Chapter 263: Chapter 264: Mutant Fruit!

In the morning, the gentle sunlight spilled over the camp from the eastern horizon.

Lu Chuan leaned against the car window, holding a map, carefully looking at the area near Jianghai City.

Beside him, Zhao Lin and Ji Ruxue sat at the dining table, chatting and laughing while eating meat porridge.

This is easy to make—a handful of rice, and just cut some meat and throw it in. It’s very convenient to make in the wild.

Lu Chuan was now using the map to determine where their convoy should head next.

The convoy couldn’t just wander aimlessly across the wilderness; it was best to follow the roads from before the apocalypse, which are the most convenient.

Jianghai City belongs to Jiang Province. At this time, Lu Chuan and the others were already outside the Jianghai City District.

If they continue south, they will reach another city in Jiang Province, the neighboring city of Jianghai City, Northstar City.

Northstar City is not smaller in scale than Jianghai City. Lu Chuan decided that the next step is to head to Northstar City.

After all, as the Zombie King capable of controlling zombies, Lu Chuan wanted to strengthen his power, which was inseparable from zombies, especially evolved zombies with crystal cores.

And in this world, where there are large numbers of evolved zombies, it’s naturally in densely populated urban areas.

After all, only with large numbers of ordinary zombies can enough evolved zombies be cultivated.

For instance, Jiangnan City District is just like this, but now the evolved zombies in Jiangnan City District have been picked clean by Lu Chuan.

It might take a long time for a significant number of evolved zombies to appear again in the city district.

The Jiangnan City District is like a mining field that Lu Chuan has already emptied. Now he’s ready to head to a new mining field, Northstar City.

At this moment, Zhao Lin and Little Qiqi, having finished eating, came over.

"Lu Chuan, where is our next step?"

Zhao Lin looked at the map with curiosity.

"Yeah, Dad, where are we going next?"

Ji Ruxue, who was wiping her mouth with a tissue, also couldn’t help but ask.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan looked at the two with a smile and pointed on the map with his hand.

"Northstar City?"

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Two days later.

On the national highway leading to Northstar City, a convoy was steadily advancing, as the mutant giant turtle quickly pushed aside the vehicles blocking the road, ensuring the convoy traveled unimpeded.

Inside the convoy, Lu Chuan sat in the passenger seat, turned to look at the somewhat weary Zhao Lin and Little Qiqi, and decided in his mind to find a place to rest next, and also gather some supplies.

Lu Chuan took out the map, checked it, and found a small town ahead, Jiangli Town.

"Let’s rest at Jiangli Town."

Having decided, Lu Chuan put the map away again.

Soon, the convoy stopped at a junction.

"Jiangli Town? Yes, this should be the place."

Looking at the road sign with the words Jiangli Town, Lu Chuan felt certain, and with a thought, the convoy set off again, turning into the junction and heading to Jiangli Town at the end of the road.

"Huh? Lu Chuan, where are we heading? Aren’t we going to Northstar City?"

Zhao Lin, feeling somewhat drowsy, asked confusedly at the change in direction.

"Let’s rest at the small town first, you and Little Qiqi are exhausted from the journey."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan wrote down his response on a note.

"Alright."

Seeing the words on the note, Zhao Lin nodded.

This journey involved either traveling by car or sleeping in tents, which was indeed tiring.

She was still okay, but it was hard on Little Qiqi, who was so young, having to endure such tiring travel. Now, they could finally rest in the town.

The convoy drove along a narrow concrete road for about ten minutes before finally arriving at Jiangli Town.

As soon as the convoy entered, a massive wave of visitors greeted them.

The noise from the mutant giant turtle ramming into vehicles ahead, combined with the sound of the convoy moving, directly alerted the zombies wandering in the small town.

Roar roar~

A large number of zombies roared and surged out from the surrounding houses, flooding the streets, forming a massive corpse tide that rushed toward the convoy.

Lu Chuan calmly watched the corpse tide ahead, as his Spiritual Power surged, like a tide, in an instant turning the zombies ahead into manipulable corpse puppets.

Instantly, the previously fierce zombies stopped in place, and soon they automatically cleared a path allowing the convoy to pass.

"Is this the Zombie King’s formidable corpse control ability?"

It was the first time Zhao Lin saw Lu Chuan’s ability to control zombies from the back seat, her eyes wide with shock.

It’s truly terrifying; humans should definitely not provoke Lu Chuan in the future, or the consequences would be unimaginable if he ever lashed out!

At this time, Lu Chuan naturally had no idea Zhao Lin had so many thoughts in her mind. With a thought, all the third-tier corpse puppets in the convoy stepped out and joined the corpse tide on both sides.

Boom! Boom!

In an instant, the third-tier corpse puppets launched an attack on these immobile zombie groups, breaking open the heads of the evolved zombies, extracting the crystal cores.

In facing these zombies encountered along the route, Lu Chuan’s principle was not to bother with ordinary zombies; all first-tier and second-tier zombies were to be killed for their crystal cores, but all third-tier and fourth-tier were kept to enhance his army of corpse puppets.

However, there were only two third-tier zombies in this small town, and no fourth-tier zombies at all.

Moreover, they were all agile-type evolved zombies, and after dealing with the zombie horde, these two third-tier agile-type evolved zombies returned with the other third-tier corpse puppets.

So Lu Chuan’s army of third-tier corpse puppets expanded to twelve, while the fourth-tier remained at seven.

Taking a bag containing crystal cores from a corpse puppet, the convoy started again, driving through the path opened by the zombie horde, finally entering the small town.

Not long after, Lu Chuan and the others chose a kindergarten in the town as their resting place, as it was surrounded by walls, making it easier to defend and relatively safe.

In the kindergarten, in an office, Lu Chuan leaned back in a chair with the map in his hand, his eyes showing a look of recollection.

Over the past two days, from the outskirts of Jianghai City to the outskirts of Northstar City, they killed quite a few fierce beasts and zombies, and collected a lot of resources for living.

For instance, they found an undamaged vegetable garden and harvested a batch of fresh vegetables. They also came across a pear orchard by the road, picking some pears, including a few mutant ones with completely black skin.

At that time, Little Qiqi shouted for a taste, but Lu Chuan initially refused, worried there might be a problem with the fruit.

He wrote on paper: "Little Qiqi, eating this fruit might cause a stomach ache."

Zhao Lin was also curious, looking at Little Qiqi, "Little Qiqi, can this fruit really be eaten?"

"Of course, Mrs. Zhao Lin, trust me!"

As Little Qiqi spoke, Zhao Lin took a bite of the black-skinned pear, immediately feeling invigorated.

Later, according to Zhao Lin’s description, after eating this black-skinned pear, you feel energetic, all fatigue disappears, and essence and energy are replenished, with excellent effect.