As the morning sun streamed through the window, its rays gradually swept over Su Hao's body until they reached his eyes.
"Ugh..."
Su Hao awoke, opened his eyes, and sat up straight.
He glanced down at the bulging weapon below his waist, pressed it down casually, and felt quite thirsty.
Grabbing an unopened bottle of cola nearby, he popped it open with a hiss and gulped it down.
"Ah~"
After finishing the bottle in one go, Su Hao stood up to examine his body.
"Did I grow taller?"
Looking down at his noticeably shorter clothes and pants, he confirmed that he had indeed grown taller and much more robust.
His shorts, which used to reach his knees, now sat above them.
His T-shirt had tightened, stretching over the well-defined muscles beneath.
Rolling up his sleeves and lifting his shirt, he flexed slightly to observe.
His muscles were prominent and well-defined, neither too big nor too small, as if sculpted with precision. Each muscle appeared like a mechanical assembly, exuding a powerful aesthetic!
"Taller, stronger, more robust."
Saying this, Su Hao casually pulled up his waistband and looked down.
He exclaimed in surprise, "What a bonus!"
Who would have thought that this thing could also be enhanced by the Gene Serum?
It couldn't get any bigger, or it would become a burden.
With a snap, he released the waistband.
Su Hao stretched lazily, picked up the Broad Hengdao, and began practicing indoors.
Swinging, chopping, thrusting, slashing, pointing, hacking...
A complete set of sword techniques flowed smoothly, sharper and more unstoppable than before, as if capable of cutting through anything.
Finally, he performed a flourish and sheathed the sword.
Su Hao weighed it a few times, reacquainting himself with its power.
"It feels as if it's weightless now."
"Let's check the attributes."
[Name: Su Hao]
[Age: 19]
[Attributes: Strength 90, Constitution 84, Spirit 80, Remaining Unlocked]
(The average level for a human adult is 60, with a limit of 100.)
[Reward: Cold Weapons Level 10]
[Inventory: Alloy Broad Hengdao]
A pretty good level.
With a strength of 90, he's at the threshold of the human maximum limit, comparable to world-class weightlifters, strongmen, arm wrestlers, and throwers.
Stronger than 99.9% of people in the pre-apocalyptic world.
His constitution isn't far behind either.
At least at the level of top marathon and triathlon athletes.
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Su Hao got up and went to the window to observe below.
The zombies were still numerous, with little change.
The school's population density was too high. Once surrounded, it was extremely difficult for ordinary people to break through. In other buildings, it was better, with many staircases and even emergency exits that were usually unoccupied.
But dormitory buildings typically have only two doors. Once blocked, unless you start climbing down from the balcony, getting out through the main entrance would require fighting your way out.
Yesterday, he only managed to chop down over a hundred zombies in a whole day.
And in a single dormitory building, there are at least several hundred, if not a thousand zombies, which is terrifying.
"But with my current feel and strength, I think I can chop through hundreds of zombies without breaking a sweat."
"So today, without saying much, breaking out of the cafeteria to find that woman from yesterday shouldn't be a problem."
"As for how to get there... let's start chopping."
[Mission Triggered: Thousand-Zombie Slaughter! (136/1000)]
[Mission Description: Kill!]
[Mission Reward: Unlimited God-tier Choice once]
Seeing this mission, Su Hao felt both pleased and annoyed.
"One is once, ten is once, a hundred is once, now a thousand is still once. The achievement tasks are getting harder."
Just as he finished speaking.
[Mission Triggered: Break Out of the Cafeteria!]
[Mission Description: How can a man stay confined beneath the cafeteria for long? Please break out of the cafeteria within a day and head to any location!]
[Mission Reward: Unlimited God-tier Choice once]
"That's not bad," Su Hao added.
Counting these two missions, plus the Goddess Team mission from yesterday, he now had three missions in hand, which was great.
The more missions, the better, as they don't weigh you down.
"Let's start chopping."
Without further ado.
Su Hao began moving the items blocking the door from yesterday.
Mainly a large wooden table, wedged with benches.
Yesterday, moving the large wooden table was a bit strenuous.
Today, it felt effortless and easy.
The 10-point increase in strength felt like much more than just 10 points. Sometimes, just a little more strength makes a world of difference.
After moving the items from the doorway.
He opened the door to check the third floor.
"Great, no zombies came up."
He approached the stairwell.
The furniture and appliances used to block the stairs yesterday were still there, as were the bodies.
But the blocked areas were all on the main stairway, and the stairwell couldn't be blocked beyond the handrails.
And after a night of waiting at the stairwell.
The zombies from yesterday had already wandered and dispersed.
At this moment, there were only a few zombies at the stairwell.
"Just climb over and start chopping."
"Alright, let's do it."
After finalizing his plan, Su Hao, holding his sword, pushed off with one hand and flipped from the third-floor handrail to the second floor.
His feet touched the second-floor handrail.
Then, with another step, he landed on the ground.
Hearing the commotion, the zombies turned towards Su Hao.
"Kill!"
Without hesitation, Su Hao raised his sword and charged forward!
He walked straight towards the zombies.
With a fierce swing of the sword!
Slash!
A downward diagonal slash cleaved the first zombie from its left neck to its right arm, sending its head and right arm flying!
After the brutal first kill, he continued to swing his sword with precision.
Swing, chop, slash, his steps steady, maneuvering deftly.
With a total attribute boost of 30 points, Su Hao felt that today's self was not just a little stronger than yesterday, but a whole lot stronger!
Three zombies approached from the front, and four from the left.
Su Hao stepped forward and first chopped down the three.
Then he turned to the left, slashing two more, pulling back a bit to avoid getting surrounded from the right, and finally finished off the remaining two.
If it were yesterday.
He might have had to maneuver 3-4 times, killing at most 1-2 in three breaths.
But now, in three breaths, it depended on how easy they were to chop.
If conditions allowed, slashing five zombies at once with a single blow wasn't a problem.
And so, an hour passed.
On the second floor of the cafeteria, only one figure stood, and that was Su Hao.
The rest of the zombies lay on the floor, their heads and bodies perfectly matched, neither more nor less.
"Whoo~~~"
Su Hao, holding the blood-dripping Broad Hengdao, panted slightly.
"Awesome!"
Slashing so many zombies at once.
The pleasure he felt was from the massive release of dopamine, combined with the exhilaration after exercise.
In a word: better than sex!
He glanced at the kill record.
[Mission: Thousand-Zombie Slaughter! (256/1000)]
"Feeling good."
Su Hao exhaled deeply, feeling a sense of clarity from within.
"Am I really a battle maniac?"
He flicked the sword, shaking off the blood.
Just as Su Hao was about to find something to eat and drink, and check the second floor of the cafeteria, he heard a desperate, anguished scream from outside.
"Fuck...!"