Chapter 6

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"Barbarian, huh? It really suits your build. You activated [Reckless Slash], so I guess I'll have to get you an axe sometime." Ye Zhan said to Zeng Cheng. In the early stages, [Reckless Slash] was absolutely the most useful skill.

"Alright, then I'll activate [Reckless Slash] first. Damn, now I'm a barbarian too, hahaha..." The fat Zeng Cheng was excited.

After distributing the points, Zeng Cheng couldn't wait to activate the [Reckless Slash] skill, slashing wildly at the air, experiencing the powerful abilities of this game character.

"Haha, this feeling is amazing. Now, I feel like I could easily take down a tiger." The fat man felt the immense power in his body and said with great confidence.

Ye Zhan smirked and said, "A tiger? There are far more terrifying things in this world than tigers. To survive in this world, strength alone is not enough. The most important thing... is courage."

Hearing Ye Zhan's words, Zeng Cheng nodded and said, "I understand, Brother Ye. Although I don't know how you know all this, I trust you. I will always be by your side."

Ye Zhan smiled and patted the fat man's shoulder, saying, "In this life, you will always be by my side."

"Uh-huh." The fat man nodded vigorously.

"By the way, what's your attribute?" Ye Zhan asked again.

"My attribute? It's Earth." Zeng Cheng replied.

"Earth attribute is defensive, which is quite good for a barbarian. In the future, you will be a powerful tank." Ye Zhan nodded.

"Tank? Does that mean I'll always be the one to charge in first and take the hits?" Zeng Cheng suddenly realized that this role might not be so good, as he could easily become a target.

Ye Zhan smiled slightly and said, "With your build, it would be a waste not to be a tank. Let's go, we'll continue hunting and level up quickly."

Hearing this, Zeng Cheng looked rather distressed.

Both Ye Zhan and Zeng Cheng had become Evolvers, making it much easier to hunt monsters. Ye Zhan deliberately left many combat opportunities to Zeng Cheng to help him train his combat skills and awareness.

Although they had evolved and their strength had greatly increased, it was still not enough. To truly become a powerful figure in this world, combat skills were essential.

Ye Zhan's combat skills had already been honed to the peak in his previous life.

"Watch my stance, you need to be both offensive and defensive. Your footwork must be quick. As a strength-type Evolver, you don't need too many techniques in the early stages. Master a few steps for advancing and retreating, and the essentials of slashing. Practice them repeatedly."

Ye Zhan knew that teaching Zeng Cheng too many techniques at this point would be futile, so he designed a few simple steps and slashing methods for him to practice.

Zeng Cheng also knew that in this situation, only by improving his strength could he survive. The constant appearance of human corpses killed by monsters made him realize the urgency. So, every time they encountered a monster, he would volunteer to fight it alone.

Ye Zhan and Zeng Cheng stayed in the building, hunting monsters, as most of the monsters were active on the streets, and there were relatively fewer in the building.

When the monsters arrived in this world, their first action, besides hunting humans, was to divide territories. Different types of monsters would gather in groups.

By tomorrow, the building would no longer be safe, and the monsters would slowly start to invade, gradually hunting humans.

Most of the monsters that fell into the city were not very high-level in the early stages. Many of them leveled up by hunting humans and eating their organs and flesh.

Generally, the more powerful monsters were in specific places, such as military bases, which were heavily affected. The powerful monsters would appear there first.

Otherwise, if there were a complete army, they could immediately establish a powerful force, which would be unfair.

Humans could level up by eating the monster cores, and the monsters could level up by eating human flesh. If humans could not evolve at the beginning, the level of the monsters would keep increasing, and they would eventually lose the opportunity to evolve, becoming nothing more than food for the monsters.

So, in the early stages, as long as one had the courage to go out and hunt, the chance of surviving through evolution was still quite high. However, most people, upon seeing the apocalyptic scene, were terrified and hid, hoping to survive, which only made their chances of survival even slimmer.

Therefore, the Overlord said, "This is a world for the brave. Only those who dare to resist have a chance to survive."

By now, it was completely dark, around seven or eight in the evening. Without electricity, the entire building was pitch black, with only the faint starlight from outside providing a little light. Survivors hid in various corners, crying softly or praying for military rescue.

Ye Zhan knew that there would be no military rescue, as all the military bases were heavily affected when the disaster struck.

Those powerful monsters had first destroyed the military camps to prevent these professional soldiers from forming a large-scale combat force.

"Brother Ye, I'm a bit hungry," Zeng Cheng's voice echoed through the building, producing several echoes. Now, there were very few people moving around in the corridors; most were hiding in groups.

Occasionally, a sudden scream would come from somewhere, indicating that someone had been discovered by a monster. After a brief commotion, it would become quiet again.

"We'll go to the eleventh floor; there's a restaurant there," Ye Zhan said, leading Zeng Cheng up the stairs to the eleventh floor. He was also a bit hungry.

"Brother Ye, when will we reach level 2?" Zeng Cheng asked.

Ye Zhan thought for a moment and said, "If we hunt for half a day tomorrow and have good luck, we'll reach level 2."

"Is that so? When we reach level 2, we'll be even stronger. Can we leave this building then?" Zeng Cheng was now curious about the outside world and wanted to go out and see it.

Ye Zhan said, "When we reach level 2, we can go out and hunt more monsters. When we reach level 3, we'll leave the city and go to the NPC camp."

"What's an NPC camp?" Zeng Cheng asked.

"An NPC camp is like an NPC camp in a game, guarded by NPC soldiers. Inside, there are NPC merchants who sell weapons, items, and provide a place for people to rest briefly. These NPCs are sent by the Overlord to help humans evolve."

Ye Zhan explained.

"Who is this Overlord?" Zeng Cheng had more and more questions.

"I don't know. If I had to give him a title, he would be the god of this world. A god who keeps us like animals, watching us fight and taking pleasure in it." Ye Zhan's bright eyes glowed with a cold light even in the darkness.

Ye Zhan deeply hated this Overlord, but he also knew that he was completely unable to resist him, just like fate.

This Overlord was as powerful as fate.

As they talked, they reached the eleventh floor without encountering a single monster in the corridors.

The building was large, and not the entire eleventh floor was a restaurant; it was just in one area.

As they walked, they occasionally found people hiding, sometimes even getting attacked by them. But with Ye Zhan's current strength, these people were no match.

Each time they encountered these people, Ye Zhan would tell them to hunt monsters and eat the monster cores to improve their strength. In this way, he indirectly helped the survival of humanity.

After all, the more people who survived, the better for him. In the later stages, the small number of humans, divided into several factions and fighting each other, led to the increasing number of monsters, making it harder for them to hunt.

Some people, seeing Ye Zhan's strength, wanted to follow him, but Ye Zhan firmly refused, as he had other things to do and couldn't take care of them.

In the early stages, he couldn't take care of others; he had to quickly improve his own strength so he could return home and save his parents and brother.

When they arrived at the restaurant, several monsters were feasting on the bodies of humans they had killed.

Ye Zhan looked and saw that there were seven monsters in total: four level 1 hyena men and three level 2 two-headed wolves.

Hyena men were humanoid creatures that could walk upright, wield weapons, and had hyena heads.

Two-headed wolves were similar to ordinary wolves but larger, with two heads that had extremely sharp teeth, capable of biting through even iron.

"Fatso, take them out, and we'll have a big meal," Ye Zhan said calmly.

"Alright." Zeng Cheng, who had already killed many monsters with Ye Zhan, was no longer afraid. He held his large sword, his eyes gleaming with a fierce light.

After fighting for so long with Ye Zhan, he understood that in this world, only the ruthless could survive.

The monsters saw Ye Zhan and Zeng Cheng approaching and immediately howled, charging at them.

Ye Zhan coldly snorted and charged at the three level 2 two-headed wolves, while the four hyena men were left to Zeng Cheng, allowing him to experience fighting four at once.

Zeng Cheng, after some time of hunting, had improved his skills and was not easily killed. Suffering some minor injuries would actually be beneficial to him.

Only by shedding blood could one learn.

Although these three two-headed wolves were level 2 and much stronger than the cat demons, Ye Zhan was not afraid. In his previous life, he had killed countless two-headed wolves and was very familiar with their attack patterns.

Swish, swish, swish...

Ye Zhan still used [Alpha Assault], slashing each two-headed wolf once to draw some blood.

With this sharp Tang knife, the power of [Alpha Assault] was quite strong. If he hit a vital spot, a two-headed wolf might be crippled, greatly reducing its combat ability.