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

The night wind was biting.

Shen Xi stood by the window, staring at the black wave that covered half the sky. Tens of thousands of ravens circled in the air, their scarlet eyes like countless will-o'-the-wisps in the night, sending chills down one's spine.

But they did not launch an attack.

They were just circling and chirping.

The piercing scream echoed through the night sky, like some kind of eerie summons.

Something's not right.

Shen Xi frowned.

Logically, a swarm of carrion creatures of this size should have already turned Starshine City upside down. Yet, these ravens haven't attacked a single player since they appeared.

It's been flying there...

What are they waiting for?

It looks like they're... gathering?

A word suddenly flashed through Shen Xi's mind...

A sign of an impending zombie horde.

In his previous life, he had experienced the precursors to three zombie hordes. Before each horde erupted, the rotting corpses would gather in various ways. Some would surge from underground, some would crawl out of the ruins, and some... like this, would fly in from all directions.

"A horde of raven corpses..."

Shen Xi murmured, her eyes growing deep.

If it's a zombie horde, then the places where these ravens gather must have a large number of low-level rotting corpses.

They will gather in a special place that is generally undetectable by players, and then wait for a signal to launch an attack together.

There must be something attracting these ravens to where they gather. It could be a carrion nest, a special instance, or something else entirely…

A powerful being summoned them there.

Moreover, the fact that they are gathering means that the zombie horde has not yet broken out.

Based on my experience from the previous life, the time it takes for the rotting corpses to gather and actually launch an attack is uncertain; sometimes it takes a few hours, sometimes a few days.

Since there is a time difference, then...

Shen Xi glanced at her gold coin balance.

713.

She glanced again at the medicines and supplies she had just bought in the storage space.

What he lacks most right now is money.

So, a bold idea popped into my head.

Aren't these ravens just mobile money bags?

If he gets there now and kills all those low-level rotting corpses before the zombie horde erupts...

Experience! Gold! Resources!

That's a windfall!

Maybe we can scrape together a fraction of that 300,000 gold coins!

However, the risks are also extremely high.

It's nighttime now, so the corpse's attributes are boosted while the player's attributes are reduced. And while the ravens aren't attacking people right now, if he gets carried away and disturbs them, tens of thousands of ravens will swarm him, and even if he had three heads and six arms, he'd be torn to shreds.

Shen Xi took a deep breath, her gaze sweeping back and forth between the black waves and the distant ruins.

He hesitated.

Then he turned around and looked at Mingying.

"Walk."

"I'll take you to get rich."

Shen Xi had already pushed open the door and jumped out of the window.

Mingying quickly followed.

The two of them sped off into the night towards the direction where the ravens had gathered.

……

Meanwhile, at the Starshine City Lord's Mansion.

Tiger huddled in the shadows of the courtyard wall, his legs trembling like a leaf.

The cawing of the ravens outside seemed to drill directly into his brain, sending chills down his spine.

Tens of thousands of ferocious, rotting ravens are flying outside, and he wishes he could bury himself in a crack in the ground.

But he couldn't move.

Before Shen Xi left, he instructed Liu Xinghui to take men and protect him.

"Damn it... I, Tiger Lord, will complete the task assigned by the Primordial God, even if it kills me..."

He gritted his teeth, trembling as he poked half his head out, looking towards the backyard of the city lord's mansion.

Then he froze.

There was already a person standing by the low wall in the backyard.

He had short, ear-length hair, wore a black tracksuit, and held a bronze-grade longsword in his hand.

That short-haired woman who doesn't like to talk.

She stood there, with her back to the courtyard wall and facing the small building where Liu Xinghui lived.

His body was upright, without the slightest tremor.

She was clearly just a young woman in her early twenties, but standing there, she seemed like an insurmountable mountain.

Tiger's eyes widened.

"When...when did this woman go there?"

The man next to him adjusted his glasses and whispered, "Tiger, it seems like she's been standing there from the very beginning."

"At the beginning? At what beginning?"

"It was right when the ravens first started cawing." Glasses' voice was a little weak. "I saw her come out of the house with my own eyes, go straight to the backyard, and then just stand there without moving."

Tiger remained silent.

He looked at his legs, which were trembling like leaves, and then at the motionless figure in the distance. Suddenly, he felt a deep sense of defeat.

"Damn it..." he cursed, then gritted his teeth, leaned against the wall, and stood up. "Brothers, follow me! I, Tiger, absolutely cannot lose to a woman in the mission entrusted to me by the Primordial God!"

The remaining members of the Mad Tiger Gang looked at each other in bewilderment, but still gritted their teeth and followed.

The group stumbled and ran to the backyard, stopping next to the short-haired woman.

Tiger leaned closer, a fawning smile plastered on his face: "Um... young lady, you've worked so hard! Why don't you go and rest first? We can handle things here! The Great God of Primordial Beginning instructed us to protect the city lord, and we will do our utmost!"

The short-haired woman didn't even glance at him.

Those eyes remained fixed on the small building, on the tightly closed window.

Tiger's smile froze.

He coughed twice, awkwardly stepped aside, and then lowered his voice to the bespectacled man next to him, saying, "This woman... she's got something."

The man with glasses nodded vigorously.

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Liu Xinghui stood by the window. In the moonlight, her delicate face showed a hint of fatigue, but her eyes were unusually clear.

She glanced at the group of people by the courtyard wall, and finally her gaze settled on the black figure.

"What's your name?"

The short-haired woman paused for a moment, then slowly spoke:

"Lin Yuerou".

Her voice was soft and gentle, just like her name.

But those eyes were as sharp as knives.

Liu Xinghui looked at her and suddenly smiled.

"Okay, I've got it."

Just as she was about to say something, suddenly, an even more intense series of cries came from the distant sky!

Everyone looked up at once.

Those ravens are rapidly converging towards the northwest!

Liu Xinghui frowned.

She knew something was wrong.

But she also knew that rushing out now would only mean certain death.

"Come in, all of you," she said. "It's not safe outside."

Tiger Lord felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and scrambled towards the small building, still managing to flatter the city lord as he ran: "City Lord, I'm so glad you're alright! When I saw that flock of crows, you were the first person I thought of! The Primordial God entrusted me with protecting you, and I'll risk my life to ensure your safety!"

Lin Yuerou, however, did not move.

"It's not safe outside, I'll stay here!"

She remained standing by the courtyard wall, gazing at the distant sky.

Liu Xinghui was stunned.

In her memory, this was the first time this quiet girl had spoken, though she only said two sentences.

Tiger saw this and a hint of annoyance flashed across his face.

He quickly ordered his men, "Hurry! Guard every corner of the yard! Don't let a single crow in!"

The henchmen looked at each other, but still obediently dispersed and stood guard at various points along the courtyard wall.

Lin Yuerou remained motionless, gazing into the distance to the northwest.

There, a faint silver-gray light flashed.

Her pupils contracted slightly.

That is……

Where was the Primordial Beginning?

……

West of the city, deep within the ruins.

Shen Xi led Ming Ying through the ruins quickly.

The flock of ravens overhead grew denser and denser, almost completely obscuring the sky. But strangely, they still didn't attack, or even glance at them.

As Shen Xi ran, she observed the surroundings and gradually formed a plan in her mind.

"Mingying, keep an eye on those ravens."

Mingying raised her head.

"They are not targeting us."

Shen Xi pointed in the direction the ravens were flying, "Look, they're all flying in the same direction. What's that to the northwest?"

Mingying remained silent.

Shen Xi didn't expect him to answer, and just quickened her pace.

After chasing for about twenty minutes, the ruins ahead suddenly thinned out, and in their place was an open area.

It was an abandoned park... Starry Night Park!

In the center of the park, what should have been an artificial lake has long since dried up, leaving only a patch of cracked mud. Above the mud, countless ravens are circling overhead.

They formed a huge vortex in the air, swirling and converging towards the center.

And at the center of the vortex...

Shen Xi narrowed her eyes and looked in that direction.

There is a door in the middle of the lake.

A completely black portal.

It stood silently on the cracked mud, its door frame constructed of an unknown black stone, its surface shrouded in dark runes, much like the door to the class change dungeon. The door was ajar, and an eerie red light shone through the crack, with a faint roar emanating from behind it.

The ravens were flying in through that door in flocks.

They passed through the door and disappeared into the red light.

Shen Xi narrowed her eyes slightly.

"This is... a zombie instance..."

he murmured.

Moreover, judging from the number of ravens, this instance is definitely not small. The ravens have been pouring in continuously for at least half an hour, and they still haven't decreased in number.

How many of these can be packed?

Shen Xi stood at the edge of the park, staring at the black portal, lost in thought.

According to the patterns of zombie hordes, it takes time for the rotting corpses to gather. These ravens are currently entering the instance, presumably to assemble inside. Once they've finished assembling, they'll burst out of the instance and launch their true attack on Starshine City.

He'll go in now...

Then we can harvest them when they gather together.

But the question is, what level is this instance? How many corpses are inside? Are there any lord-level beings?

Everything is unknown.

Shen Xi stared at the door, her mind quickly weighing the pros and cons.

He needs gold coins.

Earning a badge worth 300,000 gold coins through normal means would take forever. But in a large-scale dungeon like this, where you kill thousands of corpses at once, the gold coin earnings are...

He licked his lips.

Then he looked at Mingying.

Are you scared?

Mingying remained silent, but immediately drew out the bone-bladed twin swords.

Shen Xi smiled.

"Then let's go in and take a look."

He stepped forward and walked towards the black portal.

Behind him, Mingying followed silently.

Above, the ravens were still circling, still flying into that door.

Shen Xi walked to the door and took a deep breath.

The red light filtering through the crack in the door shone on his face, making his eyes appear exceptionally bright.

He reached out and placed his hand on the door.

The next second, he pushed the door open and entered.

The black light instantly engulfed him.