42: Chapter 42 Time Stop

Fatty is the Coolest: "Brother Long, Brother Long! You're amazing! I just checked the attribute panel, and all my attributes increased by 3 points at once! Strength, Agility, and Constitution all went up by 3!"

Fatty is the Coolest: "Damn! Calculating it like that, doesn't that mean your three dimensions are all over 30 points now? That's too insane!"

Fatty is the Coolest: "By the way, Brother Long, I checked the shared map, and we're quite far apart, almost ten kilometers! Should I head over now? Or should I head over now? Waiting online, it's quite urgent!"

Fatty is the Coolest: "Also, also! I still have some compressed biscuits and two cans of fish left, but my Fortress is a bit special, it smells a bit. Do you want them? If you do, I'll bring them along right now!"

Chen Ze looked at the densely packed messages on the screen, and the smile on his lips never faded.

This Fatty was really a chatterbox, but then again, with this kid around, the Blockhouse would probably be a lot livelier in the future.

Shanghai Li Yunlong: "It should take me two or three hours to get there. You haven't unlocked the positioning function yet, so just wait in the Fortress!"

Fatty is the Coolest: "Alright! I'll pack up. Brother Long, you'd better hurry!"

Seeing Fatty's reply, the muscles on Chen Ze's face twitched involuntarily.

In that broken toilet of his, was there even anything worth packing?

Closing the chat page, Chen Ze clicked directly on the character attribute panel. Before setting off, there was one more thing to do, and that was to upgrade to level two!

[Ding! Detected that you have met all upgrade conditions. Do you wish to upgrade?]

"Upgrade!"

"Hum!~"

The moment he clicked confirm, Chen Ze felt a surge of warm energy instantly spread through his body. Immediately after, a faint "pop" sound echoed, as if some shackle inside his body had been broken.

He could feel that his physical fitness hadn't changed significantly, but that restriction stuck at 20 points for all attributes was finally gone, and they could continue to increase!

[Ding! Congratulations on successfully upgrading to level two!]

Current attributes.

Survivor: Chen Ze

Level: 2

Strength: 20+10 (Slowly increasing...)

Agility: 20+10 (Slowly increasing...)

Constitution: 20+10 (Slowly increasing...)

Ability: None yet.

Evaluation: E-rank! A survivor who has begun to show their edge, considered to have a certain level of self-preservation strength.

Upgrade requirements: All attributes reach 50, one D-rank beast core of any attribute.

[Ding, congratulations on becoming the first survivor in the entire district to break through to level two. Reward: Ability Extraction Stone * 1]

Unsurprisingly, Chen Ze triggered a district-wide announcement once again.

In the chat channel, various messages were scrolling frantically.

Maruko Loves Fishing: "Wow, Li Yunlong is on the district-wide announcement again, so amazing!"

Jiahao Wanglihao: "Looking at it this way, that Liang Kun really doesn't seem as good as Brother Long!"

Fatty is the Coolest: "That's for sure, my Brother Long has already received three district-wide announcements. How can he compare?"

Jinxiu Longwan Li Shuai: "Dog luck! Dog luck!"

00s Single Girl: "Brother Li Yunlong, do you need bed-warming services?"

...

On Chen Ze's side, he wasn't paying any attention to the chat channel at all right now. As for those people comparing him to Liang Kun, he cared even less.

In the apocalypse, strength is the foundation. Things like fame, sometimes, are not only useless but can easily attract unnecessary trouble. Since that Liang Kun likes to act big, letting him stay in the spotlight is not bad either.

"Right, let's check the reward from the system!"

Chen Ze collected his thoughts, his gaze falling on a milky white stone in his backpack, with a faint shimmer hovering on its surface. With a flick of his fingertip, he took out the Ability Extraction Stone.

Item Name: Ability Extraction Stone

Item Introduction: Use to randomly obtain an ability.

"So that's how it is!"

Chen Ze suddenly realized. No wonder he hadn't obtained any abilities despite killing so many zombies before; it turned out he needed this thing to activate it.

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate any longer and clicked to use it.

Immediately, a huge golden roulette appeared in his mind. The roulette slowly turned, and countless dazzling characters flowed by.

Diamond Body, Super Speed, Life-Saving Substitute, Teleportation...

The names of each ability were extremely concise, but anyone who had read a few Tomato novels could understand their meaning.

"Damn, I want them all!"

Chen Ze shouted inwardly.

Finally, the roulette's speed slowed down, and the pointer slowly swept over a golden area.

Absolute Defense!

Chen Ze subconsciously clenched his fists, his breathing even stalling.

"This one is good, this one is good!"

In an instant, countless images of himself invincible, slaughtering various powerful enemies, had already appeared in his mind.

But heaven doesn't always grant wishes. The huge roulette seemed to be pushing against its last remaining strength, forcibly brushing past the golden area of "Absolute Defense".

"Don't! Big Brother!"

Chen Ze was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, watching helplessly as the roulette continued to turn.

"Hum!~"

The roulette finally stopped. It was a purple area. There was no heavy halo, no abnormal energy fluctuations, only tiny fragments of starlight flowing within it, as if the entire starry sky had been condensed into this grid.

Chen Ze's heart sank instantly.

"It's over, this grid doesn't look like much..."

The next moment, the system's notification sound rang out.

[Ding, ability extraction complete. Congratulations on obtaining a new ability: Time Stop!]

Ability Name: Time Stop.

Ability Introduction: After activating the ability, time within a 10-meter radius is paused for 3 seconds. During this period, the user is not affected by the time stop and can move freely.

(The ability's cooldown time is three days!)

"Hiss!~"

After reading the ability introduction, Chen Ze sucked in a cold breath of shock.

"Time Stop? Pausing time in a ten-meter radius for three seconds? This... this is too heaven-defying!"

Three seconds might seem short, but as his overall attributes get higher and higher, his speed will only get faster and faster. There are so many things he can do in this split second.

It can be said that in the future, when Chen Ze faces enemies, as long as he gets close, he will hold the power of life and death over them.

He could fully utilize these three seconds to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy, or simply retreat unscathed.

In short, with this Time Stop ability, Chen Ze finally had a trump card up his sleeve.

"Haha! Awesome!"

Hearing Chen Ze's laughter, Wang Yalan turned to look at him suspiciously.

"Mr. Chen, what's wrong with you?"

"Hahaha, nothing, nothing, the system rewarded a big treasure!"

Chen Ze was in an excellent mood at the moment, laughing heartily, revealing two rows of white teeth.

A big treasure?

Hearing this, even though Wang Yalan was curious, she didn't continue to ask.

She understood that if Chen Ze didn't say, then he must have his own considerations. What she should know, Chen Ze would naturally tell her.

"Then congratulations to Mr. Chen!"

"Hey, why do you keep saying Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen?"

Chen Ze waved his hand and continued.

"Once you've entered my Fortress, you're one of us. There are some things I don't tell you, it's not because I don't trust you, understand?"

Wang Yalan nodded, seemingly understanding.

"Yes, Mr. Che..."

Halfway through her sentence, she suddenly remembered Chen Ze's instructions just now.

"Brother... Brother Chen!"

"Hey, that's more like it!"

Chen Ze nodded with satisfaction and continued to speak.

"There will be more people joining the Fortress in the future. We don't raise idlers here. You will be responsible for the logistics and farming here from now on."

He pointed to those few F-rank planting boxes.

"I'll transfer some survival coins to you, buy some high-level crops and plant them."

"By the way, I'm going out in a while. You stay on alert in the Blockhouse by yourself. If there's any situation, send me a private message immediately!"