Chapter 17: Human Wisdom: Grind Experience at Lightning Speed

Fang Shi moved quickly, scaling the water pipes and air-conditioning platforms like a gecko, reaching the rooftop in an instant.

The zombies below, unable to climb,

could only lift their rotting heads and emit feeble roars.

Fang Shi looked at the gathered zombies below and nodded in satisfaction.

He roughly estimated that at least 300 zombies had gathered beneath this building.

Enough to satisfy half of the experience needed for his level-up.

As long as he showed himself from time to time to provoke the zombies, the horde below would not scatter.

Next came the grinding time.

The simplest approach was, of course, to throw things down.

Only a fool would clash head-on with zombies.

So Fang Shi decided to rest for a while before going downstairs.

He would find a few rooms to move some heavy objects like gas canisters and tables and chairs, then throw them straight down.

"Thump! Thump! Thump."

Fang Shi's ears twitched as he heard footsteps coming from below.

One steady, one frivolous.

Likely a Class User and an ordinary person.

Fang Shi, who had only just rested for a moment, immediately grabbed the bone-chopping knife at his feet.

In the apocalypse, human hearts are unpredictable.

No one could guarantee whether the other side harbored ill intentions.

As for the steel rod, it hindered climbing, so Fang Shi hadn't brought it up at all.

With a "Bang!", the rooftop door was opened.

A man and a woman walked in; they were Xiao Xi and Zhai Yan.

Xiao Xi glanced around and spotted Fang Shi in the corner.

She had only taken a few steps forward before being driven back by a foul stench.

Covering her nose, she shouted loudly, "It's you, you madman, who drew the zombies here! If you want to die, don't drag others down with you."

Fang Shi:???

The square-faced Zhai Yan hurriedly said, "Brother, I'm not trying to lecture you, but we were already having a hard time surviving trapped here."

"You drew the zombies to the floor below; how are we supposed to go out and find supplies later?"

Fang Shi replied coldly, "Rest assured, I will deal with the zombies below."

Xiao Xi pointed a finger at Fang Shi and shrieked, "How will you deal with them? I saw it all; you just ran up here because you couldn't beat them."

Fang Shi chuckled and said nothing more.

Long ago, he had always believed everyone's intelligence was normal.

Until he saw all sorts of bizarre incidents online.

Plus the myriad human conditions of the apocalypse.

Fang Shi realized that the gap between people was so vast.

They say art comes from life yet surpasses life.

In reality, things in the real world are even more outrageous.

You don't need to apply your own logic to the other side's thought process.

Because the two sides are simply not on the same frequency.

Seeing the foul-smelling man before her not reply, Xiao Xi thought her accusation had made him feel guilty.

Just as she was about to speak again, she noticed Fang Shi's expression change; a killing intent reaching for the sky swept over her.

It was a killing intent born of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, as if emerging from hell itself.

For an instant, she actually felt her whole body tremble, watching helplessly as Fang Shi charged straight at her.

"Be careful!"

Zhai Yan was also stunned by Fang Shi, but relying on his Level 1 Class User strength, he snapped back to his senses at the critical moment.

He shouted loudly and used his body to shove Xiao Xi aside.

He drew his short staff and faced Fang Shi's bone-chopping knife alone.

"Intimidation activated successfully; target enters a stunned state."

"Intimidation activation failed; target passed the Willpower check and successfully exempted from this intimidation."

Fang Shi didn't bother to look at Zhai Yan again; he simply kicked him flying.

Then he slashed Xiao Xi's throat with one stroke.

"Aaaah!"

A scream pierced the clouds, attracting the attention of the zombies below.

They looked up at the sky in confusion,

not knowing what had happened.

"Quiet!"

Fang Shi's voice was cold, majestic like a deity.

"No one is dead; what are you screaming about? This time, I'll just give you a lesson."

"This is an apocalypse where human lives are like grass; questioning the strong is a grave disrespect."

Xiao Xi covered her neck with both hands and nodded hurriedly.

Her face was filled with pain, and thin streams of blood oozed from her palms.

"Xiao Xi, what's wrong with you?"

Zhai Yan struggled to his feet, completely ignoring the pain in his abdomen, and tumbled over to Xiao Xi's side.

He looked at Xiao Xi with a tense expression; as for ordering her to attack Fang Shi, he dared not.

With that single kick just now, he had understood the gap between them.

If Fang Shi had wielded a blade just now, he would have already met a gruesome death.

Xiao Xi feared Fang Shi, but that did not mean she feared Zhai Yan.

Seeing Zhai Yan rush toward her, she glared fiercely at him.

If Fang Shi were not here, she would have already started cursing.

Seeing Xiao Xi's expression, Zhai Yan grew even more panicked; his mouth opened and closed, unable to say anything.

Fang Shi looked at the scene before him and sneered: "Rest assured, I merely broke her skin; do not be so nervous."

"Moreover, I reiterate: I will handle the walking corpses downstairs myself and will not cause trouble for you."

"On the contrary, since you offended me, I have a task for you next; otherwise, I will throw you downstairs to feed the walking corpses."

In fact, upon hearing the two's commotion, Fang Shi had already conceived an idea in his heart.

Moving things himself was too tiring and inefficient; it was better to find someone to help.

And Xiao Xi's offense merely provided him with a perfect excuse.

Xiao Xi nodded hurriedly: "Big Brother, as long as you don't feed me to the walking corpses, I will accept any request."

Saying this, she slightly pulled at the front of her clothes, revealing a deep cleavage.

Zhai Yan saw this scene and felt both anger and fear.

Fang Shi remained unmoved: "My request is simple: you two move some heavy debris to the rooftop; I need them heavy so I can smash the walking corpses from above."

He stated his One's Own Thought without care, having no fear at all that the two opponents would steal his kills.

Zhai Yan's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed excitedly: "There is actually such a method! If I had known this method earlier, I would already be at Level 2."

Fang Shi said indifferently: "Since you understand, get moving immediately. After I leave, you may farm the walking corpses freely, but if I discover you stealing my kills now, consider the consequences yourself."

Xiao Xi did not care at all about levels or anything like that and said directly: "Big Brother, rest assured; I will keep an eye on Zhai Yan and absolutely prevent him from stealing your kills."

Saying this, she directly grabbed Zhai Yan and ran toward the stairs below.

As for fleeing, the floor below was packed with dense walking corpses; where could they run?

Climbing over the building was even more impossible; the houses in the residential area stood one after another.

Unless one could run and jump seven meters from the rooftop, it would be absolutely impossible to leave this building.

Fang Shi leaned against the rooftop railing, eating high-energy foods like chocolate he carried with him, while watching Xiao Xi and Zhai Yan busily moving in and out.

Although most of the items were carried by Zhai Yan, their joint efforts still saved Fang Shi a lot of time.

During this period, Fang Shi also asked whether there were any other survivors in the building.

After receiving the answer that there were none, he felt quite regretful; one less laborer meant one less unit of efficiency.

Time was so precious in the early stages; starting on the fourth day of the apocalypse, which is tonight at midnight, the first assault will descend.

At that time, the Earth will undergo drastic changes; do you still want to farm walking corpses?

It would be good enough just to avoid being hunted by otherworldly creatures.

Soon, the rooftop was piled high with debris.

After tidying up, Xiao Xi, with gauze tied around her neck, shyly said to Fang Shi: "Big Brother, look, my arms are sore from carrying; is this okay?"

Fang Shi nodded indifferently: "You two go downstairs to rest first; I will call you back up later."

"Then can I stay and watch?"

"Do you want to steal my kills?"

Sensing the seriousness in Fang Shi's tone, Xiao Xi panicked and repeatedly said no.

As for Zhai Yan, he stood aside, gazing at Fang Shi with eyes of fear and determination.

Fang Shi did not wish to say much more; he directly stood up, drove the two off the rooftop, and used a steel bar to lock the rooftop door.

If forced open, it would create a huge commotion, thereby alerting Fang Shi.

In the apocalypse, every small detail must be noted; the weak are not incapable of killing the strong.

Before his rebirth, Fang Shi had witnessed too many cases where the weak turned the tables on the strong.

Some of them were even experiences he had personally undergone.

Without a cautious and meticulous heart, one would easily capsize in a gutter.

Fang Shi casually picked up a table, walked to the edge of the rooftop, cleared his throat with a "Awooo," and attracted the attention of the walking corpses.

After waiting slightly for the walking corpses to become more dense, he then directly hurled the table downward.

"Throwing attack activated."

"You dealt 5 points of damage to the target."

"Throwing attack activated."

"You dealt 6 points of damage to the target."

"Throwing attack activated."

"You dealt 4 points of damage to the target."

Looking at the dense stream of damage numbers filling the screen, Fang Shi sighed with emotion: "Truly, the walking corpses possess 1 point of innate armor."

For an ordinary person, they would have died long ago from falling from a great height.

However, Fang Shi was quite satisfied with such a result; this is what is called leveling up by killing monsters.

The kind of desperate, life-and-death killing like before was simply too exhausting; one mistake, and life would be lost in the Yellow Springs.

How could this method of kiting monsters to level up be so easy?

"Indeed, the reason humans became the masters of Blue Star lies in their wisdom."

In fact, in the apocalypse before his rebirth, there were far too many monsters with strength, constitution, and agility higher than humans.

If relying solely on paper statistics, it seemed humans had no possibility of defeating them.

But if wisdom is added, humans can turn the rotten into the miraculous, creating incredible miracles.

Next, it was simply repeating the act of throwing objects.

Undead that fear neither life nor death and possess no brains simply do not understand fear; even when struck by objects and screaming in pain, they do not know how to retreat.

Moreover, as long as Fang Shi shouted loudly on the rooftop, he could easily gather a group of undead.

This greatly improved Fang Shi's efficiency in grinding experience.

"Throwing attack initiated."

"You dealt 4 points of damage to the target."

"Target dead."

"Extracting target's soul energy; you gained 5 experience points and 0.5 survival points."

"Throwing attack initiated."

"You dealt 7 points of damage to the target."

"Target dead."

"Extracting target's soul energy; you gained 5 experience points and 0.5 survival points."

Item after item was thrown down continuously; in the blink of an eye, the rooftop's clutter was swept clean.

Watching the experience points increase on the panel, Fang Shi's heart was filled with joy; continuing like this, he would soon reach level 3, and his strength would climb to a higher level.