Free Web NovelChapter 631: Chapter 631: Beautiful
The next day, early morning.
Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai walked toward the base building.
They planned to find the Base Commander, who had taken several Eighth Rank Crystal Cores last time, presumably to enhance his superpowers.
Since the Base Commander already knew about Bai Xiqin’s space, it would be better to let him enhance his superpowers inside the space.
This way, the breakthrough wouldn’t be too painful, and the chances of success would be higher.
However, when they went to the safe base building, they didn’t find the Base Commander.
They also went to the Base Commander’s former villa, but the basement door wouldn’t open.
The Base Commander had locked himself inside, choosing to absorb the Crystal Cores in the basement to prepare for a breakthrough.
"Forget it, let’s go! If he doesn’t succeed, we’ll bring him to the space later."
Leng Yebai didn’t choose to disturb the Base Commander, and left the villa holding Bai Xiqin’s fingers.
The Bai Family is planning a trip to Kunlun Mountain. Everyone is diligently enhancing their superpowers.
Bai Yifan, the First Rank novice, is also in the space, striving to absorb energy and break through the barrier to become a Second Rank Superpower User.
Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai have already broken through from Fourth Rank to Fifth Rank Superpower Users, and their control over superpower energy has reached a terrifying level.
Simply absorbing Crystal Cores in the space is not enough to stabilize their superpowers, so Leng Yebai rode a bicycle with Bai Xiqin towards the outside of the safe base.
Inside the space――
Bai Anhai broke through from Third Rank to Fourth Rank Superpower User, but chose not to go out for practical combat, giving some personal space to Leng Yebai and Bai Xiqin.
He didn’t want to go out for training alone.
So he practiced with Taowu in the space.
Calling it practice is an exaggeration, as Taowu lay sleeping while Bai Anhai attacked.
An Ancient Fierce Beast, indeed, was completely unscathed, even snoring...
Outside the space――
Leng Yebai was pedaling quickly; his physical fitness was immeasurably better than when he was at Fourth Rank.
His senses and stamina had greatly improved, allowing him to see several far-off, fierce-looking zombies from a distance.
From about fifty meters away, Leng Yebai could clearly see the rotting flesh on their faces.
Ordinarily, a regular person could only see faces about twenty meters away.
Ice needles, covered in frost, appeared out of nowhere in the hot sun and flew rapidly toward the distant, fierce-looking zombies.
While ordinary people couldn’t clearly see faces at that distance, several ice needles continued their trajectory without slowing down, piercing straight into the zombies’ temples.
The fierce-looking zombies hadn’t even had time to pounce on the flesh when they fell stiffly to the ground.
The decayed bodies hit the hard ground, with rotten flesh scattering, and the scorching weather intensified the putrid scent in the air.
Bai Xiqin instinctively furrowed her brow, smelling the stench from afar despite the distance.
However, she was still in a good mood.
Her control power and Ice Ability had greatly improved, so if she used steel needles, Bai Xiqin’s control range could reach about a hundred meters.
Unless facing a High Rank Gold Ability User, nobody could withstand the steel needles Bai Xiqin had at her waist.
Her fingers, white as green onions, slightly moved, causing several darkened, rotten heads to project Crystal Cores from their temple.
The Crystal Cores carried speckles of white brain matter and black blood, and even some bits of decay.
Her meticulous control power softly rubbed across the Crystal Core surface, causing the decay to fall away.
By the time the Crystal Core landed in Bai Xiqin’s hand, it was pristine, without a trace of dirt.
Her fair fingers held several Crystal Cores, refracting colorful lights under the sunlight.
"Isn’t it beautiful?"
Bai Xiqin leaned forward, making an effort to stretch her fingers, presenting a Crystal Core in front of Leng Yebai.
Her slender fingers stretched as high as possible to let Leng Yebai see the glint of refracted sunlight.
Leng Yebai glanced at her fair fingers, his gaze dimmed for a moment, then nodded lightly,
"Beautiful."
Bai Xiqin didn’t notice the slight hoarseness in Leng Yebai’s voice; she smiled, her long legs swinging slightly to one side of the bicycle, seeming quite pleased.
Encountered mostly ordinary zombies along the way, as it’s nearly impossible to find high-rank zombies around the safe base.
Ordinary zombies were barely a nuisance for Bai Xiqin. She casually collected several Crystal Cores to play with, not harvesting any more.
"Shall we go to that butcher’s courtyard?"
Bai Xiqin suddenly remembered the butcher vendor at the safe base, originally planning to catch big fish with a long line.
In the end, the fish stirred up some trouble at the safe base, yet this butcher vendor remained there safely.
Because of the list she had given the Base Commander, some superpower users absorbing human Crystal Cores were either expelled by the commander or assigned to dangerous tasks, failing to survive.
Only the butcher vendor remained, still intact at the safe base. He even lent a hand during the zombie siege and later picked up some Crystal Cores.
The meat was still being sold.
But there’s a new rumor circulating in the black market: the butcher vendor is selling human meat.
Even with this, quite a few people continue to buy meat from him, with customer flow unchanged.
That’s just the way things are; whether the butcher vendor sells or not, others will buy, others will sell.
The butcher vendor hasn’t been seen at the safe base lately; it’s best to visit him, hone the newly enhanced superpowers.
"Alright."
Leng Yebai naturally wouldn’t deny Bai Xiqin; as long as she asked, he’d comply.
Enhancing superpowers had obvious benefits, such as Leng Yebai pedaling faster.
In the middle of summer, Bai Xiqin could feel the gentle breeze brushing her ears.
"Is it hot?"
Bai Xiqin noticed Leng Yebai’s back was dampened from sweat.
The sun was high in the sky, around eight or nine in the morning, the temperature nearly reaching thirty degrees Celsius.
"It’s okay."
Leng Yebai didn’t feel particularly hot, mostly worried Xiao Niu might abandon this mode of transport.
Bai Xiqin straightened her posture on the back seat, her fingers danced between Leng Yebai and herself.
In less than a minute, a block of ice appeared above their heads, like a canopy over the bicycle.
It was frosted glass with numerous bubbles, designed by Bai Xiqin to resemble frosted glass material.
Sunlight shone on the glass without transferring much heat; Leng Yebai felt considerably cooler.
Bai Xiqin’s hand rested on the ice, periodically injecting Ice Ability to keep the "canopy" from melting into water.
Leng Yebai’s lips curled slightly, taking a deep breath, savoring the refreshing scent.
It was the scent of Xiao Niu.
Xiao Niu never liked perfumes or frequent makeup, yet Leng Yebai always sensed a faint fragrance from her.
This scent was quite unique, making him feel cheerful just by smelling it.
Bai Xiqin wasn’t in a hurry, as her family was in the space. Whenever she wished to return, she could enter the space while alone, without zombies, and dine with her family.
By the time Bai Xiqin reached that courtyard, distant from the safe base, it was already noon.
