Chapter 1058: Chapter 424: Scouring the Inheritance Chapter 1058: Chapter 424: Scouring the Inheritance Zhu Fen’s official residence, allocated by the base, was not far from the City Hall, but aside from a small number of Crystal Cores, nothing else remained. It was probably sealed off by now, so Wang Tao had no plans to go there.

He and Jiang Shixue came to a large villa that Zhu Fen had secretly purchased.

Inside Changhe Base, people with strong power had no need to buy houses on the sly. After all, might makes right was deeply ingrained now–“those with strength should enjoy more resources” was the prevailing mindset… Plus, houses here weren’t particularly valuable, at least much cheaper than pre-apocalyptic prices.

If someone did buy property secretly, there was basically just one reason–there was something in the house they didn’t want others to see.

Like in Zhu Fen’s villa…

“Wow, so many Crystal Cores?”

Wang Tao forcefully cracked the villa’s security door, and when he and Jiang Shixue entered, they were dazzled by the Crystal Cores filling the room–floors, walls, ceilings, various decorations, all used a large number of Crystal Cores! The whole hall was “bling bling”!

Jiang Shixue was never one to care about wealth; she had grown up in a well-off family. After turning half-zombie, she felt even less for such things. But now, seeing so many Crystal Cores, even she was tempted.

Of course, it wasn’t because the Crystal Cores were so valuable; it was purely because they were so shiny and pretty. Girls tended to lack immunity to such sparkly things.

Wang Tao too felt a thrill for a moment, almost believing he’d struck it rich. But after examining the Crystal Cores closely, he shook his head.

Though there were many Crystal Cores, they were all Level 1 and also were No Ability Crystal Cores… Hence, their value was greatly diminished.

“You like them? Then all these Crystal Cores are yours.”

Looking into Jiang Shixue’s gleaming eyes, Wang Tao immediately ruffled her hair and said.

“I don’t want them.”

Jiang Shixue shook her head subconsciously.

She knew that those things were of no use to her, and using them as decorations would be a total waste.

“Don’t worry about wasting them, these Crystal Cores aren’t worth much.”

Wang Tao said with a smile, and then he and Jiang Shixue started taking down the Crystal Cores.

Even though Level 1 No-attribut Crystal Cores weren’t worth much, they still represented money and shouldn’t be wasted.

They found Crystal Core decorations throughout the villa, particularly in the living room and a master bedroom. After some time, they managed to pry out all the Crystal Cores. Wang Tao estimated that there were several tens of thousands of them, with a total value of less than 20 million Crystal Coins.

“Huh? Suddenly, using Crystal Cores as decorations doesn’t seem so expensive!”

Wang Tao stroked his chin and remarked.

Crystal Cores were indeed pretty, especially under light, even more so than diamonds or gems.

However, considering Crystal Cores were a form of trading currency, Wang Tao had never before thought to use them as decorations–after all, who uses money as ornaments?

But now, seeing that less than 20 million Crystal Coins’ worth of Crystal Cores could create such a dazzling effect, the decorative properties of Crystal Cores seemed quite impressive!

“We could try it out sometime!”

Wang Tao said, smiling at Jiang Shixue.

“Mmhmm~”
Jiang Shixue, realizing that so many Crystal Cores didn’t even amount to 20 million Crystal Coins, wasn’t afraid of being wasteful anymore. After all, she could go out, kill some zombies or beasts, and easily earn that much back for Wang Tao.

After collecting the Crystal Cores used for decorations, the two continued to scour the villa. In the master bedroom, Wang Tao found a huge safe.

Even though he didn’t know the safe’s code, it was mechanical, so Wang Tao could use his spiritual power to probe inside the lock and easily found the code.

Click–
With a soft sound, Wang Tao opened the safe.

“Wow! So many Crystal Cores? The ones in here are actually valuable!”

There were a lot of Crystal Cores inside the safe, and even though they were No Ability Crystal Cores, their levels were much higher.

The two quickly took out all the Crystal Cores, and Wang Tao calculated that they were worth about 20 million in total.

“This much money, it couldn’t be just from her earnings, right? So greedy–no, wait! Maybe she did earn it…”

Wang Tao was about to suggest that the money was from Zhu Fen’s embezzlement, but then he thought that Zhu Fen was not just any committee member; she also had the identity of a Dusk Church Master Sido. Just selling Holy Medicine with that status could make her quite a bit of money, right?

But whether it was embezzlement or earnings, since Wang Tao had seen it, it all belonged to him now.

Wang Tao unceremoniously collected all the Crystal Cores into his storage space.

Besides these Crystal Cores, there were other valuables in the villa, which Wang Tao also took.

After making sure there wasn’t a single grain of rice left in the villa, Wang Tao immediately drove to the next location.

The second place was also a villa, although not as large as the first. There weren’t many Crystal Core decorations inside, but there were plenty of animal pelts.

“Where did she get all this stuff?”

Looking at the various beautiful animal skins, Wang Tao was curious.

Nowadays, most living animals had mutated and were not something ordinary people could deal with. Wang Tao thought that the likelihood of these pelts coming from mutant beasts was slim…

He continued his search and found a room in the villa that resembled an exhibition hall. Inside were numerous animal specimens from before the apocalypse, non-mutated creatures. Each specimen was accompanied by a description.