Chapter 69

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Indeed, the more evolved, the more primal force is required, and... the primal force in the pineal glands of ordinary zombie-like beings... seems to be becoming less effective.

Chu Nan mused, putting away the magnifying glass. After reaching the fifth level of awakening, he gradually realized that the primal force in the pineal glands of the lowest-level zombie-like beings was becoming less effective for him, while the more powerful the undead, the more significant the effect of their primal force.

It took a lot of time to collect and absorb the primal force from the pineal glands. Chu Nan looked up at the sky, which was already somewhat dark, and it was not far from nightfall.

Climbing to a high place, he looked far into the distance, determined his position, and began to sprint.

He now had five times the physical strength of an ordinary person. Even without using adrenaline to boost his strength, his sprinting speed was astonishing. To return to Baiyun District where his home was located, he needed to cross the entire Daxiu District to the south, enter Puxian District, and then walk a few kilometers to the east to enter Baiyun District.

Climbing over ruins and passing through abandoned buildings, he occasionally encountered zombie-like beings or undead. He directly swung out his spider claws to kill them, extracted the pineal glands, used the magnifying glass to recharge the primal force, and then devoured it.

As the sky gradually darkened, Chu Nan entered a residential area, startling a group of zombie-like beings and undead.

Chu Nan charged in, and from all directions, more and more undead and zombie-like beings were drawn by the commotion, quickly exceeding two hundred.

Most of them were ordinary zombie-like beings, and the rest were evolved undead.

There were ordinary first and second-level undead, as well as specially evolved third-level undead.

These specially evolved undead included those with mutated arms, as strong as apes, acid-spewing undead, four-limbed crawling undead, and those with specially evolved heads.

Leading this group of undead was a giantized undead, which Chu Nan estimated to be around the fourth level.

Swinging his spider claws and activating the Golden Power, he kicked out with his right foot.

A crawling undead that had just pounced was kicked by his golden right leg, and with a loud bang, its chest and back were penetrated and exploded by the Golden Power.

The entire body rolled and flew out, creating a terrifying scene.

Chu Nan's figure darted forward, and his spider claws pierced into the chest of the leading giantized undead.

The giantized undead's eyes widened, and it tightly grabbed the spider claws, trying to pull them out.

Although called giantized, its height had only evolved to about two meters, and its body was somewhat larger than that of an ordinary human.

Behind him, a zombie-like being with mutated arms pounced and tightly embraced Chu Nan, trying to grab him.

Chu Nan let out a low whistle, and his muscles suddenly tensed. With both hands gripping the spider claws, he swung them with great force.

Adrenaline was secreted in large amounts, making his arms burst with the strongest power. The spider claws, which could cut through metal like butter, split the giantized undead from the chest upwards into two halves.

The giantized undead's eyes widened like copper bells, staring at Chu Nan, but quickly lost their luster, like dead fish. Its massive body fell heavily to the ground.

Chu Nan shook his body, and the zombie-like being with mutated arms that had embraced him was thrown out, followed by a kick.

With a dull "thud," the undead was kicked until its bones shattered and its flesh was torn, rolling away.

As a fifth-level awakened being with the genetic weapon of spider claws, Chu Nan possessed overwhelming power.

Soon, the number of undead and zombie-like beings killed by him exceeded one hundred, but more were still pouring in from the distance.

Among them were not a few third or even fourth-level undead.

Breathing slightly, Chu Nan staggered backward. Just as he was distracted, a crawling undead struck him heavily in the back, making his blood and qi churn, and he staggered back a few steps.

Chu Nan knew that after killing a hundred, he was somewhat tired, so his speed and reaction were slower. With more undead still pouring in, he did not hesitate, swung his spider claws, and cut a bloody path, suddenly speeding up and dashing out.

Running at full speed, none of the undead could catch up to him. He quickly left them behind.

Chu Nan did not run far. After shaking them off, he found a place to hide, lying in a crack in the ruins. He took a bottle of mineral water from his backpack and drank most of it in one gulp, gasping for breath, and lay down to rest.

Slowly finishing the remaining half bottle of mineral water, Chu Nan rested for a while. With his five times the physical strength of an ordinary person, his recovery speed was much faster than that of an ordinary person. After a short rest, his original spirit and physical strength returned.

Chu Nan crouched and darted out of the crack in the ruins, feeling his way back to the place where he had just fought.

Here, the ground was littered with corpses, all of which were the zombie-like beings and undead he had killed earlier. The originally gathered group of undead and zombie-like beings had not completely dispersed but were still patrolling the area. Seeing Chu Nan, they immediately charged at him.

Chu Nan took the initiative to charge forward, and with two "swoosh" sounds, one undead and one zombie-like being were killed by his spider claws.

Chu Nan decided to eliminate all the undead and zombie-like beings gathered here. The number of undead and zombie-like beings in this area likely exceeded three hundred. If he killed them all, and with the magnifying glass allowing him to absorb the primal force from three hundred pineal glands, it would be equivalent to six hundred. Chu Nan estimated that he should be able to break through.

If one attempt was not enough, and his physical strength could not support it, Chu Nan planned to clear them in several rounds.

The originally dispersed undead and zombie-like beings, hearing the commotion, rushed back to attack Chu Nan.

From all directions, there were undead and zombie-like beings, and their types were not all the same. The most troublesome for Chu Nan were undoubtedly the undead that could spray strong acid from their stomachs.

To deal with such undead, Chu Nan relied on quick repositioning, circling behind them, and then directly killing them.

Moving quickly, using his golden right leg and spider claws, blood splattered continuously. Occasionally, Chu Nan would also be hit by the undead. One by one, the undead and zombie-like beings fell or were kicked away. As the fighting continued, Chu Nan's techniques became more refined, and his dodging became more skilled.

These techniques were honed in the midst of life and death, and it could be said that Chu Nan's killing techniques were unconsciously improving.

Although he had never received professional systematic training.

This time, Chu Nan killed as many as one hundred and fifty undead and zombie-like beings before he began to feel tired, with his physical strength significantly declining, and his speed and agility slowing down, making it difficult to continue.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Nan's golden right leg swung out like a whip, and with a "snap," an undead's abdomen was kicked, exploding with blood and flesh flying, and its body was torn into two pieces, flying in different directions.

Stepping back with both feet, Chu Nan's figure flickered, preparing to escape, to rest and recover his strength before returning.

Almost as he was retreating, a figure suddenly darted out from a crack in the ruins in the distance.

This figure was tall and muscular, at least 1.9 meters tall, with a chest covered in intersecting ribs forming a layer of bone armor, and arms with curved, tusk-like bone blades.

A bone-armored undead.

Clearly, it had not just arrived but had been hiding, waiting until Chu Nan's physical strength was somewhat depleted and he was preparing to retreat before launching a surprise attack.

Covering a distance of twenty to thirty meters in an instant, the bone blades struck, one aiming for Chu Nan's back, the other slicing horizontally across his neck.

Fast as lightning, this attack was a full-out assault.

Chu Nan's superior hearing saved his life.

Chu Nan had always been cautious, becoming more so as he grew stronger. Even while fighting the zombie-like beings and undead, his hearing and vision were always in a heightened state, constantly observing the environment and situation. At the slightest sign of trouble, he would immediately flee.

Moreover, he did not wait until his physical strength was completely depleted before preparing to flee. As soon as his physical strength slightly declined, he immediately retreated, to prepare for such sudden situations.

He did not notice when the bone-armored undead quietly approached, but the moment it launched its attack, he instantly heard something was wrong and turned around, letting out a low roar.

Almost as he turned, the two bone blades were in front of him, and he blocked them with his spider claws in his right hand.

With a "clank," the bone blade aimed at his neck was blocked by the spider claws, and at the same time, he kicked out with his golden right leg.

The bone-armored undead, having pounced too quickly and fiercely, did not expect Chu Nan to react so swiftly. This kick directly hit its abdomen.

The bone blade aimed at Chu Nan's body had not even approached him when the bone-armored undead was hit first.

Both forces were extremely powerful. The Golden Power exploded, and the bone-armored undead let out a muffled groan, flying backward several meters in the air.

Chu Nan also did not fare well. As he kicked out, he was thrown backward, colliding with the zombie-like beings and undead surging up behind him.

His neck tightened as it was immediately grabbed by a zombie-like being with mutated arms.

If not for the strength of his right leg, enhanced by the Golden Gene, the intense impact would have broken even bones five times as strong as an ordinary person's.

The bone-armored undead, thrown back, let out a terrifying roar, and the bones in its abdomen showed dense cracks.

Taking a deep breath, it flipped back up, and its entire body's bones began to wriggle, the cracks slowly disappearing.

It had not expected that its sudden attack would result in such a significant loss.

Chu Nan appeared increasingly terrifying in its eyes.

Chu Nan, falling and being grabbed by the neck, used the momentum to flip out. With his right hand holding the spider claws, he stabbed backward, piercing the body of the zombie-like being, and with a swift slash, split it open.