Chapter 3: Simple Wooden Shield

  In the kitchen, Zhou Yue's gaze was carefully searching for various necessary weapons and things close to being weapons, because he couldn't keep using that already smashed desktop computer host.

  At this moment, if he had a choice, he would most want to have a heavy machine gun to protect himself, as long as he could place it at the door and kill as many evil spirits as came. Unfortunately, such things are simply unrealistic fantasies.

  After searching for half a day, Zhou Yue had no harvest except for two very thin kitchen knives and the hatchet he found earlier. After comparing them, he decided to use only the hatchet. This hatchet was specially used for chopping bones, heavy enough and sharp enough, holding it in his hand gave him a sense of security. However, its defect was also obvious, that is, its length was not enough. From the handle to the blade, it was only 35 centimeters long, while the evil ghost's fingernails were at least 10 centimeters long. Adding the length of its arm, he estimated that if they really fought to the death, the hatchet would not have time to take effect before the evil ghost's claws would severely injure him.

  Zhou Yue wasn't without the thought of using a mop handle and a fruit knife to assemble a long spear, but when he looked at that extremely dilapidated wooden door, he quickly dispelled this idea. After all, how sharp were those evil spirits' claws? He was all too clear about it; no amount of mops would be enough to play with them.

  In that case, Zhou Yue would need a shield-like defensive gear to withstand the evil ghost's claws. Originally, he was quite fond of the sturdy Eight Immortals table in his landlord's house, but it was too heavy, and considering his pitiful strength at 10 o'clock, he decisively gave up on it!

  Finally, Zhou Yue's gaze fell on the two very inconspicuous chopping boards in the kitchen, one belonging to the landlord and the other to that white-collar woman. Both chopping boards were made of solid wood, and what was even more rare was that their sizes, lengths, widths, and thicknesses were all exactly the same!

  After sizing up the situation, Zhou Yue suddenly had an idea. He first found a small hammer and dozens of three-inch iron nails in the landlord's toolbox, and unexpectedly discovered a bundle of cyan nylon rope as thick as a little finger, which should be used by the landlord to tie up the car trunk.

  With these things, Zhou Yue returned to the kitchen, first overlapping the two chopping boards up and down, then nailing them together from above.

  Then, Zhou Yue flipped the other side of these two chopping boards and continued to hammer down enough iron nails on this side. In this way, both sides were nailed together, so even if they encountered a relatively large impact, the two chopping boards would not budge at all.

  However, since the total thickness of these two wooden boards is only four centimeters, the sharp heads of those iron nails are exposed on the outside. After some thought, Zhou Yuelin had an idea and used that bundle of nylon rope to tie the two wooden boards tightly together, circle by circle, without leaving any gaps in between. This not only covered up the sharp parts of the iron nails but also made the wooden shield formed by the two boards more defensive.

  Because this bundle of nylon rope is very long, Zhou Yue simply wrapped another layer around the wooden shield and also made a handle on one side of the wooden shield with canvas webbing. Although it's a bit uncomfortable, it shouldn't affect the wooden shield's defensive capabilities.

  After all this was done, a wooden shield about 50 cm long, 35 cm wide and 8 cm thick appeared in front of Zhou Yue. Holding it in his hand, he swung it forcefully several times, and it really had a bit of the flavor of a battlefield melee. Moreover, it was very suitable, not too big or too small, and the weight was just right. As long as it was used properly, it could completely defend against the evil spirit's claws from the front. What's more, due to the two layers of nylon rope being tied extremely tightly, even if the evil spirit's claws were sharp, they would be unable to grasp it. Furthermore, Zhou Yue planned to brush some edible oil on one side of the wooden shield to moisten the nylon rope and make it even more resilient. It was estimated that even the legendary turtle shell warriors wouldn't be able to surpass this.

  With the defensive wooden shield, Zhou Yue's courage also grew, and his thinking became more flexible. Many things that he hadn't thought of before due to being too nervous and flustered gradually flashed in his mind.

  Zhou Yue first thought of his future plans, he felt that he now had two options to choose from: one was to wait for the rescue of the government soldiers in this building, and the other was to rely on his own strength to kill his way out and then escape to the surrounding towns or villages.

  The first option is the most comfortable and suitable for now, because no matter what, it seems that Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army can't beat an army with modern equipment. However, Zhou Yue felt a sense of unease in her heart. Although the Yellow Turbans in history were formed by peasants and had weak combat power, the Yellow Turbans that appeared in the center of Chishan City at this moment were definitely not the Yellow Turbans in history. Did Zhang Jiao in history have such a powerful ability to create plagues? This plague is almost comparable to large-scale lethal weapons!

  So, even if there is a modernized army, it's not necessarily true that they can win. Who knows what kind of sinister lethality that horn has? Even if the horn should appear in Zhengzhou City, maybe there are those great generals under his command here!

  Moreover, as Zhou Yue knew, the garrison around Akakawa City seemed to have only one regiment. Even if the armed forces such as the SWAT team, traffic police, and urban management were added, it would still be a tough battle. As for mobilizing troops from other places, it was even more impossible because this disaster was nationwide and even global in scope. All first-tier cities, second-tier cities, and third-tier cities had black cities appear, so even if there were three million troops nationwide, how many could be left after being distributed among these hundreds of cities? Moreover, cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing would definitely be prioritized for rescue.

  From these perspectives, Zhou Yue felt that staying here was almost as good as waiting for death. He didn't like to put his fate in the hands of others.

  So, there's only the second option left, to escape. The residential area he was in was on the outskirts of Chishan City. As long as he could rush out of the residential area with a relatively large number of evil spirits, it would be the highway. He just needed to run quickly for about three miles, and it would be a vast wilderness.

  Just as Fang Ruo was thinking about these things, a loud and boisterous laughter and shouting suddenly came from the opposite building floor. This sudden noise in the already quiet neighborhood made people feel their hair stand on end!

  "Who's so bold? Laughing so loudly at this time?"

  Zhou Yue was stunned for a moment, then curiously walked to the window and looked out. In the window of the third unit on the fifth floor of the building across from her, she saw two young men standing there, each holding a crossbow and shooting arrows at the evil spirits below. Behind them stood a long-haired girl cheering them on. They seemed fearless, as if they didn't take the evil spirits downstairs seriously at all.

  These two young men were familiar with Zhou Yue, after all, they lived in the same neighborhood and met every day, but there was no intersection between them.

  But Zhou Yue was quite impressed by them, as both were from the Physical Education Department of Chizushan University. One of them was called Zhao Dashan, who was at least 1.95 meters tall and weighed over 80 kilograms, like a small mountain. Standing in front of him made Zhou Yue feel very oppressed.

  Another guy seemed to be called Li Dan, also about 1.8 meters tall, equally as strong as a black bear.

  It's only natural that the two of them weren't infected with the plague, but they're also a bit too reckless. Don't they fear those evil spirits charging at them? Those things aren't like the zombies in movies, moving slowly; their speed hasn't weakened one bit!

  "Huh? No way!"

  At this moment, Zhou Yue suddenly discovered a problem. When his gaze fell on Zhao Dashan and Li Dan, the information fed back showed that both of them had leveled up to level 1, their total life value increased by two points to become 12 points. However, Zhao Dashan's strength had actually become a terrifying 15 points!

  15 points! It's unbelievable, considering Zhou Yue's power attribute was only 10 points. That means he could lift a hundred kilograms, but Zhao Da Shan can easily lift one hundred and fifty kilograms or even more!

  Look at Li Dan again, although he is not as terrifying as Zhao Dashan, his power value has also reached an impressive 14 points!

  "Could it be that this has something to do with them leveling up to 1st rank?"

  Zhou Yue immediately became very aware of this point, and after a moment's thought, he stopped paying attention to Zhao Da Shan and the others, leaving from the window. After all, it was better to work hard than to envy others. He felt that he needed to try again, anyway, the evil spirit couldn't infect him through scratches, and now he had the wooden shield and machete, going to kill another evil spirit shouldn't be too difficult, at most he would suffer some minor injuries. Moreover, he still had an apple in his hand that could restore a bit of life force, which should come in handy. Most importantly, after killing the evil spirit, there was a chance it would drop items!

  These factors combined, Zhou Yue felt the need to act immediately. After confirming through the peephole that there were no living things outside the door, he put on his backpack, which had been packed and ready to go, carefully opened the anti-theft door of the building, and stepped into the corridor with a machete in one hand and a wooden shield in the other, taking a deep breath. However, for caution's sake, he still used a pair of slippers at the door to keep the anti-theft door slightly ajar, so that if there were any special circumstances, he could quickly retreat back into the room.

  At this moment, even if Zhou Yue forced himself to calm down, he was extremely nervous in his heart. He had only taken two or three steps when the cold sweat on his body began to seep out, and for a moment, he wanted to give up and retreat back to that safe room.

  However, Zhou Yue restrained this impulse because he had already considered all the factors and consequences. He must take the initiative to attack, which is currently his best choice. As long as he wasn't stunned like the first time, with that decent wooden shield and machete, he would have a high success rate.

  Zhou Yue's goal was to first go up to the top floor, the eighth floor, and make sure there were no evil spirits in this section of the corridor, otherwise it would be easy to be attacked from both front and back.