35: Chapter 35: Singing and Drinking, the More You Drink, the Stronger You Get!

On the live stream screen, the Flying Zombie, which had still been resisting just a moment ago, was suddenly struck by Song Yiqing, who slammed his palm onto its head in the next second.

Bang!!! Crackle, crackle, crackle!!! Powerful electrical current poured in from top to bottom in an instant. The lightning raged, causing the Flying Zombie's body to start emitting waves of charred scent.

Lightning is inherently the bane of yin and evil things, let alone a Jiangshi. Coupled with the completion of the Spirit-Suppressing Array and the exhaustive efforts the two of them had made to weaken it, this Palm Thunder was able to achieve its maximum effect.

[Challenge Task: Kill the Hairy Zombie, completed. Reward obtained...]

[Target's strength level detected to have increased, reward upgraded to SS-rank!]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the SS-rank reward: Drunken Song!]

The explanation for Drunken Song was very simple. It was a passive-like skill where continuously drinking alcohol would stack buffs within the body. When a real outburst was needed, they could all be unleashed at once. Having just obtained this ability, Song Yiqing's current stack count was 0, with a maximum stack count of one hundred.

Song Yiqing quietly digested the Drunken Song skill. After obtaining this ability, the system also distributed one hundred vats of alcohol, placing them within the system space. Whenever he needed it, he could replace all the water in his mineral water bottle with alcohol at any time. He immediately took out the mineral water and quietly swapped it.

However, during this process, he noticed that Zhang Qilin was a bit far away from him, clearly a bit intimidated by the Palm Thunder just now.

"Brother, why are you running so far away? I'm not going to eat you,"

"..."

Zhang Qilin didn't speak but silently walked back. At this moment, he smelled the scent of alcohol wafting from Song Yiqing's mineral water bottle, and Song Yiqing smiled.

"I made a mistake when I left the house and brought alcohol instead. Although it's alcohol, it can still quench thirst."

"..."

Zhang Qilin looked at him and shook his head secretly, clearly feeling somewhat helpless.

However, Song Yiqing didn't care what he thought. Since drinking alcohol could make him stronger, why not drink it? He subsequently took a sip, and the next second, he noticed a '1' appeared on the system bar. He took another sip, and the number started to rise. However, after finishing one bottle, he discovered that the stacking of the layers began to slow down; it was only at 8 now.

However, because of his Taotie Bloodline, his ability to metabolize alcohol had improved, though he was currently feeling a bit tipsy.

"Hiccup~~ Brother, do you want a sip?"

"No,"

Zhang Qilin replied, then beckoned to Wu Ren and the other two over there. Seeing this, Wu Ren immediately approached with a fawning smile, but as soon as he got close, he saw Song Yiqing drinking alcohol.

"Wait, what? This... how are you drinking alcohol?? This is a Forbidden Area!"

"What's wrong with drinking? Can't I drink?"

Song Yiqing walked with a slight sway, making Wu Ren suddenly feel a sense of regret for lingering here. Drinking while exploring a Forbidden Area—how much difference was there between this behavior and courting death?

In the bullet comments section, [What the hell? What is this? He's already started drinking?? I was just excited about him killing the Flying Zombie, and now he pulls this on me?] [Abstract! Truly abstract. Drinking in the Forbidden Area is just straight-up courting death.] [This is insane. I've watched Forbidden Area exploration streams for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen someone drinking alcohol in a Forbidden Area. A sip or two is fine, maybe for courage, but drinking that much? Is he tired of living?]

Inside the Flying Tiger Archaeological Expedition Team, the scene of Song Yiqing drinking made everyone in the team click their tongues slightly.

"So this guy is a drunkard?"

"I couldn't tell! He didn't touch a drop before, but now that he's killed the Flying Zombie, he's starting to get cocky? Does he think there won't be any danger for the rest of the way?"

"That possibility is quite high. People do these kinds of things when they get too full of themselves."

"I'm suddenly a bit glad he's not in our Archaeological Team."

Everyone whispered among themselves.

Bai Yao's expression gradually darkened, and she muttered angrily, "Why drink? Why do you have to drink at a time like this!"

In contrast, Xue Xingye's mood turned from overcast to sunny. "That's why I said he wouldn't join the Archaeological Expedition Team; the reason is right here! He drinks when he has nothing to do. Can such a person accomplish anything? If you want to do serious work, your self-discipline still isn't enough. Sigh... what a waste of talent. Arrogance is often the greatest enemy."

His words sounded extremely reasonable to everyone, and they nodded one after another.

At the same time, Kang Mo spoke up, "It seems we should feel fortunate that he refused to join the Archaeological Team earlier. Otherwise, heaven knows what would have happened after he joined."

"Elder Kang," Shi Zhishan said, "As for these things, as long as it doesn't hinder the work, what's wrong with drinking a little? Song Yiqing is so strong; a little drink after victory is nothing, right?"

Just as he was speaking, Song Yiqing on the live stream suddenly charged with his blade toward the Flying Zombie, which was already charred and dead beyond repair, and began hacking at it crazily. This action, looking just like a drunken tantrum, instantly made Shi Zhishan shut his mouth.

"How can he even throw a drunken tantrum? Oh my god..."

...Where the Iron Triangle was, Fatty looked at Song Yiqing on the screen, who had started throwing a drunken tantrum after drinking, and suddenly couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Pfft! Hahaha! Look at that, this Feng Shui master is actually a drunkard. It's fine, we can take our time; no one will reach it before us!"

"I really didn't expect..."

Lin Tianyi shook his head slightly with a hint of confusion. However, Wang Shan, who was on the side, guessed, "What if this is some kind of ability of his? Like getting stronger by drinking?"

"Pfft!!" Fatty laughed, "Hahaha! Staff Officer Wang, are you telling a story from a novel? Getting stronger? That's too funny!"

...Meanwhile, on the live stream screen, after consuming eight layers of alcoholic energy, Song Yiqing immediately felt his strength and speed increase several times over. He could even feel that if he activated the Taotie Bloodline, these attributes would also receive a bonus. With the lethality of his current eight layers of alcoholic energy, he didn't even need Zhang Qilin's assistance; he could single-handedly crush a Flying Zombie. And this was only eight layers of alcoholic energy; if there were more, the lethality would likely reach an even higher level!