Cannon Folder
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They were the people closest to him, the middle-aged man, the young girl, and the middle-aged woman were among them. Several small children were in the group.
Although the middle-aged woman looked brave, she obviously needed to get used to the sudden change first.
She also ran at the very back to look after some of the small children in the group.
Qin Tian quickly arrived at their side, before attacking, he looked at them and said, "they are everywhere, no matter where you run, you will not be able to escape. If you want to live, fight them."
His words caused several people to freeze.
He cut the tree branch he was carrying in half then threw one of them at them.
He didn't care who took it.
To his surprise, the middle-aged man suddenly picked up the tree branch.
But, instead of using it against the zombie, he swung it at the people nearby.
"Go, go, get away from me," he said, taking his daughter's hand.
He clearly wanted to use them to hold off the zombies while he and his daughter escaped.
Qin Tian didn't feel angry with his actions, being selfish was a must to survive in the apocalypse. He in his past life also often acted selfishly at the expense of others.
He also didn't plan on interfering any further, his goal of approaching them was to kill the zombies to level up, not to help them.
Since he could only kill the zombies one by one, they still had to rely on themselves to survive. And who will survive is not important to him.
Although he thought the middle-aged woman was suitable to be made a subordinate, he needed to see her take action first.
What he wanted were subordinates who were ready for battle. He didn't want to waste time protecting them, teaching them how to survive or inspiring them with stupid and cliche speeches.
From another point of view, his actions might be considered wrong because such a method would not be able to win people's hearts.
In order to win people's hearts, he should protect them while they still can't do anything, then teach them how to survive and level up. Not the other way around where he wanted them to be his subordinates once they were able to fight on their own.
Unfortunately this is the world of the apocalypse, not the world of politics.
The concept of winning people's hearts has almost disappeared in the world of apocalypse.
If we can't prove that we are stronger than them, prove that we can slaughter them and the people important to them, the chances of them betraying are much higher than not.
As people understand more about the apocalypse, their ambitions will soar.
People want to go higher.
When you work under other people, there is only one way to rise higher, and that is to get rid of those above you.
At that time, even many military generals were betrayed by their representatives or subordinates.
Unlike monsters that could be enslaved with slave ropes, there was no such rope that could be used for humans.
The system doesn't create such things.
As an immortal, Qin Tian was not so worried about betrayal. It might cost him, but he wouldn't die even if he was stabbed while making love.
...
Qin Tian arrived in front of one of the zombies, he directly thrust the wooden spear into the zombie's chest before he started to turn around to attack him.
(Ding...)
(You have killed one level 1 monster.)
(You gain 10 EXP.)
(EXP level 2: 10/20)
He gained another 10 EXP, but it took him 20 EXP to advance to level 2.
If it was just ordinary zombies and monsters, from level 1 onwards, killing them only earned 10 EXP. Only zombies and monsters belonging to a certain class have more EXP.
One would also not gain any more EXP if the zombies and monsters they killed were below their level.
The higher the level, the harder it is to advance to the next level.
However, each level increase will also get more attribute points.
When he advances to level 2, he will gain 2 attribute points. To level 3, he would get 3 attribute points, and so on.
Basically, there was no difference, 10 EXP was equivalent to 1 attribute point.
"Ahhhh..."
Suddenly a child's scream was heard.
Qin Tian saw the little kid in the group being bitten by a zombie, he instantly turned into a zombie so the crowd in the group ran in all directions.
The middle-aged woman seemed to be starting to realize the meaning of her words, she picked up a piece of wood that happened to be nearby and started fighting off the zombies that were chasing her.
Even the middle-aged man started to stop trying to run.
From his clothes and how proud his daughter was of him, he was clearly a successful man. While his behavior was terrible, he definitely had a shrewd brain so he definitely understood the situation.
He was also a candidate he thought was pretty good. If he really loves his daughter, maybe his daughter can be used to threaten him.
But given his background, his ambitions were definitely bigger and rising faster. Even if he made him his subordinate, he wouldn't help him become too strong.
Qin Tian no longer paid attention to them, he focused on the new zombies that came to him.
The zombie this time looks a little different, it has a fiercer gaze and faster movements.
The status window said it was a level 2 zombie.
He took a few steps back while preparing to unleash a counterattack.
The zombie then lunged at him, he opened his mouth.
He, unhesitatingly stabbed the wooden branch into the zombie's chest as a countermeasure.
It once again pierced through the zombie's chest.
(Ding...)
(You have killed one level 2 zombie.)
(You gain 10 EXP.)
(EXP level 2: 20/20)
(EXP level 2 is full, you go to level 2.)
(Congratulations, you advance to level 2, you get 2 attribute points. You can use them to upgrade your attributes.)
...
Qin Tian didn't pay attention to the status window immediately, when he pulled the wooden branch from the zombie's chest, he faintly saw something emitting white light within the zombie's chest.
He guessed it was a coin from the system called white coin.
He quickly tore open the zombie's chest.
Although there was no treasure box inside the zombie's chest, there was a white coin.
He took it and put it in his trouser pocket.
Even gold and silver were of little value in the apocalypse, not to mention just paper money.
The only ones that can be used as medium of exchange are white coins.
In the future, 1 white coin is equivalent to 1 US dollar. It is an anti-inflation currency, its value does not decrease even though the number continues to grow.
The reason for that was because the white coins could be used for shopping in the system shop.
The system shop menu was in the status window, but it only opened after an evolver reached level 30.
After that, he added up each of the two attribute points for the strength and stamina attributes.
(Ding...)
(The host has new stats.)
(statistics)
Name: Qin Tian
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[Innate Gift]
1. Immortality
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Level: 2
EXP level 3: 0/30
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Strength: 9+1 =10
Speed: 8
Stamina: 7 +2 =9
Spiritual: 0
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[Skills]
1. None
2. None
3. None
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[Pet]
None
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"Already level 2, but I'm not sure I can reach level 10 in a short time," he said.
No matter how fast he was, the monsters would evolve faster, they would only stop after reaching a certain level. Their existence is indeed prepared to be a challenge for humans.
Bam...
Suddenly a tree branch fell, it was big enough that the sound of its fall could be heard in the heavy rain.
To the surprise of the people, there was a fruit on the branch of the tree.
It was red in color and emitted a red glow.
"Immortal fruit," someone shouted.
The fruit caught the attention of many people, some people even started running towards the fruit.
There were even some monkeys running towards the fruit.
Seeing the fruit, Qin Tian immediately ignored the zombies around him, he also immediately ran towards the fruit.
He was a little late because there were several people near the tree branch.
At this time, a young man arrived in front of the fruit.
The youth was rather thin and his skin looked deathly pale.
After seeing the youth, Qin Tian suddenly thought of a top level evolver who started from this mountain.
His title was Fire Assassin, he didn't know what his name was. He was an assassin even though he used the power of fire.
Qin Tian once used his services to kill people he hated, and he himself was once a target.
He had no thoughts of killing him, but it must have been the fruit that had given him such an extraordinary fire-type innate gift.
Of course he wanted the fruit.
He then threw the tree branch in his hand at the man.
Whoosh...
It flew like an arrow, one wondered how a tree branch could fly like that.
It then hit the man's back and stab it.
Because Qin Tian's distance and strength were still quite weak, it only managed to pierce through a bit of his flesh.
But it was enough to make him scream like a child.
Qin Tian quickly ran, he arrived at his side and then kicked him in the face.
After that, he took the fruit.
The man endured the pain while looking at him with hatred.
He, on the other hand, was looking at him with a mocking expression.
"Look for me when you think you're strong enough, maybe I can give you this fruit," he said.
"Of course, you have to hurry. I might have given it to someone else by then."
He then pulled out the tree branch stuck in the man's back before leaving.
The wound on his back wasn't that deep, but it was enough to make his abilities diminish, he wasn't sure the man could survive on that mountain. The title of Fire Assassin would probably belong to someone else.
When he left, many looked at him. And he looked back at them.
They had seen him climb trees with ease and were not even afraid of killing zombies. So even though they desperately wanted to take the fruit from his hands, but no one dared to act.
He casually stuffed the fruit into his trouser pocket. Fortunately it is very small for the size of a fruit.
People wouldn't notice it if it didn't emit light.
But while the people were afraid of him, the monkeys were not afraid.
One by one, they began to jump towards him.
At the same time, someone suddenly ran towards him, who else if not that spoiled girl.
There are more zombies surrounding her father, and he pushes his daughter away.
Even so, there is still one zombie chasing her.
"Uncle, uncle, please save me," she shouted with tears welling up in her eyes.
Under that heavy rain, she was shivering from being drenched.
Even though she was wearing a jacket, she was only wearing shorts.
A beautiful girl in such a situation can indeed arouse men's compassion.
But Qin Tian looked at her with a sinister smile.
"Yeah, good cannon fodder," he said.
He ran towards her while the monkeys were chasing him.
The moment he arrived in front of her, he kicked the zombie chasing her before grabbing her hand.
He then pulled her jacket off her body.
"You, what do you want to do?" She said with a panicked expression.
He ignored her, he responded by pulling both her hands behind her back. After that, he tied them with the jacket.
"You, what do you want?" The girl's face reddened.
"Well, other than friends in bed, I think you're just a match for cannon fodder," he replied.
He then took out the red fruit.
Under the gazes of the monkeys, he stuffed the fruit into her trouser pocket.
After that, he pushed her until she fell one meter in front of him.
Now, the monkeys changed their direction towards her.
There were about ten monkeys, Qin Tian thought it would not be easy to kill them as they were quite agile. If he wanted to kill them, he needed to distract them. That's why he needed cannon fodder. He tied it as he was worried that he would eat the fruit for himself.
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