This was the first time Xia Leng had seen himself "consume" a person with such extreme precision.
A body, larger than his own, melted into a blood mass surrounded by tendrils in just three seconds, and was finally absorbed cleanly by his own blood...
He had never actively hunted humans before, let alone eaten them. As long as others did not provoke him, he naturally appeared harmless.
Even if he had "been forced" to kill someone, he would not consume or deal with their corpse.
The only exception was a former comrade who had betrayed him; he dismantled the comrade's leg bones to make weapons and kept them as a warning.
Not consuming his kind as food might be the only way Xia Leng thought he could prove he still retained his human rationality...
But now, whether he wanted to or not, that berserker had been devoured before his eyes, leaving not even clothes behind.
Yet he felt no discomfort; instead, there was a pleasant thrill after consuming the other. It was as if the other had never been human, but was born to be his prey!
At the spot where the fortunate fellow's head had just rolled away, a pale blue crystal lay quietly on the ground, surrounded by weak energy that kept the dust in the air at bay.
The berserker was indeed a "Baptized" one, a mediocre mystic scholar with unpredictable luck...
But after witnessing the recent scene, Xia Leng thought this ability was far from mediocre.
Throughout the fight, the opponent repeatedly survived by mere chance and almost killed Xia Leng.
Was such an ability truly mediocre?!
It was just that the triggering probability and timing were a bit confusing, otherwise, Xia Leng wouldn't have managed to turn the tables at the last moment.
He picked up the pale blue crystal and held it in his palm, feeling the residual warmth from it.
After three seconds, the warmth disappeared, and Xia Leng knew that the crystal had been absorbed by him as well.
However, unlike the first blue crystal he consumed from the leader, which brought a noticeable change to his legs, enhancing his agility as an apocalypse hunter, this crystal did not seem to bring any obvious change.
Having consumed this mystic scholar, Xia Leng wondered if he would gain the elusive luck the scholar possessed...
Xia Leng stood up, and the shotgun pellets that had been shot into his body fell off, hitting the ground. His body had already healed completely without a trace of injury.
When passing by the berserker leader's corpse, which he had thrown through glass shards to sever the throat, he had no intention of consuming it as well.
Perhaps the Black Light Virus inside him was full, having repaired all the wounds on his body.
Or perhaps this virus was only interested in those Baptized ones who had been enhanced and infected by the Black Rain. Ordinary people, tasteless to him, held no appetite.
For the Black Light Virus, these so-called Baptized ones were invaders that needed to be completely eradicated from Earth, or consumed by him!
When Xia Leng left the grocery store, he had also picked up two shotguns and recovered the handgun he had dropped. These were valuable "resources" that could be traded for precious goods. As someone who always saved and conserved, he would never waste them.
In addition, he saw the three modified motorcycles parked a few hundred meters away, thinking these guys were true treasure hunters, bringing him exactly what he needed...
With these vehicles, the remaining distance would save him a lot of physical and mental effort.
After consolidating the fuel from the three motorcycles into one, Xia Leng mounted the wild-looking motorcycle, loaded with spoils, and headed toward his next destination.
The berserker's corpse left in the abandoned grocery store made the entire shop reek of blood.
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About five minutes after leaving, a few withered figures emitted eerie sounds, crawling out from a dark storage room nearby...
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Laiyi City, once one of the most developed cities in the country.
The towering steel skyscrapers rose like a primeval forest, and the dense network of high skybridges ensured that the city's vehicles never faced congestion.
Green city, civilized city, model city—various prestigious titles were bestowed upon this super metropolis.
But these were before the Black Rain outbreak five years ago.
Now, the once towering buildings, having been neglected for years and subjected to extreme weather changes, had their shiny outer glass layer peeling off, leaving only a few scattered pieces clinging like scales to the lifeless steel frames.
And the so-called high-speed network of elevated bridges was now congested with all sorts of abandoned vehicles. Some vehicles had even crashed through guardrails, precariously hanging in the air, ready to fall and crush any unlucky passerby below...
In summary, at this time, all the super cities in the world had turned into primitive jungles, only replacing towering trees and dense shrubs with abandoned high-rises and low buildings teeming with monsters.
During the day, under the scorching sun, the entire city was lifeless, with thick smoke rising everywhere as new fires broke out continuously.
At night, the city came alive, but it was a scene of demons and chaos. Various terrifying and bizarre mutated creatures crawled out from buildings seeking shelter from the sun, beginning their bloody and savage hunts, making the city's sky echo with spine-chilling roars.
However, there was one place with a style completely different from other dangerous zones.
That was the huge mall occupied and transformed into a solid fortress by the Komodo Mercenary Company.
The super mall was located in the city center's prime location, covering an area of nearly several tens of hectares. The towering mall building formed an enclosing circle, resembling a massive iron fortress where not even a fly could get in!
The Komodo Mercenary Company had set up its division here, not only for the natural protection but also due to the valuable resources remaining in the mall.
However, in the initial pioneering phase, to clear the numerous mutated monsters and living corpses hiding in the mall from UV rays,
The Komodo Company also sacrificed a large number of personnel and soldiers, paying a heavy price to finally seize the massive fortress from the monsters.
After their subsequent renovations, the mall had become indistinguishable from a real steel prison fortress.
Later, high walls were piled up around it, with electrified fences fixed on top to prevent any mutated creatures from sneaking in to forage.
The only remaining entrance to the fortress was heavily guarded by fully armed soldiers, and even anti-aircraft machine guns were set up at the gate, tearing apart any monster or enemy attempting to invade in a storm of bullets!
At this moment, two soldiers on duty stood on the high wall, boredly chatting with each other. Their heavy sniper rifles, filled with violent elements, could shatter any creature in their view.
Suddenly, the roar of a motorcycle engine approaching the fortress alerted them.
One of the sentries lifted a high-powered telescope to look in the direction of the sound, revealing Xia Leng, carrying several conspicuous shotguns, riding a flashy motorcycle that roared loudly, kicking up a cloud of dust as it approached...