Wang Yu leaped from the top floor, bouncing between several balconies.
In a few blinks, he floated from the sixth floor to the ground.
Standing below were the twelve girls he had rescued, all staring at him with dazed, infatuated expressions.
Wang Yu was tall and slender. If he wore ancient white robes, he would surely be mistaken for a young martial arts master who had time-traveled from ancient times.
"Let's go."
Wang Yu glanced at them, said no more, and led them back to Dormitory Zone 1.
Including those previously rescued by others.
The entire Dormitory Zone 4, with its four buildings, had fewer than twenty living survivors.
It was truly a case of only one in ten remaining.
Wang Yu couldn't help but feel a pang of regret; this was all free labor...
On the surface, he seemed not to be lacking in manpower, but in reality, it was the exact opposite.
Wang Yu was desperately short of people!
He had lingered in the school for so long precisely to train a group of reliable subordinates.
While one person's strength was indeed strength, Wang Yu, having lived a second life, would naturally not do everything himself.
Moreover, a powerful and capable team of subordinates was also necessary for his upcoming plans.
Wang Yu had stayed on Nan Hai Island in his previous life, so he was familiar with everything on Nan Hai Island.
It could be said that the entire Nan Hai Island was his for the taking.
However, his time was tight; he needed to leave Nan Hai Island for the mainland within half a year.
Because in half a year, the Gate of the Dead Realm would fully open, and the Bone Emperor clan would descend upon Blue Star with their skeleton army!
This would be another human catastrophe, but also an opportunity.
But it just so happened that they wouldn't descend upon Nan Hai Island!
Therefore, Wang Yu had to get ahead of all other evolvers and avoid repeating past mistakes.
To do so, he had to establish a foothold in the mainland first, and then, stepping over the corpses of the Bone Emperor clan, truly become a hegemon of this world!
Thus, in less than half a year, Wang Yu had to sweep through all resources, population, weapons, and opportunities on Nan Hai Island, and seize them all!
But these were not things he could accomplish alone in such a short time.
At such a juncture, having a well-trained and loyal team of subordinates became very necessary.
They would help Wang Yu with everything, including combat, clearing battlefields, collecting resources and weapons, training newcomers, and so on!
One could imagine how time-saving, effort-saving, and rapid it would be for Wang Yu to sweep across Nan Hai Island with such a powerful and efficient team of subordinates, comparable to a locust swarm.
This was true time-saving!
...
Night fell again, a darkness as black as ink, so dark that one couldn't see their hand.
Most nights in the apocalypse were like this. Only for the three days around the full moon would the moonlight pierce through the dense clouds, sending a faint glimmer of light to Blue Star.
Wang Yu stood on the rooftop of Dormitory Building 1.
A cool breeze brushed against his body, but he felt no chill, only refreshment.
"Finally reaching level 3..."
"When did I reach level 3 in my previous life? I… I can't quite remember."
Wang Yu's voice carried softly, as if he were talking to himself, or perhaps reflecting.
He shook his head slightly, no longer dwelling on this unimportant question, and flickered into the secret realm.
In less than a minute, Wang Yu reappeared in his original spot.
He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
"What a wonderful feeling..."
Wang Yu felt every cell in his body cheering and leaping, like people who had reached the summit, excitedly waving their banners.
Level 3 was a watershed moment. A person's body evolving to level 3 meant they had essentially reached the limit of a mortal.
Afterward, whether they awakened supernatural abilities or not, level 4 evolvers had entered a supernatural realm.
So, what exactly was the concept of a level 3 evolver?
Becoming an evolver meant a threefold increase in physique, a fourfold increase for advancing to level 2, and another fourfold increase for level 3.
In other words, a level 3 evolver possessed a physique 48 times that of an ordinary adult!
This might sound exaggerated to normal people, but in the apocalypse, it wasn't exaggerated at all, and might even be insufficient.
Take zombies as an example, because humans were a group struggling for survival against zombies.
Level 1 zombies possessed triple the strength of a normal person, and their speed was slightly faster than normal humans.
After all, they were monsters capable of exerting strength beyond their physical limits.
This limit didn't refer to the upper limit of their body's strength, but rather the limit imposed on a creature by its own body.
All creatures on Blue Star could not unleash their full strength, and could barely reach even half of it.
On one hand, it was difficult to train to such a degree; on the other hand, the body couldn't withstand it.
If a person who exercised regularly theoretically had a maximum punch of 300 kilograms of force, could they actually exert it?
Absolutely not!
Even approaching this value was impossible, as it would easily injure their own muscles and bones first.
Moreover, the human brain actually prevented the body from exerting too much power; this was a self-protection mechanism.
Only in extreme anger or excitement could this shackles be broken, allowing for an extraordinary performance.
Therefore, when facing zombies, from a purely physical standpoint (excluding other factors), an evolver of the same level was inferior to a zombie.
With each evolution, the human body was significantly modified and enhanced.
A level 1 evolver's physique increased threefold, meaning their strength limit was similar to that of a zombie, but their speed and reaction time were significantly faster.
Thus, a level 1 evolver was by no means afraid of a level 1 zombie.
Level 2 zombies underwent significant changes, evolving in various directions, such as strength, speed, defense, toxicity, and so on.
Level 3 zombies not only advanced physically but also developed intelligence, commanding ordinary zombies.
In terms of individual combat power, evolvers possessed wisdom and weapons that zombies lacked, naturally making them stronger than zombies of the same level.
But zombies wouldn't fight you one-on-one!
What were zombies?
They were gregarious monsters!
Survivor bases fighting separately when facing a tide of zombies were like lone boats in a storm, constantly at risk of being swallowed.
Unless they were protected by city walls and had a large supply of firearms, they could barely survive the zombie horde.
However, bases with such strength were undoubtedly few and far between.
And the above situation only applied to the early stage of the apocalypse; it wouldn't hold true by the mid-stage.
Starting from the mid-stage, the role of evolvers would be on par with firearms, or even better, because firearms in the apocalypse were consumables that diminished with use.
By the mid to late stages, especially when humans began to develop psychic abilities, the role of evolvers far surpassed that of firearms.
Therefore, a level 3 evolver was already considered a pillar of support in various bases during the mid-stage of the apocalypse.
As long as they were equipped with decent weapons and armor, they were the best zombie harvesters, more effective than machine guns at killing zombies.
Wang Yu glanced in the direction of Dormitory Zone 5 and leaped directly from the rooftop.
When he was still about ten meters from the ground, he forcefully activated his ability, using wind to support himself and act as a buffer.
The final landing speed was akin to jumping from a height of two to three meters.
And with his current physique of 96 times that of a normal person, he jumped from the top floor dozens of meters high.
Except for the noticeable change in speed, his body's reaction showed no change at all. He landed lightly, without even bending his knees.
If anyone had witnessed this, they would surely exclaim, "This is unscientific!"