23: Changes in the Doomsday World

Stimulated by pain and blood from its injuries, the injured Snow Monster became enraged and immediately went berserk.

Although that injury was similar to a human getting a minor cut for it.

"Roar!" The Snow Monster pounced fiercely towards Lin Ze.

Its large hands pressed down heavily, intending to crush Lin Ze into a pulp.

Lin Ze's feet suddenly pushed off the snow.

Poof! The snow exploded from that instantaneous burst of power.

Lin Ze lunged to the side.

Boom!

The Snow Monster's hands slammed heavily onto Lin Ze's original position, scattering a large amount of snow.

Lin Ze, having dodged the attack, didn't hesitate for a moment, charging forward and bringing his blade down fiercely towards the Snow Monster's head.

The Snow Monster sensed the deadly danger and quickly twisted its body to the side.

Pfft!

Lin Ze's attack landed on the Snow Monster's arm, immediately slicing it open!

Blood gushed out, the Snow Monster's arm was cut in half, with the remaining half still connected.

The intense pain drove the Snow Monster mad; in its berserk state, it had no strategy whatsoever, only rampaging! Rampaging! And more rampaging!

Due to its violent movements, its left arm, half-severed and uncontrollable, gushed out a large amount of blood.

Wave after wave of blood sprayed from the wound, staining the pristine white snow red.

Lin Ze chose not to confront it head-on, but instead continuously dodged the Snow Monster's attacks and quickly widened the distance.

He wore down the opponent this way; with the massive loss of blood, although it was a monster, this monster was still a normal creature.

If killed, it would die; if it bled dry, it would also die.

Given this, Lin Ze naturally chose the easiest and safest method, even if it took a bit longer.

Because in the blizzard, the freezing temperature slowly stopped the Snow Monster's bleeding.

However, it still lost a significant amount of blood.

Coupled with the intense exertion, the Snow Monster was panting heavily, even struggling to stand steady.

At this moment, Lin Ze suddenly launched an attack.

Seizing an opportunity, he lunged forward, thrusting his blade upwards directly from the Snow Monster's chin, piercing through its head.

Lin Ze then twisted the blade, pfft!

The sound of churning flesh rang out.

The Snow Monster was as dead as could be; after all, even its brain had been churned to mush.

Poof!

Lin Ze abruptly pulled out his alloy blade.

Boom!

The Snow Monster's massive body crashed to the ground.

Lin Ze saw that he had gained 600 source points!

So many source points! Lin Ze's eyes immediately lit up.

This pushed his source points past a thousand again.

Lin Ze didn't immediately check his gains, but instead cut open the Snow Monster's head and started searching.

Monsters would yield evolution crystals!

And evolution crystals were generally found in two places: the brain or the heart.

Emmm... I didn't find it. That's right, for evolution crystals found in the brain, the creature's intelligence tends to be higher than for those in the heart.

This Snow Monster was clearly not very smart.

Sure enough, Lin Ze retrieved a crystalline object about the size of a thumbnail from the Snow Monster's heart.

Lin Ze checked how many source points this evolution crystal could be exchanged for...

780 source points.

Good heavens! Lin Ze was stunned; an evolution crystal could actually be exchanged for so many source points... Including the source points gained from killing the Snow Monster, did this Snow Monster contribute a total of fourteen hundred source points?

Lin Ze pondered which was more cost-effective: evolution crystals or source points.

He knew that evolution crystals could enhance physical attributes, but he didn't know how they enhanced them, nor the extent of the enhancement... whether different crystals had different effects, and he also didn't know if there were any potential dangers associated with evolution crystals.

Compared to evolution crystals, Lin Ze trusted his system more.

Of course, Lin Zhi would be an excellent test subject... He wouldn't give this one to Lin Zhi. Lin Ze was thinking of the next one, or when he obtained more evolution crystals, he would give a "cheaper" one to Lin Zhi to try out.

Lin Ze directly exchanged the evolution crystal.

Watching his source points break through 2000!

Lin Ze began browsing the shop right next to the Snow Monster's corpse.

He also intended to "wait for rabbits"; if there were any monsters nearby, they would likely be drawn over by such a strong smell of blood.

Facing the endless items in the shop, Lin Ze clicked on the filter option, selecting "blade techniques under 2000 source points," and also checked the "recommended" option next to it.

With the "system's" help and recommendations, Lin Ze picked out a blade technique called [Overlord's Blade].

The description said it was broad and sweeping, very powerful.

It cost 1000 source points.

Lin Ze felt as if he had undergone countless years of training, instantly mastering this blade technique.

"Blade techniques really do exist... How exquisite!" Lin Ze felt that if he had mastered this blade technique earlier, when fighting the Snow Monster, one strike would definitely have severed the opponent's arm completely, instead of leaving half of it connected.

The various force application techniques and blade handling methods were far superior to his previous "wild style."

This blade technique was directly integrated, and there was no upgrade option, indicating that how he used it was up to him.

Its power would be determined by a combination of his physical attributes and on-the-spot execution.

This blade technique was still very "scientific"; it wasn't the kind that could unleash blade energy.

With a thousand source points remaining, Lin Ze chose to add three more talents.

[Body Coordination and Flexibility Enhancement I] (300 source points)

[Arm Strength Enhancement I] (100 source points)

[Wrist Strength Enhancement I] (100 source points)

500 source points remaining.

With the addition of three talents, Lin Ze shivered, feeling a warm sensation throughout his body, which had all been enhanced, especially his arms.

[Overlord's Blade] also provided some physical enhancement, particularly to arm strength.

Coupled with [Body Coordination and Flexibility Enhancement I], Lin Ze had even better control over his body.

Lin Ze swung his blade; with the [Overlord's Blade] enhancement, his body control was also very precise.

But it wasn't enough; he couldn't achieve micro-control, only the various force application techniques of the blade art.

So Lin Ze gritted his teeth and used his last 500 source points to exchange for a [Body Control] talent.

This talent could not be upgraded, but Lin Ze felt its value was well worth it after acquiring it.

He could basically control all his muscles, even the closing of his pores.

In other words, he could be more efficient than ordinary people in terms of utilization.

This concept was too powerful!

If he wanted to, he could even enter a state similar to "berserk," frantically pushing himself to achieve a burst of power, but the longer it lasted, the greater the physical damage, reaching a certain point where his body would collapse.

This was a double-edged sword to use.

Lin Ze sighed, as expected of the system; such a terrifying ability was so cheap!

System products are always high-quality!

After spending all his source points, Lin Ze looked at his two-digit source points and couldn't help but lament: spending money like water!

At this moment, several figures appeared around him.

Lin Ze looked closely and saw they were all zombies.

They were clearly attracted by the strong smell of blood here.

"Perfect! I'm in need of source points!" Lin Ze's eyes lit up. Although a single zombie only yielded about 20-30 source points, and some "underdeveloped" zombies only gave a dozen or so, zombies made up for it in sheer numbers!

Easy to kill and numerous, mowing them down was too enjoyable!

Lin Ze, gripping his alloy blade, entered mowing mode; these continuously surging zombies were perfect for him to practice on.

Five minutes later.

Lin Ze looked at the zombie corpses scattered across the ground.

His source points had risen again to over 800.

He had cut down between thirty and forty zombies.

"There shouldn't be any more monsters nearby..." Lin Ze saw that so much time had passed, all these zombies were killed, and no other monsters had come.

There probably weren't any monsters within a few kilometers around here...

Lin Ze shook his head, wiped his alloy blade clean with snow, and returned to the villa.

"I'm back!" Lin Ze climbed over the wall, then knocked on the door.

Lin Zhi immediately ran to open the door for Lin Ze.

"You're back!" Lin Zhi looked Lin Ze up and down, seeing him covered in blood, and immediately asked with concern, "You're not hurt, are you?!"

"I'm fine! It's all monster blood. I'll change my jacket in a bit; this one is covered in blood and needs to be burned," Lin Ze said, waving his hand.

After changing his clothes, Lin Ze casually threw the bloody jacket he took off into the fireplace.

"Here, this is a blade I found. You can use it from now on! In the coming days, I'll teach you blade techniques, and your training mustn't stop! If there's an opportunity in the future, I'll also let you use evolution crystals!" Lin Ze said to Lin Zhi.

"Mhm mhm!" Lin Zhi nodded seriously, then took the alloy blade from Lin Ze.

Starting tomorrow, she would officially embark on her "martial arts journey."

Neither of them knew that this world was slowly changing.

It was as if the past month of the apocalypse wasn't the true, official version of the apocalypse, but rather an apocalypse test server.

Across the world, large numbers of monsters emerged.

And these monsters were extremely proactive.

Compared to the monsters of the past month, they were much more ferocious.

Many safe houses and survivors were caught off guard, actively sought out and attacked by these monsters, suffering heavy casualties.

This was just the beginning...

The changes in this world did not escape Tang Ziheng, who was "peeking at the screen."

"Has this world changed?" Tang Ziheng encountered this situation for the first time and was quite curious.

Tang Ziheng used the system to observe this world.

He found that the world's "background description" had also changed to some extent, or rather, on top of the original world background, a "sequel" had been added:

The one-month period of the apocalypse has ended. This was a period of adaptation earned by the "Gods" (World) out of pity for humanity... Now, the "Gods" are powerless, and pain and disaster descend...