Apocalypse: System of lotteries



In the 1521st District, a black pickup truck slowly drove down the street, turned right, and parked. Ming got out of the car, shielding his eyes from the glaring afternoon sun, and looked at a zombie standing in the shadows. It had a well-proportioned body but was missing both arms.

[High-profile Joan·Jennie]

[Five-star Lord-level BOSS]

[Skill: Group Taunt, Male Group Hatred Doubled, effective within a radius of 100 meters centered on oneself, consuming 5 spirit energy]

[Skill: I'm Hotter Than You, Group Taunt, Female Group Hatred Doubled, other details as above]

"Great skill!" Ming laughed. It turned out to be a small BOSS. No wonder it was missing both arms. This kind of skill was indeed asking for a beating. Even allies might not be able to resist hitting it. At this moment, it was a treasure for him.

"Come!" Ming beckoned to the zombie Jennie who roared and charged at him.

Ming raised his arm and pressed it against its forehead. The zombie couldn't cause any substantial damage to him and could only roar at the person in front of it.

Hehe!

Establish a mental bridge.

Bridge successfully established.

Ming tied zombie Jennie to the edge of the truck bed, and suddenly realized a fatal problem: using skills required a spirit energy bracelet, but it had no arms!

"Got it!" Ming took out a green spirit energy bracelet and put it on zombie Jennie's ankle. It fits perfectly and should be able to release skills, right? After all, its taunt only relied on its mouth. There were still more than a dozen of such bracelets in the warehouse, all obtained from killing zombies here.

When a survivor turns into a zombie, the spirit energy bracelet is standard equipment. More than 3,000 spirit energy bracelets, on average, were worth 800 gold coins each.

Ming gave an order to the zombie:

"Come on, give me a taunt."

"Hehehe!!!"

Bang!

Ming punched Jennie's nose, breaking it. He was actually taunted by this zombie.

It turns out that wearing the spirit energy bracelet on the ankle works just as well. Jennie's taunt was indeed annoying – which was perfect.

"Remember, don't taunt me."

"Hehehe!!"

"Well, I almost forgot that your skill is an area-of-effect one. Wear this helmet, and I'll try to control myself not to hit you."

Ming took out a motorcycle safety helmet and put it on Jennie's head. He raised his fist and gently tapped the helmet, which should be able to withstand his punch.

After getting everything set up, Ming continued to drive on the streets, searching for more zombies while having zombie Jennie continuously use her area taunt. One by one, zombies walked out, some even crawled out of the ruins that buried them, chasing after zombie Jennie.

"What a great skill." Ming lightly stepped on the gas, keeping a proper distance between the pursuing zombie horde and the car. They couldn't reach Jennie, but they were taunted relentlessly. Jennie was indeed annoying.

At the same time, he was observing each new zombie that appeared, looking for the next barrier maker.

[Your Da Vinci tells 'Arsenal' that this is Wendy, Ming's wife. Look how diligent she is, scraping the fish scales so carefully, cleaning the internal organs so neatly, and what a great figure she has... Foodie is licking the residual honey on his body, so sweet...]

[Your Da Vinci tells the little bear to let go of the porcupine and comforts it, saying it's okay, it's normal not to win, we all know you just recovered from a serious illness, and what other talents do you have... Da Vinci shakes his head, eating doesn't count, try another one... Not eating meat? That's a pretty good talent...]

"Another one!" Ming was ecstatic, slammed on the gas, and rushed over. He got out of the car and knocked the zombie down with a single punch, then used a hallucination-inducing needle.

Bridge successfully established.

[Carl· Hofford]

[Three-star Lord-level Barrier Maker]

[Skill: Come Hit Me, Group Taunt skill, effective within a radius of 50 meters centered on oneself, consumption as above]

"Tie him up." Ming tied zombie Carl to the outside of the truck bed and glanced at the blue spirit energy bracelet on his wrist. He immediately removed it and replaced it with a green one. Green was enough for him to use, and using blue would be somewhat wasteful.

"Give me the money." He handed Carl the potion, obtaining 200 gold coins and various equipment on him.

"Why only 200?"

Ming got back in the driver's seat and continued driving. He might have just encountered a poor zombie. It didn't matter; he still had more than 3,000 zombies to deal with.

After 3 hours of careful selection, Ming finally established a connection with four satisfactory barrier zombies, all tied to the truck bed, taunting all the way.

At the same time, he drove around the perimeter of the district copy, and at a delicate and appropriate distance behind the car, there were about 1,500 zombies following. During the circling, he also took advantage of the gap to return to his temporary home, placing Annie and Jenna inside the truck bed.

"3:14 PM."

Ming glanced at the system time, which was almost the same as his calculations. He had just returned to the open area, where the hundreds of zombies he had gathered earlier rushed towards the vehicle upon seeing it.

Ming continued to drive forward, and just before colliding with the oncoming horde of zombies, he took a left turn, combining the two zombie groups perfectly.

Ming drove the car around the open area in circles, while looking out the window to make sure all the zombies had gathered in the open space. He then made a sharp right turn and slammed on the gas, parking the car in the center of the open area.

The zombies that had been arranged in a circular formation by the circling charged towards the center. As they got closer and closer, just about to reach his face, Ming threw out the tent, covering himself and several of the leading zombies. A few minutes later, they were thrown out of the tent.

"Not bad." Ming looked at the tent's durability, which had lost more than 200 points so far, but it was no big deal.

He took out the chainsaw and modified the four barrier zombies into single taunting machines, and then disconnected from two of them. He re-established a connection with the struggling Annie and Jenna in the truck bed, making them gentle again, singing and dancing for him.

Ming took out his 'beggar' exclusive outfit, the chainsaw maniac's blood-stained clothes, pants, and leather apron, and put them on. He then turned to the entrance of the tent and took out a broken bowl.

He took a deep breath, quickly opened the tent door, and shouted, "Give me a dollar!"

The skill was activated, and all the zombies outside the tent paused for 0.2 seconds. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he handed a potion to a zombie, quickly closed the tent door, and severed all connections between the inside and the outside.

Ming continued to quickly open the tent door and hand out the broken bowl to ask for money. His speed was so fast that even the most experienced beggar would be ashamed.

Taking advantage of the 0.2-second pause of the zombies, Ming quickly closed the tent door to sever the connection.

[No money]

[...]

Ding~ 1081 gold coins received.

"Wonderful~" Ming tapped the broken bowl and started calculating: one hour had 3600 seconds, and the begging skill could be used once every 35 seconds, meaning he could beg 102.8 times in an hour, rounded up to 103 times.

With an average of 1000 gold coins per time, he could earn 103,000 gold coins in an hour. One hour had 60 minutes, and the potion-making skill could be used once every 2.75 minutes, meaning he could use it 21.8 times in an hour, rounded up to 22 times. With an average of 2000 gold coins per time, he could earn 44,000 gold coins in an hour. Adding the two skills together, he could earn over 140,000 gold coins in an hour.

"No, this won't do."

"I'm still earning too slowly!"