Chapter 12

Yasta's personal terminal has a wide detection range, but Lu Yin doesn't know how wide; covering a radius of ten miles should still be possible.

Lu Yin followed the combat indicator's direction, gradually moving away from the toll station.

As the long-haired zombie left, the originally stimulated zombie tide gradually calmed down, once again returning to a state of aimless wandering. This made Xu San and others sigh in relief.

The smelly ditch meandered into the distance, and green eyes occasionally appeared in the dark grass, then disappeared again.

Lu Yin walked through the grass, frequently looking at his personal terminal, which showed the location right here.

If this long-haired zombie isn't dealt with, the future army of Jinling passing through this road will be very dangerous. A zombie king with intelligence could even bring disaster to Jinling.

Crunch, crunch, crunch...

The sound of chewing echoed in Lu Yin's ears. Following the source of the sound, Lu Yin looked down into the ditch, where a dark red glow flickered. The sky was overcast, and moonlight shone down, revealing a red glow, accompanied by two blood-red eyes.

Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. A flame crystal? Is this zombie king eating a flame crystal?

Roar

A roar, and the long-haired zombie king leaped high, clawing at Lu Yin. Its arm was dark red, emitting a scorching heat.

Lu Yin dodged in surprise, and the grass was torn apart by the zombie king's attack, producing a burnt smell.

In the next moment, several flame crystals fell from the zombie king's body, landing in the grass. Instantly, flames burned, illuminating the area.

Lu Yin used the evasive step to circle around to the back of the zombie king, pulled out the iron rod still embedded in the zombie king's back, and fiercely stabbed it into the back of the zombie king's head.

The zombie king stood still, then trembled and slowly fell, dark red fluid gushing out from its body, and flames consumed it from the inside out.

Lu Yin really didn't expect the zombie king to be able to gain abilities by consuming various energy crystals. Humans have a one in ten thousand chance of obtaining abilities, while the zombie king can gain them by eating. Who is the higher product of evolution? Lu Yin was a bit confused.

The zombie king was quickly burned to ashes, and the surrounding flames gradually extinguished.

Lu Yin walked to where the zombie king had been eating the flame crystal, and there was a hole. Lu Yin turned on his flashlight, and the area was illuminated with a dark red glow. "Is this? A flame crystal mine?" Lu Yin was shocked, then excited.

Energy crystals are in high demand in the universe, whether pure star energy crystals or natural energy crystals like fire and water, they are all valuable. He didn't expect to find a flame crystal mine here. Although he doesn't know how much there is, it's definitely a treasure.

Lu Yin was quite excited, not expecting to gain such a reward from hunting the zombie king.

Thinking about it, Lu Yin took some and then covered the entrance again, making sure no one would discover it. This place, like Xu San, is a treasure, and it's capital for Lu Yin's future.

Just as Lu Yin was about to leave, a dark red glow appeared under his feet. He bent down, moved the soil, and saw a blood-red vertical eye, not a real eye, but a blood-red vertical eye made of a strange material.

Lu Yin picked up the vertical eye, feeling a chill down his back. Turning it over, the back was a grinning skull head, staring straight at him.

Seeing the skull head, Lu Yin's scalp tingled, and he instinctively wanted to throw it away, but he didn't. Instead, he put it directly into the Condensation Space Ring.

After putting it away, Lu Yin came to his senses, his eyes full of disbelief. What is this? Why is it here? Clearly a man-made product, someone has been here? An item that can make him feel a chill now, Lu Yin felt he had picked up something significant.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yin quickly left.

Back at the toll station, he found that the zombie tide had retreated a lot, with many still leaving.

An hour later, the zombie tide had completely retreated.

Outside the toll station, the ground was piled with corpses, emitting a foul odor, attracting many mutated rats to gnaw, making it quite disgusting.

"Brother Lu, where did you go?" Luo Yun saw Lu Yin and immediately scolded.

Lu Yin said calmly, "I found an intelligent zombie king; the zombie tide was caused by him."

"What? Really?" Luo Yun was surprised.

Lu Yin told Luo Yun, "Report to Xing Sheng immediately. The appearance of this zombie king means that zombies are no longer just about numbers; they can also produce strong individuals. At least fifty soldiers died under that zombie king tonight."

Luo Yun knew the situation was serious and immediately reported it.

"Boss, how are you?" Xu San asked. He wasn't really concerned about Lu Yin; without Lu Yin, he had no status in the Xing Camp.

Lu Yin said indifferently, "Take care of the remaining matters; I'm going to rest."

"Understood, boss," Xu San responded.

The zombie tide brought nearly a hundred casualties. It seemed cruel, but everyone was already numb. No one knew how many people had died since the apocalypse, and soldiers had become accustomed to the constant change of comrades.

Lying on the roof of the toll station, Lu Yin couldn't help but touch the Condensation Space Ring. The skull vertical eye inside made him uneasy. The material and the feeling were definitely not from Earth. Were they brought down by those students? What kind of students would bring such things?

Luo Yun leaped onto the roof, her charming face looking very tired. She sat next to Lu Yin, "Xing Sheng wants us to contact the front line as soon as possible, preferably connecting to the capital's line to report this matter."

Lu Yin laughed, "The capital? Perhaps they already know."

"Why do you say that?" Luo Yun asked in surprise.

Lu Yin shook his head, "I don't know, just a guess. If a zombie king can appear in Jinling, it can appear elsewhere."

Luo Yun hugged her knees, staring blankly into the distance. The dark night sky was bottomless. Looking up, only the moon illuminated the sky, but it was quickly covered by clouds.

"When do you think Earth will return to peace?" Luo Yun murmured.

Lu Yin didn't answer. The night made people feel lonely. Luo Yun at night was very different from Luo Yun during the day, but what difference did it make? The apocalypse wouldn't end because someone felt lonely and afraid. The planet's evolution would take a long time, and the trials had just begun. Only he knew this, perhaps the Seven Saints did too. Those students were the ones who would decide Earth's fate in the future.

Yasta and Aodun were just ordinary students from a common college in the Da Yu Empire, perhaps elite, but not elite compared to the top schools. The elites from top schools had formidable combat skills, far surpassing these people. The so-called trials, they were the main characters.

Thinking about this, Lu Yin touched the Condensation Space Ring and looked at Luo Yun, "Go rest; I'll take the night shift."

Luo Yun nodded and smiled at Lu Yin, "If you had comforted me just now, perhaps something could have happened."

Lu Yin smiled indifferently; this woman wasn't his type.

Luo Yun left the roof, and the soldiers around were numbly cleaning up. Xu San was shouting from a distance.

Lu Yin took out Yasta's personal terminal and turned it on.

Although he had removed the positioning device from Yasta's personal terminal, he was still uneasy and had never dared to enter the cosmic network. Now that he had left Jinling, he could take a look.

A personal terminal is a person's identity proof, containing all their information, as well as information about their family and friends.

Lu Yin turned on the personal terminal and connected to the network, but saw the message "Network connection failed."

Although he had guessed, Lu Yin was still a bit disappointed.

These students participating in the planetary evolution trial had all been registered. Upon death, their personal terminals would be disconnected from the network, indicating that Yasta's death had already been discovered.

Lu Yin sighed, looking up at the starry sky. He wasn't worried about his killing of Yasta being exposed. The planetary evolution trial was very important, supervised by the Da Yu Empire's Youth Council, and no one was allowed to interfere. To the Da Yu Empire, although Earth was a primitive planet that hadn't reached space, it was still part of the Da Yu Empire. This trial was not only for the students but also for the people of Earth.

This was a fair trial. Lu Yin's killing of Yasta was not surprising to the Da Yu Empire's Youth Council; on the contrary, it might even be praised. This was one of the reasons why Lu Yin killed Yasta without hesitation; he wanted to catch the eye of certain people.

Any student entering Earth could only communicate with each other and could not contact the outside world. They could only observe, not speak. This was the trial, a bloody trial, where death was common.

Lu Yin looked at the personal terminal screen, but there was no useful information. Finally, he found a few notifications Yasta had saved in the corner.

"Student Yasta, if you fail to complete the task within three months, the council will introduce a second batch of trial students. Please try your best."

"The Cosmic Youth Council has ruled to dissolve the Da Yu Empire's Youth Council, with the reorganization time to be determined."

"The Cosmic Youth Council has ruled that the Starry Sky Tenth Academy will enter the outer universe's Canglan territory. Wishing you all good fortune."

Three notifications were saved, two of which involved the Cosmic Youth Council.

Lu Yin looked at the screen in surprise. He didn't expect the Da Yu Empire's Youth Council to be dissolved, nor did he expect the Starry Sky Tenth Academy to appear in the Canglan territory.