Survival in the Apocalypse: Max Level Drop Rate with Abundant Resources

Living room of the small building.

Shen Xi sat on the sofa and opened her control panel.

[Player: Primordial Beginning (King of Newcomers)]

Level: 8 (Experience: 878/1200)

Free attribute points: 35

I'm still a little over 300 experience points away from leveling up to level 9.

After level 9, it's level 10.

You can change jobs once you reach level 10.

He needs to prepare for a career change.

Shen Xi's thoughts drifted back to her previous life.

At that time, he had just reached level 10 when Gu Yungui and Jiang Luqing came to tell him that there was a hidden job change opportunity in the ruins of the north city, and only he could complete it.

Hearing his dream girl's words, he inexplicably believed her.

He not only believed, he also went there.

Looking back now, I realize I was a complete idiot; I couldn't even see such an obvious trap.

It was a place where death was a near certainty; deep within the corpse's lair, a level 9 boss guarded the area. Gu Yungui and Jiang Luqing never expected him to return alive; they simply wanted to use the corpse to eliminate him.

But to their surprise, he actually succeeded.

After killing the leader, Shen Xi also successfully obtained the Blood Berserker's job advancement core.

Later he learned that Blood Berserker was a top-tier hidden class, and their actions indirectly helped Shen Xi. At the time, he was extremely grateful and thanked the two of them profusely.

Looking back now, it was utterly stupid beyond redemption.

Shen Xi found her own foolishness laughable.

In his previous life, he was used as a pawn; in this life, he will take the initiative to conquer the Blood Berserker class.

The Berserker class advancement requires three core items:

First, use the Blood Berserker's job change core to activate the hidden job change quest.

Second, after accepting the hidden job change quest, find the job change quest teleportation card and teleport to the job change instance.

Third, after clearing the job change dungeon, he can become a Blood Berserker.

First, find the job change core and upgrade it to level 10.

Shen Xi turned off the control panel and looked out the window.

I still remember Starshine City, a city with a population of tens of millions, where countless secrets are hidden beneath its surface. The entrance to the massive dungeon, [Corpse Palace], is located beneath the city's central square.

In his previous life, that instance was only discovered by players in the third year of the apocalypse, becoming a holy land for countless experts to farm equipment. He had participated in it before, but now is not the time to set foot there, as his strength is insufficient.

But now, it's only the first week of the apocalypse.

I must go there and explore again someday if I have the chance.

Shen Xi stood up.

"Are you leaving?" Liu Xinghui's voice came from behind.

Shen Xi turned around and looked at her.

She stood at the top of the stairs, her phoenix eyes filled with a complex light.

"Um."

"Where to?"

"I need to take care of something."

Liu Xinghui was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

Will they come back?

Shen Xi looked at her but didn't answer, because he didn't know if he could come back.

Liu Xinghui took a few steps closer and stood in front of him.

Mature and charming, bright and captivating.

At this moment, she tilted her head slightly, looking at this young man who was ten years younger than her, with something indescribable in her eyes.

"Wherever you go," she whispered, "Starlight City will always welcome you."

Shen Xi remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Take care of yourself."

He turned around, pushed open the door, and went out.

Chen Ming followed silently behind.

Liu Xinghui stood at the door, watching the figure gradually walk away and disappear at the end of the alley.

After a long while, she sighed softly.

……

After Shen Xi led Ming Ying away from Liu Xinghui's small building, they did not head directly to the ruins, but instead found a quiet alley to stop in.

With a thought, he took out the silver-grade equipment box from his storage space. He had obtained it before, but he had been too busy lately and almost forgot about it.

The box is entirely silver-white, with a faint, shimmering light on its surface, and it feels quite heavy in your hand.

Shen Xi didn't hesitate and opened it directly...

As the light faded, a pair of strangely shaped combat boots lay quietly in the box.

【Name: Bone Nightmare Boots】

[Type: Armor - Footwear]

[Quality: Silver]

[Defense: 18-22]

[Special Effects: Wind Walk - Movement Speed ​​+15%, Jump Ability +30%; Bone Stomp - Allows for a second jump when stomping on rotting monsters, 5-second cooldown]

[Description: Crafted from the foot bones of a boss-level corpse, it is as light as a feather, yet contains terrifying explosive power. Wearing it, you will move across the battlefield like a ghost.]

Shen Xi's eyes lit up.

Speed-related equipment is exactly what he needs right now.

Although I currently have a base of 51 points in agility, when facing a horde of zombies, every extra bit of speed means a greater chance of survival.

Moreover, the "bone-stepping" special effect was practically tailor-made for someone like him who could fight his way through hordes of zombies.

He immediately took off his old, worn-out sneakers and put on the Bone Nightmare combat boots.

The moment his feet touched the ground, a feeling of lightness washed over him, as if he had lost ten pounds. He tried jumping, and sure enough, he jumped nearly half a meter higher than before. More importantly, he landed without making a sound.

"nice one."

Shen Xi nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Mingying, who was now a player and also needed equipment.

Then he took out two bone-bladed swords from his storage space.

"then."

Mingying silently accepted the twin swords and held them in her hands.

The servant "Mingying" is equipped with bone-bladed twin swords (Bronze grade), increasing his attack power.

Shen Xi glanced at the system notification and nodded slightly.

"It really works!"

With a bronze-level two-handed weapon, coupled with 42 points of strength and 40 points of agility from Mingying, plus legendary talents and skills, this combat power already surpasses that of most players.

Finally, Shen Xi took out the Bone Concealment Hat and put it on her head, then draped the Storm Cloak behind her.

The shadow of the straw hat covered most of his face, and his cloak fluttered slightly in the morning breeze.

At this moment, he was shrouded in a chilling aura, like a ghost crawling out of hell.

After everything was prepared, let's go.

The two of them, one in front of the other, sped towards the ruins in the north of the city.

The ruins in the north of the city cover a vast area.

This area was originally the old industrial zone of Xinghui City. More than ten years ago, after the factories relocated, a large area of ​​abandoned factory buildings and warehouses was left behind.

After the apocalypse, this place became a paradise for rotting corpses. Countless hordes of corpses wandered among the ruins, and the occasional roars that rang out were chilling.

Shen Xi and Ming Ying lay on the roof of a three-story abandoned factory building, observing the ruins in front of them through binoculars.

This glance had a significant impact.

Densely packed.

It was full of rotting corpses.

The nearest gathering point was just two hundred meters away, where at least thirty or forty were huddled in an open area, gnawing on several already rotting corpses. Further away, deep within the ruins, the density of the horde was even greater; a rough estimate puts the total number of rotting corpses in the entire ruins at at least a thousand.

"No wonder no one could get that job change core in the previous life," Shen Xi murmured. "A horde of zombies of this size would be suicide for any ordinary team."

He moved the binoculars and continued scanning.

Suddenly, something unusual appeared in the shot...

At the edge of the ruins, a large group of people were gathered in front of a relatively intact warehouse.

There were at least seventy or eighty people, men, women, and children. Most of them were dressed in ordinary clothes and carried all sorts of weapons, including steel pipes, machetes, and fire axes. Occasionally, a few homemade crossbows could be seen.

They huddled in several groups; some were eating, some were talking in hushed tones, and a few were standing guard on higher ground.

Shen Xi raised an eyebrow slightly.

Player teams.

And there are quite a few people.

He carefully recalled his memories from his previous life.

The zombie lair in the ruins north of the city was indeed discovered by some players during the first week of the apocalypse. However, most of those who rashly entered became food for the zombies. It wasn't until near the end of the first year that large organizations and elite teams managed to break through it, after paying a heavy price.

This team now... is unlikely to amount to anything.

They're probably just a motley crew hastily assembled after completing the tutorial game.

Thinking that numbers would allow them to run rampant, they were unaware that in the face of a horde of zombies of this size, numbers actually made them more likely to bring about their own annihilation.

"Let's go take a look."

He put away his binoculars and, with Mingying, stealthily crept over.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the open space in front of the warehouse was also somewhat subtle.

The group of seventy or eighty people split into several small groups, each occupying a territory. At the very back were a dozen or so relatively well-dressed young people, who looked like college students. The leader was a tall, thin man wearing glasses, who was pointing at a map.

Further out were more than twenty burly men dressed as migrant workers, led by a bald man with a fierce face, who was sitting casually on a rock, munching on compressed biscuits, holding a fire axe.

At the very edge was a group of elderly, weak, women and children, about ten people huddled together, their faces filled with fear and unease.

Shen Xi crouched behind a pile of rubble fifty meters away, observing the group through the gaps. Ming Ying silently squatted behind him, motionless.

"Brother Wang, when are we going to make our move?" A migrant worker approached the bald man and asked in a low voice.

The bald man swallowed the biscuit in his mouth, glanced in the direction of the group of college students, and sneered, "What's the rush? Let them scout ahead. Isn't that guy with glasses pretty capable? Let him lead his men in to test the waters first."

"But..." the migrant worker hesitated, "What if they really get the treasure inside..."

"Baby?" The bald man scoffed. "Those students? Going in would be like sending them to their deaths. Once they're almost all dead, we'll go in and pick up the scraps."

Although Shen Xi was quite far away, she could still hear it clearly.

They really are a bunch of rabble.

Just then, a commotion suddenly arose at the edge of the crowd.

"What are you doing! Let go of me!"

A woman screamed.

Shen Xi's gaze shifted over...

A young girl in a gray tracksuit was being dragged to the side by a skinny man. The girl, in her early twenties and pretty, was now filled with terror as she struggled desperately.

"Let go! I don't know you! Help!"

"Stop pretending to be innocent?" the skinny man chuckled, but his grip remained firm. "In this world, what's the point of pretending? Come with me, I'll protect you!"

Several men nearby joined in the commotion, some whistling, others laughing strangely.

But most people just watched coldly, and no one stepped forward to help.

This is what the end times are like; the indifference of humanity is far more terrifying than that of animals.

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