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

I'm currently reading Chapter 89 of the novel "Kyoto Zombie Tide" on Cola Novel, completely engrossed and unable to tear myself away.

"Damn it, we've stirred up a nest of rotting corpses!"

Shen Xi stood in the middle of the pile of corpses, looking at the approaching black wave on the distant horizon, and felt a chill run down her spine.

They were densely packed together; I don't know how many there were.

The rotting corpses poured out from the edge of the wasteland like a flood bursting its banks, covering the sky and the earth.

At a glance, there are at least a thousand.

And new ones are constantly emerging in the distance.

"How did a zombie horde break out?!" Shen Xi couldn't help but curse out loud.

He had just teleported to Kyoto using the Boundary-Breaking Talisman when he landed and was surrounded by a group of rotting corpses. He barely managed to kill them all, and now an even larger wave has appeared. Was this Boundary-Breaking Talisman setting a trap for him?

Mingying stood behind him, silent. Even he felt the suffocating pressure at that moment.

Shen Xi quickly calmed down.

In his previous life, he survived an even larger zombie horde during the ten years of the apocalypse. Back then, he was low-level, poorly equipped, and had few skills, yet he still survived. Now, at level 20, with dual classes, a platinum-grade Pangu Axe in hand, and Mingying, his Asura henchman, what is there to be afraid of?

But we can't be reckless either.

He glanced around at the terrain. The wasteland was open and offered no natural defenses; to confront thousands of rotting corpses head-on would be suicidal. He had to fight and retreat, using his speed advantage to create distance and eliminate the enemy on the move.

"Mingying, let's see what those rotting corpses dropped."

With a slight thought, Shen Xi opened his storage space. The resource cards and items automatically collected by the "All Things Return to the Warehouse" system were neatly stacked inside, and he quickly began searching through them.

Those hundred-plus rotting corpses dropped a lot of loot. Most of it was resource cards and low-level medicine, but two items made his eyes light up instantly.

The first card is a skill card, with fine electric arcs flickering on its surface.

[Lightning Chain (Silver Tier - Active): Gathers the power of lightning, dealing chain lightning damage to the target and enemies within 5 meters. The first target takes 180% damage, decreasing by 20% with each subsequent jump, up to a maximum of 5 jumps. Cooldown: 18 seconds.]

A smile appeared on Shen Xi's lips.

Lightning magic! And it deals chain damage!

He currently has all five skill slots empty in his Chaos class and is desperately lacking ranged attack options. This Lightning Chain has come at just the right time.

The second card is also a skill card, with a faint glow of fire flowing across its surface.

Fireball (Bronze Tier - Active): Condenses a fireball to attack the enemy, dealing 120% spell damage. Cooldown: 8 seconds.

Although it's only bronze-tier, its advantages lie in its short cooldown and low resource consumption, making it perfect for finishing off enemies.

Without saying a word, Shen Xi crushed both skill cards at the same time.

Purple arcs of electricity and red flames simultaneously entered his palm, and two brand-new icons appeared in his skill bar.

[Lightning Chain (Silver)] [Fireball (Bronze)]

The Chaos class finally has skills.

He nodded in satisfaction, then took out a bunch of things from his storage space and stuffed them all into Mingying's hands.

"Drink it, use it, don't skimp on it."

Intermediate Healing Potion x5, Advanced Hemostatic Bandage x10, Energy Restoration Potion x3.

Mingying looked down at the pile of bottles and jars in her arms, a look of confusion flashing in her eyes.

"What are you looking at? Drink!" Shen Xi glared at him.

Mingying had no choice but to unscrew a bottle of healing potion and gulp it down. A pale blue light flowed over his body, and the wounds left from the battle healed at a visible speed.

Shen Xi also drank a bottle herself, then tore open a pack of hemostatic bandages and wrapped it around the still-bleeding claw mark on her arm.

Next up is the main event.

With a slight thought, the obsolete equipment and skills in his storage space appeared one after another in front of him.

Bone Concealing Hat (Bronze), Power Bracelet (Bronze), Glowing Earrings (Bronze), Bone Spike Leggings (Bronze), Bone Blade Dual Blades (Bronze), Bone Blade Armguards (Bronze), Bone Blade Ring (Bronze)...

And those skill cards that have already been replaced: Resentment Slash (Bronze), Bloodthirsty Charge (Bronze), Bloodthirsty Frenzy (Bronze).

A pile of junk.

Shen Xi took out all of these items, then flipped his right hand, and the Primordial Pearl appeared in his palm.

The jet-black bead, the size of a longan, floated silently in mid-air, with a faint sense of chaos flowing within it. As if sensing something, it began to tremble slightly.

【Primordial Pearl - Devouring】

[Detectable items to consume: 7 Bronze-level equipment, 3 Bronze-level skills]

[Should it be devoured?]

"Devour".

The Primordial Pearl instantly exploded with a jet-black light, like an invisible giant maw that swallowed the pile of equipment and skill cards in front of it!

Click, click, click...

The equipment shattered, disintegrated, and transformed into countless tiny particles of light in the pitch-black light, which were absorbed completely by the Primordial Bead. The skill cards also turned into particles of light and disappeared into the bead.

The light on the surface of the Primordial Pearl grew brighter and brighter, and the chaotic flow inside accelerated, as if it were undergoing some kind of violent reaction.

Shen Xi stared at it, anticipation flashing in her eyes.

[Absorption complete!]

Shen Xi raised an eyebrow slightly.

The level has not increased.

But it's okay, there will be plenty of opportunities later.

He retrieved the Primordial Pearl, gripped the Pangu Axe tightly, and looked up into the distance.

The horde of corpses had already surged three hundred meters away.

He could even see the hideous faces of the rotting corpses at the very front.

Mingying nodded slightly.

Shen Xi's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Then...let's unleash a massacre!"

The moment the words left their mouths, the two of them moved at the same time!

With the Primordial Pearl in his left hand and the Pangu Axe in his right, Shen Xi charged head-on into the horde of corpses like a bolt of silver-gray lightning!

The level 10 elite corpse at the very front opened its blood-red maw and lunged at him!

Shen Xi swept his right hand with the Pangu Axe!

"Snap!"

The axe blade cleaved into the corpse's neck, black blood spurted out, and the head flew off!

[Killed 1 level 10 elite zombie, EXP +85, Gold +62!]

The sphere of light rises, and all things are automatically collected back into the warehouse.

But Shen Xi did not stop.

Because even more rotting corpses had pounced on them!

His left hand's Primordial Bead suddenly lit up, and a purple arc of electricity exploded from the surface of the bead!

Lightning Chain!

Lightning shot out from the Primordial Pearl, striking the chest of the foremost corpse! With 180% spell damage plus the 50% true damage from the Chaos class, the level 8 corpse was instantly electrocuted into charcoal!

But the electric arc did not dissipate.

It leaped off the first corpse and struck the second one next to it! Damage is reduced by 20%, but still 144%!

The second one fell.

The electric arc continued to leap!

The third one! 115% damage!

The fourth one! 92%!

The fifth one! 74%!

The five rotting corpses all collapsed to the ground in less than a second!

[Killed 1 level 8 corpse, EXP +52, Gold +38!]

[Killed 2 level 7 corpse, EXP +84, Gold +64!]

[Killed 1 level 9 corpse, EXP +68, Gold +45!]

[Killed...]

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The area-of-effect damage of the Lightning Chain was even more terrifying than he had imagined!

But this is just an appetizer.

Because even more rotting corpses have surged up!

Shen Xi swept his right hand with the Pangu Axe once more, instantly unleashing the Death Whirlwind!

His body entered a state of high-speed rotation, and the Pangu Axe drew five deadly arcs in the air!

Black blood rained down, and bits of flesh flew everywhere!

21 rotting corpses, instantly wiped out!

Shen Xi stopped spinning and gasped for breath.

But the horde of zombies gave him no time to catch his breath.

More and more rotting corpses surged in from all directions, one after another, endlessly!

"Bright Shadow!"

Shen Xi shouted loudly.

A dark red light exploded from Mingying's body!

Asura Domain!

Within a 20-meter radius, all corpses have their attributes reduced by 20% and suffer true damage equal to 1% of their maximum health per second!

Mingying's twin blades were so fast that their trajectories were almost invisible, each strike precisely severing the necks of the rotting corpses! The Asura Killing Path talent was stacking wildly, granting a temporary +1% to all attributes for each corpse killed!

10层！

20层！

30层！

The moment the layers were stacked to the maximum, Mingying's eyes suddenly turned scarlet!

Asura state activated!

All attributes get an additional 50%!

At this moment, Mingying is a true Asura God of Slaughter!

He rampaged through the horde of corpses, and wherever his bone blades passed, swathes of rotting corpses fell!

Shen Xi was not idle either.

He wielded the Primordial Pearl in his left hand and the Pangu Axe in his right, employing both physical and magical attacks simultaneously!

A single blow from the rotting corpse at close range is all it takes with Pangu's Axe!

The rotting corpses in the distance were wiped out by a chain of lightning bolts!

Occasionally, a fish might slip through the net and rush behind, only to be instantly finished off with a fireball!

The two stood back to back, fighting fiercely amidst the horde of zombies!

Shen Xi had no idea how many rotting corpses he had killed. All he saw was his experience bar rising wildly, his gold coins fluctuating wildly, and the resource cards in his storage space piling up into a small mountain.

What excited him even more was that the Pangu Axe's devouring effect was triggered!

[Pangu Axe - Devouring effect activated! Permanently steals 1% of the target's all attributes!]

[Strength +1!]

[Spirit +1!]

Agility +1!

[Constitution +1!]

[Pangu Axe - Devouring effect activated! Permanently steals 1% of the target's all attributes!]

[Strength +1!]

[Spirit +1!]

Agility +1!

[Constitution +1!]

[Pangu Axe - Devouring effect activated! Permanently steals 1% of the target's all attributes!]

[Strength +1!]

[Spirit +1!]

Agility +1!

[Constitution +1!]

Three devourings!

Add 3 points to each of the attributes!

Shen Xi felt a warm current surging through her body, her muscles swelled, her five senses became clear, and she felt as if she had been re-injected with strength!

"good!"

He roared and launched an even fiercer attack!

Another ten minutes passed.

The zombie horde is finally starting to thin out.

Shen Xi leaned on the Pangu Axe, panting heavily.

His entire body was covered in black blood, and it was impossible to tell whether it was his own or from a rotting corpse.

The two stood back to back in the middle of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, surrounded by piles and piles of rotting remains.

Shen Xi glanced at the system notification...

[Level increased to 21! Influenced by the Creation and Chaos classes, all attributes +3! Free attribute points +5!]

[Level increased to 22! Influenced by the Creation and Chaos classes, all attributes +3! Free attribute points +5!]

Current Level: 22 (Experience: 347/12000)

Two promotions in a row!

Let's look at Mingying again...

[Servant "Shadow" level upgraded to 17! Free attribute points +5!]

[Servant "Shadow" level upgraded to 18! Free attribute points +5!]

Current Level: 18 (Experience: 2156/7000)

He was promoted three ranks in a row!

Shen Xi turned to Ming Ying and said, "You can allocate your free attribute points yourself. For the Asura class, focus on increasing Strength and Constitution."

Mingying nodded and began allocating attribute points.

With the 3 points each from the three absorptions of the Pangu Axe and the 6 points each from the level-up, his current base attributes are already quite considerable.

Shen Xi opened the attribute panel and glanced at it...

[Player: Tai Chu (Supreme Ruler of the Three Realms)]

[Professions: Creator (First Rebirth), Chaos (First Rebirth)]

Level: 22 (Experience: 347/10000)

Strength: 115+5

[Mental state: 115+13]

[Agility: 115]

[Constitution: 115+5]

Free attribute points: 10

All attributes have reached 115!

Shen Xi nodded in satisfaction, then looked up and gazed into the distance.

At the edge of the wasteland, the outline of that enormous city was already clearly visible.

Kyoto.

He finally arrived.

"Let's go into town."

Shen Xi shouldered the Pangu Axe and strode forward.

Mingying followed silently behind.

The two walked one after the other through the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, heading towards Kyoto.

Behind them, hundreds of rotting corpses lay scattered across the wasteland, their black blood flowing like streams, emitting a foul stench in the air.