Chapter 10: Er Gou Was Stunned

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Seeing that there were no attribute fruits left, Lin Yu shook off his clothes and returned to the sofa. He picked up his bag, ready to go upstairs and find a room for a good rest.

As he passed by the young couple, they kept thanking him repeatedly.

“Even though it’s the end of the world, you’ve managed to keep your original intentions and hold onto your principles. That’s quite admirable.”

Lin Yu stopped and said to them, “But that alone isn’t enough. Only by becoming strong can you protect your original intentions from being trampled upon.”

With that, he went straight upstairs.

At that moment, the young woman carrying a child hurriedly followed him.

“Why are you following me?” Lin Yu turned around, a faint smile playing on his lips.

“I… I just need to rest for a bit. Also, my niece has been saying she’s sleepy all day and has been sleeping for hours without waking,” the young woman said, glancing away.

Lin Yu glanced at the little girl in her arms and nodded silently. He had thought they were mother and daughter, but it turned out they weren’t.

Reaching the second floor, he casually picked a room. The door was unlocked since the scar-faced man had already sent people to search all the rooms.

After locking the door, Lin Yu put down his belongings and prepared for a good shower.

The young woman saw him enter Room 203 and quickly followed, entering the neighboring Room 202.

She felt safer staying close to this man.

After the shower, Lin Yu lay on the round bed, eating while sending messages to his sister and Wang Ergou.

Both replied quickly.

“Brother, everything is fine here. I’m just staying in the dorm and not going out. I’m a bit scared being alone.”

“Haha, Brother Yu, guess what talent awakening I got!”

Lin Yu thought for a moment, then created a group chat—it was more convenient for all three to talk together.

“Little You, do you miss your brother?” As soon as the group was created, notifications started popping up.

“You lazy dog, you haven’t contacted me for so long. Next time we meet, I’ll give you a good beating!”

On the other side, Lin Xiaoyou waved her little fists.

“Afraid you won’t be able to hit me, bro. I’m overloaded with attributes now. I easily killed eight zombies today!” Wang Kang, aka Wang Ergou, boasted.

“Ergou, let me see your attributes,” Lin Yu replied.

[Magic Power: 1500]
[Strength: 55]
[Constitution: 5]
[Speed: 22]
[Spirit: 5]
[Talent: S-Rank Overwhelming Smash]

Soon, Ergou sent his attributes to the group.

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“That doesn’t look right. I don’t remember you picking up that many attribute fruits!” Lin Yu recalled that Ergou hadn’t collected many attribute fruits from the strange treasures.

“I saved a few people today and got some yellow intermediate fruits from them. They didn’t even know what they were,” Ergou quickly replied. “Boss, send yours too.”

Ergou’s attributes were quite good—many first-generation awakened in the previous life didn’t have such stats early on.

Before leveling up, attributes could only be increased by the random drop of fruits during the meteor showers, which was purely luck.

Unlike Lin Yu, who had memories of his past life and could plan ahead, benefiting both his sister and Ergou.

Lin Yu casually sent his own attributes.

[Magic Power: 6500]
[Strength: 79]
[Constitution: 47]
[Speed: 35]
[Spirit: 115]
[Talent: S-Rank Flame Controller: Evolving...]
[Flame Unlock Forms: Flame, Dragon’s Fire (Unlocking...)]

“Damn! What kind of demon are you?” Wang Ergou’s pupils dilated.

What he didn’t know was that Lin Yu still had 46 green primary fruits and 3 yellow intermediate fruits, totaling 61 attribute points.

“Little You, what about you? Send yours too,” Ergou taunted Lin Xiaoyou.

If she couldn’t beat Lin Yu, at least she should be stronger than Lin Xiaoyou.

The second-in-command position in their trio couldn’t be taken by a girl.

But when Lin Xiaoyou sent her attributes, Wang Ergou was stunned.

[Magic Power: 1000]
[Strength: 203 + 20.3]
[Constitution: 5]
[Speed: 5]
[Spirit: 5]
[Golden Power Rune: Permanent +10% Strength]

Wang Ergou: “???”
Wang Ergou: “Little You, what’s with your strength? Did you accidentally add an extra zero?”
Lin Xiaoyou: “Nope, that’s exactly how it is.”
Wang Ergou: “???”
Wang Ergou: “[Strength 203 + 20.3]?”

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Lin Xiaoyou: “Exactly.”
She even sent an innocent-looking emoji on purpose.

Wang Ergou: “I’m speechless…”

Lin Xiaoyou: “You guys awakened talents, both S-rank. Why haven’t I awakened mine? So frustrating!”

Lin Yu: “Silly girl, don’t worry. You have magic power on your attribute panel, which means you do have a talent. You’ve awakened it, but not fully yet. You probably need some kind of trigger.”

Lin Xiaoyou: “Mm-hmm.”

Wang Ergou: “Looks like it’s impossible to steal attribute fruits from others anymore. I just saw someone reveal their fruit’s effects on the forum.”

Indeed, the Evolution Rain came without warning. Many were soaked and thus activated their attribute panels.

Those who had eaten fruits and felt the attribute changes knew their effects.

“If we get some, great. If not, it’s fine. Our attributes already surpass most people.”

Lin Yu: “By the day after tomorrow, many creatures will start evolving. Many signal towers nationwide might be destroyed, and phones will lose signal.”

“If we can’t contact each other, just follow the plan and don’t worry.”

Lin Yu gave a final reminder and ended the chat.

He glanced again at his attribute panel.

[Talent: S-Rank Flame Controller: Evolving...]
[Flame Unlock Forms: Flame, Dragon’s Fire (Unlocking...)]

“I wonder if the evolution will complete in three days,” Lin Yu murmured, feeling an inexplicable heat within.

He smiled wryly.

The hardest part of each evolution was this—his body always felt fiery.

“Tomorrow, many zombies will grow stronger and develop crystal cores in their minds. Then, it’ll be time to continue evolving.”

Killing zombies, extracting their crystal cores, and absorbing their power would gradually make him stronger.

Most ordinary people hadn’t started the path of evolution yet.

Those soaked by the Evolution Rain and possessing attribute panels had already stepped onto this path.

They were at Stage 0.

By absorbing the power of crystal cores, they could break through limits and improve their attributes step by step.

At Stage 0, absorbing 10 Stage 0 crystal cores would upgrade them to Level 1, and absorbing 20 would bring them to Level 2, and so on.

Each level-up granted +500 Magic Power, +5 to each of the four main attributes, and +5 free attribute points.

To reach Stage 0 Level 10, they needed to absorb 10 Stage 1 crystal cores to advance to Stage 1.

Each stage-up brought revolutionary changes.