Second Floor of the Cafeteria.
Under the relentless siege of the zombie horde, Su Hao was forced back to the stairwell.
It wasn't that he couldn't fight them off, but the space was too limited, and he had to ensure he passed through unscathed. This wasn't a game where he could just charge in and hack away recklessly.
After allocating his attribute points, Su Hao managed to cut down over 40 zombies before he started to feel slightly out of breath.
The headless bodies lay on the ground, forming a "speed bump."
Hiss~~~!
Upon hearing the roars of the zombies from the first floor, Su Hao immediately decided, "I need to retreat to the stairwell corner."
The stairwell corner offered a natural barricade advantage.
The platform at the corner was large, providing more space.
But at the same time, not many zombies could come up, which meant Su Hao wouldn't face too many at once.
Su Hao turned and retreated to the stairwell corner.
The zombie horde howled as they pursued him.
Fortunately, the third-floor zombies had all been cleared, so none would block his back. Otherwise, being surrounded from both sides would be the end.
"Roar~!"
Seeing the zombies climbing the stairs, Su Hao, whose constitution had improved, found his stamina recovering much faster. After just a short rest, he felt significantly better.
He swung his sword again, slashing continuously!
"Die for me!"
Slash~
A head flew off, and the zombie fell.
The following zombies filled the gap, only to have their heads chopped off as well!
"Huff~, die!"
"All of you, die for me!"
After a dozen minutes, Su Hao was panting heavily, his chest heaving, sweat dripping down his hair, temples, chin, and arms.
With each swing, sweat would even fly off in a spray!
Exhausted, truly exhausted!
Su Hao's arms were numb from all the chopping, utterly fatigued.
Yet inside, a bloodthirsty frenzy surged, making each slash more exhilarating, more frenzied.
The flying heads became a beautiful sight.
The fallen zombies, like the joy of harvesting wheat!
As he chopped and chopped.
Su Hao gradually stopped.
It wasn't because the zombie horde was finished, but because the stairwell was completely blocked by corpses.
In those dozen minutes, without any pulling back.
He had hacked down dozens more zombies, though he hadn't kept count, but it was certainly dozens. He'd check the records later.
These bodies clogged the stairwell, sealing it tightly.
The zombies behind had to dig through the pile of corpses to get through.
But the scent was of their own kind, so the zombies weren't interested.
As a result, many zombies just crawled and spun around, falling and getting back up, repeating the cycle.
"Huff~~~huff~~~huff~~~"
Su Hao took the opportunity to catch his breath.
He lifted his Broad Hengdao to take a look.
The blade's azure surface had only a few bloodstains, like pollution, yet also like a badge of honor, a sight more intoxicating than any woman to a warrior!
"Let's see how many I've cut."
Entering the system, he checked.
[Congratulations on completing the task: Zombie Centuple Kill! (136/100)]
[Task Reward: Unlimited God-tier Choice]
[Reward One: 10 tons of Medovik Chocolates]
[Reward Two: Novice Warrior: Gene Enhancement Serum]
[Reward Three: 50 Cubic Meters of System Space]
After reviewing the rewards.
"This first reward, why is it all food-related?"
Su Hao immediately dismissed the first reward.
He focused on the second and third rewards.
Looking at the third reward first, 50 cubic meters, roughly the size of a living room, enough to store quite a bit. He could even stash a car in the System Space.
Or stockpile a ton of gasoline, food, medical supplies, condoms... cough, and so on.
Overall, very practical and tempting.
"Sigh." Su Hao sighed with regret.
But as always.
In the apocalypse, anything that could enhance his strength took precedence.
System Space... as long as he completed enough tasks, he'd encounter it again, but the Gene Enhancement Serum was uncertain.
"Let's check the Gene Enhancement Serum."
[Novice Warrior: Gene Enhancement Serum: Fully enhances the user's physical attributes, increasing all three dimensions by 10 points, boosting overall athletic ability, neural response speed, significantly enhancing anti-virus capability. The ordinary zombie virus will only cause a Novice Warrior to be weakened for 15~30 days.]
No doubt about it.
"An increase of 10 points in all three dimensions, that's a total of 30 attribute points."
"Plus the anti-virus capability."
This was incredibly useful!
Most importantly, the anti-virus capability!
Su Hao would become quite formidable, no doubt, but his "magic resistance" to the virus wasn't high.
Even as strong as an elephant, what if he got scratched or bitten?
If he mutated into a zombie, his physical prowess would be unimaginable.
At least he could wreak havoc on a lot of humans.
As for being weakened, so be it. Not a big deal, as long as there's food, it's like a vacation.
No need to think further.
Su Hao immediately decided, "Choose Reward Two."
[Choice successful, would you like to use it immediately? After use, it's recommended to rest for a night to allow the body to develop and evolve.]
Hearing this, Su Hao glanced at the perimeter wall of corpses.
These zombie corpses had blocked the stairwell, so there was no more chopping to be done. Time to clock out.
"I'll use it later."
To ensure nothing unexpected happened.
Su Hao moved heavy objects to reinforce the barricade behind the perimeter wall of corpses with furniture and appliances, ensuring no zombies could climb up.
Then he returned to the third floor.
Su Hao looked at the zombies behind the wall and taunted them.
"Tomorrow, I'll slaughter you all."
The only response was the zombies' roars.
With that, he turned and went upstairs.
Su Hao found a room with a window, brought in food and a soft cushion, locked the door, and blocked it with more items.
Once everything was set.
Su Hao sat on the cushion, finished his food, placed the Broad Hengdao by his side, and finally whispered in his mind.
"Use the serum."
[Used.]
As he slept.
The Novice Warrior Gene Enhancement Serum began to take effect.
His body, which had ceased developing, began to grow noticeably again!
Muscle mass increased, the nervous system strengthened, bone density rose, tendons and ligaments grew stronger, internal organs enhanced, liver, kidneys, lymphatic, and immune systems all strengthened!
Even the neurons and nerves in his brain increased and strengthened!
This was true comprehensive evolution!
At 10 PM, Su Hao was 178cm tall, weighing 160 pounds.
By 2 AM, he was 181cm tall, weighing 170 pounds.
By 6 AM, he was 185cm tall, weighing 180 pounds, 20-30 pounds over the standard weight.
Growing 7cm in height and 20 pounds of muscle overnight!
If not for the Gene Enhancement Serum providing energy, just growing this much muscle would consume an enormous amount of food energy!
For an ordinary person to grow like this, they'd likely be drained into a husk by their gene cells or suffer a hypoglycemic shock, as normal food couldn't supply such energy in a short time.
Even if you kept eating, or even drank oil, it wouldn't suffice.
Only a comprehensive, high-energy diet could achieve this!