Jiang Lixin followed Jiao Lizhi's instructions without hesitation. The moment she pulled the energy from her body, she felt a burning pain in her veins. She gritted her teeth and endured it.
As her energy entered Chen Zhiyi's body, she sensed the raging cold energy surrounding her calmer energy. Wrapping her power around it, she carefully guided it through his meridians and veins.
Though it seemed simple, the act consumed a vast amount of energy and carried a high risk of death from the backlashes.
Jiao Lizhi saw Jiang Lixin's face turn pale as paper, and her clothes were soaked in sweat, which froze in less than a few seconds.
Acting quickly, she took out a handful of transparent crystal cores from her space and stuffed them into Jiang Lixin's hand. The moment the crystal cores touched her hands, the energy seeped into her body, replenishing her insufficient energy.
In under twenty minutes, the energy within the crystal cores was fully absorbed, leaving behind only dust. Soon after, the wounds on Chen Zhiyi's body healed completely, and the chaotic energy inside him finally calmed.
Jiang Lixin opened her eyes and saw that her husband was no longer in danger. Relief washed over her, and she let out a long sigh. Then, without warning, her eyes rolled back and collapsed.
Jiao Lizhi caught her just in time and moved her to a safer spot to rest. Jiang Lixin had nearly drained all her energy and fainted from exhaustion.
After thinking for a moment, Jiao Lizhi slipped another handful of crystal cores into her hand. Seeing her body begin to absorb the energy unconsciously, she fed her some pond water before turning to check on Chen Zhiyi.
Meanwhile, Jin Xuyan had already finished inspecting Lin'an University. Aside from the zombies trapped inside the buildings, there was no sign of a high-level zombie.
He tried to recall memories from his past life and was certain that the high-level zombie in this area had been a fire-type. But apart from that female zombie with high regeneration, the others were only level-one or level-two.
Considering the possibility that the fire-type zombie had not yet emerged in the current timeline, he decided not to dwell on it further.
As long as they eliminated most of the zombies in the area, even if the fire-type zombie appeared later, it wouldn't have enough crystal cores to consume. Without the crystal cores, it would be impossible for it to evolve to level-six or higher.
Having made up his mind, he turned and left the university. This time, he didn't head back directly but began clearing zombies from the rear.
Concerned about absorbing too much energy, he used his longsword to chop off the zombies' heads. The black flame engulfed their heads and disappeared moments later, leaving a pile of ashes.
The energy accumulated from burning the rotten heads would be enough to offset the energy he used. With his level on the verge of breaking through, he killed the zombies effortlessly. Even level-two zombies couldn't lay a scratch on him.
With Jin Xuyan and his team clearing the area swiftly, the last zombie was eliminated before sunset. From the top of the wall, Zhang Yuan watched his captain burning the zombies' corpses below.
Raising his head, Jin Xuyan called out, "Jinzhe, Old Qin, Xiao Qi—go check if there are any wandering zombies that we missed and clean up the rest of the corpses."
Following his orders, the three of them leapt from the metal wall and got to work.
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