I'm A Wasteland Giant Chapter 22 – Chapter 22: Chapter 22: The Courageous Chu Zixuan

Chapter 22: Chapter 22: The Courageous Chu Zixuan

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Du Gang killed over a dozen black beetles in the girl's dormitory, the source energy crystals he obtained all converted into source energy. Altogether he gained 33 points, adding on to what he had left, he now had a total of 54 points of source energy.

Acquiring source energy this simple, stirred a thought in his mind.

That is to hunt for the sleeping beetles within the city and seize their crystals.

He still needed 46 points of source energy in order to activate the first system— the nerve system.

He was eager to activate this system, curious to see what changes it would bring about.

He took the other five people to other buildings in the school for a look, aside from a beetle in the classroom dormitory that contributed 2 points of energy, the other places were empty.

“Du Gang, you're being too good to them, even went so far as to kill all the beetles for them as we were leaving…”

Cao Yongyi was rather uncomfortable, before the six of them left, they were mocked by those people, yet Du Gang was still here helping them clean up the beetles.

Du Gang smiled, without responding.

He couldn't exactly say, I don't care about their lives or deaths, I'm only doing this for the source energy crystals, right?!!

At this point Chu Zixuan suddenly spoke: “Can I go in to have a closer look at the beetles?”

Everyone looked at him in astonishment, Du Gang too was surprised.

Usually, when people saw beetles, the first response was to flee, keep as far away from them as possible. Very few pled to go and see them voluntarily.

“I think, after night falls, those spatial channels might appear again, so I want to observe the beetles up close, and acclimatize myself in advance,” he said. Du Gang nodded, smiled and said, “That's great. How about you guys? Does anyone want to go in and get accustomed to it?”

“No, no!”

The other four people shook their heads like a drum rattler, none of them wanted to see the beetles.

“Alright, then Chu Zixuan and I will enter, you guys wait outside!”

After saying this, he took Chu Zixuan into the teacher's dormitory.

Once Chu Zixuan had gone in, he relaxed and walked right up to the beetle and studied it closely.

Now there's a hard-headed guy!

At a time when everyone was scared, one guy was not only unafraid but even started studying them.

Du Gang admired this about him. Nothing else to be said, but he sure was gutsy.

After Chu Zixuan examined the beetle thoroughly, he even touched it. Finally, he went to the head of the beetle, took a look at the hole, and probed it. Then he turned his head to ask: “Is there something inside the beetle's head?” Du Gang squinted his eyes and asked back, “Why do you say so?”

“When passing by the experimental building, I noticed that the heads of all those beetles had been damaged… Furthermore, from how you acted yesterday, you don't seem like someone who would clean up the beetles in the girls' dormitory for the people in the building…”

“So, I suspect you found something in the beetle's head… This thing can enhance your superpower… This is the only explanation for why you are keen on killing beetles!”

After Chu Zixuan said this, he stuck his hand in again, as if to determine how deep the beetle's hole was. When he pulled his finger out, it was covered with some sticky liquid.

“Aren't you afraid I could kill you to keep you quiet?”

Du Gang's expression suddenly chastened.

Chu Zixuan shook his head, “According to the previously circulated news, I suspect that the spatial channels will appear and the beetles will emerge again during the night…”

“Whatever it is in the beetle's mind will be found by people sooner or later. Even if you killed me, you could only hide it for a few days unless you killed the other four as well…”

“Moreover, like you said, your transformation time is limited. You alone can't do much. If I can awaken my superpower… I can help you!”

“Heh heh!”

Du Gang suddenly laughed, this was an unexpected joy.

He never thought that a student like this existed among them, so well concealed.

After some thought, he said, “It's true that there is a type of red crystal inside the beetle's head, which can enhance my superpower. As for whether it can awaken other people's superpowers, I really couldn't say…”

“But, why should I give it to you?”

Chu Zixuan, having measured the depth of the beetle's hole, withdrew his hand. He casually took a cloth to wipe his hand, and laughed, “I can see that you're not particularly satisfied with Ma Li's character. However, when you introduced him to us, you mentioned that he was a close friend from childhood, this indicates that you attach great importance to him, and unintentionally want to establish his position in the six-person team…”

“If only you have a superpower, it might be rather difficult for you to get to Luo An City, right?!!”

“What if all six of us had superpowers? If we got to Luo An City and all of your parents could awaken their superpowers, wouldn't our safety drastically increase?”

“I am willing to be your first test subject, to test whether the things in the beetle's hole can safely awaken me to become a Superpowered!”

Chu Zixuan had about seventy to eighty percent certainty that the crystals inside the beetle would be harmless to humans, otherwise, Du Gang wouldn't have collected them for himself.

As for whether they could awaken superpowers, he didn't know, but it was worth taking the risk.

The apocalypse had arrived, he believed that the future would be even more dismal than today, if he didn't take the risk now, he was still bound to die eventually.

Du Gang pondered for a moment, and nodded, “Okay, when we go out later, I'll get some more crystals for you to experiment with…”

“What about the crystal you just got?”

Chu Zixuan frowned, pointing to the beetle hole beside his hand, looking somewhat doubtful.

“I absorbed it!”

Chu Zixuan was speechless, he hadn't expected him to move so quickly, and could only say helplessly, “Alright, after we go out, I suggest you don't tell them yet. Wait until I finish my experiment, then we'll see if we should let them know…”

He was worried that if the others found out about it now, some people might rush to compete with him for the priority to experiment.

There was a considerable difference for him between awakening first and awakening later!

Du Gang initially thought about collecting source energy crystals all by himself and hadn't thought much about it, but after listening to Chu Zixuan, he began to consider the possibility that the things could help people awaken. So, it seemed worthwhile letting him try it out.

While he didn't think much of Mu Chuxue's superpower, she had managed to kill a beetle with a single strike. Although it had to do with her being lucky enough to hit the beetle's crystal, it was still a combat capability!

Like what Chu Zixuan said, what if his transformation time ran out and he encountered danger, wouldn't he be just waiting around to die?

“Okay!”

Soon, the two of them exited the dormitory.

Then, at An Ya's request, Du Gang accompanied her to her dormitory to get some of the girls' stuff.

After that, their group started walking towards the outside of the school.

They planned to go to the nearest police station first to get an understanding of the situation, then decide how to get to Luo An City..

Chapter end