Chapter 16: Backpack Expansion, Massage, and Ear Cleaning Skills—what the heck?

His gaze focused on the ground.

Several coins shimmering with a bronze luster lay quietly on the ground.

Previously, he had fought his way from the First Floor to the Third Floor, slaying many zombies along the way, and the copper coins they dropped were scattered everywhere.

But the situation was urgent at the time, and he had no time to pick them up.

Now, it was time to recover the spoils of war.

As he walked, he emitted low, guttural growls from his throat from time to time.

"Hrr..."

The group of zombies wandering in the corridor heard the sound, and their movements paused slightly.

Then they resumed their aimless wandering, completely treating him, a living human, as air.

Su Ze calmly bent down and picked up the copper coins one by one.

[Ding! copper coins + 2!]

[Ding! copper coins + 2!]

[Ding! copper coins + 2!]

The crisp notification sounds kept ringing in his mind, and by the time he reached the First Floor, all the copper coins had been collected.

With a thought, he opened his personal interface.

[Currency: copper coins 78, silver coins 0, gold coins 0]

"Seventy-eight..."

Su Ze looked at this number and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Each ordinary zombie dropped two copper coins.

He was only twenty-two short of the one hundred copper coins needed to open the shop and the trade channel, which meant eleven zombies.

Su Ze glanced at the crowd of zombies filling the corridor, a thought flashing in his eyes.

As long as he was willing, he could raise his long spear right now and kill for a few minutes here, making it easy to gather one hundred copper coins.

But this thought only flashed by.

In comparison, the value of the [beginner backpack expansion card] was undoubtedly higher.

If someone else got there first, it would be a huge loss.

Although at this point in time, it was highly unlikely that anyone else could move freely on campus like him, there were no absolutes in anything.

Anyway, zombies were everywhere in the world, so why couldn't he kill them at any time?

After weighing the pros and cons, Su Ze decisively gave up the idea of farming monsters and turned to walk toward the gate of the Dormitory.

The scene outside the building was even more terrifying than inside.

On the wide main road of the campus, it was densely packed with swaying figures.

The number of zombies was likely no less than several thousand!

If any other survivor were to see this scene, they would likely be scared out of their wits immediately, unable to even muster a single thought of resistance.

But Su Ze just calmly let out a few low growls, then strode directly into the horde of zombies.

The surrounding zombies turned a blind eye to him, wandering on their own; even when a few brushed past him, he could smell that nauseating stench of decay.

Just like that, under the "escort" of thousands of zombies, he strolled toward the library as if he were taking a leisurely walk.

This feeling was truly too miraculous.

The entire Jinghai University seemed to have become his private territory at this moment, and all danger had nothing to do with him.

The door to the Teaching Building was wide open, and there were quite a few zombies wandering inside as well.

Su Ze, familiar with the routine, used [Strange Language] to clear the way and went straight to the Third Floor.

Guided by the intelligence, he quickly found Classroom 222.

Scanning with his eyes, he came to the last drawer.

He found a thick volume of "General History of the World, Volume II".

He pulled the book out.

Opening the book, a card emitting a faint fluorescent light lay quietly in the middle of the pages.

[beginner backpack expansion card]

[Quality: fine]

[Effect: After use, it can add 9 storage slots to the player's backpack.]

Su Ze reached out and picked it up without hesitation.

Use.

As the card touched his hand, it turned into a stream of light and disappeared.

[Ding! Use successful!]

[Backpack expanded, 9 new storage slots added, current storage slots: 12;]

Su Ze immediately opened the backpack interface; the small space that originally had only three slots now became three rows of 4, totaling twelve slots.

"It's finally a bit more spacious."

He did not stay in the same place for long and casually tossed the book aside.

Gripping his long spear, he began a carpet-style search of this empty Teaching Building.

"Hrr..."

The low growls he emitted from his throat from time to time became his perfect talisman.

In the corridors and classrooms, those wandering zombies had absolutely no interest in their "kind," continuing to walk with stumbling steps, wandering aimlessly.

Su Ze's search efficiency was extremely high.

He kicked open the doors of classroom after classroom, his gaze quickly sweeping over the schoolbags scattered on the floor or the snacks hidden in the desk drawers.

Soon, he had his first batch of discoveries.

"Does this thing count as supplies?"

Su Ze used the tip of his spear to pry open a packaging bag, inside which was a steamed bun that had already grown green mold spots.

[Moldy Steamed Bun]

[Quality: inferior]

[Effect: After consumption, there is a 30% chance of food poisoning, reducing 1 point of health.]

He frowned in disgust, not even having the desire to put it into his backpack.

On the floor nearby, there was also an opened bottle of mineral water with some unknown flocculent matter floating inside.

[Contaminated River Water]

[Quality: inferior]

[Effect: After drinking, there is a 50% chance of diarrhea, Stamina recovery speed - 20%, lasting for one hour.]

Su Ze ignored it directly and continued toward the next classroom.

The subsequent search gave him a clearer understanding of the material refresh mechanism in this apocalyptic game.

The vast majority were such inferior goods, which were completely useless.

But he could also often find some food and materials of ordinary quality; accumulated, the quantity was not too small.

...

[Obtained compressed biscuits * 2]

[Obtained 500ml drinking water * 3]

[Obtained Wood material * 7]

[Obtained Iron Material * 6]

He unceremoniously gathered these things into his pocket.

He also collected other supplies one after another.

[Obtained bread * 3]

[Obtained hemostatic bandage * 2]

[Obtained antibiotics * 4]

[Obtained Stone Material * 3]

[Obtained...]

Although he didn't know the use of Stone Material for the time being, it felt like a basic material, so Su Ze still put them into his backpack without hesitation.

Items of the same type would automatically stack and would not occupy extra slots, which saved a lot of trouble.

After searching one floor, he found new things.

These were two skill books.

[Skill Book: Beginner Massage]

[Quality: ordinary]

[Effect: After learning, you can master basic massage techniques, effectively relieving muscle fatigue.]

...

[Skill Book: Beginner Ear Cleaning]

[Quality: ordinary]

[Effect: After learning, you can master basic ear cleaning techniques, the process is comfortable, helping to relax the mind.]

Su... Su Ze's expression became a bit strange.

Massage? Ear cleaning?

The things refreshed by this apocalyptic game were really quite varied.

As a big man himself, he certainly didn't need these.

However...

In his mind, the figures of Jiang Yuwan, Yao Qingya, and Liu Qiaofei appeared.

He couldn't be the only one fighting for his life outside while the three of them were in the Dormitory waiting to be fed, right?

Letting them learn it and serve him in the future seemed like a pretty good choice.

It could be considered putting everyone and everything to their best use.

Thinking of this, he unceremoniously took the two skill books into his possession.

After looting the entire Teaching Building, he turned and left, walking toward the nearby library.