28: Strongest on the ranking list

She followed behind Lin Chuan, her small mouth chattering again: "I, I can go back to the dormitory to sleep..."

"My roommate is very nice, the dormitory is very safe..."

Lin Chuan suddenly turned around, raising an eyebrow: "Are you saying I'm not nice?"

"Oh no, I didn't mean that..." Aiya immediately switched to survival mode.

"Then what did you mean?"

"I meant..." Aiya's face stiffened, and finally, she pitifully swallowed, quietly asking, "Where are we going to spend the night?"

"Let's find a Defense Bunker."

A Defense Bunker, before the apocalypse, was used to hide from sudden wars.

On the first day of the apocalypse, different people made different choices.

Some, driven by morality, went out to maintain order and protect the common people.

Some, for the sake of leveling up, frantically killed monsters, hoping to become strong in the chaotic world.

Some just wanted to survive, hoarding supplies frantically, even building shelters.

And many more ordinary people, without any strong opinions, just wanted to wait for rescue.

Lin Chuan remembered that north of Jingda University, there was an Old Western-Style House built a very long time ago.

The Old Western-Style House had a hidden Defense Bunker with extremely strong defenses!

When Lin Chuan went to that Defense Bunker in his previous life, he only saw a pile of rotten corpses.

They must have been cruelly murdered by their compatriots on that most desperate night of the apocalypse.

Lin Chuan going there to spend the night in this life wasn't necessarily to save people.

It was just that that Defense Bunker could indeed allow him to rest peacefully and get through the most chaotic and insane night of the apocalypse.

Lin Chuan had made some errors in his time calculation.

Just as they arrived at the Old Western-Style House, it was already midnight!

As soon as 12 o'clock struck, the eerie heavy rain, which had fallen for four hours, finally stopped!

At the same time, a terrifying scene also appeared!

The air after the rain suddenly became misty.

And that mist was not only an eerie red color, but it also had a sticky, heavy feeling, making people feel nauseous and uncomfortable.

Besides the environmental changes, what was most difficult for people to accept was—

The attributes of those who had been drenched in the heavy rain, which had surged due to the rain, suddenly dropped to below 0.5 in an instant!

With such low attributes, most people felt weak all over, and severe cases even became directly paralyzed!

Even in peacetime, paralysis symbolizes an inability to care for oneself and inconvenience everywhere!

And in this apocalypse, sudden and unexpected paralysis would directly put many people in danger!

Most notably, those who were guarding the Dimensional Rift and fighting monsters...

Before 12 o'clock, they were fighting the monsters!

After 12 o'clock, the monsters were fighting them!

They would become so weak that they couldn't even defeat the lowest level Dimensional Bug!

Even more terrifying was that after 12 o'clock, the world opened up more Dimensional Rifts, and the types were no longer just single 0-level Dimensional Bugs!

Various types of Dimensional Monsters, from 0 to 5 levels!

They were rampaging through human cities in the red mist!

Dimensional Monsters from 0 to 5 levels!

Even if human attributes hadn't plummeted, they would be difficult to deal with, and there would be a constant risk to life!

Moreover, many people had experienced the heavy rain!

That night, the human world truly became a purgatory!

Those who had previously said the apocalypse was too simple, who had complained that there were more people than monsters, would eventually shed tears of regret!

Lin Chuan had also come through that night.

Even though he had experienced it once before, his heart was inevitably heavy.

At the same time, his chest also felt a "heaviness."

Aiya suddenly stumbled into his arms.

Her small face was slightly flushed, her breath a little short, and she carefully explained: "I, I don't know why, I suddenly feel so tired... I can't walk..."

As she said these words, she felt ashamed.

She worried if Lin Chuan would misunderstand her.

Lin Chuan, of course, knew what was going on with her. He looked down at her and asked calmly, "Check your attribute panel."

"I... I!" Aiya suddenly widened her eyes in disbelief, "Why are all my attributes suddenly only 0 point something! My weakest mental attribute is even only 0.1?!"

Lin Chuan was not surprised and held Aiya in his arms.

Thinking of something, he suddenly put her down and handed her a 3rd Level Crystal Nucleus.

Once 12 o'clock passed, each person's ten-absorption limit for Crystal Nucleus would also reset.

Lin Chuan had previously killed 7 3-grade Dimensional Bugs, and because he killed monsters above his level, the Crystal Nucleus drop rate was 100%, so he obtained 7 3rd Level Crystal Nucleus!

He used one himself, so he still had 6 left!

He handed one to Aiya and commanded, "Absorb it first."

Aiya obediently complied.

She was level 1 absorbing a 3rd Level Crystal Nucleus, gaining +100 experience points, which was just enough to level up to level 2!

Upon reaching level 2, she naturally gained 1 free attribute point!

At the same time, the words "level ranking 3rd" appeared above her head!

Lin Chuan was not surprised and continued to command, "Put the free attribute gained from leveling up into Constitution."

Aiya again obediently complied.

After adding 1 point to Constitution, her Constitution attribute recovered to 1.3.

This level allowed her to barely stand, but she was still very weak, felt powerless all over, and walked very slowly.

Lin Chuan didn't care and led Aiya, who could now stand and walk, to break into the Old Western-Style House.

It was an almost abandoned Old Western-Style House.

They broke in through the door, but saw almost no one.

It wasn't until they reached the basement that they were suddenly stopped by two elderly people.

The two elderly people, a man and a woman, seemed to be a couple.

They had kind faces, were neatly dressed, but their complexions were somewhat pale and terrified. Looking at Lin Chuan and the other person who had suddenly arrived, they cowered and questioned, "Who, who are you? How did you find this place...?"

Lin Chuan's attitude was still gentle. He calmly said, "We heard there was a Defense Bunker here and wanted to temporarily take refuge."

The old lady cowered behind, and the old man's face was grim, but he still mustered the courage to refuse: "This place has already taken in many people, there's no extra space..."

Lin Chuan glanced at the tightly closed iron door behind the two elderly people and smiled faintly: "Are there so many people that even you two owners have been driven out?"

The old man's face changed, and he spoke tremblingly: "You, how did you know...?"

Lin Chuan's attitude was still gentle, and he continued: "Let us in, and I will help drive out some of the people."

The old man's expression was hesitant, but he shook his head and whispered, "No, my grandson and granddaughter are also inside..."

Lin Chuan sighed softly.

Suddenly, a blade was folder between two fingers, instantly pressed against the old lady's neck!

The old lady was so scared her legs went weak, and her back immediately pressed against the iron door!

The old man cried out in alarm: "Yulan!"

He fell to his knees in front of Lin Chuan with a thud, sobbing and begging, "Please, please let go of my wife, she, she has Alzheimer's, she doesn't understand anything..."

Lin Chuan had no intention of harming anyone, he was just using this as a threat: "Open the door, and I will guarantee that your wife and grandchildren will be fine, otherwise—"

The old man wept profusely, constantly wiping his tears.

His wife indeed had Alzheimer's, but her affection for him seemed not to have been forgotten.

Even with the blade at her neck, she suddenly stammered out his name: "Aiguo... Aiguo..."

When the old man heard his beloved's voice calling his name, a look of determination suddenly flashed in his eyes.

However, Lin Chuan didn't give him a chance to act. He stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Look at the person behind me, she is the 3rd ranked powerhouse on the level ranking."

"You know the level ranking, right? She has the ability to ensure your grandchildren are not harmed."

"And you two are currently locked outside and don't know the situation inside. What if the people inside don't keep their promise and harm your grandchildren?"

The look of determination in the old man's eyes quietly faded, and he suddenly looked at Aiya behind Lin Chuan.

Aiya was still weak at this moment, barely able to stand.

There was a hint of unconcealable embarrassment on her face—

Her? A level ranking powerhouse?

Hahahaha...