Published: January 31, 2025
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Ye Zhongming had once heard from an acquaintance in his past life about an incident.
It was said that someone who had left this city encountered a guardian monster at a construction site two months after the start of the apocalypse. At that time, the guardian monster had already reached fifth-level evolution and had eliminated many survivor teams in the vicinity, demonstrating considerable power.
What was even more troublesome was that the guardian monster was accompanied by two helpers of the same kind. Although they were not as strong as it, they were still fourth-level evolved.
These three monsters dominated that area.
Later, a six-star expert from the military stepped in and dealt with these three guardian monsters. Rumor had it that the expert obtained a blueprint and an egg from that type of monster as a result.
Ye Zhongming's hometown acquaintance was not very clear on what kind of guardian monster it was, only knowing that the blueprint he obtained was probably for a blade-type weapon, as shortly after that, many members of the expert's team began to equip themselves with an excellent silver-grade combat knife, which was very sharp and useful.
In his past life, Ye Zhongming had a close-combat profession as a swordsman, so he paid great attention to anything related to blades. Upon hearing this story back then, he committed it to memory.
Naturally, there were other factors that made him care about this matter. The one who had dealt with that guardian monster was none other than the famous military nine-star expert, 'Heavenly Blade' Wang Ding! An idol figure for all swordsmen.
In this life, after becoming a craftsman and obtaining a white chopping knife, Ye Zhongming recalled this matter and became interested in the blueprint guarded by the monster.
If he could get that blueprint, he could reforge the knife in his hand as a craftsman, enhancing its level and power, significantly boosting his own strength.
Moreover, every type of monster egg was a great supplement for evolvers. Consuming it produced effects akin to a weakened Evolution Potion, improving one’s overall physical quality, which was extremely rare in the apocalypse.
This time, Ye Zhongming set out to see if the incident was true.
The construction site in the story was somewhat far from Ye Zhongming's home; normally, it would take about an hour to walk there. Now, with dangers everywhere, it would take even longer.
Fortunately, Ye Zhongming was a one-star evolver, and in safe conditions, he was much faster than an ordinary person.
However, by the time he found the construction site, it was already nearing noon.
The construction site was for a commercial building that had just started. The foundations were laid, and several buildings had already risen five or six stories, surrounded by dark green protective nets, with scaffolding densely placed around. If the apocalypse had not occurred, it should have been a scene of bustling activity.
But now, it was completely silent.
This was the eerie part. Such a construction site, with workers usually residing inside, would generally have warehouse managers and security personnel who hardly left. With the apocalypse having struck, the number of zombies here shouldn't be low.
Yet, after observing for a while, Ye Zhongming found not a single one.
It seemed that something had truly made this construction site its territory, devouring or driving away all the zombies inside.
To treat ordinary zombies as food or to drive away these undead, at least a second evolution would be necessary.
Quietly infiltrating, Ye Zhongming climbed the unfinished building closest to him and ascended to the highest floor via the scaffolding. After jumping into a room, he cautiously approached the opposite window and looked down.
Standing high and looking far, the construction site was spacious, allowing him to see almost everything below.
After scanning around, when his gaze landed in the southeast corner, Ye Zhongming's eyes narrowed, and he instinctively slowed his breathing.