Late at night, the moon hangs high in the sky.

It looks like winter may be coming, and the air is getting colder at night. If someone breathes in the cold air at this time, their lungs will be frozen and painful.

The cold wind whistled past, causing the half-rotten window on the second floor opposite to shake continuously and make a harsh creaking sound.

Sitting behind the counter of a fabric store near the village entrance, Hu Yong waited silently, holding the hilt of the sword with his right hand and wiping the blade with his left hand.

When the cold wind blew in, Hu Yong wrapped his ill-fitting coat tightly around himself to drive the cold wind out and prevent it from entering his clothes and affecting his concentration. He slowly adjusted his state to prepare for the next battle.

After an unknown amount of time, several crawling black shadows came to the entrance of the village, roaring unconsciously.

Hearing the roars outside the village, a sound that couldn't be more familiar in the game, Hu Yong smiled slightly.

"Ghouls? It seems that these hyenas are extremely hungry. It's time for me to prepare and entertain these greedy hyenas."

Hu Yong packed up his things and waited quietly behind the counter, half squatting with his eyes open to observe the outside.

The zombies seemed to have been hungry for a long time. When they smelled the blood, they couldn't wait to scatter and run towards their targets.

Hu Yong clenched the iron sword in his hand and slowly drew it out of the sheath.

All the preparations have been done to the best of his ability. In the previous two hours, Hu Yong searched all over the village for suitable ambush locations and set up traps, just to be able to successfully hunt down these zombies. In the case of insufficient strength, he could only put some effort into these aspects.

Next it all depends on your luck, success or failure depends on this one move.

Just when Hu Yong was getting a little impatient, a zombie finally smelled the odor of the half-buried corpse in the pile of stones at the door of the store, and ran straight over from the opposite side of the street. It opened its mouth and bit the corpse without even stopping, and one of its front legs pressed directly on the wooden door, causing the already damaged thick wooden door to creak. Only then did Hu Yong, who was behind the counter, see the zombie's full appearance.

A humanoid creature with rotten skin and a dwarf face, somewhat like the Licker in Resident Evil, but without a tongue like the Licker, instead it has a protruding patella, fangs that seem to be able to easily crush bones, and claws that can easily tear flesh.

Many of the curved vertebrae even pierced the epidermis, with fluorescent green liquid flowing from the spine all the way to the mouth. Inside the epidermis were twisted muscles entangled with the bones, forming a thicker protective layer. It looked slightly different from the ghouls in The Witcher.

[Ghoul (Corpse-eating Creature)] Intelligent Creature: No Constitution: 13-18 / Armor: 8-11 Spirit: 2-5 Strength: 10-15 / Sharpness: 11-15 Agility: 12-16 Resistance: 6-9 Undead Corpse-eating Creature: Recovery ability is increased by 20%, which increases to 50% when feeding.

Low-level rotten creatures: Their fangs and claws are attached with toxins, and attacks may cause toxin damage of intensity 3 to 5. At the same time, the damage of low-level toxins is reduced by 30%.

After observing, Hu Yong walked towards the zombie step by step along the wall with the iron sword in his hand without making any sound. The zombie was turning his back to Hu Yong and swallowing the already stiff flesh and blood in big mouthfuls. He was not aware of Hu Yong's approach at all.

Not only because of the skills he learned from memory, but Hu Yong had already anticipated this situation and made preparations. He cleaned up the rubble along a section of the wall and simply laid a layer of leather and linen to minimize the noise as much as possible.

Amid the sounds of the ghoul tearing and swallowing, Hu Yong held his breath and approached from behind the ghoul. He could even see the twisted muscles under the rotten skin. Hu Yong slowly raised the iron sword. At this moment the ghoul seemed to sense something and slowed down its swallowing. Hu Yong took a deep breath, adjusted his strength, grasped the iron sword with both hands, took a big step forward, and slashed at the ghoul's neck.

Strong attack!

The iron sword swept across quickly, a flash of white light appeared in the middle, and its speed increased by three times, making a hissing sound in the air.

The ghoul heard the sounds of inhaling and cutting air behind his head but it was too late to react. He tensed all his muscles and twisted half of his body forcefully. However, before he could exert any force, the iron sword slashed into his neck from top to bottom. The instantaneous explosive force cut the iron sword directly into the center of his neck. A normal person would have died from such an injury, but for the ghoul, it was not enough.

The ghoul let out a hoarse roar after being hit hard, then turned halfway and stretched out its sharp claws to grab Hu Yong. Hu Yong dodged sideways and kicked the ghoul in the back, using the recoil to pull the iron sword out from the neck at an angle, further tearing and widening the wound that was already half cut.

Viewed from the side, the ghoul's neck had been mostly cut open, with blood mixed with scarlet and green gushing out.

Hu Yong dodged the ghoul's counterattack again, and took advantage of the momentary stiffness caused by the ghoul's forced muscle twisting and counterattack. He strode forward and slashed again, heading straight for the broken neck. The ghoul had no time to dodge and was slashed straight into the crack. With a "click", the ghoul's ugly face disappeared from Hu Yong's sight, and the ghoul's headless body instantly lost power and fell to the side.

He stepped forward and stabbed the zombie in the heart a few more times. Seeing that the zombie had completely stopped moving, Hu Yong finally relaxed. He walked into the room behind the counter, closed the door gently, and leaned back in his chair, thinking about the previous battle.

"There was a problem with the sword's entry point. It didn't cut into the gap between the bone joints. Fortunately, I clicked on the strong attack. Otherwise, even with the sharpness of this iron sword, it probably wouldn't be able to cut into the cervical vertebrae. The ghoul skeleton is still a bit tricky for me now."

The knowledge and memories instilled by the system undoubtedly played a crucial role in the battle just now, otherwise an ordinary college student like me would have been frightened and unable to move when facing the zombies.

At the moment of attacking, a lot of knowledge and understanding about force techniques and postures and entry points such as joints of various types of monsters popped up in his mind, and he automatically used the most appropriate and effective attack method in an instant.

It is equivalent to training a qualified soldier in an instant, and allowing what is in the memory to be integrated into oneself, and even become a habit.

I don’t know what the consequences of this will be yet, but it will help me get out of my current predicament and give me the ability to protect myself.

However, according to the system's instructions, this instant indoctrination to the point of proficiency will undoubtedly greatly improve one's strength in a short period of time. However, since there is only a mechanical training process and result, without one's own insights and experience, it will be much more difficult than normal training to achieve a thorough understanding of these skills and techniques and form an instinctive state.

But if he just practiced by himself, he didn't know how long it would take to master it, so Hu Yong didn't care about it.

After a short rest, Hu Yong checked his equipment and prepared to set off. The iron sword had several cracks in the previous battle. It turned out that the material was too poor. The system appraisal did not even show the grade and was classified as garbage. I don't know how long it can last.

He half-knelt down, pushed the door open, and looked outside. Nothing had changed from before. The dead ghoul was still lying at the door. It seemed that no second ghoul had arrived during this period.

Hu Yong closed the door and walked out of the room, leaving the half-collapsed shop cautiously, looking for his next target.