Among the many wandering souls offered in sacrifice, the soul of a Qi Cultivation Stage zombie dog was also among them.
But the zombie dog was not human to begin with, even if it advanced to the Qi Cultivation Stage, its soul strength was only slightly stronger than that of a regular zombie, without much value for use, so Lu Yan casually sacrificed it along with other zombies.
Thanks to the existence of the zombie dog's soul, the eighth resentful spirit had a dog-faced appearance with a slightly stronger aura compared to other resentful spirits.
After cleaning up Building No. 13, the sky was gradually getting dark.
Once the sun set, those zombies that hide from the sunlight during the day would definitely come out of the buildings, and Lu Yan had no intention to act during the nighttime activities of the zombies.
There seemed to be no survivors in Building No. 13, and although some locked rooms were covered in dust, they were still relatively clean.
Lu Yan found one of the rooms and settled down temporarily.
He casually tore open a low-grade Dust-removal Talisman, and a gust of wind blew, carrying away large clouds of dust, quickly sweeping the entire room clean.
After doing this, Lu Yan took out the pre-prepared supplies from his storage bag.
Before the version update progress bar was filled, Lu Yan actually didn't know the options for the three versions, so the supplies chosen were not very targeted, just some easy-to-carry food and water.
After reaching the first level of Qi Cultivation, Lu Yan's need for food had decreased significantly, but he had not completely reached the Grain Avoidance Stage.
Without these supplies, this survival in the apocalypse version would undoubtedly be extremely difficult.
Finding food and water resources in a city abandoned for who knows how many years and filled with zombies was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
But with these supplies, Lu Yan completely transformed this post-apocalyptic survival into a different scene.
On the dining table before the floor-to-ceiling window, an opened self-heating hot pot was steaming away, with a freshly opened can of luncheon meat placed next to it.
Lu Yan handed a can of cola to a resentful spirit, and a layer of frost immediately formed on the cola as the spirit's ghostly aura spread over it.
Taking a heavy gulp of the iced cola, the abandoned city at dusk under the setting sun presented a scene of apocalyptic twilight, while Lu Yan enjoyed the self-heating hot pot and luncheon meat, feasting heartily.
In a city version, this certainly wouldn't count as a remarkable dinner, but in this apocalyptic ruin, it was precious enough to incite extraordinary survivors to fight over it.
After dinner, the sun had completely set, and Lu Yan sat cross-legged by the window, beginning his first cultivation session after entering the apocalypse version.
The concentration of Spiritual Qi in the apocalypse version far exceeded that of the city version by ten times, and as he circulated the Red Lotus Karma Fire Scripture, Lu Yan easily absorbed the Spiritual Qi from the air, refining strands of it into Magical Power.
In this concentration of Spiritual Qi, even without the help of Spirit Stones, Lu Yan could easily complete his cultivation.
As time slowly passed, with the operation of the Cultivation Technique, Lu Yan entered a state of forgetting self and ego, with his Magical Power growing at a visible speed.
After a long while, a cold Spiritual Qi was absorbed into his body, merging into Lu Yan's Spirit Platform despite the circulating Cultivation Technique.
In an instant, the Spirit Platform became clear, even the soul seemed somewhat nourished.
Lu Yan immediately awoke and looked outside, only to see a full moon rising from the west, casting a shimmering moonlight on the earth.
Lu Yan could clearly sense that within this moonlight, there was a cold nature of Spiritual Qi, completely opposite to the sunlight by day.
The Spiritual Qi hidden in the moonlight, just a trace of it could nourish the soul and nurture the Spirit Platform.
"There is such peculiar Spiritual Qi within the moonlight, could the sunlight by day also contain some kind of special Spiritual Qi?"
Lu Yan was greatly astonished.
The apocalyptic version had brought him too many surprises, first with the hope of advancing the Soul Banner, and then with the characteristics hidden behind this Moonlight Spiritual Qi.
For others, the apocalypse version was a place filled with despair and danger, but for Lu Yan, the apocalypse was a land of endless opportunities.
As Lu Yan pondered, a high-pitched roar suddenly sounded from outside.
"Awoo!!!"
The sound came from the center of the city, with a momentum that seemed to pierce the clouds, and even at a distance of over ten kilometers, Lu Yan could clearly feel the intimidation it held.
Lu Yan's expression changed abruptly as he immediately looked towards the center of the city.
From all directions, the sound of zombies roaring in succession echoed, seemingly in response to the sound from the city center.
The next moment, Lu Yan witnessed an unprecedented spectacular scene.
In the city that was dead silent during the day, zombies emerged from the shadows, stepping into the streets illuminated by moonlight, quickly occupying the once-empty streets.
Buildings, ruins, shopping malls, sports stadiums... everywhere were dense hordes of zombies, like tides, looking up and howling at the luminous full moon above, as if the moonlight was drawn down in torrents onto the zombies.
The denser the zombie horde, the more moonlight they attracted.
Lu Yan had previously wondered why regular zombies, with bodies nearly fully decayed, could still maintain their Human Souls and Seven Spirits.
Especially the zombies on the lower floors, whose bodies were far more intact than those trapped on the upper floors.
Now this scene provided Lu Yan with the answer.
It was precisely these special nocturnal moonlight Spiritual Qi that nourished the souls, keeping the zombies' missing souls intact.
The lower-floor zombies could leave buildings to face the moonlight, thereby receiving a greater degree of moonlight Spiritual Qi nourishment, making both their bodies and souls naturally more whole.
Aside from these regular zombies, bizarre Extraordinary Zombies also appeared in Lu Yan's view.
They stood on tall buildings bathing in moonlight, occupied open spaces where other zombies dared not approach, or were positioned atop a mountain of corpses piled high by hordes of zombies, with towering Extraordinary Zombies seated upon it.
This city, abandoned for what seemed like forever, revealed its true apocalyptic horror at night.
Lu Yan watched those Extraordinary Zombies appearing under the moonlight; they seemed to occupy fixed areas, each with an aura far surpassing Warriors, at least at the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation.
The closer to the city's center, the denser the zombie horde, and the stronger the power of the Extraordinary Zombies.
And the roar from the city's center most likely came from a Corpse King at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, which was a presence Lu Yan couldn't possibly contend with at his current stage.
At this moment, Lu Yan was suddenly grateful that since the room he resided in had long been abandoned and lacked lighting equipment, it remained dark and inconspicuous.
If he had unwittingly lit a fire without knowing the night's circumstances, he would inevitably attract a large number of Extraordinary Zombies, and even with the protection of the Soul Banner, escape would be difficult.
Surveying the surrounding scene, Lu Yan memorized the areas where these powerful Extraordinary Zombies resided, to avoid accidentally encountering them during daytime zombie hunting.
As Lu Yan was observing, he suddenly realized something.
"Since every area where zombies gather has leader-like Extraordinary Zombies stationed, then there should also be a powerful Extraordinary Zombie in this residential area where I'm located.
Having cleared two buildings and eliminated hundreds of zombies, have I already drawn its attention?"