Chapter 26: Upgrading the City of Sin
Watching as Xiao Yi, carrying Lin Mancha, grew more and more distant, Shen Jiabin finally could no longer endure the humiliation and rage in his heart. He viciously smashed his fist against the guardrail, his face contorted as he roared, "Bastard! Damn it! That damn loser actually dared to hit me! I'm going to kill him!"
"He had a knife... we're no match for him..." Gu Fanghua said dejectedly, throwing the baseball bat to the ground.
"Then we'll go out and find knives! Once we find suitable weapons, we'll go to his shelter and get our revenge!"
Shen Jiabin's eyes were bloodshot. He lifted his head, his face ferocious, and stared fixedly at Xiao Yi's back. "Something a level 10 cripple can do, how could we possibly not be able to do it? We just don't have his guts! If we want to survive in the apocalypse, we have to show the courage a man should have!"
Shen Jiabin gripped the baseball bat tightly and growled in a low voice, "That monster has already been killed by that damn loser. We can take this opportunity to go down and scavenge for supplies! Once I find a weapon, I'll personally cripple that trash and make him kneel before me to kowtow and apologize!"
Even at this moment, Shen Jiabin firmly believed that Xiao Yi's combat prowess was entirely due to the long-handled Mo Dao.
In his eyes, as long as he had Mo Dao, he could slaughter his way through the horde just like Xiao Yi!
"Our food is almost gone. If we don't go out to find more, we'll just starve to death here."
Tang Jingyan incited the other three boys, saying, "I don't think that guy is all that capable. Besides having a cleaver, his physical fitness might not even be as good as yours. Even so, he can move through the zombie horde with ease. As long as you show some courage and work together, I believe your combat strength will definitely be stronger than his!"
Back in the City of Sin, Xiao Yi had no idea that his act of easily killing the burly zombie had given the people on the stadium roof a huge boost of confidence.
What he was most concerned about right now was how many attribute points he would get after burying this special zombie's corpse.
Tossing Lin Mancha to Li Wanning and the others, Xiao Yi took the burly zombie's corpse from his spatial bag, found a freshly dug grave, and directly threw the zombie's body in.
But a strange thing happened. The zombie's corpse that was thrown in was bounced out like a rubber ball.
The corpse slammed heavily to the ground, startling the three women who were nearby giving Lin Mancha a "lesson," causing them to cry out in alarm.
Lin Mancha was so scared she jumped up.
Xiao Yi stared at the corpse, stunned for a long moment, then turned his head to look at the tombstone.
[C-Class zombie corpse cannot be buried. Please upgrade the Grave...]
"C-Class zombie?"
Stepping forward, Xiao Yi grabbed the burly zombie's corpse, examined it with a frown, and muttered to himself, "So, this zombie already belongs to a higher class? Could it be that zombies are also ranked?"
It was only now that Xiao Yi began to notice the differences in the burly zombie before him.
The burly zombie was about two meters tall and weighed over three hundred pounds. Besides its strong physique, its skin had also hardened. Compared to ordinary zombies, this burly zombie's defense was much more formidable.
Additionally, Xiao Yi discovered another thing: on the burly zombie's head, a small black tendril had actually grown.
After observing the burly zombie for a while, Xiao Yi became even more certain that these zombies could indeed evolve!
However, he was still unclear about the conditions for their evolution.
[Yes! These zombies can also evolve. Most of the zombies that have appeared so far are the lowest level, D-Class. Occasionally, there are evolved zombies, but they are mostly only C-Class. Above C-Class are B-Class, A-Class, S-Class, and SR-Class respectively. Based on the time since the apocalypse began, it is temporarily impossible for zombies above A-Class to appear.]
If the evolution of zombies was bad news for ordinary people, then for Xiao Yi, it was good news.
Because he needed more evolved zombie corpses to enhance his own physical attributes.
"Upgrade the Grave!"
[Sorry! The Grave cannot be upgraded at this time. Please upgrade the City of Sin to Intermediate Level...]
What the hell? He had to upgrade the City of Sin's level too?!
Xiao Yi was speechless.
"Then upgrade the City of Sin first!"
[Upgrading the City of Sin to Intermediate Level requires 300 Apocalypse Coins. After upgrading, more buildings will be unlocked, and existing buildings can be upgraded. Do you wish to upgrade?]
[Upgrade Now] [Let me think about it]
"300 Apocalypse Coins? So expensive?!"
Xiao Yi grumbled inwardly. Building a grave only cost 20 Apocalypse Coins, but upgrading the City of Sin actually cost 300 Apocalypse Coins.
The five hundred Apocalypse Coins he had worked so hard to save would be gone in a flash!
This made Xiao Yi's heart ache.
"Upgrade now!"
As much as it pained him, the upgrade was necessary.
With a loud "rumble," the City of Sin suddenly shook violently. A flash of intense light passed, and the city walls instantly doubled in size, encompassing the entire playground.
[City of Sin successfully upgraded to Intermediate Level. Congratulations, Host, on unlocking new buildings.]
Following the electronic sound, a long string of text suddenly appeared before Xiao Yi's eyes, and a large number of new buildings appeared on the constructible panel.
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