Chapter 178: Fruits

“As I said, the horde currently has one hundred and fifty thousand zombies, but that number will likely increase before it reaches our base.” He started, and Qin Wu listened with a solemn expression.

“There are five level four zombies.”

“The leader is a peak-stage spiritual ability zombie. Fortunately, its ability can only control the zombies but can’t attack.” He said, and Qin Wu nodded before speaking.

“Thank heavens for small mercies.” She said.

“Excluding the leader, there is a late-stage fire-element zombie, a mid-stage wind-element zombie, a mid-stage ordinary zombie, and an early-stage ordinary zombie.”

Qin Wu frowned when she heard this

She and Mo Chenxuan could deal with the level four zombies.

However, they couldn’t be in five places at once.

If the level four zombies split up and attacked at the same time, countless people would die before they could deal with all the enemies.

’This is not good.’ She thought.

“What about flying zombies?” She asked, and Mo Chenxuan sighed before answering.

“Although the level four wind zombie is not a flying zombie, I expect it can use its ability to fly. As for the others, I saw quite a few flying zombies, including four level three.”

“How many level three are there?”

Mo Chenxuan didn’t immediately answer this question.

Instead, he hesitated for five seconds before looking at Qin Wu with a solemn expression.

“At least four hundred.”

“Four hundred?” Qin Wu exclaimed in a shocked voice.

This number was unexpected, and she couldn’t help but wonder what had gone wrong.

After all, the first zombie horde in their previous life hadn’t been so overwhelming.

“Something is wrong.” She said, and Mo Chenxuan nodded.

Unfortunately, neither knew what had changed and could only do their best to adapt to the changes.

“Let’s rush back to the base. We need to prepare.” Mo Chenxuan said.

“Chenxuan…” Qin Wu called with a conflicted expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“The fruits…” She started.

After discovering the mutated fruits in their merged space, Qin Wu and Mo Chenxuan used the resources in the study to research them.

The space had three types of mutated fruits: clear jade pears, yellow marrow loquats, and purple sky fruits.

Clear jade pears looked like ordinary pears, but their skin was transparent, and their pulp was soft.

However, their appearance was insignificant compared to their use.

According to the encyclopedias, eating a clear jade pear could allow an ability user to break through one major realm.

Unfortunately, this effect could only be realised once and eating subsequent fruits could only help advance a small stage.

Additionally, clear jade pears ripened every ten years and a tree produced only nine pears.

From the appearance of their space’s clear jade pear trees, the fruits wouldn’t ripen for another year, so Qin Wu and Mo Chenxuan couldn’t rely on them for the current siege.

On the other hand, yellow marrow loquats could cleanse the marrow and improve physical strength.

However, the degree of improvement was not standard and depended on a person’s natural foundation and efforts.

Finally, there was the purple sky fruit.

The purple sky fruit was unlike the clear jade pear and the yellow marrow loquats in that it didn’t resemble any pre-apocalypse fruit.

From what the two had seen, the tree only bore nine fruits.

The fruits were fist-sized and had purple translucent skin, but the insides were different.

At a glance, three fruits had golden suns floating within, three had silver moons, and three had blue stars.

From reading the encyclopedias, Qin Wu and Mo Chenxuan knew that eating the fruits could mutate an ability.

The sun fruit could mutate yang-type abilities, the moon fruit could mutate yin-type abilities, and the star fruit could mutate other abilities.

However, like the clear jade pear tree, the purple sky fruit tree had a long growth period, and the current trees wouldn’t ripen until three years later.

“The yellow marrow loquats are ripe and can be distributed to the base.” Mo Chenxuan said in a matter-of-fact voice.

The space had three clear jade pear trees, one purple sky fruit tree, and one hundred yellow marrow loquat trees.

At a glance, each loquat tree was laden with at least ten thousand ripe fruits. With these fruits, Mo Chenxuan felt they could significantly enhance the base’s overall strength.

However, he wasn’t a saint and didn’t plan to donate the fruits.

“We can reserve five hundred thousand fruits for our territory and trade the rest to the base and other territories.” He said, and Qin Wu nodded.

“One hundred fruits can give an ordinary person the physical strength of a level one ability user. With time, we can transform ordinary survivors into powerful fighters.” She said, and Mo Chenxuan agreed but sighed.

“Unfortunately, the loquats only enhance physical strength but don’t increase lifespan or bestow abilities.” He said.

“True, but they are better than nothing.” Qin Wu said.

After deciding, the two rushed to the base and arrived in less than two days.

Although they were tired, Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu didn’t immediately go to rest.

Instead, they contacted Xuanyuan Qi and asked him to hold an emergency leaders’ meeting. After all, the zombie horde wasn’t a matter of an individual territory but a concern for the entire base.

Thirty minutes later, the base leadership, including the territory lords, gathered in the usual throne room.

“Lord Mo, what’s the reason for the emergency meeting?” Xuanyuan Qi asked, and Mo Chenxuan didn’t hesitate to reveal everything he knew about the zombie horde.

After listening to Mo Chenxuan’s report, the other leaders were horrified and couldn’t help but be frightened.

“One hundred and fifty thousand zombies, five level four, and at least four hundred level three…” Chu Jianfeng muttered with a solemn expression.

“Are they all heading towards us?” Someone asked in a disbelieving voice.

After all, the horde was too powerful, and no one wanted to believe that they were about to be besieged by such an overwhelming enemy.

“We can’t handle this.” Wei Canghao stated, and several people nodded in agreement.

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