"Death."
Even though Lin Zhiluo had shown his opponent enough respect,
his blade still killed the zombie in an instant.
The zombie's body toppled backward.
Lin Zhiluo watched as a book dropped from the zombie and landed on the ground.
This was—
A skill book!
Lin Zhiluo couldn't help taking another look.
How was this possible? Something so precious!
Suddenly, the zombie's body, which hadn't completely fallen yet, seemed to get shoved from behind by an immense force.
It instantly came crashing toward him.
Lin Zhiluo quickly pulled his gaze away from the skill book on the ground.
Then, with astonishing reflexes, he pressed himself flat against the wall.
The zombie's body crashed down with a "boom" where he'd been standing moments earlier.
"Grr!"
The last of the six zombies walked in.
Lin Zhiluo's expression grew serious.
Eight o'clock had arrived!
The zombies' strength would reach its peak within one minute!
He had to take this zombie down within a minute.
Lin Zhiluo understood this all too well.
He had already seen the zombie's stats.
[Level 1 Zombie] Base stats: Strength: 15 Spirit: 10 Constitution: 16 Agility: 15
The zombie, empowered by the night, already surpassed Lin Zhiluo in stats.
And as time passed, its stats would continue to rise.
Lin Zhiluo wasn't afraid in the slightest.
As he'd said before, stats were just a point of reference.
When the difference in stats wasn't too great, factors such as one's condition, abilities, and even luck were what ultimately decided the outcome.
Without further hesitation, Lin Zhiluo raised the Tang Dao in his hand and charged at the zombie.
The zombie's originally gray-white eyes gradually turned bloodred, and its expression grew even more savage.
A flash of blade-light.
The sharp edge of the Tang Dao struck the zombie's neck, but its Constitution had been boosted so high that the blow couldn't kill it outright.
The wounded zombie went berserk.
Its two sharp claws stabbed toward Lin Zhiluo.
Lin Zhiluo promptly released the Tang Dao's hilt, which was wedged in the zombie's neck, and retreated several steps.
Then he pulled a hammer from his Storage Space and hurled it straight at the charging zombie.
The zombie couldn't maneuver at all in the narrow corridor by the entrance.
It could only watch as the hammer struck its face.
One blow was all it took.
The zombie's nose, eyes, and mouth were smashed inward, and blood gushed out.
Lin Zhiluo naturally didn't let such a good opportunity go to waste.
He hurried forward, caught the hammer as it slid off the zombie's face, then grabbed the Tang Dao's hilt and yanked it free.
Blood burst from the zombie's shoulder.
Its face and shoulder had both taken heavy damage.
The zombie still charged at Lin Zhiluo like a madman.
With the Tang Dao in hand, he remained utterly calm.
He watched silently as the zombie rushed toward him.
One slash.
A breathtaking slash.
From a tricky angle, at a speed that cut through the air, Lin Zhiluo put his full strength behind it.
The blade swept across the zombie's neck at a slanted angle.
The blade flashed, then fell.
"Death."
Lin Zhiluo turned to the side and calmly watched the headless corpse rush past him.
It staggered a few steps before crashing to the ground.
That was all six zombies dead by Lin Zhiluo's hand.
He let out a breath and rubbed his aching arm.
That last zombie's stats had reached their peak.
Lin Zhiluo had gone head-to-head with a zombie whose Strength was nearly 20.
He'd escaped without a scratch only because he had absolute control over how he exerted his strength.
But now wasn't the time to think about that.
Eight o'clock had passed.
Every zombie outside had received a boost of at least 50% to its stats.
And the fight with the last zombie had been quite loud.
If he didn't deal with the bodies quickly, he might attract more zombies.
So Lin Zhiluo dragged the corpses over to the entrance and piled them up.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
The six zombies, piled together, blocked the entire entrance to the inn perfectly.
Only then did Lin Zhiluo breathe a sigh of relief.
The light above the inn's front desk was rather dim.
Lin Zhiluo didn't want to inspect the treasures he'd just obtained here.
He casually kicked the six severed zombie heads out of the way.
Then he picked up the six items and went upstairs.
The floorboards creaked beneath his feet.
Lin Zhiluo stepped around the innkeeper's body, which lay in the corridor.
He placed the Eye of Investigation on the ground.
A green barrier, visible only to him, gradually spread outward.
In the end, it covered everything within a ten-meter radius.
"What a waste of money," Lin Zhiluo muttered.
Now he could finally relax completely.
If a person, zombie, or other creature came near,
the Eye of Investigation's barrier would quickly turn red.
It would then warn Lin Zhiluo in his mind; even if he were asleep, he'd wake up instantly.
He entered room 203.
While searching the rooms earlier, he'd found that this one was the cleanest and had the best facilities.
It was probably the inn's VIP room.
So Lin Zhiluo had decided then that he'd sleep here tonight.
He set the things he'd obtained on the table.
Then he went into the bathroom to take a proper shower.
What was this?
The ritual of bathing and changing before opening a treasure!
In his previous life, Lin Zhiluo had actually managed to get good stuff by relying on this trick, despite his terrible luck.
In a cheerful mood, he finished his shower.
He put on the last clean set of clothes in his backpack.
Then he eagerly sat down in a chair.
Setting the skill book aside, Lin Zhiluo checked the other five items.
The first card: [Beijing Roast Duck (sliced)].
Great, one more dish for dinner.
The second card: [Nongfu Three Fists Mineral Water, 1 L].
Nice, now he had drinking water too.
The third and fourth—
Holy crap, two Eyes of Investigation!
Lin Zhiluo was starting to doubt himself. How come something so valuable was so easy to get now, when it had been so rare in his previous life?
I don't get it!
Whatever. It didn't matter as long as he'd come out ahead. You could never have too many good things.
The fifth item was a ring shimmering with a blue-green light. Lin Zhiluo recalled that the last zombie had dropped it.
[Nightfall Ring]: Bronze-grade equipment. Nightfall is the best camouflage.
Stats: Agility +1. When equipped after nightfall, reduces the wearer's presence by 30%.
This was great!
Lin Zhiluo's eyes lit up.
This would be a huge help with his plans for the night after tomorrow.
He promptly slipped the Nightfall Ring onto his finger.
Next came the final, main event.
"Jade Emperor, God, Buddha, Allah—please, all of you, bless me. Let me get a good skill I can actually use."
Lin Zhiluo rattled off a whole jumble of prayers.
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