In the latter half of the night, Zhang Xuan was awakened by the system's voice in his mind.
Ding! Detected that the host has gained one point of power from Xu Jing. Returning one hundred points of power, synchronized to the host's Strength attribute.
Hearing this, Zhang Xuan abruptly sat up and blurted out, "Holy shit!"
The commotion woke Xu Jing, who was lying beside him. She sat up sleepily. "Zhang Xuan, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing. I ate too much and can't sleep. You go back to sleep. I'm heading out to walk it off."
Xu Jing did not think much of it and lay back down.
Zhang Xuan got up and left the shelter, heading to the beach. He clenched his fist and tested his Strength attribute before breaking into laughter.
Previously, he had wanted to explore the Birch Forest, but he had stopped himself after considering that he was only an ordinary person and that going inside would be too dangerous.
But things were different now. This was the strength of a hundred ordinary people. Killing those beasts would be effortless.
His gaze drifted toward the Birch Forest. "This time, I can go in."
A short while later, he returned to the shelter, reached out to hold the sleeping Xu Jing, and closed his eyes with a smile.
The next day.
The ethereal voice rang out from high in the sky once more.
"Mission issued: Defend!"
"For the next half month, survivors will face all kinds of Beast Infestations. Survive!"
Hearing that, Zhang Xuan unconsciously glanced at the sky. "Heh! It came at just the right time."
Xu Jing looked at him in confused bewilderment. "What came at the right time?"
Zhang Xuan pulled Xu Jing over and fiercely kissed her. Then, with a mischievous grin,