Chapter 30: Split up

Lin Dui, what are you looking at?

Zhang Tie, lax and casual, stood beside Lin An in no time.

Nothing much.

Lin An pulled out two potions he had prepared earlier from his waist and handed them to him.

The light purple potion emitted a strange color within the test tube, enchanting to behold.

Captain Lin, what is this?

Zhang Tie instinctively took the potion, then stared dumbfounded at the explanation appearing in his player info.

Ding, obtained Lizard Extract (Special): Consumption temporarily boosts Strength +1, Constitution +1, Agility +1.

Ding, obtained Purified Snake Venom (Special): Consumption temporarily increases explosive power by 50%, stamina, resistance to blows by 30%, and attack speed by 20%.

He was dumbstruck.

As an Awakened One, Zhang Tie knew from his own changes just how important any attribute boost is.

This stuff is pretty badass, Captain Lin!

Holy crap, if I had a few more of these, I wouldn't fear any zombies!

Give me a few more!

Lin An was helpless.

After subtracting what he had used earlier, he now has only 24 potions left in his ring.

Although that sounds like a lot, it's nowhere near enough for several battles.

It's fine for one person, but if the team grows larger later on,

two or three fights would drain it completely.

There's not much left, use it sparingly.

Can your mental strength still support another transformation?

Zhang Tie felt a bit regretful upon hearing there wasn't much left.

He carefully placed the potions in his bosom like a treasure.

Captain Lin, I can at most sustain one bear transformation, and the duration will be much shorter.

About how long?

Zhang Tie thought for a moment and gave an uncertain answer.

Around twenty seconds.

Lin An frowned slightly; twenty seconds is really too short.

He had already calculated that earlier.

Even if they act as fast as possible,

the battle in the infirmary building will not last less than five minutes.

Both places need to be visited.

If the medicine preparation room truly has a spiritual energy node, then Lin An could even bring Wen Ya back here tomorrow to advance to Awakened One.

After all, in his plan, another awakening site is hard to find, and it's located where large numbers of zombies gather.

Taking Wen Ya in, given her ordinary strength, the risk remains high.

Therefore, finding a spiritual energy node in the medicine preparation room would be ideal.

"Then."

"Split up."

"You go to the medicine preparation room; there are fewer zombies there."

"If anything unusual happens, tell me directly."

Lin An thought it over and still decided to let Zhang Tie go to the medicine preparation room alone.

Even if the spiritual energy node there has dissipated, perhaps some benefits remain.

And having Zhang Tie follow me, where he wouldn't be of much help, is worse than letting him scout again.

Zhang Tie hesitated a moment, but still said nothing.

He knew that if he couldn't bear-transform, at best he'd be a tough, slightly stronger-than-average human.

In close combat with zombies, he might even become a burden to Lin An.

Without further ado, he simply nodded his assent.

But his heart suddenly felt a bit wistful.

After the Apocalypse broke out, he had always been relied upon by the team as an elder brother.

But he never expected that, with Lin An, he wouldn't even be able to help in a hurry.

The strength he prided himself on amounted to nothing before Lin An.

Dejected and disheartened.

Zhang Tie glanced at his left hand.

His severed arm actually weakened him considerably.

Lin An saw what he was thinking and still intended to comfort him.

After all, we'll all be teammates from now on, and mutual support is indispensable.

"Zhang Tie, don't be discouraged, thinking you're useless."

"Every Awakened One is a powerful endorsement."

"You feel your strength is lacking because we're facing a huge horde of corpses."

"Against a horde of this scale, nobody would be of use."

Lin An thought for a moment and then added:

"Your talent skill is quite good."

"Bear Transformation, in terms of combat, is much more practical than many Awakened Ones."

"As the duration of your transformation increases later on, and even after you upgrade to Second Level, you will also gain a new skill."

"Long-lasting Bear Transformation plus the newly learned skill makes your combat power quite considerable."

Lin An recalled other Awakened Ones he knew from his past life, especially those who controlled elements.

He raised his hand and released fire, storm.

It looks very powerful, and its lethality is not bad either.

But often, in the early stage when mental strength is lacking, after releasing two or three skills he loses his combat power.

After that he can only rely on the 10-point limit attributes to fight enemies.

Compared to the Body System, for Awakened Ones of the Transformation System.

Such Awakened Ones are like a three-strike axe; once their skills are used up, they are useless.

Zhang Tie's Bear Transformation lasts much longer in continuous combat than those Awakened Ones.

Although its burst is somewhat weaker, its advantage lies in lasting stability.

It's like the relationship between an ADC and a mage.

One pursues steady, sustained output; the other is a short burst.

Zhang Tie felt much better hearing that, and he began to look forward to his strength after advancing to Second Level.

Lin An likewise looked forward to it.

In these several encounters with large numbers of zombies, he also discovered a clear shortcoming of his own.

He lacks an area-of-effect skill.

Against a single enemy it's fine.

But once faced with many enemies, relying solely on physical strength to kill them is really too exhausting.

His talent is power burst, which is not much different from Zhang Tie's Bear Transformation.

Although his attributes are increased a lot and are comprehensive.

But ultimately it belongs to the support skill category.

In the Doomsday Game, lacking an area-of-effect skill is really inconvenient.

After all, mutants are strong but few in number.

In normal combat, what one really faces are large numbers of zombies.

Lin An made up his mind.

After obtaining the Equipment, go deal with the 【Suturer】; if successful, be sure to advance to Second Level before establishing the Safe Zone.

Advancing to Second Level not only brings another qualitative leap in strength, but also grants a completely new skill.

He already has one support skill now; Lin An doesn't believe the skill he gains after leveling up will still be a support type.

Even if it's just a single-target burst skill, it would be stronger than him chopping with a blade over and over.

"Captain Lin, I've rested enough."

"Shall we go now?"

Lin An looked at Zhang Tie and nodded slowly.

He gave Zhang Tie two potions, believing that with Zhang Tie's strength, facing the medicine room with not many zombies should be no problem.

"Bang!"

After confirming the route, the two didn't hesitate and jumped directly from the second floor.

One headed straight for the inpatient building, the other went to the medicine room.

On the second level of the underground parking lot, the rhythmic knocking sound suddenly stopped.

Not long after, a baby's cry rang out.

In the midst of dead silence and darkness, it was abruptly eerie.