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The Ghost Knife halted halfway through the stone.
Chen Mo raised an eyebrow in mild surprise before exerting more force with his right hand.
"Crack!" Finally, he split it apart.
From within, a jade-like substance was revealed.
Emerald green and smooth, with waves of color that resembled a perfect piece of Emperor Green jade.
The jade flesh emitted a faint glow, extraordinary in its presence, and one could instantly determine it was no ordinary object!
Indeed, it was a Jade Crystal Stone!
Chen Mo's eyes sparkled with excitement, his emotions inevitably stirred.
He seemed to have realized something in an instant.
Those jade merchants must have discovered the uniqueness of these stones back in Yuze County.
That's why they left with a large number of stones, heading to the Sixth Military District.
After the military became aware, they sent people to investigate.
If his guess was right, the people he had just killed were the ones who informed the military about the Jade Crystal Stones before his rebirth!
A huge profit! even Chen Mo felt his heart surge at this moment.
Resources that could enhance strength were always as valuable as Crystal Cores in the post-apocalyptic world.
Even more valuable than Crystal Cores!
How many Jade Crystal Stones must be in that mine?
The woman gazed at the extraordinary Jade Crystal Stone, her eyes flickering slightly.
She seemed puzzled as to why these raw stones were different from what she remembered.
After killing the half-dead man, Chen Mo soon regretted it.
If only he had let Poverty-stricken keep one alive.
Now they were all dead...
Chen Mo pondered for a moment, then spoke softly.
"Do you know where the mine that contains these jade stones is?"
The woman was silent for a long while, the madness in her eyes fading significantly.
"I know..." she said with great difficulty.
Speaking took almost all her strength.
Because she was close to death.
Her blood-soaked eyes were beginning to blur.
She hadn't eaten for a long time; if not for the last breath of resentment, she would have died long ago.
Chen Mo watched her for a while.
Then he asked in a low voice, "Do you want to live?"
The woman hung her head low, taking a long time to respond.
"I don't."
She was a recent college graduate.
A native of Lin Village in Yuze County.
With her parents passing away early and a mentally challenged younger brother at home, she chose to return to the jade business after graduation to take care of her brother.
But she never expected to encounter the apocalypse and fall victim to those beasts, her brother even being eaten by them...
Now, she had long lost any desire to live.
"..."
Hearing this, Chen Mo fell into a rare silence.
He had seen many who desperately wanted to survive.
Who wouldn't give up even if there was a sliver of hope.
But this was the first time he had met someone who could live but wanted to die.
Chen Mo said, "You killed that guy."
"I'm in a hurry, and now there's no one to take me to that mine."
"Take me there, then you can die."
The woman was stunned.
Then she suddenly laughed coldly.
Seemingly astonished by Chen Mo's bizarre thought process.
She laughed for a long while, "What a strange person..."
Chen Mo crouched down and took out a bottle of Grade F recovery potion.
Looking at the emaciated woman in front of him, he said, "Drink this."
The woman remained unmoved.
***
The night deepened.
The woman, covered in blood, sat by the campfire, looking at Chen Mo.
She asked softly, "Why save me?"
Under the effect of the F potion, her body had recovered somewhat.
Her hair was messy, and her complexion was still pale.
Chen Mo recalled the earlier scene in his mind.
After recovering, the woman didn't even spare the corpses of those men.
She chopped them into pieces, venting for a long time before calming down.
One could imagine her hatred for them.
Hearing the woman's confusion, Chen Mo said calmly, "I've already told you."
The woman nodded.
Staring at the burning campfire, she said softly, "The mine is near Lin Family Village. I'm familiar with the place, but you might not get what you want because the good jade has already been mined."
She was smart and quickly guessed Chen Mo's intention.
"That doesn't matter," Chen Mo glanced at her and said.
"You just need to take me there."
"I understand," the woman replied.
After that, the two of them didn't speak again.
They didn't even mention each other's names.
In the woman's heart, as long as she led this man to the mine, her task would be complete, and she could die.
Chen Mo felt the same.
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What was the point in remembering the name of someone about to die?
The night passed without words.
***
The next morning, Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes.
The woman stepped out of the RV.
"Let's set off as soon as you're awake."
Chen Mo nodded, looking at the corpses dragged out onto the ground, and asked in confusion, "We're driving?"
The woman replied, "What else?"
"If you're collecting those raw stones."
"How do you plan to transport them, with that big tiger?"
Chen Mo thought for a moment and realized she made some sense.
But there was one thing.
"I can't drive."
The woman was taken aback, not expecting this man in his twenties to be unable to drive.
It wasn't surprising for Chen Mo; before the apocalypse, he lived a tight life, and buying a car was never within his considerations.
Not to mention spending thousands to enroll in a driving school, with the risk of paying for retests...
"I can," said the woman.
"But that big tiger you keep might not be able to get on."
Chen Mo: "No problem."
"It can walk on its own."
Just right, let Poverty-stricken clear out the zombies ahead.
The two got into the RV.
The woman took the driver's seat with practiced ease, started the engine, and shifted gears.
"Rumble—" The RV started moving, heading out on the national highway.
Poverty-stricken shook its fur and leaped ahead of the RV, disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Chen Mo sat on the bed inside the RV, where the facilities were quite complete.
Most of the space, however, was cleared for the raw stones.
Using his Abilities, Chen Mo transformed the Ghost Knife into a dagger and began to 'unveil the prizes' from the raw stones one by one.
Jade Crystal Stones were extremely important forging materials.
They could also strengthen weapons.
They also came in different grades.
The purer the Jade Crystal Stone, the greater its hardness and the enhancement it provided.
And its quality could be judged by its color and hardness.
The deeper the color, the higher the quality.
In his previous life, the military had special equipment for testing, but Chen Mo had his own simple method.
He used the dagger formed from the Ghost Knife to test its hardness.
If it took several cuts from the Ghost Knife to break through, then naturally, the quality was better.
Chen Mo opened one raw stone after another, most of which were similar to the first one he had uncovered.
There wasn't much conversation between the two on the road, as Poverty-stricken had cleared most of the zombies and heresy on the national highway.
Following the highway, they passed many bumpy and secluded paths.
Thanks to Chen Mo's miraculous Abilities, he smoothed out the roads that were difficult for the RV to pass.
Soon, they arrived at Lin Village.