On the other side, on Yongyu Bridge...
Zhang Chen effortlessly annihilated two Lurkers.
With Zhang Chen's current strength,
Lurkers were merely zombies that moved a bit faster.
Their combat power was not significantly different from ordinary zombies.
Especially after knowing their weakness, it was an instant kill.
Completely without difficulty!
After dispatching these two monsters, Zhang Chen's attention returned to the supply crate dropped by Uesugi.
There were too many good things here, he would take it all!
He collected food, blueprints, and various essential supplies.
Things like "Zombie Research Notes," "Meeting Minutes," "Camp Personnel Roster," and "Room Cards," which were not very relevant, were looked over by Zhang Chen and then thrown back into the supply crate.
Among the remaining supplies, many items could be categorized together.
Moreover, Zhang Chen already had things like soy sauce, instant noodles, and beef.
So, in total, it was just barely enough.
96 slots, and only 2 slots remained.
What a crime...
Having too many supplies was also a problem.
It was full without even packing much!
Sigh... Annoying...
Zhang Chen sighed helplessly.
He reached out and touched Akatani Yoko's corpse.
He collected her "Energy Crystal Core" and "Storage Ring Fragment."
The supplies were pitifully few, but there were quite a few strange vibrating items.
These "Survivor Supply Crates" could not be moved and could only remain in place.
Unless someone took the items inside, they would always be there.
Zhang Chen walked directly towards the hot spring hotel.
The hot spring hotel was already in ruins.
In a room on the second floor, flames were still shooting out of the window.
The ground was littered with mangled corpses bitten by Lurkers.
Some had already turned into zombies, crawling sluggishly on the ground.
Some didn't even have the chance to become zombies.
They were just bloody corpses.
A bloody stench permeated the entire hot spring hotel.
Zhang Chen moved while finishing off any stragglers, and also collected some survivor corpses.
These Japanese people didn't have many valuable items on them.
Only the "Energy Crystal Core" and "Storage Ring Fragment" were worth Zhang Chen collecting.
Wherever he went, he left behind a trail of survivor supply crates on the ground.
Some survivors had very few items, so they didn't even use supply crates, and their items dropped directly onto the ground.
After searching the hot spring hotel, he obtained a total of 218 "Storage Ring Fragments."
Finally, he could upgrade!
Upgrade the ring!
Ding! Current Storage Ring is Level 5. To upgrade to Level 6 Ring, you need:
Storage Ring Fragments 875/800, Energy Crystal Core 2000/2136 points!
Upgrade conditions met!
Do you wish to upgrade immediately?
Yes!
Ding! You have lost "Storage Ring Fragments" * 800, "Energy Crystal Core" * 2000!
Congratulations on upgrading your "Storage Ring" from Level 5 to Level 6!
Storage space expanded from 96 to 120 slots!
Reinforced Building Warehouse has been unlocked!
Can accommodate buildings with a total indoor area not exceeding 1000 square meters (decoration, furniture, and appliances can be retained)!
And you can store supplies within the building!
Upgrading from Level 6 to Level 7 requires: Storage Ring Fragments: 75/1500, Energy Crystal Core 136/5000!
After upgrading, the number of slots will increase from 120 to 144!
The third vehicle storage slot is unlocked!
Good heavens, it requires 5000 Energy Crystal Cores to upgrade to the next level?!
His dual talents only required 5000 Energy Crystal Cores to reach the next level.
This is simply life-threatening!
The current building can now store items, which will save a lot of space.
He shouldn't need space for now.
With that thought, Zhang Chen walked to an open area.
He directly took out the "Level 1 Protective Hot Spring Villa."
Suddenly!
A villa appeared before Zhang Chen.
The entire villa was divided into two floors above ground and one basement level.
Each floor was a spacious 150 square meters.
The exterior of the villa had reinforced steel plates.
With a simple operation, all doors and windows could be sealed with sturdy steel plates.
After the danger passed, it could be restored to its villa state.
All the glass was bulletproof and impact-resistant.
This level should be able to withstand surprise attacks from Lurkers.
However, resisting a "Giant Tank" would still be difficult.
Zhang Chen pushed open the door and walked into the villa.
Upon entering, there was an entryway.
Past the entryway was a spacious living room with a long L-shaped leather sofa.
A thick carpet covered the tiled floor, and there was a fireplace on the wall of the living room.
Next to it was an open kitchen, a bedroom, and a gym.
The basement could be used as a warehouse, for installing generators, or as a workshop.
The second floor had a bedroom, two bathrooms, and a home theater...
It had to be said that this villa was indeed more luxurious and comfortable than Building No. 8.
This Uesugi sure knew how to enjoy himself.
Zhang Chen went to the basement and began to inventory his storage space.
Meat, seafood, and fruits had very short shelf lives.
It was more cost-effective to store them in his space.
Meanwhile, items like instant noodles, self-heating hot pots, and hot pot bases could be stored at room temperature.
Zhang Chen first went to the kitchen storage room of the hot spring hotel and collected the shelves.
Then he returned to the villa and placed them in the basement.
He began to sort and arrange the food.
Condiments like soy sauce, sugar, and vinegar, as well as cooking oil, were placed in the kitchen a few bottles at a time.
The rest were all placed on the lowest shelves.
They weren't accessed very frequently anyway.
Then came instant noodles, ramen, dried noodles, self-heating hot pots, and self-heating rice.
Higher up were snacks like potato chips and biscuits...
Beverages were placed on a separate shelf.
This category had the most variety, including large bottles of drinking water...
After working for over an hour.
A large portion of his storage space was emptied.
Now he had ample space!
Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction.
He left the villa and, on his way out, conveniently stored it in his storage space.
The sun had already begun to set gradually.
The buildings cast long shadows under the golden-red sunlight.
Before it got completely dark, Zhang Chen had one more thing to do!
He roughly determined the direction.
Then he jogged all the way north.
According to Zhao Longchuan, a horde of hundreds of thousands of zombies would arrive from the north in three days.
Therefore, small numbers of zombies should have already started arriving intermittently.
Zhang Chen ran for about 3 kilometers.
Cars were stacked on the road here to form a defensive line.
One could ascend to the defensive line directly from the adjacent buildings.
Some food residue remained on the ground.
This indicated that there were people on this defensive line not long ago.
They had withdrawn for some unknown reason.
Zhang Chen lifted the cars on the defensive line one by one.
He left a gap for one person to pass through.
Afterward, he placed the laser tripwire at a height of 1.6 meters from the ground.
With everything prepared, he ran back to Jiangnan.
He drove back to Building No. 8.