C11 Level-1 Spiritual Force

"Hey... I've got a boyfriend.'"

"He's just a scumbag. You will suffer a lot if you are with him."

Yang Tian waved his hand and said disdainfully.

In the next moment, before Guan Qingxue could even react, she was pulled into the small house in the manor by Yang Tian.

She was momentarily stunned before she grew nervous. However, when she saw Yang Tian walk out of the house, she calmed down.

Yang Tian faintly smiled as he walked out of the house. Compared to her past coldness in her previous life, the current Guan Qingxue was a lot more like a normal woman.

"Keep an eye on them!"

Yang Tian tasked the mutant hog to watch the students. The smell of the pigsty could hide the human scent and if they stayed in there wisely, Yang Tian wouldn't mind their presence. However, if they held evil intentions, he would kill them without hesitation.

Sitting at his doorstep, Yang Tian took out the Spirit-type Energy Crystals from his pocket.

Ten Spirit-type Energy Crystals were enough for Yang Tian to raise his Psychic power to the next level. As such, he didn't have to wait for the blood rain three days later.

Presently, Yang Tian's Psychic power was too weak. He had to place the Spirit-type Energy Crystals close to his brain for them to be easily absorbed. When his Psychic power got strong enough, he wouldn't need to do this.

Placing the Energy Crystal on the top of the skull and absorbing it was the most suitable method. By guiding his weak Psychic power, he slowly absorbed the Spirit-type Energy Crystals.

The Energy Crystals seemed to have turned into droplets of water, slowly disseminating into Yang Tian's brain. Absorbing the Spirit-type Energy Crystals was a grueling task. After absorbing just one Energy Crystal, Yang Tian was so tired that he was sweating profusely.

Then came the second.

And the third!

...

Finally, it was the tenth...

After absorbing all of the Energy Crystals, Yang Tian's Psychic power reached the first level. The improvement would give Yang Tian an upper hand in the first blood rain.

Although his Psychic power had reached the first level, it would be difficult for him to unleash its full potential without any special abilities.

However, with it, Yang Tian now possessed the ability to communicate with the mutant fruit.

By the time Yang Tian had completed absorbing the energy crystals, the dawn of the next day had already arrived.

The nine students were still in the pigsty and with the mutant hog guarding them, they didn't dare act recklessly.

Yang Tian went to the warehouse where he took out a box of hardtacks, three pieces of chicken jerky and a bottle of Coke. He then proceeded towards his small house where Guan Qingxue was sitting on a chair, fiddling with her phone.

"It's time to eat."

Yang Tian set the food he took from the warehouse in front of Guan Qingxue.

"Thank you."

When Guan Qingxue saw the food in front of her, she could hardly imagine that Yang Tian really brought it.

She took a piece of dried meat and put it in her mouth. She then slowly chewed, occasionally taking sips of the Coke.

"Stop messing around with it. It can't be fixed."

Yang Tian pointed at the pink phone on the table and said. At the moment of the apocalypse, the Earth's magnetic field had ruptured. All the electrical and radio equipment had been wrecked, forcing the Earth into a state of social paralysis.

Yang Tian recalled that in the later days of the apocalypse, humans slowly recovered from the invasion of the alien world. Instead of being passive, a group of grotesques appeared in the Celestial Empire. They organized a force to re-examine the earth's magnetic field of which they succeeded, but only limited to small things like lightbulbs.

Given enough resources and time, they gave the impression that they could return to the pre-apocalyptic scientific era of the Earth. However, before Yang Tian could witness their success, he died in a cave.

"Do you have a landline here? We could contact the outside world. It's better than being trapped here."

"Don't even think about it. The outside world is several times more dangerous than this place. They can't even protect themselves. How can they save you?"

Yang Tian's occasional merciless jabs made her understand the bitter cruelty of reality, which was often much better than immersing herself in an impossible fantasy.

"Impossible, they are just some relatively tall monsters. With our technological level, it's impossible for us to be unable to deal with them." Guan Qingxue obviously doubted Yang Tian's sentiments.

"The earth's magnetic field altered long ago. The so-called high level of technology has long been destroyed. Without advanced weapons, are humans still at the top of the food chain?"

"Now that rats on Earth are gradually becoming stronger than humans, how long do you think we can survive under such conditions?"

"No, that is just your view of the narrative."

She was unwilling to accept the reality?

Yang Tian wouldn't force her either. As long as his words played a certain role in her heart, it was enough. Sooner or later, she would have to face the real world.

Yang Tian walked out of the room and left Guan Qingxue on her own.

He was hungry.

Yang Tian proceeded to take out a bag of rice from the warehouse of which he poured half of it into a large jar full of water. After building a fire under it, he added seasonings to the mix.

However, this wasn't the students' meal; it was for the mutant hog.

In an hour, the rice was fully cooked.

Yang Tian tightly sealed the large jar, not revealing the meal's scent. After that, he filled a bucket of soil from the pigsty and poured it the moment the jar was opened. He stirred it, concealing the meal's fragrance completely.

If he didn't boil the rice, a full bag wouldn't be enough to feed the pig. By cooking it, he would only need half a bag.

The mutant pig wasn't selective about it; as long as something to eat was present, it would be fine.

"Ahhh!"

Seeing the mutant hog eating excitedly and ravenously, the originally hungry students got even more famished.

Yang Tian took out a bottle of mineral water and a few pieces of dried pork from the warehouse, just enough for his fill.

He ate directly without concern.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Yang Tian prepared to get down to business. He still had to try to communicate with the mutant fruit tree.

With the first level of Psychic power, he passed through the garden and arrived at the fruit tree in the middle.

"This is my territory."

Yang Tian instantly received a warning when he stepped into the mutant fruit tree's territory.

"But this is my manor."

"Get out of my territory immediately, or don't blame me for beating you up."

"If you had the ability, you would have already made a move long ago. What are you waiting for?"

To these plants, other creatures were definitely not allowed to exist in their vicinity. But since Yang Tian lived safely in his manor, the only explanation was that the mutant tree's ability was limited.

"But you don't dare to offend me."

Its intelligence was not low — this was the first conclusion that Yang Tian drew. With the level-1 psychic power, Yang Tian could see that the mutant fruit tree was also at the first level. However, the strength it displayed was much stronger than a level-1 red-shelled beetle's.

With thorny vines, the mutant tree produced black fruits. Only a few level-1 creatures possessed basic intelligence.