Chapter 85: Chengcheng’s Advancement and New Troubles

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After the fierce battle, it was time for a big cleanup.

The ground filled with corpses had to be cleaned up. Leaving them unattended would not only pollute the environment but also pose the risk of diseases.

However, Lu Ming did not need to worry about these things.

The morning was already delayed by the zombies. If his afternoon was delayed as well, Lu Ming’s mentality would explode!

By the time Chengcheng finished cooking, it was already evening.

At the dining table, Zhang Chengcheng advised Lu Ming to rest for a day if he was tired, but Lu Ming firmly refused!

Taking a break was not an option.

A day’s worth of 2.4 three-dimensional attributes was equivalent to about one billion!

After dinner and a short rest, Lu Ming began his basic exercise for the day.

However, a problem arose.

Zhang Chengcheng’s superpower could no longer provide any pressure for Lu Ming!

As everyone knew, the growth and strengthening of muscles involve a process of damage and healing.

Once the training could not reach the level of damaging muscle fibers— in other words, if it was not strenuous enough, then muscle growth could not be achieved.

Chengcheng adjusted the power output of her superpower to the maximum.

When it landed on Lu Ming, it was just a drizzle. Exercising under this level of gravity was easier than walking for an ordinary person.

“Oh no!”

“Damn Sima Xiao!!”

If not for it, Lu Ming would not have become an Awakened, and he would not be facing this problem prematurely.

After cursing Sima Xiao again, Lu Ming looked at Zhang Chengcheng and said solemnly, “Let’s advance.”

“Tonight!”

Today was definitely an auspicious day for advancing.

First of all, Lu Ming needed it, so Zhang Chengcheng had no choice but to advance.

Secondly, the problem of zombie crystals that had troubled everyone had been resolved—in this tide, they had harvested at least several dozens of Tier 3 zombie crystals.

There were also five Tier 4 zombie crystals, which were still prepared for Zhang Chengcheng.

Finally, because the zombie tide had just passed, there should not be too many zombies around, so there was no need to worry about attracting another tide during the advancement.

Well, in fact, no one was worried about attracting a zombie tide during the advancement because with Lu Ming around, the zombie tide was like drizzling rain.

However, Lu Ming was worried about this… Because killing zombies was not his main job. His main job was to farm attributes. To let zombie killing interfere with his attribute leveling was foolish.

Zhang Chengcheng swallowed the Zombie Crystal.

Her ability fluctuated explosively.

It was also sensed by the two Tier 4 Devourers nearest to Good Hope Village.

As a result, the Devourers named Simba and Lian Jie fled even faster.

Zhang Chengcheng successfully advanced to Level 4.

Moreover, it did not trigger the zombie tide.

Lu Ming waited for Zhang Chengcheng to complete her advancement and realized that it was already 7:30 in the evening.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Ming said in a low voice, “Let’s practice!”

Nothing could stop Lu Ming’s determination to train!

However, when Zhang Chengcheng activated her superpower, Lu Ming realized that the problem was still not resolved!

Currently, the upper limit of Zhang Chengcheng’s superpower could create a 200-fold gravitational field.

However, the problem was that attributes did not increase linearly. There was a huge difference between an increase of 5-6 and an increase of 400-401.

The 200-fold gravity field still could not meet Lu Ming’s training needs!

Her superpower could not keep up with Lu Ming’s growth rate!

After struggling for a whole hour and seeing that his three-dimensional attributes had only increased by 0.1, Lu Ming fell into deep confusion.

What should he do?

Zhang Chengcheng brought even worse news when she spoke again, “Brother Lu, my stamina is not enough for me to use my superpower for a long time.”

As mentioned before, Zhang Chengcheng had to consume zombie crystals to replenish her superpower while assisting Lu Ming in his exercises.

At Level 2, Zhang Chengcheng used Tier 1 zombie crystals.

At Level 3, Zhang Chengcheng used Tier 2 zombie crystals.

Now that Zhang Chengcheng had reached Level 4, she needed to use Tier 3 zombie crystals.

However, where could they get so many Tier 3 zombie crystals for Zhang Chengcheng to consume?

He looked up at Zhang Chengcheng in a daze. It took a moment for Lu Ming to snap back to reality…

He said dispiritedly, “Forget it, let’s not train today. Let’s wait until tomorrow.”

That night, Lu Ming returned home and finished the daily task of counting supplies.

He discovered another piece of grievous news.

The supplies were running low…

Today, Lu Ming became an Awakened individual, but he only had one meal.

However, the consumption of this one meal was equivalent to the consumption of an entire day’s worth of supplies yesterday.

Just like an ordinary person becoming an Awakener, the body’s attributes doubled, and so did the appetite.

Lu Ming had become an Awakened, his attributes doubled, and his appetite was no exception to this law.

Moreover, now that Zhang Chengcheng had advanced to Level 4> Lu Ming was in charge of her meals. Zhang Chengcheng’s appetite had certainly increased as well— two rice bowls evolved into rice barrels, and the consumption of ingredients increased day by day.

A preliminary estimate showed that Lu Ming’s supplies might only last for a month.

At ten in the evening.

Lu Ming lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. His mind was filled with these words, attributes and food.

As the saying went, the one who gained the Tao would have many companions; the one who lost the Tao would have few companions.

Just as Lu Ming was tossing and turning in bed, the news that Brother Lu was in trouble had already spread throughout the entire gathering place through Zhang Chengcheng’s mouth.

If something happened to Brother Lu, it was a big deal!

It was even a matter of life and death for all the survivors!

“First problem, food. Everyone knows that I’m the one cooking for Brother Lu now. Recently, Brother Lu’s recipe has added a lot of canned food. I think Brother Lu doesn’t have much food reserves.”

After Zhang Chengcheng said this, Wang Xiong immediately said, “That’s not a big problem.”

Brother Lu protected everyone and everyone fed Brother Lu. This was very reasonable, right?

Even though Brother Lu Ge usually did not like accepting food from others and did not like eating with everyone else.

That was fine. Wang Xiong was confident that he could persuade Brother Lu to accept the food provided by the gathering place.

At the side, Meng Jie smiled and said, “The food problem isn’t difficult. We don’t have enough, but the official shelter should have some! Just tell Huo Sheng that Lu Ming is running out of food. Even if he starves himself to death, he definitely won’t let Lu Ming go hungry.”

Zhang Chengcheng nodded. In fact, in her opinion, food was indeed not a big problem.

She brought up the second issue.

“The second problem is that Brother Lu’s daily training has encountered resistance. He’s too strong. It’s very difficult for my superpower to work on Brother Lu again.”

Everyone in the gathering place knew that Lu Ming’s superpower was a growth-type superpower. At this moment, Zhang Chengcheng’s question meant that Lu Ming’s growth speed would stagnate.

It was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over everyone’s heads, making their hearts turn cold.

This was going to be fatal…

After some thought, Wang Xiong could not sit still any longer.

“If we want to resolve this matter, we still have to rely on the superpowers of the Awakened.”

Because of Zhang Chengcheng, Lu Ming’s previous training was not interrupted. Without her superpower, Lu Ming might not have been able to gain attributes through daily exercise once he surpassed 50.

As soon as this problem arose, Wang Xiong immediately thought of superpowers.

He had to find a new assistant for Brother Lu.

With this thought in mind, Wang Xiong wasted no time and prepared to make a trip to the official shelter in the middle of the night.

There were many people there, and there were many Awakened ones.

Naturally, there would be many solutions..