With a *plop*, the zombie's head was instantly cleaved in half.
Disgusting fluids sprayed everywhere.
The zombie then toppled to the ground.
Zhang Chen was slightly surprised by the power of his axe.
He had cooked at home and cut bones before.
It required immense strength and a cleaver to barely cut through bone.
And the skull was the strongest bone in the human body.
Decapitating a skull directly with a knife or axe was extremely difficult.
Because zombies were living creatures, their heads weren't fixed in place waiting to be chopped.
They moved erratically.
In the past, Zhang Chen would never have dared to strike rashly.
Because if his strength was slightly lacking, the axe could easily get stuck in the skull.
The outcome would have been disastrous!
Now, Zhang Chen's physique was exceptionally strong.
Cutting off these zombies' heads was like slicing through melons and vegetables!
One hit, one kill!
Ah!
The woman was terrified by the gory scene.
Her scream rose in pitch, becoming even more shrill.
*Plop! Plop! Plop!*
Zhang Chen followed suit.
Cutting through the chaos like a swift blade!
One axe blow, one zombie down.
In an instant, he had felled five zombies.
The remaining two zombies had now detected Zhang Chen's presence.
A female zombie lunged at Zhang Chen first.
Zhang Chen lowered his head, using his helmet to protect his skull, and shoved hard with his shoulder against the riot shield!
He sent the female zombie flying towards the wall.
Then, he spun around and kicked the other lunging zombie to the ground.
He swung his axe for a finishing blow!
*Plop!*
Red and white fluids splattered across the ground.
Gurgle... Roar!
At this moment, the female zombie charged again.
Facing one-on-one, Zhang Chen felt calm.
He used the riot shield to prop under the female zombie's chin, pushing her away by an arm's length.
Then, he brought his axe down with a *crack*.
This blow perfectly split the zombie's head down the middle!
Phew, the last one was dealt with!
Zhang Chen let out a sigh of relief.
Killing these zombies wasn't particularly difficult.
The challenge was to emerge unscathed when fighting multiple opponents!
If it were before, Zhang Chen, using all his might to swing his axe seven or eight times consecutively like this…
He would have been gasping for breath from exhaustion.
Now, his face was not flushed, his breathing was steady!
Extremely relaxed!
At this moment, translucent "Collect" prompts appeared above the zombies' corpses.
Collect!
Zhang Chen willed it.
As his hand approached a zombie corpse, it instantly vanished!
[You have salvaged a zombie corpse, obtaining Energy Crystal Core*1, Lighter*1, Mutated Fertilizer*3]
Mutated Fertilizer: Can accelerate crop growth. Ten of the same quality can be synthesized into a higher-grade fertilizer!
Zhang Chen glanced at the fertilizer in his storage space. It was a complete mess of rotten flesh.
It must have been collected from the zombies.
Ugh...
Fortunately, there was no smell or residue in the storage.
Otherwise, Zhang Chen would never have put these things into his space.
Zhang Chen then brought his hand closer to another zombie corpse.
He quickly salvaged them one by one!
[You have salvaged a zombie corpse, obtaining Energy Crystal Core*1, Car Key*1, Mutated Fertilizer*3]
[You have salvaged a zombie corpse, obtaining Room Key*1, Unit Entrance Card*1, Mutated Fertilizer*2]
[You have salvaged a zombie corpse, obtaining Energy Crystal Core*1, Mutated Fertilizer*5]
...
Zhang Chen salvaged a total of eight zombie corpses.
He tallied them up: Mutated Fertilizer*30;
Energy Crystal Core*3;
Car Key*1;
Room Key*1, Unit Entrance Card*1;
Lighter*2;
Otherworld Currency 325 Yuan.
A total of seven types of items!
So, salvaging was about obtaining useful parts and undamaged personal belongings from these zombies!
And Energy Crystal Cores weren't dropped 100% of the time!
Zhang Chen scanned his surroundings, confirming there were no other zombies lurking in the shadows.
Only then did he lean against the locked unit door and begin to examine his spoils of war.
[Mutated Fertilizer]: Using it can accelerate the growth of crops and livestock. 10 Mutated Fertilizers can be synthesized into 1 [Growth Accelerator Fertilizer]!
[Energy Crystal Core]: Using it can enhance your physical strength. Current upgrade requires 0/100!
Besides these two items, others like lighters, entrance cards, room keys, and car keys.
These common items had no descriptions.
The use of a lighter was self-explanatory.
However, the latter three items, if they didn't correspond to the correct unit, room, and car...
They would be completely useless junk!
At this moment, a prompt box suddenly reappeared before Zhang Chen.
[Car Key]: Key to a 'Guo Pai' off-road vehicle. You can try your luck in the underground parking lot!
[Unit Entrance Card]: Entrance card for Building 3, Unit 2!
[Room Key]: Key to Unit 2, Floor 5, Apartment 2 in Building 3!
[Cash]: You can spend money to buy packaged food from vending machines. Their shelf life is longer than you think!
Hiss...
Seeing the helpful tips in the prompt box.
Zhang Chen felt much better.
Without the prompts.
These items would have been absolute trash!
But with the prompts,
Zhang Chen might easily acquire a vehicle and a safe haven.
He might even find some food and water!
There was no need to put these items into storage.
Zhang Chen directly shoved them into his pockets.
Then, he started walking towards Building 3.
Hey, save me!
You're not going to leave me here alone, are you!
The woman shouted at Zhang Chen's retreating back from the rain canopy.
But Zhang Chen ignored her.
The most important task right now was to survive!
To have a safe shelter, and also sufficient food and water.
Currently, Zhang Chen only had one can of luncheon meat and two 500mL bottles of water.
These supplies would only last for about a day.
Zhang Chen was struggling to fend for himself, why would he bring a woman along?
One more person meant one more mouth to feed!
And this kind of mentally challenged woman... was practically a walking zombie summoner!
Absolutely not!
As for things between men and women...
If he couldn't even get enough food, how could he possibly think about such things?
Wouldn't it be better to save his strength for fighting zombies?!
Zhang Chen walked directly to the entrance of Unit 2 in Building 3.
It was a unit door made of tempered glass and alloy steel.
Very thick and sturdy!
Without an entrance card, there was no way to pry such a unit door open!
Beep beep!
Zhang Chen swiped the entrance card.
To his surprise, there was still electricity here!
The red indicator light of the entrance control instantly turned green.
With a muffled *click*,
The unit door unlocked.