Nightfall.
Western Nottingham City, wilderness, defense camp.
Zhang Yue and Su Jinyan were still busy killing zombies.
Boom! Boom!
Roar…
As one Toxic Zombie after another fell under Zhang Yue’s Frost Staff, the number of toxic zombie cores in their bags kept increasing.
“Wow, just 9 more and we’ll complete the mission!” Su Jinyan said excitedly during a brief respite after killing a zombie. “Zhang Yue, how many more do you need?”
Zhang Yue checked his storage space and replied, “Five.”
“Thanks to teaming up with you, I’ve been able to finish this mission so quickly!” Su Jinyan said happily. “As a thank you, how about I treat you to a late-night snack when we go offline?”
Before Zhang Yue could respond, Su Jinyan seemed to remember something and murmured, “Oh, I almost forgot, we’re not in the same place in reality…”
After a pause, Su Jinyan suggested, “Since you’ve already joined Mist Rain Pavilion, why not move to the city area? The company has pretty good housing!”
“No need,” Zhang Yue replied. “I prefer my freedom.”
“Alright then…”
In the midst of their conversation, Su Jinyan inadvertently noticed Zhang Yue’s legs. With her keen eye, she spotted something unusual and exclaimed, “Hey, Zhang Yue, when did you change your Doomsday Greaves?”
“During dinner, I took them offline to get them processed by a blacksmith,” Zhang Yue said casually.
But that wasn’t the truth.
The greaves were actually still in Zhang Yue’s storage space!
What Su Jinyan didn’t know was that Zhang Yue had not only swapped out the Fatal Earth Guard but also replaced the Icefire Swift Boots and the Magic Berserk Coat!
Currently, he was wearing newbie gear bought from the Gear Shop for these three slots!
Su Jinyan didn’t think much of it and continued killing zombies with Zhang Yue.
During the fight, due to a “mistake,” a Toxic Zombie suddenly pounced on Zhang Yue, biting his shoulder.
The next moment, a massive damage number of 312 appeared above Zhang Yue’s head!
With each second dealing 39 points of poison damage, Zhang Yue’s health bar dropped drastically!
Seeing this, Su Jinyan quickly used her Radiant Bind to immobilize the zombie.
Zhang Yue seized the opportunity to finish off the Toxic Zombie with a Fireball Spell followed by an Ice Spike Spell!
Su Jinyan laughed, “Even you make mistakes sometimes!”
“Walk by the river often enough, and your shoes will get wet,” Zhang Yue said, picking up the zombie core dropped by the Toxic Zombie. “Perfect, that’s the last one. Let’s head back to the city to turn in the mission.”
“Alright!”
With that, the two of them walked out of the camp.
On the way, Zhang Yue glanced at a patch of tall grass not far to the right, where a shadow quickly ducked down!
Zhang Yue smiled faintly.
He and Su Jinyan left the defense camp together.
Meanwhile.
In the grass, a head quietly poked out.
Seeing Zhang Yue and Su Jinyan leave, the shadow, who had been lurking in the grass all night, immediately opened his contact list and sent a message to someone named General of Mist Rain Pavilion:
“Guild Leader, you were right! His defense is indeed very low. A level 17 Toxic Zombie hit him once, and he lost more than half his health. His defense is estimated to be no more than 50 points!”
Soon, Chen Jun replied: “Are you sure?”
“Absolutely! Saw it with my own eyes!” the shadow of Mist Rain Pavilion replied. “He has already returned to the city with the Second Miss.”
At the same time, outside Nottingham City, in the level 15 wilderness area known as Zombie Forest.
Chen Jun, who was teaming up with a few trusted guild members to kill zombies, closed his contact list.
He laughed heartily, “Just as I thought! That brat has high attack but is as fragile as paper!”
At this moment, Wu Sin, who was beside him, looked at the cloudy sky and said, “Judging by the weather, Nottingham City should face a Zombie Tide tonight.”
“Excellent!” Chen Jun’s face showed immense pride and cold arrogance. “Brat, tonight will be your end!”
On the other side, Zhang Yue and Su Jinyan returned to Nottingham City.
They hadn’t even had time to find Captain Norse to submit their mission.
Suddenly, a System Notification descended from the sky—
【Area Announcement】(Nottingham City): “Ding~ All Professionals in Nottingham City, please be aware: A Zombie Tide will invade Nottingham City in thirty minutes. The level of this Zombie Tide is 13. Please prepare to defend Nottingham City!”
Having been in Nottingham City for over a day.
“The first Zombie Tide is finally here!” Zhang Yue exclaimed.
Then the two of them went to find Norse.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Chen Jun, who was hurrying back to the city from the wilderness, heard the announcement and was overjoyed, “Here’s our chance!”
Walking beside Chen Jun, Wu Sin advised, “The Second Miss is always with Zhang Yue. Brother Chen, should we think of a way to get her out of the way? Otherwise, we might accidentally hurt her!”
“Hmm, I have a plan for that!” Chen Jun said. “Speed up, let’s get ready!”
“Zhang Yue, tonight I’ll give you a big surprise!”
Inside Nottingham City.
Zhang Yue and Su Jinyan found Captain Norse, triggered the dialogue, and submitted their mission.
“Ding~ Congratulations on completing the mission [Collect Materials]! You have received the following rewards: Experience Points +, Psionic Energy +90 million, Equipment [Zombie Armor] +1, [Zombie Greaves] +1! Congratulations on receiving a lucky reward: Skill Book [Blink] +1!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two beams of golden light fell on Zhang Yue’s head.
“Ding~ Congratulations on reaching level 16…”
“Ding~ Congratulations on reaching level 17… Next level requires experience points!”
After obtaining two pieces of level 15, 2-star equipment, Zhang Yue followed his usual routine and immediately activated One-click Refinement.
“Ding~ One-click Refinement 168 times, consuming a total of Psionic Energy points. Congratulations on obtaining Golden Attribute [Zombie Explosive Armor]!”
【Zombie Explosive Armor】(lv15, Golden)
【Health Points: +720】
【Profession: Knight】
【Additional: Constitution +5, Endurance +5】
【Attribute: Guard (Reduces damage taken by 50 points, effect doubled against zombie damage)】
【Description: Armor that can effectively resist zombie attacks. Wear it, and you won’t fear zombie attacks anymore…】
“Ding~ One-click Refinement 149 times, consuming a total of Psionic Energy points. Congratulations on obtaining Golden Attribute [Zombie Explosive Greaves]!”
【Zombie Explosive Greaves】(lv15, Golden)
【Physical Defense: 95】
【Magic Defense: 90】
【Profession: Knight】
【Additional: Endurance +5, Strength +5】
【Attribute: Guard (Reduces damage taken by 50 points, effect doubled against zombie damage)】
【Description: Greaves that can effectively resist zombie attacks. When used with Explosive Armor, even zombies won’t dare approach you…】
For the defensive Silver Armored Scorpion, these two pieces were practically divine gear for the Second World Zombie Siege!
Just in time, by killing Toxic Zombies, Zhang Yue had already leveled the Silver Armored Scorpion to level 15.
So, Zhang Yue immediately equipped the Silver Armored Scorpion with these two pieces of level 15, 2-star, Golden Attribute gear!
Instantly, the Silver Armored Scorpion’s survivability received a qualitative boost:
【Silver Armored Scorpion】(lv15 Elite Grade): Attack 78, Physical Defense 159, Magic Defense 148, Health Points 910.
In this stage where the average attack of Professionals was between 100-150, the Silver Armored Scorpion’s defensive attributes, combined with the A-grade skill 【Iron Body】 and the double 【Guard】 attributes, were truly unbeatable!
Beside him, Su Jinyan, who had received 100,000 experience points as a reward, also leveled up twice, going from level 14 to level 16!
She was now only one level behind Zhang Yue!
Mainly because Su Jinyan didn’t have to raise a pet, so all her experience went into leveling herself.
If all the experience from the Silver Armored Scorpion had gone to Zhang Yue, he would definitely be around level 19-20 by now!
Su Jinyan also received two pieces of level 15, 2-star equipment as a reward.
However, her Psionic Energy was limited, and after using up all the Psionic Energy accumulated from killing zombies over the past two days, she barely managed to refine the two pieces to Purple Attributes!
Still, Su Jinyan seemed quite satisfied.
Clearly, these two pieces of level 15, 2-star Purple Attribute equipment had already given her a significant boost in combat power.
“Tonight, we can really take down some zombies!”
Just as she was saying this, Su Jinyan suddenly received a Feixin message.
Uncle (Su Chen): “Jinyan, come to the company, I need to talk to you.”
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