CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 38: MUTATED FIERCE BEAST CRYSTAL CORE! DOUBLE CELEBRATION!

Looking at the strong mutated dog corpse, Lu Chuan nodded in satisfaction.

Indeed, the strength of an evolved zombie is entirely incomparable to a low-level zombie.

This mutated dog was incredibly fast, and its physique was very robust. It could be said to possess both tremendous power and a strong body.

The most crucial aspect was those claws that looked like scimitars, and this was a mutated creature, not a zombie dog.

Therefore, it retained a certain level of intelligence, making it even harder to deal with than an evolved zombie.

However, because it wasn’t a zombie creature, as long as it experienced severe pain, the mutated creature would be stimulated, affecting its subsequent judgment.

This allowed Lu Chuan to easily kill it.

"Zombies have crystal cores in their brains. Other creatures can mutate, possibly because they received some mysterious power after the blood moon."

Thinking of this, Lu Chuan controlled Da Pang to directly reach into the brain of this mutated giant dog and indeed found a white crystal core.

Apparently, this mutated dog had not devoured any of its kind since the apocalypse. Had it evolved a few times, it might not have been so easy to deal with.

Looking at the fresh flesh in front of him, Lu Chuan didn’t waste it. He directly controlled Da Pang to lift the corpse of the mutated giant dog and headed back towards the Sunshine District.

The zombie crisis has been going on for over a month now, and Lu Chuan hasn’t seen fresh meat for a long time.

During the early stages of the zombie apocalypse, he had been eating frozen meat; the only fresh meat he had seen was human...

The scent of fresh blood soon attracted other zombies, masses of zombies were lured by the blood to gather in Da Pang’s direction.

Roar!

Looking at the surrounding zombies, Da Pang suddenly let out an angry roar.

Under his powerful pressure as an evolved zombie, these low-level zombies immediately trembled uncontrollably, frozen in place, too scared to advance.

Roar! Roar!

However, at that moment, an equally angry roar echoed.

A massive creature exuding pressure came charging from a distance.

This monster was nearly two and a half meters tall, its size almost matching Da Pang.

Its physique was also bulky and muscular, filled with terrifying explosive power.

Those very prominent stout arms indicated that it was the same type of evolved zombie as Da Pang.

Roar!

Filled with brutality in its eyes, this zombie was clearly after the corpse of the mutated dog carried by Da Pang, as well as the crystal core in Da Pang’s mind.

"Having looked for so long without finding it, you’ve delivered yourself!"

Seeing the large evolved zombie in front of him, Lu Chuan didn’t panic. Instead, he became more excited!

He urgently needed evolved zombie crystal cores to enhance his strength.

This lure of constant evolution was so enticing, even Lu Chuan could barely resist.

But primarily in this apocalypse, only by constantly evolving can one survive.

Facing this evolved zombie, Lu Chuan’s controlled Da Pang was equally unyielding.

He threw the corpse of the giant mutated dog aside and then began a furious battle.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The two towering behemoths of over two meters clashed, their arms swinging and smashing, crumpling all surrounding cars.

The surrounding ground was full of ruts!

This tank-type zombie battle was like an excavator, crazily destroying the surrounding environment.

And being zombies, they had no concept of pain; each strike was with full force.

The clash of their swinging arms sounded like stones striking metal, something flesh and blood shouldn’t be able to produce.

This evolved zombie was similar in size to Da Pang, and their strength was evenly matched.

However, Da Pang, controlled by Lu Chuan, had even more formidable fighting capabilities.

Using his combat skills, Lu Chuan quickly created a situation of crushing the opponent.

Meanwhile, other low-level corpse puppets also arrived on the scene, each wielding a fire axe and charging forward.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Unfortunately, low-level zombies were still low-level; their combat capability was incomparable to these evolved zombies.

Even the once invincible fire axe was ineffective this time, merely producing clinks and clanks when hitting the large zombie’s arm, causing no substantial harm.

Roar!

It seemed Lu Chuan’s unfair fighting tactic using a numerical advantage angered the tank zombie completely.

Breaking free from Da Pang’s control, it viciously swung its arms, crushing the head of a corpse puppet that failed to dodge in time.

This level of evolved zombie was immensely powerful, posing a fatal threat to any corpse puppet.

After testing, Lu Chuan finally brought out his own pair of hammers.

Da Pang grabbed the dual hammers from behind, and crazily swung them at his opponent, instantly boosting his combat power several times over.

Crack! Crack!

Under the furious swings of the dual hammers, the giant zombie couldn’t dodge in time, and several bones in its body were snapped.

Lu Chuan’s massive hammers targeted the knees of the big guy.

Even though the defense of this Tank Zombie was strong, Lu Chuan controlled Da Pang, who was equally powerful.

Once the giant’s legs were smashed by Lu Chuan, its massive body faltered and crashed to the ground.

Before it could get back up, Lu Chuan’s terrifying dual hammers followed up and crazily struck its back and arms.

Seize the moment to take his life; the other Corpse Puppets rushed forward again.

These few Corpse Puppets wielded fire axes, chopping madly at the Evolved Zombie, which had already lost most of its mobility, finally killing it successfully.

Crack!

With powerful swings of the fire axe, a Corpse Puppet split the big guy’s head open and extracted the Crystal Core.

Lu Chuan was delighted; he had been searching for Evolved Zombies for many days without seeing one.

Unexpectedly, today was truly a double blessing.

Not only had he encountered and slain a mutated giant dog, but also a similarly powerful Evolved Zombie.

Two Mutated Crystal Cores in hand, his strength could receive a certain degree of enhancement.

Soon, Da Pang brought back both the Crystal Core and the corpse of the mutated giant dog to building number five.

Lu Chuan received the Crystal Core; it was his first time seeing the Crystal Core of a mutated creature.

By sight, it appeared not much different from the Crystal Core in the back of a zombie’s head.

The most crucial part was that, even though he hadn’t consumed such a Crystal Core before, Lu Chuan could feel a strong desire for it within his body.

This desire was no different from that for zombie Crystal Cores.

Lu Chuan was confident that zombies would surely be able to consume this Mutated Giant Dog’s Crystal Core.

After all, he was already a zombie; what would a zombie be picky about eating?

He brought both Crystal Cores before him, and without much thought, devoured them quickly.

Instantly, a surge of massive energy began to roam continuously within Lu Chuan’s body.

This long-lost Evolutionary Power nourished Lu Chuan’s somewhat parched body, making his already mutated form even stronger.

Lu Chuan could clearly feel the strength within his body continuously increasing!

At the same time, the feeling of enhanced defense and speed flooded back into his mind once again.

However, as Lu Chuan was already a second-tier zombie, the two mutated creatures slain today were only first-tier.

The mutated Tank Zombie had a red and white Crystal Core in its brain.

While the mutated giant dog’s Crystal Core was merely white; these two Crystal Cores, after Lu Chuan consumed them, increased his energy somewhat but not particularly much.

Therefore, although two Crystal Cores were consumed together this time, the impact was not as strong as before.

Lu Chuan nodded inwardly, realizing that as his abilities grew, he would need either to devour more Crystal Cores or to defeat stronger opponents to achieve further breakthroughs in the future.

Although the energy brought by the first-tier Crystal Core was smaller, fortunately, the count was rather high; he managed to gain two today.

The power of the Crystal Core made Lu Chuan’s physical strength more condensed than before.

Meanwhile, Lu Chuan’s Telekinesis also began to further increase; although he wasn’t overwhelmed like before, he could feel that his Telekinesis had been greatly depleted after he controlled Da Pang.

Now, with the consumption of these two Crystal Cores, the previously depleted Telekinesis was also replenished.

Lu Chuan’s eyes lit up with sudden joy.

With his Telekinesis restored, it meant he could control another Evolved Zombie, which would further boost his power!

After refining both Crystal Cores, Lu Chuan felt refreshed, and his mind cleared substantially.

Seeing the mutated giant dog carried back by Da Pang, Lu Chuan nodded in satisfaction.

He hadn’t tasted such fresh blood food in ages; today was simply a feast.

Then, Lu Chuan lay atop the zombie dog and began to tear into it voraciously.

However, unlike before, Lu Chuan wasn’t overly delighted.

Now as he gnawed on this fresh flesh, he found the sensation of hunger was not as intense as before.

Compared to his earlier struggle for a piece of frozen meat, even fighting zombies, this situation was almost too good.

After consuming some of the flesh, Lu Chuan left the rest for Da Pang.

Perhaps due to evolution, Lu Chuan felt his hunger was not as strong as before.

Moreover, for Lu Chuan now, consuming Crystal Cores made him feel more comfortable.

Da Pang, however, was indifferent; faced with fresh blood food, he devoured without hesitation.

As the mutated giant dog’s flesh was consumed, Da Pang’s injuries began to heal rapidly, visible to the naked eye.