Chapter 2: The Mage's Apprentice's Manuscript
"roar!"
The shriveled and hideous zombie squeezed open the door and rushed in, but the door was blocked by the cabinet after it was opened twenty centimeters, and the zombie was stuck in the gap between the door and the cabinet.
"drink!"
Fang Bai roared, and stabbed out with the wooden spear in his hand with all his strength. The wooden spear pierced through the zombie's eye socket and into its brain, and the zombie became motionless immediately.
At the same time, a white light rose from the zombie and sank into Fang Bai's body.
Fang Bai looked at the blank bar that had just appeared on the attribute panel, and an idea popped into his mind.
“Experience points.”
"One more zombie should allow us to reach level one."
Thinking of this, Fang Bai took a look at the zombie in front of him. The zombie was emaciated, and all the muscles and fat seemed to have been burned clean. The skin was tightly attached to the bones, and it looked dry and hideous, like a hungry ghost.
This zombie was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, and judging by his clothes, he should be an elderly man who lived opposite his house.
Fang Bai shook his head, poked the zombie's body with a wooden spear, and looked down to check, but there was nothing.
This zombie didn't seem to drop anything, which made Fang Bai a little disappointed. However, Fang Bai didn't want to perform a craniotomy for the time being, so he could only push the zombie's body out of the door.
"Zombies should be the lowest level monsters, right?"
Fang Bai closed the door, put the cabinet that had been pushed open back to its original position, and sat down to think.
“It’s no problem for a normal person to kill zombies, these zombies are much weaker than normal people.
But you have to be careful about the infection problem, and you can't make any mistakes when killing zombies, even just for one moment."
Fang Bai recalled the process of killing the zombies just now.
“There are no doors or cabinets to block the way out, and to kill zombies you have to destroy their heads, but they are all covered with bones.
The error tolerance rate in close combat is too low, so I have to get a recurve bow if I have the chance."
Fang Bai rubbed the muscles in his arm while thinking. Because Fang Bai had practiced bow for a period of time before, the first thing he thought of was the recurve bow.
Thinking of this, Fang Bai walked to the window and looked out. There was an archery club across the road outside the community, which was also the place where Fang Bai played with the bow before.
Usually Fang Bai used to walk, but now Fang Bai looked at the zombies wandering on the road.
“One, two, thirty-seven, seventeen zombies that can move, and eight zombies with only their heads and skeletons left.
Those eight are basically just experience packs, but the seventeen zombies need to be dealt with somehow.
There are at least a dozen or twenty people downstairs and inside the club. Even if only half of them turn into zombies, there are still ten of them."
Fang Bai fell into deep thought.
Although the textbooks and military coat on his body were equivalent to a set of paper armor and a set of cotton armor, and had good defensive capabilities and he would have no problem fighting a zombie in hand-to-hand combat, Fang Bai understood that if he faced more than two zombies at the same time, he would surely die, or would definitely be infected.
"It would be great if there were tools like mountaineering picks or ice picks. They are lightweight and can kill zombies with one strike."
Heavy weapons such as hammers and crowbars can indeed kill zombies instantly, but they are too heavy and will wear out after just a few swings.
"Why don't we just wait for rescue? If it's just these zombies, it should be easy to deal with once the army stabilizes."
This thought couldn't help but emerge in Fang Bai's mind.
However, when Fang Bai saw the attribute panel and more than half of the experience bar on it, Fang Bai hesitated and his heart was moved.
“Do you want to brush it again?
Based on your own safety, take emergency avoidance as the principle, kill monsters and level up, and at the same time abide by the law and wait for rescue? "
When this thought came to Fang Bai's mind, he had actually made a decision.
Moreover, Fang Bai realized that the attribute panel that suddenly appeared could indeed increase the attribute value if it was upgraded, which would definitely have a huge impact even if the society returned to stability in the future. So Fang Bai decided to take some appropriate risks. However, taking risks is not seeking death. Thorough preparation is the basis of everything.
"The first step is survival, which means food and water."
Fang Bai immediately began to count the inventory in the kitchen, and at the same time started filling the pots, pans, buckets, and bathtub in the house with water.
“Vegetables, meat, sausages, bacon, and rice, if you save them, they will last you a month.
As for drinking water, two boxes of mineral water, plus some tap water, can last for quite a long time, which is enough for me to survive.
But considering that there is no rescue, you can collect some and keep them at home, so it won’t be a loss.”
"The second step is to kill monsters to gain experience. If nothing else, at least kill one more zombie to level up and see if there are any attribute values and what the attribute values are used for.
But killing monsters must be based on your own safety, your life is more important."
Fang Bai looked at the paper armor and military coat on his body. Apart from being extremely hot, Fang Bai was quite satisfied with its defensive capabilities.
After thinking about it, Fang Bai went to the kitchen again and picked up a tin pot lid. Although the pot lid was thin, it was still handy to hold. He wrapped a few books on it with tape and it became a light and sturdy small round shield that could completely withstand the attacks of zombies.
After all these are prepared, the only problem is the weapons.
Fang Bai glanced around the room, looking at the bed, chair, table, black notebook, and computer. "Hmm?"
Fang Bai suddenly felt something was wrong. He moved his gaze back and refocused on the black notebook. The attribute panel that just flashed by reappeared.
"Name: Manuscript of the Mage's Apprentice**."
"Introduction: Records the inheritance of a mage. Use it to change your job to become a mage."
"Requirements: Level 10, 15 points of mental strength."
"Professional transfer item?!"
Fang Bai was shocked.
"A job-changing item for a mage? Does it say on the cover that a mage apprentice will become a mage? Hiss, I remember I bought a martial arts secret book a few years ago, and it was published by People's Publishing House!"
Fang Bai thought about it and hurriedly took out a few martial arts secrets books. Unfortunately, no matter how Fang Bai looked at the secrets, it was useless as no attribute panel appeared on them.
This made Fang Bai look at the black notebook again and recall what had just happened.
“I used to get dizzy after reading the notes for too long, so the mage inheritance wasn’t granted by the game system, but was originally there?
The game system just forms it into the property panel? If so, why doesn't the name appear on the property panel? Manuscript?
Whose manuscript?
Fang Bai shook his head and put the question aside. He couldn't help but pick up the black notebook again, staring at the property panel on it and reading it again. He couldn't help but feel excited.
"Level 10, 15 points of mental strength. I don't know how many free attribute points I get for each level up, but when I reach level 10, it should be enough to meet the job change requirements, right?"
Fang Bai immediately decided to change his job to become a mage, which gave Fang Bai another reason to go out hunting zombies.
At the age of 23, Fang Bai simply could not resist the temptation of leveling up by killing monsters and changing his job to a mage in real life.
Moreover, Fang Bai believed that even if society returned to stability, upgrading and changing his job to a mage would definitely bring him unimaginable huge returns! Fang Bai couldn't help but look at the black notebook again.
"The Manuscript of the Mage's Apprentice"! Done!
There are no supernatural beings, no ancient martial arts, and no hidden families before the end of the world, so you can eat it with confidence.
(End of this chapter)
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