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Chen Luo, without using any skills, surprisingly gained a new skill under the relentless assault of Iron Claw.
“Space Cage” is the creation of a brief, impenetrable spatial barrier, effectively trapping the target within. The target cannot break through the spatial barrier.
It’s a pretty useful skill for restraining enemies, typically used at a distance.
However, Chen Luo’s Space Cage can only trap himself and not his enemies because he hasn’t yet mastered the long-range release of the skill.
If the opponent can’t break through the Space Cage, they won’t be able to harm Chen Luo.
Chen Luo felt hopeless, thinking, “Did I put all my skill points into defense and escape?”
Nevertheless, at least he had gained a skill. It meant he wouldn’t have to endure the Thunderbolt King’s slaps anymore, right?
Now that he had grasped it, he resolved to practice it more. Chen Luo was confident in mastering the proper version of the Space Cage.
Mi Ling advanced to level four one day later, while Su Dazhu reached level four on the third day.
Iron Claw had it tough; not only was he Chen Luo’s sparring partner, but also Mi Ling and Su Dazhu’s practice dummy.
He had truly become nothing more than a tool and zombie.
Unfortunately, this tool’s lifespan was too short.
Iron Claw asked again, “I’m really hungry, can you feed me now?”
Chen Luo chuckled, “We agreed on tomorrow, remember? You’ll have to wait until then.”
Perhaps unsatisfied with Chen Luo’s response, Iron Claw suddenly let out a wild scream, becoming extremely agitated. At first, Chen Luo thought Iron Claw was going mad again.
However, Iron Claw soon collapsed on the ground, convulsing uncontrollably, which was quite alarming to witness.
Chen Luo was deeply disappointed; it seemed Iron Claw had reached the end of its lifespan. He wondered if he could find another one.
In just a minute’s time, Iron Claw grew weaker and weaker. Chen Luo felt helpless, unable to do anything but stand by and watch with a sense of regret.
In its final moments, Iron Claw weakly uttered, “Don’t, my… my back…”
After saying this, Iron Claw’s neck tilted, and it passed away completely.
Chen Luo was left speechless.
“Sorry, little guy. I didn’t mean to scare you like that. I promise not to touch your back, just to help you brainstorm a bit.”
With his creative mind running wild, I wish you to be smarter in your next life.
Chen Luo took out Iron Claw’s crystal and personally buried it to show his remorse.
This level five crystal could be used when advancing to level six or just before reaching level six. It would be best to save it for advancing to level seven together.
Suddenly, a two-day-long torrential rainstorm struck.
In this weather, Chen Luo decided not to send his team members out to complete their daily tasks.
Chen Luo had everything he needed – food, drink, and an abundance of crystals. There was no need to risk going out.
Unfortunately, many others didn’t have spare supplies, so they had to hunker down in safe houses and endure hunger.
Chen Luo distributed spare crystals to his team members. As long as they were alive, they needed to continue getting stronger.
Chen Luo had over ten thousand spare crystals, and it had been nearly a month since the zombies had evolved to level two.
Out of the nearly two hundred members, they were able to contribute six to seven hundred crystals every day. Xia Haoran contributed around fifty daily, while Su Dazhu, Mi Ling, and Mi Li contributed around two hundred each.
Chen Luo couldn’t seem to use up all the crystals. Sending his team members to kill zombies was genuinely for their benefit, and just the crystals Su Dazhu and the other two obtained were enough for Chen Luo’s needs.
Crystals weren’t the ultimate goal; accumulating combat experience was what truly mattered.
Within a three-kilometer radius, the team members had cleared out all the zombies, even dealing with the occasional wandering ones.
Now, the members were mostly focused on dealing with the incoming wandering zombies.
Meanwhile, Chen Luo had some free time on rainy days. He spent it training his dog and preparing twenty written exams for the Thunderbolt King.
Hmph!
The Thunderbolt King was wearing an eye patch, staying up late to write exams. Why didn’t Rice have to write them?
The team members, on the other hand, were passing their time indoors, either playing cards, watching TV, or playing computer games.
Two high-end internet cafes had been raided, and all the computers were brought back. Chen Luo happened to have game CDs here, so they were copied one by one.
One of the internet cafe’s graphics cards was an 8090ti!
Life wasn’t as good as Chen Luo’s, but compared to others, it was quite enjoyable.
It was also time to harvest Jin Tao.
Jin Tao had advanced to level three a few days ago, but upon reaching level three, he couldn’t summon level four summons right away.
Now he could, so there was no need to keep Jin Tao around any longer. Who knew when he would reach level four?
Chen Luo appeared before Jin Tao with a big smile and said, “Congratulations, now you can finally help me.”
Seeing Chen Luo’s smile, Jin Tao shivered all over. This was a smiling tiger before him, practically a demon.
Chen Luo chuckled, “Summon a level four summon for a try. If you can’t do it, I might have to continue breaking your legs.”
Jin Tao trembled, thinking, “Both of my legs are already broken, and he wants to break them again?”
With a mournful expression, Jin Tao reluctantly sat cross-legged on the bed and pondered for a while. Finally, he summoned a slender figure shrouded in a black robe.
Chen Luo was quite familiar with this figure; it was an undead mage, a type of necromancer.
They typically specialized in fire, thunder, ice, and earth magic.
Chen Luo had prepared for this and swung his sword. The undead mage didn’t even realize what had happened before it was instantly defeated.
Fang Yu peeled off the black robe, revealing a emaciated, rotting body underneath that was utterly disgusting.
Anyone who saw it almost vomited.
Fang Yu suppressed his disgust and retrieved the crystal from the undead mage’s forehead. After cleaning it, he handed it to Chen Luo.
Chen Luo chuckled lightly. Having subordinates was great; he didn’t have to deal with such disgusting tasks himself.
Jin Tao was in shock. Could his summons also produce crystals?
Using his summons to continually obtain crystals was much simpler than killing zombies.
He could prepare sneak attacks in advance. No, his summons would unquestioningly obey his commands; they couldn’t even resist if they wanted to.
Jin Tao finally understood why Chen Luo spared his life. But how did Chen Luo know that his summons could produce crystals?
And this was practically a game-breaking bug.
Infinite crystal acquisition?
As long as he leveled up, wouldn’t high-level crystals be easy to obtain?
Jin Tao realized his worth was astounding. Although he was shocked, he was no longer afraid for his life.
Jin Tao’s thoughts slowly began to churn. With my value being so high, Chen Luo would never kill me. Who would be willing to? Among all these people, I’m the only one with summoning talent.
Jin Tao’s courage gradually grew as he cautiously said, “Big brother, can you give me some good food? I can’t bear it anymore after all these days. I need to eat to have the strength to work.”
Chen Luo responded with a backhanded slap.
“Are you bargaining with me?”
Tears welled up in Jin Tao’s eyes as he realized that all the smiles before were just deception. He received another slap for his words.
Chen Luo seemed to recognize that he had been too harsh. After a moment of contemplation, he said, “Fine, tomorrow. I’ll give you a good meal tomorrow.”
Tomorrow, again. It was always tomorrow.