In the following months, Wang Luo led Shen Lei and others through various cities and forests in Longxi Province!
90% of the cities had been completely occupied by zombies and turned into ghost towns.
The zombies were all the same.
After completely destroying a city, they would return to the volcano. Wang Luo couldn't figure out what they were trying to do.
Was it warmer beneath the volcano?
Obviously not!
Occasionally, they would encounter survivors in the mountains and forests.
Whenever there were a few more people, Wang Luo would find a way to get them to leave.
[Congratulations to the host for surviving in the apocalypse for another three months. D-class ability "Lei Rao" has been upgraded to SSS-class "Lei Long Hu Ti".]
"Huh? Time passed so quickly?"
Wang Luo was a little surprised.
He had been out for so long without realizing it!
"That means it's almost the end of the year?"
Wang Luo felt he should go back.
Once it was the end of the year, the zombies would evolve again, and he didn't know if there would be any other changes this time.
In his previous life, it was just a normal evolution of zombies, but this time there were already some deviations from the past, so he decided to go back earlier, just in case!
"But the harvest this time is quite good, with over a hundred thousand people!"
This was the result of his months of travel.
Some of it was from his memories of his previous life,
and some were discovered by chance when he passed by, like in Taifeng City!
Facts proved that,
there were still quite a few people who persevered in the city bases, but the general situation was a shortage of supplies!
The earth wind and earth fire were too destructive to the cities and caught all the survivors off guard.
If Wang Luo hadn't come,
all that awaited them would be to enter the mountains and build underground bases.
But once they did that,
their levels would forever be stuck, and they would live in the cracks under the rule of zombies!
Many people understood this principle,
so as long as there was a glimmer of hope, they would not give up.
Of course, there were also many who didn't want to bother with so much and just waited to give up and die!
Just like Ma Chengfu, whom they met at the beginning.
"With these people, plus the existing base population of over three hundred thousand, it's equivalent to the population of a county town. The base will have to expand when we return!"
"Let's go, Little White Dragon, we're going back!"
Wang Luo patted Little White Dragon.
"Hiss~~~~"
[Please host continue to survive in the apocalypse for half a year, and you will be rewarded with an SSS-class water-elemental ability!]
The system's prompt sounded again.
Wang Luo's figure paused slightly.
"SSS-class water-elemental ability?"
He wasn't very surprised by this. After all, he already had SSS-class lightning and wood elements, so the water element didn't attract him much!
Although each ability had its own characteristics,
Wang Luo preferred offensive abilities!
The attack power of water-elemental abilities was inferior to lightning, and their defensive power was inferior to earth. In Wang Luo's eyes, it was a relatively chicken-like ability.
"I should focus more on comprehending exotic arts. Perhaps if I comprehend some interesting exotic art, it will be upgraded by the system, which would be great!"
Wood and lightning elements both required a lot of time to comprehend.
Just like his SSS-class exotic art "Lei Long Hu Ti" was upgraded from the D-class exotic art "Lei Rao".
And "Lei Rao" was a low-level exotic art that he comprehended himself!
......
Longxi Mountains,
a vast mountain range stretching across Longxi Province.
A terrifying battle was erupting at this moment, with various colorful exotic arts blooming and powerful energy surging, destroying the surrounding mountain peaks!
The commotion here happened to catch the attention of Little White Dragon and Wang Luo, who were passing by.
A zombie battle must mean there were survivors here, otherwise, they wouldn't be fighting amongst themselves!
Little White Dragon landed on the mountain peak and looked at the fierce battle below.
"It's not survivors, it's exotic beasts!"
Wang Luo exclaimed in surprise.
There was a group of surviving exotic beasts here, and their numbers were quite large, at least a hundred.
At this moment, these exotic beasts were engaged in a fierce battle with zombies.
"No wonder there weren't many exotic beasts seen in Anluo City. They all came here!"
Wang Luo suddenly realized.
In his previous life, there were quite a few exotic beasts near Anluo City.
Ma Wang and A Bao were among them!
But in this life, because Ma Wang and A Bao were subdued by Wang Luo, the strength of the exotic beasts declined sharply, and they were no longer able to take root near Anluo City.
He didn't expect them to end up in the Longxi Mountains!
However, it must be said,
this forest area was indeed very suitable for exotic beasts to hide their forms.
If they hadn't been discovered by trackers, these exotic beasts would have been living happily within!
Wang Luo looked around,
and saw a majestic black bull charging and crashing through the zombie horde.
A pair of thick horns nearly a meter long could easily pierce through zombies, and its body was covered with an earthy yellow energy layer, which blocked many zombie exotic art attacks.
"SS-class earth-elemental exotic beast!"
Wang Luo was a little surprised.
The big black bull stomped its hoofs with a "thud," and several giant and sharp earth spikes instantly appeared on the ground, but strangely, these earth spikes changed shape and direction like water columns!
The earth spikes rose from the ground like giant pythons, stabbing in all directions. In an instant, they pierced many zombies like skewers!
"Hiss, this big black bull's comprehension of earth-elemental abilities is extraordinary!"
Wang Luo remembered that Chen Zhou in the base was also an earth-elemental user, but he hadn't comprehended such an exotic art!
His gaze wandered among the exotic beasts, and he actually found several SS-class exotic beasts.
In addition to the big black bull,
there was also a golden monkey, a polite and handsome one with golden fur, not a rogue monkey from Mount Emei!
It was holding an iron rod from an unknown source,
the rod was covered with a golden light, which was a kind of exotic art similar to a palm blade, making its attacks extremely sharp.
With one strike, several zombies were headshotted and killed!
There were also a white crane of the wind element, a gray bear of the earth element, a tiger of the gold element... It was rare to see so many exotic beasts gathered together!
And the one at the forefront, with the strongest attack power, was a surprisingly small green mantis!
"Is this the Mantis King?"
Wang Luo recognized the emerald green mantis at a glance,
because there was only one SSS-class mantis exotic beast in Longxi Province. In his previous life, it was a creature of the same level as Ma Wang and the others.
This was a wind-elemental mantis,
not only extremely fast but also terrifyingly powerful in attack!
Its pair of scythe-like forelegs could unleash terrifying wind blades, easily cutting through trees and giant rocks!
Wherever the Mantis King passed,
large numbers of zombies were cut into pieces!
Its body was very small, only about a foot long, and it moved freely among the zombies, making it difficult for them to capture!
Its young body, coupled with its wind-elemental speed, allowed it to move among the zombies as if it were in no man's land!
"It seems these exotic beasts are led by it!"
Wang Luo pondered.
He was considering whether to subdue all these exotic beasts and bring them back to the base.
"Exotic beasts are very intelligent and should be able to coexist peacefully with humans, right?"