Chapter 36 Let’s Have a Spar

Standing by the lake, the six of them fell into deep thought.

The guesses they had about Zhou Yuan’s identity made them temporarily silent.

After a long time, the fourth brother spoke first.

“Captain, could this Mr. Zhou be an evolved human being?”

“However, his appearance hasn’t changed. It’s just that his ‘abilities’ have evolved.”

If the crops and the water in this lake were all from Mr. Zhou’s hands…

That was the only explanation.

After all, Mr. Zhou looked no different from an ordinary person.

Ma Haobo glanced at his fourth brother with sympathy in his eyes.

“He knows the value of the crystalline core, so he asked his men to kill the zombies.”

“He also has magical abilities.”

“Therefore, he is an evolved new human being. There is no doubt about it.”

“We’re thinking about his identity.”

Ma Haobo was really speechless at his subordinate’s naivety.

Zhou Yuan was a new human being. Was there even a need to question that?

The problem was, who exactly was Zhou Yuan?

Was he a member of another Homo Evolutis faction?

Or could he find the Secret of Evolution by coincidence and was a wild Evolver?

If it was the former, they would have to think of a countermeasure.

This was because if they were not careful, they would start a war between the Evolver organizations!

If it was the latter, then it would be simple.

They could lick every bone in this base clean!

The woman with the snake’s tongue gave a constructive suggestion.

“Captain, I think this Mr. Zhou is probably a wild one.”

“First of all, in our intelligence system, there is no mention of any organization that has the ability to grow magical crops.”

“If any organization had such crops, they would have been attacked by the masses!”

“Either they take out the seeds and share them with everyone, or get destroyed and have their seeds shared amongst the winners!”

“Secondly, if he’s from an organization …”

“That organization would not allow him to build such a simple base in such a remote place.”

“He also can’t be the only Evolver guarding this base.”

“After all, for an Evolver to have magical seeds and a technique to purify water.” “Which organization wouldn’t take this situation seriously?”

“So, he’s most likely a wild one.”

After listening to the woman’s analysis, Ma Haobo nodded slightly.

He thought so too.

However, it was better to be safe than sorry.

To ensure that nothing would go wrong and he could get what he wanted safely, Ma Haobo decided to test the waters first.

“Although I agree with your analysis, we still need to find out the truth first.”

“After all, for him to be able to do so many amazing things, even if he’s a wild Evolver, his strength can’t be underestimated.”

Hearing this, the other five people all had an ‘I knew it’ expression.

They knew their Captain all too well.

Everyone had predicted this result.

However, even though they were used to it, they still couldn’t help but complain.

“Captain, you’re too cautious!”

“Captain, have you forgotten about the rules of evolution?”

“One cannot have the best of both worlds at the same time!”

“Usually, those with mutated bodies don’t have strong supernatural abilities! Vice versa!”

“Since Mr. Zhou can mutate crops and purify water, there’s a high chance that he’s an ability user and not a mutant.”

“His combat ability shouldn’t be too strong. That’s why you’re being too cautious, Captain!”

It wasn’t that there weren’t any all-rounders, but there were too few!

It was so rare that even the Evolver’s circle would not consider this.

That was why people came up with such a rule.

Evolvers were divided into mutants and ability users.

For example, the fourth brother, dog-headed man, scaled man, goat-horned man, and even the captain.

All five of them were mutants.

There were obvious changes to their body, and their physical combat power was very strong

As for the woman with the forked tongue, although she had also mutated, it was relatively less. It was considered an evolution that was more inclined to an ability user.

Her main fighting her vertical pupils.

A complete ability user basically had no changes in their appearance.

Their combat power was relatively weak, but they had magical abilities that were almost like divine powers and spells.

Mutants and ability users were all evolved humans.

Simply put, the difference between the two users was that one was a warrior and the other was a mage.

Ma Haobo didn’t comment on his team members’ complaints.

Caution was a weakness at times, but more often than not, it was a strength.

The wasteland was full of danger, especially when it came to things related to Evolvers.

It was not too much to be ten thousand times more cautious!

Even if the process was a little troublesome and time was delayed.

It was much better than being careless and having an accident happen in the end!

In general, the combat power of an ability user was relatively weak.

However, this only meant that their body’s combat power was weak.

Sometimes, the fighting style of some ability users could be very strange and unpredictable.

Therefore, Ma Haobo’s vigilance towards Zhou Yuan did not decrease at all.

After deciding on the strategy, the six of them immediately headed toward the library.

…

In the library.

Zhou Yuan sat on the sofa and looked at the six people in front of him. He asked with a faint smile,

“Why am I hunting zombies?”

Ma Haobo nodded and said,

“Yes.”

“When ordinary people see zombies, they will only avoid them out of fear. However, you organized people to hunt them down.”

“I want to know why.”

From Zhou Yuan’s answer to this question, Ma Haobo could make a simple judgment.

Was Zhou Yuan a wild or a member of some organization?

However, it could only be used as a reference for judgment and could not be confirmed.

After all, people could lie.

Zhou Yuan spread his hands and said,

“Isn’t that simple?”

“The zombies are blocking the way outside, I can’t go out!”

“I want to live!”

“There are still so many people under me who need to survive and eat.”

“It’s impossible to stay in this base forever.”

Ma Haobo was obviously not satisfied with this answer. He shook his head and said,

“Mr. Zhou, you don’t have to brush me off.”

“I’m talking about hunting zombies, not just killing them!”

“You know the value of a zombie crystalline core.”

“In other words, what I want to ask is…”

“How do you know the value of a zombie crystalline core?”

Ma Haobo was practically pointing at Zhou Yuan’s nose and asking, “Are you working for an organization?”

Ma Haobo’s probing wasn’t very obscure or secretive.

It was a simple and direct question.

Zhou Yuan slowly shook his head and said,

“I found the crystal in the zombie’s head very pretty.”

“That’s why I wanted to collect and admire them.”

“Then, it slowly became the currency of the base.”

“These things have no value to me.”

“I still have a lot here, do you guys want some?”

Zhou Yuan took out a one-meter tall wooden box from his bedroom and threw it on the coffee table.

Whoosh!

He opened the lid and it was full of zombie crystalline cores!

These were all collected by him in the past month, from what he and the thousand men under him had hunted.

There were more than 2000 zombie crystalline cores in total.

In an instant, Ma Haobo and the other five fell silent.

They had seen so many crystalline cores before.

However, those cores didn’t belong to them.

2,000 crystalline cores… This was a huge sum of currency no matter where it was.

They were a little…tempted!

That was why they were silent.

Zhou Yuan looked at the expressions of the six people in front of him and the corners of his mouth curled up.

The reason why he took out the crystalline cores was to test these people’s attitudes toward them.

He wanted to use it to verify the conjecture in his heart.

This conjecture was that the so-called evolvers were related to zombie crystalline cores.

From the looks of it now, it definitely had a lot to do with this.

Suddenly, the silent atmosphere was broken.

Ma Haobo said seriously,

“Mr. Zhou, can I spar with you?”