65: Chapter 65 is destined to be crazy.

Tonight's meal was very sumptuous.

Shredded pork with garlic sauce, dry-fried green beans, twice-cooked pork, boiled meat in chili oil, and a pot of egg drop soup.

"Oh my god, this is just too delicious!"

Fatty's mouth was stuffed full, his cheeks puffed out high, and his speech was slurred, while his chopsticks kept shoveling meat slices into his bowl.

"I really couldn't have dreamed of this! Yesterday I was still eating moldy bread, and today I've got four dishes and a soup! This life is simply more luxurious than before the apocalypse!"

As he spoke, he picked up another large piece of boiled meat coated in red oil. He didn't even notice the oil dripping onto his chin as he gulped it down, his face full of genuine satisfaction.

"How many survivors out there are fighting tooth and nail just for half a bag of instant noodles to stay alive? It's only by following Brother Ze that we can live this god-like life!"

"That's right. Ever since I came to this other world, I haven't had a hot meal in days. Today, I really have to thank Brother Ze and Sister Yalan!"

Li Mengmeng said.

Hearing this, Wang Yalan smiled gently, placed a chopstick-full of meat into Chen Ze's bowl, and then spoke.

"These are all thanks to Brother Ze!"

"You can't buy fresh meat at the Trading House anymore. It's either moldy and rotten, or the price has been hyped up to the sky. This meat was just brought back by Brother Ze today."

As soon as she said this, Li Mengmeng and Fatty immediately stopped eating. They were curious, too. It was already the third day of the apocalypse, and without electricity, the meat in the refrigerator would have long gone bad. Where did Chen Ze get this meat?

"Stop guessing! This was dropped by the system!"

Chen Ze said, immediately bringing up the panel for the E-Class Beast Meat in his backpack.

[E-Class Beast Meat]

[Item Description: Consuming can slowly increase all attributes, daily limit of 2 points!]

"Holy crap, this was dropped by that Macaque?"

Fatty realized belatedly and exclaimed aloud.

Chen Ze nodded and continued.

"Yes! A total of ten portions dropped, and we used about half for these dishes today!"

"Damn, no wonder I felt all warm after eating it! I feel like I have endless energy!"

As Fatty spoke, he suddenly slapped his thigh, his face full of regret.

"Oh no, my attributes are at the limit now. Isn't it a waste to eat this?"

Listen to that, what kind of talk is that? If an ordinary survivor heard this, wouldn't it be pure humble-bragging?

"It's fine. The 'slow increase' displayed by the system only takes effect at 0:00. Once you level up later, these attributes will all be useful."

Chen Ze patted Fatty and explained.

"That's good, that's good!"

Seeing Li Mengmeng's confused expression, Chen Ze roughly recounted their encounter in the Light Curtain Forest during the day.

After Chen Ze finished speaking, Li Mengmeng's almond-shaped eyes widened, filled with shock.

"Wow! There's actually such a large forest on the outskirts of our habitat? No wonder I browse the Trading House every day and have never seen anyone selling a beast core; it turns out they only drop from hunting mutant beasts!"

Wang Yalan listened quietly from the side, a hint of lingering fear in her eyes.

"Brother Ze, that Light Curtain Forest is so dangerous, you must be extra careful if you go again!"

Chen Ze waved his hand, indicating there was no need to worry.

"After tonight, the novice protection period will end. When the Light Barrier disappears, the monsters in the forest will definitely wander into areas where humans are active, and then beast cores will be easier to obtain."

"That might be easy for the strong, but for ordinary survivors, a mutant beast attack is almost fatal!"

Fatty seemed to have thought of something, his expression turning very serious.

"Take Brother Lu and Huang Mao for example. These people currently only have total attributes just over ten, and their Fortress is just an ordinary house. Once a mutant beast shows up, I'm afraid they won't have any means of resistance and can only wait for death!"

Chen Ze knew that Fatty was thinking of his former friends, even though Brother Lu's wife had humiliated him like that before.

"That kid Huang Mao is alright; if you want to help, you can give him a heads-up. Also, I've transferred 1,000 survival coins to you as a reward for this adventure. You can do whatever you want with them!"

Chen Ze had already made it very clear before: here, rewards and punishments are clear, and merit must be rewarded. Fatty had gone with him to the Light Curtain Forest this time and put his life on the line without hesitation; this was what he deserved.

"No, no, Brother Ze, I've already eaten so many attribute fruits, which are quite valuable. How can I still take survival coins?"

Fatty hurriedly waved his hands.

Chen Ze spoke nonchalantly and directly called up the system panel to initiate a one-way trade.

"If I give it to you, take it. You can't be asking me for money every time you want to smoke a cigarette, right?"

Seeing this, Fatty didn't decline anymore and just nodded solemnly.

"Thank you, Brother Ze. I will definitely work hard in the future!"

After they were full and satisfied, Chen Ze walked Li Mengmeng home. By the time they reached her Fortress, it was already completely dark.

Chen Ze noticed the young girl's face was red again. He didn't think much of it, just assuming it was a normal reaction to eating the mutant beast meat.

"Then I'll be heading back. You need to be careful on your own. If you really can't hold out, send me a private message!"

Actually, Chen Ze had the thought of recruiting her into his Fortress. After all, if there could be a medical professional in the Fortress, everyone's safety would have a stronger guarantee.

But considering they had only met for the first time, and she was a survivor who owned a Level 2 Fortress, it was better to let some things take their natural course.

"Mm! Don't worry! Brother Ze, you should head back quickly too!"

The young girl pursed her lips and nodded slightly, her twin tails swaying along with her, looking very well-behaved.

"Alright!"

Chen Ze replied, turned around, and disappeared into the darkness.

...

"Awoo! ～ Woo! ～"

They're here! They're here!

With one tooth-achingly screech after another, tonight's zombie siege officially kicked off.

Chen Ze stood in front of the Blockhouse window, watching quietly below.

It was still F-Class zombies leading the way, about 120 of them. Compared to last night, the number had increased a little, but only by a limited amount.

"Brother Ze, how should we kill them?"

Fatty, holding an F-Class spear in his hand, asked.

"You and Yalan should each take a crossbow, stand at the observation window, and just shoot slowly. Leave the rest to me!"

Chen Ze already had his own plan in mind.

There were over 700 rounds of ammunition left for the arisaka type 38 rifle. It would be too wasteful to use them to kill these F-Class zombies. For these ordinary zombies, F-Class crossbows were enough, and bolts were plentiful at the Trading House and could be recycled.

As for efficiency, that wasn't even a consideration for him right now.

He had enough survival coins on hand; at worst, he could just buy a few more emergency repair kits!

Last night, because of the first appearance of the E-Class Mutant Zombie, he hadn't triggered the effect of the Tycoons Armor much at all.

Tonight, it was destined to be wildly crazy! He was going to make the most of the zombies and stack a wave of passives!