Energy core collection bonuses have greatly increased.
The energy evolution direction initially granted a 20% pickup bonus.
Coupled with the 60% bonus from Rich Beyond Measure.
This brings the total bonus to 80%.
The gains have significantly improved!
The only drawback is that the zombie corpses just now did not benefit from these bonuses.
Some core energy was lost.
However, it's alright.
Zhang Chen's next target is the horde of zombies to the north, scheduled to arrive in 3 days.
That is his main focus!
A horde of hundreds of thousands...
That's practically energy cores everywhere.
He felt a little excited just thinking about it!
But Zhang Chen could not afford to be careless.
He needed to make thorough preparations in advance!
After upgrading his talents,
Zhang Chen approached the black man tied to the tree.
The black man's lips had turned pale from fear, and he was speechless!
He was considered abnormally strong.
Yet, Zhang Chen had easily caught up to him after he had already run a good distance.
And he could block sniper bullets with a knife?!
This strength had likely long surpassed human limits!
Even more terrifying was...
Zhang Chen, who was already monstrously strong, had just scoured the entire field for energy cores!
And a level three supply crate...
His strength would undoubtedly increase significantly!
Facing such a god of death, he had no power to resist.
If the other party wanted to kill him.
It would be as easy as crushing a large bean grub!
"From now on, I ask, you answer! Understand?"
Zhang Chen asked menacingly.
"Understood, understood! I can understand Mandarin!"
"I am an exchange student from the United States in China, my name is Ni Hebu, and I speak Mandarin!"
"Whatever you ask, I will answer, and I definitely won't lie to you!"
"I just hope you won't kill me!"
Ni Hebu said nervously.
"Where did you come from?"
Zhang Chen asked.
"We are exchange students, and we were in the survivor zone in China! We've been hiding in the cafeteria these past few days, occasionally venturing out to scout! We came out today after seeing you clearing the horde in the zone channel... That big guy is our leader, he said we could snatch your loot while you were weak... But I strongly opposed it! You must believe me!"
Ni Hebu hastily defended himself at the end.
"Where is the food in the cafeteria?"
Zhang Chen continued to ask.
"There wasn't much food in the cafeteria to begin with, only some semi-finished food in the back kitchen! But much of it had spoiled and was covered in red mushrooms! We saw a room with a locked door, it seemed to be the cafeteria's storage room! There should be food in there! We were planning to break the door down, but we were afraid of attracting zombies, so we never acted! There should be a lot of food in there, and I can take you there! I know the way!"
Ni Hebu quickly tried to show his loyalty,
Fearing that he wouldn't seem valuable enough and might be casually killed by Zhang Chen.
"Alright, you lead the way!"
"Don't try any tricks!"
Zhang Chen nodded, and pulled on the rope binding Ni Hebu.
With a *snap*!
The hemp rope, as thick as a little finger, snapped!
This showed his extraordinary strength!
Ni Hebu nodded like a frightened quail.
Then obediently led the way.
The zombies on campus had basically been drawn away by the intense explosion sounds.
At this moment, there were almost no zombies visible on the walkway.
Occasionally, a few weak zombies were blocked by the glass windows of classrooms,
Their pale hands frantically patting the glass, making a *pat-pat* sound.
Zhang Chen scanned his surroundings.
Prompts immediately popped up:
[Building 7 has 23 weak zombies... they pose no threat to you...]
[The library has 15 weak zombies... they pose no threat to you...]
[The bathhouse has 8 naked male zombies. If you have special preferences, you can go in for a visit...]
These few zombies wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps in his teeth.
With Zhang Chen's previous strength, ordinary zombies could no longer harm him.
He could also easily eliminate Type II infected like Crawlers.
Now that Zhang Chen had leveled up twice,
His strength was even more incomparable.
As long as there were no terrifying zombies like the Juggernauts, there wouldn't be any problems.
Soon, the two arrived at the back door of the cafeteria.
"This is it, through here is the kitchen's cold storage and the storage room!"
"With the power outage, I can't say for sure about the things in the cold storage, but there's definitely food in the storage room!"
"I've done what I promised, can I leave now?"
Ni Hebu asked with a forced smile.
"Is it safe in here?"
Zhang Chen asked.
"Safe, of course it's safe! We were hiding in here, and all the zombies were cleared out!"
"There isn't a single zombie inside, how could it not be safe?!"
Ni Hebu quickly explained.
However, the prompts in front of Zhang Chen were displaying different content:
[Behind the door are thirty ravenous zombies. They pose no threat to you...]
"Heh... this guy is full of lies!"
"Since it's safe, you go in first!"
"Ah, I don't..."
Zhang Chen didn't give Ni Hebu a chance to explain.
He grabbed Ni Hebu by the neck with one hand, lifting him off the ground like a chick!
Then, with his other hand, he opened the cafeteria's back door.
And directly threw Ni Hebu inside!
"I was wrong, please spare me!"
"I was just joking with you..."
Before Ni Hebu could finish speaking,
His throat was bitten through.
Immediately followed by the sound of flesh being torn apart.
And the chewing sound of zombies tearing into raw meat.
Until there was no sound from inside.
Zhang Chen waited for another 25 seconds before opening the door.
At this time... the number of zombies in the cafeteria had become 31!
"Roar~"
"Hoo hoo!"
A pack of zombies roared and charged at Zhang Chen!
"Time to test my upgraded body strength!"
Zhang Chen smiled slightly.
This time, he didn't take out his Tang dao, but instead lunged forward and punched the zombies in front of him!
*Bang! Squish!*
As Zhang Chen threw his punch, his energy armor instantly covered his entire body.
Zhang Chen did not use his full strength with this punch.
But the head of the zombie in front of him was like it was made of cardboard.
It was directly dislocated at the jaw and its skull was caved in by a large margin!
Its entire body flew backward like a kite with a broken string,
Crashing into the five or six zombies rushing up behind it.
[Ding! Zombie killed!]
[Special Core: Collection Enhancement has been triggered!]
[Automatically collected Energy Core*5+4 (Energy Evolution Talent Bonus), Mutated Fertilizer*3, Cold Storage Key*1!]
A one-hit kill!