“Let’s go, back to base first, then we can study it slowly,” Zuo Feng said.
He withdrew his Space Shield, hoisting the exhausted Kong Ling onto his shoulder, while Ying'er was carried by Tiegada, and Xiao Mi Tao followed closely behind, clutching the white Pigeon egg, her eyes sparkling with curiosity and anticipation.
The group silently left the cave and embarked on their journey home.
After returning to the villa, the women quickly showered, changed into nightgowns, and then gathered on the soft sofa, discussing in hushed tones.
After a quick shower, Zuo Feng sat on the sofa and said to the three women:
“Da Mi Tao, Da Bai Tu, Xiao Mi Tao; go and clean Kong Ling and Ying'er, and put some clean clothes on them.”
These three women could all control the variant zombies Zuo Feng had subdued, so it was most appropriate for them to handle the cleaning.
The three responded, carrying Kong Ling and Ying'er to the bathroom…
Once the three women brought the clean Kong Ling and Ying'er, dressed in fresh clothes, back to the living room, Xiao Mi Tao immediately pounced into Zuo Feng’s arms, her eyes sparkling with excitement, and whispered:
“Feng Ge, let me show you something good!”
As she spoke, she retrieved four pure white Pigeon eggs from her kongling crystal and carefully placed them in Zuo Feng’s palm.
The eggshells were warm and smooth like jade, faintly emitting a soft glow.
As for why there were four, that was naturally due to Xiao Mi Tao’s past experience — when encountering Pigeon eggs, she always had to secretly hide one first.
Zuo Feng took the pure white Pigeon eggs, gently stroking their surface.
They were very smooth and seemed quite fragile, their effects unknown.
Seeing the pure white Pigeon eggs, Da Mi Tao walked over, took the Pigeon eggs from Zuo Feng’s hand, and put them directly into her kongling crystal, saying in a low voice:
“Keep them with me for now; we’ll decide how to distribute them after Xiao Yu researches their effects!”
“Alright, sure, but you should at least give one to Xiao Mi Tao.”
Zuo Feng dotingly ruffled Xiao Mi Tao’s hair.
It had always been Xiao Mi Tao who researched the Pigeon eggs;
This time would naturally be no exception;
But this Da Mi Tao, if you collect all four, what will Xiao Mi Tao research?
“She secretly hid one; that’s enough for her research.”
Da Mi Tao rolled her eyes at Zuo Feng.
Her little sister’s tricks only fooled this Da Hundan; they didn’t work on her at all.
Hearing Da Mi Tao’s words, Zuo Feng chuckled, shaking his head helplessly.
Xiao Mi Tao, meanwhile, stuck out her tongue and buried her little head into Zuo Feng’s embrace.
Her annoying sister! Nothing could be hidden from her!
“Oh! Xiao Nan Ren, look quickly, Ying'er’s wound is healing itself! (Ying'er is the name Da Mi Tao gave to Bai Ying.)”
Da Bai Tu pointed excitedly at the gradually healing wound on Ying'er’s arm.
Zuo Feng’s gaze sharpened, and indeed, he saw a faint white light emanating from the edges of the wound, which Kong Ling had inflicted, slowly closing.
Zuo Feng’s gaze involuntarily drifted to the little pine tree on the coffee table, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Previously, Ying'er had been attracted by the scent emitted by the little pine tree; perhaps her wound’s healing was related to absorbing the little pine tree’s scent.
However, this did not mean that the little pine tree could heal injuries, otherwise Kong Ling would not have been unaffected.
Just then, Xiao Mi Tao in Zuo Feng’s arms blinked her big eyes, staring at Ying'er’s wound, then glancing at Kong Ling, and a bright light immediately flashed in her eyes.
She quickly jumped down from Zuo Feng’s embrace, ran to Kong Ling’s side, and then everyone saw Xiao Mi Tao feed Kong Ling a three-line zombie crystals;
After Kong Ling swallowed the loss crystal, within moments, she shot upright, her sharp nails and small fangs instantly extended, entering a combat state.
“Kong Ling, no fighting!”
Xiao Mi Tao quickly pulled back Kong Ling, who was about to rush towards Ying'er.
Fortunately, Xiao Mi Tao could now command Kong Ling; upon receiving the order, Kong Ling immediately stopped her movements, retracting her nails and small fangs, and stood obediently to the side.
Xiao Mi Tao’s gaze then turned to Ying'er, her big eyes sparkling with curiosity and anticipation.
A three-line zombie crystals was fed to Ying'er by Xiao Mi Tao.
After Ying'er swallowed it, the marks on her body from Kong Ling’s scratches rapidly faded, and her skin gradually returned to its pale state, as if she had never been injured.
“Ha, Feng Ge, I guessed right!”
Xiao Mi Tao smiled triumphantly, turned, and ran back to Zuo Feng, hugging his waist tightly.
“What did you discover this time?”
Zuo Feng looked down, his gaze gently resting on Xiao Mi Tao’s face.
“Feng Ge, hmm… let me explain it like this…”
Xiao Mi Tao blinked, thought for a moment, and said:
“If we compare variant zombies to machines with different functions, then loss crystal are the batteries that provide energy to these machines.
They can not only accelerate the evolution of variant zombies but also provide them with energy!
Just like Kong Ling, after exhausting her energy, as long as she consumes loss crystal, she can recover faster!”
A hint of surprise flashed in Zuo Feng’s eyes, but he then asked:
“What about Ying'er’s injury then? Why did her injury heal so quickly after she consumed the loss crystal?”
“Feng Ge, one of Ying'er’s abilities should be self-healing.
Before, when Ying'er was exhausted, she naturally couldn’t use this ability.
Now, after swallowing the loss crystal, the energy from the loss crystal activated her self-healing ability, which is why her wound healed so quickly.”
At this point, Xiao Mi Tao paused, and a look of pleasant surprise erupted in her eyes again:
“Feng Ge, quickly check if your newly acquired skill is self-healing!”
Xiao Mi Tao’s words instantly drew the attention of all the women.
Their Feng Ge had a new skill again.
Every time Feng Ge subdued a variant, he would inherit a skill from it.
Subduing Kong Ling inherited Space Shield;
Subduing Tiegada inherited Metallic Skin;
So, inheriting a self-healing ability from the self-healing Ying'er was also reasonable.
Zuo Feng’s mind stirred, and he mentally communicated with the purple lotus rooted in his brain, looking at the new milky white rune on the third petal…
But there seemed to be no reaction.
Zuo Feng frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and took out his tactical knife, making a thin cut on his arm, from which blood slowly seeped.
Zuo Feng focused his gaze; in just a moment, a faint white light rapidly appeared at the edges of the wound, and the thin cut quickly healed, his skin returning to normal.
Surprise flashed in Zuo Feng’s eyes; he had indeed acquired the self-healing ability!
“Wow! It really is a self-healing ability!”
Xiao Mi Tao jumped up excitedly, and all the women also showed expressions of pleasant surprise.
“This is a passive skill; it doesn’t need to be activated.
It automatically starts whenever I get injured,” Zuo Feng said proudly.
With this ability, Space Shield, plus Metallic Skin comparable to rebar in hardness, he could now even withstand a man-portable rocket launcher!
He was practically an invincible tank!
“Da Hundan, Ying'er… will follow me from now on!”
At this moment, Da Mi Tao walked up to Zuo Feng, raising her head and saying proudly.
After Zuo Feng subdued Ying'er, Da Mi Tao had been tempted.
A zombie that could fight Kong Ling to a draw, its strength was naturally unquestionable;
All the Firefly women knew that although Kong Ling was subdued by Feng Ge, Feng Ge had actually given Kong Ling to Da Bai Tu;
Although Zuo Feng had also subdued Tiegada, Da Mi Tao didn’t like the ugly Tiegada.
Now, the appearance of Ying'er made Da Mi Tao’s heart stir:
In terms of appearance, she was a beautiful classical beauty.
In terms of strength, she could fight Kong Ling to a draw.
In terms of speed, she was no less than Kong Ling, and even more elusive.
And her defense, even Kong Ling’s terrifying nails could only barely scratch her.
This defensive power was definitely not weaker than Tiegada, especially since she could also self-heal!
Ying'er was simply the perfect combat partner!
With Ying'er, Da Mi Tao’s weakness in close-quarters combat would be completely compensated, and her combat power would be comprehensively improved.
Looking at Da Mi Tao proudly demanding Ying'er, Zuo Feng couldn’t help but chuckle internally:
This Da Mi Tao really knew how to pick—Ying'er, whose strength could rival Kong Ling, and whose currently displayed abilities could perfectly complement Da Mi Tao’s shortcomings.
“Alright, if you like her, she’s yours.
Ying'er is entrusted to you from now on.”
Zuo Feng shook his head with a smile.
The zombie he had just subdued, he hadn’t even had time to study her carefully before Da Mi Tao wanted her…
But Zuo Feng didn’t mind.
Since Da Mi Tao liked Ying'er, he would give her to her;
Anyway, Da Mi Tao was his woman, and how could he refuse his woman’s request?
Upon hearing this, Da Mi Tao couldn’t help but curl her lips into a triumphant smile: This Da Hundan is good; he’s very generous to me, good! Plus points!
With excitement in her eyes, Da Mi Tao pulled Ying'er to sit on a nearby sofa…
Zuo Feng then carefully observed Ying'er: the standard appearance of a classical Eastern beauty, her looks no less than a young married woman, milky white long hair, crimson eyeballs, four small milky white fangs, and milky white nails that also had combat and peace modes; she also produced Pigeon eggs; she was almost extremely close to a variant zombie.
The differences were: she had a zombie jump but couldn’t float, no vertical mark on her forehead, and her pupil color and hair were out of sync.
Zuo Feng shook his head, retracting his gaze.
From now on, Ying'er belonged to Da Mi Tao; let Da Mi Tao tinker with her herself;
And besides Da Bai Tu, the eyes of the other eight women all sparkled with envy as they looked at Da Mi Tao.
Who wouldn’t be tempted by the powerful Ying'er!