6: Visitors

The moment Lin Ze purchased Body Enhancement I, he felt a sudden surge of warmth throughout his body, and then he could clearly sense his body instantly filling with strength.

He swung the machete in his hand a few times, and could clearly feel that the machete was much lighter; after swinging it more than ten times consecutively, he felt a slight soreness in his arm.

Not only had his strength improved, but his stamina had also increased significantly.

This Body Enhancement I was all-encompassing!

Lin Ze's eyes lit up with joy; this system was too powerful!

He looked again and found that Body Enhancement I was followed by: (Upgrade requires 1000 source points).

1000 points, huh... He only had 270 points left now, still quite far from 1000 points.

In this apocalyptic world, Lin Ze, having experienced it firsthand, naturally knew how important physical fitness was.

Lin Ze continued to look at other items.

Finally, after careful selection, he spent his remaining 270 source points to purchase a Type 54 pistol (System Upgraded Version: 15-round capacity), which came with 150 rounds of ammunition (ten magazines), costing 50 source points.

Then there were the super comfortable and durable shoes produced by the system, suitable for various high-intensity activities; these alone cost 20 source points.

100 source points also bought him the Agile Reaction I ability.

Compared to the all-encompassing Body Enhancement I, this Agile Reaction I was a specialized enhancement.

The last 100 source points were used to buy Stamina Enhancement I.

Similarly, Stamina Enhancement I would allow Lin Ze to have greater stamina and faster stamina recovery.

Lin Ze glanced at his current situation:

Items: Type 54 7.62mm Pistol (System Upgraded Version) (150 rounds remaining), Special Sports Shoes, Machete

Abilities:

Body Enhancement I

Stamina Enhancement I

Agile Reaction I

Tang Ziheng's given system would, of course, not be the same.

Compared to Clarissa's system, Lin Ze's system was very simple and direct.

Lin Ze tucked the pistol into his waistband, holding the machete in his hand; he wouldn't fire the gun unless absolutely necessary, after all... gunshots easily attract monsters.

However, it must be said that the gun's deterrent power was greater against humans!

Although there were monsters outside, as long as one understood their patterns and wasn't unlucky, avoiding them and surviving wasn't a major problem.

For humans, the greatest challenges were the extreme weather, supplies, and... other people! Of course, Nightmare Day was not included.

After all, Nightmare Day was generally just extreme weather; as long as one stayed indoors and endured Nightmare Day, in most cases, if nothing unexpected happened, it could be safely passed.

Lin Ze looked at his current supplies: a bottle of mineral water, one-third drunk, a palm-sized piece of bread, and a bottle of yogurt. These were what he found on the rooftop.

Lin Ze glanced at the pouring rain outside.

It was a murky expanse, indicating just how heavy the rain was.

The rain pounded against the makeshift canopy on the rooftop, making "thudding" sounds.

Lin Ze walked to the rooftop door and checked the condition of the box.

He used the box to prop open the rooftop door; this box weighed at least a hundred catties, filled with weighted items he had found to increase its mass.

If nothing unexpected happened, he should be able to get through today safely.

"Hm?" After his enhancements, Lin Ze's five senses were also greatly strengthened.

He sensed some movement downstairs.

Lin Ze gripped his machete with one hand and held the gun in the other, approaching the rooftop door. Through a tiny gap, he stared intently at the stairwell.

The slight movement just now was extremely subtle amidst the sound of the heavy rain; if he hadn't been enhanced, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Moreover, it was very faint and only appeared for a moment.

Lin Ze would not consider it a misconception or mishearing; in the apocalypse, no amount of caution was too much.

Lin Ze held his breath and waited silently.

Pitter-patter~

Lin Ze suddenly heard a slight splashing sound.

There was someone in the stairwell! Of course, it wasn't necessarily a person, but there was definitely a living creature!

The rooftop was not fully enclosed; part of it was open, so rainwater would still fall onto the rooftop. Some of the water would go into the drain, and some would flow down the rooftop door into the stairwell and then further down.

So the stairwell was wet!

If someone came from outside, in this heavy rain, they would definitely be wet. If they went upstairs, their feet on the stairs would certainly make splashing sounds.

The other party was very cautious, but not entirely so; perhaps they thought the heavy rain was too loud to hear anything and didn't realize this issue.

Under normal circumstances, this would be true, but Lin Ze's enhanced body could hear subtle movements. Although it wasn't very clear, Lin Ze believed it directly.

Lin Ze gently disengaged the safety on his gun.

Around the corner, a figure suddenly appeared.

In the dim stairwell, Lin Ze squinted slightly. It was a person!

Lin Ze's heart slightly relaxed.

It was good that it was a person! If it was a person, it would be much easier to deal with! If it were a monster, that would be a bit troublesome.

After all, humans could at least communicate; monsters could not.

The person slowly walked up, turned her head to look at the rooftop door, and slowly fumbled her way up. It seemed to be a woman.

The next moment, two more people appeared behind her, a man and a woman!

However, judging by their appearance, it seemed the woman in front and the man and woman behind were not together.

Because Lin Ze saw the man and woman behind holding knives, about thirty to forty centimeters long, pointed at the woman's back in front.

Lin Ze immediately understood; this woman was the "bait," the scout.

She was definitely not doing it voluntarily.

Lin Ze quietly retreated, weighed his options, and first put the gun back into his waistband.

When he bought the gun, there was also a holster, a half-waistband type, that hung directly on his waist.

Lin Ze slowly retreated and hid on the other side, quietly testing a few times to ensure he could quickly draw his gun at any moment, holding his machete and silently waiting for the other party.

"The... the door is locked..." A trembling female voice sounded at the door, accompanied by a few gentle pushes on the rooftop door, and the sounds of the rooftop door and the box propping it up.

"Stay aside!" The male voice said fiercely and softly, then he went up to peer through the door crack. He pushed the door with all his might.

The box propping up the rooftop door certainly couldn't hold it completely; it was pushed backward, scraping against the floor with a rustling sound.

The man pushed the door open enough for half his body to fit through, then stopped.

"Hm!" The man stepped back, shaking his head towards the door, signaling the woman from before to go inside.

The woman looked at him in fear, her legs trembling slightly, her lips quivering a few times. She knew that if she didn't want to die, she had to go in.

She didn't know what would be on the rooftop—people? Or monsters?

Would someone be hiding there, waiting to deliver a fatal blow the moment she emerged?

The man's gaze grew fiercer, and his female accomplice behind the woman poked the woman's waist with her knife.

The woman instinctively took a step forward, pursed her lips, and forced herself to walk towards the rooftop, suppressing her fear.

She turned sideways and edged out through the rooftop door.