Virus King - Chapter 129

Chapter 129: Bloodline Fusion Again! Jiangcheng Corpse Tide!

TL: YYang

[Boss of the Dungeon ‘Dark Priest level 5’ has been slain. Experience gained: 45,000 points! (Calculated based on battle contribution)]

[Your level has increased. Current level: level 9. You have gained 2 free attribute points!]

[Dungeon ‘Demon Village’ has been completed. You may leave at any time!]

[Dungeon ‘Demon Village’ has been cleared for the first time. It is now permanently unlocked for entry, with a 5-day cooldown for all Evolvers entering it!]

[Detected that Evolver No. 001 and their team have achieved the first clear of this dungeon. Would you like to pay to publish the dungeon guide video?]

Level 9!

On the tenth day of the apocalypse, he had already reached level 9!

What did this signify!?

Even with the advantage of an early awakening, the truth was that he hadn’t gained much experience before the apocalypse officially erupted.

This speed—Chen Bai was confident—few across the entire Blue Star could match it!

After all, Chen Bai hadn’t spent much time killing low-level zombies or similar creatures.

The enemies he faced and defeated were all above his level!

In fact, taking down foes of higher levels was inherently the most challenging feat of all!

Especially when facing enemies over level 10—it was exponentially harder compared to regular level-jumping battles!

But for Chen Bai, it was completely routine.

Aside from his level, the most important takeaway for Chen Bai was his substantial gains from this venture!

The two pieces of equipment dropped were decent but not particularly significant. For now, Chen Bai leaned towards completing the Plague Set as his main gear before his profession advancement.

Moreover, those were level 10+ items—useless to him for now. They were nothing more than junk to store in the warehouse.

What mattered more to Chen Bai was the bloodline essence he refined and devoured!

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[Incomplete Low-level Demon Bloodline Essence (D)]

[Item Type: Bloodline Elixir]

[Description: A highly incomplete demon bloodline essence, granting only a tiny boost to strength, but it serves as a seed for demonic power!]

[Usage Requirement: Level ≥ 5]

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[Extremely Weak Low-level Demon Bloodline Essence (C)]

[Item Type: Bloodline Elixir]

[Description: A weak demon bloodline essence, granting only a tiny boost to strength, but it serves as a seed for demonic power!]

[Usage Requirements: Level ≥ 7, Constitution ≥ 10]

…

These were weak and trash-tier elixirs.

Of course, that was from Chen Bai’s perspective.

For most other Evolvers, these low-level bloodlines were already an essential cornerstone of their growth!

At this point, only these two varieties could compare to the A-Rank Bloodline Elixir and B-Rank Bloodline Essence he had obtained from recent battles. These items were leagues apart in quality.

Still, these were fixed rewards from the dungeon.

Despite being trash-tier, the sheer quantity was staggering—21 portions of D-Rank Bloodline Essence and 4 portions of C-Rank Bloodline Essence!

It was unreasonable to expect top-tier bloodline essence from the corpses of low-level Demon Villagers, even with the miraculous Darklight Virus.

However, the sheer quantity was guaranteed!

What remained uncertain was whether the Hell Apostle in the Red Star Psychiatric Hospital in Magic City would yield A-Rank Demon Bloodline Essence again if refined with the Darklight Virus.

Stepping out of the Demon Village slowly, Chen Bai paid no attention to the video for the dungeon’s first clear.

For him, and even for most Evolvers, first-clearing a dungeon didn’t mean much anymore!

The name White Emperor was growing ever more renowned on the forums!

Not just in the Dragon Nation but across the entire Blue Star!

Evolvers around the world now knew that in the Dragon Nation, in the East, there was such a formidable powerhouse!

However, what left Chen Bai feeling slightly regretful was the news from yesterday—the White Eagle Empire had already produced its first Evolver team to clear a dungeon on Hard difficulty.

This meant that the reputation points for the first Hard difficulty clear, which should have been his, had been claimed by them instead.

Of course, a mere two reputation points wasn’t significant for Chen Bai, but it would have been better in his hands than given to the Evolvers of the White Eagle Empire!

In the apocalypse, individual evolution mirrored the evolution of civilizations.

Every nation’s Evolvers belonged to their own respective factions as well.

Shaking his head, Chen Bai pushed these messy thoughts out of his mind. He then tossed the pile of bloodline essences into his personal warehouse, placing them in front of the Face of Taotie.

As expected, while the Face of Taotie seemed slightly disdainful of the bloodline essences’ low quality, it didn’t seem to care too much—it still consumed them without hesitation.

Chen Bai didn’t linger further.

With so many bloodline essences, it would take quite a while for the Face of Taotie to finish devouring them.

Naturally, Chen Bai wasn’t going to waste time waiting here with Meng Meng.

As the entire city of Jiangcheng passed beneath his feet once again, Meng Meng clung tightly to Chen Bai’s back. The two of them sped along the highways at lightning speed.

Occasionally, mutated zombies or beasts appeared on the road. However, before they could even register Chen Bai’s presence, they were already trampled into corpses.

In less than half an hour, Jiangcheng reappeared in Chen Bai’s field of view!

With Elven Speed and Wall-Running, Chen Bai’s speed burst to unimaginable levels!

It was hard to imagine what heights his speed could reach if he activated further enhancements to the Darklight Virus and improved these branch abilities even further.

Thinking of this, Chen Bai glanced again at his evolution points.

After devouring dozens of demon villagers from the dungeon, apart from the bloodline essences, his most important gain was undoubtedly the evolution points!

Previously, after upgrading the Darklight Virus’s evolution rate to 8%, he had been left with only 1 evolution point.

However, after devouring the pureblood demon Orlando yesterday and completely consuming the entire Demon Village today, while the subsequent gains were relatively modest, his total evolution points now reached a staggering 40 points!

This figure made Chen Bai’s eyes light up.

The next upgrade for the Darklight Virus required 19 evolution points.

From past experience, each upgrade increased the next cost by 2 points.

At this rate, his current 8% evolution level would be enough to reach 10%!

If the Darklight Virus evolved to 10%, could it unlock even more branch abilities?

Abilities like Combat Intuition, Wall-Running, and Elven Speed had already brought Chen Bai unimaginable power.

With these thoughts in mind, Chen Bai pushed his speed even further. Within half a day, he had re-entered Jiangcheng.

Using his intimate familiarity with the city, he quickly navigated through its urban areas.

But the more he traveled, the more his brows furrowed.

Standing atop a towering skyscraper with Meng Meng, Chen Bai gazed southeast across the city.

Countless zombies swarmed the streets, and at the core of this massive gathering was none other than the area surrounding Jiangcheng University and Anping Road.

This horrifying corpse tide was slowly but surely moving toward the East Mountain Villa District.

Chen Bai’s brow creased slightly.

“I’ve only been gone for three or four days… How could something this massive happen already?”