After a brief chat, Mike Weil arranged accommodation for Fang Xinhan and the others.
That night, Fang Xinhan also shared the news he had learned with the other players.
"So, the Zombies are still evolving?"
Qin An held a cigarette in his hand but didn't smoke it.
Fang Xinhan knew he didn't want to do anything that might be a bad influence on the children in front of them.
Even when he offered cigarettes before, he would have Fang Xinhan take Lin Weiwei aside to play.
"Yes, and I asked them; it's already been 200 days since the apocalypse broke out.
The last time they encountered Zombie evolution was at 100 days; this time, in Clow Town, which is the town we were teleported to, we probably encountered the product of a secondary evolution."
At this point, Fang Xinhan paused, a popular modpack from his previous life suddenly popping into his mind.
"100 Days of Dread."
However, unlike "100 Days of Dread," where Zombies evolve every 10 days, here they evolve every 100 days.
"Is this a coincidence?"
Fang Xinhan wondered, unsure if the Zombies here evolved every 100 days; even if they did, it should be a special case.
Otherwise, if all of them evolved, what's the point of humanity playing? Just lie flat and rot, let it be destroyed, quickly, I'm tired.
"Why did you stop?"
Yuan Qingchen wore an Ultraman mask, but it couldn't hide his questioning demeanor at this moment.
"Nothing, I was just wondering if Zombies, after evolving to a certain extent, would possess intelligence equal to humans, just like Dr. Zomboss in Plants vs. Zombies."
Fang Xinhan's words made everyone fall into contemplation; at that time, could humans still protect themselves?
"At that time, we'd need Crazy Dave to plant plants to help us."
Fang Xinhan shifted tactics, proposing the "Bowlcut Dave vs. Zombies" theory.
Everyone: ...
"Big Square-Headed Brother, you're so childish."
Even Lin Weiwei couldn't bear to watch.
"Little sister, you must know. You have to defeat magic with magic, defeat Zombies with plants, you have to..."
Fang Xinhan said a lot of things Lin Weiwei didn't understand, and then she started to get sleepy.
Seeing this, Lin Yue directly picked up Lin Weiwei and carried her into the tent, leaving the three boys together.
"The system told us to explore the camp and unlock the next stage of the mission."
The two nodded, indicating, "That's right, so what are you trying to say?"
"That means there are things we need to do in the camp, and these things won't be trivial.
Combining the ratio of camp personnel to available supplies, I estimate we'll soon get a hint for the next stage of the mission."
The two grew a bit impatient, indicating, "Damn it, get to the point!"
"So, I have an idea."
It is well known that whenever three or more boys gather, a "Idea King" will "spawn" among them, who will propose various ideas or plans to lead the subsequent actions, and others will often follow his arrangements and be driven by him without any second thoughts.
This phenomenon has been summarized and ridiculed by netizens as "Three people make an Idea King."
Like the classic trio of Liu, Guan, and Zhang, one sold straw sandals, one sold mung beans (some say dates), and one sold pork, and when they gathered, they decided to restore the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, boys often gather for no reason; when one of them is called, do not ask what they are going to do, just ask, "You come out first," and then the conditions for the emergence of an "Idea King" are naturally met.
For example, if three boys are in a dormitory, and one suddenly suggests going to the playground to play "name tag tearing" that night, the other two immediately respond, and the boy who made the suggestion becomes the "Idea King" at that moment.
At this very moment, three boys were gathered, naturally meeting the conditions for the birth of an "Idea King."
Seeing that the two didn't speak, Fang Xinhan automatically promoted himself to Idea King.
"What idea?"
Qin An finally lit the cigarette he had been holding between his fingers and took a deep drag.
"If I'm not mistaken, our ultimate mission in this world should be to investigate the cause and purpose of the biochemical incident, or to resolve a huge catastrophe or something similar.
We should take the initiative and directly ask the leader about nearby experimental bases or any strange occurrences, resolving them in advance.
That way, when the system releases the mission, it will directly prompt 'completed.'"
Dungeon Game: "Holy crap, a prophet! No, I have to knife him, what? He's got someone covering him? And he's a Creator God? Cough cough, never mind."
Hearing this, Qin An and Yuan Qingchen exchanged glances, but Yuan Qingchen was wearing an Ultraman mask, and the atmosphere suddenly became a bit tense.
"What if the subsequent mission isn't like that?"
Qin An raised a question.
"Then our clearance rating will also increase; it's a win-win no matter how you look at it."
Fang Xinhan said confidently.
Qin An took a deep drag from his cigarette, then exhaled heavily and said,
"Let's start clearing the Zombies around the camp tomorrow. To gain the trust of others and have them tell us things, we must give something in return."
Qin An and Yuan Qingchen successively entered their tents to rest.
However, Fang Xinhan did not; he got on his hoverboard and began exploring other nearby towns.
At this time, Fang Xinhan had three missions:
First, to determine the current evolutionary stage of the Zombies, to formulate countermeasures later.
Second, to experiment with a forbidden spell from his Alchemy.
Third, to further evolve his Great Katana to the next stage, after all, men have little resistance to cold weapons.
Most importantly, it's cool.
The place Fang Xinhan was going was a larger, abandoned city, because big cities have more Zombies.
And due to the large number of Zombies, the corresponding number of mutated species should also be considerable.
Ten minutes later, Fang Xinhan found an abandoned city; Fang Xinhan looked out to see dense masses of Zombies aimlessly walking on the streets.
"Good heavens, this is far more spectacular than Clow Town; by my estimation, there must be at least a thousand of them."
Fang Xinhan was itching for action at this moment; he saw the aguru spirit stone belt appear at his waist, then he struck a transformation pose.
Then Kuuga's Mighty Form successfully transformed, and then the aguru spirit stone belt surged with electricity, and the Mighty Form directly skipped over the Rising Mighty and became the Amazing Mighty.
"I haven't used it since the upgrade; let me test its strength."
With that, Fang Xinhan leaped into the Zombie horde, picked up his Great Katana, and took them down one by one.
When a large group of Zombies rushed at him, Fang Xinhan leaped up and delivered a kick, and then sealing energy appeared on the Zombies, followed by a chain explosion.
If one were far enough away, it would sound like firecrackers going off.
"Oh? There are indeed mutated species."
Fang Xinhan's gaze locked onto a Zombie in the distance, perched on the roof of a van, that resembled a toad; its throat would swell and shrink with each undulation.
The Toad Zombie noticed Fang Xinhan looking at it, and out of instinctive fear, it fled.
"Want to run? No way."
Relying on the astounding stats of Amazing Mighty, Fang Xinhan leaped in front of the Toad Zombie.
The Toad Zombie, with a zero-frame wind-up, spat out a mass of green unknown substance.
Fang Xinhan's reaction time was incredibly fast; he dodged with a tilt of his head, then countered with a grapple.
"I just learned grappling, how can I endure this indignity.JPG"
(ps: I looked at the comments, everyone wants to see Tinkers' Construct, so I'll write about it after the dungeon; my main goal is to listen to advice.)