Chapter 56: Bountiful Harvest

Drip, charging complete. Soul Shriek release count (1/1)!

The system's prompt sounded like heavenly music, Lin An was overjoyed.

He recognized the tender voice from just now, that was the Black Dragon's voice! The little guy finally woke up!

Activate!

Soul Shriek!

Time seemed to stop, the zombies leaping from the air to bite were motionless.

Hum—

A ring-shaped shockwave instantly formed, spreading outward at speed surpassing everything in just a few seconds. The intangible yet substance-like mental shock swept across!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

In an instant, tens of thousands of zombie heads exploded simultaneously, blood mist and flesh fragments flew everywhere.

Following came the second impact force, like a grim reaper's scythe sweeping, all enemies within a forty-meter radius were turned to ashes.

Wen Ya only felt her hairs stand on end, an intense sense of deadly danger welled up in her heart.

Although she was only grazed by the Soul Shriek without injury, just the mental power she sensed within it brought immense pressure.

Everything fell into silence.

The mall floor, originally packed with zombies, was cleared in one strike; the zombies' howls vanished, leaving dead silence.

Dry mouth and tongue.

Even though she had witnessed Lin An's previous Soul Shriek power, she was still deeply shaken by the sight before her.

The ground was littered with minced corpses; under the mental shock's damage, no intact flesh could be found anywhere.

Drip-drip, drip-drip.

The blood rain blown up by the shockwave fell down, like a sea of blood and flesh.

The Black Dragon's power after mental charging seemed somewhat stronger than my own mental charging?

Lin An felt doubtful, but didn't have time to think further.

Since the little guy woke up, I'll ask him later.

Don't space out, let's get out first!

How long until we can restore mental power and release the barrier?

Lin An, without a word, hoisted Zhang Tie onto his back, pulled the stunned Wen Ya, and ran.

Zombies kept jumping down from the mall's upper floors; he hadn't forgotten that outside the plaza still had three hundred thousand zombies!

With such a commotion, if we again attract mutant entanglement...

Once again surrounded by the corpse sea, he couldn't count on the Black Dragon to recharge him again.

That black dragon looked lazy to death; although it hadn't turned back into a stone carving, it now coiled around his wrist as if wanting to sleep.

Before fleeing.

Lin An's fingertip Space Ring flashed white light, and the Suturer corpse on the ground was instantly stored away.

Good stuff, can't waste it.

If we later recruit Awakened Ones with equipment-making talent, just from this corpse we could produce at least two more pieces of equipment.

Ring City Expressway.

A black off-road vehicle roared past, ignoring the pursuing zombies along the road, smashing straight through any scattered zombies without dodging.

dongci! dongci! dongci!

The car played explosive music, Zhang Tie headbanged with excitement, his shiny head swaying to the beat.

The terrifying wound on his chest had fully healed; driving one-handed, he looked effortlessly cool.

Die, old man!

Bang!

Another zombie was launched into the air by being hit at over 120 kilometers per hour.

His unique loud voice let out an excited shout, causing Youwei to look helplessly at her older brother.

Lin An didn't mind sitting in the passenger seat; the lazy Black Dragon coiled around his wrist, eyes closed in sleep.

Wen Ya, Youwei, and Mo Ling sat in the back seat, gripping the car's handles tightly to avoid being thrown out.

Taking advantage of the free time while on the road.

Lin An examined each item gained from the Suturer's big explosion, full of anticipation.

A Second Level peak mutant's loot couldn't be bad!

He turned his wrist, a bundle of grayish-white thread appeared in his hand.

Prop Name: Suture Thread (White)

Prop Effect: Can suture any limb with a rank difference of ±1 onto oneself, gaining attribute bonuses according to type.

Prop Evaluation: A unique product of the Suturer; perhaps you can suture another head onto yourself.

Not a bad prop; although its quality is only white, its effect is unique.

Lin An recalled the Suturer's bizarre three heads; if he really sutured an extra head like it, it would be like gaining an extra life.

However, this prop is better used on Zhang Tie; he happened to have lost his left hand earlier.

Although he could also use it, with his current physique, suturing any mutant limb wouldn't give much improvement.

Unless it's a Third Rank existence, it might still be somewhat useful.

As for growing another head? Forget it, Lin An had no intention of turning himself into a monster.

Hmm, we could suture the Suturer's arm onto Zhang Tie; thinking back on that pair of fists whose attack speed nearly reached the speed of sound, Lin An still felt a pang of apprehension.

This way, Zhang Tie's disadvantage of lacking damage can also be compensated. He won't always be used as a meat shield.

Let's look at the next one, Sutured Carapace.

"Equipment Name: Sutured Carapace (White)"

"Equipment Effect: Physique +1, Defense increased +10%. When damaged, it can fill with flesh and slowly regenerate."

"Equipment Special Effect: Immune to attacks from 15 points of strength or less! Reduces damage from 20 points of strength or less by 20%! Reduces damage from 30 points of strength or less by 10%!"

"Equipment Evaluation: The Suturer's strong defense foundation; wearing it lets you roam the battlefield of gunfire and artillery!"

!!?

Holy shit, this is quite extreme!

Lin An's eyes lit up; the thin, gray-white vest in his hand, as thin as a cicada's wing, felt substantial to the touch.

He had never seen white equipment with special effects before; although the attribute bonuses weren't high, the attached damage reduction effect could practically rival blue equipment!

Immune to damage from 15 points of strength or less?

Lin An's expression turned a bit strange; he remembered Zhang Tie's strength was less than 15 points.

In other words, even if an ordinary player got this equipment, even standing still letting Zhang Tie attack, they couldn't hope to cause any damage.

The rule-bound power attached to the equipment under system support is just this unscientific!

An ordinary pistol converts to about 13 points of strength; a small-caliber assault rifle might be a bit higher, roughly around 16 points.

In other words, this thing is equivalent to top-tier bulletproof armor, and it's the self-repairing kind.

One piece of white equipment can turn a flesh-and-blood body into steel! This is where the power of equipment in the Doomsday Game lies.

Moreover, not to mention the two later special effects, damage within 30 points is reduced. If he had this equipment when previously fighting a Suturer, Lin An wouldn't have been blasted through the chest by a single punch.

Thinking of the blood stone he had just obtained and used twice, he felt a pang of regret.

Not bad; this equipment is perfect for him to use, thereby compensating for his high attack, low defense flaw.

The unexpected top-quality equipment made Lin An's face beam with joy, eagerly looking toward the third prop.

Another little extreme quality!

Blue Special Prop 【Fusion Heart】; even if blue is the worst, it won't be that bad!

"Special Prop Name: Fusion Heart (Blue)"

"Prop Effect: Can fuse any two mutants not exceeding Second Level, increasing the target's strength after fusion."

"Prop Tip: For mutants exceeding Second Level, the fusion process requires adding a 【Key】; for First Level, no 【Key】 is needed."

"Prop Evaluation: Perhaps you can try to recreate a Suturer!"

"Tip: The 【Key】 is often found in the Origin Land."

Lin An held a blue heart that beat powerfully, occasionally emitting a strange odor.

He looked puzzled; what are the 【Key】 and Origin Land?

Recreate a Suturer?

Lin An couldn't help shaking his head; only a brain malfunction would make him recreate a mutant.

Forget it; I also don't know what this thing is useful for.

Although a bit disappointed, after all it's a blue special prop; surely there will be a day when it can be used.

Wait a moment.

A flash of inspiration struck instantly.

Lin An's breathing suddenly became a bit short; perhaps this thing could be used to artificially create mutants, then kill them to level up?

I don't know whether such artificially created mutants would drop equipment; if they could,..

Monsters fused from First Level mutants don't drop good equipment, but those from Second Level, even Second Level Peak,..

Another 8*8 big boom!?

That would be too awesome!

I just don't know what the required 【Key】 and Origin Land are.

Lin An fell into thought; he always felt he had heard the term 【Origin Land】 somewhere before.

Forget it; let's put it away for now and talk later.

After a few days, once we obtain the Doomsday Base Vehicle and establish the Safe Zone, we'll consider this matter.

He turned his wrist, and the last piece of equipment from the pressure box appeared in his hand.

Lin An looked expectantly at the shriveled thing in his hand, like a woman's skull after dehydration.

Blue equipment!

In his past life, among the nearly million players in the Lingjiang surrounding war zone, only one piece of blue equipment existed.

Although it's not ruled out that someone obtained it and didn't show it off in the chat channel, this is still enough to prove the rarity of blue equipment.

The Skullcrusher's Hand and Soul Shatter Fragments he previously obtained were fused without even trying, under the Black Dragon's demand.

Therefore, strictly speaking, this is also his first piece of blue equipment.

Although he already has an orange piece of equipment on him, that item is ultimately sealed, so it doesn't affect Lin An's currently nervous and excited mood at all.

I don't know exactly what the attributes are, but even if it's a bit worse than the Skullcrusher's Hand, it could still qualitatively transform his power again!

"Check equipment 【Grudge Skull】!"