable."
Stretching himself, Ke Bei felt warm all over his body. He felt indescribably comfortable. All his injuries seemed to have healed overnight. His condition was better than ever, and he even felt that his strength had increased a lot.
"Eh? What's going on? Wasn't I injured?"
Ke Bei looked puzzled. He clenched his fist tightly, and his eyes were filled with disbelief. He clearly remembered that yesterday his sternum was broken, his left leg was pierced, and there were countless wounds all over his body. But strangely, all the wounds had healed overnight.
Unable to figure out what had happened to him, Ke Bei could only shake his head helplessly and put these matters aside for the time being.
He had a lot of doubts in his mind. Not only did he not understand how his injuries had healed, but he was also unclear about how the rusty simple saber had become so sharp yesterday. Looking back now, everything seemed like a dream.
"Luo Ling, where is Luo Ling?"
Ke Bei was suddenly taken aback. He looked around but didn't find Luo Ling's figure.
"Could it be that she cured my injuries?"
Ke Bei furrowed his brows. The only answer he could think of was that Luo Ling had cured his injuries. Although he had never even heard of a miraculous medicine that could heal broken bones overnight, this was the only possibility.
"The side mission of rescuing Luo Ling is probably completed, right?"
Ke Bei was not sure. He didn't know where Luo Ling had gone and whether she was alive or dead. After immersing his mind into his head, he was certain that Luo Ling should have left because the system clearly stated that the mission had been completed.
Since the mission had been completed, then Luo Ling should have been saved. Now that she wasn't here, she should have already left.
"What kind of treasure is this knife left by my father?"
Now that the mission was completed, Ke Bei shifted his attention from Luo Ling to the knife.
His palm gently stroked the still rusty blade. Ke Bei couldn't believe it. Had this broken knife really turned into a divine weapon yesterday?
"Shall I give it a try?"
With a bit of excitement and anticipation, Ke Bei grabbed the simple saber and suddenly looked at the wooden door beside him.
"Peng."
A dull impact sound rang out. The simple saber struck the wooden door, but it was like hitting a stone. Where was the power to break metal and iron that it had before?
"Damn it. What's going on?"
Ke Bei was stunned. He held the simple saber in his hand and stood there in a daze for a long time.
"Was I dreaming yesterday? No, that can't be right. The mission has clearly been completed."
Ke Bei was completely confused and couldn't figure out what had happened. Why had the divine weapon-like knife from yesterday revealed its true form today?
"Damn it. How could I forget about this?"
Ke Bei suddenly slapped his head and quickly leaped out of the dilapidated attic. He suddenly remembered that yesterday Luo Ling had killed nearly a thousand red-haired zombies, and there was also a purple-haired zombie. Those were all money.
"Thank goodness, they're all here."
Looking at the zombie corpses lying all over the ground, Ke Bei let out a heavy sigh of relief. Then an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face.
"Alright, let's get to work."
Touching his nose, Ke Bei rolled up his sleeves, opened up the bodies of the zombies one by one, and tried his best to dig out the crystal coins.
After three hours of hard work, Ke Bei, covered in sweat, finally dug out all the crystal coins.
"What a bountiful harvest."
Ke Bei held the heavy red crystal coins in his hands, and his face was filled with a smile.
"Nine hundred and seventy-eight red crystal coins, and there's also one purple crystal coin."
"Tsk tsk, the total value is close to two thousand crystal coins." Ke Bei rubbed his hands excitedly.
"That's enough. What else should I be afraid of for the great purge? Isn't it just a thousand crystal coins?"
Ke Bei didn't expect that the huge stone that had been weighing on his heart had shattered just like that. Now that he had enough crystal coins, he could exchange them for contribution points and continue to live in the base city.
"I wonder how many red-haired zombies I killed yesterday?"
Thinking of his mission, Ke Bei quickly immersed his mind into his head.
"You have killed eighty-four red-haired zombies."
Seeing the golden words flashing on the system panel, Ke Bei frowned slightly.
Half of the time had passed, and now he had only killed eighty-four zombies. That meant that in the remaining five days, he had to kill two hundred and sixteen, which was at least forty-three per day on average.
"Sigh. If only this broken knife could become sharp again..." Ke Bei made a bitter face and twirled the simple saber.
"What kind of secret does this knife hide? No, I have to study it carefully. Once I can figure out the reason, the speed of hunting zombies in the future will increase greatly."
Holding the heavy crystal coins, Ke Bei walked towards Lingfeng City.
Sharpening the axe will not delay the work of cutting wood. Ke Bei decided to study this simple saber carefully. The harvest of these two days had exceeded his expectations, and he was very satisfied. The only fly in the ointment was that he didn't understand what secrets were hidden in the simple saber.