Upon hearing this, Jiang Huo immediately shifted his attention from the hologram, called a subordinate to pilot the flying saucer, and went to Luo Yang.
"Supreme Commander! Actually, it's very simple. As soon as you touch an energetic core, it starts to be refined automatically!" Jiang Huo responded respectfully.
"So magical?" Luo Yang couldn't help but feel a bit skeptical upon hearing this.
But, after all, it was Jiang Huo who said it, so he grabbed an energetic core to test. As soon as his fingers touched it, a strange sensation arose.
He didn't know exactly how to describe it… Refining the energy of that core was as natural as breathing.
No, that was wrong!
It was more like his heartbeat, happening automatically without him needing to do anything.
But then, he tried to concentrate on the refinement and realized that the energy of the core was being refined even faster.
So Luo Yang entered a mysterious state, and without realizing it, several minutes passed.
During this time, he was completely immersed in that sensation, and the energy of the energetic core seemed to be refined within his body, little by little.
Finally, when Luo Yang opened his eyes, he saw Jiang Huo standing in front of him, respectfully.
"Supreme Commander!"
...
With Jiang Huo's explanation, Luo Yang finally realized that he had been so focused on refining the energetic core that the flying saucer had already landed several minutes ago.
"It seems nothing changed," thought Luo Yang, while looking at his body.
To confirm if there had been any progress, he immediately checked the system panel.
[Strength: Common Human (0.5/1000)]
'0.5 after several minutes of refining, isn't that very little?'
'If it keeps increasing like this, it would take at least 7 days to become a first-level evolutionary.'
'That, of course, if I have enough energetic cores and don't sleep during that time.'
Luo Yang said, a little dissatisfied.
He also noticed that the energetic core in his hand had decreased a little.
At the same time, he did some calculations in his head and couldn't help but think that each energetic core could only endure, on average, 2 hours of refinement before being depleted.
'Becoming an evolutionary is really expensive!'
'Of course, this is for others. For me, even if I have to cover the resources for all 200 armed guards, it wouldn't be too much in the future.'
Luo Yang thought, while looking at the 10 armed guards behind Jiang Huo. He couldn't help but ask:
"Jiang Huo, can they also refine energetic cores?"
"Reporting to the Supreme Commander! That is not possible. Only those who awaken talent can absorb the energetic core!" Jiang Huo shook his head.
Upon hearing this, Luo Yang felt momentarily disappointed but soon felt happy.
If everyone could truly grow stronger just by refining energy cores, it would become much harder to trade them for food or shelter.
With this thought, he couldn't help but smile happily and order: "Let's go!"
Although Luo Yang already knew that the energetic cores could increase his progress bar, it was very slow.
He wanted to find out if killing zombies could speed up his progress bar!
With a simple thought, a huge double-edged axe appeared in his hand, and he descended the ramp of the flying saucer, looking around.
Upon realizing that the spaceship was practically inside the warehouse, preventing zombies from entering from the outside, Luo Yang couldn't help but slightly shake his head.
Jiang Huo had really put a lot of effort into his protection.
If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to kill zombies, probably all the zombies inside the warehouse would already be dead!
"It looks like there are generators here, the lights are still on. That's good, otherwise, the frozen meats would have spoiled."
Luo Yang immediately showed a smile.
Looking at the long corridors, with rows of supply boxes stretching for dozens of meters, Luo Yang firmly gripped the axe in his hand and advanced.
Jiang Huo followed closely behind, less than three meters away, ready to react quickly if there was any problem.
Upon seeing that he was about to pass a side corridor, Luo Yang's expression became serious.
Since he had noticed there were no zombies in the main corridor, they must be in the side corridors.
Sure enough, as soon as Luo Yang appeared in the side corridor, two growls sounded.
"Grrr... Arg... Grr"
Two zombies, dressed in uniforms similar to each other, appeared 10 meters away.
Probably staff who had once cared for the place.
They staggered toward him with desperate steps upon seeing Luo Yang, as if he were the most delicious food they had ever seen in their lives.
"This is too slow," Luo Yang lightly mocked. He didn't feel any fear upon seeing the zombies approach.
This speed could, at most, be compared to that of a child running!
Seeing the two zombies finally appear in front of him, with their mouths open and drool dripping, Luo Yang immediately swung the axe horizontally.
Swish!
With a sharp sound, the axe passed through the heads of the two zombies.
It was an extremely clean cut, as if he hadn't cut through skulls but just air. Luo Yang didn't even need to use more strength than usual.
At the same time the two bodies collapsed to the ground, a message that only Luo Yang could see appeared:
[Ding! You killed a level 0 zombie, your experience +1]
[Ding! You killed a level 0 zombie, your experience +1]
"Killing zombies really can increase the progress bar!" Luo Yang was happy as he looked at the system panel that had changed.
[Strength: Common Human (2.5/1000)]
"So, I need to kill 1000 zombies to become a first-level evolutionary?" Luo Yang raised his eyebrows.
1000 zombies was indeed an extremely high number.
If Luo Yang didn't have his subordinates, his talent, and this divine axe, he probably wouldn't be able to do it.
Even if he could, it would take at least a few months to gather such a number.
On the other hand, other people who awakened talents would probably need to kill an average of 60 to 80 zombies and take the energetic cores to refine them.
But Luo Yang wasn't discouraged by this, moreover, it's not like he couldn't become an evolutionary by refining energetic cores as well.
He is the only person in the world who can get stronger by killing zombies or refining energetic cores!
"GRRRR..."
Suddenly, a slightly louder growl came from the end of the side corridor, catching Luo Yang's attention.