After Rebirth, Fortuitous Encounters Abound

Not all survivors were willing to search for food.

After all, many feared death.

The task of finding food fell to Jamal and the strong men organized by him.

People like the elderly, the weak, women, children, and individuals like Heywood, Jerald, and Ezekiel did not join the group.

It must be said that in the early days of the apocalypse, some humans remained very united and friendly.

At the very least, Jamal was willing to take people to find food for the elderly, weak, and sick, which already made him stronger than most survivors.

As the group pushed downstairs in the hotel, on the other side, near the greenery underneath the university dormitory building, Jesse Thompson made his way through, finally arriving at the location of the entrance to the hidden realm after overcoming various obstacles.

James and his group, being numerous and relatively close to the entrance, had entered the hidden realm before him.

Looking at the silver vortex in front of him and then at the irregular transparent crystal about the size of an adult's fingernail with black markings in his hand, he took a deep breath.

"Whether we can snatch treasures from their hands depends on you!"

Yes! This was a black iron-level crystal nucleus!

The lizardman he had killed earlier was of Black Iron High Rank. After dispatching it, this black iron crystal nucleus appeared directly!

There was no way around it. That's just how it was for the protagonist.

After rebirth, his luck was through the roof.

He could encounter hidden realms as soon as he left the house.

Killing any random monster could boost his strength!

Saving just one person would make him a famous big shot from his past life.

As for why Jesse Thompson was able to defeat a Black Iron High Rank lizardman?

That seemed unnecessary to mention.

It's important to note that lizardmen are a species.

Since they are a species, their genes naturally vary, and they can evolve.

If there are low ranks, there are mid ranks; if there are mid ranks, there are high ranks.

There's nothing strange about that.

And monsters of the black iron level do not have much stronger vitality than humans.

Even the mid-rank sickle mantis of black iron level has a very fragile body and head.A normal adult male, as long as he has a suitable weapon in hand, is fully capable of killing such monsters.

Just like Bruce Roberts did with his crossbow before.

For Jesse Thompson!

Black Iron High Rank lizardmen aren't particularly difficult to kill.

Although they are as tall as adults, their speed and strength have increased significantly, and even the defense on their backs is more astonishing than other lizardmen.

But their weaknesses still lie in their abdomen and neck.

The defensive strength of these two areas is equivalent to the difference between a 1-millimeter and a 2-millimeter wooden board.

As a laborer who has been struggling in the apocalypse for ten years, Jesse Thompson certainly knows their weaknesses.

Coupled with ten years of combat experience, even Black Iron High Rank lizardmen are not his match.

"Bruce Roberts, I hope you don't die too early in this life!"

Jesse Thompson gritted his teeth and said this, then reached out towards the silver vortex forming in front of him.

His whole person disappeared on the spot...

Jesse Thompson's desire to kill Bruce Roberts was something that couldn't be changed.

Even if Bruce Roberts deliberately left school on the first night of the apocalypse to avoid an early confrontation with Jesse Thompson.

The two would soon meet in the apocalypse due to the arrangement of fate.

Bruce Roberts understood this very well, so while rapidly improving his own strength, he was also building his own team.

As long as his strength and that of his team were strong enough, the initiative would be in his hands.

Glancing at the progress ahead.

There aren't actually many monsters on the upper floors!

Most of them are lizardmen, occasionally encountering one or two sickle mantises.

There are only scattered zombies.

Facing a dozen or so men armed with Bruce Roberts' weapons, they can't really cause much trouble.

"Hey, these monsters aren't that tough after all!"

"Yeah, as long as we stick together, there's nothing to fear!"

"Everyone, be careful and don't let your guard down!"

"Try not to make any noise, these monsters seem to be quite sensitive to sound."

"It's okay, the soundproofing in this hotel is very good!"After taking down some monsters, the confidence of the group soared.

There's no need to mention the slow-moving zombies and lizardmen.

After all, these creatures have relatively weak individual combat abilities.

Without forming a group, it's difficult for them to pose a threat to the survivors armed with weapons.

The survivors only suffered some minor injuries before clearing them all out.

As for how the sickle mantises died?

It must be said that humans are truly the most adept species at using tools.

After just a brief observation, they realized that the mantis's forelimbs were its primary means of attack.

Using the hotel's blankets to attract the mantises' attention, others attacked from behind.

The two-meter-long sickle mantises couldn't fly in the narrow hotel corridors at all.

So one after another fell...

The group continued on their way.

Seventh floor, sixth floor...

The other elderly, weak, and sick on the eighth floor quickly received good news and their courage grew.

Before the main group even reached the fifth floor, they hurriedly followed to search for food and weapons in the rooms downstairs!

"Here are two loaves of bread!"

"That's mine!"

"Damn, I'm starving."

"Can't we eat the monsters the others killed?"

Bruce Roberts ignored them, just looking at the sword in his hand, furrowing his brow.

[Weapon Grade: Bronze (Energy Value 0/100)]

The energy value of the weapon hadn't increased at all.

From this, it can be seen that there are certain limitations to upgrading the grade of the Andúril sword?

Firstly, killing ordinary people has no effect because they don't possess energy!

Just like the old lady Bruce Roberts killed before, she didn't provide any energy to the Andúril sword!

Secondly, at the very least, it has to be monsters wounded by this sword.

Just like now.

Occasionally, corpses of monsters could be seen in the corridor, but the energy value of the Andúril sword didn't increase.

"Could it be that there's some special power on this sword? Does it need to establish a connection with the monsters to absorb their power?"Bruce Roberts muttered to himself, then shook his head.

"Never mind, let's head to the clothing store across the street first!"

With that said, Bruce Roberts randomly grabbed a piece of clothing from a guest room!

Then he soaked the clothing in blood and wrapped it up with a plastic bag.

He tied it around his waist!

"Young Master Bruce, brilliant idea!"

Seeing Bruce Roberts' actions, Cedric's eyes lit up.

Bruce Roberts grinned, "Hey, let's go!" After discovering that he couldn't replenish the energy of his Andúril sword from the monsters killed by others.

Bruce Roberts directly joined the survivor hunting team.

The result proved his speculation correct.

To increase the energy of the Andúril sword, at the very least, it needs to inflict damage on the monsters before their lives extinguish.

Otherwise, it won't absorb the monsters' energy for its own use.

To avoid attracting attention when the Andúril sword absorbs energy, Bruce Roberts found a suitable method.

That is, only giving one slash to each monster and leaving the sword inserted in the monster's body without pulling it out!

It saves energy and others won't notice when absorbing the monsters' energy.

They'll only see the bronze-colored sharp blade, and won't suspect anything!

So.....

[Weapon Grade: Bronze (Energy Value 1/100)]

[Weapon Grade: Bronze (Energy Value 2/100)]

[Weapon Grade: Bronze (Energy Value 16/100)]

[Weapon Grade: Bronze (Energy Value 17/100)]

The energy value of the Andúril sword kept increasing, proving the survivors' formidable combat prowess.

Did the survivors become invincible with Bruce Roberts' weapons?

At first, it seemed so, but the good times didn't last long!

Because the further down they went, the more monsters there were.

And the temporarily formed teams were not cohesive enough.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, Jamal continued to slowly advance with his group and had already cleared up to the third floor of the hotel.

Bruce Roberts' Andúril sword also reached 49/100 energy!