Seemingly the city is in the position to be abandoned, given the amount of infected Zombie is high enough to endanger the most powerful Mana user who is specialized apprentice level 8.
All the soldiers were tired and after meeting Shu in this forest their tension was hyped too, so the leader of the group took a great decision and allowed them to take a rest and eat something.
After all, they all knew that the journey ahead is going to be a bitter one.
The city had fallen they have no contact with other cities, the flying carrier seems to be going to specialized areas, which is in the other dimension.
The true challenge of survival is about to start for them and they had to rebuild a safe place for them which is near impossible now, after all, they had seen their comrade turning into those creatures with a single bite on his hand.
The atmosphere was hard to breathe in this, was the true apocalypse, The apocalypse which would provide every single person with the system to grow with is an impossibility in this world. Not to say the amount of ammunition, food, clothing, and all the necessities were limited, it was at that period of time they met Shu.
When a person in the last happened to see the face of Shu could not help exclaiming, "Shit, he is Crazy dude." which attracted much attention at the boy, who rushed at Shu and spoke in an excited manner, after all, all they had was specialized which can read minds with no combat efficiency.
"He is the guy who used the Artic wave to break through the Specialized Apprentice Level 1." The boy spoke with excitement visible in his tone, given those who use this primitive manner are usually very strong and powerful among Level 3 Veteran stage.
Level 1 is the Apprentice.
Level 2 is Adapt.
Level 3 Veteran Stage.
Level 4 is a Master.
Level 5 is Esper.
Level 6 is Major... which is spread out in public while the other top 3 level is still a secret among the powerful organization, So level 3 Veteran Stage is very high might in a large Battalion and they had found him even though they are half injured Small Battalion.
Currently, for them, Apprentice Specializer with such prospect is like a breath of relief, where Shu came to know that Level 2 is not an apprentice but is Adapt when people around him started to chat and the memory of the previous host started to clear up with the words of peoples.
"Is that true brother." The captain spoke with excitement to Shu, who nodded and smiled while he looked at the little guy who recognize him.
The guy has good eyesight after all he was wearing the half mask, but the other person was able to recognize him on the basis of Eyes which clearly indicate a sharp mind and a talent for observation.
'This guy will do great with sniping and bow-arrow. ' Shu nodded as he was thinking of creating some loyal people and can create some big sects to lead this realm people to the path of cultivation to collect a large amount of Karma for future needs.
Shu revealed half of his face where half of the people in the group cursed at the sight, The flawless face with a hint of a confident smile on Shu was an enticement for any girl and a great feast for girls eyes.
They thought that he could rival the most beautiful girls in their mind with just skin fairness alone, the other specialized person gulped making other soldiers' skin crawl at the sight.
For those who have mana in them, the attractiveness of Shu would increase a top-notch, which was a great ability to attract females with Mana talent. "My name is Shu, Chen Shu, it is good to meet all the brave from the front."
He spoke politely after all, even as an immortal, he respects those who deserve them and the warrior who always fought on the front line are needed to be respected for their work and duties.
"Nice to meet you, Sir Chen." the leader of the group spoke politely, after all, even the apprentice specialize need to have their respect, due to their rarity and amount in a small city like theirs.
After Shu became the center of the attention of the group where he was given a Mana ratified gun by the captain, who received it by the upper holder, for the case he was about to break through the Specialize apprentice.
Shu received the gun and checked where he was interested and found, he might be able to use these rules in a bow and arrow too, but the bow needed to be made from metal while the arrow has to be made from a special bone material which absorbs a large amount of mana.
Bowstring also needed to be special too... Shu, who was sitting observing the Runic lines was smiling and deducing the way he can.
He was able to understand most of the part of Runic lines inside the gun and found many interesting aspects, which were related to recoil reduction and should have been deduced by their shock-absorbing concept.
The rest time was over and was Shu talking with others to familiarize with them, due to which they also started to open up with Shu a lot without any underlying feelings.
The captain of the group asked for Shu to come and join him, where he opened up a map with detailed structure and knowledge.
The dark shaded part was hilly or higher regions, where the light shaded and one without any shade signify different things.
It took Shu to memorize the whole map up, while with a few queries about the detail he memorized and recreate the whole stimulation inside his mind.
He decided to move with others to see what he can do to bring the sharp-eyed guy under his influence, on the other hand, he also believed that these soldiers can be trained into a good foundation.
The forest seemed deadly silent and they noticed it by the time a few hours had passed transversing inside this forest, Shu was already on edge carefully treading his path since this kind of silence was definitely unusual.
He could have mentioned it to the others, but he did not alert whatever planning against them.
Where Shu, who had transverse many places as a cultivator knew of the fact that a silent forest is not something good, the other soldiers were chatting within them, they never noticed the detail related to bug sounds.
Shu, who was well aware of these facts had been keeping all his senses at the top condition, Where Shu also observed the herb's details, given he had no prior knowledge about them and period like this he can use them, so he decided to check out the system related to shop and ask if he can buy some knowledge, related stuff from it.
"System, Initiate the question mode," Shu spoke inside his mind to which the voice of the system from before, had filled him with the details and commands, he can use to operate one.
[System confirmed Question mode.]
"Ask the filter to test out the data related to Plants and Herb as a model." Shu, who was walking at the peak of his attention, looked at the person to the right seemingly there was a slight change in his expression.
[The Question confirmed, the result is as follows, Map modification module 6.27 and Herbal encyclopedia module 227.] both the thing was detailed and according to it, the Map module cost 5K contribution point and whereas another encyclopedia was that of 1k points.
After successfully surviving Shu had gotten 5k points and added with 2k from other dog missions, Shu was able to afford on the Map, so he did not hesitate to buy it in that instant.
With the grand total of 7k, he was able to buy the Map Module after it was related to enhancing the system smaller part, with that silver shone past, a minute countdown started, where Shu walked over to the other guy by his side and joined the conversation.
This was a good method of grinding favorability among the lower positioned soldiers. Chen Shu was the perceptive guy he was able to tell that, there was a change in the tone and speaking manner of others toward him when the captain of the group, called him to discuss future plans.
[System Update Complete.]
[Opening the Map Module 6.27 & 6.16]
[Due to the Host's first successful update in the system, module 6.16, has been rewarded.]
"Bingo."
Chen Shu was happy to see that his gamble worked. After all, the system is the major part of his ability in this world, while updating it will always bring tremendous benefits to him.
Shu, on the other hand, has the cultivation and memorizing power of immortals, he does not need the system to feed him data to remember it clearly.
"Zoomed." Shu's screen zoomed and he looked at the map surprisingly, all he saw was a 3D sonography inside his head, he was able to see the world in 3D while keeping his consciousness in the real world.
It was feeding him the data directly without disturbing his active self.
When he saw something heading toward his head with a high speed.
Where Shu ducked his head rightward as dodged the attack, to see the sharp Tree branch embedded on the ground.
The motion alerted others as they saw, Shu who was barely able to dodge a tree branch that had penetrated the ground had already swung, his sword to cut another branch heading his way.
The sword had already cut the two steam into half, and Shu who was able to see the branch through his map module, aimed at the gun at the tree 2 meters behind him, where he was not able to sense any danger from that tree.