Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge-Chapter 50 - Earth Superpower Awakening
Chapter 50: Chapter 50 Earth Superpower Awakening
Chapter 50: Chapter 50 Earth Superpower Awakening
Just as Ji Wanwan felt she was about to be completely enveloped by the vines, they suddenly withered and flopped down limply in all directions.
She looked in surprise at the plants at her feet, finding the ground dry and cracked, devoid of any life.
Confused, Ji Wanwan felt the ground beneath her feet come to life again, moving her toward a safe place.
Unlike the earth-shattering rampage of the giant corpse, this sense of earth movement gave Ji Wanwan great comfort.
In an instant, she understood.
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Who was it?
She glanced around and saw Qi Hao watching the Wood Element Superpower User intently, with a faint earth-brown glow emanating from his body.
It was Haozi!
Haozi had awakened his Earth Superpower at this moment!
Ji Wanwan smiled broadly, greatly encouraged.
Qi Hao, silently protecting her, felt a tremor in his heart when he saw her smile.
[Superpower Upgrade…]
[Superpower Upgrade…]
[Superpower Upgrade…]
[Superpower Upgrade, Current Superpower Level 5]
Five levels at once, the intense tearing sensation mixed with pleasure intertwined within Qi Hao, making him both thrilled and agonized.
The nearby Wood Element Superpower User only felt a sudden awakening from Qi Hao, followed by a stiffening, and after a strange expression fluctuated, Qi Hao’s aura became stronger!
Why did this person level up so quickly?
In his shock, the man did not forget to regain control of the plants to fend off Qi Hao’s attacks.
Ji Wanwan was also stunned for a moment.
How come Qi Hao, like Xu Siming, became stronger out of nowhere, without any signs.
It was maddeningly enviable!
Seeing that there was now an awakener on Ji Wanwan’s side, the Wood Element Superpower User planned to slip away.
The Crystal Core hadn’t been retrieved yet, and neither Qi Hao nor Ji Wanwan would give him a chance to escape.
Having lost the restraint of the plants, Xia Li chased after him as well: “Where do you think you’re going! Leave the Crystal Core!”
“Stop fighting! Don’t fight anymore!!”
An untimely child-like voice suddenly piped up.
All three paused, instinctively restraining themselves a bit.
“Brother! Please give them the Crystal Core! Don’t fight with them anymore!”
The voice appeared again, and only then did Ji Wanwan notice a cute little girl where the Wood Superpower User had just jumped down from.
At that moment, the little girl was tilting her head, blinking her bright, doe-like eyes, looking worried and anxious as she watched the fiercely battling group.
The little girl’s gaze was pure with no malice.
Ji Wanwan stopped and blocked her eager teammates.
She paused in her tracks and carefully observed the little girl, noticing that from her waist down she was wrapped in layers of plants, and her cheeks were an unusual pale gray.
This little girl was clearly not long for this world.
So…
“You stole the Crystal Core for the child?”
Although Ji Wanwan was asking, her tone was certain.
The Wood Superpower User hadn’t expected the little girl to show up, and with a mix of annoyance and pity, said softly, “Go back inside!”
The little girl bit her lip, her head lowered, tears almost falling: “Brother, give them the Crystal Core, I can’t be cured…”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” The man scolded softly, energy fluctuations from his hands interweaving plants that sprouted from the ground, forming a tight network between him and Ji Wanwan’s group, blocking both sides.
“Trying to run?!”
Xia Li squinted her enchanting eyes.
The flash of a blade shattered the plant web in front of her, and the man had already run far away with the young girl.
She had to get those 4 Crystal Cores, and Ji Wanwan intercepted the man’s path with a teleport.
The man paused.
How was this woman’s energy seemingly inexhaustible, flowing continuously!
Just now, she had been so weak from exhaustion that she could hardly stand, yet now she could teleport right in front of him!
Dammit, what a nuisance!
A fierce light started to show in the man’s eyes.
He shook his head in agony, “I don’t want to hurt anyone, don’t force me!”
Ji Wanwan persistently watched him, “Surviving the apocalypse with your sister must be hard, right?”
She flipped her wrist and a green Crystal Core appeared in her palm, “Your energy is strong, and you are skilled; it seems you’ve fought hard since the apocalypse erupted. So, you should have more Crystal Cores on you, right?”
The man remained silent, staring intently at the green Crystal Core.
It seemed she had guessed right, and Ji Wanwan curved her lips, “You need the green Crystal Core because you can resonate with it to maximize your superpower, which will better help you save your sister.”
The man shifted his gaze away from the Crystal Core and took a quiet measure of the other pursuers coming up behind him.
“So what? You state these obvious things, what do you want? To buy time?”
Ji Wanwan shook her head and gestured for Xia Li and the others to stop.
The group halted their advance but kept their guard up.
“I am saying this to tell you that you can exchange the other Crystal Cores you have with me, but don’t expect to get this blue one for free; we obtained it through combat!”
The man’s brow relaxed.
After a brief silence, he muttered, “I don’t have any other Crystal Cores. I’ve traded all of them at the Black Market for Wood Element Crystal Cores.”
“Black Market?!”
Ji Wanwan was startled.
The apocalypse started less than a month ago, and the Black Market has already emerged?
This…
In her previous life, the Black Market had gradually emerged six months after the apocalypse started, yet this time it had appeared so much earlier!
Ji Wanwan’s reaction surprised the man, “You didn’t know about the Black Market?”
That was odd indeed.
Looking at this group, fully equipped, nearly all superpower users, yet unaware of the Black Market’s existence.
Ji Wanwan twirled one fingertip, “Where is the Black Market? What do they sell?”
This information was commonly known, and the man didn’t hold back, “There’s an underground betting parlor in the suburbs of Liancheng. Not long after the apocalypse erupted, that place became the largest Black Market of Liancheng, dealing in all kinds of Crystal Cores, weapons, medicine, and even jailed zombie pets.”
“Zombie pets…”
Ji Wanwan’s mouth twitched.
Those who kept such things as pets truly had unique tastes.
During her last life, Ji Wanwan had also visited the Black Market several times, mostly to buy supplies.
In her memory, the Black Market was not a place one could simply walk into; especially for ordinary people, it required peeling off a layer of skin to get inside.
Ji Wanwan snapped back to reality, “How do we enter the Black Market?”
The man didn’t answer but looked down at the Crystal Core in Ji Wanwan’s hand with a smirk curving his lips.
Gaining every possible advantage was the key to surviving longer in the apocalypse.
Ji Wanwan could understand that behavior.
She smiled, gazing down at the little girl in the man’s arms, “My refuge has supplies, I can help you save her, but you have to listen to me and do as I say!”
The man remained immobile, “Why should I believe you?”
Ji Wanwan pocketed the green Crystal Core, “Believe it or not, I can find a way into the Black Market without you, but without this Wood Element Crystal Core, how much longer your sister can last, well… that’s hard to say…”
