Crisis-ridden Misty Forest! (Seeking collection and votes!)

  Perhaps it was because he had already digested food and got satisfaction, or perhaps it was because of Zhou Feng's strong willpower, in short, the terrifying hunger from the DX-1118 gene virus did not appear again after Zhou Feng swallowed the girl zombie. And somewhat unexpectedly, after swallowing the girl zombie, no other zombies appeared in this dormitory. It is unknown whether those zombies were attracted by something else or whether the noise emitted by Zhou Feng was too low to attract their attention.

  But in any case, this is a good thing for Zhou Feng now. Especially at this critical moment!

  "It seems that absorbing alien energy is ineffective for targets that have lost genetic vitality..."

  Standing in front of the iron corpse that had almost been burned to a crisp, Zhou Feng's face was complex as he withdrew his right hand. Compared to the lowest-level undead, the iron corpse's strength was absolutely unquestionable. If he could absorb the iron corpse's genes, he would definitely gain even greater power. Unfortunately, perhaps due to the intense flames that had ravaged the iron corpse's body, rendering it completely useless, or perhaps due to its prolonged death causing its genetic vitality to be completely lost, Zhou Feng stood in front of the iron corpse without a hint of hunger, unable to absorb it at all.

  "Can only cut off his two claws..."

  Although he didn't gain any extra power from the Iron Corpse, Zhou Feng wasn't too disappointed. After all, as a human being, his subjective consciousness still made him somewhat repelled by the idea of devouring a corpse. Looking at the Iron Corpse's sharp claws gleaming with metallic luster, Zhou Feng narrowed his eyes and raised the * in his hand, aiming at the wrist on top of the Iron Corpse's sharp claw and slashing down fiercely.

  Hmph!

  Unlike the extremely tough claws, Iron Corpse's wrists were much more fragile. Under Zhou Feng's great strength, the snow-bright blade finally chopped off Iron Corpse's wrist with a muffled sound. Afterwards, Zhou Feng took Iron Corpse's giant paws and opened the Earth Spirit Convenience Store.

  The convenience store was actually the black ring in Zhou Feng's hand, and with his silent incantation, a semi-transparent light screen directly floated in front of him.

  The Dwarf Convenience Store is very similar to the Demon Mall in terms of functionality and interface, both having selling, storing, and purchasing functions. However, the Demon Mall is like a famous shopping mall on Earth, with high prices but more varieties, full-featured, and excellent after-sales service. In contrast, the Dwarf Convenience Store is like a black market hidden in a dark corner of the earth. It has limited goods at low prices, and its functionality is just enough to stand out. Just as you can't buy firearms in a large shopping mall, the black market's goods may be shady, but sometimes they can better satisfy the buyer's needs.

  Of course, as for after-sales service, you might as well not think about it. At least Zhou Feng was fortunate that he didn't inject the DX-1118 gene virus during battle, otherwise he would have been torn to shreds by the iron corpses and walking corpses by the time the virus took effect.

  After confirming that the Iron Corpse's Claw would be sold at half the price of the Divine Demon System, Zhou Feng's balance in the Earth Essence Convenience Store finally changed from 0 to 50. He then picked up the yellow crystal diamond he had obtained from the Iron Corpse and activated the Eye of Detection.

  "One yellow crystal diamond is generally equivalent in value to one hundred white crystal diamonds."

  Looking at the yellow crystal diamond in his hand, Zhou Feng nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that this so-called yellow diamond and white diamond were like copper coins and silver coins in online games, both of which were general equivalents, but with different values. As one might expect, there must be other currencies above the white diamond and yellow diamond, but this was not something he could understand at his current stage.

  After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Feng did not put the yellow crystal into the Divine Merchant Shop or the System. To him, this thing worth 100 crystals was better kept on his person in case of emergency than spent on buying some ammunition from the shop. He had a premonition that this Misty Forest was absolutely not just a so-called newbie zone.

  Having gathered everything, Zhou Feng began to put on the standard combat equipment left in his backpack. Although the dark-skinned merchant was a bit black-hearted, he was still very satisfied with Zhou Feng, this potentially huge customer. This set of standard combat equipment looked no different from ordinary single-soldier combat camouflage suits, but both its material and workmanship far exceeded any equipment Zhou Feng had ever seen. Especially the clothes' powerful adaptive function could make Zhou Feng blend in with his surroundings completely within ten seconds. This high-molecular stealth material was only recently successfully researched on Earth, even in the technologically most advanced United States, and its effect was far inferior to this set of equipment on Zhou Feng's body.

  This set of combat uniforms is enough to increase Zhou Feng's survival rate by more than half.

  "It's time to leave here..."

  Wearing his combat uniform, Zhou Feng glanced at the lifeless dormitory with a hint of disdain before turning to walk into the fog. From his observations, this fog could indeed block out most sounds and light. This made things both dangerous and advantageous, as it avoided him being surrounded by hordes of zombies. With his current fighting abilities, as long as he didn't encounter an Iron Corpse or higher-level existence, self-preservation shouldn't be a problem.

  What's more important is that he absolutely won't stay here waiting for the opening of the Divine Demon Battlefield, because as the earth spirit Carlos said, the main tone of the Divine Demon Training Grounds is killing and plundering. In this environment, the strong will become stronger, while the weak will only die. Even if they can escape temporarily, when the Divine Demon Battlefield opens, they will still become cannon fodder for death. Challenges and opportunities coexist, and only by entering the Misty Forest can he have the opportunity to devour more enemies and become the strongest existence. And only by becoming a stronger existence can he live better.

  As he entered the fog, Zhou Feng felt as if he had entered another world. Compared to the dormitory area, the fog was quieter, more humid and more dangerous. With every breath, Zhou Feng could feel a great danger lurking in this fog. This premonition was partly due to the illusion created by being unable to distinguish direction and friend from foe in the fog, but mostly it was Zhou Feng's intuition honed on the battlefield warning him - the enemy was everywhere.

  He stepped out lightly, his specially made combat boots making almost no noise on the ground. Although the fog could block out most sounds, for Zhou Feng at this moment, only sufficient caution would allow him to walk further and live longer.

  After passing through the wreckage of the crashed vehicle, Zhou Feng continued on his way and entered the true range of the misty forest. Looking at the towering trees around him that were completely shrouded in fog and couldn't be seen to the top, Zhou Feng felt a sense of inexplicable oppression and crisis in his heart. No one knew what was living on those tall trees, but Zhou Feng believed that if anyone tried to escape by flying through the air, their fate would be miserable.

  "Crack!"

  Just as Zhou Feng was slowly moving forward in the misty forest, a faint sound of a branch breaking suddenly came from less than fifty meters away. Upon hearing this sound, Zhou Feng's nerves first tensed up, then slowly relaxed. The sound had been caused by a small animal colliding with a branch, not the crushing sound produced by human footsteps. Although the difference was subtle, it wasn't difficult for a seasoned mercenary like him to distinguish.

  As expected, soon after the sound started, a calico cat flashed past Zhou Feng's face and rushed to the other side. However, just as the calico cat was about to rush out of Zhou Feng's line of sight and enter the mist, an arm covered in pus and wounds suddenly stretched out from the mist, directly grabbing the calico cat and pulling it into the mist.

  Then there was a piercing yet abrupt cat meow, followed by the chilling sound of chewing that sent shivers down Zhou Feng's spine.

  "Damn it!"

  Watching the cat being caught and swallowed by the zombie, Zhou Feng finally remembered that zombies were different from humans. For zombies, as long as there was no temptation of food, they were just a real corpse, motionless and silent. Fortunately, the appearance of this cat triggered the action of the zombie, otherwise it would have been him who was attacked by the zombie now.

  At this thought, Zhou Feng's face suddenly became even more unsightly.

  It seems that the experience he gained from his mercenary career cannot be fully applied to this strange species. Although a single zombie is not enough to threaten him, in this forest, zombies and humans are at the bottom of the food chain, and there are countless higher-level predators above them. If he's not careful, he'll become prey for those high-level hunters.

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