91: Chapter 91 Testing Strength

"The system upgrade is complete, and it has brought many rewards for you, Host. So you'd better suck up to me properly, otherwise... hmph!"

After hearing the system's words,

Ye Fan unconsciously raised his right hand to scratch his head and gave a thick-skinned laugh. "Sister System, with the relationship between the two of us..."

"Hmph! Don't talk to me about relationships. Talking about relationships hurts feelings."

“Uh... shouldn't it be 'talking about money hurts feelings'?"

"Whatever! I'll say it however I want to say it."

Ye Fan noticed something was off with the system's voice and immediately reached out to cover his mouth.

He didn't dare make another sound.

He was afraid of saying something wrong again.

If he really offended the system and it didn't give him his rewards,

then he would be finished.

A moment later.

Ye Fan finally spoke up in a timid, soft voice, "By the way, Sister System, the zombie riots in the outside world are intense right now. Since you've finished upgrading, what rewards exactly did you bring me?"

The system remained silent and did not answer Ye Fan's question.

“Oh, come on! Sister System, you wouldn't want to watch me get eaten by zombies like this, would you?"

"If I get eaten by those stinking zombies, where else are you going to find a host as lively, cute, handsome, and dashing as me?"

"Don't you agree?"

The system's voice, which had been silent for a long time, appeared once again after Ye Fan finished speaking.

"Hmph! Narcissist." The system's voice was filled with disdain.

"Seeing your pathetic state, this system will reluctantly give you the rewards! Lest you really do get eaten by those zombies."

“Ah! Really? I knew Sister System was the best to me."

"Fine, fine. I've already sent the rewards to the system mailbox; go claim them yourself!"

"Also, I'm too lazy to explain all the details of this upgrade to you. I've sent a file to the system mailbox as well. Go look at it yourself!"

"Goodbye!"

"If there's nothing else, please don't disturb my rest!"

As soon as the words were spoken, not a single sound from the system remained in Ye Fan's mind.

It was as if it had completely disappeared.

But at this moment, Ye Fan didn't care much about that; his face was full of smiles and excitement.

The system's return gave him a massive boost in confidence.

With a thought from Ye Fan, a panel instantly appeared in front of him.

What he needed to do now was claim the rewards the system had just issued.

As Ye Fan's finger tapped the system interface, a series of mechanical prompts rang out one after another.

[Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: blood qi increased to Rank 5 Late-stage]

[Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: Zombie Virus Immunity increased to Intermediate]

[Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: Fire Ability, Water Ability, and Metal Ability increased to Rank 5]

[Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 5000 system points]

[Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: system storage space increased to 100 cubic meters]

[Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 10 Special Zombie Cores each from Rank 1 to 5]

As he claimed the system rewards, Ye Fan felt waves of warmth flooding into his body.

He could clearly feel that his body's attribute values were significantly higher.

Ye Fan stared straight at the string of rewards appearing before his eyes.

These rewards were simply too abundant.

He had never received such rich rewards before.

“666, as expected of an upgraded system, these rewards are truly extraordinary!"

Ye Fan took a deep breath, couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and spoke softly.

After being stunned for a moment,

Ye Fan slowly snapped out of it and turned his gaze toward another email on the system panel.

“This email should contain everything from this system update, right?" Ye Fan's gaze lingered on the email for a few seconds as he muttered to himself.

Then,

Ye Fan somewhat impatiently tapped his finger lightly on that email.

The next second.

A document filled with text poured out in front of Ye Fan's eyes.

Ye Fan read through all the contents of the email with a serious expression, not daring to be the slightest bit careless.

He was afraid of missing any of the content from this system upgrade.

Not many things had been updated in this system upgrade.

It simply merged the previous basic physical fitness panels into the current blood qi panel.

The method for adding points had also changed slightly, taking Ye Fan's current blood qi value as an example.

Currently, Ye Fan's blood qi value had reached Rank 5 Late-stage; he still needed 1000 blood qi points to reach Rank 6.

Every point of blood qi required five system points, and the required system points remained the same for each increase.

Furthermore,

after this system upgrade, the items available for exchange in the System Shop had increased significantly.

As long as the host could think of it, it could be exchanged!

It was essentially an all-purpose shop.

There was nothing it couldn't exchange, only things the host couldn't imagine.

Of course, there was also something Ye Fan was very concerned about.

That was that system rewards would also be significantly increased after this system upgrade.

In addition to that,

this system upgrade also brought a new function—the Offspring Cultivation Plan.

This function

could monitor the status of the host's offspring in real-time.

The host could also spend system points to increase the gestation Speed of their offspring,

improve their offspring's physical fitness, and upon reaching certain conditions, the host could also receive extra rewards.

As for the other functions, there weren't many changes.

After Ye Fan finished reading the new functions updated by the system, he was a bit stunned and exclaimed, "Holy crap! This... this system is quite considerate! It actually considered these things?"

This function was actually quite good for Ye Fan.

Not only could it provide a guarantee for his offspring, but he could also get extra rewards.

It's just...

Ye Fan, whose heart was full of joy, seemed to have thought of something and suddenly sighed, "Sigh! It seems I'll have to work even harder to earn system points in the future..."

Ye Fan felt a bit of a headache.

No matter when, one still had to work hard for others.

It was like this before the apocalypse!

And it was still like this after the apocalypse!

Ye Fan felt that he wouldn't be able to escape this life of being a worker for his entire existence!

After organizing all the information, Ye Fan slowly lay down on his bed, feeling completely relaxed.

Perhaps,

this was precisely because the system's return gave him enough confidence?

At this moment,

Ye Fan's strength had been significantly improved, many levels higher than before.

As long as that zombie wave hadn't reached above Rank 7,

with Ye Fan's current strength, he could still hold his own for a bit.

...

After resting for an hour or two with his whole body relaxed, Ye Fan slowly walked out of his room and headed outside the luxury villa's courtyard.

Just as Ye Fan reached the courtyard, he saw a figure hurriedly walking toward the luxury villa's courtyard.

The moment that figure saw Ye Fan, he quickly jogged to Ye Fan's side,

and said with a grim expression, "Master, the situation outside is not very ideal right now. A large number of zombies have already flooded into our area, and I'm afraid it won't be long before..."

Li Chongan's face grew heavier as he spoke.

“Yes, I know." Ye Fan's face didn't show a trace of panic; he was very calm.

“Where is Li Hao?"

"He also went to intercept the zombies. May I ask if Master has some business with him?"

“Yes!" Ye Fan nodded and slowly spoke, "I need him to go with me to the Wang Family of Jiangcheng."

"Then I will go and notify him to come back first."

"No need, I will go find him myself in a while."

“Yes."

"Then I'll leave this place to you."

"Don't worry, Master."

Ye Fan nodded, and after asking about Li Hao's location, he turned and left.

In the direction of Jiangcheng University, less than two kilometers from the Jiang Family's location.

Wave after wave of zombie roars echoed in the air, making one feel a bit hair-raised.

The air was mixed with the thick smell of blood and the stench of decay.

After walking just a few steps, one could see zombie corpses lying on the ground.

From time to time, one could also see pools of bright red blood staining the ground.

Ye Fan stood slowly in the middle of the street.

In front of him, over a dozen foul-smelling zombies were flailing their limbs and rapidly closing in on him.

Ye Fan's gaze was filled with thick killing intent as it fell upon the dozen or so zombies rushing toward him.

"Courting death!"

Ye Fan's voice was chilling as he slowly raised his right hand and pointed lightly at the zombies rushing toward him.

Dozens of spikes condensed from flames instantly formed around him.

As if they had eyes, they shot out like lightning, piercing into the bodies of the dozen or so zombies rushing toward Ye Fan.

Instantly, the heads of those dozen or so zombies were pierced through, leaving behind large holes.

In the blink of an eye,

the bodies of the dozen or so zombies in front of Ye Fan fell to the ground.

Then they burst into raging flames, turning into ashes that scattered into the air.

Ye Fan's figure was dashing as he continued to stride toward Jiangcheng University.

As Ye Fan went deeper,

the bone-chilling roars of the zombies became louder and louder.

Following that, one cold gaze after another fell upon Ye Fan.

The zombies wandering the streets, upon seeing Ye Fan, had their eyes light up one after another.

It was as if they had seen some delicious food.

They roared frantically at Ye Fan, clawing and lunging toward his location at high Speed.

They were determined to devour Ye Fan before they would stop.

As the roars of the zombies rang out,

more and more zombies were attracted and headed toward Ye Fan's direction.

Seeing this scene,

Ye Fan's face remained calm, showing not a hint of fear or retreat.

Instead, he kept quickening his pace, charging toward the numerous zombies with an aura that could rival ten thousand horses.

This time,

he wanted to use these zombies to test his current strength.

Not far behind Ye Fan's location, hundreds of survivors stood scattered throughout the street.

They were resisting the zombies that were crossing the borders.

Suddenly,

one figure spotted Ye Fan approaching the zombie horde, and with a face full of disbelief, he exclaimed to his companions.

"Holy crap! Quick, quick, quick! Look over there, there's a person! He's actually heading into the zombie horde all by himself."

“Where?"

"Holy crap! Who is this guy? So brave!"

"Holy crap! That's awesome! This..."

"No, does that guy not want his life? He actually wants to face so many zombies alone."

"Yeah, yeah! This guy really doesn't want his life. He doesn't really think he's the Lord of our Zhenxie Division, does he?"

"Wait! That person couldn't be the Lord of our Zhenxie Division, could he?"

"How is that possible? Boss isn't even in this area today!"

“..."

As the sounds of discussion rang out, more and more people were attracted.

Their gazes focused one after another on Ye Fan, who was heading alone toward the zombie horde.

"Hmm, who is this guy? Why does he look more and more like the Master? But isn't he at home?"

Li Hao was also attracted by the bursts of discussion. He cast his gaze toward the man in the distance, and as he looked at that figure, it became more and more familiar, causing him to speak with some doubt.

Amidst the discussions of the crowd, Ye Fan got closer and closer to the zombies.

Less than ten meters from the zombie horde, Ye Fan slowly stopped his pace.

Just as his footsteps stopped, the group of zombies in front of him, as if they had gone mad, suddenly lunged toward Ye Fan.

"Hmph! I'll use you guys to practice first and test exactly how strong I am now."

Ye Fan gave a light snort and suddenly made a grasping motion with his right hand. His Rank 5 Metal Ability was instantly activated by him.

The next moment.

The space around Ye Fan fluctuated violently.

A massive suction force instantly acted upon all metal objects within a five-hundred-meter radius.

In an instant,

with him as the center, all metal objects within a five-hundred-meter radius seemed to be given life.

The steel shells of abandoned cars on the roadside tore apart with a roar, twisting into countless sharp steel spikes,

which shot like a rainstorm toward the zombie horde pouring in from every corner.

Steel bars from broken beams broke free from their restraints, weaving into a web of death in the air, piercing through swaths of zombies.

Even the metal accessories and weapons remaining on the zombies' bodies betrayed their masters under the invisible force, turning against them and piercing into their rotting bodies.

The clanging of metal and the roars of zombies mixed together,

forming an apocalyptic symphony.

Ye Fan, standing in the center of this metal storm, was like a god who controlled life and death.

With every slight movement of his will, those cold metals could turn into the most lethal blades, slaughtering any zombies that tried to approach.

He built a cruel barrier of steel and flesh around himself.

"Explode for me!"

Ye Fan gave a cold shout, his voice carrying a hint of magic that made one's heart turn cold.

Following the sound, Ye Fan casually clenched his fist.

The sound of an explosion instantly spread out with Ye Fan as the center. The massive energy impact directly leveled all buildings within a hundred-meter radius.

Fortunately,

under Ye Fan's control, this destructive energy did not continue to spread.

Otherwise,

the survivors in the distance would probably have been affected as well.

The crowd in the distance, seeing the scenes that had just occurred,

instantly,

each and every one of them widened their eyes and stood dazed in place, their faces full of unspeakable shock.

By the time they snapped out of it,

they saw that the area around the man had been reduced to flat ground.

Aside from the man they had seen earlier, nothing else existed.

Let alone zombies.

Not even a single zombie corpse could be seen; they had all been turned to ash in the massive destructive explosion just now.

"Holy crap! This..."

"Is... is this even human?"

"Yeah, yeah! Is such a world-destroying attack something a human could do?"

"Who exactly is this person? This is too strong!"

"No... this... this can't be described as just 'strong' anymore. This is simply terrifyingly strong!"

"Sigh, I just don't know who would win between our boss and this guy."

"Uh... aren't you just talking nonsense? No matter how strong our boss is, there's no way he could do something to this extent, right?"

"Hmph! What do you know? Our boss is definitely stronger than him; he's just hiding his strength."

“..."

Wave after wave of discussion exploded in the crowd once again.

Ye Fan scanned the surroundings, and after finding no trace of any zombies, he slowly turned around and walked toward the crowd behind him.

His main purpose for coming this time was to find Li Hao and have him accompany him to the Wang Family.

As for taking action to deal with this group of zombies, it was just a casual act.

It was only to test his newly improved strength.

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