There’s nobody around here, and since Xu Mumu and the others are living on the mountain, the owner here has also mentioned it, so naturally, no one comes to disturb them.
While they quietly improved their strength here, the Yin Family side was a bit worried.
Yin Yang and the others are currently the most powerful combat force in the Yin Family. Now with the heavy rain, they can’t help but feel worried.
The heavy rain outside is abnormally dark, and not many people dare to go out.
It’s been pouring rain for nearly a week now. Xu Mumu’s superpower, with the accumulation of a large number of Crystal Cores, has already reached Level 3.
Yin Yang’s power has also reached Level 3, and he can produce more of the black corrosive superpowers.
Now, absorbing primary Crystal Cores hasn’t improved them much. They’re just waiting for the sky to clear to kill the upgraded zombies.
Xu Mumu gently touched the water with her fingertips, and the water completely froze, making the ice even harder.
She took out the Tang Blade, aimed at the ice, and struck hard.
The ice shattered, falling to the ground in pieces of various sizes.
The hardness is quite good; it’s not a problem to freeze someone with it.
The sky outside cleared, and they’ve been staying in this house for several days, almost going stir-crazy.
"Ahhh, the rain has finally stopped. It’s great," Yin Chuchu said, pulling Yin Wanqiu to run around the yard happily.
Xu Mumu and Yin Yang came over to check their superpowers, and except for Yin Lin, everyone’s superpowers were still at Level 2, with only Yin Lin having reached Level 3.
A white whirlwind formed a Wind Blade in his hand, which flew out and instantly split the wooden door in half.
"Wow, second brother, your superpower has become so strong," exclaimed Yin Chuchu with her mouth wide open. This strike was enough to cut off a zombie’s head.
"This move is indeed good, but it also consumes quite a bit. With my current strength, I can only use such a skill ten times at most," Yin Lin simply estimated his own strength, noting that this strike had consumed almost a tenth of his superpower.
Xu Mumu also watched this scene, knowing that the stronger the superpower skill, the more superpower it consumes.
Xu Mumu gave Yin Lin some pointers on how to compress his superpower. Once compressed, the released sewing power would be at least several times stronger.
Yin Lin experimented a few times and found the trick, but soon his superpower ran out, so he had to continue absorbing three or four Crystal Cores to fill it back up.
Once they were mostly rested, Xu Mumu and the others finally walked out of the yard.
Outside, many plants had withered, with only a sparse growth remaining.
However, those growing plants were lush and unnaturally green.
"Be careful; these plants might also be mutated," Xu Mumu said calmly. After this heavy rain, mutated plants began to appear in large numbers.
The danger of mutated plants is no less than that of Mutant Beasts, and some are even stronger.
With Xu Mumu’s reminder, the group naturally became more cautious. If they accidentally wandered into the range of mutated plants, it would be troublesome.
"Sister-in-law, look, isn’t that a peony? It bloomed so beautifully," Yin Chuchu exclaimed, pointing to a peony flower not far away. A large clump of peonies had bloomed in a riot of colors and looked extremely beautiful.
The others also looked over; this peony was indeed not normal.
Xu Mumu’s gaze also landed on this peony. With its strange colors, it had clearly become a mutated plant.
"Don’t bother with it, let’s go back. Otherwise, Mom and Dad might get worried," Xu Mumu said indifferently, knowing that the power of mutated plants was also quite formidable, and she wasn’t planning to provoke them at the moment.
The group obediently followed Xu Mumu back home.
However, they didn’t get far before encountering zombies again, and it was even a fire-breathing zombie at Level 3, which they managed to kill only by working together.
The energy in the Crystal Core of a Level 3 zombie was more abundant. If they weren’t in a hurry, she would have wanted to absorb the energy from this Crystal Core.
Along the way, they killed several more Level 3 zombies, killed even more Level 2 ones, and combined with the Mutant Beasts they killed, Xu Mumu and the others collected a large number of Level 2 and 3 Crystal Cores.
"These zombies have become more agile," Yin Yang said with a tight frown after killing a Level 3 speed-mutated zombie. Without Xu Mumu’s superpower constantly restricting the zombies’ movements, they wouldn’t have caught the zombie so easily.
"Zombies will continue to evolve in the future," Xu Mumu said calmly; these were the facts.
"Ah, these zombies are evolving faster than humans. Who knows if there will even be space for humans in the future," Yin Lin sighed slightly. Just one rainstorm made these zombies generally reach Level 2 or 3, and they awakened all sorts of strange superpowers.
Compared to that, human upgrading speed is relatively slower. In their team, besides Xu Mumu and Yin Yang, only he had reached Level 3, and humans required more energy from Crystal Cores to upgrade.
"It’s too early to think about this now. All we can do is become stronger quickly, strong enough to fear neither people nor things," Xu Mumu patted Yin Lin on the shoulder.
"Compared to others, we’re already very fortunate," Yin Yang said calmly. It’s true; they had early access to the purified Crystal Cores from Xu Mumu, were never short on supplies, and still had many Mutant Beasts at their disposal. With so many advantages, if they couldn’t grow strong, they’d truly be useless.
Okay, Yin Lin’s mouth twitched, acknowledging that his cousin and sister-in-law were right.
"Sister-in-law, is that a peach tree? There are peaches on it, and they’re so big. I wonder if they’re edible," The keen-eyed little Yin Wanqiu spotted a fruit tree on a distant slope. There seemed to be a whole orchard there, with the peach tree being the most conspicuous and some other fruit trees planted in neat rows.
Apart from the most obvious peach tree, many other fruit trees were withered, and even the ones still alive appeared wilted.
"Let’s go over and have a look. They should be edible. Mutated plants, as long as they’re not inherently poisonous, usually bear fruit that can be eaten and typically enhance superpowers," Xu Mumu’s eyes also lit up.
The group hurried toward the hill with the peach tree. Despite being overrun with zombies, there were people there. As Xu Mumu and the others approached, they saw a giant Zombie Dog guarding the front gate, with over a dozen people outside attacking it.
The Zombie Dog’s body wasn’t decomposed in the slightest, only its fur was a bit rough. Xu Mumu felt considerable pressure from it, as this Zombie Dog’s strength should be at Level 4. Surrounding it were two or three at Level 2, with the rest still at the novice level.