"Die!"
A chilling word squeezed out from between Ye Chen's teeth as the watermelon knife in his hand transformed into a swift blade of light, slicing toward the zombie.
"Squish!" The gleaming watermelon knife effortlessly cleaved open the zombie's head. The momentum didn't wane in the slightest, splitting the zombie's skull in two, stopping only when the blade was wedged against the ribcage.
The zombie's body twitched once and then lay motionless, its whole form splayed in a "Y" shape on the ground.
Roar!
Three armless zombies lunged from behind.
Ye Chen swiftly turned around, his eyes coldly fixating on them. With a sudden movement, he dashed forward and leapt, delivering a powerful kick to the chest of the leading zombie. A sound of cracking ribs echoed as the zombie was sent flying backward, skidding several feet.
The other two zombies continued their ferocious charge, mouths wide open, aiming to bite Ye Xuan on the shoulder.
Ye Chen snorted coldly. Without claws, the zombies' strength was reduced by eighty percent. As the two zombies drew close, Ye Chen dropped the watermelon knife and, with lightning speed, reached out with both hands, grabbed their heads, and forcefully slammed them together.
Bang!
The two heads collided and shattered…
Ye Zhu stood nearby, almost in a daze.
These were four zombies! Each one possessed the strength of three average men, with punches that could deliver hundreds of pounds of force, coupled with tough skin and sharp claws. An ordinary person encountering them would have almost no chance of survival!
Yet, such powerful zombies were dealt with by Ye Chen in just the blink of an eye. She found it hard to believe that her brother had grown to such a terrifying level in just one day.
As she was still in shock, Ye Chen calmly walked over, grabbed a towel in the room, wiped the brain matter off his face, washed his hair in the bathroom, and rinsed the dark red water filled with chunks of flesh.
After cleaning up, Ye Chen exited the bathroom, his chest heaving. In that brief moment, he had unleashed all his strength, and now he felt a bit fatigued, like an ordinary person who had run twenty laps around a track.
"Let's dissect them. It's getting late, and we should head back." Ye Chen glanced at the decapitated zombies on the ground and spoke to his sister, Ye Zhu.
Ye Zhu snapped out of her thoughts, looking at the four dead zombies on the floor. She felt a surge of happiness at her brother's immense strength and nodded obediently, quickly moving over to begin the dissection.
After an afternoon of dissections, Ye Zhu was no longer as unpracticed as before. She swiftly cut open the zombies' chests, searching for the crystalized meat, and could now face the zombies' internal organs without flinching.
...
After finishing everything, the two left the room, walking down the silent corridor. Around them, they could see broken doors and piles of zombie corpses in the rooms, making this floor feel like a hell on earth.
Even though they knew that the zombies in the rooms along the way back had been dealt with, Ye Chen remained vigilant. In the apocalypse, a moment of carelessness could cost one's life.
After a while, the two safely returned to their residence.
"Click!"
As soon as they closed the door, a sense of security enveloped them. Their bodies and minds relaxed. Ye Chen put down the knife and headed to the bathroom to shower and change his clothes.
Meanwhile, Ye Zhu went into the kitchen to wash the crystalized meat.
As night fell, the bright lights of the city were no more. Outside the windows, countless dark skyscrapers loomed like giant beasts, and the streetlights remained unlit, leaving everything in darkness. Even the air was filled with a terrifying and oppressive atmosphere.
This world had lost its light…
Ye Chen walked to the window, closed it, drew the curtains, and found some newspapers in the room to cover the doors and windows, preventing any light from escaping. Otherwise, they might attract powerful monsters or countless zombies…
"Brother, dinner is ready." Ye Zhu came out of the kitchen, carrying two plates of small dishes and a bowl of clear soup.
Ye Chen glanced at the two dishes and a soup. In the apocalypse, this was quite a decent meal. After a whole day of exhaustion, the aroma of the dishes made his stomach growl with hunger.
Ye Chen didn't start eating immediately. After Ye Zhu sat down, he asked, "What about the crystalized meat?"
Ye Zhu was momentarily taken aback, then went back to the kitchen, took out a bag of cleaned crystalized meat, cut it into slices, placed it on a plate, and brought it out, saying, "This stuff tastes like jelly, so I didn't bother cooking it."
Ye Chen nodded and said, "Crystalized meat is eaten raw. Cooking it will cause the nutrients to be lost." With that, he picked up a piece and started eating.
"Eat the crystalized meat first. When the body is hungry, the digestive system speeds up. Eating it now ensures that the energy in the crystalized meat is fully absorbed into the body," Ye Chen explained.
Ye Zhu understood and picked up a piece to eat. However, her chewing was noticeably slower, intentionally allowing Ye Chen to eat more. Ye Chen noticed her small gesture but didn't say anything. After today's events, he knew his strength was still not enough. In this chaotic and dangerous world, he was the pillar. If he fell, his sister Ye Zhu would have a hard time surviving alone…
Ye Chen lowered his head and silently ate the crystalized meat. A moment later, he had eaten most of the plate. About half an hour later, he had fully digested it.
The crystalized meat was easily digestible. The meat fibers melted into his organs, transforming into pure energy that spread throughout his body. Ye Chen felt as if thousands of hands were massaging him, making him feel ethereal and extremely comfortable.
As his strength increased, black sweat poured out of his pores, representing the impurities in his body being squeezed out by the muscle fibers. A scientist once said, "In theory, when the density of muscles becomes strong enough, it can resist bullets!"
A fist-sized ball of cotton compressed into a sesame seed is definitely harder than a steel nail!
The impurities in the human body are like water in a sponge, with the muscles being the sponge. When the muscles are squeezed, the impurities come out.
In addition to gaining the strength of one more person, Ye Chen also felt some changes in his body. The skin on his palms became tougher, his bones stronger, and his fingernails harder. Although they didn't reach the level of being as sharp as knives, they were definitely sharp enough to cut vegetables!
Ye Chen's eyes shone brightly. "With my current strength, hunting ordinary zombies is a piece of cake. Even if I face three or four zombies head-on, I can kill them!"
Ye Chen felt a surge of excitement.
At this rate of development, his zombie hunting speed would significantly increase, meaning his strength would rapidly grow!
"That mutated ant has the strength of ten zombies, which equals the strength of thirty men. I now have the strength of four men," Ye Chen calculated the difference in his mind.
Here, the standard strength index of a person is:
Strength: 50kg!
Speed: 100m/15s!
Nerve reaction speed: 0.3 seconds!
Currently, Ye Chen's strength had reached 400 jin, which is 200kg! As for his speed, it had reached about ten seconds for a hundred meters, and his nerve reaction speed was also 0.1 seconds!
Ye Zhu, after consuming a small portion of the crystalized meat, also gained a lot of strength, though she was still a bit away from having the strength of two people.
"We were lucky this time," Ye Chen remarked. "We cleared 32 rooms on the 17th floor, killing a total of 108 zombies. Based on the average probability, we could find at most ten pieces of crystalized meat. But with you, the usual one in ten chances turned into two out of five, almost like finding a piece for every two zombies…"
Ye Zhu giggled, her eyes full of pride. "Of course, your sister has great luck, even heaven acknowledges it."
Ye Chen: "…"
Ye Zhu laughed. "I'm not saying you have bad luck, so don't overthink it…"
Ye Chen: "…"
…
After resting for a night, the next day, the hunting began again. After fully arming themselves, the two left the room to start their zombie hunting activities for the day…
The process was straightforward. With Ye Chen's strength of four men, he could easily deal with a few zombies head-on. When facing seven or eight zombies, he used the door as a barrier to take them down one by one.
Time flew by, and ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
In these ten days, Ye Chen and Ye Zhu were like two plunderers, relentlessly hunting zombies, day after day, all the way down to the 12th floor. The most dangerous moment was when they barged into a presidential suite having a party, which had over thirty zombies. If they hadn't escaped quickly, they would have been torn apart. In the end, they used a gas canister to blow it all up.