Survival in the Apocalypse: Max Level Drop Rate with Abundant Resources

The battle lasted all afternoon, and the night, combined with the black fog, had completely enveloped the entire city of Kyoto.

Shen Xi's words still echoed in the temporary command post, and the people present wanted to say something but couldn't utter a word.

A person.

Go kill the monarch-level rotting corpses.

If anyone else had said such a thing, Lord Wu'an would have thought he was crazy, but the one who said it was Taichu.

Lord Wu'an took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and was about to speak...

"Buzz!!!"

A grand, mechanical voice echoed in the minds of all the players in Kyoto!

[Announcement for the Kyoto area!]

[Zombie Horde Battle Update!]

All the players in Kyoto, whether they were fighting, resting, or fleeing for their lives, stopped what they were doing. Their eyes were completely drawn to the blood-red light screen.

[East District Zombie Horde Portal: Closed!]

[South District Zombie Horde Portal: Closed!]

[West District Zombie Horde Portal: Status: Open, zombie outflow rate reduced by 87%!]

[North District Zombie Horde Portal: Status: Open, zombie outflow rate reduced by 79%!]

[Statistics on buildings in the occupied area: 12% (not exceeding the 50% occupation threshold)]

[Player death statistics: 17% (not exceeding the 50% death threshold)]

[Kyoto's core condition: Not touched by decaying corpses, intact!]

[A significant reduction in the attack range of the zombie horde has been detected, with the overall number of rotting zombies decreasing by over 60% and the attack frequency decreasing by over 70%...]

[Judgment: The zombie horde can no longer form an effective offensive scale!]

[Subsequent zombie hordes will become ineffective attacks; estimated duration: 54 hours]

The announcements are still ongoing, but the players in Kyoto are already in an uproar.

On the eastern defense line, soldiers who had just been withdrawn from the battlefield sat slumped amidst the ruins. Some wept loudly, some roared to the sky, and some knelt on the ground, muttering to themselves. They had held out for so long, so many had died, and finally, this moment had arrived.

On the southern defense line, General Wang's men were cleaning up the battlefield. Looking at the announcement, their eyes reddened. The southern district was the first to end the fighting, but their casualties were equally heavy. Those comrades who had fallen would never return.

On the western defense line, the fighting continued, but the onslaught of the rotting corpses had noticeably weakened. Those corpses that had been surging forward so frantically now seemed to have lost their leader and were becoming increasingly disorganized.

On the northern defense line, Wang Jun and Zhang Dashan stood on a pile of ruins, watching the receding tide of corpses in the distance.

"Old Sun... did you see that? We... held them off."

In the temporary command post, Shen Xi stood in front of the communication equipment, her gaze sweeping over the tired yet excited faces on the screen.

He knew this would happen.

In his previous life, he had experienced a zombie horde. He understood those rules, those mechanisms, and those things hidden behind the system announcements better than anyone else. He emptied the South District, slaughtered his way through the East District, and the portals in the West and North Districts saw their outflow speed plummet. The Corpse Lord had mobilized all its forces to deal with him, only to be utterly wiped out, suffering heavy losses. The current zombie horde was already at its last gasp.

Over the next fifty-odd hours, the corpses will continue to come, but their intensity will no longer pose a threat to Kyoto's defenses.

The real winners and losers are not those cannon fodder.

It was those powerful, rotting corpses hiding in the shadows.

Shen Xi narrowed her eyes slightly, and a golden halo flashed briefly in the depths of her pupils.

really……

[Announcement for the Kyoto area!]

The blood-red light screen flickered again, and this time, the text on it turned into an even more dazzling gold.

[Signs of a large-scale failure have been detected in the zombie horde!]

[Triggering the hidden zombie horde mechanic: The Battle of Revenge!]

Everyone held their breath for a moment.

A war of revenge?

What is that?

The announcement continued, with lines of large, golden characters slowly appearing.

[Description of the Revenge War:]

When the attacking zombie horde shows signs of widespread defeat, the defending side has the right to launch a counterattack. Counterattack format: A clash between the two sides' top combat forces.

[Participants: Top 10 players on the merit list VS Top 10 strongest players in the Corpse Faction]

[Duel Location: Independent Dungeon "Revenge Arena"]

[Duel Rules: Ten against ten, a life-or-death battle. The duel ends when one side is completely wiped out.]

[Victory Rewards:]

[1. After the entire Corpse Faction is wiped out, all Corpses in the Kyoto area will have their level reduced by 5 and all attributes reduced by 30% for 30 days.]

2. Participating players will receive a large amount of merit points, experience points, and gold coins as rewards.

[3. The Kyoto area gains the permanent buff "Spirit of Vengeance": All players in the area deal 10% more damage to corpses, lasting 30 days.]

[Failure Penalty:]

1. All participating players have died.

[2. The opening of all functional buildings in the Kyoto area will be delayed by 30 days.]

[3. The Kyoto region gains a permanent buff "Shame of the Fall": All players in the region receive a 20% experience reduction for 30 days.]

[Voting countdown: 5 minutes]

[The top ten players on the merit leaderboard, please vote via the system panel before the countdown ends. If more than half vote in favor, the battle for revenge will begin.]

The moment the announcement ended, the entire city of Kyoto erupted in cheers.

"A revenge battle?! And a counterattack is still possible?!"

"Top ten on the merit list? Tai Chu, Ming Ying, Wu An Jun, Na Luo... They're going to fight a monarch-level corpse?!"

"Ten against ten! If we win, the level of all the corpses in Kyoto will decrease by five, and their attributes will decrease by 30%! If we lose, everyone who participated will die, and all functions in Kyoto will be delayed for a month!"

"Will the Primordial Gods... agree?"

"Are you stupid? If we don't agree, we'll have to fight the zombie horde for another fifty hours, and how many more people will die? Counterattack is the best option!"

"But there's a monarch-level corpse on the other side! That's a level higher than a lord!"

"So what if they're monarch-level? The Primordial God single-handedly wiped out tens of thousands of rotting corpses in the Southern District and single-handedly slaughtered his way through the Eastern District! Monarch-level? He'll kill them without hesitation!"

"The Primordial God! Lord Wu'an! Mingying!..."

"Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!"

The entire city erupted in cheers, the shouts of countless players merging into a deafening roar that echoed through the Kyoto night sky.

Inside the temporary command post, a golden light screen was flashing on Shen Xi's system panel.

[Revenge Battle Poll]

[Currently agreeing: 0/10]

[Countdown: 04:58]

Shen Xi did not hesitate.

A thought crossed my mind.

[Player "Taichu" votes: Agreed!]

[Currently agreeing: 1/10]

Meanwhile, in the central square of Kyoto.

Mingying stood beside the golden core and, under Shen Xi's mental control, also chose to agree.

[Player "Mingying" voted: Agreed!]

[Currently agreeing: 2/10]

In the East Command Post, Wu Anjun took a deep breath. He glanced at his wounded comrades on the screen, then at the night sky outside the window, reddened by the flames, and finally selected "Agree".

[Player "Wu Anjun" voted: Agreed!]

[Currently agreeing: 3/10]

On the western front, Naro's right shoulder was still bleeding, but she still chose to "agree".

[Player "Nara" voted: Agreed!]

[Currently agreeing: 4/10]

Liu Qing, Su Muqing, Wang Jun, Zhao Tiejun, Li Tiezhu, and Zhang Dashan all chose "agree" one after another.

[Player "Liu Qing" voted: Agreed!]

[Player "Su Muqing" voted: Agreed!]

[Player "Wang Jun" voted: Agreed!]

[Player "Zhao Tiejun" voted: Agreed!]

[Player "Li Tiezhu" voted: Agreed!]

[Player "Zhang Dashan" voted: Agreed!]

[Current Agreement: 10/10!]

[Vote passed!]

The battle for revenge has officially begun!

[Teleportation countdown: 10, 9, 8...]

Shen Xi stood in the temporary command post, looking at the golden light screen that was counting down, and couldn't help but reveal a cruel smile.

"They're here."

He turned around and looked at Lord Wu'an.

Lord Wu'an had already stood up, his battle sword gripped in his hand, his eyes resolute. The people on the screen also stood up, organizing their equipment and checking their medicines; no one spoke.

The countdown has ended.

A blinding golden light descended from the sky, simultaneously enveloping the top ten players on the merit list.

The feeling of weightlessness lasted only a moment.

When Shen Xi opened her eyes again, she found herself in a huge space.

It was a circular arena, at least five hundred meters in diameter. The dome, a hundred meters high, was constructed of an unknown dark gold metal, its surface covered with densely packed runes. These runes flowed slowly, emanating a chilling sense of oppression. Surrounding it were circular stands, but they were deserted, save for the cold stone steps and faded murals.

In the very center of the arena, a huge light screen floats, displaying two lines of large golden characters.

[Revenge Arena]

Human Faction VS Corpse Faction

Behind him, nine beams of teleportation light were slowly dissipating.

Wu Anjun, Mingying, Naluo, Liu Qing, Su Muqing, Wang Jun, Zhao Tiejun, Li Tiezhu, and Zhang Dashan. All nine people were present.

Mingying immediately walked behind Shen Xi.

Lord Wu'an gripped his sword tightly, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings with a wary look.

Naro immediately hid in the shadows.

Liu Qing, Su Muqing, Wang Jun, Zhao Tiejun, Li Tiezhu, and Zhang Dashan spread out and took up advantageous positions.

Shen Xi stood at the very front, her gaze piercing through the huge light screen in the center of the arena, looking towards the opposite side.

On the opposite side, ten teleportation beams were slowly dissipating.

Ten rotting corpses.

They emerged from the light and stood on the other side of the arena.

Shen Xi's pupils contracted sharply the moment she saw the first rotting corpse.

It was a human-shaped, decaying corpse.

It stood there, completely out of place among the other nine corpses. Because it looked too much like a human. Not the kind of corpse that barely resembled a human, but a true, almost indistinguishable being.

It was about 1.9 meters tall, with a slender build, and wore a dark gold robe embroidered with dense runes. Its skin was a normal color, not the bluish-gray of a rotting corpse. Its features were regular, even handsome, except for its scarlet eyes.

Crimson as blood, deep as an abyss.

It stood there, hands clasped behind its back, its gaze calmly fixed on the human ranks opposite it. That calmness was not feigned, but a genuine, detached indifference that looked down upon all living beings.

Shen Xi stared at those scarlet eyes, and memories of her previous life surged through her mind.

He recognized the decaying corpse.

No, it should be said that he saw it in his previous life.

That happened after he reached level 90 and became a War God. At that time, he had just completed his third job advancement, becoming a Blood War God, and was full of vigor. He thought he had reached the very top of this world, and that nothing could threaten his life anymore.

until that day.

That was a month before he fell out with Gu Yungui and Jiang Luqing. He ventured alone into an S-rank dungeon and encountered this rotting corpse.

Level 90 monarch.

At that time, it was already a level 90 Corpse King, the final boss of that dungeon. Shen Xi fought it for three days and three nights, finally defeating it at the cost of severe injuries. But it did not die, and escaped at the last moment.

Level 90 monarch.

At that time, it was already a level 90 Corpse King, the final boss of that dungeon. Shen Xi fought it for three days and three nights, finally defeating it at the cost of severe injuries. But it did not die, and escaped at the last moment.

Shen Xi remembered the look in its eyes when it ran away.

It's obvious that they are extremely unwilling to accept this.

A month later, when Gu Yungui and Jiang Luqing joined forces to kill him, he sensed another aura. That aura was hidden in the shadows, and its owner was none other than the Corpse Monarch.

I never expected to run into an acquaintance.