The Giantization Fruit holds significant value. Although it only mutates in the second version update, its preciousness lies in harvesting it early—it will still mutate into Giantization Fruit when the second version refreshes.

The difficulty of obtaining Giantization Fruit in the first version is completely different from obtaining it in the second version!

During the early first version, the only dangers outside were zombies. With careful movement and some luck, ordinary people could travel from the residential complex to the future Star Lake Shopping Plaza.

The second version was different. Global mutation occurred, and all living beings on Blue Star received major enhancements. Without awakening powerful special abilities, it was extremely difficult to pass through the streets and reach the future Star Lake Shopping Plaza.

In the future, Yang Taozi could consume the Giantization Fruit. Li Xuan believed Yang Taozi must have left the residential complex before the version refresh and was near the future Star Lake Shopping Plaza when the version refreshed, thus obtaining this opportunity of the Giantization Fruit.

"Of course I've been there. Being a homebody means going out less and preferring to stay at home, not never going out at all. I go every time there's a comic convention. The braised chicken rice on the third floor tastes pretty good, and there's the crab stew and spicy hot pot on the fourth floor. The popcorn from the fifth-floor movie theater is delicious with a strong milky flavor." Yun Xiuzhi said with great enthusiasm.

It wasn't hard to guess that she was already fantasizing about the flavors of those foods in her mind.

Li Xuan nodded. "Good that you've been there. Tomorrow morning, go to the future Star Lake Shopping Plaza. Look for three apricot trees in the outside greenbelt area, pick all the apricots from them, and bring them back."

He didn't plan to go out and pick them himself. The Giant Beast transformation was powerful but not invincible—encountering a zombie horde would still lead to infection.

Yun Xiuzhi could fly, making the air relatively safer. Making multiple trips would allow her to bring back the unmuted Giantization Fruits.

It wasn't apricot ripening season yet. The apricots were still small and relatively light, something Yun Xiuzhi's pigeon transformation could carry.

Yun Xiuzhi broke free from Li Xuan's large hand and looked at him. "It's about five kilometers from here to the future Star Lake Shopping Plaza, right? Flying there and bringing back the apricots—one trip definitely won't be enough. I'll be exhausted to death."

"I'll make you something delicious when you return." This time, Li Xuan was sending Yun Xiuzhi out because he considered that when he ambushed Scar, he had released Yun Xiuzhi and had her cooperate with him, and she didn't run away.

The previous time was testing whether Yun Xiuzhi would run. Confirming she wouldn't escape naturally meant putting her to work.

"I want to eat french fries."

"You've been rummaging through the fridge."

Yun Xiuzhi embarrassedly scratched her wing with her claw. "Hehe, a few pieces fill me up. One bag of frozen fries is enough for me to eat for several days."

"Fine, I'll fry you some french fries." Li Xuan nodded in agreement.

"Yay! I get to eat french fries!" Yun Xiuzhi happily bounced up and down.

Li Xuan smiled without speaking, sitting quietly.

After waiting for a while, Yun Xiuzhi stretched out her head, looked at Li Xuan's face, pulled back, and paced back and forth.

Li Xuan glanced at Yun Xiuzhi, knowing she was extremely curious but too embarrassed to ask, waiting for him to speak first.

He deliberately refused to speak first.

After another moment, Yun Xiuzhi finally couldn't hold back and proactively asked, "Why pick the apricots from the greenbelt? The apricots aren't ripe yet, right? They're sour and astringent—completely inedible."

"You already have the answer in your heart, don't you?" Li Xuan spoke cryptically.

Yun Xiuzhi had a look of confirmation in her eyes. "There are great benefits, right?"

"You could say that." Li Xuan nodded.

Giantization couldn't compare to powerful special abilities, but it was still no small opportunity.

Hadn't Yang Taozi eaten five and become the third-in-command of the Black Earth Settlement? Maybe it was because the Black Earth Settlement was too weak with not many ability users, but one couldn't deny the effect of the Giantization Fruit.

Without the Giantization Fruit, Yang Taozi could never have become the third-in-command.

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Unit 1701

Yang Taozi waited full of anticipation until finally, the door sounded.

The Long-Legged Woman walked in, empty-handed.

Yang Taozi's expectations were dashed, his brows furrowing tightly. "Didn't borrow any?"

"Obviously." The Long-Legged Woman said.

"Is Li Xuan that heartless? Unwilling to spare even something for a beauty like you? Or was your attitude wrong and didn't make Li Xuan develop desire!" Yang Taozi's tone carried blame.

"How do I make Li Xuan develop desire? Should I take off all my clothes to borrow food! Don't forget! I'm your sister-in-law! Do you want me to shame your brother!" The Long-Legged Woman said sternly.

Yang Taozi muttered, "Which is more important—face or survival? Almost starving to death yet still worrying about face!"

The Long-Legged Woman's chest heaved violently, almost angered to death. "If you want it so badly, you go find a way! What kind of skill is it to bully me!"

"Hmph! If I find food, don't you eat any!" Yang Taozi snorted coldly, full of displeasure.

"Find some first before saying that!" The Long-Legged Woman quickly returned to her room, slamming the door shut with a bang, the sound of locking following.

Yang Taozi's expression shifted, uncertain between dark and light. The Long-Legged Woman's angry return to her room didn't make him feel guilty—instead, he suspected she might have stolen some food to eat.

Maybe the Long-Legged Woman did borrow food—after all, she was so beautiful—but Li Xuan was stingy and didn't give much, so she ate it all herself.

He checked the time. The Long-Legged Woman had taken thirteen minutes from leaving to returning.

That was enough time to do many things.

"Damn it! I haven't had her yet, but an outsider got to taste her first!"

"Stinking woman! No bottom line! My brother only died a year and a half ago, yet she actually betrayed my brother!"

Yang Taozi breathed rapidly, growing angrier the more he thought about it, jealous fury burning wildly in his heart.

In his view, since the Long-Legged Woman married his brother, she belonged to his family—for life, and even in death, she'd be his family's ghost.

Now she actually hooked up with another man behind his back—completely unforgivable!

What if she got pregnant? The first child wouldn't even be related to his family's bloodline. Wouldn't that mean his brother vainly spent 100,000 in bride price to marry her!

"Li Xuan! I'll fucking kill you!" Yang Taozi said through gritted teeth.

Yang Taozi found some steel nails and threw them into the toilet bowl that still had waste, letting them soak.

As night fell, Yang Taozi took out a nail gun from his room, then endured disgust to fish the nails out of the toilet bowl and load them into the nail gun.

He wasn't in renovation work—the nail gun was something he'd stolen, never used it before. He had planned to sell it previously, but after the apocalypse arrived, there was no chance to sell it.

"The official announcement mentioned tap water might contain zombie virus and should be boiled before drinking. The nails soaked in the toilet bowl for several hours—if tap water really has zombie virus, they're definitely contaminated.

Even if not, the nails carry many bacteria, enough to infect Li Xuan. Without medicine, maybe Li Xuan will die from infection."

After saying this, Yang Taozi left with the nail gun.

Reaching the 18th floor, Yang Taozi aimed the nail gun at the peephole of Li Xuan's door. The nails shot from the nail gun could penetrate concrete walls and thin steel plates—piercing through a peephole wouldn't be a problem.

The nail gun definitely couldn't directly headshot like a handgun. His goal was to blind one of Li Xuan's eyeballs and make him infected.

After Li Xuan was injured, if he dared come out, Yang Taozi was confident he could handle him.

Knock knock knock~

Yang Taozi knocked on the door. After a moment, footsteps approached.

He said in a low voice, "Brother Li Xuan, I drugged Yun Lan. She's waiting for you in her room. Give me some food, and I'll take you to her."