Zhang Chen spent the entire afternoon opening every supply box in the Jinyu District.
He opened a total of two Level 2 supply boxes and three Level 1 supply boxes.
In total, he obtained: [Pet Food] * 5, [Basic Physique Potion] * 3, [Intermediate Physique Potion] * 1, [Beautiful Simple Fireworks] * 10, [Jingzhou Map Overview Electronic Version] * 1, and [A Box of 50 Well-Preserved Eggs] * 10.
[Intermediate Physique Potion]: Upon use, it can directly increase one's strength to Stage 1 of Early Awakening, limited to users at the peak of their physical constitution.
[Beautiful Simple Fireworks]: Can be designed to explode in the air with patterns of your preference... Be careful, the loud explosion might attract zombies!
As for the [Jingzhou Map Overview Electronic Version] and [A Box of 50 Well-Preserved Eggs], there was nothing much to explain.
They meant exactly what they said.
Jinyu District, Jiangnan District, and Jiangbei District all belonged to Tianyang City.
Including the military base where Zhao Longchuan was located, it was also in the suburbs of Tianyang City.
And Tianyang City was just one of the cities in Jingzhou.
This small map had directly expanded to cover the entire Jingzhou map.
It made exploring further places more convenient.
After a busy afternoon, it was already dusk.
Zhang Chen sat on the rooftop, staring blankly at the setting sun in the distance.
On the streets below, zombies were scattered everywhere.
The regional chat channel was as quiet as usual.
Er Pang had grown to the size of a Tibetan Mastiff and was sharpening its teeth on the rooftop.
Its enormous teeth gnawed at the security door leading to the rooftop.
The metal door, originally covered in a full metal exterior, creaked and groaned under its bites.
Clear tooth marks were left all over it.
At the current stage, Zhang Chen's strength was already at the very top.
Whether among survivors or when facing the infected.
Zhang Chen basically possessed absolute overwhelming strength!
However, it was at this moment.
A strong sense of emptiness inexplicably rose from the depths of his heart.
In the past, he fought for survival, to live.
When he had the means to survive, Zhang Chen continued to strive to become strong enough not to be threatened or defeated by others...
Now, all his goals had been achieved.
Instead, he felt a sense of loneliness that came with reaching the pinnacle...
Perhaps... now that the infected posed no threat to him...
He could explore more key areas and find the source of the disaster's outbreak?
That's right, and that laptop he got from the laboratory!
It should contain a lot of information about the disaster in this world and experimental records!
Zhang Chen's eyes lit up, and he quickly took out the [Level 1 Protective Villa] from his spatial storage again.
It stood prominently on the rooftop.
"Er Pang, let's go home!"
Zhang Chen called out to Er Pang.
Woof!
Er Pang barked happily.
Then, with a creak.
The sound of tearing metal.
Er Pang, carrying the entire metal door panel in its mouth, excitedly ran towards the villa.
"You... this... that's going too far!"
"We can't bring this into the room, it will scratch the floor!"
Zhang Chen reached out to stop him.
Grrr...
Er Pang looked disappointed.
It opened its mouth and dropped the door panel.
But soon, it spotted the metal protective plate outside the villa's main entrance, its eyes lighting up.
Woof!
"Uh... you pick up the door panel, and no biting at night when you sleep, you hear me?!"
Zhang Chen said helplessly.
Woof woof!
Er Pang once again picked up the door panel and excitedly rushed into the villa.
Fortunately, it wasn't stupid and knew to tilt its head to carry the door panel vertically to enter the house.
Otherwise...
Wonder if there's a recipe for wolf meat soup in [Omnipotent Chef]...
Back in the room, Zhang Chen immediately checked the laptop.
When the villa was stored in the ring, it, like other items, remained in a static state.
Therefore, the computer couldn't be charged during the day.
Charging could only continue when Zhang Chen took out the villa at night.
After several nights of charging, the computer's battery was already full.
Zhang Chen opened the computer.
Immediately, the Raven logo appeared, with a stylized large bird as the background, enclosed by a circle.
There seemed to be elements of a pentagram within the symbol.
"Please enter: Researcher Identification Code!"
"Hmm... it does have a password!"
Zhang Chen stared at the password input field. After a moment, a prompt popped up beside it:
"[Researcher Identification Code is tB7361853AC!]"
Zhang Chen quickly entered this string of identification code into the computer.
Enter!
Sizzzzz...
The hard drive began to spin rapidly.
Soon, a black background operating interface popped up.
Zhang Chen searched on it and quickly found an option for [Experimental Logs].
Clicking on the Experimental Logs.
It displayed a paused video.
In the video was a beautiful female researcher, with long hair cascading over her shoulders, and a clean appearance.
She possessed an intellectual beauty.
The background and introduction of the scene were bright, and through the window, one could see lush green grass outside.
This was definitely not footage from an air-raid shelter.
The first video was likely filmed in another laboratory.
The earliest diary entry was dated May 15, 2012.
The date of the meteorite fall was May 11.
And the previously found [Bloody Diary] recorded the date of the virus pandemic as May 17.
Let's see what was discovered in the video.
Zhang Chen clicked play.
Soon, a sweet voice emerged.
"Ahem... My name is Xu Ruina, chief researcher at Raven t325 Laboratory, assigned to research meteorite fragments!"
"This is the first day of the experiment. According to our tests, the meteorite fragments contain a large amount of energy!"
"How to describe this energy... it's not the kind of energy we commonly understand like petroleum, natural gas, or nuclear energy!"
"The energies I mentioned earlier can be utilized by humans through equipment and have little to do with humans themselves!"
"But the energy on this meteorite fragment is energy that can be absorbed by living organisms!"
"This is also the only energy discovered by humans to date, besides carbohydrates, that can be directly utilized by biological organisms!"
"Look at my number one experimental subject, Xiaobai. I injected one nanogram of meteorite dust into its body!"
"That is one billionth of a gram of meteorite dust..."
"After all, this is the first time humans have discovered this kind of biological energy, so we must be cautious!"
"To prevent it from turning into a giant monster and killing us all!"
When Xu Ruina said the last sentence, she was clearly joking.
Her tone and expression were very relaxed, completely unaware of the terrifying events that were about to unfold!
Xu Ruina sat in her chair and made a few quick operations.
Soon, the screen switched to the cage where the number one experimental subject was located.
But... the camera lens was completely black, showing nothing.
"Hmm? Did it break?"
"Hey, experimental team, go check cage number one, what happened!"
Xu Ruina said.
"Roger, understood!"
After the other party finished speaking, not long after.
Suddenly, a gasp was heard from the communicator!