Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The New Year was just a few days away. Lin Qiao upgraded Lin Wenwen to level-five by using the nuclei that she collected on her way back. With that, the latter’s space became twice as large as before. After the upgrade, Lin Qiao filled the first granary with the food in her space, and then put some food in Lin Wenwen’s space.
Long Qingying was upgraded to level-six. Her job was to protect Lin Wenwen, who was a small, mobile warehouse. It was an official job now.
The upgrade for other people had been scheduled after the New Year, and they accepted that arrangement willingly. After all, they were all at level four or five, and were strong enough to hunt zombies for zombie nuclei. They were able to absorb energies from nuclei by themselves, but of course, the result wouldn’t be as good as what Lin Qiao could do.
Yuan Tianxing told them about the important facts regarding the upgrade and let them make their own decisions.
Before the New Year’s day, at one in the morning, Lin Qiao and her people started butchering roe deers. She killed half of those roe deers in her space; the meat would last the three-thousand people in the base for one or even two days!
“Awo… Awo…” The little tiger held a large meat bone with both paws, chewing happily. Its little beady eyes were glowing.
Near Mount Wu, Lin Qiao released all the zombies from her space. That area had become the territory of Lin Qiao and the other zombies.
The little tiger, Black, and Bowwow had been released from the space as well. The larger two darted straight into the woods; that area was Black’s hometown. Many large rats were living in the hills. Bowwow hadn’t been hunting them recently, so the number of rats had grown higher.
The timid Xiao Xiao had mostly adapted to her current look. But still, she liked to follow Lin Qiao everywhere.
Early in the morning, Lin Qiao caught Bowwow, which was happily hunting rats on a hill.
“Come here and sit down!” In the clearing before the cabin, Lin Qiao pointed at the ground and said to Bowwow. The latter walked over with confusion. On its furless skin, large wounds twitched along with its movements.
“Owo?” Bowwow obediently sat before Lin Qiao and raised its head to look at her.
Lin Qiao walked around it twice and said, “Don’t move.”
Then, she waved a hand. A large bucket appeared by her side, containing some lakewater. A strong wave of energy was radiating from the water.
The energy from the water immediately attracted the surrounding zombies. They all turned to Lin Qiao, eagerly looking at the bucket. However, they didn’t dare to approach the bucket without her order.
“Get in,” Lin Qiao pointed at the bucket.
“Owoo!” Bowwow excitedly stood up and wagged its tail, then happily jumped into the bucket. Lin Qiao made a step backward timely, so the water didn’t splash on her.
As Bowwow jumped into the bucket, the water level rose largely. But, its head was still above the water.
Bowwow excitedly rolled in the bucket. It just couldn’t be happier!
“Sit down,” Lin Qiao said to the dog.
Bowwow immediately sat on the bottom of the bucket, waiting for Lin Qiao’s further orders. Nonetheless, it couldn’t help but wag its tail with excitement. It felt that Lin Qiao would do something else as well.
Following a series of rustling noise, Black came out of the woods and circled around the cabin and bowwow’s bucket. Its eyes sparkled brightly. The snake even wanted to drag Bowwow out of the bucket and squeeze itself in!
However, the bucket was too small… It might be able to contain the snake’s head at most.
Thinking about that, Black was a little unhappy. Why was the dog allowed to bathe in the lakewater? The snake wanted a bath too!
As Bowwow finally sat down quietly, Lin Qiao walked to the bucket, put her hands into the water, and began rubbing the dog’s skin with a towel.
The dog was furless, so it was an easy job to give it a bath. After the bath, Lin Qiao took out an energy nucleus, which was from a level-six mutated beast. She put the nucleus into the zombie dog’s mouth, then put her hands into the water to send the energy in the water into its wounds.
Bowwow was enjoying the bath and the nucleus, but following Lin Qiao’s movement, it started shaking.
“Put up with it!” Lin Qiao said to the dog.
“Owoo…” Bowwow bared its teeth. It gritted its teeth and endured the discomfort obediently. It wasn’t suffering pain. The energy nucleus that it swallowed contained a huge amount of energy, which was released inside his body. Sensing the intense energy invading its body, the dog instinctively felt that its body was going to explode.
On one hand, Lin Qiao was planning to upgrade the zombie dog. On the other hand, she wanted to at least heal those huge wounds on the dog’s body, or even make its fur grow back out.
She hurriedly sent all the energy contained in the water in the bucket into the zombie dog’s body, then started observing the dog while controlling the power inside it.
Soon, she noticed some changes in the few wounds on the dog’s head. In those wounds, the muscles twitched for a short while, then new muscle tissues started growing out. Before long, those wounds were healed, and then the skin grew back together.
Meanwhile, the water in the bucket started bubbling.
The lakewater was delivering a strong effect on the zombie dog as Lin Qiao controlled the energy patiently. An hour later, the dog had absorbed all the energy from the water. Next, it would be digesting the slight amount of energy which was left from the nucleus.
The water in the bucket became normal water, but still, it was purer than regular purified water.
Lin Qiao spent hours waiting. She stayed beside the bucket, watching the zombie dog motionlessly.
She slightly narrowed her eyes, observing the energy flow inside the dog’s body that eventually gathered together. Where the energy gathered, a zombie nucleus was spinning. As the nucleus absorbed all the energy inside the dog’s body, its surface cracked in a weird way. It cracked quickly and then released a strong vibe. The vibe shattered the broken surface of the nucleus.
The pieces of the nucleus surface immediately transformed into a stream of energy and gushed out of the dog’s body.
At that point, Bowwow’s upgrade was completed. Its vibe grew stronger than before by many times over. The vibe from a level-six zombie beast was surely much more dangerous than that from a level-six human being.
“Alright, get out!” Lin Qiao made a few steps backward, then said to Bowwow.
Bowwow instantly jumped out of the bucket, bringing up a splash of water. It landed on the ground and slightly parted its limbs, then habitually shook its body to dry itself.
It still had no fur though.
