The most important thing right now was the star crystals, followed by the fugitive. He had Terence's formcast model, which could allow him to remodel his body a third time and reach the Melder realm, but anything beyond that would be troublesome.
A normal formcast model could only remodel his body three times, and only a stronger one could remodel his body a fourth time. Even Veron and Parlie didn't have such models, so he had to find someone stronger. The fugitive was his only hope on Earth.
Although the fugitive might be strong, Lu Yin wasn't sure what the other four students were capable of. He might as well muddy the waters and draw all the students to him. The more chaotic it was, the better it would be for the fugitive. Once his third star formed, no one in the first batch would be a match for him, so he had to stall for time.
In a secluded courtyard in the capital, Lu Yin closed the windows and scattered fire crystals all over the place before returning to his room. He opened his hand and the die slowly appeared.
The die's glow was still dim, and without star crystals, it would take a long time for it to recover to a usable state. He didn't want to wait.
Rubbing his hands together, Lu Yin stared at the die with shining eyes. He crushed a cube of star crystals he'd painstakingly gathered and sent a surge of star energy into the die, causing it to glow even brighter until it finally recovered. The stars were hazy and sparkling.
Lu Yin licked his lips, feeling a little nervous. He was just like the gamblers, "Come on, give me good luck and see what I can get." He tapped the die with a finger.
The die spun quickly, the hazy stars extremely beautiful.
Lu Yin's eyes widened as he stared at it. Finally, the die stopped spinning and the pips on its five faces disappeared, leaving behind a single pip.
"Another pip!" Lu Yin was delighted. A pip allowed him to obtain a random item from someone's cosmic ring. The first time he'd rolled a pip, he'd obtained the Art of Sirius and the Palm of Sirius. This was the second time.
Lu Yin watched as the die shot out a beam of light that pierced through the void, as if opening a passage. Something fell to the ground with a thud.
Lu Yin stared blankly at the ground, unable to believe what he was seeing. Were these snacks?
There was a delicately packaged snack bag lying quietly on the ground. There were words engraved on the bag that he couldn't understand, but they were probably advertising slogans.
Lu Yin picked up the bag of snacks in a daze, feeling the urge to vomit blood.
He had spent a cube of star crystals in exchange for a snack. Even if it was just a broken dagger, it would have been better!
The light on the surface of the die dimmed and then disappeared.
Everything in the room returned to normal, leaving Lu Yin speechless as he clutched the bag of snacks. His heart was bleeding; this was too much of a scam.
Lu Yin stayed in the capital for ten days, and it was much quieter than before. The corpse tide outside the city had decreased significantly after the clash with the beast tide, and more cultivators dared to venture out.
While Beijing was peaceful, Europe was in chaos.
Ten days ago, Lu Yin had asked Jeraldine to spread the news that the fugitives were in the Mediterranean Sea. No one had believed the news at first, but as Eddy and the others' whereabouts were exposed, many students began to believe it and rushed to the Mediterranean Sea.
A few days ago, a huge battle had broken out in the Mediterranean Sea, and a layer of the surface of the sea had evaporated. It was rumored that the fugitive had the strength of a Melder and had killed several students before fleeing. Eddy and a few others had been injured.
Eddy's group wasn't the only strongest in the academy; there were three teams from China, two from Russia, and two from Europe. With the addition of Africa and other countries, there were quite a number of top students in the academy, and all of Europe was in chaos.
Lu Yin was satisfied with Jeraldine's report; everything was fine as long as the fugitives hadn't been caught. His simulation of the stars was going smoothly, and the third star was faintly visible. It would take him at most half a month to complete it, and then it would be time for him to act.
Outside the capital, countless zombies roamed the streets, occasionally walking out of the shops with unknown objects in their mouths.
Countless gunshots rang out as a convoy of cars drove over, not slowing down at all as they ran over the zombies, leaving behind a trail of blood and a pungent stench.
Suddenly, there was an explosion, and a strong gust of wind blew over the convoy. All the cultivators in the vehicles fled and looked on in confusion; this gust of wind was too strange.
"What's going on?" a tall man asked as he patted the dust off his clothes, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
"Captain, we don't know where the wind came from, but it flipped the cars," someone reported.
The man frowned as he looked into the distance, but the surroundings were calm. Where had the wind come from?
At that moment, the shops in the distance were destroyed by an invisible attack, and all the cultivators stood there in a daze, their upper bodies falling flat to the ground. They had all been killed by an invisible attack.
The deaths of these cultivators weren't strange at first, but over the next few days, more cultivators were killed by invisible attacks, which attracted the attention of the Chinese camp.
When an Earth Grade expert from Hua Ying was killed, Zhang Dingtian walked out of the capital city. The Earth Grade expert that was killed was second only to the Heaven Grade experts in the capital city. If he didn't make a move, no one in Hua Ying would dare to.
The zombies on both sides of the road roared and charged at Zhang Dingtian, and there were also strange mutant beasts wriggling underground.
Zhang Dingtian's expression didn't change, and he waved his hand, killing all of the zombies with a gust of energy.
Sensing Zhang Dingtian's strength, both sides of the road were silent. Zhang Dingtian walked for half a day without encountering any attacks. After thinking for a while, he put on the gadget that Bai Xue had given him. This gadget had come from Paris, and Zhang Dingtian didn't want to use it at first, but now there was nothing more suitable than this.
He tapped on the gadget, and soon, a beeping sound came from it. Zhang Dingtian's gaze focused as he looked towards the northeast. He raised his sword and slashed out, a huge slash slicing through the ground. There, a figure was running away pathetically, its left arm injured by the slash.
Zhang Dingtian rushed out and slashed with the back of his sword. The figure turned around, revealing a ferocious and terrifying face. It was a zombie.
With a bang, the zombie was pressed to the ground by Zhang Dingtian's sword. Its scarlet eyes glowed with a cruel light as it waved its hands, and an invisible gust of wind turned into a sharp blade that slashed towards Zhang Dingtian. Zhang Dingtian casually slapped the gust of wind away, then flipped his sword over and swept past the zombie's head.
Zhang Dingtian frowned as he looked at the zombie, a strange expression on his face. From what he knew, zombies were just failed products of human evolution, and they shouldn't be so powerful. However, this zombie not only had the strength of an Earth Rank, but it could also wield a gust of wind with its hands.
Zhang Dingtian quickly returned to the capital and found President Lian. He told him about the zombie's situation, and the president was shocked. "What did you say?
Zombies have the strength of an Earth Rank?
They can even wield a gust of wind?
Impossible, they're just failed products of human evolution. "
Zhang Dingtian said in a low voice, "That's the truth."
President Lian muttered to himself, his gaze solemn. There were far more zombies on Earth than there were survivors, and if zombies could really evolve, then it would be troublesome. Not only would humans have to face powerful mutant beasts, but they would also have to face zombies.
More importantly, the ability to wield a gust of wind wasn't something that could be achieved through evolution. There were only two people known to be able to use supernatural abilities, and even Zhang Dingtian didn't have any. How could a zombie have such power?
"If one appears, then there will be a second. Isn't Lu Yin from Nanjing?
Ask him if he has encountered this type of zombie before, "said Dean Lian.
Zhang Dingtian immediately ordered someone to summon Lu Yin and Bai Xue.
Lu Yin's expression changed when he heard that Zhang Dingtian had encountered a zombie king.
"You know about it?" Zhang Dingtian stared at him.
Lu Yin nodded and told him about the long-haired zombie king. He had guessed that the capital would know about it, but he hadn't expected them to only encounter it now.
Bai Xue was in disbelief. "Eating natural energy crystals can produce supernatural abilities?
How is that possible? Even humans can't do that. "
Lu Yin replied in a low voice, "That's what I saw, there's no need to lie to you."
President Lian looked at the three with a serious expression, "We've always thought that zombies were the product of failed evolution, but reality has proven that most zombies are like that. They can only wander around with weak combat power and can only pose a threat to ordinary people. But if we think about it from another perspective, wouldn't it make sense if zombies weren't failures and instead evolved on another path?"
Zhang Dingtian's expression changed. "Humans can absorb energy crystals from mutant beasts to become stronger, and zombies can do the same. They can even absorb supernatural energy crystals to become stronger."
President Lian solemnly said, "No one has ever seen a zombie swallow an energy crystal. A mutant beast can easily tear apart many zombies, and even if it's heavily injured, it can still easily escape. Therefore, zombies can't obtain energy crystals, and no one would be willing to give their hard-earned energy crystals to a zombie. This possibility has been ruled out from the start, but it's undeniable that some lucky zombies can obtain energy crystals. If such a possibility exists, then Earth will change greatly."