Chapter 139 - Rules of a Normal Person's Evolution
This made Wei Xiao Bei have a slight understanding on how things worked.
It seems that Huang Kun's body was allocating points based on his body's needs.
For example, when he needed more strength to kill the Zombies, his points seemed to have been self allocated towards his muscle attribute. When his hand was sprained, his health attribute seemed to have increased. When his stamina was lacking, his endurance should have increased.
Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei did not dare say this was for certain. After all, if the body self-allocated the evolution points like this, then this could've happened to Huang Kun.
In short, Huang Kun had not yet killed a lot of Zombies. If Wei Xiao Bei wanted to confirm his theory, then Huang Kun needed to kill more Zombies for him to visibly see the changes.
As he urged Huang Kun to kill more Zombies, Wei Xiao Bei noticed that he had overworked Huang Kun.
After all, an increase in stamina with just 15 Zombies was not a lot.
Wei Xiao Bei let Huang Kun rest and killed the rest of the Zombies.
After clearing the fifth floor, Wei Xiao Bei returned back and made Huang Kun lie down on the ground.
"What are you doing, big brother Wei?"
Huang Kun did not know if it was a joke or if he should be afraid, so he pretended to be pitiful. This made Wei Xiao Bei not know if he should laugh or cry.
"Hurry up. I'll give you a massage to recover your stamina and prevent you from dying to a Zombie."
Wei Xiao Bei scolded him and pressed Huang Kun down on the ground. Afterwards, Wei Xiao Bei's hands were like steel claws as they massaged Huang Kun.
This massage technique was passed down from Cheng Bi Wu. It was able to alleviate muscle fatigue and eliminate the pain coming from inside the body. The benefits were indeed not small. A normal person would also not be able to learn this.
The only problematic thing was that the feeling of the massage was not good.
As Huang Kun was being massaged by Wei Xiao Bei, he tightly clenched his mouth. Seeing his head full of sweat was enough to tell that he was in pain.
When Wei Xiao Bei let go, he pulled Huang Kun up. Huang Kun let out a sigh, showing an expression of resentment, "Big brother Wei, whoever marries you in the future would probably die early!"
"Why?" Wei Xiao Bei was momentarily unable to catch up to the mind of a junior high schooler while wiping off the sweat on his hands with a clean cloth.
"If you did this everyday, even a man made of iron would cry! Ow!"
Before Huang Kun finished his sentence, Wei Xiao Bei already understood that the boy was actually mocking him. He immediately hit Huang Kun on the head, making him cry out in pain.
Luckily, there was an escalator. If those Zombies heard the sound, they would not be able to climb up for more than half an hour.
"Big brother Wei, if you hit me this much, I'll become stupid, and then you'll lose this adorable disciple."
Huang Kun's mind truly moved fast. He had suddenly turned himself into Wei Xiao Bei's disciple.
Being able to turn Wei Xiao Bei into his master was his good fortune.
However, Huang Kun did not think about things carefully. Which person would call their master, big brother?
"You brat, maybe I should roughen you up a bit."
Wei Xiao Bei was fond of Huang Kun. In The Dust World, Huang Kun's adaptability was good. Although he was not a fish in the water, at the very least, he would not die early.
After being hit by Wei Xiao Bei again, Huang Kun did not dare say anything more.
However, for a second year junior high student like him, not speaking was like being subject to the top ten Manchurian torture techniques.
As a result, it did not take long before he carefully spoke again, "Big brother Wei, can you tell me about the changes in my body? Would there be any side effects?"
Huang Kun was not stupid!
This was the second mark of approval that Wei Xiao Bei gave Huang Kun.
Wei Xiao Bei did not hide anything from Huang Kun. He pointed at the tattered cushion, indicating that they should sit down. After sitting down, he told him things about the Dust World. Naturally, he did not talk about the status panel. He only told him how killing monsters would make the body stronger, faster, healthier, and others.
Other than that, he also told Huang Kun about the monsters he had encountered before.
Wei Xiao Bei's words made Huang Kun's eyes sparkle as he continued listening.
Without a doubt, his words made Huang Kun's imagination run wild.
In truth, The Dust World could be considered as a treasure trove.
A treasure trove for power!
As long as a person killed monsters, their strength would increase to the point that they could even become superheroes.
If it was an adult who had suffered through enough hardships, they would probably feel that survival is better than being strong.
However, for junior high schoolers, whose daydream of becoming heroes that saved people and save the world, this place was a paradise where they could increase their power.
If they became stronger, they would be able to become the heroes that they wanted to be.
In short, everything was brilliant.
For a moment, Huang Kun sunk into his own fantasies.
He imagined countless people cheering for him and greeting him with respect. Everywhere he went people would point at him and say, "Look! It's Hero Huang Kun who just saved G City!"
"Huang Kun! You are the idol of the entire school!"
"We have decided to place all the red flags in your classroom to honor your glorious achievement!"
"Huang Kun, I love you! I love you as much as a mouse loves rice!" Waves of beautiful women would cheer for him, making his cheeks blush.
Seeing Huang Kun stupidly sitting there while drooling and blushing, Wei Xiao Bei could not help but sigh.
What the hell is this boy thinking about?
In truth, Wei Xiao Bei told Huang Kun all of these to see his thoughts.
Although Huang Kun was just a junior high schooler with a pure mind, people could easily change. Wei Xiao Bei wanted to know his reaction before planning things.
After all, no matter how strong Wei Xiao Bei was, bringing a bad tempered person would become troublesome in many situations.
After a while, Huang Kun finally snapped out of his daydream. He looked at Wei Xiao Bei and kneeled down.
"What are you doing?"
Wei Xiao Bei was astonished.
Could it be that his brain had broken down?
"Big brother Wei, please accept me as your disciple. I want to learn martial arts with you!"
Huang Kun was now showing a rarely seen seriousness as if he just made a heavy decision.
"Why? Give me a reason."
Wie Xiao Bei pulled back the smile on his face and seriously asked.
"I want to become stronger. I want to become a hero!"
These plain and simple words seemed as if the person speaking did not know how high the sky was.
However, Wei Xiao Bei smiled. Just based on Huang Kun's words, he was able to understand that Huang Kun was still on the purer side. In simpler words, Huang Kun was still innocent, untainted by the filth of society.
After all, he was still a child.
Wei Xiao Bei sighed and smiled, "There is no need to make me your master. You have not graduated yet."
Wei Xiao Bei's rejection did not dispel Huang Kun's thoughts at all. He eagerly said, "Big brother Wei, this is not a formal discipleship. It is only in name! I am only your disciple in name!"
In the end, Huang Kun kept pestering him, making Wei Xiao Bei nod in consent.
In truth, establishing a certain level of closeness was a good thing for Wei Xiao Bei.
At the very least, asking things would be much easier.
After taking a short rest, Wei Xiao Bei stood back up and Huang Kun followed him. However, Huang Kun's stamina had been heavily drained, so he almost tripped when he stood up.
"Enough, take a longer break."
Wei Xiao Bei pushed Huang Kun back down. It would be a joke if Wei Xiao Bei allowed Huang Kun to follow him in combing out the lower floors. Huang Kun currently did not have any stamina, so if he followed him down, he was only seeking death.
"Okay."
Huang Kun was well behaved as he sat back down, but his eyes were still staring at Wei Xiao Bei.
Wei Xiao Bei did not pay anymore attention to this and went down to the fourth floor.
Right now, most of the Zombies were scattered through the first to fourth floors.
From his previous response search, Wei Xiao Bei had already known about the Zombies in each floor.
The first floor had the most Zombies. There were about 400 of them covering the entire floor. There was a sharp decline in the amount on the second floor, with onlyabout 200 of them. The third floor had 100, while the fourth floor had 50.
This was the distribution of Zombies in every floor. It had truly appeared like a pyramid.
However, even if that was so, 50 Zombies was not something a brat like Huang Kun could handle.
Bang. Wei Xiao Bei let out a sound as he landed on the fourth floor. He could not help but frown at the slightly heavy feeling ofs his body. Even if he had increased most of his agility sub-attributes, it was still easy for him to cause sounds from just his jump. He wondered if he should go learn some kind of martial art that would make him lighter.
Wei Xiao Bei's landing had caused a few Zombies to notice him, causing them to surround Wei Xiao Bei.
With just this many Zombies, Wei Xiao Bei did not care at all. He crouched down and slashed at their leg joints with his machete.
With a few whooshing sounds, the Zombies had fallen down. They could only use their hands to move, largely decreasing the threat they posed.
Afterwards, Wei Xiao Bei directly charged towards a group of 20 Zombies that were together. This group was the biggest group of Zombies on the fourth floor.
After being lured in by Wei Xiao Bei, they surrounded him.
Facing the Zombies in a circle, Wei Xiao Bei was not able to just cut all of their leg joints. Instead, some had their heads cut off, some, their arms, and some, their legs.
In short, when Wei Xiao Bei had left the Zombies behind, they were all missing a few body parts.
Just like that, Wei Xiao Bei moved around the fourth floor. Of the 50 Zombies on the floor, some were killed and some were injured, decreasing their forces by a lot.
Even the Zombies chasing behind Wei Xiao Bei had at least an arm cut off.
Chapter 140 - Earning Points
"Come down!'
Wei Xiao Bei stood in front of the escalator. He did not even turn back and swung his machete, killing a Zombie that was attempting to ambush him from behind.
Although Huang Kun did not have enough rest, he had stayed long enough on the higher floor. Hearing Wei Xiao Bei's voice, he immediately rushed down.
"Master, careful!"
Another Zombie pounced from behind Wei Xiao Bei again. With a whoosh, the blade cut off the Zombie's head.
"It's your turn!"
If Wei Xiao Bei wanted to see more changes to Huang Kun's body, he needed Huang Kun to kill more Zombies. Moreover, because of their age difference, Huang Kun's stamina could only support him a short amount of time. As a result, Wei Xiao Bei had weakened the Zombies beforehand.
"Abominable Zombies….."
Huang Kun made a pose which almost made him receive another kick in the butt from Wei Xiao Bei. He did not dare speak anymore and charged forward with his hatchet.
After losing some limbs, the Zombies appeared much more terrifying, but in terms of battle ability, they had probably been reduced to 70 percent of their former selves.
For Huang Kun, those kinds of Zombies gave him the greatest opportunity to temper himself. Even if the 4-5 Zombies surrounded him, he would be able to safely deal with them.
The only problematic thing was whether or not his stamina could continue supporting him.
Time slowly passed by, and Wei Xiao Bei carefully observed from the side as Huang Kun kept killing Zombies. The changes in his body became even clearer.
After cleaning up the Zombies on the fourth floor, Huang Kun was gasping for breath, but did not limp on the floor.
In this battle, Huang Kun had killed 37 Zombies.
Because it was necessary to chop off or destroy the Zombie's head, a large jag appeared on the hatchet. Even if the Zombie's bones were weaker than a human's, they were still bones. As a result, his hatchet was ready to be scrapped.
Other than that, he needed to dodge the Zombie's attacks, which heavily consumed his stamina.
If it was the Wei Xiao Bei that had just entered The Dust World, he probably would not have been able to even stand after killing 37 Zombies.
Huang Kun still had the energy to remain standing. This proved that his endurance attribute had increased a lot.
From Wei Xiao Bei's point of view, Huang Kun's benefits from killing the Zombies were mostly placed into his muscle, endurance, and health. Among them, endurance increased the most. The sub-attributes under agility should have also had slight increases.
The entire process of this should be following the rule of increasing what was needed. Which attribute was used the most at that time was increased.
This kind of attribute increase was different from Wei Xiao Bei's control over his status panel. Moreover, the efficiency should be around less than 70 percent of the status panel.
Adding to the Zombies that Huang Kun previously killed, he had killed 52 Zombies.
Every Zombie gave 8 evolution points. 52 Zombies would mean 416 evolution points.
From Huang Kun's appearance, roughly around only 280 evolution points were allocated.
Naturally, for a brat like Huang Kun, the changes caused by an additional 280 evolution points allocated into his three attributes was very visible.
After all, the average junior high schooler's status value should be around 5.
An increase in endurance would be clearly visible.
In truth, Huang Kun himself felt changes to his body. After a short break, he had actually taken the initiative to go down and kill Zombies.
As previously said, the distribution of the Zombies was like a pyramid. The amount of Zombies on the third floor numbered around 100. They were also densely packed together. Moreover, a slight error would be able to attract the attention of the Zombies on the second floor.
The Zombies mainly used their hearing to chase their prey and not their sight.
For this reason, Wei Xiao Bei allowed Huang Kun to move to the middle of the escalator. The two of them each guarded the up and down escalator. Then, they threw down an old clothes rack on the floor to attract their attention.
This way, they would just wait for the enemy to come up, preventing the enemy to surround them. Moreover, Wei Xiao Bei would be able to bring away Huang Kun if any problems happened.
The clothes rack fell on the ground, creating a clear sound. The sound was like a magnet attracting the Zombies.
If Wei Xiao Bei used his response search right now, he would see that there were also Zombies in the second floor that were attracted to the sound. He would see how the Zombies would look up at the ceiling with their open mouths filled with rotting teeth.
This appearance looked as if they were about to bite a hole onto the ceiling.
After throwing the clothes rack, a group of more than 50 Zombies crowded the escalator, striving to be first to go up the escalator. They extended their hand and pulled down the ones in front with a slow speed.
The hatchet in Huang Kun's hand was his second one. The previous one had been worn out to the point that it could even fall off the handle and chop off his own foot.
Luckily, the fire prevention measures of the department store was not bad. Although the fire hose was tattered, the hatchets still maintained their original appearance.
Seeing that a Zombie had climbed up a few steps, Huang Kun went down a few steps and chopped down.
Facing the hatchet, the Zombie did not even have the awareness to dodge. It only extended its hands towards Huang Kun, and in the end, its head was chopped in half, but this time, the hatchet got stuck. Huang Kun had already previously experienced this a few times. He grabbed the handrail with his left hand and kicked with his right foot. The hatchet dislodged from the Zombie, while it fell flat on the escalator.
With the escalator acting almost as a funnel, Huang Kun was able to kill the Zombies much more comfortably.
The only problem was that after killing Zombies one after the other, the corpses accumulating on the escalator was continually increasing. As a result, when the Zombies climbed up, they were in a higher position than Huang Kun.
Under this situation, Huang Kun had no choice but to retreat. After distancing himself, he was able to get rid of the Zombies' advantage.
However, the escalator was too short. After killing more than 20 Zombies, Huang Kun had no choice but to retreat back to the fourth floor.
By contrast, Wei Xiao Bei was still standing in his original position. Those Zombies that had died were kicked back to the third floor by him.
Seeing this scene, Huang Kun was in admiration. However, this had caused a huge desire to arise from him.
When? Until when can I become able to kill Zombies as easily as master?
He had become distracted at that moment. If Wei Xiao Bei did not make his move, Huang Kun would have probably been given a 'kiss' by an incoming Zombie.
Huang Kun, who was saved by Wei Xiao Bei did not show a terrified expression at all. On the contrary, he once again charged towards the Zombies after picking up his hatchet.
At this time, a few Zombies had already climbed up the fourth floor.
Wei Xiao Bei immediately pulled Huang Kun back and dragged him towards the fifth floor.
This was the benefit of being in a building. The ground was flat, so retreating and advancing was easy. They could easily retreat back up to the ninth floor.
In reality, the total amount of Zombies on the third floor was around 100. After the two of them killed Zombies on the escalator, they had killed more than 50 Zombies. The Zombies that were able to catch up to them were about 20, while the remaining Zombies were still slowly climbing up the escalator.
Seeing that Huang Kun had used up a lot of stamina, Wei Xiao Bei did not hold back. He quickly waved his machete like he was dancing.
Before they went up to the fifth floor, the Zombies that were chasing them were all killed.
Soon, the two of them once again returned to the third to fourth floor escalator and killed the Zombies that were climbing up.
After killing all the Zombies on the third floor, Wei Xiao Bei felt slightly tired.
As for Huang Kun, he had already sat down on the floor without being able to budge anymore.
On 100 over Zombies, Wei Xiao Bei had killed 60 percent while the rest were from Huang Kun's hatchet.
Although Huang Kun's status would increase after killing the Zombies, his mental weariness did not have any time to recover.
In other words, the battle that lasted for half an hour had completely spent Huang Kun. Even his potential had been spent.
Seeing Huang Kun on the floor, Wei Xiao Bei frowned. There were still 600 Zombies downstairs. At this time, Wei Xiao Bei also considered his own stamina.
If a person had completely spent their stamina, they would not be able to face against an encirclement of Zombies no matter how strong they were.
Let alone the mysterious Dust World, if a person did not have enough stamina, they could only sit in the face of death when danger came.
"Rest for a bit."
Wei Xiao Bei sat close to the escalator while ignoring the disgusting smell coming from the corpses. He took out a bottle of water and hardtack and gave them to Huang Kun.
Huang Kun waved his hand, indicating that he did not feel like eating.
Wei Xiao Bei knew that this was not because Huang Kun did not need the energy, but because spending his stamina had suppressed the feeling of hunger.
"You must eat."
Wei Xiao Bei did not say much. He patted Huang Kun's head. Patting it harder and harder until Huang Kun took the water and food and began eating slowly.
Wei Xiao Bei counted the food and water in his backpack. There were still a lot of high nutrition energy bars and convenient water bags. But the hardtack had been decreased to two and the bottled water to one.
After drinking water, he took out a high nutrition energy bar and ate it.
In truth, he did not care about what he ate, but eating the same thing all the time would eventually destroy how the food tasted.
After eating the high nutrition energy bar, Wei Xiao Bei suddenly stood up. He took big strides towards the window and looked outside.
Seeing Wei Xiao Bei's appearance, Huang Kun did not know what happened, but he did not dare delay and stood up as well. He immediately stuffed the hardtack in his mouth and accidentally choked on it. He immediately drank all the water to clear his throat.