Apocalypse: I Choose To Stop Time - Chapter 38

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Nina held the crystal in her hand and played with it curiously.

Although it fell out of the zombie’s body, it was abnormally clean. Not even a trace of zombie blood was on it.

Perhaps this kind of mutated zombie did not have any blood but even so, it might still pose a risk of spreading virus to humans.

“Be careful, what if there’s virus on it?” Thomson stared at Nina reproachfully.

“Hehe, if there was, would you let it go, Master?”

While saying that, Nina put the crystal on her belly and held it for a while, revealing a satisfied smile.

“So comfortable!”

Indeed, Thomson had already used his eye of insight to learn the attributes of this crystal and it posed no threat.

[Fire magic crystal (3): possesses powerful energy. Other than being able to be absorbed by people with the same elemental superpowers, it might have other wonderful uses.]

It was a type of crystal that could be absorbed.

It was also Thomson’s first time seeing it and he could not help but be a little curious.

“Nina, try if you can absorb the energy within it.”

“Oh, okay…”

No one knew how Nina moved, but the crystal suddenly glowed with a bright red light. The crystal that was originally solid turned into powder with a “bang”. Or perhaps, it was water vapor that had gradually seeped into Nina’s skin.

Under the observation of the eye of insight, Nina’s elemental points rose from 20 to 23.

It seemed that the number after the name of the crystal represented the energy contained in the crystal and the amount absorbed had increased as much.

Nina was more sensitive to the changes in her body.

“Have I become stronger?”

“Not stronger but you have more elemental energy.”

Thomson smiled and said, “People with elemental superpower are different from people with ordinary superpower. Their energy source isn’t their own but by absorbing various elements from the outside world and storing them in their bodies. When they need to use them, they are able to draw them out but they will run out in the future.”

Nina curled her lips and said unhappily, “Then, I won’t be able to use my power often…”

“Be content with what you have.”

Thomson knocked her head and scolded her with a smile. “People with elemental superpower can release power that far surpasses that of people with ordinary superpower. Wouldn’t it be great if I could use it all the time?”

Nina did not say anything. She held her head and looked like she had been wronged.

“This crystal is really helpful. We should get more of them. Unfortunately, there don’t seem to be many such zombies around.”

Thomson looked around. There was nothing in the burned forest except for a few similar zombies in the dark ruined building in the distance.

He would kill them first.

Thomson followed the pattern and dealt with the zombies according to the method he had just used.

Sure enough, each of them dropped a crystal.

There were seven of them, which added to 35 elemental energy points.

It was neither too much nor too little.

“Master, why don’t we go inside and take a look?” Nina looked at the charred house and suggested.

There were no traces of zombies outside. If they wanted to get more crystals, they could only continue to explore.

They might not be able to find any other places with mutated zombies outside this place, especially for a fire-type crystal like Nina’s.

“Let me rest for a while.”

Thomson’s body was a little exhausted. These zombies were not easy to deal with. If he only killed them with his power, he would consume a lot more spiritual power than controlling weapons.

He returned to the car, took out a few cans of food from the system space, and he briefly made love with Nina.

Then, he took a comfortable nap.

At this time, a few gunshots were heard from afar.

Thomson and Nina sat up one after another, looking in the direction of the sound.

After a long while, there were no more gunshots.

“Let’s go and take a look.”

Thomson waved his hand and the blanket suddenly appeared, enveloping the two of them and soared into the sky.

…

At this time, in the charred wood forest.

A barefoot girl was quickly walking through the rubble.

The complicated terrain had cut made fine wounds on the soles of her feet and blood was continuously oozing out from them.

Behind her, there were three fire-type mutated zombies that were in a berserk state, smelling the blood, and were chasing after her.

“Hah!”

“Hah!”

Their low roars were like the god of death, getting closer to her.

The young girl panicked. The moment she turned around to check the distance between them, she tripped over a rock.

Coincidentally, there was a sharp rock where her head had fallen.

If she fell like this, her head would be pierced through!

She wanted to adjust her landing or use her hands to block it.

However, when this thought flashed through her mind, it was already too late.

The next moment, she closed her eyes and waited for death to come.

A living being was about to die.

At this moment, time suddenly stopped.

Everything in space became stagnant and everything was frozen by a mysterious force.

Time had stopped!

Thomson, who was far in the sky, used his eye of insight to observe the situation here.

He had estimated the distance and tried to use his power from a distance.

Fortunately, his spiritual power was now 83 points and time freeze could affect an area of 400 meters.

Only then did he succeed.

Landing quickly, Thomson pulled the girl to a safe place. After putting Nina together with her, he went to face the zombies alone.

He had never tried to use his telekinesis to deal with three mutated zombies at the same time.

This was undoubtedly a challenge for him.

“Roar…”

“Roar!”

The three zombies roared and rushed toward Thomson.

At this moment, the wind started to blow.

Thomson narrowed his eyes and opened his fingers. The wind element started to gather in his hands.

He had not been idle during the time he was recuperating in the military base.

If he had nothing to do, he would use his telekinesis to continuously control the elemental energy, except for the lightning element which was more difficult to come by.

Although he was not very familiar with the use of wind, water, and fire elements, it was not as unfamiliar as the first time. It required a long time to condense and consumed a large amount of spiritual power.

After a long period of practice, he had mastered some small techniques to control his telekinesis.

“Swoosh!”

The sound of the wind suddenly exploded and a small, pure tornado shot out from Thomson’s palm.

The strong wind blew, carrying a large amount of gravel and wood debris, and collided with the three zombies!

For a moment, the dust covered the entire battlefield.

“Roar!”

Under the constant energy impact, the angry roars of the zombies were still shrill.

When the dust had settled, the three zombies were standing straight in their spot, not moving at all.

“How is this possible?”

Nina, who was behind them, was stunned.

Thomson’s elemental attack was not as powerful as telekinesis?