I’m A Wasteland Giant

Chapter 22: The Audacious Chu Zixuan

Du Gang had killed more than a dozen black beetles in the girls’ dormitory, and the crystals he obtained were converted into 33 energy points. Including the ones from before, he now had a total of 54 energy points.

Since it was so simple to obtain energy points, an idea came up in his mind.

And that was to hunt down dormant insects in the city for their crystals.

Currently, he was 46 energy points short of activating the first system, the nervous system.

He was eager to activate the system and see what exactly it offered.

He led the rest of his team around the other empty buildings and apart from an insect in one of the classrooms that contributed 2 energy points to him, there was nothing else.

“Du Gang, aren’t you treating them a little too well? You killed all the insects for them before you left…”

Cao Yongyi felt a little uncomfortable. Before the six of them left, they were mocked terribly by those people and now, Du Gang was here helping them clean up the insects.

Du Gang smiled and didn’t say a word.

Well, he couldn’t possibly say that he didn’t care less if the others lived or died and was just killing the insects for the energy crystals, could he?!

Chu Zixuan suddenly spoke: “Can I go in and see the insects up close?”

Everyone looked at him with great surprise, and even Du Gang was astonished.

When normal people saw the insects, their first reaction was to run and stay away from them. Very few people would ask to see them, and up close even.

“I think that the spatial channel may appear after nightfall again, so I want to observe the insects up close and get used to them in advance.”

Du Gang nodded with a smile: “Fair enough. What about you guys? Anyone wants to go in together and adapt as well?”

“Nope!”

The other four of them shook their heads like a rattle drum. None of them were interested.

“Okay then. Chu Zixuan and I will go in; you guys wait out here for a while!”

With that said, Du Gang led Chu Zixuan into the teachers’ dormitory.

After Chu Zixuan went in, he completely let his mind go and approached the insect to study it carefully.

What a guy!

Not only was Chu Zixuan not terrified, but he also examined the carcasses.

Not to mention the rest, just his guts alone made Du Gang appreciate him greatly.

Chu Zixuan circled the insect, sized it up, and also touched it with his bare hands. Finally, he looked at its hollow skull and reached his hand inside.

Then, he turned his head and asked: “Was there something inside the insect’s skull?”

Du Gang narrowed his eyes and asked: “What makes you ask that?”

“When passing by the laboratory building, I found that those insects had their heads destroyed without exception… In addition, given the character you showed yesterday, you are not someone who would go to clean up the insects inside the girls’ dormitory for the sake of those people in the building…

“So I suspect that you found something inside the insects’ skulls… And it can enhance your supernatural power… This is the only explanation why you are keen to kill them!”

After Chu Zixuan finished explaining, he reached his hand out and touched the inside of the skull again, as if using his finger to determine how deep the hole was.

“Are you not afraid that I will silence you?”

Du Gang sulked.

Chu Zixuan shook his head: “According to the previous news, I presume that during the night, the spatial channel will reappear, and the bugs will also surface again…

“What’s in the insects’ skulls will be discovered sooner or later. Even if you kill me, you can only hide it for a few days. Unless you kill the other four people as well…

“Moreover, you said it before that there’s a limit to your transformation duration, so just you alone has limited power. If I can also awaken supernatural power… I can help you!”

“Heh, heh!”

Du Gang suddenly laughed out loud.

What a pleasant surprise. I didn’t expect someone like him to be among the students. He has hidden himself pretty deeply.

Du Gang thought about it and eventually confessed: “Inside the insect’s skull is a red crystal that can enhance my supernatural power. As for whether it can make others awaken supernatural power, I have no idea…

“But why should I give it to you?”

Chu Zixuan measured the depth of the hole, pulled out his hand, and casually found a piece of cloth to wipe off the filthy mucus. Then, he said with a smile: “I can see that you aren’t particularly satisfied with Ma Li’s character. But when you introduced him to us as your close childhood friend, I felt the deep feelings in those words, which indicated that you attach great importance to him and subconsciously want to determine his position in this team of six…

“If you are the only one with supernatural power, it will be tough for us to walk to Luo An City, right? What if all six of us have supernatural powers? What if when we get to Luo An City, your parents have awakened their supernatural powers as well? Won’t we be much safer?

“I’m willing to be your first test subject to determine if what’s in the insect’s skull can make me safely awaken as a supernatural being!”

As a matter of fact, Chu Zixuan was 70 to 80 percent certain that the crystal in the insect’s skull was harmless to people. Otherwise, Du Gang wouldn’t have collected it himself.

As for whether he could awaken supernatural power, he didn’t not know. But it was worth the risk to try.

The end of the world was near. He believed that the future would be more tragic than today. He would die in the future if he didn’t fight now.

Du Gang pondered for a moment and nodded: “All right. When we get out, I’ll find more crystals and test them on you…”

“What about the crystal that we just got?”

Chu Zi Xuan knitted his brows, pointing to the hole under his hand with some confusion.

“I absorbed it!”

“…”

Chu Zixuan was at a loss for words. He didn’t expect Du Gang to take action so quickly. He helplessly said: “Okay then. After we head out, I suggest you don’t tell them first. After I finish the experiment on my end, we’ll see if we should inform them…”

He was worried that after informing the rest, someone would steal his priority to be a test subject.

Whether he would be awakening first or later was very important to him!

Du Gang originally decided to collect the crystals by himself and didn’t think too much about it. But after hearing from Chu Zixuan that the crystal might be able to awaken one’s supernatural power, he agreed to try it out on him.

Although he wasn’t impressed by Mu Chuxue’s supernatural power, she used it to kill an insect, after all. Even though she was lucky enough to hit the insect’s crystal, it was still considered a form of combat power!

Just like Chu Zixuan said, wouldn’t they have their hands tied and be waiting for death once his transformation time ran out and they encountered danger?

“Okay!”

Soon after, the two of them walked out of the teachers’ dormitory.

Then, at An Ya’s request, Du Gang accompanied her on a trip to her room to pick up some essentials for ladies.

After packing them up, they, as a group, walked toward the outside of the school.

They decided to check out the nearest police station first to see if they could get some information, before deciding how to head to Luo An City.