Chapter 3: Power Enhancement
Chapter 3: Power Enhancement
Lin Xinghai's arm trembled. It wasn't because of fear or nervousness, but because of excitement.
He also had a system now.
At this moment, a translucent light and shadow screen appeared in front of him, and an option to absorb the blood qi power appeared on it.
Did this even need to be considered?
He immediately chose yes!
In the next moment, Lin Xinghai felt an abnormal sensation in his arm, as if some kind of energy was entering his body through his arm.
At the same time, he also noticed that the originally bleeding wound at the back of the zombie's head had directly dried up.
Not only the wound, but the zombie's skin had also become a few shades paler, as if the blood in its body had been drained.
"This!" Lin Xinghai was startled. He pinched the flesh at the wound with his hand, and really not a single drop of blood could be squeezed out.
"The blood qi power, it can't be the fresh blood in the zombie's body!" He had a guess in his heart while quietly observing the surroundings.
Fortunately, no one paid attention to his situation here. After all, the zombie's wound had already appeared for some time, and it was normal for it to stop bleeding now.
And the zombie's skin was originally pale, so if it became a little paler, one wouldn't notice it without carefully staring.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for absorbing 1 point of blood qi power, activating the attribute panel function, and activating the main quest."
As the system prompt sounded, the dialog box in front of Lin Xinghai turned into an attribute panel.
Host: Lin Xinghai
Constitution: 7 points
Strength: 7 points
Speed: 9 points
Blood qi power: 1 point
Degree of genetic optimization: 9%
"Could I be a speed-type player?" Looking at his own attribute panel, Lin Xinghai muttered.
But there was no one for him to refer to, and he didn't know whether his basic attributes were good or bad.
So after glancing at the attribute panel, he looked at the quest bar below.
Main quest: Please ask the host to collect 10 points of blood qi power.
Description: Blood qi power is the fundamental for enhancing power, the more the better.
Reward: Unlock the exploration function.
Quest progress: 1/10.
After reading the quest, Lin Xinghai couldn't help showing a喜色. If it was usually to complete such a quest, it might not be easy.
But here now, there are zombies' corpses everywhere!
Thinking of this, he quietly stood up and then walked towards a nearby zombie corpse.
This time he studied that if he touched other positions of the zombie, the system didn't respond.
Only by touching the bleeding wound would the system prompt pop up.
"It seems it can be determined. Even if the blood qi power is not equal to blood, it must definitely come from blood."
Opening the attribute panel, the quest progress: 2/10.
Lin Xinghai was immediately full of energy and soon touched 5 more zombies. At this time, the quest progress had already come to 7/10.
As long as he touched 3 more zombies, the main quest would be completed.
But what he didn't know was that Roger had been secretly observing him.
The content of this "Lesson 1" was not only to give the members of the shelter a shock, but also a test of these people's courage.
In an organization like the mercenary group that needed to fight against zombies, the courage test was even more of a top priority.
Roger had originally intended to recruit Lin Xinghai, and of course he had to carefully observe the other party's courage.
So when Lin Xinghai took the initiative to line up to touch the zombie, Roger couldn't help but nod secretly.
But when Lin Xinghai took the initiative to touch the second zombie, the expression on his face became subtle.
But Roger didn't expect that this was just the beginning.
Lin Xinghai then went on to touch the surrounding zombies one after another. For every additional zombie corpse he touched, Roger's expression became more wonderful, "This person can't have a necrophilia fetish!"
And when Lin Xinghai touched the seventh zombie corpse, Roger finally couldn't hold back and walked over, "What are you doing?"
Seeing Roger suddenly blocking in front of him, Lin Xinghai was startled in his heart.
But he had also expected long ago that his abnormal behavior was very likely to be noticed by someone with ulterior motives. So he calmly stated the pre-thought-out reason.
"I'm a bit strange. These zombies were clearly killed by being shot through the head by bullets. But why did they cut open the back of their heads afterwards?"
The strange expression on Roger's face immediately turned into surprise. It was good enough to keep a normal heart when touching a zombie for the first time.
But Lin Xinghai not only noticed the abnormal place, but also took the initiative to seek the answer.
At this moment, Lin Xinghai's importance in Roger's heart instantly rose by a level.
"Very good! To survive in the post-apocalyptic world, your kind of insight is essential. As for why the back of the zombie's head is cut open, the reason I can also tell you is that..."
"Don't tell me." Lin Xinghai quickly interrupted, "There has to be a beginning and an end. I want to find the answer by myself."
Are you kidding? If you tell me the answer, why would I look for a reason to continue touching the corpses?
Roger paused slightly and showed an approving look, "You're really even more excellent than I imagined."
Seeing that this hurdle was passed, Lin Xinghai secretly heaved a sigh of relief and quickly walked towards the next corpse.
Soon, he touched 3 more zombies. When the quest progress reached 10/10, the system voice rang out again.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the main quest. The exploration function has been opened. Another 10 exploration chances are rewarded."
Lin Xinghai quickly opened the attribute panel and found that behind the character attributes, there was an exploration technique.
Probe Skill: Consumes blood qi power to detect the attributes of the target. The higher the target's strength, the more blood qi power is consumed.
Note: For the first 10 probes, no blood qi power is consumed.
In addition to adding a probe skill, the main quest has also changed.
Main quest: Kill 100 zombies.
Description: Tricks are only temporary. To obtain blood qi power, one still needs to rely on one's own strength.
Reward: None.
Seeing the quest reward, a black line immediately appeared on Lin Xinghai's forehead. What the hell is "None" for the reward?
Since there is no reward, why would he even bother to complete this quest?
However, he found with a headache that this quest had to be done because he was definitely going to encounter zombies.
Moreover, if this quest is not completed, the subsequent main quests will not be updated, which is the most annoying part.
While he was in a depressed mood, he suddenly noticed that there was also a change in one place on the attribute panel.
Degree of Gene Optimization: 9%+.
Yes! There is a "+" sign after 9%.
Lin Xinghai immediately clicked on it.
"Whether to consume 1 point of blood qi power to increase the degree of gene optimization?"
Lin Xinghai's heart skipped a beat and quickly chose Yes!
In the next moment, a warm current emerged out of thin air and spread to all limbs and bones, making him extremely comfortable.
However, he didn't have time to enjoy this feeling and immediately looked at the attribute panel.
Host: Lin Xinghai
Physique: 8 points
Strength: 7 points
Speed: 10 points
Blood Qi Power: 9 points
Degree of Gene Optimization: 10%+.
Lin Xinghai's face immediately showed a look of joy. The degree of gene optimization increased by 1%, and both the physique and the speed increased by 1 point.
"This blood qi power is indeed the fundamental for enhancing strength!"
Having found a way to enhance his strength, Lin Xinghai didn't hesitate. Immediately, he added all the remaining blood qi power to the gene optimization.
This time, the warm current that emerged was even more terrifying, as if there was a ball of fire burning in the body. However, he could also clearly feel that his body was enhancing at a terrifying speed.
The attribute panel in front of him changed again.
Host: Lin Xinghai
Physique: 15 points
Strength: 13 points
Speed: 19 points
Blood Qi Power: 0 points
Degree of Gene Optimization: 19%+.
The blood qi power was cleared, and the degree of gene optimization increased from the initial 9% to 19%. At the same time, various attributes also had significant improvements.
Looking at the different improvement amplitudes of the three attributes, Lin Xinghai's face showed a thoughtful expression.