Continuous Upgrades to the Storage Ring

On the other side of the bridge...

Henry effortlessly killed two Crawlers in seconds.

With Henry's current strength,

Crawlers are merely faster zombies.

Their combat power is not much different from regular zombies,

especially after knowing their weaknesses—it's a one-hit kill.

No difficulty at all!

After dealing with these two monsters, Henry then turned his attention back to the supply crate dropped by Uesugi.

There were too many good things here, and he took everything!

Food, blueprints, and various other important supplies were all collected.

Items like "Zombie Research Notes," "Meeting Records," "Camp Personnel Register," "Room Cards," which were of lesser importance, were looked over by Henry and then tossed back into the supply crate.

Among the remaining items taken, many could be categorized together.

And items like olive oil, instant noodles, and beef were already in Henry's possession.

So adding them all up, it was just enough to get by.

96 slots, and only 2 left now.

What a predicament...

Having too many supplies can be a problem.

It filled up without even putting much in!

Ah... frustrating...

Henry sighed helplessly.

He reached out and touched the corpse of Akatani Yoko.

He collected the "Energy Cores" and "storage ring fragments" from her body.

There were few supplies, but plenty of strange, vibrating tools.

These "Survivor's Supply Crates" could not be moved and had to stay in place.

Unless someone took the items out, they would remain there.

Henry headed straight for the hot spring hotel.

By now, the hot spring hotel was a mess.

On the second floor, one of the rooms was still spitting flames out the window.

The floor was littered with bodies mauled by Crawlers.

Some had turned into zombies, crawling on the ground with difficulty.

Others didn't even get the chance to turn into zombies.

They were just bloody corpses.

The entire hot spring hotel was permeated with the stench of blood.

As Henry walked, he finished off the wounded and collected the bodies of the survivors.

There wasn't much of value on these people.

Only the "Energy Cores" and "storage ring fragments" were worth collecting for Henry.

Wherever he went, he left behind a trail of survivors' supply crates.

Some survivors had so few belongings that they didn't even need a supply crate; their items just fell to the ground.

After scavenging around the hot spring hotel, Henry had collected a total of 218 "storage ring fragments."

He was finally ready to upgrade!

Upgrade the ring!

Ding! The current storage ring is level 5, and to upgrade to a level 6 ring requires:

875/800 storage ring fragments, 2136/2000 Energy Cores!

Upgrade conditions met!

Would you like to upgrade now?

"Yes!"

Ding! You have lost 800 "storage ring fragments" and 2000 "Energy Cores!"

Congratulations, your storage ring has been upgraded from level 5 to level 6!

Storage space has expanded from 96 to 120 slots!

The enhanced building warehouse has been unlocked!

It can accommodate a total indoor area of up to 1000 square meters of buildings (including decorations, furniture, and appliances)!

And can store supplies within the buildings!

Upgrading from level 6 to 7 requires: storage ring fragments: 75/1500, Energy Cores 136/5000!

After the upgrade, the number of slots will increase from 120 to 144!

The third vehicle storage slot has been unlocked!

Goodness, the next level needs 5000 Energy Cores?!

It takes 5000 Energy Cores just for a dual-talent promotion to the next level.

This is really demanding!

Now that the building can store items, it will save a lot of space.

Henry shouldn't need more space for a while.

With this thought, Henry walked to an open area.

He directly retrieved the "Level 1 Protective Hot Spring Villa."

In an instant!

A villa suddenly appeared before Henry.

The entire villa was divided into two floors above ground and one below.

Each floor was a spacious 150 square meters.

The perimeter of the villa was reinforced with iron plates.

With just a simple operation, all doors and windows can be blocked by sturdy iron plates.

After the danger is cleared, it can revert to its original villa state.

All the glass is bulletproof and impact-resistant.

This level should be able to withstand a Crawler's sneak attack.

However, defending against a Behemoth would still be challenging.

Henry pushed open the door and entered the villa.

Upon entering, there was a foyer.

Beyond the foyer was a spacious living room with a long L-shaped leather sofa.

The floor was covered with thick carpet, and there was a fireplace along the wall of the living room.

Adjacent to it was an open kitchen, a bedroom, and a gym.

The basement could serve as a storage area, hold a generator, or be used as a workshop.

The second floor had a bedroom, two bathrooms, and a home theater...

It must be said, this villa was indeed more luxurious and comfortable than the decorations in Building 8.

Uesugi really knew how to enjoy life.

Henry went down to the basement to start checking his storage space.

Meat, seafood, and fruits all have short shelf lives.

It's more cost-effective to store them in the space.

Whereas items like instant noodles can be stored at room temperature.

Henry first went to the hot spring hotel's kitchen storage to collect the shelving.

Then he returned to the villa and placed them in the basement.

He began to categorize and arrange the food.

After all, these items were not frequently accessed.

Then there were instant noodles, ramen, self-heating meals, and the like.

Above that were snacks like chips and biscuits...

Alcoholic beverages and drinks were placed on a separate shelf.

This category had the most variety, including large barrels of drinking water...

After over an hour of work.

The storage space was significantly emptied.

Now there was plenty of space!

Henry nodded in satisfaction.

He left the villa and casually stored it in his storage space.

By now, the sun had begun to set gradually.

Buildings cast long shadows under the golden-red sunlight.

Before the sky turned completely dark, Henry had one more task to accomplish!

He roughly discerned the direction.

Then he sprinted northward.

According to John, a horde numbering in the hundreds of thousands of zombies would arrive in three days.

So, sporadically, some of the zombies should have already started to arrive.

Henry ran about 3 kilometers.

On this road, cars had been piled up to form a barricade.

One could directly access the barricade from a nearby building.

Some remnants of food were still on the ground.

This indicated that people had been on this barricade not long ago.

But for some reason, they had withdrawn.

Henry lifted the cars from the barricade one by one.

He left a gap just wide enough for one person to pass through.

Then, he placed laser trip mines at a height of 1.6 meters from the ground.

With everything ready, he then ran back to South River.

He drove back to Building 8.