Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Crystal Core

Since Su Xiangzhe had chopped from above downwards, the female zombie’s head was not severed but split in two; however, it successfully destroyed her brain.

When Su Jin saw the shining crystal core exposed inside the female zombie’s head, her eyes lit up. She stepped forward and used her knife to pry it out.

“Is this the crystal core?” Nie Qing looked at the white stone lying on the tip of Su Jin’s knife, smeared with blood and brain matter, and felt reluctant to touch it.

“Lin Xiuyuan, go wash it,” Su Jin nodded at Nie Qing, then tossed the crystal core to Lin Xiuyuan.

The named Lin Xiuyuan caught the small object flying mid-air almost reflexively…

“Holy crap, what is this disgusting thing?” Lin Xiuyuan looked at his hands soiled with unknown substances and ran crying to the faucet used for rinsing mops, bawling, “Su Jin, you witch.”

However, as he washed it, Lin Xiuyuan became captivated by the crystal core in his hands, mesmerized by its beauty. It looked even brighter than a diamond, shaped irregularly but almost transparent white and flawlessly clean.

Su Jin came over, displayed the crystal core to everyone, and everyone expressed disbelief that such a beautiful crystal core could exist inside such a repulsive zombie head.

“The crystal core is rich in energy and can replenish a Special Ability User’s energy, fostering the upgrading of special abilities. The crystal cores from Mutated Zombies can also be absorbed by Special Ability Users. However, if a user absorbs a crystal core of the same type as their ability, the effect can increase at least threefold,” the crystal core in Lin Xiuyuan’s hand was obviously from a newly mutated Speed Element zombie, so it only slightly glowed white.

Su Jin had Lin Xiuyuan pass the crystal core around for everyone to see, then threw it to Su Xiangzhe.

“Xiao Jin?” Su Xiangzhe asked, puzzled.

“Dad, you fought for this crystal core, so you should keep it. In the future, the same rule applies: whoever fights for the crystal core will manage it,” Su Jin had considered centralizing the storage of the crystal cores, but she recalled how internal strife due to unfair distribution of crystal cores had torn apart a team in her previous life, so she decided it was better to let everyone manage their own.

Although she believed there wouldn’t be such issues within her own family, she wanted to maintain fairness and enthusiasm for collecting crystal cores among everyone; after all, crystal cores would become the circulating currency in the future.

After Su Xiangzhe successfully killed a zombie, he felt his blood boiling, no longer fearing those hideous zombies. However, the next person to practice was Lu Guanhai, so he could only watch from the sidelines.

Su Jin looked at her eager father and almost wanted to laugh, so she asked him to guard the door for the next person who would lure the monsters in.

The zombies Su Xiangzhe had lured were not dispersed but continued to surround and bang on the iron gate, occasionally scratching it with their sharp nails, generating a grating noise.

Actually, when Su Xiangzhe went out to lure the zombies, some neighbors from the nearby buildings had already seen from their windows. They didn’t understand the actions of the Lin family; wasn’t the news telling everyone to stay safely at home? Yet they had come outside, one by one luring those ghastly monsters home? Were they insane?

Most onlookers derided the Lin family’s actions, thinking they were foolishly courting death; some simply pulled their curtains shut, unwilling to watch any further.

Although Su Jin was aware of this, she didn’t care. A Special Ability User’s senses were significantly sharper than those of an ordinary person. She smirked, knowing it wouldn’t take a week before these people understood who was right and who was wrong.