Those who reincarnate must die.

"Mutant enhancement?"

Zhang Lang frowned. After the unbearable soreness, numbness and swelling he had just experienced, his original powerful arm ability had been transformed into a mutated enhancement called Divine Weapon Hand!

"What's going on?" Zhang Lang asked curiously.

He chuckled smugly, "Look down there, it's explained!"

Zhang Lang looked down and noticed another line of text below:

"The original enhanced arms reacted with the iron bones, steel bars, sharp claws, and hard skin, resulting in a mutation..."

"Is that so?" Zhang Lang exclaimed in surprise. "Could a combination of certain enhancements generate a new enhancement?"

"That's right!" Xu laughed heartily. "Your Mighty Arm has become much stronger, upgraded from Common to Rare! Hurry up and try it out!"

Zhang Lang raised his hands and felt that his strength had greatly increased, and that they seemed to have some special function hidden within them.

He instinctively clenched his fist, feeling as if his fingers were being attracted by a magnet, and snapped it into a fist!

Zhang Lang had clenched his fist countless times in his life, but never before had it been as firm as this time, as if some force had locked his finger joints and put on a hard steel gauntlet!

He tried to stretch, and there was no obvious resistance. That sense of stability was broken, and then as his fingers straightened, a new sense of stability came from his palm, and he assumed a chop-hand posture...

Zhang Lang understood immediately, opened the sliding door, took out a strip of dried meat, and cut it with his finger as if it were a knife.

With a swish, the tough jerky separated neatly, the fibers breaking apart, as if what was being cut was not a meat paw, but a freshly sharpened, gleaming cleaver!

He tried other postures and found that as long as he approved of them in his heart, no matter what posture his hands were in, they could be firmly formed under that invisible force, exhibiting a hardness and sharpness as if they were cast from steel!

They look like ordinary hands, but by changing their posture, they can mimic swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, clubs, whips, maces, hammers, and claws...

"It's truly amazing!"

Zhang Lang was very satisfied with the enhancement. It seemed that these hands had far surpassed the strength and sharpness of ordinary swords. With the increase of fire and earth attributes, the power and strength of the divine weapon hands would also increase. It was truly a divine weapon that could be carried around at all times.

But more importantly, Zhang Lang received the reward of information about fusion and mutation! This gave him even more confidence in his future power!

Zhang Lang clenched his fist and nodded: "Draw the next one!"

The murmured noise continued, and a moment later, another ability appeared before Zhang Lang:

Reward Type: Blood Enhancement

Reward Name: Handsome

Rarity: Common

Effects: Fine-tuning bone structure, muscle distribution, skin quality, etc., while maintaining your original features, making your appearance more in line with the aesthetics of most worlds and civilizations, and making it easier to gain the favor of others.

Note: Altar plastic surgery is painless, incision-free, and has no side effects. Although it is not natural, it is better than natural!

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Upon seeing this reward, Zhang Lang couldn't help but feel a bit speechless.

"What is this?"

"You'll see when you see it!" Xu replied, "An enhancement that makes you even more handsome!"

"I know... this enhancement won't be ineffective because of my talent, right?"

"I'm really not sure about this! How about we give it a try?"

"No need..." Zhang Lang refused, "I don't need enhancements that do nothing to improve my strength..."

"It's not entirely useless..." Xu seemed unwilling to give up: "You don't have any companions, so winning over the native characters in the mission world will be very helpful! Being handsome is never a bad thing!"

"I don't think this is worth even a single attribute..." Zhang Lang insisted.

Left with no other choice, Xu could only do as he said. Soon, this talent was converted into one attribute point and added to Zhang Lang's stats.

"To be honest, I think this enhancement is really worth it..." Xu seemed to have some regret.

Zhang Lang was silent for two seconds: "Do you think I'm ugly?"

"Um...you regret it?"

Xu chuckled and said, "To be honest, you have thick eyebrows, big eyes, a straight nose, and a square mouth. While you might not be considered a handsome man, you certainly have a masculine air about you, so you're definitely not ugly... It's just that your face has a somewhat fierce look, making it hard for people to approach you... This also has something to do with your temperament. If you're more cheerful and smile more, your charm will increase!"

Zhang Lang stroked his chin and nodded: "Looks like it really isn't worth a single attribute point..."

"Is that what you're concerned about...?"

After drawing the rewards, Zhang Lang carried several large pieces of dried meat out of the basement, went up to the second floor, and stuffed them into the cage through the gaps.

At this moment, the monster that Zhang Ya had transformed into was no longer as irritable as before. With each strengthening by Zhang Lang, the monster also sensed the power of its feeder and obediently huddled in the corner of the cage, watching Zhang Lang use his palm to cut the hard, dry jerky into pieces...

After doing all that, he went to the town's well, drew a few buckets of water, carried them up to the second floor, and filled the water trough in the cage.

Zhang Lang looked at the food and water piled up in the cage, nodded, and calculated that this should be enough for Xiao Ya to eat for three to five days.

He made these preparations because he decided to leave Anping Town and go to the county seat.

Since the apocalypse, Zhang Lang has never left Anning Town.

This was partly because he was worried about his younger sister, and partly because he himself was not strong enough.

His original strength was only equivalent to that of an exceptionally strong ordinary person. Even with regenerative abilities, he was nothing more than a relatively easy target for those dangerous monsters. Leaving the protection of the town's buildings and walking in the open wilderness was far too dangerous.

But things are different now. Zhang Lang's strength is vastly different from before; he claims he can roam the wilderness freely. Moreover, he has basically eliminated the monsters around the town. In three to five days, no powerful figures should appear, and Xiao Ya will be in no danger.

As for why go to the county seat? Because there are troops stationed there, and some more advanced weapons.

In this world, bolt-action rifles, revolvers, and even hand-cranked machine guns have already appeared, and are in the process of being replaced by older firearms like flintlock pistols. These novelties are rare in a small place like Anning Town, but they're sure to be found in the county seat!

Having experienced these worlds, Zhang Lang has come to realize the importance of weapons.

According to Xu, other reincarnators, even if they don't redeem the thousand-point reward, can spend a small amount of points to exchange for some regular weapons without special effects from the altar. Generally, in order to cope with worlds of various levels, they will prepare one or two of these weapons for each level.

However, Zhang Lang didn't have that advantage. Anning Town could only provide level 2 weapons at most, and flintlock muskets were among the worst level 2 weapons. Reloading them was too troublesome, and in fast-paced battles, they were basically thrown away after one shot.

In the mission world, situations change rapidly, and anything can happen. No matter how powerful he is, there will always be times when he needs to attack from a distance. Bullets may not be more powerful than his divine weapon, but they are often more convenient!

Anning Town is over a hundred li from the county seat. If the roads were flat, Zhang Lang could reach it in less than an hour with his current speed. However, after the apocalypse, biological mutations have likely filled the original roads with obstacles, so Zhang Lang needs to make extra preparations. He has three days' worth of rations in his bundle, a map of the county, a crossbow in his hand, a quiver with over twenty bolts at his waist, and a long leather pouch on his back containing four short spears.

As for firearms and bombs, he didn't bring any. These things were too noisy. His main purpose this time was exploration, and who knew what kind of monsters he would encounter after leaving Anning Town, which might bring trouble he couldn't deal with. Similarly, he didn't plan to take the steam locomotive.

After packing his belongings, Zhang Lang went upstairs to say goodbye to Xiao Ya again before embarking on his journey to the county town.

Referring to the map, Zhang Lang proceeded along the official road. The first few miles were fine, with no obstacles except for some overturned carts, goods, and corpses. However, as he entered the mountains, the road conditions became increasingly worse.

The mutated plants stretched out their tentacles and vines onto the flat roads, forming a large net that blocked the way. Correspondingly, some animals that depended on trees for survival also crawled out. They had also undergone some mutations, becoming strange and looking ferocious and irritable.

Zhang Lang tried to remain as quiet as possible along the way. When he encountered vines blocking his path, he would jump over them whenever possible. Only when the path was too difficult to navigate did he use his hand to clear a way.

It has to be said that this divine weapon is indeed powerful. Not only is it convenient to use, but you also don't have to worry about it getting dull... After all, even if it gets damaged, Zhang Lang's hand can heal itself.

Although he couldn't travel at full speed, the journey went smoothly. In just one hour, Zhang Lang had covered most of the distance. Standing at a fork in the road, looking at the road sign, he realized he should have reached Chang Le Village. According to the map, he should be no more than forty li (about 20 kilometers) from the county seat...

"It seems to be going more smoothly than I expected..."

Zhang Lang nodded, but dared not be careless. Just as he was about to continue forward, he suddenly paused, as if remembering something, and looked in the direction of Chang Le Village.

He hesitated for a few seconds, then changed direction, entered a side road, and headed towards Chang Le Village.

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