Qin Shi Lei then took out the head of the mutated zombie.
Inside, besides a blue crystal core, there was a milky white stone.
An ability bead!
Through the game's description, Qin Shi Lei finally understood that this was a unique product of mutated evolved creatures.
Whether it was a zombie or a mutated animal, as long as it mutated and evolved to the Black Iron realm, an ability bead would appear in its body.
If a human consumed an ability bead, they would have a chance to acquire that type of ability. If the human already possessed that ability, consuming it would strengthen their existing ability.
Qin Shi Lei took out the crippled eagle from his ring. As expected, he found a soybean-sized ability bead in its head, and a blue crystal core in its chest and abdomen.
"This one is for you," Qin Shi Lei handed the eagle's ability bead to Zhang Xiao Li.
"I don't want it, it's too precious," Zhang Xiao Li shook her head and refused.
"You also played a part in killing the eagle, and one of the eagles even became my pet. In fact, I benefited more. Take it quickly."
Qin Shi Lei directly took the ability bead and stuffed it into her hand.
After the distribution, Qin Shi Lei took out a bottle of mineral water and washed the ability bead in his hand repeatedly.
"I hope I don't turn into a zombie too."
Qin Shi Lei hesitated for a moment and threw the ability bead into his mouth.
The milky white ability bead instantly melted and flowed down his throat into his stomach. A cold current rushed from his stomach to his mind.
Then it split into two. One part enhanced his mental power, and the other part flowed into his eyes, strengthening the power of his Phantom Silver Eyes.
Unfortunately, Qin Shi Lei did not manage to learn the mutated zombie's mental shock skill.
After Zhang Xiao Li consumed the ability bead, she activated an ability.
Swift Power: Can temporarily enhance movement speed and attack speed.
After finishing these tasks, Qin Shi Lei directly took out two tents, set them up, and prepared to rest.
Although their injuries had mostly healed, both of them were physically and mentally exhausted, and couldn't even muster the energy to dig out the crystal cores from the zombies outside.
Before sleeping, he did not forget to place the generator in the next room and start it, and then charge the drone's battery.
The next day.
The sun was high in the sky when the two of them crawled out of their tents.
They heated the eagle soup from their spatial rings and drank two large bowls with bread.
Then they came out to the corridor and began the pleasant task of digging out crystal cores.
A total of 132 crystal cores were harvested.
This time, Zhang Xiao Li insisted on not accepting the crystal cores that Qin Shi Lei offered.
Qin Shi Lei had no choice but to absorb them all himself.
Experience: 188/300
One step closer to Plastic Eight Stars.
A new day, and he once again refreshed the purple Thunder Seal.
All the attributes were white and blue, so he ignored them.
Qin Shi Lei planned to refresh the Thunder Seal once every day. If there were no suitable attributes, he would definitely not fix them.
Anyway, he hadn't reached the Black Iron realm yet, and he wouldn't be using the Thunder Seal for the time being.
Qin Shi Lei intended to use the remaining refresh counts later.
"Today we plan to leave the school and search for supplies in the supermarkets outside. We also need to find a paper map."
Qin Shi Lei suggested.
Upon hearing that Qin Shi Lei wanted to find a map, Zhang Xiao Li's eyes lit up. "You decide, I'll listen to you."
Under Zhang Xiao Li's guidance, the two of them arrived at the rooftop of the main teaching building at the front of the school.
They looked into the distance.
About a hundred meters away was the school gate, with a road in front of it.
Opposite the road was a commercial street, and to the left of the commercial street was an urban village.
"The supermarket is to the right of the commercial street. There is also a bookstore inside, where we should be able to find a map."
Zhang Xiao Li pointed to a separate five-story building to the right of the commercial street.
"We can climb over the wall from the right side of the school, then cross the road, and head straight for the supermarket."
This way, they could avoid the main road of the school and the numerous zombies on the commercial street.
After speaking, Zhang Xiao Li activated the drone and flew along the path she had described towards the supermarket.
From the screen, they could see that this path also passed through a food street, which also had quite a few zombies.
The drone flew all the way to the sky above the supermarket. The zombies below looked up in unison.
There were dozens of zombies densely packed below.
The number of zombies inside the supermarket was likely not small either.
No matter which route they took to the supermarket, they would encounter a considerable number of zombies.
Both of them were injured now, so it was best not to engage in combat if possible.
Qin Shi Lei looked around.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
He saw a construction site on the west side of the school, with several large excavators parked inside.
Qin Shi Lei smiled and said, "Today, we'll play the role of excavator drivers."
The two of them went downstairs, and after chopping down a few zombies that followed them, they successfully reached the construction site.
"Brother Qin, do you know how to drive an excavator?" Zhang Xiao Li suddenly thought of this question.
"My brother-in-law is in an excavator engineering team. I tried driving a few times during the holidays," Qin Shi Lei was grateful that his brother-in-law had taught him this skill.
After killing more than a dozen zombies in the construction site, the two of them found the excavator key.
Using his ring, Qin Shi Lei stored the excavator first, then walked along the wall towards the supermarket.
They crossed the road and arrived at the entrance of the food street.
The surrounding zombies immediately swarmed them.
Qin Shi Lei waved his hand and summoned the excavator.
He got into the vehicle, turned the ignition.
With a rumbling sound, zombies from further away were also attracted.
He shifted into gear and pressed the accelerator.
The zombies in front were easily knocked down, and the excavator crushed them, leaving behind a pile of mangled corpses.
Whether it was three or four zombies, or ten or eight zombies, they were completely unable to stop the excavator's progress.
From the buildings on both sides of the food street, survivors heard the noise and came to their windows to look down.
They started discussing in the chat channel.
"This is too fierce, driving an excavator to escape."
"The sound of the excavator is too loud, it will attract all the zombies. Showing off will always come at the cost of your life."
"Two days ago, someone was driving an off-road vehicle and escaped, but was blocked by zombies within two hundred meters."
"This is an excavator, do you know what an excavator is? Its tires are taller than you, and zombies can't block it."
"How did I not think of driving an excavator to kill zombies?"
"Do you have an excavator, do you know how to drive it, and aren't you afraid of encountering those mutated zombies?"
"Don't think about those unrealistic things. While the excavator is luring the zombies away, let's hurry and find some food, or find another place to hide."
The excavator rumbled from one end of the food street to the other.
Then it turned around and drove back.
"The excavator is back. He's not running away, he's slaughtering zombies."
"There's also a beautiful woman wearing glasses on the excavator. It turns out that driving an excavator with a beauty can be so cool."
"Watching the excavator smash those zombies one by one is so satisfying. Even though some of them were my drinking buddies."
Qin Shi Lei used the excavator to knock down and crush most of the zombies on the food street.
The remaining scattered zombies didn't necessarily require the excavator.
He stopped the vehicle, jumped down, and the two of them swung their weapons more than ten times to finish off those who were not yet dead.
Then came the joyful harvest.
A total of 319 crystal cores were harvested.