As the sun slowly set, night quietly descended, like a vast piece of black velvet slowly unfolding, covering half the World. An indescribable sense of oppression began to spread through the air.
The last moments of twilight's peace were broken by the gradual roars, the sounds of the Zombies.
At this moment, Mu Bei received a prompt from Paradise.
【Warning! As night falls, the difference between the Contractor's body temperature and the environment temperature increases, making it easier for Zombies to detect the Contractor. At the same time, the Zombies' desire to attack will be significantly increased, and their Strength and Agility attributes will also receive a slight boost.】
"Oh? Just as I hoped!"
At this moment, Mu Bei was still worried that the Zombies might not find him due to their low movement efficiency!
It was truly like getting a pillow when you're sleepy.
Mu Bei's footsteps echoed in the empty hall. As he gradually approached the exit, a cold wind blew in from outside, carrying the unique dampness of coastal cities at night, making the atmosphere feel somewhat chilling.
Perhaps due to the drastic increase in Mu Bei's Intelligence attribute, he could now vaguely sense the palpable... malice surrounding him.
Is this the sixth sense? Mu Bei thought to himself.
It was as if countless eyes were spying on his every move from the darkness.
In reality, this was indeed the case.
On a cold night, the body temperature of a living person like Mu Bei was like a bright spot in the pitch black to the Zombies' senses; it was hard not to notice.
As he stepped across the threshold, the last rays of the setting sun had already disappeared below the horizon, and the night, like a vast black curtain, quickly enveloped his figure.
During the early evolution of Humans, due to low visibility at night, Humans found it difficult to find food and avoid danger.
Therefore, millions of years of natural selection etched a primal fear of darkness into the Human genome, passed down through generations.
But at this moment, Mu Bei, in the dense darkness, did not feel any fear of it.
The reason for this was not baseless confidence, but because this level of darkness was not enough to prevent him from seeing.
The benefits brought by the increase in the Constitution attribute were almost comprehensive, not limited to more health points, higher physical defense, and a stronger immune system.
There was also the enhancement of the senses.
Eyes, nose, ears, mouth, skin—the functions of these sensory organs also became stronger and more sensitive as Mu Bei's Constitution attribute increased.
Then, Mu Bei took out a torch he had made and a lighter from his storage space.
Don't misunderstand, this was not to illuminate himself, but to attract monsters.
The main body of the torch came from a mop handle that Mu Bei found while searching the rooms.
After breaking the long mop handle into two not-so-even halves, the irregular wooden splinters at the break were used to secure strips of torn cloth by piercing them through. Then, the cloth was wrapped around in circles to form the head of a torch, and finally, it was soaked with alcohol with a concentration of 96%.
Thus, a simple torch was made, and Mu Bei had 5 more such torches in his storage space.
The moment the flame touched the cloth emitting a strong smell of alcohol, the torch was quickly ignited.
The chemical energy within the alcohol rapidly converted into light and heat, causing the bright and hot firelight to pierce through the cold night like a sharp sword, also attracting the attention of more Zombies to Mu Bei.
An ordinary person doing this would be asking for trouble, but Mu Bei was no ordinary person.
He just stood there on this empty street, holding the burning torch high in his hand. The firelight flickered in the night, casting long shadows.
Zombies began to emerge from various hidden places in the city, surging towards Mu Bei.
Some crawled out from under abandoned cars; those steel beasts that once brought vitality to the city were now hiding places for Zombies.
Some walked out of buildings; those once brightly lit structures were now nests for Zombies.
Due to the increase in their Strength attribute, some dilapidated doors and glass windows could no longer stop these Zombies. They surged towards Mu Bei, stepping on broken glass and rubble.
Even many balconies became jumping platforms for the Zombies; they fearlessly leaped down from high places, just to get closer to Mu Bei.
Even if their bodies broke bones upon landing, except for those unlucky ones who smashed their heads, the remaining Zombies with broken leg bones crawled using their arms. Those whose arm bones were also broken writhed using their bodies. Even Zombies with fractured cervical vertebrae resulting in high-level paralysis below the neck would gnaw the ground with their mouths to get close to Mu Bei.
"The number of Zombies is more than I expected. Good, this will be a fruitful night."
Mu Bei took out the blue-quality weapon, the tank bone club, from his storage space, holding it with his right hand because his left hand was needed to hold the torch to attract monsters.
However, even with a single hold, relying on his 34 points of Strength, Mu Bei only felt that this bone club, which could be used flexibly with just 17 points of Strength, was too light.
But there was nothing he could do; this was the best weapon he could use at the moment.
Facing the surrounding Zombies, Mu Bei swung the bone club with a whooshing sound. The Zombies hit were all instantly killed on the spot, and leaving behind a complete corpse was a luxury within a luxury.
"They are all level 1 and level 2 trash Zombies, how boring."
Facing these low-level Zombies, with single-digit Strength attributes, not even a fraction of Mu Bei's Constitution attribute.
Even if Mu Bei didn't fight back and let them attack him freely, the defense derived from his 38 points of Constitution attribute would prevent these low-level Zombies from even breaking through his defense.
Moreover, as Mu Bei continuously killed Zombies, World Power was also accumulating non-stop, and he could add points to himself during combat.
(As the base value of Mu Bei's body attributes continues to increase, the safety of adding a small number of points without affecting combat is not low.)
The Strength attribute increased from 5 points to 7 points, adding 2 points. Although it doesn't seem like much, the overall Strength level increased by at least 40% on the original basis;
(Note! It's "at least" a 40% increase, the actual increase is definitely more than 40%!)
This magnitude of increase is high, so it requires a relatively safe environment and some time to adapt.
However, increasing the Strength attribute from 34 points to 36 points, still adding 2 points, only increased the overall Strength level by approximately 6% on the original basis.
Mu Bei believed he could completely adapt to this magnitude of increase during combat.
Theory exists, practice begins.