Chapter 2: The First Encounter with the Giant Mosquito

  ……

  Near the entrance of the grocery store——

  Zhang Feng waited for almost three hours before catching a solitary mantis with someone's height, and then stabbed an iron rod into one of its compound eyes.

  "Hiss, hiss."

  The mantis was rolling around on the ground, screaming loudly, with green blood constantly flowing out of its compound eyes.

  Zhang Feng tightly grasped the mantis's throat with one arm, while his other hand fiercely stabbed into the mantis's remaining compound eye and then pulled it out. A large handful of green flesh was thrown away from his hand.

  The mantis suffered heavy losses, green blood constantly spewing out, gradually losing its vitality and no longer moving.

  Experience + 1!

  Zhang Feng stood up panting, got up from the mantis's body, and saw a green light flashing on the mantis's body. One of the serrated knives with a cyan glow fell to the ground.

  This is the tenth insect he has hunted in three days. He finally relied on his talent and burst out with a piece of equipment again.

  Saw-toothed knife.

  Material: Bronze.

  Sharp value: two.

  Special Effect: Tears open wounds on enemies, increasing bleeding effect by 50% for 3 seconds.

  Bronze-level weapon!

  Zhang Feng felt that he was indeed lucky.

  In the past, killing insects would drop iron-grade weapons, which had no special effects other than a sharpness value of one.

  And now, this bronze-grade weapon is not only sharp and worth two, but also comes with a special effect, indicating that the quality of this weapon is better than the steel-grade Bone Knife.

  Just then, Zhang Feng felt the ground shake and suddenly collapse inwards like a funnel. Immediately afterwards, a pair of pincers with feet as long as two feet stretched out from underground towards Zhang Feng's thighs and clamped down.

  "Holy Defense." Zhang Feng let out a low growl, and a white glow appeared on his body, forming an elliptical light shield that collided with the pincer.

  When the clip is clamped on the light shield, it will pop open directly.

  Right behind it a giant beetle drilled out of the ground, its long and thorny limbs stabbing towards Zhang Feng's body.

  Zhang Feng leaped up, stepped on the beetle's head and jumped to its back, grasping the serrated knife with both hands and stabbed it into the beetle's back, then pulled downwards with force.

  Suddenly, a large amount of green liquid spurted out from the body of the beetle, and it struggled to death.

  A green glow burst out from the beetle's body, and a pair of boots that shone with a cyan light fell to the ground.

  Zhang Feng was stunned for a second before quickly picking up the items in his hand.

  The jetted out serrated knife with cyan glow is bronze grade, so this pair of boots must also be bronze grade.

  Today it seems he really has a burst of good luck, and actually got two bronze-grade items in a row.

  Speed Boots:

  Material: Bronze.

  Increase movement speed by 10%.

  Special Property: Lockdown!

  One of the Speed Suits: Collecting five pieces of speed equipment can unlock hidden attributes.

  "Awesome!" Zhang Feng looked at the excited attribute and let out a loud whoop, waving his fist, directly tossing aside the tattered sneakers on his feet and swapping them for this pair of leather boots.

  As soon as he put on his leather boots, a blue glow enveloped his calves, and suddenly he felt much lighter all over.

  He jumped up a bit higher than usual, about a foot higher, and ran faster.

  "Damn it, the earth has really become a gaming arena."

  These equipment brought him changes that were no different from a game.

  Killing monsters and collecting equipment, isn't this just a pure game?

  Zhang Feng raised his head and looked at the sky, wanting to cry but having no tears, saying: "Heaven, what are you trying to do?"

  The earth has become a giant map, what's going on?

  Is God bored with nothing better to do and thinks humans on Earth are too dull?

  If there really is a God, then only God can accomplish all this.

  Zhang Feng couldn't figure it out, and probably no one else could either.

  All he can do now is survive and then go home.

  His home is in this city, just on the other side of town.

  All means of transportation have been paralyzed.

  Everywhere was full of hateful insects, it was difficult to walk to the other side of the city. He could only carefully avoid a large number of insects and head in the direction of home.

  Zhang Feng searched around and finally found a small supermarket, which was also in disarray. The ground was littered with broken corpses everywhere, as well as several insect carcasses.

  It's just that there is still a lot of food here that hasn't been looted yet.

  Zhang Feng couldn't wait and grabbed a ham sausage and bread, washing it down with mineral water in big gulps.

  It's been thirteen days since he last had a decent meal.

  There is a lot of food found in the school cafeteria, but when it's divided among everyone, each person gets very little. In order to survive, everyone tries to eat as little as possible to ensure they can live for a few more days.

  After being forced to flee by Zhao Ziyang and others, he could only find some moldy or dry things in some empty personal homes to fill his stomach, having long forgotten the taste of food.

  He ate three sausages in a row, two pieces of bread and a large bottle of water, only then did he lean against the wall, staring blankly at the ceiling.

  As his physical strength gradually recovered, he stood up, found a backpack in a corner of the supermarket, packed as much food as possible, and then hid himself behind a cabinet in a secluded corner, closing his eyes for a short nap.

  From doomsday onwards, there was no more night. The sun and the silver moon hung together in the sky, and the sky was always bright. Without a watch, it was impossible to distinguish between day and night, so rest could only be regulated by one's own biological clock.

  It was unclear how much time had passed when Zhang Feng was woken up by the painful screams of insects from outside.

  "There is someone." Zhang Feng excitedly got up.

  In this desolate city, it's really hard to see a person.

  In just ten days, the people of this city suddenly disappeared like magic, and except for the broken corpses, it's really hard to see a living person.

  On the street in front of the supermarket, a white figure wielding a long sword fought alone against two armored beetles.

  This is a maiden, with beautiful hair dancing in the wind, wearing a leather jacket that shines with a green light all over her body, a pair of leather boots on her feet, green shorts tightly wrapped around her thighs and buttocks, revealing her navel and shoulders, with a leather armor wrapped around her plump and firm twin peaks.

  As the girl moved, her twin peaks also kept jumping constantly.

  What surprised Zhang Feng the most was that the girl's speed was so fast that his eyes could hardly keep up.

  Moreover, the girl's movements were agile and nimble, her steps cleverly executed, so that even the armoured beetle couldn't touch her body.

  The two beetles barely lasted less than half a minute before being split in two by the long sword in the girl's hand.

  The girl waited for half a day, but didn't see anything spouting out from the light, and let out a disappointed sigh as she turned around.

  "Chen Yu, it's you." Zhang Feng exclaimed excitedly as soon as he saw the girl's face. "Great, I didn't expect to run into a classmate here! Hmm, wait a minute, weren't you supposed to be taking sick leave and going out for treatment? Why are you still in this city?"

  This girl is none other than the beauty known as the campus flower in college.

  Chen Yu is usually weak and frail, with poor physical education grades and always getting sick to ask for leave. But despite this, his academic performance has always been among the top, making many boys jealous to death.

  Just a few days before the apocalypse, Chen Yu took leave again, saying he was going out for treatment, but now he appears in the city, making Zhang Feng feel a bit uneasy.

  Especially a girl who has always been weak in literature, sick and had the worst physical education results suddenly became so agile, it's really hard to explain.

  Chen Yu saw Zhang Feng, and her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

  Her small mouth opened slightly, just about to say something, when a rough voice came from not far away: "Chen Yu, have you got any harvest here? What equipment did you get?"

  A two-meter-tall giant, holding a double-bladed battle axe, walked over with big strides. Upon seeing Zhang Feng, he sized up the equipment on Zhang Feng's body and said, "Two pieces of bronze equipment, kid, you're quite lucky."

  Chen Yumiao shook her head slightly and said, "Third brother, bad luck, the seventieth shell insect, not a single one exploded."

  "Let's go search in the next area. The homeowner said that these days we must equip ourselves more, otherwise when the insect tide bursts out, everyone will die."

  Chen Yu nodded slightly, turned her head to glance at Zhang Feng, but didn't say anything. She quickly turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

  The big Han looked at Zhang Feng and smiled: "Young man, if you want to have fun, go and have a few days of romance, it's the last crazy time."

  With a loud shout, Da Han leaped out several meters away.

  Zhang Feng saw the Great Han was about to leave and hastily said in a loud voice: "Wait, tell me, what is insect tide?"

  The big Han stopped, turned his head to look at Zhang Feng, and smiled: "Tell you, you're also powerless, go and have a good time. This world has changed, it's more complicated than you think."

  Before he could react, the big man had also disappeared into a nearby alley.

  "What is Bug Tide?" Zhang Feng muttered to himself, looking at Chen Yu and the big man as they walked away, feeling that Chen Yu was even more mysterious.

  No matter what, I must go home.

  Zhang Feng took out his mobile phone.

  Although the network has been paralyzed, electricity has never disappeared.

  The phone that was supposed to last a day is still going strong after thirteen days.

  Such a bizarre thing is really beyond common sense comprehension.

  But what things can be explained by common sense now?

  Zhang Feng identified the direction and headed southeast.

  Along the way, he encountered four beetles in a row and easily killed them with his serrated knife and the angel's holy defense.

  Another pair of leather wrist guards burst out.

  Quick Draw Wrist

  Material: Bronze.

  Increase physical flexibility by ten percent.

  Special Attribute: Lock

  One of the Speed Suits: Collecting five pieces of speed equipment can unlock hidden attributes.

  Collected two pieces of Turbo Set, activated first attribute.

  Agility increased by three points.

  At this time, Zhang Feng had already obtained eight points of agility, which was equivalent to an increase of 8% in speed and flexibility.

  In addition to the properties represented by the boots and wrist guards themselves.

  His speed and agility have both increased by eighteen percent.

  The body is more flexible, the speed is faster, and going home is also more confident.

  Qingguang Road, this is a narrow and rugged small road.

  Zhang Feng appeared at the entrance of Qingguang Road and saw that the entrance was blocked by a faintly flashing light screen.

  On the light screen, several lines of silver fonts flashed with brilliance.

  "Secondary Battlefield: Enter with Caution."

  "Brave warriors who rushed forward, when you choose to leave the first battlefield, you will embark on an even more perilous journey."

  "The second battlefield has even more powerful enemies and is even more dangerous."

  "If you think you have enough strength, you can pass through the guardian gate."

  Zhang Feng furrowed his brow and stared at the light screen, muttering to himself: "How powerful will the monsters be on a second-level battlefield?"

  Zhang Feng stood in front of the light screen for a long time, and finally chose not to go in. He was only level one, and hunting one or two insects was somewhat laborious; entering the second-level battlefield might cost him his life.

  He wants to live and go back, not die here.

  In the first battlefield, put on the Quickness suit, and then enter without delay.

  Zhang Feng turned his head and retreated back, re-orienting himself towards the school's location.

  This time, he chose another road.

  Because all the insects on the road we came from have been hit, there may not be many left.

  So he chose another way, carefully and cautiously moving forward.

  "Buzz." A sharp insect cry, in the sky, a giant mosquito flapped its wings and dived down towards a small fighter jet.

  Zhang Feng rolled on the ground, letting the mosquito fly past him.

  Before the mosquito could rise, Zhang Feng had already swung his knife back and slashed it at the mosquito's huge abdomen.

  Bang!

  The mosquito's abdomen was split open, and blood poured down like a heavy rain.

  A giant mosquito flew up, shaking its body in mid-air before falling head-first to the ground.

  Just as Buo was about to go forward and see what the giant mosquito had dropped, the ground beneath where the mosquito had landed suddenly caved in, and a gigantic earthworm with razor-sharp teeth crawled out from underground and swallowed the mosquito whole.

  "Hum, hum......"

  The huge wings shook with a sound like a squadron of fighter jets roaring.

  Zhang Feng looked at the edge of the sky and saw a group of giant mosquitoes with swollen bellies, carrying two-foot-long proboscis, diving down in unison.

  Zhang Feng was shocked and rushed into a nearby building, staring at the swarm of mosquitoes in shock.

  A mosquito stared at an earthworm and sucked it dry in a short while.

  "Boom! Boom!"

  The asphalt surface sank in pieces, and earthworms crawled out of the ground, swallowing mosquitoes one by one, crushing them with their sharp teeth.

  The earthworms and mosquitoes fought for a whole hour, and all the earthworms turned into dried meat.

  The remaining mosquitoes flew up with a big swing and disappeared in a tall building.

  Zhang Feng was now sweating profusely as he hid in the building.

  If I were to encounter these mosquitoes or maggots myself, I would definitely not survive.

  Luckily their target is not themselves.

  Zhang Feng's mind was enlightened, and he suddenly understood everything.

  In fact, the mosquito's target was not itself, but the earthworm under the asphalt road.

  Fortunately, there were no earthworms where he stood, otherwise it would have been him who died.

  Mosquitoes and earthworms should have broken through common sense and become natural enemies from two completely unrelated species.

  Where there are mosquitoes, you must be careful to drain the water.

  Zhang Feng quietly walked out of the building, stuck to the corner and returned along the original road, walking on the old road towards the direction of the school.

  In three hours, he encountered thirteen beetles, ten mantises, acquired a serrated knife, three intact limbs and a badge.

  The properties of the badge are unidentified and unidentifiable.

  Zhang Feng gradually discovered some rules.

  Mantis and ground beetles are also natural enemies, one on the ground and the other deep underground, with scents on each other's bodies that attract each other.

  Then Zhang Feng applied the blood from a mantis's body all over his backpack, using the smell to attract the beetles.

  In less than an hour, five tortoises were led out.

  Speedster Armor:

  Material: Bronze.

  Increase physical flexibility by ten percent.

  Special Attribute: Lock

  One of the Speed Suits: Collecting five pieces of speed equipment can unlock hidden attributes.

  Collected three pieces of Turbo Set, activated first and second attributes.

  Agility increased by 5 points, physical flexibility increased by 5%.

  At this time, Zhang Feng's speed had increased by twenty percent, and his physical agility had increased by twenty-five percent.

  If calculated with current attributes, if he goes all out, what was originally possible in 1 second has been shortened to 0.75 seconds.

  His every move, every throw will speed up, equivalent to an attack from the original 1-second interval to 0.75 seconds at a time.

  "Just two more." Zhang Feng held two serrated knives in his hands, and with one swipe of the blade, he dissected a beetle into three segments.