Jade Treasure

Shen Mo glanced around. Perhaps because this was the city center, the foot traffic here had been especially heavy.

On top of that, this was where the Zombie outbreak had first begun in the city. Many people had been infected and turned into Zombies before they could even react.

Those who had reacted had fled or scattered. The wealthy, powerful, and government officials at every level had been escorted away by the military at the first opportunity, heading for safer bases.

The remaining survivors were probably like the male and female leads, having relocated to relatively safe suburbs. They came into the city at regular intervals to gather supplies and prepare for their journey to the bases.

But precisely for that reason, no one would be foolish enough to risk coming to a Zombie nest like this to gather supplies.

In the early days of the apocalypse, these unevolved Zombies could not be cleared out by ordinary survivors. Only the nation's military possessed the firepower needed to cover an area and wipe them out.

Anyway, the plot seemed to mention that the country would use nuclear weapons to eliminate some of the Zombies.

After all, the only advantage of early Zombies was their overwhelming numbers. The Zombies that evolved Crystal Cores later on were the true enemy in humanity's evolution.

The more they eliminated while they were still easy to deal with, the less pressure humanity would face later.

Back to the point, although this place looked chaotic, most of the supplies had not yet been touched because there were too many Zombies.

Gathering supplies here meant not only abundant resources, but practically getting them for free.

Naturally, Shen Mo did not hold back. When he happened to spot a jade and jewelry store, his figure flashed and he entered.

Golden light glittered inside the shop, forming a sharp contrast with the wreckage outside and making the scene seem rather ironic.

The counters were filled with dazzling jewelry. Before the apocalypse, these were things everyone had coveted, but by its later stages, they were not as useful as a bag of instant noodles.

But Shen Mo welcomed all of it. With a sweep of both hands, all the jewelry and the display counters vanished.

These things were useless now anyway. Since he had the ability to take them all, why would he leave them behind?

Not to mention that some of the high-quality jade here was treasure to him.

Most of the items on the shelves were finished, carved products, and there were not many of them. Shen Mo was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Shouldn't there be a warehouse here?"

Shen Mo turned the entire store upside down and finally found an iron door tucked away in a remote corner. It was probably the warehouse.

The iron door looked sturdy, and opening it would require a key, but that was nothing to Shen Mo.

He gathered all his demonic energy into his hand and pushed forcefully at the door. His palm did not even touch its surface, and there was no loud sound. With only a muffled boom, the heavy iron door turned into a pile of dust.

"Awesome! There's nothing better than using magic for violent stuff like this! Though it would be perfect if there weren't all this dust."

If he used this on people or Zombies, it should have the same effect, right?

Unfortunately, it took too long to charge, and the method was far too brutal and bloody. If all sorts of disgusting things splattered all over him, he would not be able to accept it.

Thinking this, Shen Mo instinctively took several steps back and waved away the dust in front of him. Seeing the ash that had settled on his body, he firmly crossed out that idea. Then he shook his hands and waited until the haze had mostly dispersed before stepping into the room.

Aside from the jade that had yet to be placed on the shelves, there were also many uncarved jade pieces and raw stones of varying sizes.

Shen Mo casually picked up a palm-sized raw stone and weighed it in his hand. Feeling the faint spiritual energy within, he nodded in satisfaction, then swept his hand and unceremoniously stored them all away.

Looking at the raw stone in his hand, Shen Mo could sense that it contained an excellent piece of jade without even cutting it open.

As demonic energy flowed over the raw stone, the excess material gradually turned to powder, revealing the crystalline treasure inside.

Shen Mo used the small amount of spiritual energy in his body to continuously carve it. The palm-sized jade became several Jade Pearls, each engraved with mysterious runes.

Using his cultivation technique, Shen Mo poured all the spiritual energy he had painstakingly accumulated into them. The Jade Pearls activated at once, emitting a soft glow that gradually faded after a moment, leaving them only more translucent than before.

After finishing all this, Shen Mo's face was somewhat pale.