Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1578 - 40 Experience Value

Chapter 1578: Chapter 40 Experience Value

Tang Zheng did not answer immediately; he just kept looking into Bai Xia’s eyes.

Bai Xia initially intended to meet his gaze without shrinking back, but in less than a minute, she felt a sense of panic from those deep and cold eyes and had to turn her head away.

"Extra strength? Contribute to the team? For me, even if you acquire superpowers and burst into third-order right away, you’re merely shedding the label of a burden. Facing a 99% chance of death, why should I invest in you and waste valuable Seeds?" Tang Zheng extended his index finger, pointing in a circle, "I am taking you with me out of the moral baseline of being a human, not wanting to see you die, that’s all. Don’t try to ask for more."

The newbies fell silent. Tang Zheng indeed had no obligation to protect everyone—if not for him, they probably wouldn’t have survived the first day in the primitive society.

Tang Zheng turned to leave, but after a few steps, Bai Xia rushed ahead and grabbed his sleeve.

"I could borrow a Seed. I’ll repay it double." Bai Xia gritted her teeth, glanced at her schoolmates, and muttered like a mosquito, "I have something I can offer as collateral."

Bai Xia had nothing to give, and naturally, her undertone referred to her body.

Tang Zheng glanced at Bai Xia’s chest, which, although not large, was quite perky, and her legs were also fairly slender. All in all, she was worth a solid seventy points.

Tang Zheng shook his head, and the shyness on Bai Xia’s face suddenly faded away.

"You bastard." Bai Xia felt her self-esteem damaged, cursed him, wept, and ran back into the stone house.

"Group Leader, is there really no room for negotiation?" Sun Guofeng still couldn’t give up.

"Activating a Seed requires twelve hours of sleep, and I don’t have the time to look after you all," Tang Zheng played it off with a push-hands gesture, "Alternatively, you could discuss amongst yourselves and first choose three lucky ones to use the Seeds. Of course, I won’t stop my journey for this, and if no one is around to look after them, forget about it."

"If we come to a decision, will you give us the Seeds?" Tong Li, still harboring a sliver of hope, saw Tang Zheng nod and excitedly jumped.

"Selecting people? Dream on!" Tang Zheng had no faith in these fellows’ character, sure that there would be infighting.

As expected, the newbies fell silent; everyone wanted to nominate themselves but were too embarrassed to do so.

"Huarong, you’ll take care of me, right?" Le Song was the first to speak up, knowing that Zhu Huarong liked her and exploiting that.

"What should we do, Gao Lei?" Zhu Huarong did not respond. With superpowers, he could get any woman he wanted, and he knew that even if he helped Le Song, he would likely end up with nothing.

"Guofeng, you have to help me, no matter what, this time." Catwoman started to trouble him, her face full of pleading as she looked at Sun Guofeng.

"Let’s get the Seeds first, and everything will be negotiable," Sun Guofeng deflected, giving no promises.

"What a mess, what do we look like? Let’s select three people first, activate their abilities, and then these three can turn back to care for everyone," Gao Lei didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity and proposed a plan that suited him, "Let’s do a secret ballot!"

Without Shen Jiashu, Gao Lei became the core person of the alumni group, no doubt.

"No way, you all know each other, which puts us at a disadvantage," Catwoman immediately rejected.

Hearing the commotion outside, Tang Zheng sighed. The unity that had been hard to build was likely to dissipate, but it didn’t matter. The game was too difficult—with or without these newbies, it was all the same.

"Tang Zheng, I’m sorry for holding you back," Xu Biyun sat dejectedly on a hide, clearly having overheard Tang Zheng’s words earlier. Bai Guo’s expression was also unnatural.

"What nonsense are you thinking? Can you even compare with them? We are companions who have come this far together!" Tang Zheng laughed, deliberately teasing to shift the topic, "Didn’t you prepare supper for me? You deserve a spanking!"

"It’s prepared." Bai Guo ran back to her own house, and in a moment, she brought over steaming hot rice porridge, "Be careful, it’s hot!"

"Go to sleep quickly, don’t waste energy," Tang Zheng took the small bowl, feeling very moved. These were the companions who share life and death with him, care that’s seamless and unobtrusive like spring rain, not always looking for a way to take advantage.

"No point discussing further—head back and rest, otherwise, if you lack the energy, you will fall behind tomorrow," Li Xinlan advised the newbies, "Tang Zheng has agreed to provide Seeds to the five most outstanding people tomorrow; he will keep his word."

The newbies suddenly fell silent, followed by panicked screams.

Tang Zheng’s face changed, and he rushed out of the stone house, only to see three Hellfire missiles breaking through the sky, launching light beam missiles.

Li Xinlan waved her right hand, and an Ice Wall rose from the ground, blocking the bombardment, with shards of ice scattering everywhere.

"The quality of this prey is high, that busty woman is mine," a French man with curly hair said, his gaze fixed on Bai Guo’s chest as if he were a ravenous wolf eager to devour her on the spot.

"Who’s the Group Leader? Come out and answer!" The half-breed man lifted his helmet, his gaze sweeping over the terrified newbies, finally settling on Tang Zheng, "Are you the leader?"

"So stupid, didn’t you see they were all surreptitiously looking at me?" Tang Zheng reproached, "Can’t even see that little detail, stop playing the fool."

"You’re looking for death!" The face of the half-breed man turned green with anger, but he didn’t act recklessly. The calm and composed attitude of Tang Zheng and his team had stabilized him.

The three French looked at each other, undecided whether to attack or not. Their mission was to patrol using the mobility of their Power Armor and kill weaker Conquerors, while also mapping the terrain.

"It seems they haven’t reached Hero Level yet?" The half-breed man didn’t understand why Bai Guo and Xu Biyun, who were obviously weak women, were not afraid of him; Power Armor was a symbol of strength.

The half-breed man didn’t know, Tang Zheng was the backing force of their natural stupidity, his broad back was enough to withstand anything.

"Are we fighting or not? If not, get lost now, my supper is getting cold," Tang Zheng said impatiently. With two second-order and one third-order Heroes, a real conflict would probably cost a few newbies their lives, which he wanted to avoid. Subconsciously, he still wanted to protect his alumni.

"Arrogant Chinese kid, give me that big-breasted chick, and I’ll let you all live tonight!" As Conquerors who had emerged from heaps of corpses and seas of blood, how could they shrink away just because of the other’s arrogant attitude? Even if they couldn’t win, they still had to test their mettle. The curly-haired man demanded Bai Guo.

"Seeking death!" Tang Zheng instantly entered Hero Mode, drew out the Undamaged Lake Light, releasing Violent and Magic Sword Release in succession, reaching his strongest form, following with a Gravity reversal blast.

The three Frenchmen were very cautious, their thrusters fully on retreat, spreading the combat distance, shields up, but still unable to block the onslaught of Tang Zheng.

Caught off guard, the curly-haired man suddenly grunted, spewing out a mouthful of blood. Tang Zheng knew that Gravity reversal can’t kill a second-order Hero at once, so he focused his fierce attack on the man’s arms.

Bang, bang, the curly-haired man’s arms exploded, scaring the other two men stiff. They didn’t even see how the opponent made his move, then the next second, they felt like a meat grinder had been stuffed into their bodies, their organs about to be shredded.

The half-breed man saw Tang Zheng disappear on the spot and wanted to warn his comrades, but it was already too late.

Tang Zheng appeared in front of the curly-haired man, furiously swinging Lake Light, while a White Dwarf Star appeared overhead, unleashing Radiation Gravity Abyss, restraining movement.

The curly-haired man was seriously shaken, but relying on his experience and skills, he managed to dodge Tang Zheng’s ferocious strike. Just as he was about to call for support from his comrades, his entire view suddenly flipped over, and then he saw his headless corpse falling, with a gush of blood spewing from the neck.

The military officer stood behind the curly-haired man, sheathing his sword, then raising his longbow, firing at the remaining half-breed men to suppress them.

"A dual ability user?" The half-breed man’s pupils shrank sharply upon seeing his second-order comrade killed in a single encounter. With no more will to fight, he thought of escaping - but just as the thought formed, he heard another comrade scream.

"Vice Leader, save me!" The other second-order Hero looked in horror at his body, being sucked into a black hole. He wanted to escape, but couldn’t get away at all.

Tang Zheng had already taken advantage of the shock of his opponents to unleash Gravity Devour, cleaning up the second-order.

"Since you’re here, don’t think about leaving." Tang Zheng advanced towards the half-breed man, teasing another, "Wait till I finish him, then I’ll deal with you."

The half-breed man shamelessly fled, but Tang Zheng was already armed with Hellfire, surging forward in front of him, suppressing him with Gravity Abyss.

Li Xinlan summoned an Ice Spear to throw, Xu Biyun tried it out, finding her created puppet pitifully small, Bai Guo was attempting to go invisible, but it already wasn’t necessary.

The second-order Hero, believing he could escape the gravity, concentrated fully on defending against the three mature women, keeping an eye on the nearby warrior, unaware that a Female Gunner had suddenly appeared behind him. The Firearms roared, the bullets were too fast, and the distance too close - before he could dodge, his head exploded.

Watching his comrade die, the half-breed man was shocked; that was too quick a death.

"Forgot to tell you, I’m not just a dual ability user, but a six-ability user!" Tang Zheng deliberately pressured his opponent. In reality, the Female Gunner killed wasn’t much into the second-order Hero level, plus having lost his calm, was an easy target - thus, a heart stable amidst chaos is too important for combat.

The half-breed man was of Beastification System, with super strong attack and self-healing powers, but facing a pervert like Tang Zheng, he could only be utterly crushed.

"With such mediocre skills, you dare to go out killing and setting fires at night?" Tang Zheng delivered a roundhouse kick to the half-breed man’s head, who, like a meteor, crashed into the ground.

Tang Zheng, at third-order strength, definitely ranked in the top ten. If his opponent had 3 S-level abilities or possessed a unique prop, there might have been a fight, otherwise a definite annihilation.

Watching the explosive battle, Sun Guofeng couldn’t feel Tang Zheng’s strength, only thinking that with his own abilities, he could be like him; that’s the weakness of the weak, not being on the same level, they’d never know their strength.

Apart from Gravity, Tang Zheng’s other two abilities were also very peculiar, well-suited for combat, coupled with a cheering squad of nurses, the half-breed man had no chance and was killed off without suspense.

"Hang their corpses up, don’t bother stripping the Power Armor." Tang Zheng didn’t even glance at the three corpses, spat out a gob of blood, and walked back to the Stone House. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)