Landlord World - Start with SSS talent-Chapter 115: Mutant Licker?

Alex had the feeling that he had become much more unlucky ever since arriving in this area.

Normally, someone with an innate rank in SS should be a star, shining brilliantly.

Why did he feel like a stray dog when he was brought to an area full of low-ranking F and E zones?

In fact, he was so unlucky that even after killing over 100 zombies, he still didn't find any energy crystals.

Although incredibly strong, he only dared to kill rank F zombies, which was extremely dangerous.

Even the smallest injury could lead to infection, which would then turn him into a zombie.

Alex felt that his reckless killing of zombies was truly meaningless.

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He decided to try a few more times; if he still didn't find any energy crystals, he would surely find a way to escape.

BAM!

Alex found an opportunity and prepared to punch a zombie's head in.

He was thrilled to see an energy crystal fall out at that moment.

"Damn it!" Alex was so happy that he cursed. He hurriedly grabbed the energy crystal and held it in his hand.

Although it was just a rank F energy crystal, to him, any energy crystal was valuable.

He quickly climbed up a high branch and absorbed the crystal's energy.

The energy from the crystal flowed into Alex's body, making him feel a little more comfortable.

The pain from yesterday also lessened a bit, though it was still just a little.

After all, it was only a rank F crystal, so its effect wasn't significant.

Alex seemed to see a glimmer of hope, muttering joyfully, "Hahaha... Looks like it's just bad luck. Now that an energy crystal has dropped, my luck is finally starting to turn around."

In the shadows, Vylyss laughed loudly. She possessed spatial magic, and as long as Alex killed the zombie, she could immediately use her spatial magic to steal the energy crystal.

Ah! It's not exactly stealing. It's more like helping him collect energy crystals.

However, Vylyss also silently felt surprised by Alex's luck.

It should be known that the drop rate for rank F energy crystals is very low, only about 20-50%.

Yet, the zombies that Alex killed all had energy crystals, and the drop rate for energy crystals from them was 100%.

In fact, among the energy crystals that dropped, there was even one rank E crystal.

That's right; a regular zombie had a rank E energy crystal. What was going on on earth?

But that was the truth.

This was way too lucky, so much so that Vylyss felt jealous and confused.

However, the more fortunate he was, the happier she became because she could collect even more energy crystals for her Master.

Of course, she didn't forget to leave Alex a little energy crystal so he wouldn't give up.

The rank F crystal earlier had been intentionally left for him to motivate him to continue fighting.

Of course, Alex didn't know about this; he just felt that his luck was starting to turn back in his favor.

Because of that, he jumped down from the tree and carefully sought out zombies that were further away from the pack to kill.

The drop rate for energy crystals slightly increased, and after killing four zombies, one rank F crystal dropped.

Although the drop rate was very low, it was much higher than the one in a hundred chance he'd gotten from killing 100 zombies before.

Alex found a hidden spot and began absorbing all the energy crystals he had just collected.

After a while, he felt his injuries nearly healed, so he was delighted, and confidence returned to him.

"Tsk! Looks like… I need to find some higher-ranked zombies." Alex clicked his tongue and said.

He looked toward the zombie herd, but at the same time, he also looked toward the safe zone.

No smoke was rising, and no sound came from there, but that didn't mean the leaders there were safe.

On the contrary, Alex thought that the leaders there must have died too quickly; they didn't even have time to resist before being killed.

Alex stared for a while but couldn't find any higher-ranked zombies straying from the pack, so he returned to the safe zone.

Although the safe zone and the zombies were quite far apart, the zombie herd still surrounded all of them.

Especially the Zombie Lickers, who crawled around the territories of other leaders.

Alex furrowed his brows, moving between the high branches, making sure not to make a sound.

His eyes looked towards a nearby territory. There, three Lickers were clinging to the roof, and inside the house, there seemed to be a higher-ranked zombie.

Don't ask how he knew the zombie inside the house was strong; it was thanks to his instincts, and of course, he trusted his instincts.

Alex furrowed his brows again, scanning the area, and after noticing there weren't many zombies in this vicinity, his confidence grew.

"Huh! Looks like... I should hunt some higher-ranked zombies to satisfy my hunger." Alex said with a smug grin.

He moved like a shadow, swiftly jumping from branch to branch before landing below.

Krit! Krit! Krit!

Just as Alex landed, the three Lickers, crawling on the house wall, immediately noticed him.

Alex: "..."

In his mind, Alex silently cursed. He had minimized the sound as much as possible—why could those zombies still hear him?

Although confused and surprised, he wasn't scared of these zombies.

The three Lickers lunged at him. Despite having difficulty fighting, Alex eventually managed to eliminate the three Lickers.

However... something even more bizarre happened.

Out of the three Lickers, only one dropped an energy crystal.

"What the hell is this?" Alex angrily exclaimed, "Zombie rank E should definitely drop energy crystals, so why is there only one?"

In the shadows, Vylyss laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe.

Of course, Alex had acted very carefully, but thanks to Vylyss's help, the Lickers had noticed him as soon as he landed.

Additionally, Vylyss helped Alex collect two energy crystals that had dropped from the other two Lickers.

At first, she wanted to take them all, but ultimately, she left one for him.

Vylyss felt she was truly a good person. Ah, no, she was more like a good demon.

Although Alex felt confused, he couldn't find a more logical explanation.

Finally, he could only think that maybe this was a feature of the System.

Because there were so many zombies, the System had reduced the drop rate of energy crystals.

Alex reassured himself, then absorbed the single rank E crystal he had bravely obtained.

After a while, Alex felt his strength increase slightly, but it still wasn't enough.

"Not enough!" Alex muttered, "This isn't enough for me to stand a chance against that mysterious person."

Alex furrowed his brows, feeling anxious. He needed to get stronger quickly because if his rate of strength progression stayed this slow, he would face danger.

Thinking about the mysterious person from last night, who could find him at any time, sent a chill down his spine.

Alex shook his head, trying to hold on to his confidence: "Huh! I have an SS rank innate ability. Why should I be afraid?"

"As long as I have enough time, I can become…"

KRIT!

Suddenly, a sound startled Alex, cutting off his sentence.

Immediately, his instincts warned him that danger was approaching.

In an instant, Alex tilted his head to one side, narrowly avoiding a sharp, drill-like tongue that had just stabbed where he had been standing.

Whoosh!

The sound of wind whistling filled the air, and Alex could feel the drill-like tongue cutting through a few strands of his hair.

"Ack!" Alex rolled on the ground several times, quickly stabilizing his body.

He was startled to see a Licker, much larger than the normal Lickers, standing in front of him.

In fact, the Licker's tongue was covered with sharp, thorn-like barbs.

"Mutant Licker?"