Second Level Spirit Energy Plant

Lin An was ecstatic, feeling a surge of hot blood rush to his head.

Although First Level Spirit Energy Plants and Second Level Spirit Energy Plants differed by only one word, their effects were worlds apart.

In his Previous Life, over the course of three whole years,

he had only seen information about a suspected Second Level Spirit Energy Plant once in the Chat Channel!

That single message drove dozens of Second-Order Awakeners in the East China War Zone into a frenzied scramble.

In the end, a Top Second-Order Awakener obtained it after sacrificing more than a thousand members of his team.

Lin An had no time to think about why a Second Level Spirit Energy Plant had appeared here.

Without hesitation, he swallowed it whole.

"Buzz~"

A powerful current of warmth surged through his entire body the moment it entered his mouth.

"Hng-"

The Violet melted instantly and transformed into a streak of fire that shot into his body.

Lin An groaned as pain spread through his limbs.

It was a sign that the spirit energy was remodeling his body.

As a massive amount of spirit energy surged through him, powerful strength rose from his lower abdomen.

"Ding, Second Level Spirit Energy Plant consumed. Strength +2, Agility +1, Physique +1, Willpower +1."

"Ding, Second Level Spirit Plant Exclusive Boost obtained: Explosive Power increased by 10%."

"Ding, Second Level Spirit Plant Exclusive Enhancement obtained: Movement Speed increased by 10%."

After the enhancement ended,

Lin An was drenched in sweat, his gaze burning brightly.

Looking at the constantly scrolling light screen, his heart was filled with delight.

This is... too powerful!

As expected of a Second Level Spirit Energy Plant.

Besides its massive attribute bonuses, it also had rare additional effects.

A 10% increase in Explosive Power meant that he could launch attacks exceeding the limits of his Strength attribute.

Movement Speed was also extremely important.

In the Doomsday Game, your speed determined whether you could escape danger when faced with life or death!

With two such powerful additional effects, Lin An felt as though boundless strength filled his body.

Of course, Lin An knew that this was merely an illusion caused by his sudden increase in strength.

"Character Panel!"

Lin An gave a low shout, somewhat impatient to check his current attributes.

"Character Info: Lin An (Tier 0 Awakener, Player Level: 0)"

"Strength: 16.4"

"Agility: 15.4"

"Physique: 15.4"

"Willpower: 16.8"

"Equipment: Doomsday Ring (Special)"

Awakener Talent: Strength Burst, S-rank.

(Temporarily increases physical attributes by a large amount. After repeated use, the user enters a weakened state.)

"Tier 0: All attributes +2 (The limit for each attribute of an ordinary human is 10.)"

Savior Template: Eye of Judgment (Continuously consumes Mental Strength after activation. Can obtain target information and can be upgraded.)

"Savior Template Mission Info: Kill the Second-Order Mutant Stitcher Zombie"

"Mission Level: Dangerous!"

"Mission Time Limit: 120 hours"

"Mission Reward: Antidote Serum *3 (Clears Zombie Virus from the body.)"

"Savior Template Mission Info: Recruit five team members (Time limit: 30 days), current progress (2/5)."

"Mission Reward: Doomsday Base Vehicle (Initial)."

After looking over his current attributes, Lin An was very satisfied.

His current attributes could be called luxurious, and his strength was already close to that of an Intermediate First Order!

An ordinary First-Order Awakener generally had attributes only slightly above ten.

It was no exaggeration to say that if he encountered an ordinary Awakener now, the other party probably could not withstand even one slash from him.

Let's give it a try!

Lin An raised his right fist and swung it through the air.

"Boom!"

A crisp explosion rang out as the force of his fist tore through the air, creating a brief vacuum boom.

Inside the small flower shop, miscellaneous objects were lifted by the airflow.

Lin An's target was the thick wall. With one punch, the reinforced-concrete wall was instantly pierced, revealing the street outside.

"Gulp."

The flower shop owner swallowed.

Her eyes were stretched wide, and her mouth was large enough to fit an egg.

When Lin An had been killing Zombies, she had crouched beneath the window and watched carefully to see how he moved.

She had also witnessed the moment he killed the last Zombie.

Now that she saw Lin An punch through a concrete wall, she was utterly shocked.

Is he even human?!

It was terrifying.

She cautiously shrank her neck, afraid that Lin An would notice her.

Wen Ya was also somewhat astonished.

She knew how powerful Lin An was, but it seemed that he had become even stronger than before.

Clicking her tongue in amazement, Wen Ya obediently remained silent.

Lin An withdrew his right fist. His fair fist had not suffered the slightest injury, only a faint red mark.

His enhanced Physique had also strengthened his resistance to blows.

Even if he stood still and let Wen Ya hack at him now, she might not be able to kill him.

As his strength increased, Lin An gradually felt himself drawing closer to the realm of nonhuman creatures.

"Roar!"

A large number of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the shop, followed by the roars of countless Zombies.

Lin An looked up and gazed through the hole he had punched in the wall.

A mass of darkness filled the area outside the shop, with pair after pair of blood-red, savage eyes.

"Ah!"

"M-Monsters!"

The flower shop owner shrieked, causing the Zombies to become even more violent as they frenziedly rammed into the shelves piled up by the entrance.

As if she had been scared out of her wits,

the flower shop owner burst into a speed entirely unsuited to her obese body and sprinted up the stairs.

"Click."

The door was locked from the inside.

The sound of heavy objects being moved came from within. It seemed she intended to block the door.

Wen Ya was slightly stunned and somewhat speechless.

Yet her right hand instinctively grabbed Lin An's arm.

She let out a soft sigh and looked at the tightly closed door on the second floor with pity.

In her view,

the flower shop owner had undoubtedly made the worst possible choice after seeing the Zombies.

She had fled alone and even locked the door behind her.

Did she think that would let her survive?

No.

The real path to survival was to follow Lin An.

"Let's go!"

Lin An paid no attention to the flower shop owner's actions. He had seen too many things like this in his Previous Life.

After taking a rough look, he saw that at least four hundred Zombies had appeared on the street outside.

Without hesitation, Lin An picked Wen Ya up and left.

Wen Ya weighed less than a hundred pounds, and under his current Strength, she felt as light as air.

Lin An took a deep breath, his gaze turning sharp.

"Strength Burst!"

A flash of pale golden light vanished, sinking into his body.

His originally taut muscles swelled high as though exploding.

As this was the first time Lin An had activated his Talent after being enhanced, he felt as if time itself had slowed.

The Zombies swarming outside rapidly crashed into the shelves, but in his eyes, they moved as slowly as a scene in slow motion.

"Boom!"

Like a small artillery shell,

Lin An violently kicked forward. The terrifying force sent the half-ton shelf, along with dozens of tightly packed Zombies, flying.

The metal warped as it blasted ten meters away.

In an instant, the Zombies clogging the entrance were briefly cleared away.

"Hah!"

Lin An gave a low shout, bent down, and carried Wen Ya horizontally as he shot out like an arrow released from a bow.

One step covered ten meters!

He charged out of the encirclement in the blink of an eye. The other Zombies did not even have time to react and could only roar repeatedly at Lin An's departing figure.

However, as sounds continued to ring out throughout the area,

more and more Zombies on the outskirts of the City Center gathered in response.

The small patch of open ground Lin An had cleared was once again filled by the Zombies drawn there.

Before long, more than a thousand Zombies had gathered beneath the small flower shop.

At the flower shop's second-floor window, the owner stuck her head out and stared blankly at the Zombies that nearly filled the street.

The motorcycle raced forward, while Wen Ya tightly wrapped her arms around Lin An's waist.

"Lin An, where are we going now?"

For some reason, even though the two of them had known each other for only a few hours,

Wen Ya felt as though they had known each other for a very long time.

There was something about Lin An that made her inexplicably want to draw closer to him.

"City Center."

Lin An's gaze was calm, but a trace of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

He thought to himself,

"The Second-Order Mutant's Strength is 30 points, while after activating my skill, I can only reach 18.4."

"I have to reduce the Strength gap to within 10 points to damage the Stitcher."

According to the rules of the Doomsday Game, attributes exceeding 10 points higher created a crushing effect.

Once the crushing effect appeared, he would not even be able to break through the Stitcher's defense!

The 12-point gap did not discourage him.

Now, whether it was his Player Level or Awakener rank, he was only one Mutant away from the next level.

Once he leveled up, he could obtain three points of Strength.

Nine points. He was still short by around five points.

"A Strength gap of around five points..."

Lin An smiled calmly.

He happened to know of an item that could increase Strength by five points!

The City Center currently had at least a million Zombies and a large number of First-Order Mutants gathered there.

Originally, he had planned to enter the city on the Fifth Day.

But now, he had decided to change his plan.

His increase in strength had surpassed his best expectations, and he had even gained the unexpected benefit of poison resistance.

With both bonuses, he had gained several more points of confidence in obtaining the equipment he had not originally planned to acquire during the early stages.

"Skull Crusher's Hand"

"The only fine-quality equipment (blue) in Lin Jiang City during the apocalypse!"