Chapter 338: Mutant Fruits
After they cleared out the zombies outside, Qin Luzi checked his map and said, "Captain, there are some scattered zombies inside, but most of them are trapped inside the rooms."
Jin Xuyan nodded and said, "Clear out the scattered zombies and find a clean room to stay."
The members nodded and entered the building. This time, they used their airguns instead of their abilities.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sound of skulls being broken echoed in the silent building. Since there was no electricity, they could only use the emergency stairs. Perhaps because many people had tried to escape using the stairs, the number of zombies in the emergency stairwell was greater than those in the lobby.
After they killed the zombies, Shen Jinzhe would burn the corpses. They climbed the stairs until they reached the 20th floor where the presidential suite was located.
With Qin Luzi as their GPS and CCTV, they didn't have to worry about being ambushed by zombies. In less than an hour, they had already cleaned up the zombies on the 20th floor and went to check the presidential suites.
There were two presidential suites on this floor, so they divided the team into two, each having one suite. As for Jin Xuyan and Jiao Lizhi, they went to the honeymoon suite on the same floor.
After everyone checked the rooms, Chen Qianfeng prepared water for everyone to take a bath while Yin Yusheng and Yu Fuyun went to prepare dinner in the kitchen.
As everyone was resting, Jiao Lizhi brought Jin Xuyan to her space after they locked the suite door. The moment they appeared inside the space, they saw Fu Guai squatting below an apple tree.
The moment she saw the scattered apple cores on the ground, Jiao Lizhi exclaimed, "Fu Guai, how many apples did you eat?!"
Hearing her voice, Fu Guai glanced at her for a moment before he continued eating the apples.
Jiao Lizhi turned to her fiancé and asked, "Brother Yan, didn't he not eat human food?"
Jin Xuyan's eyes flashed with surprise for a moment before he shook his head and replied, "I'm not sure either. Maybe he can eat some fruits."
Logically speaking, a mutant was similar to zombies as they would only eat mutant animals or absorb crystal cores.
Even though mutant plants also contained some energy, the amount was small. Mutants no longer had taste buds like humans. So, they couldn't taste anything and only focused on the energy contained in the things they consumed.
If Fu Guai was interested in the mutant apples, then there were only two possibilities. Either he had regained his taste buds and was slowly becoming human again, or the energy contained in the mutant apples was similar to mutant animals.
From how he behaved, it was more likely that the apples contained high energy value.
After the initial heartache, Jiao Lizhi noticed that the previous apple seedlings were now already bearing fruits. From the moment she planted the mutant trees in her space until now, it had been less than three weeks.
Normally, even a grafted dwarf apple tree still needs two to three years before it starts bearing fruit. Even though she didn't know how long it takes for a mutant fruit tree to mature from a seedling, she was sure that it wouldn't be this fast.
She looked at the rows of fruit trees and saw that most of the fruits were already ripe. Using her mind, she harvested all of the ripe fruits and stored two-thirds of the fruits in the warehouse area. As for the rest, she left them for Fu Guai.
When she was done, she said, "Brother Yan, let's take a shower first, then we can try out the fruits."
Jin Xuyan had no objection to her plan and nodded. "Okay."
After the two of them entered the house, Fu Guai raised his head, and his silver-colored pupils flickered for a moment before returning to normal. Lowering his head, he continued eating the fruits like a machine.
Jiao Lizhi washed a bowl of cherries and brought them to the bedroom. When Jin Xuyan came out of the bathroom, he saw his fiancée staring at a cherry.
"Ah Zhi, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Brother Yan, I feel like this cherry looks bigger than normal mutant fruits," Jiao Lizhi replied without taking her gaze off the cherry.
Hearing this, Jin Xuyan walked over and sat in front of her. He took the cherry from her hand and said, "It's indeed bigger than the mutant cherry I ate before."
After he said this, he ate the cherry and added, "It's more delicious too."
Jiao Lizhi looked at him for a while before she asked, "Brother Yan, do you feel anything?"
Jin Xuyan ate another cherry before he said, "This cherry contains more energy than ordinary mutant fruits. It's better not to take it out."
When Jiao Lizhi heard this, she was delighted and said, "Then we should keep these fruits for ourselves. But what about our members?"
"After the second rain, they can eat the mutant fruits and mutant animals from outside. There's no need to put yourself in danger just for them," Jin Xuyan replied casually.
"Okay."
They stayed in the space for an hour before they left. When they reappeared in their honeymoon suite, they heard a knock, followed by Xiao Qi's voice.
"Captain, Sister-in-law, dinner is ready."
"Coming," Jiao Lizhi replied as she opened the door.
The team had dinner together before they returned to their rooms to rest. Tonight, they didn't stay up to guard as they locked the doors and blocked them with furniture. As for the windows, unless a zombie could fly, they wouldn't have to worry about it.
While the Phantom team was having a good time, Xun Che, Gu Shaoze, and a group of soldiers finally reached the base. They rushed back in one day while bringing several trucks of grains.
Seeing the base commander return with the supplies, everyone cheered.