Apocalypse: My Technological City has Infinite Upgrades - Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Increasing Strength
“The cold wave is coming. Are our shelters prepared?” As the top biologist, Dr. Zhang clearly noticed the changes in the weather.
“I have already asked the people to take action, and establish a complete heating system in various government shelters.”
“As for corporate shelters or private shelters, they should have their own resources. That’s not what we can take care of,” replied the commander.
“This is good enough. The corporate shelter or private shelters should have the ability to protect themselves. What we need to do is to preserve the fire of humans and let more people survive this disaster.”
“In addition, I found that the meteorite fragment is also a good thing. When exploring outside, if we encounter it, we can try our best to bring it back. Even if we can’t use this resource, it’s not a bad thing to have it in our hands..”
Dr. Zhang suggested to the commander.
“Yes, I will give the orders.” The commander-in-chief attached great importance to Dr. Zhang’s suggestion and immediately agreed.
…
At this moment, Lorne and Whitey had just finished their lunch.
[Long-Term Mission]
[Kill foreign creatures on Earth and take the crystal cores of the creatures, the quality of the crystal cores will determine the points awarded.]
[Long-Term Mission]
[Collect the meteorite fragments scattered everywhere on Earth. A certain number of points will be given according to the size of the meteorite fragments.]
Lorne was surprised when he saw the two long-term missions that suddenly appeared.
Although these two missions did not show how many points he would gain, the system had given him a few hundred points just from the monster that he had killed. These two missions were undoubtedly very rewarding.
“But what is this crystal core?” Looking at the mission given by the system, a term that he had never heard of appeared.
[Every strange foreign creature or creature that has completely mutated on Earth has a crystal core in its head. The host can exchange the crystal core for points.]
“Ah, then is there one in the head of the monster I killed earlier?” Lorne immediately shouted when he heard the system’s reply.
[Yes] The system gave Lorne an affirmative answer.
“Oh no!” Lorne could not help but wail when he saw the system’s reply, as if he had missed a billion. The monster’s corpse had long been thrown into the river by Lorne, and now it was nowhere to be seen.
It seemed like he needed to search the outside world for the next few days. He calmed himself down and started thinking about what he should do next.
“System, is there any way to increase my strength? Without firearms, ordinary people shouldn’t be able to resist these strange creatures, right?”
Lorne thought of the powerful offensive power of these monsters and wondered if he could increase his strength.
Although the system had enhanced Lorne’s physique in the beginning, this improvement was not enough to deal with the current danger.
[The store has been updated. Host can purchase items to increase your strength in the store.]
Seeing the system’s reply, Lorne opened the store and found a new page. It was labeled with various items that could increase his strength.
[Basic Swordplay: 100 points.]
[Basic Combat Arts: 100 points]
[Gunfighting Arts: 500 points]
[Basic Firearm Mastery: 100 points]
[Level 1 Physical Enhancement Potion: 2000 points]
[Level 2 Physical Enhancement Potion: 10,000 points]
…
Looking at the many items on the list that could increase his strength, Lorne couldn’t help but feel a little fanatical.
“System, why didn’t these things appear before?” Although these things could increase his strength, it also gave Lorne a bad feeling, so he asked the system.
“According to the detection of the system, some unknown changes have begun in the world that the host is in. The strength of the creatures in this world is slowly increasing.”
“Therefore, in order to ensure that the host can build the world’s largest technology city, I specially provided these things to the host to protect your life.”
“What a difficult world.” Lorne couldn’t help but sigh when he heard the system’s explanation.
“You don’t have to be too pessimistic. The creatures mentioned include humans too. Moreover, humans can also absorb the energy in the crystal core to improve themselves. There is also a chance that they can awaken some supernatural power.”
The system thought that Lorne was pessimistic, so it explained to him.
“I am not being pessimistic. Although this world is cruel, I will definitely rise in this world. But System, what is the supernatural power you are talking about?”
Lorne saw that another word that he did not understand appeared in the system’s words.
“It’s the supernatural power that the host understands, like fire, ice, lightning, and so on.”
“Oh, God, this is too cool. System, can you let me have this power? I want it.” When Lorne heard the system’s explanation, he looked a little crazy.
“The host can exchange them in the store with points.”
“Eh, why didn’t I see it in the store just now?” Lorne looked carefully at the items in the store and asked curiously.
“Oh, since the host doesn’t have enough points to buy this ability, the system has hidden everything that the host can’t afford.”
“This is the list of items in the system’s original store.” Just as it finished speaking, the system displayed an especially long list in front of Lorne. The dense list filled his vision.
Furthermore, Lorne realized that this page was not the last. There was the marking 1/10,000.
“System, you should hide them.” Lorne felt a headache coming on when he saw so many things.
However, he had checked the points required for the supernatural power mentioned by the system. A simple fire control skill cost 500,000 points.
There was actually the word ‘basic’ behind that superpower.
“What a f*cking profiteer,” Lorne said through gritted teeth.
“The pricing of this system is the fairest according to the rules of the universe.” The system displayed these words in his mind.
“Looks like I have to go out and explore often in the future. Otherwise, if I only rely on the daily settlement to obtain points, I might not even be able to accumulate these 500,000 points my whole life.”
Lorne felt a little helpless when he saw the system’s reply, but he also understood that this was not something he could decide. Therefore, he began to plan how to explore and kill the mutated creatures.
“System, how many points do I have?”
[Host’s current points: 2000]
Looking at his remaining points, Lorne began to think about what he should buy to increase his strength so that he could have the ability to protect himself when exploring the outside world.
Moreover, while preserving his life, he had to ensure that he could hunt the strange or mutated creatures faster and obtain their crystal cores.
“I will buy firearm basics and gunfighting arts. After thinking for a long time, Lorne decided to buy these two skills to increase his strength.
At present, firearms were very lethal to monsters. If he could have the ability to use firearms smoothly, the safety of his exploration would undoubtedly increase.
Furthermore, Lorne had read the introduction of gun fighting. This was a technique that combined his physique with precise marksmanship. If he mastered it to a high level, he could even charge through an encirclement of 100 people.
After Lorne confirmed that he had bought basic firearm mastery and gunfighting arts, his body was suddenly enveloped by a white light.
After the light disappeared, a lot of knowledge about firearms and gun combat appeared in Lorne’s mind.
Moreover, this knowledge seemed to have been deeply imprinted in Lorne’s mind tens of thousands of times, so he naturally understood all of it. He picked up the M4A1 and the Desert Eagle beside him.
Then, he did many things that he could not normally do. Everything seemed so natural. He skillfully disassembled the two firearms with both hands and quickly re-assembled them.
He had gained muscle memory as if he had practiced this action hundreds of thousands of times. After thinking for a while, Lorne walked to the testing room in the R&D Center with the guns. Clearly, he was not satisfied with just dismantling and assembling.
Lorne wanted to use the targets in the testing room to test his mastery of gun fighting.
