It was not easy to start a fire in the sealed room, so they could only eat cold food for dinner.
Luo Yuan took a bite of a sausage made from the internal organs of a mutated beast, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it with difficulty.
They had prepared well for this trip. They had made a few dozen catties of these non-perishable smoked sausages. Although it did not seem like much, it was highly nutritious and could easily fill up a person's stomach. A normal person would be able to last a whole day of strenuous activity after eating two or three ounces of it. With these sausages, even if they could not find any other food, it would still be enough to last them for more than ten days.
Huo Dong took one and tried to bite it. His teeth almost fell out, so he quickly covered his mouth and put it down.
Once the sausage made from the internal organs of a blue rank mutated beast cooled down, the fat and muscle would completely solidify, and the meat would become extremely tough like rubber. It was very difficult to bite. Luo Yuan's teeth were a few times harder than normal people's, so he could barely chew it.
"Drink some water!" Seeing that Luo Yuan was choking on the sausage, Huang Jiahui quickly took out a thermos bottle, poured a glass of water and passed it to Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan took a sip, and the food finally slid down his stomach. He picked up another sausage and ate it in big mouthfuls. He didn't stop until he finished the fifth sausage. He felt his body heating up as he digested and absorbed the food. His muscles seemed to be moaning after a full meal.
Suddenly, he was in a trance, and the system notification sounded, "Strength + 1."
Luo Yuan was happy. "My Strength has finally reached 13 points!"
He had been doing high-intensity training for the past few days, and his Strength had been slowly increasing. Today, he had finally reached 13 points. 13 points of Strength was three times that of a normal person. Three times. If an ordinary person's strength was 75 kilograms, it meant that he could lift about 250 kilograms.
Although the increase wasn't much, not even double, strength wasn't calculated in such a manner. Attributes never existed alone. Stronger Strength meant more explosive power in his muscles. Coupled with his reflexes (Agility), he could move faster in a straight line. His attack power was not something that could be represented by just a little increase in Strength. Compared to the last time he had killed the Thousand-Tentacle Crypt Worm, his Strength had changed dramatically.
Other than his Strength, his other attributes had not changed during this time. Part of it was due to him training his strength, but the biggest possibility was that evolvers had an elemental bias.
At the end of the day, being an evolver was an abnormal evolution of attributes. Unlike the system, it could only strengthen one or two attributes.
Lin Xiaoji was also an evolver, but other than his self-healing ability, his other attributes were slightly better than the average person. His sub-attributes were not visible, but his strength and agility were definitely not more than 12 points.
His preferred attribute was Physique, but Luo Yuan could not imagine how much Physique it would take to achieve such a terrifying self-healing ability. Even the 17-point Physique of the giant lizard did not have such a terrifying self-healing ability.
However, Luo Yuan could not believe that Lin Xiaoji's Physique had exceeded 17 points. Otherwise, with such a terrifying physique, it was impossible for a pile of bird droppings to cause his skin to rot.
Luo Yuan had long understood that Physique was not just about physical strength. It also included self-healing ability, digestion and absorption ability, immunity, bone strength, skin and internal organs. Judging from Lin Xiaoji's performance, his Physique was obviously a self-healing type.
Ning Xiaoran was biased towards the Strength attribute, while Luo Yuan's ability was related to Strength and Perception. Since his Perception had reached 13 points (excluding the increase from the Haunted Locust Heart), there had not been any changes in a short period of time. Even his Perception had not changed much, and it was even more difficult to improve his other attributes.
So far, after he had become an evolved person, the period of rapid growth in his Strength had ended. Next would be a period of stability, and it was likely that he would not be able to improve for a long time.
After he understood everything, Luo Yuan's extravagant hope of improving his attributes quickly after becoming an evolved person was gone. There was always a gap between ideals and reality. Thirteen points seemed to be a threshold for evolved people. Perhaps with a long period of training, one could break through the limit, but the cruel reality could not wait for slow progress in Strength. Even if it was a waste of attribute points in the end, it would not matter.
It would be a dangerous journey, and the stronger he was, the safer he would be.
He decided to use up the attribute points he had gained last time while it was still safe and he still had time to adapt to it. If he kept it as a trump card and only added it at the last minute when he was in danger, he would not be able to adapt to the sudden increase in Strength in a short period of time. Instead, his combat power would be greatly reduced.
Luo Yuan opened the attribute panel and weighed the attribute points. He decided to follow his previous train of thought, where speed was everything. He added the remaining attribute points to Dexterity.
In an instant, a scorching heat rose from his body and spread throughout his entire body. Then, he saw that everyone's movements had slowed down. Everyone seemed to be moving in slow motion. The surroundings became extremely quiet. The sound of long breaths, the dull beating of hearts, the rustling of clothes, every sound was clearly and slowly transmitted into his ears.
He had added the attribute points to Dexterity a few times, but each time he did so, he was not used to it.
It was as if the world had slowed down by half a beat. He had developed a strange sense of alienation from the world, or perhaps he was in a different dimension from other creatures. There was a serious gap between his common sense and self-judgment. Ordinary people would feel that a glass of water fell from the table to the ground in the blink of an eye, but to Luo Yuan, he could blink five times.
That was not the worst part. The worst part was talking. With his 14 Dexterity, he had to speak at least five times slower to make people feel that he was not talking too fast.
Every time, he would need a long period of time to slowly adjust to reality without appearing abrupt. Every time his Agility increased, he would have to repeat the same behavior, and as his Agility increased, it would become more and more difficult to do so.
"What's wrong with you?" Wang Xiaguang had been paying attention to Luo Yuan. She asked him worriedly when she saw that he was in a trance.
"I …" Luo Yuan felt that he was talking too fast, so he deliberately slowed down. "Nothing, I'm just thinking about something."
"Is there a problem with the route?" Huang Jiahui asked. Everyone was nervous and looked at Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan hadn't expected his excuse to attract so much attention. He told them what he'd been thinking during the day, "You guys are too nervous. At least it won't be a problem until tomorrow afternoon. Jiahui, bring me the map of Hedong City."
Huang Jiahui quickly took out the map from her luggage and spread it out.
Luo Yuan pointed with his finger and said, "This is the location of the tree, and this is its range."
Luo Yuan had an amazing memory. He could remember everything he saw. He drew a circle on the map with his finger, and the area represented the tree's range. "From the map, it means that we have to go through a part of the tree's shade. We don't know how dangerous it is, but it could also be very peaceful.
This tree is very powerful. It's almost beyond my understanding. I hope it's just an ordinary tree, or we'll have to take a detour. "
Everyone was shocked when they heard Luo Yuan use the word "powerful" to describe a plant. They had been bewitched by the Haunted Locust Tree and had never left the villa. They had never seen a Haunted Locust Tree, so they did not know that the tree was actually quite scary, and its ability was even stranger.
"If we take a detour, we'll have to walk an extra 30 kilometers in such a large area. If we take into account the accidents along the way, it might be even longer, "Cao Ling said slowly as she looked at the map.
Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere in the room was oppressive.
Huo Dong regretted coming out. He had not expected to encounter a creature that even Luo Yuan was afraid of. If the tree was really as "powerful" as Luo Yuan had said, then its ability was unimaginable. Its huge body alone had rendered all attacks useless. He could not imagine how Luo Yuan could deal with it with just a knife. Even a missile would not be able to destroy it completely.
He wanted to say something, but in the end, he wisely kept his mouth shut. Based on Luo Yuan's personality, he would not change his mind easily just because of what he said. It would be useless even if he said anything. If he went back alone, he would probably be eaten by a mutated beast before he could even reach the halfway point.
Luo Yuan looked at everyone's serious face and smiled. "That's the worst case scenario. It's most likely just a fast-growing tree. I noticed some birds flying above the treetop in the evening, so it's most likely the nest's location. If the mutated birds are fine, we should be fine if we travel under them. "
"But there are still a lot of mutated birds," Wang Shishi said worriedly.
"If you're afraid of this little bit of danger, then you shouldn't have come out. You could've just waited for death in the villa," Luo Yuan said calmly. There were mutated birds and mutated beasts everywhere. If they were afraid of that, then they might as well not have come out.
His confidence had increased as his strength had increased. If it had been before, Luo Yuan would not have been so relaxed. Now, even without the giant lizard's help, he was not afraid of a dark blue level mutated beast.
Wang Shishi bit her lips and glared at Luo Yuan. She hated it when Luo Yuan scolded her in front of everyone. He made her feel like an immature child.
After dinner, there was no entertainment in the apocalypse, so there was no market for night owls. Everyone was used to sleeping early and waking up early, so they started to set up their tents. Although the office was big, it could not accommodate many tents.
In the end, under Huang Jiahui's arrangement, except for the two evolved humans, the rest slept in pairs. Lin Xiaoji stank, so no one wanted to sleep with him, and Ning Xiaoran was dangerous, so no one dared to sleep with her.
In the end, Huo Dong and Chen Xianfeng shared a tent, Cao Ling and Wang Xiaguang shared a tent, Luo Yuan, Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi shared a tent, and Ning Xiaoran and Lin Xiaoji shared a tent each. Even so, it was still a little crowded with four tents in the big office.
Wang Xiaguang could not believe that Luo Yuan was sleeping in the same tent as Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi. She twisted the corner of her shirt and stood there for a long time until Cao Ling urged her to go back into the tent. A tear rolled down her cheek and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.
Luo Yuan felt it all. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He sighed in his heart. Wang Xiaguang yearned for a unique love, but he couldn't give it to her. He really didn't want to lie to her, and he couldn't lie to her. Maybe if she knew it earlier, she would have made a decision in her heart.
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