[You passed the initial trial]
[Trial reward: Slight Constitution Ring]
[Quality: Common]
[Effect: +1 Constitution when worn]
...
A plain-looking wooden ring slowly appeared in the air.
Zhang Feng curiously took it and wore it on his finger, feeling a warm current rising within his limbs.
Just like the strengthening in the adventure world.
No time for amazement.
Zhang Feng looked at the text again; there was more to follow.
[Would you like to continue from the last adventure world save?]
[Remaining choice time: 00:01:59]
[Note: Once resurrection chances are exhausted and you die again, you will be unable to log into this instance for 100 days]
[After the time ends, if you haven't chosen to enter, you will automatically abandon this world]
"I still have two chances."
Rather than rushing in, Zhang Feng looked at the detailed introduction of this world.
[Adventure World: Escape from Monsters]
[Type: Survival, Trial]
[Objective: Survive for 48 hours in a monster-filled building]
[Upon re-entry, you will receive two strengthenings, and then one strengthening option for every twelve hours survived, up to five times in this world]
...
"So excluding the initial one, there are four more strengthenings? Well..."
The situation is currently safe.
Zhang Feng was using his gaming experience to quickly weigh the pros and cons.
"Experience memory should be the top choice!"
"Because whether I practice or not, they can all be brought into reality."
Through previous choices and several deaths, Zhang Feng had somewhat grasped the ropes inside.
"Then, with Fighting Memory, I can choose Constitution points to fully utilize this experience."
"This way, I can extend more survival time and receive more strengthening options, gaining more memories."
"If calculated like this, experience memory is the 'cash out,' and adding points is the 'investment' in the adventure world?"
The more Zhang Feng thought about it, the more excited he became.
Immediately chose the entry option.
Darkness fell before his eyes.
Office hallway.
Bang bang—
Monsters were continuously banging on the door.
Zhang Feng leaned against the door with his back, preventing it from breaking through, before looking at the strength boost.
[Please choose your second strengthening]
[1: Constitution Growth]
[2: Rusty Threaded Steel]
[3: Two 2-liter bottles of mineral water]
The coveted development attribute was here again.
After a slight hesitation, Zhang Feng chose the first option.
Make an initial investment.
[Immediately increase Constitution by 1 point, and gain 1 additional point for every hour survived thereafter]
Choosing it at the start guarantees stable growth thereafter.
And at this point, Zhang Feng noticed his survival rate had increased somewhat.
[Current survival rate: 8%]
2% higher than before.
A significant improvement!
From 6 to 8, a one-third increase.
"Indeed, only with combat memory (Fighting Experience) can Constitution be fully developed."
"Especially this time, the choice involves growth enhancement!"
Satisfied, Zhang Feng looked at the third strengthening.
[1: Beginner Chess Skill Memory]
[2: Military Canteen]
[3: Worth the Wait]
...
Zhang Feng frowned as he looked at option 1.
What chess skill?
Once he has strength, he'll leap to become the new Chess Saint of the Great Man!
So option 1 was excluded.
Option 2, just an iron canteen, didn't seem very useful either.
Zhang Feng looked at option 3.
[Worth the Wait: Common Entry]
[Effect: In the next strengthening, all the common enhancements you've previously chosen will appear again]
"It's the one!"
Zhang Feng chose option 3 with great anticipation.
Hoping to get another piece of Fighting Memory.
Bang bang!
The sound of the monster banging on the door interrupted Zhang Feng's joy.
Zhang Feng also patted the door, "Don't rush, I'll try to kill you in a dozen hours."
Whirr—
Just a few seconds after he finished speaking.
Suddenly, a noise came from the employee office area a few meters away.
Zhang Feng immediately tensed, his gaze fixed ahead.
Meanwhile, he cautiously took steps backward.
Unexpectedly, a few seconds later, what emerged was not a monster, but six men and a woman holding chairs and fire axes.
"It's not a monster that came out..."
"I thought I heard someone talking earlier..."
"It's that guy who interviewed this morning..."
Upon seeing Zhang Feng, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Bang bang—
At this moment, upon hearing the commotion, the monster resumed banging on the door continuously.
"It's a monster!" They quickly tensed up again.
"No worries, I locked the monster inside." Zhang Feng looked at the small table in the man's hand, "Mind using it to block the doorway?"
"You actually locked the monster inside?"
"Seems like he went to the office to find tools earlier, never expected there would be a monster inside..."
They were anxious and gazed incredulously at Zhang Feng.
They hadn't expected Zhang Feng to actually escape the grasp of a monster?
They were well aware that a monster's leap could easily cover over three meters.
It was uncertain whether three or four ordinary people together could even kill one monster.
Many people in the building have already been devoured by the monsters downstairs.
These people tried to resist using tables, chairs, fire axes, machetes, steel pipes, and other weapons.
However, the speed and strength of the monsters were unmatched by humans.
But Zhang Feng, after entering a room with monsters alone, managed to trap the monster inside?
They were very surprised.
How did he do it?
"Handsome guy..."
At this moment, a pretty female employee looked weakly at Zhang Feng, "Can you protect me?"
Following the female employee's words, three people looked on with a mix of despair, fear, and envy.
They were envious not of Zhang Feng's popularity with women, but of his immense strength.
Zhang Feng ignored them and simply gestured for them to use items to block the door.
"Table!" The man dressed as an interviewer was the first to act.
He cautiously threw the stool in his hand from a distance, unwilling to get close to the room with monsters.
Zhang Feng didn't mind. Any help was welcome at this point.
"Boss, here's a stool!" A male employee directly called Zhang Feng boss.
In his mind, since he didn't know the name, calling such a strong person boss couldn't be wrong.
'I'm being treated as a boss...' Hearing this call of 'boss,' Zhang Feng felt a bit smug inside.
But getting things done was the priority.
Once the door was blocked securely,
Zhang Feng moved his body a bit.
'When I return to reality, I must train hard, using my current 'self' as the goal.'
After experiencing such a good physique and having the muscle memory for fighting,
that calm and cool feeling in the face of the enemy, Zhang Feng really wanted to have it.
And with such a good 'body example' as a template,
Zhang Feng thought he might be able to replicate it?
Especially when walking a few steps, passing by a mirror on the wall.
Zhang Feng paused slightly, feeling very amazed inside.
Because 'the person he was inhabiting' looked very much like himself.
What could be the reason for this?
Could it be a parallel world?
Or was it fictional?
Looking at those worried people through the mirror, Zhang Feng felt that if this were fake, they seemed a bit too real.
"Boss, what's wrong?" A male employee cautiously asked when he saw the strong man not moving, "Did you see a monster in the mirror?"
As he spoke, he nervously looked in the direction reflected in the mirror.
There were only silent rows of office desks there.
"No." Zhang Feng slightly shook his head and looked at them, "Did you bring cell phones? Can you make a call?"
Zhang Feng's memory suggested he might have dropped his phone.
There were also some other memories that were quite vague.
Only the fitness-related knowledge was deeply ingrained.
At this moment,
Zhang Feng, thinking of the phone, recalled this body's memory about the phone.
"My phone is lost too." A middle-aged man replied anxiously after hearing the strong man's question, "Sigh... I don't know how things are at home..."
"I have my phone," but a few people shook their heads, signaling that they couldn't get through.
"What's the point even if you can?" The interviewer pointed downstairs, "It's like some strange transparent glass has sealed off the entire building; we can't get out."
"Actually, that's kind of good..." A male employee sighed in some despair, pointing outside the building, "Because there are monsters outside too..."
'Has the entire city fallen?' Zhang Feng approached the floor-to-ceiling window and saw the street outside, already in shambles, full of broken limbs and traffic accident scenes.
"What's so good about being inside the building?" The interviewer walked to the window and pointed down, "At least it looks like there are no monsters on the street right now, but there are inside the building!"
"That's right..." Someone beside him interjected, "If only we could get outside, we could find another place to hide. It would be better than being trapped here.
The most immediate issue is the future scarcity of food."
"Exactly!" The interviewer chimed in, "Relying on the snack area in the company, can we support everyone in this building?
We have only a small number of people like us... who survived...
Some companies on other floors don't have dining areas or snack zones either."
"How can you talk like that?" someone rebuked, "Isn't it good that they survived? We're all human."
"But they might rob us of our food," the interviewer said straightforwardly, "When they run out of things to eat, conflicts and injuries will be inevitable."
"Can't we share a bit?" a male employee frowned, "Our company's snack area has quite a lot of food, almost like a small grocery store outside."
"Xiao Liu is right!" someone agreed, "We can't just let people starve to death, can we?"
"Indeed..."
The crowd argued vigorously, some wanting to go out, some afraid of being robbed, and some accused the interviewer of being inhumane after hearing his words.
But perhaps it was because of Zhang Feng's robust physique and his feat of locking a monster in the office.
During their argument, their gazes involuntarily often shifted to Zhang Feng, paying close attention to his opinion.
Zhang Feng, however, silently looked out the window.
Perhaps it was because this world was 'not reality' that,
Zhang Feng felt that if someone tried to take his things, he would just take theirs in return.
If you have the ability, then deal with retaliation swiftly.
There's really no point in arguing about this.
Zhang Feng was now more concerned with what they said about 'not being able to get out.'
What would happen if they got out?
Zhang Feng pondered in his mind but then saw words appearing again.
[Special Task: Find the way out]
[Reward: Gain an additional initial enhancement upon first entering any adventure world]
That's good stuff!
Starting with two enhancements!
"Never mind everything else for now."
Upon seeing the hint, Zhang Feng, in order to sort out the situation as much as possible, stopped the somewhat chaotic argument among the people.
They immediately focused their attention on Zhang Feng when they heard him speak.
It was the first time Zhang Feng faced such attention, feeling slightly uncomfortable, but he quickly said,
"I don't care about others, but since this floor is your company, the food on this floor belongs to us."
"Good!" The interviewer applauded and, emulating the male employee's term for Zhang Feng, cautiously asked him, "Boss, are you planning to go out or stay here?"
"Out." Zhang Feng looked at him, "Are you familiar with this building?"
"Familiar!" The interviewer patted his chest, "I've worked here for seven years, and so have Xiaowang and others."
The interviewer pointed towards the male employees, hoping the boss would take them along too.
"I can carry food."
"I'm the building's electrician, familiar with some safety routes inside."
They each recommended themselves.
Even the male employee who didn't want to go out raised his hand, choosing to follow the crowd rather than stay here alone.
Zhang Feng pondered for a moment, feeling like they could all be useful.
At the very least, when encountering more monsters, they could help attract the monsters' attention.
Finally, Zhang Feng nodded and said,
"Gather some food, take it all with you, and follow me to find a way out."
Zhang Feng had already set his plan to find a way out.
To get stronger, he had to look for it.