Chapter 36

At the other end of the communication, just from the voice he could tell how excited Lin An's emotions were.

Zhang Tie's expression was embarrassed, and he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.

I haven't even said what the situation actually is yet!

Could it be that Lin Dui has encountered this situation before? Is this thing a mutant?

There's no need to scold me either...

I'm not asking you; I haven't even memorized it yet, right?

Although I haven't been in contact with Lin An for long, in his impression Lin An has always been calm, expressionless, and cold-hearted.

These emotions are too excited.

Zhang Tie muttered to himself inwardly.

Could it be because Lin Dui just told me today not to trust any suspected zombies?

But when he turned his head and encountered a suspected mutant, he hesitated about whether to save it, which made Lin An angry?

Just as Zhang Tie was thinking wildly, even considering whether to whip the suspected mutant girl to death with a bone whip while she was unconscious.

In front of the hospital building.

Lin An stood straight in place, his whole body stiff.

Even the zombies flying toward him nearby were ignored.

"Ding, s-rank aberrant beast 【Shen Yuan Black Dragon】 wishes to sign a partner contract with you, do you accept?"

"Ding, you have obtained orange equipment 【Soul-devouring Hand】 *1"

"Ding, the player received feedback from unknown mental power, gaining attribute increase."

"Ding, Will +1."

"Ding, Agility +1."

"Ding, Strength +1."

"Ding, Constitution +1."

"Ding, mental recovery speed +20%, mental power limit increased 20%, mental resistance increased 20%."

The system prompts rang out densely, like heavenly music.

For a moment, the light screen in Lin An's view was flooded with crazy messages.

The slender black snake coiled around his arm just one second before Lin An was about to leave, and the Soul-devouring Hand that it had originally swallowed into its belly was spat out again.

It's just that this epic equipment shrunk a bit, and the original blood-red patterns also became somewhat dim and lackluster.

Looks like its inner spiritual energy has been drained.

Lin An was overjoyed.

Turning point after turning point, dark willows and bright flowers—nothing more than that.

The equipment that was originally lost has been recovered, and unexpectedly an s-rank aberrant beast even appeared, wanting to become his summoned beast.

I never expected the black snake to actually be a dragon!

No wonder there were two bumps on his head; he originally thought it was an infection...

All attributes +1, and a bunch of buff effects were added.

s-rank aberrant beast...

"Glug."

Lin An swallowed hard, his mouth dry.

Aberrant beasts probably only begin to appear sporadically about a year after the apocalypse breaks out.

Such creatures from the YiKongjian differ from zombies.

Although most of them are hostile toward humans, they are also hostile toward zombies and mutants.

Their strength differs from that of Awakened Ones; instead they are divided into s, a, b, c, d, five levels.

They correspond respectively to Awakened Ones from zeroth rank to fourth rank.

Therefore.

By the third year of the apocalypse, zombies, mutants, aberrant beasts, and humans form a tripartite standoff.

The Safe Zones established by humans will suffer wave after wave of zombie tides and beast tides.

Among them, the zombie side is strongest, the aberrant beast side second, and humans merely struggle to survive.

And s-rank aberrant beasts, as the topmost existence among aberrant beasts.

Lin An had only seen one once in the chat channel of his Past Life.

That time.

It was footage captured at the risk of life by a third-rank peak Awakened One.

A six-armed giant ape aberrant beast over thirty meters tall single-handedly opposed a modernized army of four army corps totaling 200,000 personnel.

200,000 well-trained players who had also leveled up.

Heavy artillery, a flood of over 400 tanks, and fighter squadrons of more than two wings.

Joint ground-air operations; with such firepower, it's no exaggeration to say it could flatten any small country.

But even so.

Under continuous bombardment and the attacks of ten third-rank Awakened Ones, that s-rank aberrant beast slaughtered an entire large Safe Zone in just five minutes.

Unyielding and unmatched.

Even heavy artillery couldn't breach its defenses; airburst shells and strategic missiles could only temporarily impede its advance.

The steel torrent and machine-gun emplacements were nothing more than ticklish toys to it.

Third-rank Awakened Ones could only join forces to dart around its feet and harass it.

That battle.

Over a million people died, the entire Huaxia Southwest War Zone was severely weakened, and it almost fell to a subsequent zombie attack.

In the end, an unknown force still used a small-yield nuclear bomb, heavily wounding it under the desperate siege of ten third-rank Awakened Ones, forcing it to flee.

In less than a minute, the edited video left all players in despair.

The power of a fourth-stage aberrant beast leaves no thought of resistance.

And right now, the black snake coiled around Lin An's hand is an existence of that level!

Invincible!

If a contract is signed, the black snake.

No, the Shen Yuan Black Dragon can be used by him; this doomsday game is not yet his to run rampant!

"Roar!"

More than a dozen zombies gathered, lunging at Lin An with lightning speed.

As if unseen.

Lin An, immersed in shock, couldn't be bothered to deal with these zombies.

Slow and leisurely, like an elderly person's move.

Now seriously injured, he also doesn't want to go all out, as that would worsen his wounds.

"Pfft!"

A light punch struck the forehead of the leading zombie, its skull instantly caving in.

Lin An frowned; his strength had dropped too much due to his serious injury.

"Power Burst!"

A pale gold psychic energy flashed and vanished into his body.

"Side kick!"

He kicked out, the force much weaker than before but still fairly fierce.

The zombie in front of him, upon being kicked, had its spine broken and struggled to crawl on the ground.

Other zombies had arrived, frenziedly tearing at his body.

Lin An let out a light sigh.

Forget it.

Go ahead and bite.

Given his current physique, ordinary zombies would need considerable effort to break through his physical defense.

Not to mention he also has slight poison resistance.

Enough zombies to surround a building's occupants, at this moment they were nothing but air in Lin An's eyes.

"Zhang Tie!"

"Take drugs and rush over, bring me back!"

Lin An's thoughts are now entirely on the Shen Yuan Black Dragon and the returned equipment.

The Shen Yuan Black Dragon coiled around his arm, after sending the contract message, fell into sleep.

Otherwise Lin An believes, with an existence of that level, let alone zombies.

Even if it's just a licker in a square, this guy could slaughter them all in seconds.

Lin An dealt with the nearby zombies, while in his mind he focused entirely on communicating with a dark-gold contract.

"Sign the contract!"