"Before the New Era, I didn't have many good items to offer." The city lord shook his head slightly. "I also didn't expect anyone to be able to kill the Corpse King alone, so I wasn't prepared. Zhang Lin, if you trust me, I'll give you your reward after the New Era, how about that?"
"You're just offering empty promises?" Zhang Lin frowned slightly and said, "City Lord, if you don't want to give it, that's fine. Just give me some contribution points."
Beneath the city lord's silver-white mask, his slender eyebrows were slightly raised.
He really couldn't see through Zhang Lin.
Other reborn individuals respected and trusted him immensely, but Zhang Lin, who had never awakened his past life memories, never showed him any courtesy whatsoever.
But the city lord wasn't angry at all.
His purpose in preparing Hope City was to cultivate more powerful individuals. Humanity has been wiped out many times. If some of the reborn can survive the apocalypse, the world will not repeat the cycle again and again.
Hope might lie in people like Zhang Lin who have never awakened their memories of their past lives.
The city lord himself has awakened more memories than anyone else, and he knows more secrets, but the truly good things can only be obtained after the new era.
Zhang Lin has shown great potential, and he is not stingy in helping Zhang Lin obtain those good things.
"Contribution points will be given, and so will the rewards!" The city lord chuckled. "I'll have someone top up your account with 1,000 contribution points in a bit. You can use those for now. I'll definitely deliver the real rewards after the New Era begins!"
"Then I'll trust you this once," Zhang Lin smiled.
As a seasoned employee, he couldn't handle the promises his boss made, and he didn't care about the subsequent rewards. He was already satisfied with getting a thousand contribution points.
The city lord nodded silently.
What does it mean to trust him just once?
Does that mean Zhang Lin never believed him before?
"The appearance of the Zombie King also signifies the imminent end of the 'Biological Crisis' era. We will soon face the danger of a zombie horde besieging the city. Next, everyone should start stockpiling food, increasing their strength, and finding as many living people as possible to bring to Hope City, in preparation for the zombie siege and the subsequent extreme weather."
The city lord stood with his hands behind his back and spoke calmly to the crowd.
"Yes, Lord City Lord!"
Everyone was extremely respectful.
The city lord felt slightly relieved, realizing that not everyone was as rude to him as the founder of Hope City as Zhang Lin.
"Zhang Lin, although you are quite capable, you don't have much experience. Go back and communicate more with Xiao Ji, understand?" He instructed Zhang Lin again.
This made everyone present extremely envious.
No one has ever seen the city lord show such concern for anyone alone.
"knew."
Zhang Lin gave a perfunctory reply, but in his heart he was thinking that he would definitely have a talk with Ji Yuetong when he got back, but the place for the talk would be in bed.
"Hmph!" The city lord saw through Zhang Lin's perfunctory attitude at a glance, snorted coldly in displeasure, and turned to leave.
The city lord left.
All eyes were focused on the Corpse King's ears.
The person who had previously mocked Zhang Lin suddenly spoke up: "Captain Zhang, I'd like to buy the Corpse King's cerebrospinal fluid from you. How many contribution points are you willing to sell it for?"
The Corpse King's cerebrospinal fluid?
Zhang Lin knew that zombie cerebrospinal fluid was the main ingredient for making half-corpse potions, but he hadn't really thought about collecting it at the time.
“I don’t have the Corpse King’s cerebrospinal fluid,” he said calmly.
"No?" Wei Qiliang was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened suddenly, and he said uncertainly, "Captain Zhang, you don't mean... you didn't collect the Corpse King's cerebrospinal fluid, do you?"
"No."
"..." Wei Qiliang was speechless for a long time, then suddenly said excitedly, "Tell me the location of the Corpse King's corpse, and I'll go get it!"
As soon as he said this, everyone around him realized what Wei Qiliang was thinking.
"Captain Zhang, tell me the location!"
"I'll go get it, and when I get it back, I'll give half to Captain Zhang!"
"I...I...I..."
"..."
A group of people crowded around Zhang Lin, asking him about the location of the Corpse King's corpse.
Therefore, the Corpse King's cerebrospinal fluid is a good material.
"What's the use of this thing?"
Zhang Lin was also a little curious.
Could it be that I just carelessly threw away something really good?
"The cerebrospinal fluid of the Zombie King is the main material for creating the extraordinary template of the zombie type. It is almost the only awakening potion that can be successfully made before the New Era!" Wei Qiliang said truthfully.
The main problem is that there's no way to lie now. There are too many people around. Even if he doesn't say it, others will, and that would only anger Zhang Lin.
"A zombie-type superhuman template? That's no fun." Zhang Lin felt relieved. He would have been heartbroken if he had really lost something important.
Upon hearing Zhang Lin's words, Wei Qiliang gave him a complicated look and continued to plead, "Since you don't need it, then tell me the location."
Every stage of the apocalypse is extremely dangerous. Even with memories of several lifetimes, no one can guarantee that they will survive.
With so many people awakening their memories, the butterfly effect means that each apocalyptic crisis is different.
While the zombie template has a limited potential, it is the only way for most ordinary people to awaken a superhuman template in the early stages of the apocalypse.
If you can awaken your extraordinary template before others do, you will not only increase your chances of survival in the early stages of the apocalypse, but also gain an advantage in the new era by leveraging your initial strength to compete for more resources.
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