15: A century later, awakening an S-class talent

It's best if it's outside the Safe Zone. He remembered there was a small hill nearby. If he could get to the hill, and if the Shelter really affected the future timeline, it would be easier for him to transfer things from that hill later on.

Moreover, Jiang City would become increasingly dangerous.

In the early stages of the Doomsday Game, Jiang City had a population of over ten million. Once the Infected spread completely, it would undoubtedly be extremely perilous.

At that time, if thousands of Infected surrounded him, even hiding in the Shelter would be useless; each of them could kick the Shelter's health bar to zero.

However, wanting to leave was clearly not an easy task.

Tang Ping quickly found a corner and cautiously hid. Ahead, a group of people were surrounded by Infected!

If they discovered him, he might be dragged into it.

He cautiously peeked out, observing the scene. Clearly, everyone in that group was an ordinary person. Looking at their equipment and fierce expressions, they didn't seem to be out scavenging for supplies.

These were all strong men. If they weren't out scavenging, then they could only be out hunting players and plundering Shelters!

"Be careful, everyone! I'll help you!"

Suddenly, a student rushed over from outside, holding a scorching flame in his hand, and threw it at the Infected!

Tang Ping's gaze narrowed. Fire Talent! This power was at least a B-rank Fire Talent!

Five people appeared opposite them, still wearing school uniforms. Tang Ping recognized them; it was the uniform of No. 1 High School.

This was a group of high school students.

Evidently, the Talents awakened by these high school students were all good—either Fire, Extreme Ice, Lightning, or Metal—and their Talent grades were high, with extremely formidable attacks. For a time, they actually managed to deal with most of the Infected surrounding those men.

Finally, with a pincer attack, they annihilated the last Infected.

"Hahaha, as expected, heroes emerge from the young! Worthy of being students from our Jiang City No. 1 High School. If it weren't for your help, we might have died today." The leader of the men excitedly stepped forward and clasped the hand of the student who had unleashed the flames.

"Thank you so much! Your Talents are truly powerful!" Another man approached a student, took his hand, his face full of gratitude. However, what these students didn't notice was the greed in the man's eyes.

"You're welcome. Faced with this Doomsday catastrophe, humanity should help each other, re-establish order together, and restore human society." The student who looked like the class monitor spoke calmly.

"This is our class monitor, he has an S-rank Fire Talent! How about that, isn't he amazing?" A girl next to him proudly lifted her chin!

"Amazing, amazing! Truly amazing!" The man's face was wreathed in smiles, but his gaze met with the others. At this point, the men had already gotten close to each student.

"That's right! Alright, you've been rescued, so hurry and hide. We still need to go to other places to clear out the Infected!" the girl said.

The leader of the men smiled, "You saved our lives; how could we not treat you? Why don't you come to our home? We collected a lot of supplies and can make a table full of delicious dishes to thank you properly!"

The class monitor shook his head, "No need, we still need to clear out nearby Infected. Time is short, so we won't stay."

The leader of the men smiled without warmth, "Hehe, alright then."

The group of people slowly drew the daggers from behind their backs.

Tang Ping was just wondering whether to help these students when he suddenly felt his consciousness detaching from his body. He was startled and quickly put down the Shelter, disguised it well, and immediately Drilling went inside.

His consciousness detached from his body, and his vision once again plunged into familiar darkness.

When he opened his eyes, it was already a hundred years later... "I'm back here again." With his consciousness back in control of his body, he took out an electronic watch from his backpack and found that only three seconds had passed since midnight. Clearly, these three seconds were just the time it took him to take out the watch.

"It seems that each time my consciousness transfers, the time is the same as when I left. To outsiders, it would even appear that I haven't changed at all."

Tang Ping got up, wrapped in thick, tattered clothes, layer upon layer, and with a nervous heart, went downstairs.

Were the shelter items still there?

He first arrived at the location of the large tree and rubbed his eyes in surprise. Damn it! The large tree that was originally there was gone!

He quickly ran to where the tree had been. Upon seeing the large pit in the ground, his expression immediately darkened. Clearly, this shelter item was gone!

shelter items emit a faint glow in dim light, like glow sticks. The current environment was not much different from night. If the shelter item were still there, he would have seen it at a glance.

He dug around again, just in case, but it was clear that the shelter item here was really gone!

Even the large tree was gone.

But it also confirmed one thing for Tang Ping: he really could affect this timeline!

He was certain that the disappearance of this large tree was absolutely because he had buried that shelter item.

Lying on the ground, Tang Ping observed carefully again, and to his horror, he found that this large tree was very likely not cut down by people!

Instead, it ran away on its own!

Because if it had been cut down, who the hell would be so idle as to dig three feet deep and pull out all the roots!

"Damn it, this large tree became a Pollution Beast! It might even have awakened intelligence and bound itself to the Shelter!" Tang Ping cursed. He knew that although Shelters could initially only be obtained by humans, those lost Shelters could also be bound by intelligent Pollution Beasts!

In this world, there were quite a few Beast Kings with high-level Shelters!

Tang Ping's mood was heavy. He didn't know if the other two shelter items were still there. He went to the flowerbed's location again.

But upon seeing the originally intact flowerbed split into two, he knew it was over.

However, he still started digging, just in case.

When he dug to the depth where he had buried it, Tang Ping immediately sat on the ground, still nothing!

He always felt that the disappearance of this shelter item was also related to that large tree!

"Only one left! I refuse to believe it!" This one was also the most secretly hidden.

Running to the corner of the wall of the building opposite, he began to dig!

One foot, two feet, three feet!

Suddenly, a faint light shone through!

Tang Ping's suspended heart finally settled, and then he picked up the shelter item!

It was a pebble.

A mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

"shelter item found. Bind it?"

"Bind!" Tang Ping immediately said!

"Congratulations, Player, you have successfully bound the Shelter! This shelter item can be carried with you, cannot be destroyed, and cannot be discarded! But it can be unbound!

The Shelter possesses an E-rank characteristic: Growth Acceleration.

Note: The Shelter may be destroyed within three years. To be completely bound to the player, you need to wait until after three years. After three years, if the player dies, the Shelter will also disappear."

"Ding! Congratulations, Player, for binding the Shelter, becoming a player, and awakening the system's personal panel!"

"Congratulations, Player, for awakening S-rank Talent: Extreme Ice!"

"S-rank Talent!"