Chapter 41: Mood
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
[Hint: Your zombie clone has obtained coal*21, your basic mining experience points +29.]
[Hint: Your zombie clone has obtained coal*16, your basic mining experience points +21.]
[Hint: Your zombie clone has obtained coal*22…]
[Hint: Your mining skill level has been upgraded to Level 2.]
Half an hour later, seeing that the zombies had found coal, Fang Heng patted the dust off his pants and stood up from the ground.
It was time to go back and see what the accommodation for tonight was going to be like.
The night was approaching.
Zhou Yi and Lu Yu divided the work and cleaned up some of the zombies around the hut. Then, they reinforced the wooden doors and windows of the hut to ensure its safety at night.
Everyone lit a bonfire in the hut.
"You two have worked hard these past few days!"
Fang Heng casually took out a handful of cold beer from his backpack and placed it beside the bonfire. Then, he threw two cans of beer to the two of them.
"Sorry for displaying my immature skill but tonight, I'll be cooking for all. Come and have a taste of my cooking."
It was a big skewer of meat!
This was Fang Heng's ultimate skill.
In the game, with the addition of the recipe skill, the taste of the big skewer of meat was so good that it was out of the world!
One could never get tired of it!
For this reason, Fang Heng even carried a barbecue grill with him. He could eat whenever he wanted to.
He took out the meat pieces and made them into skewers. He placed them on the grill and kept turning them, just like a chef.
The oil from the fatty acids of the meat sizzled under the heat.
The aroma of the skewers drifted directly into Lu Yu and Zhou Yi's nostrils.
They couldn't help but drool!
In the zombie apocalypse game, Lu Yu and Zhou Yi were considered professional players.
They had been studying the game's strategy, so they knew a lot about the game.
However, despite their rich experience, all they had been eating these days were baked potatoes, wild vegetables, roasted berries and roasted bird eggs…
They had to live a miserable life, barely having enough to eat.
After all, they had been desperately completing the apocalypse merchant's mission during the day and earning survival points to exchange for earth-made bombs. They didn't have the extra time to go and find food.
They had never thought that there would be someone in the game who could actually be eating big skewers of meat and drinking wine so happily!
When they saw Fang Heng sprinkled cumin on the skewered meat and carefully coated it with a layer of secret sauce, both of their eyes were wide open.
What the heck!
They were wondering if he was here to survive the game or to participate in a gourmet competition?
This kind of behaviour was too much!
Fang Heng raised the beer can.
"It's been hard on the two of you. Cheers! Let's continue to collaborate in the future!"
"Happy cooperation! If you need our help in the future, feel free to look for us. We are very reliable!"
Zhou Yi held up the big meat skewer and took a bite.
It was delicious!
The gravy was packed with freshness, and the fats from the meat were bursting in his mouth!
The seasoning blended perfectly!
The slightly bursting taste enhanced the aroma of the meat and flowed down from the nose to the throat.
Delicacies could heal the soul and chase away fatigue.
Zhou Yi ate skewers of meat and drank beer.
His mood for the past few days had been on the low side as he was constantly affected by Fang Heng's actions. But he seemed to have finally recovered a little bit and currently, he could enjoy the hard-won happiness during the apocalypse.
He had his fill.
Lu Yu and Zhou Yi strongly requested to be responsible for tonight's vigil as an affirmation of the meal.
Fang Heng did not object.
The few of them began to chat casually again.
"Oh right, God, although we have defeated Prisoner Snake and the others today, we still have to be careful."
"Oh?" Fang Heng was surprised. He put down the beer in his hand. "They still dare to come?"
"God, don't forget that in a few days, the game will open up a channel transmission service."
Zhou Yi explained to Fang Heng with a straight face.
"When the time comes, all players below level 5 in the King of Gods' game can spend their points to enter our game world."
Prisoner Snake is famous for his bad character, but many people don't want to provoke him."
"He used to join a gaming guild called 'Dawn'. This time, they failed to attack the prison. They probably guessed that it was you who established the super-large shelter."
"If he reports to the guild about what happened in the prison, I'm afraid you'll be in trouble."
"Dawn…"
Fang Heng muttered softly and nodded.
This body had the memories of the guild.
Dawn had a very bad reputation in the game. Most of the players in the guild were a bunch of villains.
It was indeed true.
After the prison and the mercenaries were exposed, Fang Heng felt that he had to face those greedy villains.
And as time passed, the restrictions of the game would gradually be opened up.
Two days later, the ban on players below Level 5 would be lifted.
After a month, players below Level 10 would also be able to use their King of Gods' points to enter the game.
Fang Heng had a premonition that trouble was gradually approaching.
But he was not afraid of trouble.
In the beginning, he hid his identity carefully and developed silently. He had made this decision so that he can buy more time for the prison to develop and avoid unwanted attention.
But it would also greatly sacrifice his development speed.
Fang Heng felt that if the enemy was coming, then let them come!
What he wanted to do was to always be one step ahead of the players and act on his initiative!
He would use his strength to crush them and he was not afraid of it!
If they came, he would kill them, one after another!
Although Fang Heng was afraid of death, he still preferred to face them head-on!
…
The next day.
The sun rose, dispelling the darkness.
Zhou Yi, who was on the vigil, stretched himself.
He was lucky.
It was very quiet last night. No zombies came to disturb him.
Furthermore, he had eaten and drunk enough last night. His mood was much better than the last few days.
He stood up and prepared to go outside to breathe some fresh air.
"Come on, Zhou Yi! Don't be decadent! Face life positively!"
Zhou Yi patted his cheeks to encourage himself.
He also realized that he had been suffering from 'blows' by Fang Heng during this period and his morale was somewhat low.
"Clack…"
Pushing open the wooden door of the hut, Zhou Yi was greatly surprised.
What was this?
Outside the hut, the stones that were gathered earlier on had piled up into more than ten two-meter-high 'small hills'.
These small hills were also mixed with small black stones.
Black stones…
Hmm?
Was it coal ore?
Zhou Yi was puzzled.
What was going on?
He wondered if he was hallucinating because he had only slept for four hours last night.
Zhou Yi slowly walked to the front of a small hill and picked up a small piece of black coal.
The coal immediately disappeared from his hand.
[Hint: You have obtained coal*1.]
It was real!
It wasn't an illusion, it was just coal!
Bloody hell!
Where did all these coal mines come from?
Out of thin air?
Were ghosts behind this? Was there a bug in the system?
Zhou Yi was puzzled and he looked around.
He saw a zombie staggering over from afar.
Zhou Yi reflexively raised his weapon.
This zombie was wearing the lumberjack uniform.
It was probably summoned by God.
Zhou Yi put down his weapon and slowly took a few steps back, still maintaining his vigilance.
The lumberjack zombie ignored Zhou Yi and had no desire to attack.
It walked past Zhou Yi and came before the newest small hill.
Then, Zhou Yi saw a scene that he would never forget for the rest of his life.
The lumberjack zombie took out pieces of rocks from its backpack and threw them at the small hill, adding bricks and tiles to the small hill that was erected high up.
After doing all this, it turned around and went back the way it came from.
Behind it, two more zombies walked back one after another, repeating the same action.
"This…"
"No way…"
"Could it be that these zombies can mine?"
Zhou Yi felt l like he was going crazy.
"Impossible! How can zombies help players mine?"
"This is illogical!"
He immediately followed the zombies, wanting to see what had happened with his own eyes.
Five minutes later, Zhou Yi arrived at the mountain wall.
After one night, a ten-meter-deep hole had been dug in the mountain wall
The group of zombies he saw yesterday were waving their stone pickaxes and pounding the mountain wall with all their might.
Zhou Yi silently sat down.
He didn't know what was going on…
His mood suddenly became bad again.
Chapter 42: Delivery
[Hint: While you were offline, your zombie clone obtained small rocks*27,812, large rocks*9739 and coal*6284. You obtained 92,821 mining experience points.]
[Hint: Your mining skill has been upgraded to Level 9.]
[Hint: Your mining skill has reached the maximum value that can be upgraded. Please upgrade your character level as soon as possible. Unlocking your mining skill can upgrade your character level to the maximum value.]
Fang Heng pushed open the wooden door and saw the small hills that were piled up outside the hut.
"Not bad…"
However, he still had to distinguish between ordinary rocks and coal.
A zombie clone couldn't do such a difficult job.
It seemed that he could only trouble Zhou Yi and Lu Yu.
Speaking of which, where were they? Why didn't he see them? Could it be that they had gone offline to rest?
Fang Heng looked around.
Two days later, players below Level 5 could use their King of Gods' points to enter the game.
At that time, there would be a guild that wanted to join this newly opened 'server' to get a share of the profits.
His prison shelter was also bound to face an even greater threat.
It would be better for him to complete the Dark Knights mission as soon as possible.
Only great strength could guarantee the safety of the shelter.
According to his plan, he had to take all the coal mines to the apocalypse merchant to exchange for points.
He had to gather all the supplies as soon as possible and head off to the city tomorrow to complete the mission!
After making up his mind, Fang Heng sent a message to Zhou Yi and started to differentiate the coal mines.
…
After more than an hour, Fang Heng returned to the apocalypse merchant's camp on a modified motorcycle filled with coal ores.
The NPC porters in the camp already knew Fang Heng.
When they saw him enter the camp, they all came over to help unload the goods.
Vettel's friendliness had reached a certain level. He walked out of the hut to welcome him and even threw a can of beer to Fang Heng.
"That's great, you've brought us some more supplies! It's my luck to have a reliable friend like you in the apocalypse! Come, let's talk inside."
"Thank you."
Fang Heng took the beer and followed Vettel into the hut.
He opened the mission panel.
Mission: Collect coal ores (repeatable).
Mission description: The apocalypse merchant's camp needs a large number of coal ores. Please collect some coal ores and bring them into the camp.
Mission reward: 600 survival points.
[Hint: You have submitted 300 coal ores to the apocalypse merchant Vettel. You have received 600 survival points.]
[Hint: You have completed the mission.]
[Hint: Your friendship with the apocalypse merchant Vettel has improved.]
[Hint: You have submitted 300 coal ores to the apocalypse merchant Vettel. You have received 600 survival points.]
[Hint: You have completed the mission.]
Fang Heng made a rough estimate.
One-time delivery of the coal via the modified motorcycle could be exchanged for 2,400 survival points.
As the roads in the forest were difficult to navigate, it would take him nearly two hours to travel back and forth between the collection point and the apocalypse merchant camp.
He could only make seven trips during the day, which would take 14 hours.
He couldn't even earn 20,000 survival points in one day.
"This is not very efficient."
Fang Heng muttered and asked Vettel.
"Vettel, I have a large number of ores that I want to exchange for survival points. Unfortunately, it's a little troublesome to deliver them over. Do you have any ideas?"
"Oh? You have a lot of ore resources?"
Vettel's eyes lit up when he heard that.
He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head.
"We do have a light-weight truck in our camp. Unfortunately, the truck can not be lent to outsiders. I can't make the decision on this matter."
"No other solutions?"
Fang Heng was a little disappointed.
This would delay him for another day.
Well…"
"I happen to have a mission here. I think you might be interested. Why don't you listen to it first?"
"I have a batch of goods to deliver to a friend who lives next to an abandoned factory. He is a scientist with a very strange temper. Ever since the outbreak of the zombie apocalypse, he has been staying in that d*mn place and refused to leave."
"To put it simply, the time limit for this mission is 24 hours. You can drive the truck from our camp to deliver the goods. If you complete the mission ahead of time…"
Vettel winked at Fang Heng.
"Fang Heng, I think you understand what I mean, right?"
Fang Heng immediately understood what he meant.
As expected of Vettel!
"The effort that I've put in building a good relationship with you is greatly rewarded!" Fang Heng thought to himself.
"Vettel, thank you so much. You've helped me a lot."
"Hahaha, I didn't help you much."
Vettel made a 'you know' expression.
"Remember, you have to bring this truck back safely. If anything happened to it, the compensation will be quite expensive."
"No problem."
[Hint: You have triggered the commission of the apocalypse merchant Vettel.]
Fang Heng opened the mission panel.
Mission name: Stubborn survivor
Mission difficulty: C+
Mission description: Mr Qiu is a scholar. He has an odd temperament. Even after the apocalypse, he chose to live alone in the villa not far from the abandoned chemical factory.
Mission requirements: Vettel needs you to deliver some materials to Mr Qiu. Please ensure that the materials are complete and delivered within the stipulated time.
Mission time limit: 24 hours.
Mission reward: 60 survival points.
Additional description: If the truck is damaged during the mission, your deposit will be deducted and you will have to pay extra survival points as compensation.
"Vettel, I accept this mission."
Fang Heng accepted the mission.
He could easily complete an SSS-level mission, not to mention this C+-level mission.
It was just a delivery.
Fang Heng did not take it seriously.
[Hint: You accepted the mission – Stubborn survivor.]
[Hint: You pay the deposit of 2,000 survival points as the deposit for the truck.]
"Alright, I'll get my men to load the goods now. You can set off in ten minutes."
"No problem."
Fang Heng agreed. He took some time to glance at the location of the mission target marked on the mission panel.
It was very far.
He roughly estimated that it would take two and a half hours to get there from the apocalypse merchant camp.
The round trip would take about five hours.
After walking out of Vettel's hut, Fang Heng immediately saw a blue light truck parked outside the camp.
Light-weight truck.
Length: 3.5 meters.
Loading capacity: 2.8 tons.
D*mn!
With such a large capacity truck, he could transport all the coal mines dug last night with just one trip!
Fang Heng was a little envious.
When there was an opportunity in the future, he had to think of a way to obtain a truck back to the prison. When that time came, it would be convenient to transport the minerals.
Fang Heng thought to himself.
The NPC porters in the camp were fervently moving the wooden boxes onto the truck.
The boxes were even labeled 'fragile items, please be careful'.
"The fuel tank of the truck has been pumped to the brim. In addition to food and daily necessities, there are also some special research materials in the boxes."
"I've told you before. Mr Qiu is a scientist. He has been conducting research related to zombies. These things are all requested by him."
"You should be more careful when driving. It's going to be a problem if those boxes are overturned."
"No problem. I drive very steadily."
Fang Heng sat in the driver's seat.
[Hint: Detected that the player has normal driving skills. Do you want to use 100 survival points to exchange for skill-driving?]
Fang Heng reached out his hand and tapped on the confirmation button.
[Hint: You have acquired basic skill-driving.]
Skill: Driving (Level 1).
Skill description: You can drive most of the car-type tools and reduce the fuel consumption by 1%.
It was better than nothing.
"Vettel, see you tomorrow."
Fang Heng waved at Vettel as a form of gesture before driving the truck out of the apocalypse merchant camp..