I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 457 - 454: Burying Knife in Flesh_1

Chapter 457: Chapter 454: Burying Knife in Flesh_1

Yajin is the currency that the survivor bases use for transactions in the post-apocalyptic world. It mainly plays a role in the economic system of human society. The development of human society stems from constant trading, which reflects the importance of an economy!

The Evolution Crystal and Evolution Core in the brains of evolved lifeforms and zombies both contain powerful energy. As they are made up of physical matter, with no DNA or RNA chains. Some imaginative scientists even use Evolution Crystals containing antimatter as a source of energy, creating the first car powered by antimatter.

Because of the peculiarities of antimatter, human technological development leaps several grades ahead, directly reaching the quantum realm. Evolution Crystals are used as "oil packets", propelling the antimatter within and emitting powerful quantum beams.

Of course, this quantum beam is different from what people imagined before the Apocalypse. It’s merely the result of humanity taking a shortcut on the path of technological development.

And it’s that shortcut that allowed people to discover more uses for antimatter. Not only can it replace essential energy used in daily life, but also under certain studies, it has been found that a harmful Evolution Crystal to humans can be modified. Harmful substances could be removed, leaving only useful substances that once extracted and processed after, can be used as Yajin.

"Do you have Yajin on you?" Tang Ye appraised Chen Chaoyang and his two companions before finally voicing this question.

Li Xiaoyan awkwardly felt through his pockets before anxiously bringing out a crystal piece the size of a fingernail.

"So this little thing?" Tang Ye played with the crystal piece in his hand.

"Hmm, one piece of Yajin can support an ordinary person for three to four days!"

"From what you’ve just said, can ’evolved humans’ eat it?"

"They can."

"Eating it can lead to evolution?"

"Yes, but the chances are slim. If one is unlucky and eats too much, they could die a horrible death. Generally, eating one piece of Yajin can replenish some physical strength of evolved humans."

"What happens if they eat too much?" Tang Ye started to get interested and passed the Yajin in his hand to the stall owner in front of him, pointing at the withered Seemingly-dead Flower Bud, "Enough to buy it?"

"Enough, enough, enough!" The stall vendor answered fearfully. A man standing in front of the stall for over ten minutes made the vendor nervous, the overwhelming aura emanating from Tang Ye put the power level of the evolved human into question, how could the vendor not be afraid?

"All right, no need for change." Tang Ye tossed the Yajin to the vendor and picked up the withered Seemingly-dead flower bud under Li Xiaoyan’s twitching gaze, "What does this thing do?"

The vendor carefully pocketed the Yajin, glanced at Tang Ye, and replied, "The powder inside this flower bud can make people lose all their senses when ingested."

"An anesthetic?"

"No, you remain conscious when you consume it. Many people eat a little before fighting to enhance their combat power. A large dose can even save lives. It’s said that someone ate four ounces of it, got their skull chipped open but still continued fighting! He survived in the end. This is some good stuff!"

The vendor was speaking animatedly, but as soon as he finished speaking, he realized Tang Ye had disappeared, he couldn’t help but sigh, "Rich people sure are extravagant!"

"It seems you didn’t answer my question just now, did you?" Tang Ye swallowed the flower bud in his hand. It seemed... useless?

Li Xiaoyan’s face was aching. That little Yajin was his last asset. Spending so easily without asking for change back? But he had to answer Tang Ye’s question.

"If you eat a lot, there’s the chance you evolve. But if you’re unlucky..." Li Xiaoyan was just about to speak of the consequences when he suddenly saw some teenagers inside the bank eating big mouthfuls of Yajin from a box. He pointed at them immediately.

The expression on the teenager’s face was distorted, blood vessels bulging on his cheek, his eyes bloodshot and full of hatred. His trembling body showed the discomfort he was undergoing. Gradually, transparent blisters appeared on his neck. But the hatred in his eyes only grew stronger, and he kept grabbing handfuls of Yajin and shoving them into his mouth!

Passersby glanced curiously but soon lost interest. In the post-apocalyptic world, such scenes were all too common—primarily due to arrogant individuals who had been humiliated and were willing to gamble with their lives to recover their dignity. Clearly, this young man had lost his gamble.

"If you are unlucky, you end up like that." Li Xiaoyan pointed to the young boy in the bank.

Tang Ye turned to look. The boy had just shoved another handful of Yajin down his throat before collapsing on the ground. His body convulsed violently, like a fish out of water, and his face turned bright red.

Blisters started to form on his body as if his skin was being inflated. The entire process lasted for about a minute, and the formerly handsome boy was tortured into an obese figure.

Pop, pop, pop...!

Then, the blisters on his body burst open. Yellow pus with traces of blood flowed out, and his entire body looked as if it had been splashed with a bucket of sulfuric acid. His flesh rotted rapidly, and in the end, he turned into a disfigured, pockmarked corpse lying in a puddle of pus.

The air was filled with a foul smell. The bank staff covered their mouths, but they didn’t seem to be too disturbed. Like these bank staff, they looked bright and shiny in suits during the day, but at night, they were treated as prostitutes!

Such bloody and cruel scenes were common. What did this moment count as?

Those who have survived till now are not virtuous people. Before the Apocalypse, the law could use its utmost power to exterminate bad people, but post-apocalypse, it’s the good people who are exterminated!

A year ago, a boy brimming with a sense of justice asked one of them, "Will you continue like this?"

"Yeah, why not?"

"Were you like this before?"

"Sorry, I’ve always been. Forced by the times."

"When did you become like this? Don’t say you’ve always been, because no one is naturally wicked."

"Do I have to answer?"

"You can choose not to."

"It was the first time I couldn’t."

"Why? ...Alright, you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to."

"I was raped... By my... closest person..."

"What!"

It is a story, a story known to only very few people. The righteous boy, in the end, declared to take care of the girl. But alas, he died and not even a piece of his flesh was left intact. The girl still carried on her old ways.

"Oh, let’s go. Seems like people here pay by phone." Tang Ye observed many people holding mobile phones.

"Hmm, 0.1 Yajin can buy a lot of things, but one Yajin piece can’t be divided, so... "

As Tang Ye, Ah Fu, and the people from Shiwuguan Base left, halfway through, Tang Ye noticed Yan Jie standing still, staring at the bank’s entrance.

He touched the transformed Zombie Slayer Knife at his waist, and nobody knew why the knife was positioned there.

The chilling blade inserted into the flesh, in the location closest to the heart and kidney...

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