Wang Luo really wanted to hunt zombies for Energy Source Crystals, but he hadn't awakened yet and his physical condition was too poor. He wouldn't stand a chance against hordes of zombies. The streets were too dense with them, making it too dangerous for an ordinary person.
"Heh heh! Aren't there elderly zombies in those rooms?" Wang Luo stroked his chin, a smile appearing. He planned to pay a visit to those elderly zombies! The streets were too crowded with zombies, making it easy to get surrounded. He could clear out the scattered zombies within the residential complex first!
Based on Wang Luo's estimations, an awakened Awakener with a God-tier ability would need at least 100 Energy Source Crystals to advance from Ordinary to Black Iron level! This meant he would have to kill hundreds or even thousands of zombies, a colossal undertaking! The thought alone made his scalp tingle!
"No more thinking about it, let's get some food first!" Wang Luo shook his head. He had started cooking rice when he went to the motorcycle shop, and it was ready now. He just needed to prepare some dishes.
Before long, braised pork ribs and cumin ribs were ready. He took a bite and frowned. "The taste isn't great. It seems I'll have to find a private chef in the future!" How else could he enjoy the apocalypse?
Just then, Wang Luo heard the sound of a door opening next door, followed by a scream. From the sound alone, Wang Luo knew it must be that fellow Cao being bitten by his lover. He wondered where he got bitten! Could it be Cao's little thing? After all, it was hanging there, swaying…
"Now it's perfect. They've both turned into zombies, a pair of fated lovers!" Wang Luo mused. That fellow Cao would probably thank him for not saving him and for fulfilling his wish, right?
*Thump!* With a loud bang, the door to the next apartment was instantly breached! Wang Luo was surprised. Did zombies have such great strength at this time? "Could it be an evolved zombie?" Wang Luo popped a cumin rib into his mouth, picked up "Yuan," and walked out of the room!
As soon as he opened the door, he saw a naked zombie standing at the doorway, its huge nostrils powerfully inhaling the air. Unlike ordinary zombies, its nostrils were enormous, like two fleshy tumors. "Is this a 'Stalker' among zombies?" Wang Luo's eyes narrowed. This type of zombie, unlike others, had exceptionally acute senses of smell, far superior to a dog's, and was also stronger than ordinary zombies. Moreover, Wang Luo noticed green blood flowing from its lower body. Something was missing! It was definitely that fellow Cao!
Seeing someone appear, the zombified Cao let out a roar and lunged to bite Wang Luo with his massive mouth. *Bang!* Wang Luo reacted quickly, kicking its chest first, sending it reeling back against the guardrail by the corridor. He had intended to kick it straight off the sixth floor, but the guardrail was a bit high and stopped the opponent.
*Roar!* With a roar, zombie Cao lunged forward, its withered hands reaching out to grab Wang Luo. The latter dodged and stood by the window of the next apartment. The zombie's hands landed directly on the wall behind where Wang Luo had just been standing, leaving a few faint scratches. Seizing this opportunity, Wang Luo gripped the hilt of his knife with both hands and brought it down forcefully! Facing a mutated zombie, Wang Luo showed no carelessness. With a full-power strike, combined with the sharpness of "Yuan," he directly severed one of its arms!
Just as Wang Luo was about to press his advantage, another zombie lunged at him from behind – the female neighbor! Her body had several knife marks, likely from Cao, but none were fatal! Faced with an attack from both sides, Wang Luo was decisive. The moment the female zombie lunged, he instantly crouched, ducked under her arm, then stood up and swept his blade horizontally! A head fell to the ground. The female zombie's body happened to lunge onto the turning Cao, causing him to stumble! Wang Luo seized this opportunity and plunged his knife into Cao's head.
But this did not kill him. His withered hands continued to reach for Wang Luo. Being scratched by a zombie was not a good thing; infection was highly likely! Wang Luo did not hesitate, quickly retreating, drawing his long saber, and slashing horizontally… It was a cold weapon worth hundreds of thousands; its sharpness was undeniable. A full-power slash directly severed the opponent's head! *Thump~~~* Two headless zombies fell to the ground. Wang Luo gasped for breath. Although his movements weren't numerous, he had used his full strength in every strike, leaving him quite exhausted! Moreover, using his full strength suddenly made his muscles feel slightly strained and painful, though it wasn't a major issue!
After a short rest, he cut open Cao's head. Inside was a milky white, rhombic crystal – an Energy Source Crystal. Mutated zombies were stronger than ordinary ones, but they were guaranteed to have Energy Source Crystals. "Huh, the female zombie has one too?" Wang Luo rejoiced. Lucky this time! A buy one, get one free! Unfortunately, he hadn't awakened yet and couldn't absorb Energy Source Crystals.
Returning to his room, he washed his hands, ate, and rested briefly before leaving with his knife. He first went to the landlord's house downstairs, opened their door, took all the keys, killed the landlord and his family of three who had turned into zombies, and then began searching house by house. Since there was nothing else to do, he might as well kill zombies! Moreover, some rooms contained many good things, such as tablet computers with tens of terabytes of adult movies downloaded. These were valuable items now that the power was out and the internet was gone; they would become rare treasures in the future.
Wang Luo walked and killed, occasionally encountering surviving humans! "Little brother, what happened outside? Why are there zombies?" a middle-aged man asked tremblingly. He held a hammer and had just smashed a zombie's head. "It's no big deal, the apocalypse just arrived!" Wang Luo looked around his room, found nothing good, and left. If there were, he wouldn't hesitate to snatch it! As for the other person's survival, it had nothing to do with him! At this time, most people were at work outside, so there weren't many zombies in the building, and no mutated ones had appeared. By evening, Wang Luo had killed dozens of zombies but only obtained 3 Energy Source Crystals, bringing the total to six with the previous three.
"The road ahead is long and arduous!" He missed the power he had built in his previous life! As the leader of his faction, he rarely took action. He only intervened when others couldn't solve a difficult problem. He also had priority access to resources, which saved a lot of trouble. Of course, there were many problems: team coordination and management, searching for supplies, and guarding against betrayal and assassination by other factions, all of which were troublesome.
That night, leaning on his bed, drinking beer and watching adult movies, Wang Luo felt life was wonderful. When midnight finally arrived, the system surprisingly didn't give him any rewards! "Damn it! It won't be until noon today, will it?" Wang Luo sighed. The system's calculation time should start from the beginning of the apocalypse.
"Forget it, let's sleep!" He wasn't impatient to wait for half a day. He simply lay down and slept. Killing many zombies yesterday had left him sore all over, and he slept until past ten in the morning. Getting up and standing on the balcony, looking at the zombies wandering on the street, Wang Luo felt a sense of familiarity. After seven years of apocalyptic life, being reborn into a peaceful era made him feel a bit awkward.
Thinking about the system's generous rewards, Wang Luo lost the mood to hunt zombies and stayed in bed to rest.