Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies

After speaking, Shen Zhen was about to head out of the garden, but before she could take a step away from the man, he reached out and held her wrist. Frowning, she turned and looked at the man with confusion in her eyes. Did she not say whatever she wanted to tell him?

Lu Yu looked at the woman anxiously when he saw that she was frowning at him. He said to her in a hurry, "Doctor Shen, I know that you are worried that I will turn out like your father and brother once the situation turns difficult, but you don't need to worry. Just watch me. I will prove to you that I am not like them. The promises that I have made to you are not frivolous, nor am I just saying these words to you because I want to take you to my bed. It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, but time will tell you that I was and am serious when I say that I want to build a family with you."

Once he was done, he let go of Shen Zhen's hand and walked past her. Even though he was rejected again, Lu Yu's head was held high. He was not going to regret making this promise to Shen Zhen. After all, he was Lei Qian's friend and birds of a feather flock together. Lei Qian made promises to Bai Meiyue and was fulfilling them, so how could Lu Yu be any different?

He had made up his mind that Shen Zhen was the woman that he wanted, and he was going to make her his. No matter what, he was not going to change his mind even if the world turned upside down. Ah—maybe more upside down than it already was.

At the same time, Bai Meiyue was supervising Lei Qian, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor and said to him, "No, this is not correct. I told you. Try to control the spiritual energy in such a manner that it will be released within your core and not to the outside world. Look at how much energy you are wasting! If you control the fragments properly, then you will be able to suck them in better."

"I told you it's not easy!" Lei Qian opened his eyes only to receive a smack on the back of his head and closed his eyes before he started to even out his breathing once again. "And what do you mean by sucking it in? How am I supposed to do it without you telling me what I am supposed to do with this energy?"

Bai Meiyue let out an exasperated sigh and then said to the man, "It's not that I don't want to tell you; it's just that I cannot tell you. Like zombies, humans who have evolved and turned into ability users also have a crystal nucleus. The only difference is that their crystal nuclei are different, and they store the soul of the human."

"You can say that these nuclei are the strongest and the weakest part of the ability users. You can collect all the spiritual energy that you absorb from the zombie crystal nuclei and then use it to strengthen your soul and abilities. However, the absorption is also different. You are lucky that you have awakened a really powerful ability, which is why you can get a lot of crystal nuclei in your hands and you can use them to fill the energy that you waste."

"But that also slows down your cultivation."

"You need to absorb every bit of it. That way you can get stronger faster."

Lei Qian released a breath through his mouth and questioned, "And when will you tell me why you cannot help me?"

Hearing his question that sounded like the whine of a child, Bai Meiyue's lips twitched. She rolled her eyes and then said to the man, "It's because I have no idea where you have created your spirit nucleus. Only you know where you have locked your soul away. It could be done through conscious or unconscious means, which means that only you can search your spirit nucleus. How am I supposed to help you channel the energy when I have no idea where your nucleus is?"

"So, how should I search for it?" Lei Qian asked while trying to keep his irritation to a minimum.

"I have told you this already." Bai Meiyue also felt her patience wane when she heard him ask the same question again and again. "Just try to feel the fragments of energy that are going out of control. If you pay proper attention, then you will realise that you can feel the spiritual energy leaking out of your spirit nucleus. It's so vibrant that even I can see the leak."

Lei Qian sighed as he started to look for the spirit nucleus once again, but even after searching for a long time, he didn't find it. It was bad enough that he had to take a week to understand how to absorb the energy of the crystal nuclei; now he couldn't even find the spiritual nucleus.

When Bai Meiyue saw that the man was having a hard time looking for the spiritual nucleus, she sighed and then said to him, "Alright, you can take some rest today. It seems like we are not going to get anywhere today."

She realised that maybe she, too, was asking too much of Lei Qian. when she first learnt about the spirit nucleus after the report came out, she too had to train hard for three weeks before she could find it. The only reason she was able to do it right this time around was because she knew how to control her spiritual energy without it dissipating in the middle or vanishing. Her control was better than Lei Qian's.

There was no way the man could follow her example, not with him just being a novice.