The new era of mankind with destiny in hand at the end of the world

"Kacha... Kacha..." Zhang Ren looked happy as the metal shield in his hand, which was on the verge of collapse, cracked and shattered.

He knew that the explosion just now was caused by An Ning. She actually killed three mutant ivy plants by herself.

Without the thick vines flying everywhere, Zhang Ren directly grabbed Battalion Commander Zhou on the ground, said "I'm sorry!", and then clamped him to his arm, just like clamping a large human-shaped handbag. , strode towards the government building.

Successively, he was thrown by An Ning, thrown by An Zai, and pinched by Zhang Ren. Although the time was short, Battalion Commander Zhou had become accustomed to and accepted that he was a package.

No matter how they treated him at this time, they only maintained silence.

This is because Battalion Commander Zhou knew that if they hadn't been here, he would have already merged with the broken limbs of the three mutant ivy trees.

Although the process and method of being rescued made him feel a little uncomfortable, he could still bear it.

Even if he doesn't want to endure it, he can't. Not only is he out of strength now, he really can't move.

It may be because the ivy has mutated and produced some neurotoxins in the vines.

Now, Battalion Commander Zhou felt weak all over, and there was a tingling feeling in the small wounds where he was accidentally scratched and cut by barbs.

There were no zombies or vines. As they walked along smoothly, Zhang Ren quickly found himself standing in the corridor on the fourth floor. Through a small window, he looked outside at the smoke and dust that were like mushroom clouds that gradually expanded as they rose.

After looking up and down at the standing person, Zhang Ren asked with concern: "An Ning, are you not injured?" One person killed three mutant ivy plants that looked like giant octopuses. Zhang Ren was still a little worried. .

Seeing that the explosion stopped completely and the smoke became smaller and lighter, An Ning said to Zhang Ren: "I'm fine, let's go downstairs and take a look.".

Through those huge explosions, Zhang Ren already knew that An Ning used thermal weapons and bombs to deal with the mutant ivy, and there were definitely a lot of them, otherwise the explosion power would not be so powerful.

Zhang Ren was not surprised at all by An Ning's use of thermal weapons.

When he went to the T to rescue Tian Qing, Zhang Ren had already seen the guns, ammunition, knives, guns and sticks that An Ning put in the trunk of the car.

But even though it wasn't unexpected, I was still sweating a little for An Ning.

Unexpectedly, An Ning carried so many explosives in his backpack.

Bombs are no different from other thermal weapons. Things like explosives should generally be placed with caution.

If it encounters open flame or static electricity, it is likely to explode.

However, when encountering the mutant ivy this time, I have to say that although An Ning's approach was somewhat unsafe, it actually saved their lives.

"Yeah." Zhang Ren nodded and followed An Ning to the location of the mutant ivy's rhizome behind the city hall building.

After being bombarded by the large box of bombs dropped by An Ning, the three mutant ivy plants were completely dead.

Even the roots growing deep underground had been blown out of the soil and broken into pieces.

After careful observation, An Ning found the three largest rhizomes.

Split it open with a knife, and there will be a crystal core lying inside.

Zhang Ren said: "It seems that as long as it is mutated, whether it is zombies, animals, or plants, it will produce crystal nuclei. But how come these three crystal nuclei are colored?"

The crystal nuclei dug out from the rhizomes of the mutant ivy are not the transparent, milky white crystal nuclei dug out from the heads of zombies and mutant cats before, but the crystal nuclei with the emerald green color that is unique to plants.

Holding the green crystal nuclei in his hands, An Ning felt it and found that these green crystal nuclei, unlike ordinary crystal nuclei, actually contained a wood energy.

An Ning said: "The color should represent the attribute of the energy contained in the crystal nucleus.".

After pondering for a moment, An Ning continued: "Like the transparent or milky white crystal nuclei dug out from the heads of zombies and mutated animals, they should be crystal nuclei without attributes. Every superpower can absorb and use them. There is no abnormality." Limitations of performance attributes.”

"And like this kind of crystal core with color, the energy inside has individual attributes, which can only be used by the corresponding superpower with the corresponding attribute power."

"Just like this green crystal core, it belongs to the wood type crystal core. Only those with wood type powers can absorb it."

"If a superpower user with other types of superpowers forcibly absorbs crystal nuclei with different attributes, it will cause strong repulsion. Not only will they not be able to improve their superpowers, but they may damage their superpower talents and even directly explode them. And die."

An Ning paused for a moment and continued: "Then I guess there should be other crystal nuclei with different attributes. The ones that may contain metal attribute energy are golden crystal nuclei. The water type is blue, the fire type is red, The earth type is yellow... But except for this wood type crystal core, the others are just my temporary guesses. Only when I encounter them can I verify whether they are correct."

Zhang Ren nodded: "Yeah." However, although An Ning said he was not sure, Zhang Ren felt that it should be that way.

He took the small flower on Zhang Ren's shoulder, gave it all the wood crystal cores in his hand, and said An Ning: "I'll avenge you.".

Although she was seriously injured, after Xiaohua took over the three crystal nuclei from An Ning, she did not forget to shake the leaves in An Ning's hand to show that she was very happy.

Seeing that the little flower was still acting coquettishly, An Ning felt relieved knowing that it probably wouldn't die.

Battalion Commander Zhou, who had been quietly acting as a wooden figure for a long time, heard An Ning and the others mention the crystal core, and couldn't help but murmured softly: "Crystal core? Absorption?".

Hearing what An Ning said without hesitation in front of a stranger who had only met him once, Battalion Commander Zhou's heart trembled.

He had unintentionally obtained a piece of information that was comparable to a military secret, or even more important, a piece of information that was extremely important to them and all human beings.

There are actually crystal nuclei containing special energy in the heads of zombies and mutant animals, and in the roots of mutant plants.

Moreover, human superpowers can also absorb the energy in those crystal nuclei for their own use.

Both An Ning and Zhang Ren noticed Battalion Commander Zhou's surprised reaction.

But they didn't care. They didn't want to hide the existence of the crystal core.

Moreover, An Ning and the others had already told the other survivors about the role of the crystal nucleus.