The sky was gradually darkening.
The survivors' camp had been quickly established.
Some built temporary overnight shelters using shipping containers.
Others stayed overnight in buildings near the port.
Zhang Chen continued to build his villa at the edge of the camp for his rest.
Xiao Bai was a bit seasick.
Despite being energetic and lively usually, out at sea, the creature was completely listless.
It lay propped against the railing from beginning to end.
Only upon reaching land did it manage to muster some spirit.
Otherwise, it would have charged straight into the fight with the Abyssal Ripper.
Zhang Chen counted his core crystals.
[Energy Core]: 2375215, [Energy Gathering Core]: 15123.
Upgrading to God
As expected of a god-tier talent, it was incomparable to his previous talents, so powerful it made one's mouth water.
The 【Wealthy Over All】 bonus from the Awakener's Energy Talent only applied to [Energy Core] and was ineffective on higher-tier cores.
Now with the emergence of [Light Blessing], future gathering would not only include [Energy Gathering Core] but also other higher-tier cores, doubling critical hits, a truly once-and-for-all talent.
[Divine Protection] below was even more so.
Upgrading to this point, all of Zhang Chen's skills were auxiliary or offensive.
He had absolutely no defensive skills.
This was the first defensive skill, starting with area-wide protection and counter-damage, and after shattering, it even added personal protection…
The attribute description was simply game-breaking!
After careful consideration, Zhang Chen invested all 4 talent points into [Divine Protection] (each talent point investment for a god-tier talent requires 4 talent points).
For no other reason than the principle of discreet development being paramount in the apocalypse.
Only by staying alive could he explore vaster territories, acquire stronger weapons and equipment, and thus obtain more talent crystals.
He then allocated another 4 talent points to [Light Blessing].
It was a pity that Zhang Chen had no lucky cards at the moment; otherwise, paired with this talent for fighting bosses, it would be an absolute windfall!
Ding! Congratulations on learning [Divine Protection] 1/1!
Ding! Congratulations on learning [Light Blessing] 1/3!
Next were the dark talents.
Zhang Chen directly added one point each to [Life Siphon] and [Dark Vision].
This healing ability was essentially a life-saving skill.
As for [Dark Vision], he felt it would be very helpful and planned to try it out when an opportunity arose.
Upgrading complete.
Over 5000 [Energy Gathering Core] remained.
Zhang Chen took out the rare blueprint he had obtained earlier.
It was time to reinforce Er Pang and Xiao Bai as well.
Ding! You consumed [Evolutionary Gene Fragment] *15, [Mutated Gene Fragment] *100, and created the gene modification potion: [Death Bite].
Er Pang, come! Time for some tasty food!
Zhang Chen waved at Er Pang and mixed the potion into a portion of fertilizer.
Er Pang stretched out its tongue, happily trotted over, and gobbled it down with a few chomps.
Crunch!
It bit down on the metal basin, and a notch was immediately bitten into it.
Er Pang crunched for a while.
Plop.
It spat out a lump of metal full of teeth marks.
Er Pang licked its mouth and looked at Zhang Chen. Indeed, this is your food basin, and there are no usable daily necessities left in the mall. Cherish it. If you bite the basin and break it… you’ll have to eat directly from the ground from now on!
Zhang Chen said.
Woof~
Er Pang whimpered dejectedly.
It didn't know why, but even in its small form, it could easily tear through the food basin.
Here, eat this too!
Zhang Chen took out the [Rare·Super Pet Potion] and placed it in the food basin.
Er Pang was currently at stage 3 of the juvenile phase.
Even with normal growth, it would reach the adult phase.
Therefore, if this potion was not used in time, it would be less useful later on.
Woof~
Er Pang obediently began to eat with large bites.
It seemed this thing was very delicious, as Er Pang ate with great gusto.
Finally, it even licked the food basin clean.
Whimpers…
Er Pang whimpered for a while, then yawned.
It then ambled over to a corner, lay down on the ground, and fell asleep!
At the same time, its body was rapidly undergoing changes.
Its size further increased, and the soft fur of a puppy gradually shed.
In its place grew hard, dense fur, its claws became sharper, and its teeth grew larger.
Zhang Chen focused on Er Pang, and soon a prompt appeared:
Pet Name: Er Pang
Combat Pet Type: Mutated Energy Beast - Howling Moon Wolf King
Growth Stage: Adult Stage 1 (Adult stage has 5 phases, growing one phase per natural year)
Preferred Food: Meat, zombies, mutated animals, mutated insects…
Skills:
[Doubled Combat]: Upon entering combat, size, strength, speed, and mass will multiply!
[King's Call]: Can summon adult wolf packs to fight for the wolf king, with an extremely low probability of summoning a wolf king companion entity (will not dissipate unless killed). The combat power and number of wolf packs increase with the wolf king's strength!
[Healing Devour]: Completely devours the target to heal itself and remove all negative statuses. The healing effect increases with the increase of energy cores within the devoured target!
[Wolf King's Majesty]: Monsters that can be instantly killed by the Howling Moon Wolf King will actively distance themselves from the wolf king due to the influence of the energy field.
[Experience Accumulation]: The more battles fought, and the more intense the battles, the greater the strength gained!