This trip took us from the interface city all the way to the seventh city behind the high wall.
The probability of encountering monsters here would likely be at its absolute lowest.
If this place could be easily conquered by monsters, other survivors wouldn't be rushing to get here.
Since there were no monsters, it was inevitable that we would have to deal with these reincarnators.
Of course, Zhang Chen still maintained his bottom line.
It wasn't that all reincarnators deserved to die.
If no one offends me, I won't offend them. If they offend me, I'll wipe out their entire camp!
Zhang Chen's greatest characteristic was not holding grudges, because he settled them on the spot.
Furthermore, Zhang Chen had now been promoted to an Advanced Metamorph, and future upgrades would require a large amount of [Concentrated Crystal Cores]!
[Energy Gathering Crystal Cores] had been completely phased out of history, now merely serving as currency for exchanging other resources!
Survivors below the third stage of Intermediate Metamorphosis offered no upgrade value to Zhang Chen, apart from rare resources.
Any camp or organization that could dominate a high wall city was inevitably ruthless!
They would stop at nothing to become stronger and seize resources; there were no innocent people among them!
Sherry said coldly.
Zhang Chen nodded. By now, the concepts of good versus evil, or even nationality, had long since disappeared.
All that existed were the desperate measures and unscrupulous methods necessary for survival.
"Yes, Advanced Metamorphs of Stage 2 should awaken in about four days!"
"Of course, there's also the possibility of them being awakened earlier..."
"Since the Black Ox Legion is even stronger than the Soul Organization, we need to prepare for a tough fight!"
As Zhang Chen said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to ask:
"How many [Energy Gathering Crystal Cores] do you need to upgrade to Advanced Metamorph?"
"I'm still short by a little over 120,000..." Sherry lowered her head shyly, feeling that her upgrade was too slow and worried Zhang Chen might look down on her.
So she quickly added, "The upgrade cost for dual talents is indeed quite high..."
Zhang Chen nodded, conjuring a fist-sized, crystal-clear [Energy Gathering Crystal Core] in his palm, and said with a smile,
"Here are 130,000 Energy Gathering Crystal Cores. Take them to upgrade. We'll still need you to contribute in future battles!"
"This... Sherry was deeply moved.
She had already enjoyed a comfortable life by Zhang Chen's side, a life that even powerful survivors in the apocalypse found hard to attain.
Now, Zhang Chen was even helping her upgrade...
Ever since her family passed away, this was the first time Sherry had felt genuine care from another person.
Moved to tears, large droplets fell from her eyes onto the ground.
Without experiencing the hardships of the apocalypse, the treacherous human nature that constantly surrounded you, and the deceitful living environment, one could not possibly understand Sherry's feelings at this moment.
Food and crystal cores were always the ultimate pursuits for everyone in the apocalypse.
How many friendships had been broken due to unequal distribution of food and crystal cores, how many people had disregarded familial bonds for food and crystal cores to ensure their own survival...
Such incidents were far too common.
Sherry had become somewhat numb.
However, today, her long-cold and numb heart seemed to have been illuminated by a ray of sunlight, becoming warm.
Sherry absorbed the crystal cores into her body, and in an instant, a golden light flashed in her eyes. She had leveled up!
The Submission Potion's effect on players was permanent.
Let alone now that Sherry and Zhang Chen were at the same level, even if she were to surpass Zhang Chen in level later, she would maintain her unconditional obedience to him.
"Thank you, Master. I am willing to do anything for you, including dying for you!"
Sherry said sincerely.
"I need you to live for me. What value does a dead person have to me?"
Zhang Chen said, half-jokingly.
Ding! Your friend Bai Hanlin has sent you a message!
"Hmm?"
"Old Bai? This guy actually contacted me proactively, he's truly a rare visitor!"
"What's up? Old Bai?"
Zhang Chen asked.
"Ah? Didn't Zheng Hao report to you? Oh dear, I seem to be too eager, I sent it too early..."
Bai Hanlin said something incoherent.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Just say what you want to say. What's with the queue, and what does Zheng Hao have to do with it?"
Zhang Chen replied with a frown.
Bai Hanlin: "It's like this, Zheng Hao's camp has been growing significantly lately and has captured quite a lot of loot. He feels that we should regularly report to you, to let you know our situation, and also to offer some items and props as tribute, hoping you can make use of them!"
"Zheng Hao's camp has nearly ten thousand people gathering resources, plus the True God Sect. The things he offers are definitely abundant, I can't compare. However, I've compiled some medical cases regarding the biological energy within mutated beings!"
"You probably wouldn't believe it, but the energy flow of this biological energy is actually very similar to the meridians in traditional Chinese medicine!"
"The West criticizes our meridians as pseudoscience simply because they cannot be directly observed through dissection. Now I can finally slap their faces!"
"My physician's ability allows me to see energy flow, so I can even see that not only survivors, but these mutated creatures also have something akin to acupuncture points."
"As long as the acupuncture points and energy flow patterns are accurately grasped, one can achieve abilities similar to those in wuxia films, such as immobilization, paralysis, preventing skill activation, and so on!"
Zhang Chen: "Is it really that magical?"
Bai Hanlin said excitedly, "Of course! I've conducted clinical trials... The only regret is that the mutated creatures tested so far are limited, and there's a lack of experimental data for mutated type IV and above infected beings and mutated creatures..."
"However, it's all more or less the same, and this method is also effective for survivors. It's been personally tested!"
Ding! Bai Hanlin sent a trade: [Video of Mutated Creature Acupuncture Points and Energy Flow].
"Boss, watch this first. Ask me if there's anything you don't understand. If you can capture mutated type IV or above monsters, it would be best to keep them alive, I want to use them for experiments!"
Bai Hanlin said with a fawning tone.
Since Bai Hanlin had given him something, Zhang Chen couldn't just take it for free.
It would be a laughing matter for the leader of an organization to accept freebies!
Zhang Chen took out 80,000 [Energy Gathering Crystal Cores] and placed them in the trade window, then clicked confirm.
Then he said,
"I have more important things to do here. Even if I catch a mutated type IV monster, I won't be able to deliver it to you! You'll have to capture mutated type IV or above monsters yourself!"
"Oh... alright..."
Bai Hanlin said with a hint of disappointment.
However, immediately after, he sent a string of exclamation marks!
"!!!!!"
"Boss, you... you just gave me 80,000 Energy Gathering Crystal Cores?"
"Good heavens, this is the first time I've seen so many crystal cores... it's too spectacular!"
"I've already advanced to Intermediate Metamorphosis Stage II, and I'm not far from Intermediate Metamorphosis Stage III!"
"Boss, you're amazing! Now I can capture mutated type IV monsters myself!"
"Boss, I love you!"
Bai Hanlin said excitedly.
Zhang Chen: "Don't love me, there's no future for us..."