On the other end of the communication, just from the sound, he could tell how agitated Lin An was.
Zhang Tie's expression was awkward, and he was at a loss for what to do.
I haven't even explained the situation yet!
Could it be that Captain Lin has encountered this situation before? Is this thing a mutant?
But there's no need to scold me…
I was just asking you, haven't even brought it back yet?
Though he hadn't known Lin An for long, in Zhang Tie's impression, Lin An had always been a calm, cold, and expressionless guy.
This reaction was just too intense.
Zhang Tie muttered to himself.
Could it be because Captain Lin just told him today not to trust anything that looks like a zombie?
But then he turned around and hesitated to save what seemed like a mutant, making Lin An angry?
As Zhang Tie was lost in thought, even considering whether to take the chance and whip the unconscious, seemingly mutant girl to death.
...
In front of the hospital building.
Lin An stood stiffly in place, his whole body rigid.
He didn't even notice the zombies rushing towards him from not far away.
"Ding, S-class beast [Abyssal Black Dragon] wants to form a companion contract with you, do you accept?"
"Ding, you have obtained orange equipment [Soul Devouring Hand] *1."
"Ding, the player has received unknown mental feedback, gaining attribute enhancements."
"Ding, Willpower +1."
"Ding, Agility +1."
"Ding, Strength +1."
"Ding, Constitution +1."
"Ding, Mental recovery speed +20%, mental capacity +20%, mental resistance +20%."
The dense system notifications rang out, like heavenly music.
For a moment, the light screen in Lin An's vision was flooded with notifications.
The slender black snake coiled around Lin An's arm just as he was about to leave, and the [Soul Devouring Hand] that it had swallowed was spat out again.
Only this epic equipment had shrunk a bit, and the blood-colored patterns that once covered it were now somewhat dim.
It seemed that the spirit energy inside had been drained.
Lin An was ecstatic.
A twist of fate, unexpected joy.
The lost equipment was recovered, and there was even an unexpected S-class beast wanting to become his summoned beast.
Who would have thought the black snake was actually a dragon!
No wonder there were two lumps on its head, he had thought they were abscesses…
All attributes +1, plus a bunch of other buffs.
The joy in his heart was beyond words.
Trembling with excitement, Lin An looked at the black dragon on his wrist in shock.
Power boost, epic equipment.
However.
Any one of these amazing rewards paled in comparison to the shock brought by the black dragon.
S-class beast...
"Gulp."
Lin An swallowed hard, his mouth dry.
Beasts would start appearing gradually about a year after the apocalypse broke out.
These creatures from another dimension were different from zombies.
Although most would be hostile towards humans, they were also enemies to zombies and mutants.
The mysteriously appearing beasts were few in number, but extremely powerful.
Each beast had at least the strength of an awakened or mutant.
Their strength was classified differently from awakened ones, divided into five levels: S, A, B, C, D.
Corresponding to levels 0 to 4 of awakened ones.
Therefore.
By the third year of the apocalypse, zombies, mutants, beasts, and humans formed a three-way struggle.
The safe zones established by humans would face waves of attacks from zombie hordes and beast tides.
Among them, the zombies were the strongest, followed by the beasts, while humans struggled to survive.
And an S-class beast, as the top existence among beasts.
Lin An had only seen it once in the chat channel in his previous life.
That time.
It was footage captured at great risk by a third-tier peak awakened.
A six-armed giant ape beast, over thirty meters tall, single-handedly fighting against a modern army of 200,000 people from four corps.
Two hundred thousand well-trained, leveled-up player troops.
Heavy artillery, a flood of four hundred tanks, and over two squadrons of fighter jets.
Combined ground-air operations, such firepower could level any small country without exaggeration.
But even so.
In the face of continuous artillery fire and the attacks of ten third-tier awakened, that S-class beast slaughtered a large safe zone in just five minutes.
Unstoppable, invincible.
Heavy artillery couldn't break its defense; airburst bombs and strategic missiles only briefly impeded its steps.
Steel torrents and machine gun emplacements were just ticklish toys to it.
Third-tier awakened could only "skirmish" around its feet in harassment.
In that battle.
Over a million people perished, and the entire southwestern battle zone of China was severely weakened, nearly breached by subsequent zombie attacks.
In the end, an unknown force had to use a small nuclear bomb, with ten third-tier awakened fighting desperately to encircle and severely wound it, forcing it to flee.
A video edited down to less than a minute made all players despair.
The power of a fourth-tier beast left no room for resistance.
And now, the black snake coiled around Lin An's arm was such an existence!
Unbeatable!
If he could form a contract, the black snake.
No, if the [Abyssal Black Dragon] could be used by him, wouldn't he dominate this apocalypse game?
"Roar!"
Dozens of zombies gathered, quickly lunging at Lin An.
He ignored them.
Immersed in shock, Lin An couldn't be bothered with these zombies.
Slowly, like an elderly man making a move.
Even though he was severely injured now, he didn't want to exert himself, as it would worsen his injuries.
"Poof!"
A light punch landed on the head of the leading zombie, the skull instantly caving in.
Lin An frowned, his strength had decreased too much due to his injuries.
"Power Burst!"
A flash of pale gold spiritual energy entered his body.
"Side Kick!"
A kick was delivered, less powerful than before but still fierce.
The zombie in front of him had its spine snapped by the kick, struggling on the ground.
The other zombies arrived, frantically biting at his body.
Lin An sighed softly.
Forget it.
Let them bite.
With his current physical condition, ordinary zombies would take considerable effort to break through his physical defenses.
Not to mention he had a slight immunity to infection due to his poison resistance.
Zombies that could besiege an entire building's residents were like air to Lin An now.
"Zhang Tie!"
"Take some medicine and rush over, get me out of here!"
Lin An's mind was now entirely on the [Abyssal Black Dragon] and the recovered equipment.
The [Abyssal Black Dragon] coiled on his arm fell asleep after sending the contract signing message.
Otherwise, Lin An believed, with such an existence, not to mention zombies.
Even if there were a plaza full of lickers, this creature could slaughter them all in seconds.
Lin An slowly dealt with the zombies around him, fully focused on communicating with the dark gold contract in his mind.
"Sign the contract!"