How to Raise a Baby in an Apocalypse - Chapter 414

At this moment, Little Mint’s importance becomes clear. The situation on the first floor is critical. An Ran’s ability demands a large amount of energy, so she can’t go downstairs to pick up crystal cores herself.

Thanks to Little Mint’s ability, however, they have a continuous supply of crystal cores while standing safely on the second floor.

The newly born little mutant mice inside the mother rat have very ordinary crystal cores in their bodies—similar to the ones An Ran absorbs at Xiangcheng Hospital. Absorbing one barely produces any sensation; she needs to absorb several at once to feel even a faint surge of energy.

Fortunately, the mother rat is fertile enough, and Little Mint quickly grabs crystal cores from the air. With her current ability, she stands on the second floor and takes crystal cores from outside the side door. This is certainly more convenient, though the door is still quite far from Little Mint, and her ability isn’t that strong yet.

The bulletproof car parked in the hall belongs to Zhan Lian. Inside is a big box of crystal cores. An Ran has seen it before, but with Little Mint’s current level of psychic control, she can’t extract them remotely.

Just as they realize their crystal cores are insufficient, a female rat runs in through the side door. This rat is bigger than the previous one, with a larger belly. She opens her mouth to bite the fat thorn balls on the ground—only to bite off several thorns.

The first female rat isn’t dead yet. The bigger the mutant rat, the tougher its fur, the harder it is to kill, and the sharper its teeth.

An Ran grows anxious upstairs. The fat thorn balls, having seen the strength of these adult rats, avoid them and only attack the smaller rats scurrying across the floor.

They all clearly fear death.

An Ran thinks she should increase her energy output to control the fat thorn balls more tightly. But they have run out of crystal cores.

She shudders, then reaches into her trouser pocket and pulls out a small bag of crystal cores. She pours out a few about the size of marbles and copper balls.

This small bag was originally meant to hold mobile phones before the end of the world. Inside are crystal cores from copper-skinned zombies, and an ordinary crystal core from Yun Tao’s wife.

These particular copper zombie cores look different from the others, so An Ran hasn’t dared absorb them before. But now, with no other options, she has no choice.

Gritting her teeth, she discards the black mobile phone bag, grabs a heavy copper-colored crystal core, and absorbs it.

A sharp energy surges into her body, and her blood feels like it’s being sliced by a knife. Cold sweat breaks out.

As a last resort, An Ran quickly spins the absorbed energy inside her body and expels it.

Suddenly, the fat thorn balls bitten by the big mother rat become sharper, their spikes shining golden in the sunlight. Each seems armored and extremely powerful.

The mother rat’s bite doesn’t break the thorns; instead, the thorns pierce through her upper and lower jaws. The mother rat jumps in pain, then is absorbed by the fat thorn balls until only skin and skeleton remain.

Meanwhile, up on the second floor, An Ran’s entire body is swept by the razor-sharp energy. The pain is so overwhelming that she collapses to her knees.