Chapter 33

For Lu Yin, the most important thing now was the star energy crystal, followed by the fugitive, who possessed the Tres Body Shaping Technique, allowing him to undergo a third body shaping and reach the Fusion Realm. However, it would be troublesome beyond the Fusion Realm.

Ordinary Body Shaping Techniques can only shape the body three times; only stronger Body Shaping Techniques can perform a fourth body shaping. Such techniques are impossible for even Wei Luo and Bai Lie to have; one can only seek a stronger being. The only hope on Earth is that fugitive.

Although the fugitive might be very strong, Lu Yin was unsure of the four students' capabilities. He decided to stir up the waters and attract all the students to compete, making it more chaotic and advantageous for the fugitive. Once his third star was operational, no one in the first batch of trial participants would be his match. Now, he needed to buy time.

In a secluded residence in the capital, Lu Yin closed the doors and windows, sprinkled fire crystals around, and then returned to the room. He opened his hand, and the dice slowly appeared.

The surface of the dice was dim, not yet recovered. Without the star energy crystal, it would take a long time to restore it to a usable state, and he didn't want to wait.

Rubbing his hands, Lu Yin stared at the dice with glowing eyes, crushing the hard-earned cubic star energy crystal. A surge of star energy flooded into the dice, making it glow brighter and finally recover, with the star faintly shining.

Lu Yin licked his lips, feeling a bit nervous. At this moment, his mood was like that of a gambler. "Come on, give me some luck, let's see what I can roll." Saying this, Lu Yin tapped the dice with his finger.

The dice spun rapidly, the faint star being extremely beautiful.

Lu Yin widened his eyes and stared. Finally, the dice stopped spinning, the five faces disappeared, and the remaining face showed a single dot.

"Another single dot," Lu Yin exclaimed in surprise. A single dot could randomly obtain an item from someone's spatial ring. The first time he rolled the dice, it was a single dot, and he obtained the Heavenly Star Technique and the Heavenly Star Palm, which helped him rise to prominence. This was the second time.

Lu Yin watched as the dice shot out a beam of light, piercing through the void, as if opening a passage. Then, something fell to the ground with a thud.

Lu Yin stared at the ground in shock, unable to believe it. This, this, this is a snack?

On the ground lay a beautifully packaged snack, with inscriptions in a language Lu Yin couldn't understand, likely GG language.

Lu Yin picked up the snack package in a daze, feeling an urge to vomit blood.

He had spent a cubic star energy crystal to get this thing, a snack. Even a broken dagger would have been better!

The surface of the dice dimmed and then disappeared.

Everything in the room returned to normal, leaving Lu Yin speechless, holding a snack package, his heart bleeding. It was too much of a rip-off.

Over the next ten days, Lu Yin stayed in the capital, which had become much quieter. The zombie tide outside the city had decreased significantly after colliding with the beast tide, and more and more Evolvers dared to venture out.

The capital remained calm, but Europe was in chaos.

Ten days ago, Lu Yin had Granee release the news that the fugitive was in the Mediterranean. Initially, no one believed it, but as the traces of Eder and others were exposed, many students believed it and rushed to the Mediterranean.

A few days ago, a major battle erupted in the Mediterranean, with the sea surface evaporating. It was rumored that the fugitive possessed Fusion Realm strength, killing several students and escaping, with Eder and others injured.

The strongest teams in the academy were not just Eder and his group. China had three teams, Northern Russia had two, Europe had two, and there were also teams from Africa and other regions, making the number of top students considerable, causing a stir throughout Europe.

Lu Yin was quite satisfied with the news Granee reported. As long as the fugitive wasn't caught, it was fine. His simulation of the star's operation was going smoothly, and the third star was faintly visible, likely to succeed within half a month. Then, it would be his time to act.

Outside the capital, countless zombies wandered along the roads, occasionally emerging from shops, biting something unknown.

With numerous gunshots, a convoy of vehicles approached, speeding over the zombies, leaving a trail of blood and a pungent odor.

Suddenly, a loud explosion occurred, and a fierce wind rose from nowhere, overturning the convoy. All the Evolvers on the vehicles escaped, looking bewildered at the strange wind.

"What's going on?" A tall man, dusting off his clothes and holding a cigarette, shouted.

"Captain, an unknown wind overturned the vehicles," someone reported.

The man frowned and looked into the distance. Everything was calm; where did the wind come from?

At that moment, a distant shop was cut off by an invisible attack. The next second, all the Evolvers stood frozen, their upper bodies cleanly severed, all of them wiped out by the invisible attack.

The death of these Evolvers was not unusual, but over the next few days, more Evolvers were wiped out by invisible attacks, drawing the attention of the Chinese camp.

When a D-rank expert from the Chinese camp was killed, Zhang Dingtian left the capital. The killed D-rank expert was the second strongest in the capital, after the T-rank experts. No one in the Chinese camp dared to act without him.

Zombies roared and charged at Zhang Dingtian from both sides of the road, and strange mutated beasts wriggled from the ground.

Zhang Dingtian remained calm, casually waving his hand, and an energy gust killed all the zombies.

Sensing Zhang Dingtian's power, the zombies on both sides fell silent. Zhang Dingtian walked for a long time without encountering any attacks. He thought for a moment and put on the personal terminal given to him by Bai Xue. This personal terminal came from Paris, and Zhang Dingtian had initially dismissed it, but now it was the most suitable tool.

Tapping the personal terminal, it soon emitted beeping sounds. Zhang Dingtian's gaze focused on the northeast, and he raised his blade, slashing out. A massive slash cut through the earth, sweeping across the area. A figure fled in a panic, its left arm injured by the slash, growling.

Zhang Dingtian charged forward, slashing with the back of his blade. The figure turned, revealing a grotesque and terrifying face—it was a zombie.

With a thud, the zombie was pinned to the ground, its crimson eyes emitting a cruel light. It swung its hands, and an invisible wind turned into blades, slashing at Zhang Dingtian. Zhang Dingtian casually slapped the wind blades away, flipped his blade, and casually slashed, severing the zombie's head, which was shattered by the aftermath.

Zhang Dingtian frowned, looking at the zombie with a strange expression. In his understanding, zombies were merely failed products of human evolution and should not possess great power. But this zombie not only had D-rank strength but could also wield wind, which was strange.

Zhang Dingtian quickly returned to the capital and found President Lian, reporting the situation of the zombie. President Lian was shocked. "What did you say? The zombie had D-rank strength and could wield wind? Impossible, they are merely failed products of human gene mutation."

Zhang Dingtian said solemnly, "That's the fact."

President Lian pondered, his gaze heavy. Currently, the number of zombies on Earth far exceeded the number of survivors. If zombies could evolve, it would be troublesome. Humans would not only face powerful mutated beasts but also zombies.

More importantly, wielding wind was not something evolution could produce. Currently, they knew of only two people who could wield supernatural powers, and even Zhang Dingtian did not have such powers. How could a zombie have such power?

"One can appear, and a second can appear. Lu Yin is from Jinling, right? Ask him if he has encountered such zombies," President Lian said.

Zhang Dingtian immediately ordered someone to summon Lu Yin and Bai Xue.

When Lu Yin heard about Zhang Dingtian's encounter with the zombie king, his eyes changed.

"Do you know about this?" Zhang Dingtian asked, staring at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin nodded and described the situation with the long-haired zombie king. He had initially guessed that the capital should know about this, but he didn't expect them to encounter it only now.

Bai Xue was incredulous. "Eating natural energy crystals can produce supernatural powers? How is that possible? Humans can't even do it."

Lu Yin said solemnly, "That's what I saw; there's no need to lie to you."

President Lian's expression was serious as he looked at the three of them. "We have always believed that zombies are the failed products of human evolution. Most zombies are indeed like that, only wandering with weak combat abilities, posing a threat only to ordinary people. But if we think about it, if zombies are not failures but another path of evolution, wouldn't that make sense?"

Zhang Dingtian's gaze changed. "Humans can absorb energy crystals from mutated beasts to become stronger, and zombies can do the same, even absorbing supernatural energy crystals to gain even greater power."

President Lian said solemnly, "No one has ever seen a zombie eat an energy crystal. A mutated beast can easily tear apart many zombies, and even if severely injured, it can easily escape. So, zombies cannot obtain energy crystals, and no one would be willing to give their hard-earned energy crystals to zombies. This possibility has been ruled out from the beginning. However, we cannot deny that some extremely lucky zombies might obtain energy crystals. If this is true, the Earth will undergo a significant change."