Crystal Rain

After returning to base, they cleaned themselves up and then sat in the living room. Outside, the rain had stopped and there was no drizzle, it just looked like a usual cloudy day that wouldn't rain at all. Although the streets were still wet and filled with puddles of water.

Jiang Zhi had been holding back until now, so he asked when there was a chance, "Why did you suddenly ask to come back to base?"

"I'm not sure about the weather outside." Shen Yize showed a confused expression and looked like he was thinking with his hand placed on his chin. "It was supposed to rain for the next few days, but it suddenly stopped. Because I'm not sure, let's relax at home until we're sure what's going on."

Zhang Rui, who was examining the core crystal, looked towards Shen Yize. "Yo, you sound like an apocalypse expert, have you experienced it?"

Shen Yize glanced at him briefly and immediately answered sarcastically, "Of course, I've been surviving for over two weeks. The first zombie fight was when I had to fight a group of zombies three days ago."

"That was when my friend came and disrupted the peace here."

"Damn, you're talking about me." Zhang Rui looked angry, but when he saw Jiang Zhi's expressionless face, he became calm and spoke in a lower tone. "My bad, I know I messed up."

Shen Yize was about to say more sarcastic things to Zhang Rui, but he noticed Jiang Zhi's gaze on him. Shen Yize turned to the side and met Jiang Zhi's gaze, and he asked, "Hey, what's up?"

Shaking his head, Jiang Zhi squinted his eyes, but focused on something else. "Nothing. I heard a strange sound. Did you guys hear it too?"

After being reminded, Zhang Rui and Shen Yize also focused their hearing.

Zhang Rui commented first, saying, "Yeah, I heard it. My hearing has been very sensitive lately and my eyes can see clearly in the dark. Maybe all my senses have become better."

"Ha! Of course, that's the case. You have a special ability of the fire type."

Everyone who has a special ability will have high sensitivity and sharpness of all senses. The higher the level, the more sensitive the senses. At this time, their sensory sensitivity was only slightly better than an ordinary human, nothing was so special.

Zhang Rui nodded after hearing the explanation, then he looked at Jiang Zhi. "Shen Yize's ability is healing, then what about you, Jiang Zhi?"

There was a moment of silence, both Shen Yize and Jiang Zhi knew that Jiang Zhi didn't have any special abilities at the moment. When Shen Yize tried to change the topic, Jiang Zhi answered casually.

"I don't have..."

"Space," Shen Yize cut off Jiang Zhi's words and revealed half of the truth. "Jiang Zhi has an incredible ability related to space."

"Really? What's all that about?"

"Of course it's true." Shen Yize then explained what space was, saying that the ability could create invisible and weightless storage places. You could store or retrieve items from there anywhere and anytime.

Jiang Zhi followed Shen Yize's direction of conversation and nodded. "Yes, this is very useful for carrying supplies when we go hunting."

Zhang Rui looked amazed and his eyes sparkled. "Damn, that's so practical! Awesome!"

Suddenly, a loud noise was heard from outside, it was like a rock hitting the roof accompanied by heavy rain. Strong winds moved light objects outside.

"What's that sound?" Jiang Zhi asked, glancing at the glass window.

Zhang Rui stood up, looked more closely through the glass window, and exclaimed, "Bro, that rock just hit the roof! It's raining heavily."

Shen Yize opened the curtain in the next window and fixed his gaze on the rain-soaked yard and the various stones falling on it. Some stones shattered on the floor and roof. After that, he ran to the examination room and checked if anything spilled onto the road.

Jiang Zhi and Zhang Rui followed him unconsciously. They entered the examination room one by one. They carefully examined the monitor screen.

Seeing the situation outside the base gate was worse, Zhang Rui commented, "The rain is heavier than before. Thank goodness we're inside and safe. Otherwise, who knows what would happen to us."

The continuous heavy rain and hail were more frightening than low-level zombie scratches.

Shen Yize carefully observed the monitor screen and walked to the glass window to check the situation. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "No, it's not a rock, it's more like crystal."

"Crystal?" Jiang Zhi responded seriously and joined him to look outside. "Like a zombie crystal core?"

Shen Yize shook his head. "Not exactly the same, but close enough. I've never seen anything like this before."

"Oh wait, I think I remember something about it." Shen Yize suddenly remembered something.

"Whoa, are you psychic or something?" Zhang Rui, who had just joined them, commented in amazement. "You seem to know a lot about the apocalypse. Ow! Jiang Zhi, stop pinching my thigh!"

Jiang Zhi looked at him flatly and gave a warning to Zhang Rui to shut up.

Ignoring Zhang Rui's dissatisfaction, Jiang Zhi returned to Shen Yize's side and talked to him. "If those crystals are like zombie crystal cores, can they enter my space module? Maybe they have the same energy too."

"I don't know, we can try it later. It seems like the rain won't last long."

After almost an hour, the heavy rain subsided and turned into a drizzle again. Jiang Zhi recommended leaving at that time and checking the new things brought by the rain, but Shen Yize stopped him.

"The rain may have stopped, but let's wait a bit to make sure it won't rain again. We don't want to take unnecessary risks."

In the end, Jiang Zhi could only wait patiently. After waiting for a while and seeing that the rain wouldn't come again, they decided to go out. They didn't forget to wear raincoats and bring weapons. They had to stay alert.

On the base page, Jiang Zhi held a crystal that was carried by the rain and examined it carefully. The crystal looked similar to the one in the zombie, almost no different. However, upon closer inspection, its contents were not as dense as the zombie crystal.

Shen Yize held a reddish glowing crystal and said, "This crystal seems to be a fire type. Zhang Rui, can you try to absorb its power?"

Zhang Rui glanced at Shen Yize and furrowed his brow. "Why am I the guinea pig? It's not going to kill me, right?"

Jiang Zhi flashed a thin smile that didn't look good at all, then sarcastically said, "Well, if you die, it will help lighten our burden."

"Dude, what the heck?! We're supposed to be friends. Why are you saying that?" Zhang Rui was annoyed because he was being bullied by the pair, but he couldn't do anything because he depended on them. So, he could only swallow his complaints.

Seeing Zhang Rui's suppressed expression, Shen Yize defended him a little. "Don't mind him."

Zhang Rui took the crystal in Shen Yize's hand. "How do I use it?"

Shen Yize held another crystal and pointed it at Jiang Zhi and Zhang Rui. In every zombie crystal core, there would be a part that looked different from the others, like fragments or a round button with a darker color.

"All you have to do is put your finger here and feel its power, then soak it."

Zhang Rui nodded and said, "Okay, let me try. Like this, right?"

Suddenly, Zhang Rui felt something tickling the surface of his finger that touched the crystal. "Wow, I can really feel its power! But, I can't absorb it."

"That's strange, it should be easy to absorb it if you feel its power." Shen Yize observed the crystal carefully but couldn't understand the core of the problem.

Jiang Zhi gave a solution to end the deadlock. "Hey, can I keep this in my room? Although we can't absorb it, it can still be useful."

"Huh, not a bad idea," Shen Yize said.

Jiang Zhi placed the crystal in his room and stared at it for a moment. The crystals turned into foam and disappeared into the air, just like the zombie crystal cores. He delivered the good news.

Shen Yize was also excited and said, "Let's take some more and put them in your room. I think your room has a different level."

The three of them divided the tasks. Jiang Zhi went to collect crystals that fell on the road, while Shen Yize and Zhang Rui took the zombie crystal cores from the brain. There were too many zombie corpses.

Zhang Rui looked tired and scratched the ground in frustration. "Let's finish for today and rest. I only have one hand, I'm not as perfect as you guys!"

Jiang Zhi retorted, "What's the problem? At the end of the world, no one will reduce your rights just because you don't have two hands!"

"Ugh! Jiang Zhi, I let you go this time because of Shen Yize. But next time, I'll teach you some manners!"

Just as their argument was about to continue, Shen Yize made a decision and invited them to return to the base and sort out the various types of crystal cores.