48: Chapter 48 We're rich! We're rich!

Li Hao stood frozen in place for a moment before his gaze slowly swept across the surroundings.

In the surrounding playground, not a single zombie could be seen. Li Hao quickly rubbed his eyes, thinking his vision was playing tricks on him.

After his gaze swept across the playground once more, his face was filled with disbelief, and he quickly muttered under his breath.

"This... it's all gone! Not a single zombie left?"

"This..."

Li Hao slowly spread his hands, hunching his body slightly, and walked forward with a face full of disbelief.

He walked slowly to Ye Fan's side, then passed him, heading toward the center of the riddled playground.

At this moment, Ye Fan was also a bit dazed. His gaze quickly scanned the entire playground, looking east and west!

It was as if he were searching for something!

After a long while.

Ye Fan finally reached out slowly and scratched his head, a look of doubt appearing on his face as he talked to himself.

"Hmm! Could I have guessed wrong? No new King was born among this group of zombies at all."

But as he thought about it carefully, it didn't seem right. If no new King had been born, then why would this group of zombies launch such organized attacks!

This left Ye Fan somewhat confused.

To say there was no Zombie King controlling them didn't quite seem like it either!

These low-level zombies simply shouldn't possess intelligence; they act entirely on instinct.

However, if a new Zombie King really was born here, then where exactly did this Zombie King go?

Did it find a place to hide?

Ye Fan twitched the corner of his mouth, his eyes darting quickly, then he looked toward the playground ahead. "Could it be that this newly born Zombie King was already killed silently by the lightning I summoned?"

"Sigh, it seems that's not impossible!" Ye Fan rested his finger against his chin and nodded slowly.

When Ye Fan finally snapped back to his senses, he saw Li Hao wandering quickly through the playground, holding a pile of zombie crystal cores with a look of pure joy on his face.

"Holy crap, holy crap, I'm rich, I'm rich! So many zombie crystal cores, I've really hit the jackpot this time."

"Hahahaha!"

Ye Fan glared at him but said nothing, instead quickly patrolling the playground himself.

He collected all the zombie crystal cores scattered across the playground; these were all good things and must not be wasted.

As for Li Hao, who had been glared at by Ye Fan from a distance, he didn't notice Ye Fan's actions. With a face full of smiles, he trotted through the playground on his own.

He continued to collect the zombie crystal cores scattered across the playground.

Unlike Li Hao, who only cared about picking up zombie crystal cores, Ye Fan's eyes were like torches, scanning every corner of the playground.

In just a short moment, Ye Fan had already picked up five zombie crystal cores.

"Master, Master, come over and look at this!" Li Hao's voice carried uncontrollable excitement as he shouted to Ye Fan.

Hearing the voice, Ye Fan quickly looked up and saw Li Hao crouching under a basketball hoop at the side of the playground.

There seemed to be something in front of him that he was slowly taking into his hand.

However, because Li Hao had picked up too many zombie crystal cores, he could only set the ones he was holding aside.

The zombie crystal core in his hand was very special. The entire crystal core appeared transparent, yet it was distinctly different from other transparent zombie crystal cores.

It looked as if a transparent film was covering the zombie crystal core—no, it was transparent by its very nature.

Seeing this, Ye Fan quickly rushed to where Li Hao was.

"What is it?" Ye Fan asked in a deep voice.

When Li Hao saw Ye Fan arrive beside him, he quickly handed the special zombie crystal core to Ye Fan. "Master, look, there's a rather special zombie crystal core here."

Ye Fan quickly took the special zombie crystal core from Li Hao's hand, observed it for a moment, and said with some doubt.

"This... isn't this just an ordinary zombie crystal core? What's the big fuss?"

"Master, look again carefully. This zombie crystal core is very different from these."

Li Hao quickly picked up an ordinary zombie crystal core he had set aside and pointed at it as he spoke slowly.

Hearing Li Hao's words, Ye Fan frowned and carefully examined the zombie crystal core Li Hao called special.

Ye Fan quickly scrutinized the zombie crystal core to see what was different, sensing the energy fluctuations emanating from within it.

Suddenly,

Ye Fan blinked instantly and stared dead at the zombie crystal core in his hand, saying in a low voice, "Hmm! It really is a bit different. The energy contained in this zombie crystal core is at least at the fifth rank or higher, though it can't match the energy radiated by that late-stage fifth-rank zombie crystal core from before..."

With a look of shock on his face, Ye Fan grabbed another very ordinary zombie crystal core from Li Hao's hand and quickly compared them.

You don't know until you compare; with this comparison, Ye Fan indeed saw something fishy.

Although these two zombie crystal cores were similar, both being transparent, the transparency of the one in his hand was clearly unnatural.

Its surface seemed to be covered by a layer of transparent film.

Whereas the transparency of the ordinary zombie crystal core was very natural.

Ye Fan immediately had a suspicion: the owner of this zombie crystal core should be the new King bred among this group of zombies.

Combining this with the state of the zombie crystal core, Ye Fan could boldly guess that this newly bred King must also have had a special ability.

And its special ability was very likely invisibility.

Only this could explain why Ye Fan and the others hadn't discovered the existence of a King among these zombies for so long.

Looking at the special zombie crystal core in his hand, a cold smile slowly appeared on Ye Fan's face as he said in a deep voice,

"What a pity. Such a good ability, yet in the end, it died without even knowing how. Sigh! How tragic!"

This zombie with the special ability of invisibility probably always thought that as long as it stayed invisible, the enemy wouldn't be able to find it.

It naturally thought it was safe.

But despite all its calculations, it never expected Ye Fan to possess such a powerful weapon.

It was a completely indiscriminate attack; even if it was invisible, there was nothing it could do.

It was bound to be hit, and its death was truly too pathetic.

If Ye Fan didn't have such a special weapon, trying to eliminate this zombie would have been quite difficult.

As long as it maintained its invisible state, it was invincible.

But Ye Fan just happened to...

One can't blame anyone else for this; it can only blame its own bad luck.

Ye Fan's gaze quickly swept over Li Hao beside him, and he ordered: "Hurry up and finish collecting the scattered zombie crystal cores in this area. We need to leave quickly."

"In this Jiangcheng University, it's not just this playground that's packed with zombies. Other places are the same, already occupied by zombie swarms," Ye Fan continued.

Ye Fan knew that in this Jiangcheng University, there wasn't just one Zombie King.

Exactly how many Zombie Kings there were, Ye Fan didn't know.

But he did know that in the Main Teaching Building across from this playground, there was definitely another very powerful Zombie King.

Because before, when he first broke into Jiangcheng University and hunted that late-stage fifth-rank zombie!

From the center of the school, which was that Main Teaching Building, a burst of violent roaring had echoed out.

That sound made one's scalp tingle and faintly gave rise to a sense of fear.

Ye Fan was certain that that Zombie King must be much stronger than the two Zombie Kings he had killed one after another.

"Um, okay! But these zombie crystal cores..." Hearing Ye Fan's words, Li Hao nodded repeatedly, then pointed to a small pile of zombie crystal cores beside him.

"No matter, you go collect the other scattered zombie crystal cores first; I'll handle these," Ye Fan said calmly, glancing at the pile of zombie crystal cores Li Hao pointed to.

Li Hao didn't hesitate at all. Hearing Ye Fan's words, he quickly stepped out and searched all over the playground.

After putting the two zombie crystal cores he was holding into his system storage space, Ye Fan moved quickly to the pile of zombie crystal cores.

He slowly waved his hand toward the pile of zombie crystal cores.

The next moment,

The pile of zombie crystal cores on the ground vanished instantly, taken into the system storage space by Ye Fan.

After doing all this, Ye Fan didn't linger. Instead, he moved at high Speed, quickly wandering through the massive playground to find the zombie crystal cores scattered after the zombies' deaths.

They had to hurry and pack up all the zombie crystal cores in the playground before the other zombies arrived to provide support.

Otherwise,

He would suffer a great loss today.

Not only had he used several rapid recovery serums and consumed several zombie crystal cores, but he had also used a total of five Lightning Talismans.

One must know that Ye Fan only had twelve Lightning Talismans in total on him.

And today he had consumed five all at once. Adding the one consumed previously, Ye Fan now only had six Lightning Talismans left on him.

This truly made his heart ache.

A minute or two later.

Sure enough, from the center of the school,

The sound of a zombie roaring that Ye Fan had heard before rang out once again.

The sound was just as before, shaking the soul and giving a intense sense of pressure.

It gave those who heard it a heart-pounding sensation.

At this very moment,

Li Hao and Ye Fan both looked up at the same time toward the source of the sound.

However, it wasn't over yet!

This time was different from what Ye Fan had encountered before. After that heart-pounding sound echoed out,

From the east and west sides of Jiangcheng University, two more violent roars slowly echoed out as well.

Hearing these three sounds, Ye Fan's face immediately turned grim, and he frowned deeply. "Not good, this... these are three Zombie Kings. We're in trouble now."

"Master, what should we do!" Li Hao shouted loudly to Ye Fan from a great distance.

Frowning deeply, Ye Fan shouted back to Li Hao: "It will take them some time to get here. We must be faster. We must collect all the scattered zombie crystal cores in this area before they arrive."

Although Li Hao was full of nervousness, he still replied loudly: "Understood!"

The two of them quickly increased their Speed in searching for zombie crystal cores, wandering frantically through the area.

For Ye Fan and the other, this was a very risky matter. If they didn't retreat in time, they would likely be surrounded by numerous zombies.

Furthermore, if he wanted to kill every single zombie in Jiangcheng University!

He really wouldn't be able to do it. Even with the six Lightning Talismans he had left, it probably wouldn't be enough.

When the time came, if he used up all the Lightning Talismans in his hand,

And they encountered a Zombie King above the fifth rank, they would likely be in danger.

After putting the last zombie crystal core near him into the system storage space, Ye Fan quickly rushed toward Li Hao's location.

Ye Fan asked Li Hao: "How is it on your end? Have you finished collecting?"

"Almost, only one last one left, it'll be ready in a second," Li Hao answered quickly.

"Fine! Run as soon as you pick it up; that group of zombies is about to arrive." Hearing Li Hao's answer, Ye Fan let out a quick breath and stopped heading toward Li Hao's location.

He quickly changed direction and sprinted toward the school exit.

Seeing this, the fear in Li Hao's heart grew even stronger. He accelerated again and quickly picked up the last zombie crystal core.

Then he quickly turned his head and sprinted toward the school's main gate.

"Master, wait for me!" As Li Hao ran, he watched Ye Fan getting further and further away, and the fear in his heart became more intense.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

At that moment,

A massive roar suddenly appeared behind him.

Li Hao quickly turned his head to look behind him.

At the end of the playground, a tall figure was rapidly beating its chest, roaring loudly toward where he was.

Li Hao's face changed instantly, turning a deathly pale, as endless fear flooded his heart.

"Holy crap, holy crap, help! Master, wait for me..." Li Hao clutched the zombie crystal cores in his hands, with the Star Blade tucked at his waist.

He accelerated again and again, to the point where his legs almost started throwing sparks from running.

Yet he was still left far behind by Ye Fan, until he couldn't even see a trace of Ye Fan's shadow.

At this moment,

He was truly terrified, and he used every ounce of strength he had to frantically accelerate.

He sprinted forward recklessly, not looking back.

At a distance of about two or three kilometers from Jiangcheng University, Li Hao finally caught sight of Ye Fan's figure.

Ye Fan was slumped on the road, panting heavily. "Damn, luckily I was fast. If I really got caught by those beasts, tsk tsk tsk..."

He really didn't dare to imagine it.

"Oh, right, I wonder if that kid kept up. If he got caught by the zombies, it's all over," Ye Fan said slowly as he suddenly thought of something.

Immediately after,

Ye Fan quickly raised his head and looked behind him.