C28 One-time Absolute Lock

"Twice the level or nearly four times the strength …" Xiang Jing roughly calculated that he was still far from that level, but he wasn't willing to just leave like that.

Xiang Jing asked: "System, is there any way to take away this Hetero-Space?"

"There is. Void Pearl. It can accept any Hetero-Space below the S grade that is not bound. A Void Pearl can only contain one Hetero-Space, and the Hunting Points that is required for the exchange is 10000000 points."

"10 million points..." The corner of Xiang Jing's eyes twitched, but he thought about it and felt that it made sense, as a treasure that could take away a set of Hetero-Space, the amount of Hunting Points that was required was ten million.

Shaking his head to dispel the thought of taking her away, Xiang Jing asked curiously, "Can we bind the Hetero-Space?"

"Yes, host. Every Hetero-Space has a core. Just like the engine of the car, as long as one has control over the core, one would be able to control the Hetero-Space. The prerequisite is that one will be able to touch the core through the layers of tests that the Hetero-Space gives."

Xiang Jing nodded his head, "Then is there any way to temporarily seal off this Hetero-Space so that no one will be able to discover his existence?"

"Sure, the host is recommended to use the Absolute Heaven Lock to seal any item and exchange for ten million Hunting Points points."

Xiang Jing was exasperated as he said, "Yuan, don't say anything more than our Hunting Points's range."

"Alright, host. Considering the reason for host's lack of Hunting Points, it is recommended that you exchange them for a one time Absolute Heaven Lock. The required Hunting Points number is 10 thousand, and the usage time is limited to three months."

"It's so f * cking expensive," Xiang Jing gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, exchange."

"Exchange successful. Deduct 10 thousand Hunting Points, remaining 3426 points."

Immediately after, a simple copper lock appeared in Xiang Jing's hand.

"Put the copper lock on the ground and it will take effect automatically."

Xiang Jing followed Yuan Zhou's instructions and placed the lock on the ground. With a flash of light, the lock disappeared in the blink of an eye. The entire space looked exactly the same as before.

However, Xiang Jing could feel that the chilliness here was much less than before.

Although he had lost ten thousand Hunting Points, Xiang Jing was still satisfied with the result. Three months of time was enough for him to stand firm on the ground and raise his strength, and at that time, the [B] class Hetero-Space would be his.

"Ding! Friendly reminder host, after the system has been upgraded, level 10-20, experience required for each level to upgrade 1000 points. For every level that is unlocked, experience required to level up x10"

"Ugh …"

Xiang Jing, who was deep in thought, suddenly froze for a moment. He immediately opened his own information panel and looked at the experience bar.

58/1000

The huge difference in numbers made Xiang Jing feel as if he had fallen to the bottom of the valley.

It was now 1000 points at Level 1. Later on, he would get 10,000 points or even 100,000 points. Xiang Jing began to miss the System.

"Ding! Host need not worry. Since host's difficulty level up to Purgatory level, the experience gained from killing will be doubled as well as the Hunting Points."

"Attachment: Obtained basic experience points, as well as the Hunting Points that will be killed. Double the original."

Xiang Jing clapped his hands and thought about the two people he had just killed. It was indeed like the system said, they were double the reward.

"That's not too bad. Otherwise, what's the use of this system?"

Furthermore, according to Xiang Jing, the current survivors did not know about the existence of Gene Medicine. Even those who were much higher level than him were not Xiang Jing's match.

"Ding! System Notification: Unless you are forced to deliberately kill humans, an unimaginable punishment will befall you."

Even without the system's reminder, Xiang Jing wouldn't do that. He admitted that he wasn't a good person, but at least he was still alone.

"Then how about the slaughter caused by stealing resources from others?"

"The host and other powers fighting over the resources is considered as a last resort, but it can't be used as a reason to cause a massacre."

"Understood." Xiang Jing smiled, "I'm not a psychopath. There are so many monsters outside that I can't kill them all. What's the use of killing them?"

"Ding! Friendly reminder, the growth system of monsters is different from that of humans. Maybe the host will be killed in a second."

… ….

"I feel like you're just here to supplement my strength," Xiang Jing said after holding back for a long time. However, when he thought about his 40 times strength, even if he wasn't at the peak, he was at least not that weak.

After sweeping a glance at the mortuary, Xiang Jing turned around and left. The seal had already been sealed, otherwise, it would continue to be sealed.

After taking care of all the remnants of the Triad, Xiang Jing went straight to the Triad Branch Headquarters.

Xiang Jing was not worried about them sending people over, since the entrance had already been sealed, he was not afraid of people with nothing on their feet. At most, they would just run away.

However, Xiang Jing was a little concerned about Wang Kang, so he didn't know what exactly it was.

The Triad Branch Headquarters had already turned into a sea of fire, burning with huge fire, it seemed like it had been burning for a while.

However, Xiang Jing did not see anyone from the Triad, not even those who had called for help or put out the fire. It was as if in that short period of time, the entire Triad Branch had disappeared.

Xiang Jing frowned and did not continue further. He turned around and disappeared into the boundless night.

… ….

Three days later, in a supermarket in De City, Xiang Jing smashed the head of the last monster here with a single punch.

The original backpack was already lost. In order to make it convenient to carry items, Xiang Jing, under the advice of Yuan, spent 3000 Hunting Points and bought a Interspatial Ring at the second level of the Magic Treasure.

Looking at the Hunting Points at the bottom, Xiang Jing felt a wave of pain. However, the Interspatial Ring's capacity was at least 300 cubic meters, it was definitely worth it.

After he almost finished looting the supermarket, Xiang Jing opened his Stats Window and saw that the experience bar was only 379/1000. He felt helpless.

Although he had the advantage of killing multiple times, his De City had been basically cleared out by the Triad, so he couldn't find any high level monsters.

Furthermore, Xiang Jing discovered that killing higher level monsters would double the experience of the Hunting Points. Killing lower level monsters would gain basically nothing.

For example, the second grade zombie that he had just killed gave him only 0.2 experience compared to the Hunting Points.

Although levelling up like this wasn't slow, it was far from Xiang Jing's expectations.

"No, I have to go there and give it a try."

After making his decision, Xiang Jing packed his stuff and left.

Half an hour later, at De City Zoo, the originally bustling area was now in a state of desolation. The sturdy metal door had fallen onto the ground, and there were obvious scratches and cracks on it. It had already become a pile of scrap metal.

There were no corpses around, but the congealed black blood could be seen everywhere. Compared to the other districts, this place was much quieter, to the point that not a single zombie could be seen.

The stench of blood in the air made Xiang Jing frown slightly.

If there were no surprises, then it would not be an exaggeration to say that this zoo was like a lagoon or a den of tigers and dragons.

Monsters could become stronger by devouring each other. Animals that were originally beasts would only become more violent after mutating. Now, after a year, the monsters in the zoo had evolved to who knows how far.

Even so, Xiang Jing was fearless. High risk often brought high rewards.

"If you have the ability, don't buy things from the system store."

"Uh, don't you know whether I should tell you or not? In a war, one has to have equipment, and what's more, what I'm about to face is a monster with no humanity at all."

After retorting about the source, Xiang Jing opened up the store, which was a first-class protective gear area.

Although there were a lot of good items at level 2, they were all started with four digits. With Xiang Jing's current level of less than a thousand Hunting Points, he could only take a look.

From the information from Triad, there was a description of the mutated animals. Different from zombies and other monsters, they might be mutated based on their original characteristics.

For example, large cats like lions and tigers were very resistant to beatings due to their powerful strength after mutation.

Animals like snakes can be toxic, have a large and flexible body, and so on.

Therefore, Xiang Jing had to prepare some life-saving equipment for himself before going in. Otherwise, if he accidentally burped, it would really be a loss.

"According to the host's current Hunting Points, it is recommended to purchase a Level 1 Steel Bone Armor. The points required to do so is 300 points."

As he spoke, Yuan directly placed the metal bone armor in front of Xiang Jing.

Xiang Jing clicked open to view

"Iron Bone Armor!"

"Strengthen the user's defense. It can withstand up to 40 times Evolver's full strength attack. Enhances the bone's protection. Applicable to level 1 Evolver."

Xiang Jing asked, "Does it mean that as long as I wear the Ironbone Armor, my bones will become very hard and I will be able to withstand 40 times Evolver's full strength attack?"

"Correct the host, the Ironbone Armor is only able to enhance the host's bone protection. It is not able to directly enhance the host's bone protection."

"Almost." Xiang Jing was ready to buy, but he was a bit hesitant. The bone armor was not bad, but he still wanted to buy a good weapon and martial skill. If he spent all his time on defense, his attacks wouldn't be able to keep up.

"Yuan has already calculated for the host, other than the Steel Bone Armor, I recommend that you buy a weapon: Wind Breaking Hammer, martial skill: Gale Hammer Technique."

Two items popped up one after another.

Xiang Jing's Wind Wielding Hammer

"Wind Breaking Hammer!"

"Basic Strength: 10 times, increase the user's strength by 5 times. Due to the usage of the wind stones during ore forging, its power will not decrease at all."

"Buying points: 200"

"So fierce?" Xiang Jing's base strength was now 40 times, and he had increased his Wind Breaking Hammer strength by five times. Adding the hammer's base strength which was 10 times, the total strength would be 55 times, which directly increased his strength by a third.

"Host, you're overthinking it. A strength multiplier is not an algorithm where one plus one equals two. Other than the Wind Breaking Hammer's ability to increase one's strength by five times, with the host's current strength, it can display around two times the original strength."

"Why?" Xiang Jing was stunned and asked in confusion, "Isn't it like that?"

"That's just the host's wishful thinking. It's just like a 200 gram hammer. In the hands of adults and kids, the power that they can display is not on the same level. It's not like the adults are on the same level as the people who have practiced hammering, understand?"