After completely eliminating those who had turned into zombies, Yun Xiaoxiao and Nie Yizhou finally went behind the ice wall to regroup with Lu Chen and the others.
Mu Yang tended to Nie Yizhou's wounds.
Yun Xiaoxiao, Lu Chen, Xiao Feng, and Little Cutie went to extract the zombie nuclei.
Earlier, they had been focused on killing the zombies as quickly as possible, so they hadn't had time to collect the nuclei.
Taking advantage of the time while Nie Yizhou was being treated, they finished up the remaining work.
Afterwards, the group found an empty building and enjoyed a hearty lunch.
They even indulged in a pleasant afternoon nap.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn't waste any time.
She secretly slipped into her spatial dimension.
Looking at the new streets that had appeared inside the city walls, her mood was quite delightful.
However, the previous residential area and these streets only occupied one-third of the space inside.
The other two-thirds of the area was still empty.
"Little Di, what are these areas for?" Yun Xiaoxiao pointed at the vacant two-thirds of the land.
[Host, these are for future tasks.]
"What tasks?"
[Ding! Task activated!
Clear schools and hospitals, reward: complete set of buildings!]
"What does that mean?"
[It means that as long as you clear the zombies from one school, you'll be rewarded with a complete educational system including kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, and university buildings.
The same goes for hospitals. If you clear the zombies from one hospital, you'll be rewarded with a comprehensive general hospital and various research equipment.]
Yun Xiaoxiao's lips twitched, "...You're quite generous."
[Thank you for the compliment, Host!]
"......"
"But these things are useless to me!"
Did it expect her to go to school in the apocalypse?
No way!
Besides, she didn't plan to take in so many people, so what was the point of having all this?
[But... you can only obtain this ultimate apocalypse fortress by completing the tasks~]
Yun Xiaoxiao: !!
She couldn't argue with that!
Oh well, there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
If she had to complete the tasks, so be it.
Yun Xiaoxiao's eyes showed determination.
Next, it was time to take over the schools and hospitals!
After coming to terms with everything, she exchanged all the nuclei she had obtained today for evolution potions.
Adding to what she got from the residential area yesterday.
Now she had a total of 360 bottles of level-one evolution potion and 12 bottles of level-two evolution potion.
The level-two potions all came from the skeleton zombies.
Then, she waved her hand.
The self-service shopping machine floated in front of her.
The display showed that she currently had 239 points!
Both the residential area task and the street task had rewarded her with 100 points each!
Next to the points was a button.
Below the button were two characters meaning 'upgrade'.
She pressed it.
Immediately, the shopping machine emitted a mechanical voice.
"Upgrade successful!"
As soon as the voice faded, she saw that her points had changed to 89.
The items in the shop's kitchen had also changed.
Lord Slasher had disappeared, but two new items had appeared.
1. Level-three evolution potion.
Function: Assists ability users in enhancing their power.
Price: 30 points!
2. Combat suit.
Function: Bulletproof and knife-proof, can resist bites and scratches from zombies level three and below, never needs washing!
Price: 20 points!
Yun Xiaoxiao: !!
Is the level-three evolution potion really that expensive?!
She only had 89 points left now, if she exchanged for the level-three evolution potion, she'd only have 59 points left, not enough to buy the combat suit.
Nie Yizhou's injury today had reminded her.
She had been focused on improving their ability levels but had neglected their physical defense.
No matter how powerful they were, they were still human.
If they got scratched or bitten by a zombie, it could be fatal.
Actually, if someone had randomly told her that killing zombies would earn her houses, she would definitely have called them an idiot.
But they firmly believed in her and accompanied her in this madness.
Rushing into hordes of zombies to kill them was a sign of their trust in her.
If she couldn't even provide for their basic safety, she would look down on herself.
So in the end, Yun Xiaoxiao used 80 points to exchange for four sets of combat suits.
After all, her wood ability was already at level three, which should be considered powerful among ability users, so it wouldn't hurt to upgrade a few days later.
She drank her share of the level-two evolution potion as well.
Her ice ability increased to mid-stage level two.
Afterwards, she took a good nap in her spatial dimension.
When she woke up, she continued to exercise, transforming into a diligent worker.
Timing it precisely, she took a shower, changed her clothes, and then left the spatial dimension.
Not long after she came out, the others gradually woke up as well.
She distributed the evolution potions to everyone.
Except for Mu Yang, Lu Chen and the others were already used to it.
"What's this?" Mu Yang asked curiously as he picked up a bottle and examined it.
Nie Yizhou patted his shoulder, "Brother Yang, this is good stuff, drink it quickly."
Seeing that Nie Yizhou and the others drank without hesitation, Mu Yang also tried drinking one bottle.
Then, he felt a warmth throughout his body, as if something was changing.
With each bottle he drank, the surprise on his face grew.
"Could this be the evolution potion from zombie novels?!"
Finally, feeling his rapidly increasing strength, his expression could no longer be described as mere surprise.
"Haha, that's right, that's right, Brother Yang, you're quite trendy, reading zombie novels," Nie Yizhou teased.
Mu Yang chuckled, "Yeah, I'm a zombie fan. I used to have zombie posters at home, and I've watched every zombie movie without missing a single one."
"Brothers, here are some clothes for you, please wear them under your outer clothes," Yun Xiaoxiao said as she put down the combat suits and tactfully stepped away.
The men picked them up and examined them.
"These clothes are quite light and thin, let me try them on," Nie Yizhou was the first to take a set.
Lu Chen and the others followed suit.
"Hmm, not bad, very comfortable."
"Little girl, what's special about these clothes?"
"They're bulletproof and knife-proof, and can resist bites and scratches from zombies level three and below."
"That's amazing!"
Everyone was a bit shocked.
"Are you scared?" Nie Yizhou raised an eyebrow at Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng's expression remained unchanged, "Bring it on."
"You asked for it, kid, where are you running!" Nie Yizhou said as he raised his knife and jumped towards Xiao Feng's arm.
"Wow, it really is bulletproof and knife-proof!"
Yun Xiaoxiao held her forehead.
Weren't these two being a bit too childish?
(System Little Di rolled its eyes: Why don't you think about what you were like at first?)
"Xiaoxiao, what's the next task?" Lu Chen asked.
"Haha, Brother Chen, are you eager to go kill zombies?"
Lu Chen nodded sincerely, "Yes, so... what's the task?"
