Mu Bei's words were cold and direct, leaving no room for negotiation.
Spending time and effort to send a weakling to a survivor camp dozens of kilometers away, just for a lousy position and the world source I could earn by casually killing dozens of Zombies?
"What?!"
Hearing this, Zheng Qi's face showed an expression of disbelief; she felt she had been tricked.
From childhood to adulthood, she had always been the darling in everyone's eyes and had never suffered such neglect.
Shock quickly turned into anger, and she roared at Mu Bei:
"My father is the district head, how dare you speak to me like this? Do you not want to live...?"
"Noisy." Mu Bei had no intention of letting Zheng Qi finish speaking.
Under Zheng Qi's angry gaze, Mu Bei quickly swung the baseball bat in his hand.
His movements were swift and accurate, without a trace of hesitation, bringing Zheng Qi's words to an abrupt halt.
Her head was like a large watermelon, smashed by the bat swung so fast it left afterimages, and the red and white "watermelon pulp" splattered everywhere.
【Killed survivor Zheng Qi, obtained 0.3 ounces of world source.】
【Heaven Forsaker talent triggered, obtained 0.65 ounces of World Power.】
After losing control of her brain, Zheng Qi's body flailed unconsciously, as if making a final struggle.
But this futile movement lasted less than 3 seconds before coming to an abrupt stop.
With a dull thud, her body fell heavily onto the dusty floor, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Mu Bei stood quietly to the side, watching the scene with a blank expression.
Mu Bei still felt some regret, but don't misunderstand, he wasn't regretting killing someone, but rather why he had wasted words on this woman just now?
After handing over the map, what value did Zheng Qi have to him?
Only the value of being killed to drop World Power remained.
Therefore, he shouldn't have spent a few seconds just now explaining to her that he wasn't planning to take Zheng Qi to Jincheng City Survivor Camp!
A few seconds of time isn't time? How could he waste it like that?
Mu Bei admitted he had made a mistake just now. However, making mistakes isn't scary; what's truly scary is not realizing you've made a mistake.
After finishing his self-reflection, Mu Bei discovered a blind spot from the kill notification just now.
Zheng Qi was just an ordinary Human; besides Charm, her highest attribute was only 5 points. In terms of overall strength, Zheng Qi was definitely no match for the Level 2 Zombies Mu Bei had encountered.
However, as an ordinary Human, the world source that dropped after Zheng Qi's death was slightly higher than that of a Level 2 Zombie.
A full 0.3 ounces! While that Level 2 Zombie only dropped 0.12 ounces of world source!
Therefore, besides one's own strength, there must be other factors influencing the amount of world source dropped after a kill.
What could it be?
Mu Bei boldly guessed that the amount of world source dropped should be directly related to the influence the killed creature had on the World it was in.
An individual's strength is only part of what determines their influence on the World.
An individual's influence on the World also depends on the power they possess.
Zheng Qi had introduced herself, stating she had a district head father. Combined with the Paradise's notification, her father, Zheng Haoran, was now one of the high-ranking officials in Jincheng City Survivor Camp.
A high-ranking official in a survivor camp definitely has far greater influence on the World than a Level 2 Zombie trapped and unable to leave a room.
As Zheng Haoran's daughter, Zheng Qi should be able to significantly influence Zheng Haoran's decisions, and consequently, have a considerable impact on the World.
It's not hard to understand why the world source Zheng Qi dropped was more than that of a Level 2 Zombie.
While Mu Bei's mind was busy analyzing, his hands weren't idle either.
Using the bottled mineral water looted from Zheng Qi's room, Mu Bei started eating instant noodles.
Instant noodles were something Mu Bei, who had lived in a sterile ward for 18 years, knew about but had never tasted.
So, Mu Bei directly chewed on the noodle cake dry.
As for the remaining toppings, seasoning powder, and sauce, Mu Bei directly sprinkled them into his mouth, treating it as replenishing salt.
The taste was good, just a bit salty.
However, compared to the liquid food he ate in the sterile ward before, it was quite a novel experience.
Actually, there was another issue here that wasn't quite an issue, which Mu Bei might not have realized himself:
While he was savoring the instant noodles, Zheng Qi's headless body was right beside him, and the smell of blood filled the entire room.
Under such circumstances, Mu Bei actually had a very good appetite!
After finishing the instant noodles, Mu Bei discovered another serious problem, which was—
He was still hungry!
Let alone being 70% full, he wasn't even 20% full now. Indeed, with Mu Bei's current Constitution, one serving of instant noodles was definitely far from enough.
Originally, Mu Bei had planned to save some food and drink for emergencies, but now he didn't need to.
Only by eating his fill would he have the Strength to continue killing Zombies.
Afterward, Mu Bei took out 2 compressed biscuits from his storage space, opened another bottle of 500ml mineral water, and started eating again.
'Can't be idle while eating, might as well boost Intelligence to 20 points.'
The familiar warm current appeared again, beginning to nourish Mu Bei's brain.
...
Strength: 20
Constitution: 20
Agility: 20
Intelligence: 20
Charm: 5
Remaining World Power: 0.01 ounces
Remaining world source: 0.2 ounces
...
There was still 0.2 ounces of world source not converted into World Power, and Mu Bei temporarily didn't plan to use this world source because he didn't have a very urgent survival crisis at the moment.
That's right, Mu Bei had already eliminated the risk of turning into a Zombie; when his Constitution attribute reached 17 points, he received a notification from the Paradise:
【Due to a significant increase in Constitution attribute, the Zombie virus has been immunized against. The Contractor currently has no risk of turning into a Zombie.】
world source definitely couldn't all be used to convert into World Power. Mu Bei hadn't forgotten that he still owed Order Paradise 2250 paradise coins.
If all the world source were used up, causing the rewards after the World settlement to be insufficient to fill the 2250 paradise coins hole...
Mu Bei certainly didn't want to experience Order Paradise's forced execution.