Chapter 20: The Beginning of Enslavement
Although Xiao Yi was far away, his powerful hearing allowed him to catch the conversation between the three women. When he heard Tang Ningning's solemn vow, he was practically speechless.
The strange changes in Li Wanning and Shen Tingting also astonished him.
Shen Tingting might have been partly joking, but Li Wanning had been genuinely and completely enslaved.
Li Wanning even considered serving and pleasing him an honor, and it seemed to come from the heart.
This change gave Xiao Yi a deeper understanding of human nature.
Perhaps, deep down, everyone has a personality that longs to be enslaved.
Xiao Yi paid no more mind to the women's chat and instead dumped the zombie corpses he had collected from his spatial storage.
This time, Xiao Yi hadn't collected many zombies; he couldn't be bothered to bring back the ones that looked particularly weak.
Even so, the ground was still covered in a dense layer of zombie corpses.
There were still too many bodies. It seemed he needed to build a few more catacombs!
"System! Show my status!"
[City of Sin (Beginner) Lord's Name: Xiao Yi]
[Gender: Male]
[Physique: 80]
[Spirit: 66]
[Strength: 80]
[Stamina: 80]
[Agility: 80]
(The average for an adult male human is 60)
[Skills: None]
[Items: Blade of Sin (Beginner), Spatial Storage (Beginner)]
[Apocalypse Coins: 469]
His Spirit attribute had increased by another point, but the other attributes remained unchanged.
It seemed his inference was correct; 80 was the limit of the attribute points that ordinary zombies could provide.
Xiao Yi glanced at the Apocalypse Coins section. After this period of accumulation, it had reached 479 coins.
Building a single catacomb only cost 20 Apocalypse Coins, which was more than enough. Xiao Yi wanted to build several more at once. The empty land in the City of Sin was just sitting there unused anyway. Although it wouldn't increase his attribute points, it could generate more Apocalypse Coins. Future city upgrades would undoubtedly require a large amount of them.
Xiao Yi understood the principle of being prepared.
"System, can I build more catacombs?"
"Yes! Building one catacomb requires 5 square meters of city space, 20 Apocalypse Coins, and 3 hours. Do you wish to build a catacomb?"
[Build Now] [Build Later]
"Build now!"
He repeated the same operation several more times, building three catacombs in a row.
Five catacombs were now the maximum for this beginner-level City of Sin.
The zombies he currently had were all of the lowest level. Upgrading the catacombs wouldn't be very effective for burying low-level zombies, so Xiao Yi hadn't upgraded the previous two.
After finishing all this, Xiao Yi felt a bit tired. To protect Tang Ningning and get her safely back to the City of Sin, he had been bitten on the arm by a zombie. He now had to go to the lounge to get some proper rest.
Once he was fully recovered, the next step would be to head to the gymnasium to kill the more powerful mutant zombies!
Xiao Yi walked into the lounge and lay down on the cozy bed arranged by Li Wanning and Shen Tingting, quickly falling into a deep sleep.
As the sun set, time passed, and the wound on Xiao Yi's body slowly healed. Finally, completely new skin grew over it.
...
On the rooftop of the gymnasium, four tall boys in basketball jerseys and three girls in yoga or dance wear lounged around in a circle, discussing their next move.
"You all saw it yesterday! That loser with the knife was going in and out of the sports field, and those zombies were no match for him at all!" The most handsome of the four boys stood up, speaking with excited confidence. "If a short, stupid loser like that can kill zombies so easily, then a few strong guys like us definitely can! As long as we stick together, we can fight our way out!"
This boy's name was Shen Jiabin, the president of the basketball student council and the captain of the school's basketball team.
Whether in academics or basketball skills, he was one of the best in the entire school.
Every time he played a match in the gymnasium, he would attract countless girls to watch and scream for him. In the school, countless girls considered him their dream guy!
And around him, a group of followers had gradually formed.
Almost no one in the entire school didn't know this handsome basketball star.
Many in the physical education department were used to calling him "Big Brother."
If Xiao Yi had been here at this moment, he would have definitely recognized Shen Jiabin!
Xiao Yi had a very deep impression of Shen Jiabin.
The reason Xiao Yi remembered him so well was that before the apocalypse, he also loved playing basketball. He had once dreamed of dominating the basketball court like Shen Jiabin. But because he was only 1.7 meters tall, not only was his application to join the team rejected by Shen Jiabin, but he was also sarcastically called a "ten-level cripple" by him.
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