Chapter Sixteen: Post-War Harvest

  "Kill 3 Elite Mutated Rats."

  Just as the variant mouse died from Tang Tian's fatal blow, a prompt appeared in his mind.

  He finally let out a sigh of relief, and under the narrow escape from death, he finally killed the little BOSS among these monsters.

  After the elite mutant mouse died, it exploded with a bunch of things.

  A large cluster of white experience light burst out from its body and finally entered Tang Tian's body, giving Tang Tian a full 1,000 experience points!

  At this time, Tang Tian's experience value was 4th level 1040/2000.

  Apart from the variant mouse elite, a black skill book burst out of its body in Shanghai, a green treasure chest, a black long knife, dozens of demon coins and a red bead.

  Not having time to examine them closely, Tang Tian quickly stored these things in the storage ring, he hadn't forgotten that they were currently deep within a zombie horde.

  After putting away the things, Tang Tian quickly pulled out the long knife that was still inserted in the mutated rat's head and fought with the surrounding zombies. With his current strength, these first- and second-level zombies were not his opponents at all.

  While Tang Tian was fighting the zombies, the ghostly assassin swiftly arrived in front of the mutated rat's corpse. With a wave of his hand, a large cluster of black light burst forth from the mutated rat's head and finally entered the ghostly assassin's body.

  At this moment, a strong black light flashed on the body of the ghost assassin.

  "Congratulations, after a hard fight, your summoned creature Phantom Assassin has leveled up and is now at level 2."

  At the same time, Tang Tian's mind also received a hint.

  This hint made Tang Tian pause for a moment, not expecting the silent Ghost Assassin to have leveled up now. However, he immediately felt a surge of joy in his heart, as this meant that his chances of survival had increased somewhat.

  Not having time to check the properties of the ghost assassin, Tang Tian chopped down a few zombies blocking his way and quickly ran up to the second floor.

  After a series of intense battles, Tang Tian is now physically and mentally exhausted, and he really needs to rest for a while.

  As soon as Tang Tian arrived on the second floor, he immediately ordered "Quickly, block the corridor, beware of those zombies running up".

  Having received Tang Tian's order, Zhang Ling and others who had been waiting on the second floor quickly moved tables and chairs to block the corridor. If they were a little slower, those zombies would have rushed up.

  After seeing the corridor being blocked, Tang Tian finally let out a sigh of relief and sat down on a chair beside him with a thud.

  As he relaxed, Tang Tian suddenly felt aching all over his body, especially the left half of his body that had been hit by the mutated mouse. He could hardly muster any strength, and although he hadn't felt anything during the intense battle, now he felt a scorching pain.

  "Boss Tang..." At this time, Shen Yun walked out and seemed to want to say something, but it was very clear that she had never called someone like that before, looking quite uncomfortable. However, she immediately asked: "What happened downstairs? How did you make such a big commotion?"

  When Tang Tian heard Shen Yun's words, he turned his gaze to her. Looking at Shen Yun's beautiful face, his heart slightly stirred, and a strange thought began to sprout in the depths of his mind. Who would have ever thought that someone like Shen Yun, a proud daughter of heaven, would speak to him with such respectful language?

  This made him feel fulfilled in body and mind, but at the same time a desire to monopolize her began to sprout, however it was immediately suppressed by him, now is not the time to think about these things.

  Tang Tian immediately said, "Just now a very powerful monster appeared downstairs, and I almost didn't make it back. Luckily, I managed to kill it, which is why there was such a big commotion. Now everything's fine, let me rest for a bit, and after I've rested, I'll take you all to the first floor to hunt monsters and level up."

  Tang Tian didn't wait for their response and walked away on his own, entering a private room to sort out the gains he had obtained on the first floor.

  When they heard Tang Tian's words, these people's eyes involuntarily shrank, making Tang Tian feel that the monster must be incredibly powerful. If they were to encounter it, what would happen?

  As for what they thought, Tang Tian didn't know. After entering the private room, he closed the door and only then took out the gains he had obtained on the first floor.

  Let's not mention the God Coin, two new hand clothes and a new hand pants, exactly the same as what he was wearing, a replica of Jin Yiwei's sword, all these were exploded from those first-level zombies.

  In addition, there are four treasure chests. Two gray ones were blown out by the first-level zombie king, one white one was blown out by the third-level zombie king, and one green one was blown out by the elite mutant mouse. The elite mutant mouse also blew out a skill book, a knife, and a red bead.

  That's all Tang Tian got from the first floor.

  Two grey treasure chests were opened but nothing was inside, which made Tang Tian feel helpless. However, after thinking about it, he felt relieved as these were just the lowest level of treasure chests.

  Tang Tian immediately picked up the white treasure chest that burst out of the third-level zombie.

  "White treasure chest, open it and there is a certain probability of obtaining mysterious treasures, do you want to open it?"

  "Open it," said Tang Tian without hesitation.

  After opening the treasure chest, a black blueprint appeared in Tang Tian's hand, with an ancient building drawn on it that he had never seen before.

  "Barracks blueprints, can be used after transferring to a military career"

  Looking at the blueprint in his hand, Tang Tian got a hint.

  It was something that couldn't be used for the time being, and apart from this simple introduction, there was nothing else. Tang Tian didn't think much of it and simply put it away, planning to study it slowly later on.

  Tang Tian immediately picked up the green treasure box that had burst out of the mutated mouse elite, and upon seeing it, he thought to himself that this thing was definitely high-grade goods. He secretly thought that this time, he would surely be able to get something good out of it!

  After selecting open, a golden scroll appeared in Tang Tian's hand, and he didn't know what it was made of.

  "Career Change Certificate. Holding this scroll allows you to change careers to a corresponding profession. Not usable, can be activated at level 10."

  Tang Tian looked at the unusable job transfer certificate in his hand and cursed, "Damn useless thing! What's the point of having you if I can't use you?" He reluctantly put it away and took out the skill book, thinking to himself, "This time, it should be something I can use."

  "Secondary Basic Knife Technique, learning this skill will allow you to have a deeper understanding of the knife and use various knives more smoothly. Learning this skill requires learning Primary Basic Knife Technique Level 1 and meeting the conditions. Passive skills do not occupy active skill slots. Do you want to learn it?"

  Tang Tian naturally chose to learn it. With this second-level foundation knife method, his strength will be even more powerful. The second and third level zombies should be able to chop melons and cut vegetables now.

  After choosing to learn, the skill book transformed into a black light that entered Tang Tian's brow, and then disappeared in his mind. Suddenly, Tang Tian felt as if he had been practicing knife techniques for decades, and the use of various knives was as familiar as his own hands.

  His strength was further enhanced, and immediately Tang Tian picked up the black long knife with a linked scabbard that had burst out of the variant elite mouse.

  "Exquisite brocade clothes and waist sword (imitation), the sharp blade can help you effectively split open the monster's bones, fur and scales."

  Looking at the long knife in his hand, Tang Tian was overjoyed. He had just learned the second-level knife technique and now he had a good knife, it seemed like heaven was blessing him. This long knife was almost identical to the previous one, except that the blade was even brighter and sharper. With this knife, the previous one could be retired.

  Tang Tian finally picked up the red bead that had burst out of the mutated elite mouse.

  "First-class variant blood essence, with powerful variant beast's corpse turning into whole body blood essence after death. After taking it, the user's basic attributes will be randomly enhanced according to the level of blood essence. Limited to five pills of the same level, taking one more pill will reduce the effect by one-fifth, and six pills or more will have no effect. Do you want to use it?"

  Something that can strengthen basic attributes, Tang Tian naturally chose to use it. According to the introduction, it was supposed to be taken orally, so he threw the red bead in his hand into his mouth, not caring whether it was clean or not.

  The red bead had entered Tang Tian's mouth, instantly dissolving into a stream of fragrance that flowed into his body, and in an instant, Tang Tian felt an indescribable comfort throughout his entire body.

  "Using special items, basic attributes are enhanced, strength increased by 10, agility increased by 8"

  After taking the essence and blood, Tang Tian received a prompt.

  In an instant, Tang Tian felt his strength had explosively increased. After trying it out, he almost punched a hole through the wall of the package room with one fist, and his speed also clearly increased, with each step covering a distance of five meters.

  Now, Tang Tian felt that he was almost twice as strong as before. His strength and speed had been enhanced, he had learned the second-level knife technique, and he had obtained a better knife. He was now full of confidence, feeling that he could sweep through all the zombies on the first floor by himself.

  Then he took a look at his and Assassin's attributes...

  (To avoid suspicion of padding word count, see work-related attributes list)