No Zombie Beasts

"It won't!" After handing a piece of chocolate to Cynthia, Bruce casually explained, "After animals mutate, the antibodies they carry against viruses are much higher than humans. Even if they're bitten, they won't turn into zombies!"

In this world, there were only mutated beasts, not zombie beasts!

Bruce had seen this information in the early storyline with Jesse, so he was confident in his statement.

"Phew, that's a relief!" Ignacio breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Ben, "Otherwise, such a large zombie monkey without pain would be a devastating disaster for us."

Cynthia didn't pay attention to the conversation.

Although she was surprised to learn that Ben was Bruce's pet, Bruce handing her chocolate made her block out all other information.

Eating chocolate and looking at Bruce.

The chocolate was sweet in her mouth, but her heart was even sweeter.

Unfortunately, Bruce had no time for her.

After quickly finishing the food, he took out the crossbow directly.

"Let's go, Ben, we're going out to find you a companion to lighten your load. Cedric, Ignacio, you come with me!"

"Okay!"

"Here we go!"

With a powerful pet and his own rank raised to Black Iron High Rank, it was Bruce's hunting time once he freed up his hands.

Bruce had obtained a dark scroll in the secret realm, which could contract two monsters in total.

However, the mental strength of the contracted monsters couldn't exceed 70% of Bruce's. Otherwise, the contract might easily fail and even cause backlash.

For safety reasons, Bruce preferred to weaken the monsters to near death before contracting them.

This not only increased the success rate of the contract but also allowed the dark energy, which could heal any injury during the signing of the contract, to be used efficiently without waste.

Of course, the dark energy from the contract could only heal injuries and couldn't regenerate lost limbs. Therefore, Bruce couldn't go all out when dealing with monsters!

Squeak!

Squeak!

Upon receiving Bruce's command, Ben let out a few happy cries unique to monkeys."Why is it so happy?"

"Because it's injured and needs to eat to recover."

Bruce sensed this through his mental connection with it.

"What does it eat?"

Bruce replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, it eats meat."

"Uh... okay!" Ignacio was dumbfounded to hear that monkeys eat meat.

Before the apocalypse, monkeys were omnivores, so they could eat anything! But after the apocalypse, they became carnivores!

On the ground floor of the hotel!

To make his return easier, Bruce decided to capture a second battle pet.

Meanwhile, three kilometers north of the hotel where Bruce was, something unexpected happened.

It was an old dilapidated neighborhood.

Inside one of the shabby rental houses in the neighborhood lived a young man.

His room was simple, with only the essentials!

Apart from a large bed, the only valuable thing was the old computer in front of his window.

This young man's name was Duane, 25 years old this year.

He used to be a delivery boy.

Being a delivery boy wasn't anything special!

The most special thing happened in June this year when he went to deliver a birthday cake to a college student named Bruce.

He almost got hit by a car on the way there.

Although he was lucky enough not to be injured, the birthday cake he was delivering was smashed.

Initially, it didn't seem like a big deal!

He thought he could just call and apologize and then compensate with another cake.

The other party did forgive him.

But it was only superficial forgiveness. In reality, when he brought the smashed cake, the other party beat him up!

Because the cake was intended for someone named Cynthia, whom they called the goddess!

Now that it was smashed, even if he were beaten to death, he couldn't afford it.

Duane remembered the names of the three people who beat him: Bruce, Ignacio, and Finnegan.

Why did he remember these three names so clearly?Because these three guys beat him until he had internal bleeding, and he ended up lying in the hospital for three months.

Although he reported it to the police later, it was useless.

Because the other party not only spent money to cover it up but also compensated him with a large sum of money, and then came to apologize insincerely.

Under pressure, he could only forgive them.

And because of his forgiveness, the other party didn't even go to jail.

Duane was not satisfied. He wanted revenge, but this world was just so realistic.

The other party was rich and powerful, and he couldn't afford to provoke them!

As an ordinary citizen, he had no chance of revenge.

He had no chance before, and now he had even less chance.

Because just this morning, the apocalypse came!

On his way home to save a girl named Audrey, he was bitten by an old lady who turned into a zombie.

Now his body was getting hotter and hotter!

His consciousness was getting blurrier and blurrier!

Looking at the wound on his arm oozing black blood, Duane's eyes flashed with despair.

"Am I... going to turn... into a zombie?"

Inside the shabby rental house.

Duane was bitten by a zombie.

He was about to lose consciousness soon.

But deep down, he felt extremely unwilling.

Because he was only 25 years old this year, and there were still many things he hadn't done. How could he just die like this?

But unfortunately, there were many things in this world that human strength couldn't resist.

So, he could only resign himself to fate.

At the same time.

In a room on the fourth floor of the Rhine Hotel.

Jamal, who was chased by monsters to this place, felt a bit annoyed.

Because after he came here, just like Manager Heywood, he watched Bruce rush to the clothing store across the street.

Seeing Bruce come out with a highly powerful battle monkey, his annoyance grew even stronger.

"It seems like there really is treasure inside?"

"Was that monkey brought out from inside?"

"Hmph, this kid clearly said we'd go together, but he went alone!"Recalling the scene when Bruce came out just now, Jamal took a deep breath. Even though he didn't have any ill intentions at first, he was now very displeased with Bruce's actions.

But Bruce didn't have time to deal with him at the moment.

Because Bruce was now completely soaring.

On the second floor of the hotel!

Ben led the way upfront, Ignacio held a steel bar brought from the dormitory, walking alongside Cedric in the middle.

Bruce carried the crossbow and walked at the rear.

This combination was simply unbeatable.

Many monsters were killed instantly as soon as they appeared.

Ben getting injured, coupled with continuous combat, would decrease his combat effectiveness?

No problem!

As the most powerful treasure in the realm, the Dark Scroll was definitely not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

It not only allowed Bruce to contract with two monsters but also endowed the creatures Bruce contracted with the ability of 'ghoul'.

What is the ability of 'ghoul'?

To put it simply, when ordinary monsters eat the corpses of other monsters, they undergo evolution. However, when they get tired or injured, they still rely on their own recovery abilities, which could take a long time.

But the monsters contracted by Bruce using the Dark Scroll were different.

Take Ben, for example.

Although it only ate the brains of monsters it liked and wouldn't touch those with bad tastes, at most it would consume their brain marrow.

Not only could it digest this brain marrow in a short time, but it could also convert it into energy to recover its stamina and wounds!

In simpler terms, as long as Bruce used it reasonably!

Unless Ben was overwhelmed by a horde of monsters and killed directly, it would be like an inexhaustible and highly resilient perpetual motion machine!

So, under Ben's leadership, it only took Bruce about fifteen minutes to capture his second pet.

Name: Adam (Enhanced Lizardman)

Vitality: 32

Spirit: 12

Strength: 21