I have an Apocalypse City - Chapter 153

Chapter 153: Chapter 153: Strengthening Stone

Translator: 549690339

A dangerous glint appeared in Song Jian’s eyes. Since he couldn’t stand, he decided to stay lying down;

Falling backwards, his body slumped onto the floor. Song Jian felt like he was floating on the ocean, waves rippling around him. A buzzing filled his ears and his entire head throbbed painfully;

His vision blurred, but he could still sense a dark shadow slamming towards his head;

Song Jian’s hands forcefully pushed against the floor, causing his body to roll to the side. He heard a chilling whooshing sound as the dark, huge axe swept only two feet away from his cheek and embedded itself into the floor. The sharp essence of the axe was so fierce it even snipped a strand of hair on Song Jian’s forehead, leaving another bloody trail on his cheek;

Song Jian lay on his back, staring at the sky. The bat-winged zombie bent over, its muscular arm clenched around the axe, looking at Song Jian who was less than a meter away. A smirk appeared on its face, revealing a blood-stained tusk fang, exuding an intimidating aura;

Song Jian’s vision doubled, blurring significantly. The vertical eye on his forehead, which had been closed, had unknowingly begun to slowly open;

Suddenly, Song Jian’s view became clear. With two blurry eyes and one clear one, the sensation felt chaotic. Song Jian decided instead to close both eyes and rely solely on the vertical eye to survey his surroundings;

At this point, the bat-winged zombie was less than a meter away. The minute it loosened its grip, its body straightened and the axe, which had been embedded into the floor, turned back into a wisp of black mist and floated back to the zombie’s hand;

“Eye Kill!”

Whoosh-

A silver light beam shot towards the bat-winged zombie’s chest. Instantly, Song Jian felt a headache so unbearable that he couldn’t help but moan in pain; Roar-

A look of fear flashed across the face of the bat-winged zombie. It attempted to leap towards Song Jian, but the silver light beam hit it accurately. With only a little over twenty vitality points left, the bat-winged zombie couldn’t withstand this attack. Its airborne body suddenly lost all strength and was pushed back five to six meters by the silver beam, harshly crashing onto the floor;

Sensing that he had hit the bat-winged zombie, Song Jian immediately stopped the “Eye Kill” skill, cradling his head and rolling around on the floor. It felt like a red-hot iron rod had been thrust into his head and was fiercely twisting it.

The depletion of his mental strength was unbearably painful, as if his head was about to explode;

After what felt like an eternity, the pain started to subside. At this point, Song Jian’s face was pale and his forehead was covered in sweat. He looked as though he had just been fished out of water – his clothes were soaking wet and there was a puddle of sweat underneath him;

“So, so painful…”, Song Jian held his head and heaved a sigh, lying flat on the floor and taking in deep breaths of fresh air;

The effects of the “concussion” had finally worn off, now he only had to deal with the aftermath of his depleted mental strength. His head ached sporadically as if it was circled by an iron hoop;

After resting for over half an hour, the pain started to gradually fade. Song Jian wished he could just collapse into bed and sleep deeply. He felt extremely sluggish;

After lying on the ground for another ten or so minutes, Song Jian struggled to his feet. His mental strength had only recovered less than 5%. As long as he didn’t use any skills that consumed his mental strength, he should be okay;

Song Jian walked over to a small pile of black ashes, which were the remnants of the bat-winged zombie’s body. Scattered around the pile were several items, which Song Jian picked up one by one;

Two zombie cores, a piece of cooking material “Bat-wing Membrane”, and two pieces of medicinal materials “zombie Tusk Fang.” The items dropped by the bat-winged zombie were mainly composed of materials, which made Song Jian feel slightly upset;

“Even if it was an injured Level 10 Elite Boss, dropping these items was a bit too much!” Song Jian muttered, slightly annoyed. A Level 10 Boss dropping only white quality items was quite embarrassing;

“Huh, what’s this? A Enhancement Stone? What does it do?” Song Jian picked up the last item, a stone emitting a white glow. It was about the size of his fist and looked no different from a normal rock;

“Enhancement Stone (White), Usage: Enhances equipment below +3, boosting the properties of the equipment!”

“Boosting equipment properties, not bad!” Song Jian’s eyes lit up, his interest piqued;

Looking at the Enhancement Stone, two options appeared before his eyes: “Use” and “Destroy”. After selecting “Use”, a screen appeared where he could select his equipment;

Song Jian immediately selected “Vertical Eye”. This was the only silver quality equipment he had after the destruction of the rocket launcher. The attack power of the externally attached equipment “Vertical Eye” was the most powerful, so naturally, it should be enhanced first;

“This item is too high grade and cannot be enhanced!”

After clicking “Vertical Eye”, a line of red text appeared from the system;

“Damn, it can’t be enhanced?” Song Jian was stunned and furrowed his eyebrows;

Re-selecting his equipment, Song Jian chose “Tusk Fang Stinger,” but the system quickly displayed a message that said, “This item is too high grade and cannot be enhanced”;

“Even blue quality is too high? It can’t be that it can only enhance white-quality equipment.”

He subsequently tried the zombie commander armor, but predictably, it also couldn’t be enhanced. Finally, he tried his rings and accessories, but none could be enhanced;

After trying all his equipment, the only ones that could be enhanced were the white-quality “Tree Spirit Legguards” and “101 Tactical Helmet”;

“As expected, a white-quality Enhancement Stone can only enhance white-quality equipment. This significantly decreases its value!” Song Jian shook his head and nonchalantly clicked the Enhancement Stone onto the “Tree Spirit Legguards”;

“Tree Spirit Legguards (White) +1, Leather Pants, Equipment effect: Physical Defense +5, Vitality recovery speed increased by 35%; Equipment requirement: Level 5, Able to bring out of game: No”

After enhancing to level one, the Tree Spirit Legguards’ physical defense increased by two points and the Vitality recovery speed had improved by 5%. The enhancement was better than nothing;

Song Jian took another look around and found nothing else. He went downstairs to summon his motorcycle, then headed back towards his Manor Castle;

Upon returning to the castle, Song Jian saw that quite a few pieces of furniture had appeared, and in the small courtyard, green sprouts had started to grow on the Spirit Field;

“Master, you’ve returned!” The butler stood by the castle gate, bowing respectfully as Song Jian approached;

Gardener John and Carpenter Tammy also put down their tools and bowed towards Song Jian;

Song Jian nodded slightly, and in a blink of an eye, appeared on the third floor of the castle. The third floor wasn’t as empty as it had been before. A wooden bed had been prepared with quilts and pillows, and next to it were a set of wooden table and chairs, and a wardrobe. The simple furniture filled the room with the scent of wood and traces of life. Even the radio was placed on a wooden table;

Song Jian let out a small smile, glanced around briefly, then fell heavily onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep;