Rebirth: Love in the Apocalypse - Chapter 84

Chapter 84: Fat Sheep 2

Team Overlord chose to settle on the third floor of the classrooms’ block.

As soon as they settled down, Song Feng approached Xuanyuan Yi.

“What’s on your mind?” He asked.

“Qin Wu.” Xuanyuan Yi answered with a complicated expression.

He originally planned to pursue Qin Wu because she was beautiful.

Later, he learned she was Mo Chenxuan’s girlfriend which only served to stoke his determination.

That said, he didn’t have to have her and could readily give up if he suddenly lost interest.

However, things had changed!

From the moment she defeated a peak stage level two mutated hamster, Xuanyuan Yi knew he couldn’t let her be.

No matter what, Qin Wu had to be his. Otherwise…

Xuanyuan Yi frowned when he thought about the base.

At the moment, the Xuanyuan family held a significant advantage.

However, the four major families were not a peaceful lot.

If Qin Wu defected to any of the four families, the Xuanyuan family would immediately lose its advantage.

‘That can’t happen.’ Xuanyuan Yi thought, his eyes narrowed into slits.

“What do you think of her?”

“She is powerful.” Song Feng immediately answered.

“Do you think I can win against her?”

“Do you want to fight her?” Song Feng raised his eyebrows in question.

He had followed Xuanyuan Yi since the apocalypse began.

As a result, he knew what the man was capable of.

Based on that knowledge and what he observed when Qin Wu fought, he was reasonably certain that Xuanyuan Yi would lose a direct confrontation.

However, Song Feng didn’t dare to say this.

After all, as the man’s best friend, he knew what pitfalls to avoid when talking to Xuanyuan Yi.

“You are avoiding my question.” Xuanyuan Yi narrowed his eyes.

“I just don’t think it’s necessary to fight her.” Song Feng said, refusing the bait to jump into the pitfall.

“I still…” Xuanyuan Yi started but Song Feng suddenly interrupted.

“She seems to have an offensive-type space ability. It’s the first time we have come across it.”

“Mmh.” Xuanyuan Yi nodded but soon frowned.

“How did she train it?” He asked.

“What do you mean?”

“Level one crystal cores are attribute-less and can be used for all superpowers. However, level two crystal cores have attributes and superpowers can only use the ones that correspond to their ability. Have we ever encountered a space-type zombie?”

Song Feng frowned when he heard that.

The question was valid.

One of the reasons that Xuanyuan Yi advanced so quickly was because the fire-type ability was very common.

Because of this, fire-type crystal cores were common so Xuanyuan Yi always had practice resources.

However, the same could not be said for space-type crystal cores.

Although Song Feng couldn’t tell Qin Wu’s specific level, she was at least a late-stage level two superpower.

Given the rarity of space-type crystal cores, how did she advance so quickly?

Is it possible that she could keep up with Xuanyuan Yi even when using level one crystal cores to practice?

Song Feng didn’t believe this.

However, he couldn’t think of a reason for Qin Wu’s current superpower level.

‘It’s strange.’ He thought.

“I can think of four reasons.” Xuanyuan Yi suddenly said and quickly continued.

“One, she can use any type of crystal core to advance.”

“How is that possible?” Song Feng immediately refuted.

Although it was still the early days and not much was known about the apocalypse, researchers had already released some preliminary findings about crystal cores.

Most importantly, almost all superpowers had at one point or other tried to absorb energy from crystal cores that didn’t match their ability.

Unfortunately, the result was always a failure.

Considering this, Song Feng didn’t think Qin Wu was the exception that could absorb energy from all types of crystal cores.

“I also think it’s highly unlikely that she can use any type of crystal core.” Xuanyuan Yi said.

“What’s the second possibility?”

“She has more than one ability and the energy absorbed using the second ability can drive the space ability.”

“That…” Song Feng fell silent.

This was indeed a good theory.

However, he was a little reluctant to accept that someone had more than one ability.

“Brother Yi…”

“I know what you think but it’s a possibility.”

“It’s possible but it’s unlikely. Think about it…” Song Feng said and quickly continued.

“How much time and effort did it take to advance our ability from level zero to level two? Is Qin Wu so talented that she used the same amount of time to advance two abilities to level two? I don’t believe it.”

“Also, don’t forget that crystal cores can’t be used continuously. Even if she has an endless supply of crystal cores, she can only absorb a few each day.”

“You are right.” Xuanyuan Yi nodded in agreement.

Because crystal cores contained some impurities, they couldn’t be absorbed continuously.

Considering that, Xuanyuan Yi didn’t see how Qin Wu could have advanced two abilities to the same level as him given the same time.

“Third possibility is a level three space-type crystal core.”

“I don’t think we need to consider that.” Song Feng rolled his eyes.

“If team Legends encountered a level three space-type zombie, they wouldn’t think about collecting its crystal core because they would be busy trying to save their lives.”

“That leaves the fourth possibility.”

“Which is?”

“Qin Wu encountered a rare opportunity that helped her advance.”

“It’s possible.” Song Feng nodded.

After all, everyone was still new to the apocalypse.

Who knew what kinds of opportunities were waiting to be discovered?

“Whatever the case, it doesn’t matter.” Xuanyuan said and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

Before humanity, the base, or his family, Xuanyuan Yi was loyal to himself.

From the moment he awakened his mutated fire ability, he believed he was the main protagonist in the apocalypse.

Now that he had encountered a person who could match or outshine him, Xuanyuan Yi couldn’t tolerate her.

In his heart, he had already regarded Qin Wu as a fat sheep.

Most importantly, this fat sheep could only end up in his stomach but never anyone else’s.