Chapter 21: Successful Awakening

She couldn't bear to have her Zombie Group suffer even greater losses, so she ultimately chose to retreat.

She had no idea that if she had just persisted in launching the Zombie Group's siege a little longer, she could have completely exhausted Chen Yusheng's True Qi and Talismans, and could have killed Chen Yusheng with ease afterward.

Underground parking garage.

Chen Yusheng spent over ten hours and finally refined all the Mutant Zombies into his own corpse slaves.

During those ten-plus hours, he had to eat a meal almost every two hours, converting it into blood to replenish his expenditure.

Otherwise, even if all the blood in his body were drained dry, it still wouldn't be enough to refine these Sangshi.

His corpse-refining process was: expend blood and True Qi, then replenish True Qi and blood, then continue expending.

The entire process not only drained an enormous amount of his True Qi and physical strength, but even his Spiritual Power was hollowed out. This book is first published on Tiantian Kan Xiaoshuo, accompanying your reading, 𝓉𝓉𝓀. 𝓉𝓌 ultra-smooth, providing you with an error-free, out-of-order-free chapter reading experience

After refining all seven Mutant Zombies, Chen Yusheng was so exhausted he was on the verge of collapse.

"Don't let anyone approach me."

Finally, Chen Yusheng issued an order to the seven Mutant Zombies, then immediately sat cross-legged and entered closed-door cultivation.

Over these past two days, he had been constantly expending True Qi and recovering True Qi, yet his total True Qi had only just barely reached twenty-four strands.

He had to seize the time to cultivate more True Qi, so that when he encountered danger in the future, he would have a few more chances of success.

For example, if he could cultivate his True Qi to one hundred strands, he could attempt to open his Meridians.

His current Meridians were too narrow; the circulation speed of his True Qi was painfully slow.

Opening Meridians meant widening and strengthening the originally narrow Meridians, allowing True Qi to circulate faster and in greater quantities.

If he could open the Meridians in one arm, his Talisman-drawing speed would be faster, and the power of his Talismans would greatly increase.

If he could open the Meridians of all his internal organs, he could then try to learn the Five Elements Technique.

Of course, the prerequisite was to first pile up his True Qi quantity; without enough True Qi, the speed of opening Meridians would be terrifyingly slow.

……

Time passed bit by bit.

Just as Chen Yusheng was hiding in the underground parking garage burying himself in cultivation, time had already reached the second day's daytime.

Fubei Base.

Today, the Base seemed especially lively.

Because today was the day of the nation's second Ability awakening since the apocalypse.

Three years ago, the nation had developed an Awakening Agent capable of stimulating abilities; last year, they conducted the first large-scale awakening.

According to research, awakening required the person to be at least twelve years old; children under twelve who underwent awakening had a certain probability of directly zombifying into Sangshi.

Only those who had reached twelve, even if awakening failed, had a high probability of not zombifying.

On a square within the Base, countless ordinary people over twelve years old had all come, the crowd packed so tightly it almost filled the entire square.

In the crowd, a twelve-year-old little girl stood alone at the back of the line, quiet and still.

Her body instinctively shuffled forward with the crowd, her gaze somewhat dazed, lost in unknown thoughts.

At this moment, the two people queuing in front of the little girl began chatting.

"Did you hear? Yesterday, the neighboring Base awakened over two hundred Ability Users."

"Only over two hundred? That probability is way too low."

"Indeed not high. The neighboring one is still a major Base with a population of over a hundred thousand. I hope I can awaken successfully in one try today; if I become an Ability User, I can be a person above others from now on."

"Hopefully! This is our first awakening, and it's free this time. If we want to awaken again in the future, we'll have to pay over a hundred thousand Contribution Points."

"Even if I don't eat or drink, I'd still need several years to save up over a hundred thousand Contribution Points. It's too hard."

"I heard the Awakening Agent is made from Crystal Cores inside Sangshi heads. For the Base to hold one awakening ceremony, they have to kill who knows how many Sangshi."

"Exactly. I heard people say our Base's Hunting Team and Scavenger Team have to hunt and kill tens of thousands of Sangshi a year, almost clearing out all the Sangshi in nearby towns and villages within dozens of kilometers."

The line slowly moved forward.

Several hours later, the little girl finally reached the very front.

Soon, she was led into a room by a staff member.

Inside the room, several machines similar to MRI scanners were placed.

"Take off your clothes and lie down," a female staff member instructed her.

The little girl didn't hesitate, obediently took off her clothes and lay down.

She was so straightforward because several other people were already lying on other machines in the room.

After lying on the workbench, she was quickly secured by metal clasps.

Then, her entire body was pushed into that machine resembling an MRI scanner, and soon a humming sound rang out.

Before long, the little girl only felt something like a syringe needle pierce into her body.

She didn't know what was being injected through the needle, only feeling a chill.

Quickly, that chilliness spread throughout her body.

She could feel this coolness rapidly spreading through her body, then rushing toward five locations.

After the chill surged into those five locations, the coolness instantly vanished.

Immediately after, a wave of heat arose at the heart position, a wave of cold at the waist and abdomen, and the other three locations each gave rise to different sensations.

Just as the little girl was feeling the various strange sensations within her body.

Outside the machine, a staff member's face showed an expression of pleasant surprise.

"Success! This child has awakened successfully!"

Hearing this, the other staff members in the room immediately crowded around.

"Wow! She awakened the five elements abilities: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!"

"This is this child's first awakening, right? This is a genius!"

"Her registration shows it's her first awakening."

"So jealous. I've already awakened three times and still haven't succeeded. Even if I make it someday, I'll still be a useless one."

"This child is too young. Otherwise, my son would have been a pretty good match for her."

"Forget it. She awakened five abilities on her first try — the Base will definitely train her as a key focus. Your son doesn't even have an ability. He can't match her at all."

While the few were chatting, the awakening ceremony had already ended, and the little girl was quickly pushed out of the machine.

"Child, what's your name? Is there an adult at home?"

"Little one, how old are you?"

As soon as the little girl came out, several staff members eagerly crowded around to ask her questions.

"Auntie, I… did I awaken successfully?" the little girl asked, her tone a little uncertain.

"Child, not only did you succeed, you're a five-ability user — Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!" a female staff member quickly told her with a smile.

Hearing this, the little girl's eyes instantly lit up.

"Daddy, I awakened successfully! I'm an Ability User now!"

The little girl murmured to herself, her face beaming with a brilliant smile, yet tears streamed down uncontrollably.

"Don't cry, child. Awakening successfully is a great joy — you should be happy…"

"Thank you, Auntie. I'm crying because I'm happy." The little girl hurriedly wiped her tears and nodded hard.

At this moment, she secretly vowed in her heart:

"Daddy, I will definitely avenge you in the future. You must bless your daughter."