Anthony didn't expect this woman to be so stubborn. He definitely wanted to get his hands on the guns. Although they weren't particularly effective against first-tier mutants, they were still very useful for killing regular zombies.
After thinking for a moment, Anthony didn't want to use overly aggressive methods. He calmly said, "In fact, you can think of it this way: this world has already collapsed, and no one cares about whether it's classified or not. Everyone wants to survive, myself included. If you don't tell me today, eventually the stored guns will be taken by others."
Upon hearing this, Cheryl is somewhat persuaded. Anthony seized the opportunity and continued, "I want the guns for self-defense, and to some extent, it can be considered as eliminating threats for the people. As an exchange, I can provide you shelter in the base and provide food and accommodation. Of course, food and accommodation are not free. It's needless to say how precious food is in the apocalypse. You would need to work for me in return. You can understand it as cooperation."
"why should i trust you?" Cheryl wasn't a fool and looked at Anthony with intense eyes. As soon as she spoke, Anthony immediately smiled, indicating that Cheryl had relented.
Anthony said directly, "You can follow me as a form of supervision. I won't randomly shoot innocent people with the gun unless my life is threatened. That's my bottom line."
Then, Anthony added, "If you don't agree, you can leave now, and I won't stop you."
"I..." Cheryl was at a loss for words. She wanted to speak but felt inexplicably aggrieved.
Verna, who was next to them, timely intervened, "Alright, alright. You're a grown man, why be so harsh on a girl?"
Then she turned to Cheryl and said, "Little security officer, with zombies running rampant outside, can you guarantee your survival if you go out? If you die, all your ideals and persistence will be in vain."
Hearing Verna's words, Cheryl trembled. She suddenly remembered what Ford had entrusted to her before he died.
With that in mind, she clenched her teeth and said, "Okay, I agree."
"That's right!" Verna immediately smiled and gave a glance to Anthony.
Anthony nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll provide three meals a day, and there are three rooms upstairs. Room one and two are for me and Verna, so you can stay in room three."
"Thank you," Cheryl said weakly.
"No need, we're just cooperating," Anthony said lightly. Then he turned to Verna and said, " Verna, you can brief her on some precautions about the base. I have some other matters to attend to."
"OK."
After reaching a cooperation with Cheryl, Anthony entered the transformation room and threw the more than 20 crystals from his backpack. His energy points once again increased to 281.58.
He then entered the cultivation room and planted Chinese cabbage, onions, and garlic on one acre of land, and sweet potatoes on another acre. The remaining two acres were planted with rice. After finishing the work, it was already midnight. After hurriedly washing up and helping Cheryl enter her identity information, he went straight back to the hibernation chamber...
June 30, 2024. 7 a.m. in the training room. "When throwing a punch, keep your arm straight and generate power from your waist. Only then can you deliver multiple times the damage in an instant." The image of the elegant woman had a cold and emotionless expression, and she pointed out every mistake Anthony made.
After two full hours, Anthony felt completely exhausted, but fortunately, after a brief moment of weakness, the spirit water quickly helped him recover his strength.
Anthony took a deep breath, closed his fists, and stood up straight. "System, open my profile."
"Host: Anthony
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Intelligence: 2 (normal humans: 1)
Strength: 7.45 (normal humans: 1)
Agility: 3.05 (normal humans: 1)
Spirit: 1.7 (normal humans: 1)
Ability: Awakening Degree 0.5%
Overall Combat Power: 14.2"
His strength had increased to 745 kilograms, and his speed had increased to 21.35 meters per second. In other words, he could run 100 meters in just 5 seconds. With a spirit of 1.7, he currently didn't feel anything particularly special, but he seemed to have a lot of energy.
However, the newly appeared column of abilities caught his attention, especially the data of the Awakening Degree, which made him curious. He asked, "System, what does Awakening Degree mean?"
"Ding! It indicates the host's degree of awakening. When the Awakening Degree reaches 100%, the host can complete the awakening and become an awakened individual," the system explained.
"How can I increase the Awakening Degree?"
"As the host's various attributes improve, combined with the flushing of the spirit pool, the degree of awakening will also increase," the system answered. Upon receiving the system's response, Anthony became completely excited.
In other words, as long as he continues to increase his attributes, he can become an awakened individual someday. That's an awakened individual! It's something Anthony has looked up to for three years. In his previous life, there were a total of five awakened individuals in the Linxian survivor base, and Anthony was fortunate enough to have seen four of them. In the eyes of the survivors in the base, they were like gods. If he could become an awakened individual as well...
With that in mind, an incredibly arrogant face appeared in Anthony's mind. Evan was the lover of that despicable woman, Daisy.
During the three years in the base, Evan often oppressed him under Daisy's instigation and orchestrated the zombie wave incident, which led to his death in the midst of the zombie horde. If he didn't kill these two people, his rebirth would be meaningless.
However, according to the rumors about Evan in the Linxian City base, this guy awakened his own ability within half a month after the zombie outbreak and multiplied his power.
As the name implies, he can greatly enlarge his arms and legs, and his strength also increases tenfold, with the side effect of requiring a large amount of food after amplification.
Daisy, according to the legend, awakened at the same time as Evan. Her ability is fire, and she can throw fireballs as if she were a human cannonball.
"If we wait until they awaken, it will be very tricky to fight them. It's better to seize the opportunity now while these two despicable people are still weak and eliminate them at the cradle," Anthony muttered to himself.
As for their current whereabouts, Daisy is unable to get out of bed due to a leg illness. By the time Anthony graduated, her illness had almost healed, but she still couldn't engage in excessive physical activity.
In other words, it's highly likely that they are now at Daisy's house in Linxian City. Since that's the case, he'll go over and take a look tomorrow. But today, he has an important task to accomplish.
After freshening up, Anthony put on a down jacket and wrapped his wrist, then went directly to Cheryl and said, "There's no time to waste. Today, let's go directly to get the guns."
"So soon?" Cheryl was surprised, but after being doubly attacked by good food and a comfortable room yesterday, she was in a very pleasant mood.
"Yes, if we wait any longer, Maybe it will be taken away by criminals. The survivors in Linxian City will be even more dangerous then," Anthony knew the other person's weak spot.
For Cheryl, whose sense of justice was overwhelming, she would never allow other survivors to be subjected to unlawful harm. "Okay, I'll go with you right away." Cheryl nodded solemnly, and after a quick tidy-up, the two of them headed straight to the Yanghe Security Station.