223: Quick upgrade

Inside the Lord's Mansion.

Everyone gathered around the Gold Beetle, curiously touching and observing it.

“Look, these two front limbs are even sharper than the longsword I use.”

He Kaige took out an iron rod and struck the Gold Beetle's front limb; the rod instantly split into two.

“This carapace, I'm afraid even my spear would have trouble piercing it.” Zhang Qiang tapped the shimmering golden carapace of the Gold Beetle with his finger.

“If only we could also contract a Gold Beetle,” Xie Haimei said with an envious look.

“Stop sighing. With your current mental strength, you wouldn't be able to contract even a dying Gold Beetle. Hurry up and increase your strength, and then I'll get each of you a Gold Beetle as a pet.”

Qin Shi Lei said with a smile.

“Qin Ge, are you really going to leave this Gold Beetle in the Insect Valley?” Zhang Xiaoli asked.

“Yes, if the Gold Beetle leaves the Insect Valley for too long, the insects there will scatter. It has to stay there to guard the Space Rift,” Qin Shi Lei explained.

Actually, he had another idea: he hoped to use the Gold Beetle to establish a foothold in the Insect World.

Firstly, it would make it easier for Qin Shi Lei to explore the Insect World in the future, and secondly, he hoped to use the Gold Beetle to catch other insects as pets for those around him.

As they spoke, Qin Shi Lei also started refreshing the attributes for the Gold Beetle.

Ultimately, he fixed the Gold Beetle with the attributes: Diehard Loyalty, Irresistible Sharpness, and Swift as Thunder.

Diehard Loyalty (Red): Once acknowledged as master, never regretting it for life.

Irresistible Sharpness (Red): The sharpness of the Gold Beetle's front limbs increases by fifty percent.

Swift as Thunder (Red): The Gold Beetle's base speed increases by thirty percent.

As for the Gold Beetle's fourth attribute, since the daily limit for fixing attributes had been reached, it could only be refreshed later.

At this time, the leaders of the major battle groups and the hall masters of the Panshi Battle Group all submitted their income for this period.

Qin Shi Lei roughly calculated it and found that there were over forty thousand crystals.

After he kept the crystals needed for Hope City's operation, it was just enough for him to level up again.

After dinner, Qin Shi Lei absorbed all the crystals and finally advanced to Silver Five Star.

Although Qin Shi Lei didn't have the urge to compete with his wife for the top spot on the leaderboard, the enemies he encountered were becoming stronger and stronger, and his Silver Realm cultivation was ultimately a bit weak.

Qin Shi Lei planned to train diligently to advance to the Golden Realm as soon as possible.

So, early the next morning, Qin Shi Lei and Zhang Xiaoli went to Qing County, about one hundred kilometers away.

Qing County had approximately two to three hundred thousand zombies, about ten percent of which had already advanced to the Bronze Realm.

Qin Shi Lei first drove a few hundred meters, attracting all the nearby zombies.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he released the elephant herd, which charged at the gathered zombies.

To deal with these zombies, the Mammoth Giant Elephants didn't need any abilities; they just charged forward.

The ground trembled, dust rolled, and after the elephant herd charged through, they left behind a field of incomplete zombie corpses, with many zombies even trampled into meat paste.

Qin Shi Lei followed behind the elephant herd, picking up the treasure chests and zombie corpses and putting them into his Qiankun Ring.

Zhang Xiaoli was responsible for casting the ability 'Resurrection' on the elephant herd to heal their minor injuries.

“Qin Ge, these Mammoth Giant Elephants are too violent when killing zombies.”

Zhang Xiaoli sighed, “The only downside is that because it's too brutal, the zombies' deaths are too gruesome. If this were before the apocalypse, I wouldn't even dare to look at these meat pastes.”

Qin Shi Lei said with some concern, “Zhang Xiaoli, why don't you wait for me outside Qing County? I'll find you to treat the elephant herd again after a while.”

Zhang Xiaoli shook her head and replied, “It's been so long since the apocalypse; I've already adapted to this scene. I think it's great to be able to level up with you.”

Qin Shi Lei looked at the hellish scene before him and also felt it was quite depressing.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he raised his left hand, which wore the Qiankun Ring.

“Do you want to refresh attributes?”

“Refresh.”

Dazzling (Blue): The color of the Qiankun Ring becomes more brilliant, like a colorful gem.

Transformation (Green): The Qiankun Ring can transform into various forms such as a bracelet, necklace, or belt.

Auto-Loot (Purple): Can automatically pick up loot within a ten-meter radius.

Nice!

Qin Shi Lei immediately fixed the Auto-Loot attribute for the Qiankun Ring.

Immediately, all the zombies within a ten-meter radius around him were collected into the Qiankun Ring.

Qin Shi Lei tried to set it up.

As they walked, the zombies on the ground didn't disappear, but the ability orbs and crystals in their heads were all collected into the Qiankun Ring.

Zhang Xiaoli, unaware of this situation, used her long saber to split open a zombie's head but couldn't find any ability orbs or crystals.

“That's strange, why are there no crystals?”

Qin Shi Lei shook the Qiankun Ring in his hand, “My ring has gained an auto-loot function. From now on, we won't have to painstakingly dig for crystals.”

“That powerful.” Zhang Xiaoli's eyes lit up as she looked at the Qiankun Ring, “Qin Ge, can you help me upgrade my ring too? I also want the auto-loot function.”

Qin Shi Lei took Zhang Xiaoli's ring and tried refreshing it several times, but the excellent auto-loot attribute didn't appear again.

He could only say with a wry smile, “Upgrading this function requires extremely good luck. We'll talk about it later.”

Through their experiments, they found that only monsters killed by Qin Shi Lei himself or his pets would have their loot automatically picked up by the Qiankun Ring.

After fixing the new attribute, Qin Shi Lei and the others became even more efficient at killing zombies.

Two days later, Qin Shi Lei leveled up again, advancing to Silver Six Star.

As soon as Qin Shi Lei, who had successfully advanced, walked out of his room, Xu Hongyu walked up to him with a smile.

“Big Brother, my Holy Spirit Gu is finally ready. Quickly release your pet, and I'll see if I can cure it.”

“Really? Then I'll trouble you.” Qin Shi Lei's face lit up with joy, and he quickly walked to a spacious area and released Xiaoqiang.

Xu Hongyu pointed at Xiaoqiang on the ground, and a colorful butterfly flew above Xiaoqiang's head.

That dazzling butterfly circled Xiaoqiang's head several times, scattering a shower of colorful light.

A few minutes later.

The colorful butterfly was so tired that it could no longer scatter colorful light and flew back into Xu Hongyu's palm.

Qin Shi Lei looked at Xiaoqiang, still lying on the ground, with a disappointed expression.

Xu Hongyu suddenly said excitedly, “Big Brother, it moved.”

Qin Shi Lei also saw Xiaoqiang's eyelids twitch slightly.

Immediately after, Xiaoqiang slowly opened its eyes and then stood up from the ground.

“Whoosh!”

Xiaoqiang raised its head and let out a cry, then quickly walked to Qin Shi Lei's side, joyfully rubbing its head against Qin Shi Lei's chest.

“Excellent, now we can fight side by side again.” Qin Shi Lei gently stroked the soft feathers of his pet.

He turned to Xu Hongyu and asked, “Thank you for helping me revive my pet. What reward would you like?”

Xu Hongyu said sweetly, “My life was saved by you, Big Brother. This is just me repaying my kindness; I don't want any reward.”

Qin Shi Lei said with a smile, “I'm happy today. Just make one request, and I will surely fulfill it.”

Xu Hongyu thought for a moment, “Big Brother, can I join the Panshi Battle Group?”

“Of course you can.” Qin Shi Lei affirmed, “Welcome to the Panshi Battle Group.”

Xu Hongyu not only had good strength, but her various Gu insects also had various miraculous effects. Of course, Qin Shi Lei was more than happy for her to join Panshi.