C11 Exploring

The night in the wilderness was extremely dangerous, but this place was relatively close to Orchid Town. There were only a small number of necrophagous dogs wandering around. In addition, he had a motorcycle, so it would be relatively safer.

Before the sky turned dark, he found a three-meter tall rock and set up a small tent below it. Then he washed his hands, opened a can of canned food, and cooked noodles. He had a good meal.

That night, apart from the occasional barking of the necrophagous dogs in the distance, nothing else happened.

The night passed without a word.

When the sky had just lit up, Chen Xing woke up. Sleeping in the wilderness was something he had no choice but to do. Last night, he used the rock and the motorcycle to form a relatively safe corner. He also set up a few traps. If he didn't encounter humans, it should be fine.

After cooking some hot water and eating a piece of compressed biscuits, Chen Xing got on the motorcycle and returned to the place where he killed the zombies yesterday. He raised his head and rode slowly, carefully searching every inch of the gray land.

Where should the entrance be?

Under normal circumstances, the entrance should be where the zombies crawled out from. However, the area was too large, so he had to find some clues to dig.

After about half an hour, he found a rusty water pipe. He took out a military shovel and dug along the water pipe. In order to avoid people passing by seeing him, he would flatten the soil around him every once in a while.

In this way, he had to walk closer to see the hole on the ground, which greatly increased his concealment. If the travelers in the wilderness were not confident that their strength far surpassed the other party, they would not take the initiative to approach the other party. Both parties would maintain a safe distance, so that they could retreat at any time.

Digging a hole was a huge project, and after digging for a while and stopping for a while, Chen Xing had only dug five or six meters down. He used a waterproof cloth to cover the hole and drove back to the big rock. He rested for a night and continued digging the next day.

"Du du..."

As he dug, the Black Watch suddenly rang with a notification. Chen Xing opened his sleeves and looked.

Congratulations! Your attributes have been upgraded in your hard work. Strength +1

Personal Attribute Update

Name: Chen Xing

Identity Number: HumMr2005814977369

Social Credibility: Good -

Health Condition: Suboptimal Health (Poison 7%, epidermal damage 1%, currently recovering…) …

Strength: 12

Agility: 15

Physique: 9

Spiritual Energy: Unknown Weakness: Spiritual Energy Perception Sluggish (-10)

Talent Abilities: None

Registered Skill (Dragon Stone Mountain Town Hall): Precise Shot (Intermediate), Survival in the Wild (Beginner), Dual-wheeled Driving (Master), Law (Beginner)

Registered Spell: None

Registered Occupation (Dragon Stone Mountain Town Hall): Mercenary (Beginner), Deliveryman (Senior)

Unregistered (Only evaluated by the system) Skills: Engineering Digging (It seems to be okay), Cooking (It seems to be okay), Cleaning (It seems to be okay), Surgery (It seems to be okay), Calculating Ability (It can do ordinary compound calculations), Talents (It can bargain with little girls)

Unregistered (Only evaluated by the system) Spell: None

Gold: 1 silver, 3 copper (in cash), 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 copper, 6 taels (In the bank)

"Yay!" Chen Xing clenched his fists and shouted to encourage himself. Although it was still very low overall, it was still a little bit. The accumulation of small amounts could make a big difference. One day, he would be able to climb up to the "Elite Level" combat strength.

In this world, the combat strength was generally divided into Elite Level, Guardian Level, Lord Level, Emperor Level, and King Level.

The standard of Elite Level was that the physique was above 25 and the agility was above 15. Strength and Spiritual Energy, any one of them above 25. Just by training, most of the pure human strength, agility, and physique could not exceed 20. One had to inject "Attribute Strengthening Potion" to increase it. Spiritual Energy was completely dependent on talent. Some people were born strong, and without the help of medicine, they could absorb Spiritual Qi, condense the Spirit Pond, and even swallow the world. Some people were born lacking, and no matter how many Strengthening Potions they took, it was useless.

Only those who had reached the Elite Level could be considered as true warriors, and at the same time, it was also the lowest standard to obtain the title of nobility. Otherwise, they were all unranked.

In the Dragon Saliva River United Kingdom, as long as an elite warrior had served for more than ten years, he would automatically be given the title of a knight. If he had enough battle achievements, he could even be given the title of a baron.

As for the standard of the Guardian Level, it was very vague. The range of the standard was very large, and there was no hard requirement for the individual's attributes. This was because in actual combat, other than the individual's attributes, one also had to look at one's talent, combat skills, experience, and the spells that one could cast. A person with all attributes of 50 could very well be killed by a person with all attributes of 20, but with a very good talent.

Therefore, the standard of the Guardian Level was mainly based on battle achievements. After accumulating to a certain extent, one would be able to obtain the title of "Wilderness Guardian" and own a piece of land.

As for the Lord Level, King Level, and Emperor Level, Chen Xing had only heard of them before, but he did not have a deep understanding of them. A low-level mercenary really did not need to know too much.

However, according to the theory of scientists, the body strength of a carbon-based lifeform was very difficult to be more than thirty times that of a standard human. In other words, the limit of the three attributes of strength, agility, and physique was 299. As for spiritual energy, the theory was that it was limitless. Therefore, some scientists believed that spiritual energy was the key to carbon-based lifeforms surpassing the limit.

Although this was what the theory said, in reality, people with attributes of more than 100 were already extremely rare. Of course, there were people with attributes of 150 or more, but those were legendary. Furthermore, when the attributes exceeded 90, the density of the body had already exceeded the range of the Black Watch, and it was impossible to determine the specific value. It was commonly known as "explosive".

Chen Xing's goal in his previous life was to become an Elite Level mercenary. However, after working hard for fifteen years, he was still a step away from his goal when he was slapped to death by the Abyss Devil.

Since the heavens gave him a chance to start over, he had to at least become a Guardian Level. Being a mayor and holding the power of a town was still very impressive. At least for Chen Xing in his previous life, being a mayor was already an unreachable big shot.

On the fourth day, the ground suddenly sank and collapsed. Fortunately, Chen Xing was prepared. He tied a rope around his waist and connected the motorcycle and the ground with the willow nail, so he didn't fall.

The ground was dark below. Chen Xing touched the flashlight and shone it down. The white light was filled with dust and dirt.

He loosened the rope and fell down. Soon, he touched the ground. Looking around, it was an underground space of several hundred square meters. There were many large water tanks around, some of which were dozens of meters tall. They were either vertically or horizontally placed, connected to countless thick pipes. They were half buried in the soil, but there was not much rust on the surface.

The top was arched, and there was a big hole that was about five to six meters in diameter. He had come down from here. Because a large amount of soil had fallen from the gap, the ground had risen quite a bit. From the equipment buried in the soil, it was at least ten meters deep.

According to his previous experience, he quickly determined that this was the “purification room” of the water station. It was the first step of the water purification process.

Although he did not find any danger, Chen Xing still pulled out his pistol and carefully explored.

"Wow..."

When he got close to a water tank, the earth on the ground suddenly rose up. A living corpse dug out from the ground. Chen Xing quickly pulled out his dagger. When the half of the living corpse's body had just been dug out, he held it back and stabbed it into the living corpse's temple.

The living corpse waved its arms wildly and quickly lowered its head.

Chen Xing wiped the blood off the dagger on his trousers and put it back on his waist belt. Some people liked to tie their daggers to their calves. Chen Xing was not used to it and it would affect his movements, so it was easy for him to knock into it.

After exploring for a while, another living corpse came out. Chen Xing did the same thing and killed it with a single stab. He did not have much bullets left, so he could save some.

After ten minutes, he had searched through all the places. Apart from two living corpses and a large number of water tanks, there was nothing special about it.

However, he also found the entrance. As long as he dug a few meters down, he could open it.

Chen Xing rested for a while and ate something before starting to dig.

"Sha Sha Sha..."

The sound of the friction between the shovel and the sand echoed in the quiet underground space, which was especially creepy.

Chen Xing had been a mercenary for three generations and had seen life and death. As long as it was not a danger in front of him, he would not be afraid.

"Keke..."

Half an hour later, Chen Xing dug out the ground and revealed half of the iron door. He then twisted the lock and opened the door.

"Hua..."

The moment the iron door opened, a large amount of soil poured down, forming a small slope. The flashlight shone inside, revealing the black and white tiles, long bench, and rows of metal storage cabinets.

Chen Xing looked around, but there was nothing inside. He then relaxed and slid down the slope.

"Wow!" The moment he entered the room, Chen Xing suddenly felt a wind behind his head and hurriedly rolled forward. He then pulled out his pistol and fired at the living corpse that was hiding behind the door.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Chen Xing was scared out of his wits. He shot out bullets like crazy until the living corpse fell to the ground.

"Phew..." He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and exhaled. There were still a few bullets left, and the danger was everywhere. He could not explore any further.

However, since he had already arrived at the locker room, he decided to see what he could get.

"Ka ka ka..."

He walked to a row of storage cabinets and pulled them. He realized that they were all locked. He could only pick up a shovel and smash and pry.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The loud sound reverberated in the narrow space, causing people to be afraid of the monsters that were hiding in the dark.

"Kacha!"

After smashing a few times, the storage cabinets loosened. Chen Xing pulled them and dropped a lot of things. There were magazines with beautiful women printed on them, magazines that would scatter the moment they were touched, and various rusty small items, like gloves, knives, lighter, etc.

After flipping through the cabinet for a while, there was nothing valuable. In his disappointment, Chen Xing pried open the second cabinet.

The moment the cabinet door opened, Chen Xing's eyes lit up. Other than a few rotten camouflage uniforms, there was also something wrapped in a black oil cloth.

This time, he had struck it rich. The item wrapped in this kind of oil cloth could only be one thing — a gun!

He quickly took out the package. The rope outside shattered the moment it touched the package, and the oil cloth outside also fell off automatically. However, after wrapping it several times, there was nothing inside that was rotten.

He peeled off the oil cloth layer by layer, and a strong smell of diesel spread out. Gradually, a jet-black Wootz submachine gun and three boxes of bullets were revealed.

Chen Xing was overjoyed. He took it out and tested it. At least it looked good. Then, he opened all the other cabinets, but he didn't find any more guns. Instead, he found a gold brooch and a diamond ring. The diamond ring was shining, and it was very beautiful. It was at least half a carat.

After searching, he didn't dare to open the door to the locker room, because there were not many bullets left. The Wootz submachine gun that he had just obtained had been stored for god knows how many years. Who knew if it could still be used?

Since he had already obtained something, he didn't dare to take the risk.

Thinking of this, he returned to the resting room and climbed up the rope. Then, he covered the hole with the tent cloth, covered the soil, and cleaned up the traces. After everything was done, he rode his motorcycle towards Orchid Town.