Of course, upgrade!
Zhang Chen decisively chose yes!
As a powerful energy surged rapidly through his body...
Zhang Chen suddenly felt an inexhaustible strength filling him!
The skin on his body began to turn red, and his body temperature soared!
Seeing this, Er Pang cried out worriedly from the side.
Zhang Chen knew that the energy crystal was improving his body!
His original body had already reached the limit of what a human body could withstand.
To unleash more powerful strength, his body had to be modified!
After about a few minutes.
The burning sensation gradually subsided.
Zhang Chen's skin also returned to its normal color.
Ding! Congratulations on advancing to Awakener early stage 1!
Talent system unlocked!
As the voice sounded.
A large tree-like structure of a talent tree appeared before Zhang Chen!
There were fewer talents at the lower end, and as one moved upwards, the types of talents increased.
At first glance, it was a dense array!
Please select your talent evolution direction: 1, [Gene Modification Direction], 2, [Energy Modification Direction]!
The above talent directions have been selected, defaulting to abandoning the other direction's talents, and this cannot be changed!
Please make your choice carefully!
[Gene Modification Direction]: By continuously changing the survivor's gene attributes, survivors gain powerful physical qualities, possessing good speed, strength, and resilience!
Coupled with energy weapons, combat power will increase exponentially!
[Energy Modification Direction]: By increasing the utilization rate of energy crystals, survivors are enveloped by an energy field, thereby enhancing their combat power!
As long as there are sufficient energy crystals, one can display considerable combat power!
Zhang Chen roughly read through the above content.
He basically understood it!
The [Gene Modification Direction] was essentially a warrior or assassin route, focusing on improving physique and the body!
The [Energy Modification Direction] was equivalent to a mage-like route, focusing on enhancing the strength of the energy field!
Hiss... this choice... each has its own advantages, it's really a bit difficult to choose!
Zhang Chen pondered slightly.
Just as he was hesitating, unsure how to choose.
Suddenly, the system popped up another prompt!
Ding! Identified that this survivor has advanced two levels consecutively within two hours!
Hidden reward activated!
Hidden evolution direction unlocked!
(Limited to survivors who have crossed physical limits from abnormally strong to continuously upgrading to Awakener within two hours)
You can choose to retain both talents simultaneously! Combat power will be greatly improved, but the energy crystals required for upgrading will also increase?
Would you like to choose to evolve both directions simultaneously?
Yes/No
At this moment, the prompt box appeared in a timely manner:
[Hidden talents are definitely the best choice, it is recommended that you max out both left and right talent points, after all, the path can only be walked once!]
Since even the prompt suggested choosing to evolve both directions simultaneously.
What else could Zhang Chen hesitate about?
Yes!
Buzz~
A dazzling white light flashed!
Zhang Chen advanced to Awakener early stage 1!
The talent trees for [Gene Evolution Direction] and [Energy Evolution Direction] lit up simultaneously!
Congratulations on obtaining the Gene Evolution Talent: [Strong Body] 1/1: Your body has become even more robust!
Self-healing effect increased by 10 times (can self-heal minor viral infections), strength, speed, reaction, and other attributes increased by 50%!
Congratulations on obtaining the Energy Evolution Talent: [Enlightenment] 1/1: You are surrounded by pure energy!
Damage dealt increased by 10%, damage taken reduced by 10%, and the probability of collecting energy crystals increased by 20%!
[Strong Body] and [Enlightenment] are both talents automatically obtained upon advancing to Awakener early stage 1.
This means that if a survivor chooses the [Gene Evolution Direction], they will receive the [Strong Body] talent upon reaching Awakener!
Similarly, survivors who choose the [Energy Evolution Direction] will directly receive [Enlightenment] upon reaching Awakener!
From here on, for every level a survivor upgrades, they will receive 2 talent points!
To be used for talent upgrades!
You can also spend additional energy crystals to exchange for talent points, further enhancing your strength!
Currently, the talents [Strong Body] and [Enlightenment] have "1/1" written after them.
This means that only one talent point is needed to activate the talent.
And this talent is already activated and at max level, unable to be upgraded further!
Some talents have "0/5" written after them.
This means that the talent is currently not activated, and after activation, it can be upgraded an additional 4 times!
It's just like playing a game, very easy to understand!
Zhang Chen looked at his upgrade requirements again, which stated:
To advance to Awakener early stage 2, you need to meet: 51/800*2!
If it were a normal survivor who chose one evolution direction to advance, it would show 51/800 here.
Because Zhang Chen chose the hidden dual talent route, the consumption also increased!
Paying more energy crystals to gain more powerful abilities.
Zhang Chen felt it was fair!
However, the difficulty of upgrading had increased significantly!
Besides his daily zombie kills, he also had to find some extra income!
Zhang Chen looked at the surrounding buildings.
According to the prompt, he entered a clean shop.
This was a small restaurant, with no supplies, but it was very clean.
He could have lunch here and rest well!
Zhang Chen threw a large clump of mutated fertilizer to Er Pang, took out his own cooked steak, and began to eat heartily.
As he ate, he reviewed his supplies.
Currently, his most abundant supply was food!
But before he could find a continuously regenerating food source, these would still be necessities among consumables!
They must not be exchanged for crystals casually!
Moreover... it was now the third day since entering the apocalypse.
Many survivors were still in hiding.
Even if Zhang Chen wanted to exchange food for crystals, other survivors wouldn't have many crystals to offer!
The most important thing was to solve the problem from the root!
Suddenly, Zhang Chen's attention fell on the [Precise Longbow Blueprint]!
He could continue selling weapons!
The [Sharpened Tang Saber] was too powerful, not suitable for selling to other survivors.
Wouldn't that be like nurturing a tiger to become a threat?
This longbow was much better.
It could kill zombies from a distance and wouldn't pose any threat to him!
He'll go with this!
After lunch.
Zhang Chen went to the side of the alley.
The corpse of a zombie that had been harvested would disappear directly.
So now, except for the bloodstains all over the ground in the entire alley.
The road surface was empty, with nothing on it!
In this alley, a small tree about the thickness of a bowl was planted every five or six meters.
I'll use you to practice!
Zhang Chen walked to the side of a small tree, and the word "Collect" immediately appeared above it!
Collect!
Ding! Congratulations on obtaining [Wood]*3!
In the storage space, [Wood] existed as long pieces of wood.
No need to chop, just collect?!
This is convenient!
Zhang Chen walked to another thicker tree beside it.
Collect!
Ding! Congratulations on obtaining [Wood]*5!