Full Firepower

After more than an hour of intense fighting, Henry finally cleared all the zombies from the street. Blood had dyed his energy armor a deep red. However, the armor seemed to absorb the blood. In a short while, the blood slowly seeped into the armor. Once the battle ended, the energy armor reverted back to its bracelet form.

Loot collected!

Congratulations, you have obtained:

[Energy Cores]*540, [Accelerated Fertilizer]*3, [Mutant Fertilizer]*2112, [Clean Cloth]*943, [Storage Ring Fragments]*17, [Assault Rifle]*11, [Fragmentation Grenade]*33, [Rifle Ammunition]*3217, [Military Dagger]*8, [Bloodstained Key]*63, [Car Keys]*22, [Walkie-Talkie]*15, [Leather Notebook]*1, [Medicine Box]*3, [Antibiotics]*30...

[Tough Leather]*3, [Evolver's Blood]*3, [Sharp Claws]*6, [Shelter Map]*1, [Oddly Shaped Key]*1...

All other items were straightforward, but what was this [Oddly Shaped Key]?

Henry examined it in his hand. It looked no different from a normal key. What was odd about it?

Then, a prompt appeared again:

[Congratulations, this key can open the armory of the Sun University shelter, welcome to the era of firearms!]

A key that could open Sun University's armory? This was great! Firearms were absolutely overwhelming against these ordinary zombies. Although Henry was already overpowering the ordinary zombies, using guns was less taxing.

Previously, when his strength was insufficient, he dared not use firearms carelessly. After all, the loud noise could attract hordes of zombies. Without an antiviral agent and proper protection, facing many zombies at once could be fatal if he was careless and got scratched.

But now, things were different. Ordinary zombies could not harm him. In such a situation, firearms became a powerful tool!

Not only could he shoot zombies from a distance, but it also saved effort! What was once a disadvantage—the noise of gunfire attracting zombies—had now become an advantage. Automatically drawing in zombies to be automatically eliminated. What could be cooler than that?!

Henry pulled out the [Skill: Sharpshooter] from his storage space and used it. Instantly, a rush of knowledge flooded into his brain and muscles. He took out an assault rifle, expertly changed the magazine, pulled off the safety, and fired a shot into the distance.

Ding!

A doughnut graphic on a billboard a hundred meters away was punctured right in the center. The shot was fired completely on instinct. Hitting static targets didn't even require him to aim deliberately. This felt great!

Henry stored all the collected items into his storage ring. It was time for the upcoming fierce battle. He popped open a can of soda and gulped it down.

"Refreshing!!" He then slowly walked up to the entrance of Sun University and casually summoned his armed mech. Climbing aboard, he prepared for battle.

He started with firing a rocket to spice things up. Watching the densely packed horde of zombies in the distance, Henry gently pressed the launch button. Whoosh! A rocket trailing a plume of white smoke shot straight into the mass of zombies.

Boom!~ Rumble~~!

A thunderous explosion sounded not far away, deafening. Even the glass on the university buildings trembled slightly from the tremendous noise.

Then, a massive fireball rose, accompanied by flying zombie limbs and flesh, shooting up the height of two or three stories. The ground, previously densely packed with zombies, now sported a crater about five meters in diameter.

"Wow, the power of this rocket isn't quite what I expected!"

"It's way too powerful!"

With this thing, the zombies in front are just an appetizer!

But then... Henry suddenly worried, "With such powerful destructive force, if the zombies are blown to bits, can I still collect Energy Cores?"

As he thought about it, a prompt appeared again:

[Energy Cores cannot be destroyed; they can still be collected from zombie corpses!]

[Mutant Fertilizer will be destroyed at high temperatures, but the remaining flesh can still be used to make Mutant Fertilizer!]

[Personal items carried by zombies are mostly destroyed in intense combat, please take note!]

Henry nodded at the prompts. As long as the Energy Cores were intact, that was what mattered most. Everything else was secondary, especially the last point.

Henry already knew this from when he had been crushing zombies with the heavy truck, any personal items on the zombies were turned to dust. Under artillery fire, the zombies' belongings didn't stand a chance.

"Ao~"

"Cackle cackle..."

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle..."

"Roar~"

The rocket had successfully drawn the attention of all zombies. Henry was the only living person at Sun University, instantly becoming the target of all.

Behemoths, Crawlers, and Venomous Creature Breeders all took notice of Henry at the same time, screaming and charging towards him. The Behemoth, massive and imposing, was nearly as large as the armed mech. With every stride, it covered two to three meters, either kicking zombies out of its path or trampling them underfoot in an unstoppable manner.

Crawlers, like insects, numbered in the dozens—drawn from classrooms, rooftops, and small gardens.

"Gwah!"

The Venomous Creature Breeders struck first, spewing a stream of corrosive liquid wrapped in venomous insects. Henry deftly sidestepped, perfectly avoiding the spray.

"I need to take care of you first!"

Henry controlled the armed mech to retreat while opening up the 12.7mm high-speed heavy machine gun. The mech's lower arms wielded an alloy combat knife and shield.

The upper arms of the mech performed automatic targeting and firing. The heavy weaponry was mounted on slots on the mech's back. "Let's fire a rocket and see how that tastes!" Whoosh! Another rocket fired.

Boom! It hit the Venomous Creature Breeders squarely. The corrosive fluid that burst forth instantly corroded a dozen meters' radius of zombies around it into putrid flesh, sizzling on the ground with wisps of green smoke rising...

"Whoa! It's like a mobile bio-bomb!"

Dadadadada! The heavy machine gun spat flames, automatically identifying zombie heads and executing precise attacks. One by one, zombies' heads burst, splattering blood on the spot. Blooms of crimson flowers unfurled across the playground...

These zombies knew neither fear nor evasion. Wave after wave continued to charge forward, being torn apart and shattered, yet they still rushed on madly.