The sounds of fighting and roaring were endless, then grew fainter and fainter until they were almost imperceptible.
After a long time, Tang Zhen finally felt a trace of strength return to his limbs, and then he grimaced and awkwardly crawled to his feet. He wiped the blood from his face with his hand, then looked around, confirming that the battle was over.
All the nearby monsters had been cleared, and several wanderers had unfortunately died in battle, their broken bodies dragged aside to await burial. More wanderers had suffered injuries of varying severity and were currently being stitched up and bandaged.
Tang Zhen panted for a long time until his breathing became smoother, then he dragged his legs and, with trembling hands, collected the spoils of war. Brain beads held an immense allure for him; he was somewhat impatient.
With clumsy movements, he harvested two white level-one brain beads from two monster corpses. Tang Zhen hesitated slightly, then returned one of them to Qian Long.
However, that guy absolutely refused to take it. In the end, whenever Tang Zhen brought up the brain bead, Qian Long would put on a sour face, so Tang Zhen had no choice but to give up.
Silently remembering the favor, Tang Zhen absorbed the brain bead when no one was paying attention. He secretly checked his personal information on his phone and was pleasantly surprised to find that in addition to twenty gold coins, his experience points, which had previously shown no change, had increased by two. He was now only eight points away from leveling up.
Tang Zhen's physical fitness was good, and the strength he burst forth with was very strong, only slightly weaker than a level-one monster. Judging by the changes in his personal information, he should be able to gain one experience point just by killing a level-one monster of similar strength to himself!
If he killed ten level-one monsters, then he should be able to advance to level one strength!
On the blood-and-gore-soaked grass, after bandaging their wounds and resting for a while, the wanderers eagerly grabbed their weapons and rushed towards the dilapidated building close at hand. The wanderer at the very front kicked open the rotten iron door, revealing the dark staircase inside.
The staircase was also in disrepair, with white paint peeling off in patches, and garbage and unknown items piled everywhere.
Tang Zhen noticed that on the walls and in some dark corners, there were also large amounts of dark brown bloodstains, though they had long since dried. There were also some scattered human or animal remains, filling the entire staircase with an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.
However, the wanderers didn't care about this. After a brief discussion, some wanderers immediately rushed up the stairs, beginning to clear the scattered monsters in the hallway and simultaneously prying open the sealed room doors.
Like drawing lots, no one knew what items might be hidden inside a room before the door was opened, so the wanderers were filled with anticipation.
Although a huge temptation lay before them, the wanderers did not fall into chaos. Instead, their strongest leader stepped forward and randomly assigned rooms to everyone.
Whatever a wanderer found inside a room was entirely theirs. Any unwanted items could be exchanged after the exploration was over.
Of course, after all actions were completed, each wanderer had to pay a certain fee to the discoverer of the wild building and the initiator of the exploration, as there is no free lunch in this world, and those who put in effort and thought should receive a reward.
With the cooperation of many wanderers, the corridor was quickly cleared, and then the leader began to assign rooms.
When it was Tang Zhen's turn, he was assigned two rooms on the fourth floor of unit two, but just as he was about to enter, the heavy security door blocked his way.
The tools he had were simply insufficient to open this door. It was only then that he suddenly realized why every wanderer's equipment included a crowbar—it was for breaking down doors.
Fortunately, Qian Long, who was right behind him, had already noticed his predicament. He walked over with a smile and skillfully used his tools, prying open the iron door for him in just a few minutes.
Without even looking at the furnishings inside, Qian Long turned to open his own room.
Tang Zhen was about to open the door and enter, but by some strange impulse, he remembered the app called 'Lucky Lottery' on his phone. After a slight hesitation, he pulled out his phone, entered the app store, and clicked 【Lucky Wheel】 to download.
The app downloaded extremely fast, completing the installation in less than three seconds. Tang Zhen immediately opened it.
A magnificent large wheel appeared on the screen, densely divided into hundreds of areas, though most of them were blank. Tang Zhen looked closely for a while and found that the chance of winning was extremely low.
Next to the wheel was a set of instructions, explaining in detail how to play the Lucky Wheel.
It turned out that the Lucky Wheel's betting methods were divided into a beginner drawing method, with each bet costing ten gold coins. Each additional bet would remove one blank area, but each draw had to ensure that the remaining areas on the wheel were no less than ten.
The intermediate drawing method increased the number of prizes and upgraded some prize levels, with each bet costing one hundred gold coins. Similarly, each additional bet would remove one blank area, but each draw had to ensure that the remaining areas on the wheel were no less than ten.
In addition, there was an advanced drawing method, with each bet costing one thousand gold coins, and a special drawing method, with each bet costing ten thousand gold coins!
There were many ways to play this Lucky Wheel, which made Tang Zhen secretly click his tongue, thinking that this thing was absolutely unplayable without money.
But since he had already opened it, he might as well try it once. With this thought, Tang Zhen selected one beginner draw and then clicked start.
The magnificent wheel began to spin rapidly. Tang Zhen couldn't see what was on it at all, but as the wheel slowed down, the pointer's area gradually magnified, and Tang Zhen slowly began to see the contents of the squares.
Just as he was trying to make out the contents of each area, the wheel suddenly stopped spinning.
"Congratulations! You've won big with a Double Luck Card!"
A golden card appeared on the screen, reading: 'Double Luck Value, duration one hour. Use now?'
He won just like that?
Tang Zhen almost burst into tears. Damn it, he had bought lottery tickets for seven or eight years and the most he had ever won was ten yuan. Now, he had randomly placed one bet and actually hit the jackpot directly. Tang Zhen even wondered if this Double Luck Card had taken effect early.
In any case, winning was a good thing!
Tang Zhen reached out and clicked to use it. The card instantly transformed into scattering fireworks. At the same time, he seemed to feel a jolt of spirit, followed by an infinite surge of confidence and assurance, as if everything he did would naturally succeed.
Tang Zhen clicked his tongue in wonder. He wasn't sure if this thing was effective, but this feeling of overflowing confidence was quite nice.
Carrying this almost bursting confidence, Tang Zhen directly pushed the door open and entered.
Holding the kitchen knife, Tang Zhen slowly walked into the house. As he expected, the house was indeed messy and covered in dust. However, looking at the room's furnishings, Tang Zhen suddenly felt a sense of returning to his original world, because the items in the room looked too familiar.
Television, refrigerator, sofa...
Everything a modern family should have, was all here.
The only regrettable thing was that these appliances were all broken and completely useless, reduced to a pile of garbage.
What connection did this Otherworld he was in have with his original world? This question resurfaced in Tang Zhen's mind, but he didn't dwell on it too much, instead focusing his attention on the present.
There was a lot of trash in the room, and a careful search should yield many good things, but Tang Zhen wasn't very interested.
Actually, in Tang Zhen's opinion, if he could return to his original world, he wouldn't need to rummage through these broken things at all.
The 'good' things he might find after half a day of effort would probably be worth less than a few dozen yuan on Earth. But then he remembered that wanderers could exchange items, and Tang Zhen felt he should search carefully after all.
After all, these things could be exchanged for brain beads, and that was what Tang Zhen lacked most right now.
Kitchen, bedroom, wardrobe, desk...
After Tang Zhen carefully searched the place, he was pleasantly surprised.
First, there were several stacks of banknotes, and they were even the currency he frequently used, with no issues regarding the year. After careful inspection, Tang Zhen confirmed they were genuine banknotes!
This was simply a huge surprise; it seemed the effect of that Double Luck Card was truly good.
With joy mixed with confusion, Tang Zhen searched with renewed vigor, and soon he found some gold and silver jewelry and various certificates, all of which he put into a bag he had picked up.
About ten minutes later, Tang Zhen packed up some relatively intact clothes and moldy rice and flour, then did a quick search around before emerging with a bag on his shoulder, continuing his search for his second room.
The iron door of this room was merely ajar, saving Tang Zhen a lot of effort.
Upon entering the second room, Tang Zhen unexpectedly saw a zombie wandering in the living room.
Compared to other zombie monsters, this zombie was enormous. One could tell at a glance that this zombie had been a large fat man in life, and its grayish-white skin, covered in Libido , also had many bluish-green tattoos.
"Good heavens, is this zombie a gangster?"
Tang Zhen scoffed disdainfully, not daring to be careless in the slightest, and cautiously approached.
In the hand of this giant zombie was a metal baseball bat. Upon seeing Tang Zhen enter, it opened its black, torn mouth and let out a roar, dragging its feet as it lunged at him.
"Pfft..."
A foul stench assailed him, and Tang Zhen couldn't help but spit fiercely, while quickly holding the bag in front of him and charging towards the zombie.
The moment the bag made contact with the zombie, Tang Zhen had a flash of inspiration. He quickly bent down and turned sideways, while swinging a broken cleaver he had just picked up, striking it hard at the zombie's knee.
This blow directly severed the zombie's knee, and the zombie was then tripped by the bag. The force of the charge caused one of the zombie's legs to instantly break, and it rolled onto the ground along with Tang Zhen's bag, its limbs flailing wildly.
"Crash...!"
The baseball bat that flew from the zombie's hand struck the dilapidated large bed, smashing a hole in its bottom. Tang Zhen glanced at it, and it seemed something was hidden under the bed.
However, Tang Zhen didn't look closely; the immediate priority was to take down this zombie.
Strike while the iron is hot, Tang Zhen immediately rushed forward, hacking the rotten cleaver fiercely at the back of the zombie's head, then a second blow, a third blow...
By the time Tang Zhen felt exhausted, the zombie's head had turned into a pile of rotten flesh, and a strong putrid smell permeated the air, almost making him throw up his last night's meal.
"Damn it, a dead zombie is a good zombie!"
After muttering a complaint and safely dispatching the zombie, Tang Zhen began his search once more.
Remembering the large bed that the zombie had just smashed, he immediately walked over to inspect it. Pushing aside a pile of scattered debris, Tang Zhen found what appeared to be a secret compartment inside, about 1.5 meters long, containing many long, thin objects.
These elongated objects were wrapped in a canvas, looking bulky.
Tang Zhen reached in and pulled it out, feeling its weight. He opened it and found over a dozen sharp knives and swords of various sizes!