Strange

The battle is over! In this fierce fight, Henry and Snow together eliminated four Crawlers and one Venomous Creature Breeder. Time to collect the loot!

Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained: [Energy Cores]*260+52, [Accelerated Fertilizer]*25, [Evolver Blood]*5, [Durable Leather]*12, [Sharp Claws]*8, [Corrosion-Resistant Leather]*2, [Corrosive Essence]*1!

A huge profit! Definitely a big win! The energy cores obtained from these few Type II Mutant Zombies are equivalent to what would be gained from killing five to six hundred regular zombies. This efficiency is extremely high!

Henry checked his upgrade status: 522/800*2. Currently, the Energy Cores have only accumulated one-third of what is needed for the next upgrade. But this is already quite impressive, especially considering he just leveled up twice today! If he could keep encountering a large number of Type II Mutant Zombies to kill... he believes he could quickly reach the early Phase 2 stage of an Awakener!

Henry, with Snow in tow, made another round on the fourth floor. No need for any prompts. Just by observing Snow's behavior, he could tell if there were any zombies nearby. Snow had reverted to the size of a small yellow dog, excitedly sniffing here and there, looking like he was on a tour. This behavior clearly indicated that there were no zombies nearby.

Indeed, there were no zombies on the fourth floor. Many shop doors were marked with spray paint, and the kitchens were completely empty. A red mushroom grew out of spoiled rice and flour, covering the walls and floor completely. These bulk foods, once exposed to the air, were overtaken by these toxic mushrooms.

After searching the mall, Henry, along with Snow, casually began descending the escalators. The mall could actually serve as a shelter, given its large space, potentially accommodating many people. The only downside was the lack of beds.

Sleeping on the cold floor would definitely be a tough ordeal! The elevator slowly descended to the second floor. Henry encountered a group of survivors holding various weapons, their faces filled with terror. Some had even collapsed to the ground, as pale as death.

As the elevator continued its descent, Henry could see several more survivors in the distance. Even at the entrance of a hidden educational institution, a few girls were clinging to the doorframe. Like startled deer, they seemed ready to flee into the building at the slightest sign of disturbance.

"Do I... look that frightening?" Henry glanced around at everyone, bewildered. Then, he continued his descent to the first floor on the elevator.

"Are you... human or a zombie?!" The man leading the survivors, pale-faced, mustered the courage to ask.

Henry didn't answer, slowly descending to the first floor and then silently leaving.

"It seems... he must be human..."

"Human? Impossible, he came down from the third floor... we know best what's up there..."

"Yeah, we were originally more than twenty people, and we weren't afraid of the ordinary zombies on the fourth floor!"

"But on the third floor, a monster killed over a dozen of us..."

"There are still at least three or four monsters up there! And that long-haired monster, just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle..."

"And this man came down unharmed? That... can't be possible!"

"Could it be... he killed all the monsters upstairs?"

As soon as this was spoken, everyone's faces were filled with shock!

"It's impossible! Some people had already reached the human limit before, and they still didn't last a minute before getting torn apart!"

"Are you saying... this man has surpassed the human limits?"

"He's the one we all cooperated with to kill zombies, pooling all the energy cores to boost him to the human limit!"

"How could a regular survivor level up so quickly by himself?"

While they were speaking, someone had already sneaked up to the third floor and then came back down with a pale face.

"It's true... The third floor is all covered in signs of battle, and there's green flesh everywhere!"

The person who came down spoke solemnly.

"Green flesh?"

"Could it be from that green monster..."

Everyone gasped in shock.

The person nodded with difficulty and said:

"Yes, only that monster's skin is green. Whose else could that flesh be?"

"Moreover, the whole mall is sealed; those monsters couldn't have just vanished!"

"The only conclusion is that the man we saw earlier used powerful means to kill all the monsters!"

"And turned that green monster into mush..."

"Turned into mush? Does he have superpowers now?"

"It's unbelievable, how he managed to do it..."

"I think we should follow him and make him our leader!"

"Right, with his protection, we'd be a lot safer!"

The group of girls discussed fervently and unanimously decided they wanted to join Henry.

The others were also somewhat at a loss.

Ever since the team's leader died, the group had been in disarray.

People were anxious.

Everyone was very much hoping for a strong leader to guide them.

"Quick, go chase him down!" someone urgently shouted. The fastest survivors immediately followed the elevator down. It wasn't long before one of them returned, his face sullen.

"He's long gone!"

"And what's more terrifying is... all the zombies on the entire street outside have been cleared!"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned into silence, overwhelmed by regret. How could they not have seized the opportunity with such a powerhouse right then? They even asked him if he was a person or a monster...

Alas, it's too late for regrets now...

...

Having left the mall, Henry stood on the roof of a bus, looking in the direction of Sun University. The university was just across the street from where he was. However, what astounded Henry was the sight of an unnervingly dense crowd of zombies gathered within Sun University.

These zombies were shoulder to shoulder, shuffling around the campus grounds. Due to their density, there was hardly any room to move. At a glance, it looked like a dark tide washing over the campus.