Lu Wen, Toxic Island Yae, and the three women spent the first night of the zombie apocalypse quite peacefully.
There were Yinling warriors guarding the house, so they didn't have to worry about zombies or malicious humans approaching.
But Takajo Saya didn't have it so easy. Throughout the night, the roars of zombies could be heard outside, making it difficult for everyone to sleep deeply. They would often wake up in a sudden fright.
The night passed quietly.
Lu Wen took some time to rest, basically not wasting any time or energy.
The generator allowed Lu Wen to recover energy at an extremely fast rate. Refining Yinling warriors didn't consume all of his energy; he used the rest to enlarge his personal space.
Now, the size of his personal space has doubled, and he no longer has to worry about space limitations.
The continuous consumption and replenishment of energy also steadily increases his energy cap.
Lu Wen's unique extraordinary system, where an increase in energy cap leads to an increase in physical attributes, is working wonders.
The events of the original plot didn't happen last night, and Lu Wen was puzzled. "Where is that little girl from the original plot? Did my existence affect her?"
After thinking about it, Lu Wen confirmed his guess. The presence of the Yinling warriors drastically reduced the number of zombies around Nanlixiang's house, which means the girl's father in the original plot would not have died.
This is good for the little girl, as she doesn't have to lose her father at such a young age.
After enjoying the delicious breakfast prepared by Toxic Island Yae, Nanlixiang brought out a large box.
Opening it, the box revealed several firearms and a large amount of ammunition.
"Lu Wenjun, I thought about our future combat methods last night. I'm most familiar with using firearms, but I don't know if they'll be effective in other worlds," Nanlixiang asked.
Lu Wen had already considered this question. "Weapons powered by gunpowder explosions are difficult to use across multiple worlds, but crossbows are a possibility. Nanlixiang, if you don't want to engage in close combat, you can focus on mastering the crossbow in the future."
Nanlixiang looked a little troubled as she picked up the crossbow in the box. "After training with firearms for over ten years, I have to use a crossbow now. It'll take more time to learn all over again."
Lu Wen thought for a moment and said, "You don't have to completely abandon firearms. You can use a crossbow, which shares many similarities with guns. It's a temporary solution. I'll find a way to make a crossbow into an extraordinary weapon soon."
"I estimate that an extraordinary crossbow's power should easily surpass ordinary firearms, comparable to heavy sniper rifles."
Hearing this, Nanlixiang was overjoyed. "Really? Lu Wenjun, imagine a crossbow firing arrows with the power of a heavy sniper rifle, without the loud noise of firearms. It's an unimaginable assassination weapon."
"It won't be too long. We can go out and find materials for making one today, but Nanlixiang, you need to cultivate extraordinary energy as soon as possible to unleash the full potential of an extraordinary weapon," Lu Wen said.
After packing their belongings, placing essential items in Lu Wen's personal space, the group set out in Nanlixiang's Hummer H1.
Before leaving, Nanlixiang and Jukkawa Shizuka cast a lingering glance at the house behind them. According to Lu Wen, they wouldn't be coming back once they left.
"Where are we going?" Nanlixiang, who was driving, asked.
"To the bridge connecting the two banks. A large number of zombies have gathered there. I'll go and harvest some more to increase the number of souls I have," Lu Wen said.
After clearing the zombies that followed the school bus yesterday, along with those that had gathered around last night, Lu Wen now had over 800 souls.
Once he clears the zombies on the bridge, his soul count should reach two or three thousand.
Later, he'll clear a few more zombie hordes in this world. After that, he'll maintain the soul count at around ten thousand.
This is the limit Lu Wen can sustain at the early stage of his extraordinary path. Thanks to his infinite synthesis ability, he can maintain a ghost army of this magnitude.
Which Qi Refining stage ghost cultivator would dare to raise a ghost army of ten thousand?
The mere maintenance of one ghost would keep an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator in a perpetually weakened state.
This is even more challenging in an environment without spiritual energy, where the ghost's owner needs to continuously provide energy.
Riding in the Hummer was a different experience than the school bus from yesterday.
They rammed their way through the piles of dead cars on the road, creating a path for themselves.
As they drove along the river bank, they could only see the bridge in the distance. The sound of the Hummer attracted a swarm of zombies.
"Stay behind the Yinling warriors," Lu Wen said as he took out the Emperor's Banner and shook it. Sixty-two figures dressed in fish-scale armor appeared.
These were the Yinling warriors he had refined last night.
With a thought, Lu Wen ordered the Yinling warriors to kill all the zombies.
The warriors charged forward like beasts unleashed. With over sixty warriors charging together, the scene was much more impressive than yesterday.
They advanced steadily; the zombies were no match for the Yinling warriors.
"There's hardly anyone alive. This zombie apocalypse is truly terrifying," Nanlixiang couldn't help but lament.
"There might have been a massacre here yesterday. But some survivors must have escaped," Lu Wen said, noticing people hiding cautiously in nearby houses.
With over sixty Yinling warriors, the noise of killing zombies was unavoidable. It drew the attention of these survivors.
Takajo Saya also noticed the commotion. Looking over, she saw familiar figures.
"This is impossible. Yesterday I thought those people were members of a cosplay club because they were wearing fish-scale armor. But today, there are so many people with the same equipment. It must be related to that Chinese student," Takajo Saya was shocked and had her suspicions but didn't voice them.
"It's Saya-senpai, and that Chinese student. They're clearing zombies again. Where did all these people in armor come from? Why are they so persistent in clearing zombies?" Komuro Takashi asked, puzzled.
Miyamoto Rei said happily, "Whatever their intentions, we can go home once the zombies on the bridge are cleared."
After a few hours, all the zombies on the bridge were cleared by the Yinling warriors. The number of souls in Lu Wen's Emperor's Banner had increased to three thousand.
"I don't have many materials left to refine paper figures. I need to collect some after crossing the bridge," Lu Wen thought.
"I also need to collect materials to make an electromagnetic accelerator, which I'll use to create an electromagnetic crossbow for Nanlixiang."
"I can also use the electromagnetic accelerator as an attack method. This ability can maximize the electromagnetic and field properties of my energy."
With his future plans in mind, he ignored the survivors around him and Nanlixiang drove the car across the bridge.
After Lu Wen and his group left, the survivors in the surrounding houses waited for a while and then crossed the bridge one after another.