Gold and Silver Processing Shop

The skeletons each picked up an iron spear and gripped it in their hands.

Perhaps because of the iron pipes' weight, the skeletons' shoulders seemed to droop slightly, and their movements looked somewhat strained.

He had the skeletons try out stabbing attacks. The motions were fairly smooth, with no major issues.

Next, he had several Skeleton Warriors pick up the pitchforks bought last night.

Only after confirming that they used the pitchforks for forward thrusts did he relax.

It would have been a disaster if these skeletons took their pitchforks downstairs to pull weeds.

25 Wooden Pole Spear Skeletons, 22 Iron Pole Assembled Spear Skeletons, and 5 Pitchfork Skeletons.

Standing together with spears bristling everywhere, they truly had the makings of a Spear Formation.

The weapon issue was settled.

He took out the surrounding area map again and looked it over.

His original plan had been to directly take down the commercial street and loot the gold shops and banks there, but after seeing the situation yesterday, he had become somewhat hesitant.

There were too many Zombies.

If he attacked directly, there might be danger.

He needed to plan carefully and come up with a way to take down the commercial street with fewer losses.

"I remember there's a Gold and Silver Processing Shop over here." Wu Heng suddenly thought of something.

In an alley outside the West Side Market, there was a Jewelry Processing Shop.

The older generation liked taking gold and silver there to have them made into bracelets and rings. It had been around for many years.

Recently, business did not seem very good. Young people all bought finished jewelry.

Since he could not go to the commercial street, he would check this place first.

Having made up his mind, he gave the skeletons an order. "Follow me."

Clatter!

The skeletons began moving, following him downstairs.

On the west side, in an alley passing through the market.

An alley leading toward the commercial street.

After clearing out the nearby Zombies, Wu Heng began directing the skeletons into formation.

The Pitchfork Soldiers stood at the front, with rows of spear-wielding Skeleton Warriors behind them.

Layers of spears pointed forward, forming a wall covered in spikes.

Once they were more or less ready.

Wu Heng said, "Bartholomew, lure the Zombies ahead over here."

Bartholomew squeezed out from the crowd and ran forward.

Before long, Bartholomew appeared in sight again, followed by dozens of ferocious-looking Zombies with bared claws and fangs.

As he neared the skeleton formation, Bartholomew twisted aside to avoid the spears and squeezed into the back of the skeleton ranks.

The Zombies behind him, however, charged directly into the skeletons' spears.

The dense spears pierced Zombie after Zombie, drawing a wave of howls.

The Skeleton Warriors continuously withdrew and thrust their spears, repeating the simple motion.

The Zombies at the front were shoved forward by those behind them, forcibly crashing into layer after layer of spears until they died.

Crossbow One and Crossbow Two stood at the rear, occasionally firing one or two Crossbow Bolts to kill Zombies that had squeezed into the formation.

Experience gained +4.

Summoned Creature—Skeleton Warrior, experience +3.

Summoned Creature—Skeleton Warrior, experience +3.

Summoned Creature—Skeleton Warrior leveled up to Level 3, Constitution +1.

Notifications kept appearing, adding kill experience.

After Wu Heng reached Level 4, the experience gained from killing Zombies had dropped to 4 points, making leveling increasingly inefficient.

Some Skeleton Warriors also leveled up in battle, reaching Level 3 one after another.

The battle continued.

The sounds of howling and fighting drew in even more Zombies, who continued rushing this way.

Wave after wave arrived, their numbers constantly increasing.

Wu Heng stood in the middle of the formation, observing the battle ahead.

Suddenly, a third-floor window beside him shattered. Amid the falling glass, three pitch-black shadows pounced down from above.

Wu Heng raised his staff and fired a blue Witchcraft Arrow.

After accurately striking the first shadow, arcs of electricity scattered outward and hit the other two shadows as well.

The shadows' bodies twitched in midair before dropping straight down.

They hit the ground with a splat.

Several Skeleton Dogs reacted first, pouncing over and pinning the fallen shadows as they bit down and shook their heads.

Amid sharp squeaks and struggling.

The Skeleton Dogs tore them into several pieces.

Once it grew quiet, Wu Heng stepped closer to inspect the shadows that had tried to launch a Sneak Attack amid the chaos.

They were three fairly large black rats.

Their fur was glossy black, and they were nearly the size of adult cats.

"They aren't Mutated Creatures?" Wu Heng was somewhat curious.

The rats before him were not as exaggeratedly large as Mutated Creatures. They were still rats, and bits of Zombie flesh could be seen stuck to their protruding incisors.

They still looked like rats, but they had been affected as well. Not only had they grown larger, they had also become highly aggressive.

It was not a good thing for them to actively attack humans.

If the rats had merely undergone mutations from becoming zombified, that would have been manageable.

But if they retained the characteristics of their original species while undergoing something akin to evolution, that would be terrifying.

Given how quickly rats reproduced, they could soon form swarms and attack any living creature.

While he examined the rats, the battle ahead had also ended.

All the Zombies had been killed, and the Skeleton Warriors returned to Standby State.

After thinking it over, Wu Heng still used the Bone Manipulation Technique on the rats on the ground.

Their flesh began to fall away, and Skeleton Mice crawled out.

Skeleton Mouse (Level 1)

Its rating was only Level 1.

There was no Soul Fire within its hollow skeleton either.

Using a short spear, he poked through the spot where the rat's flesh had fallen away, but found no fleshy mass resembling a Corpse Core.

Unconvinced, he used the Bone Manipulation Technique on the other two rats. Skeleton Mice appeared, but he still found no Corpse Cores.

It seemed these rats did not possess Corpse Cores.

After a brief rest.

Wu Heng led the Skeleton Squad onward toward the target location.

Fu Heng Silver Shop.

A small shop of less than thirty square meters.

The glass at the entrance was plastered with advertisements offering high prices for gold and silver.

There was only one display case at the front of the shop, containing a few gold and silver bracelets and rings, not many in number and piled together messily.

"This is still a decent haul."

He opened the counter and began taking out the bracelets and rings, stuffing them into his Backpack.

Even without selling them as jewelry, the gold in these bracelets alone was worth a considerable fortune.

If he took them to Blackstone Town, then even if he did nothing else, he could live comfortably for most of his life by the standards of ordinary people in the crowded district.

He could also buy more weapons and equipment for the skeletons. The only thing lacking was a reason to purchase weapons in large quantities.

After packing away the jewelry in the display case, he continued searching the shop.

There had to be more than this, right?

After all, it was an old established shop.

Entering the back room, he found a safe beneath the desk.

He opened it with the Bronze Key.

Inside were Gold and Silver Jewelry sealed in plastic.

There was far more than what had been in the display case.

This trip had indeed not been in vain.

Wu Heng immediately began stuffing it into his Backpack.

Just as he was taking out the pieces one by one and stuffing them into his Backpack.

A childish voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Uncle, what are you doing here?"

Wu Heng froze for a moment, then immediately felt a chill run down his spine and his hairs stand on end.