Chapter 13

"Training?" Many people were filled with questions about this familiar yet novel term.

Cheng Yang said, "Indeed, it is training. Although this world has been gamified, it is still a real world, so the idea of killing monsters to gain experience points and level up doesn't exist. To enhance one's strength, one can only do so through training, which means activating the basic training skill in your skill list. This training has a limit, which is four hours per day. Exceeding this limit will have no effect. Therefore, don't waste your daily training time; it's very important. Of course, you all have obtained a certain amount of spirit energy, which can increase the training speed. The upper limit of spirit energy is 1000, and the effect of increasing the training speed is doubled. With the current Level 1 basic training skill, it consumes 10 points of spirit energy per hour. Whether to use spirit energy for training is up to you."

Cheng Yang did not suggest that everyone contribute their spirit energy to upgrade the occupational statues. First, these were all hard-earned, and it wouldn't be right to force them to donate. Second, he believed that in the short term, relying on killing the surrounding mutated creatures would be enough to meet the requirements for upgrading the occupational statues.

"Additionally, training in the wooden house can increase the training speed by 10%. Each room can accommodate five people, and the empty rooms will be reserved for future residents," Cheng Yang added at the end.

The others had no objections. After all, in such a critical time, having a place to stay was already a blessing, and there was no room for pickiness. The only special case was Pang Shan, who occupied a separate house. There was no way to make her share a room with a group of men. Once other female warriors joined, they could share the house.

"Yangzi, now that we can change our occupations in the base and have the ability to fight against the mutated creatures, what about the people in the city?" Yu Kai suddenly asked.

Cheng Yang looked at the sky and said, "There are also occupational statues in the city where people can change their occupations, but now... I doubt anyone has entered that base yet!"

...

Cheng Yang was right. The city of Xiangcheng was still in a state of confusion.

Faced with the monsters that appeared out of nowhere, humans could only be slaughtered. Even former athletes and martial arts champions were no match for these monsters.

Of course, humans were not completely defenseless. Although the change in the world's rules rendered all electrical devices useless, weapons like guns and even rockets still worked.

However, there were no rockets or other large-scale weapons in Xiangcheng. The most they had were some rifles and submachine guns. The city's military was not stationed within the city, and the police did not possess such weapons.

The Xiangcheng government spent ten minutes gathering all the police from the Public Security Bureau next to the government building, some of whom were armed. They intended to rely on these people to stabilize the situation, but before they could set out, the situation changed dramatically.

Nearly ten mutated creatures appeared on the ruins of the government building, noticing the large crowd gathered there, and immediately attacked.

This shocked everyone. Some police officers immediately opened fire. However, after a full magazine of bullets, they found that the monsters were still alive and well. Although they didn't hit all the bullets, hitting three or four was not a problem. This result was clearly unacceptable.

In the moment of confusion, the mutated creatures rushed into the crowd, and the massacre began.

Ultimately, the humans, with their numerical advantage and the use of firearms, managed to kill the monsters. They observed that each monster had to be hit by about fifteen to sixteen bullets before it died.

How resilient were these creatures? They didn't know yet that the reason these monsters were so hard to kill was because the world had been completely transformed, and the attack power of ordinary guns was only three points, even for sniper rifles, the damage didn't exceed six points. Killing a monster was not easy.

Before they could study the monsters in detail, another wave appeared. The experienced police officers immediately opened fire.

At this moment, they discovered a serious problem: they had no spare ammunition. They might be able to kill this wave, but who knew if more monsters would appear?

There were only two solutions: find a place to hide or return to the ruins of the Public Security Bureau to dig out the buried ammunition.

Everyone knew that there were no engineering machines available, and digging through the ruins would be extremely difficult. So the higher-ups quickly decided to find a place to hide and then make a decision after assessing the situation.

Fortunately, although the earthquake had destroyed all the buildings, they were not completely flattened, and there were still many places to hide. The crowded ruins quickly became empty as everyone found a place to hide. The remaining police officers, after killing the ten or so monsters, also found places to hide.

In fact, not only at the ruins of the government building, but throughout Xiangcheng, most people chose to hide. They knew that hiding might not be safe, but it was better than being exposed to the monsters. At least this way, they could survive longer.

If they could hold out until the rescue forces arrived, they would have a chance to survive. At this moment, their hope was the military.

Meanwhile, the huge light screen in the city center still enveloped the area, and around it, many mutated creatures had gathered from all directions. However, they could not enter the light screen and could only move around the periphery.

If someone tried to enter the light screen at this moment, it would be extremely dangerous, almost certain death.

Cheng Yang, with his experience, knew that someone would discover the light screen the next morning. By the afternoon of the following day, the military outside the city would enter Xiangcheng, and after numerous gun battles, they would break through the monsters' defenses, allowing humans to enter the light screen.

Not only in Xiangcheng, but almost all major cities worldwide were only controlled by humans two to three days after the disaster.

That would mark the beginning of a new era.

...

Cheng Yang spent over ten minutes explaining to everyone and then chose a few people to accompany him out of the base.

Originally, the drivers and workers brought by Li Wanshan all wanted to return to Xiangcheng with Cheng Yang, but he refused. For now, a small team of ten or so people was the safest, and even if something unexpected happened, his strength could ensure their safety.

Moreover, Cheng Yang did not plan to return to Xiangcheng, as it was an impossible task for them at the moment.

He promised to return and bring them along if he found a way to enter Xiangcheng, which finally convinced the others to agree.

Cheng Yang led a group of sixteen people, four from each occupation, a very balanced group. However, this left no summoners in the Luofeng Village base. Fortunately, the summoners currently only had the skill to summon a spectral wolf, which was a close-range attacker and not very useful in the base.

The group of sixteen was not large, with four spectral wolves at the front and back, four warriors guarding the sides, archers on the outer circle, and three mages at the core.

All of these people were drivers or workers brought by Li Wanshan. Cheng Yang did not want to leave Yu Kai and others behind, but their desire to return to Xiangcheng was too strong.

Cheng Yang walked at the front of the group, which was not very dangerous for him. After all, his 40 points of health and 2.0 attack speed and 2.2 movement speed allowed him to dodge attacks and counter effectively in the shortest time.

They chose to follow the road, which, although the earthquake had drastically changed the terrain, the changes were generally vertical, not horizontal, so they wouldn't get lost as long as they followed the road.

The asphalt road was already in ruins, as if it had been hit by a massive cannon.

This was not the worst result. Cheng Yang knew that in a month, trees would grow over the road, making it even more difficult to navigate.

After walking about 100 meters, a rat about half a meter tall appeared on the road and immediately charged at Cheng Yang and the others.

Cheng Yang did not hesitate, casting a magic missile that struck the rat's head, instantly knocking it to the ground. His attack did not kill it instantly, and it quickly got up and charged again.

The other ranged attackers did not stand idle, and three magic missiles and four arrows flew toward the rat. Three of the attacks missed, but the others hit the rat, causing it to howl in pain.

At this moment, the rat was only 20 meters away from Cheng Yang. He cast another magic missile, and the rat fell straight to the ground. Some faint light points flew into the bodies of Cheng Yang and the others who had hit the rat.

Before they could relax, a whistling sound came from the air, and a thread of silk flew toward Cheng Yang.

"Spotted Fur Spider!" Cheng Yang was familiar with this sound. He extended his left arm to catch the silk thread and raised his right hand to cast a magic missile, aiming at the treetop.

A muffled "thud" echoed, and everyone looked up, feeling a chill run down their spines. They saw a spider the size of a basin, with a silk thread as thick as a thumb attached to Cheng Yang's arm.