Clang~~
"Hmm?"
The feedback from his hand was completely different; Shawn knew it.
He lifted his hand and scraped away the smashed wall plaster, revealing a not-too-thick iron wall.
Although it had been slightly deformed by Shawn's smash, it was completely different from the walls that had crumbled with a single blow before.
"Treasure room, found it."
Shawn's heart stirred, and he uncharacteristically dragged his Stone Hammer out, coming to the front of room 214, preparing to use the main entrance.
However, just as Shawn's hand touched the doorknob, a dense, hoarse growl suddenly came from all directions.
Shawn helplessly withdrew his hand, resting it on the Stone Hammer.
Seeing Walkers dropping from the ceilings of the corridors on both sides, he couldn't help but say,
"I should have expected seven days to die's character; hiding Walkers in every corner of a building is their specialty."
Facing a Walker that was swaying as it stood up, Shawn swung his hammer, sweeping out a gust of wind.
The Walker's head instantly rotated 180°, suddenly facing its back.
Losing the support of its bones, the decaying head, connected by the last bits of flesh, swayed a few times, then, along with its body, fell downwards.
Seeing this, Shawn took a quick step forward, completely ignoring the Walkers that were gradually approaching from behind him, and stomped his foot hard on the chest of the Walker that was about to fall.
Using the foothold for leverage, he leaped upwards!
Falling with the force of gravity and the powerful strength applied, amidst the 'crack crack' of breaking bones, he forcefully smashed its head into its chest.
Landing, Shawn held his Stone Hammer horizontally, the handle pressed against the headless Walker's chest, and before it could fall, he unleashed a powerful force, pushing it entirely forward!
He stomped his foot hard!
Shawn wasn't sure how many Walkers he had knocked down in front of him, only feeling that the force he needed to exert on his hand was growing larger and larger, and the resistance was increasing.
It wasn't until he reached the second-floor stairwell that Shawn, in one go, flipped the pinned Walker onto the ground.
Glancing at the several Walkers closely following behind him, Shawn took a deep breath, maintaining the automatic stable recovery of his stamina.
Then, he actually charged forward proactively.
The first one… exploded!
The second one… also exploded!
The third one…
The fourth one…
At this moment, Shawn was practically a War God of the corridor!
He killed gods if he met them, and killed Buddhas if he met them!
The hideous Walkers had no power to resist in front of Shawn.
Every swing precisely received the blessing of that 'greatly increased headshot probability'; a single hit to the center of the forehead was a headshot!
He killed his way in and out of the second floor of the motel, and after eliminating the few Walkers in the hallway, he turned back to deal with the Walkers that had just gotten up, one by one.
What others saw as a dead end, Shawn had forcefully carved a bloody path through.
Whoosh--
Whoosh--
Shawn stopped, gripping his Stone Hammer, his chest rapidly rising and falling.
Facing these Walkers simultaneously was already his limit.
Of course, this was excluding situations where he wanted to avoid injury and make effective attacks.
Ordinary 'hordes' no longer posed a threat to Shawn.
Having recovered his condition, Shawn, with some anticipation, returned to the door of 214 and gently turned the doorknob.
Click--
The moment he touched it, there was first a resisting force, but then the force softened.
The latch retracted, and the spindle connected with the internal mechanism of the lock body, producing a series of subtle component collision sounds.
Shawn surprisingly easily opened the large door of 214.
Gently pushing open the white-painted door, the first thing that came into view almost occupied two-thirds of the small room.
Shawn's eyes widened suddenly, a look of disbelief on his face.
"They can even spawn this thing??"
Shawn walked into the treasure room.
A long while later.
He walked out again.
At this moment, his tightly gripped Stone Hammer had four circles of densely wrapped 'iron thorns' added to it.
The already intimidating Stone Hammer, with its hammerhead and the connecting part to the hammerhead now having several more circles of 'iron thorns,' made the entire Stone Hammer look chilling just by looking at it, making one instinctively want to step back.
[Barbed Wire Mod]
[Weapon Mod / Mod — Bludgeon Type]
[Detailed Effect: 20% chance to cause continuous bleeding to the target, 40% chance to hit the target's weak point and deal a powerful attack]
[Introduction: Thank you for purchasing the most cost-effective offensive artifact in the apocalypse survival world — an unremarkable bundle of iron thorns. Don't despise it for looking like construction waste that even workers don't want; this is a ninth-art mod that can let Walkers experience the 996 blessing!]
Barbed Wire Mod
"If this hammer hits someone, tsk tsk tsk--"
Shawn rotated the Stone Hammer a few times, finding it increasingly handy.
Although only the iron thorns were added and no other components changed, Shawn felt a wonderful sensation when swinging it.
It seemed… it seemed to be even handier for smashing people's heads…
Besides that, Shawn's system backpack also contained some simple first-aid supplies, 3 boxes of potato chips, and system-produced quick-eat dishes (system generated, won't spoil in the backpack).
And a pure black Stalker Hood — Lv1.
Counting all his gains, Shawn's gaze finally rested on the large item that occupied one grid in his backpack and could not be stacked.
Everything else was incidental; only this item could truly be considered the greatest gain from this trip!
Oh… of course, there was one more thing.
Bang--
The moment Shawn walked out of the treasure room, two golden flashes instantly appeared consecutively before his eyes.
[Apocalypse Mission Completed, Experience Reward Gained]
[Level Promotion, Lv13 → Lv15]
[Skill Points Gained: 2]
[Remaining Skill Points: 3]
After eliminating all the Walkers, his experience was infinitely close to Level 14, and with the generous experience given by the Apocalypse Mission, Shawn directly jumped to Lv15.
With skill points in hand, Shawn did not hesitate to put both points into the Strength Sequence he had been longing for.
[(Bodybuilder) Level 8/10, Strength and Headshot greatly increased]
[What! Super Strength? …Are you the apocalypse legend of this city!!]
Strength Sequence 8/10
Almost identical to the last time, after the points were allocated, a gentle yet expanding power filled Shawn's body.
Although his physique didn't change much, when Shawn gripped the Stone Hammer again, it felt as light as holding a slightly thicker wooden stick.
With the significant increase in Strength and Headshot, Shawn's strength seemed to have doubled again on top of the already existing enhancements.
After briefly moving his arms and muscles, Shawn quickly adapted to this power and easily mastered it.
"As for this last skill point…"
Shawn pondered.
The last two levels of the Strength Sequence each required 3 skill points to unlock.
And the final level of Skull Crusher, Lv5, which had always accompanied the Strength Sequence allocation, could only be allocated when the Strength Sequence reached its final level 10.
"This is truly a skill point guzzler," Shawn sighed, but he didn't feel bad, after all, the intangible skill points had been converted into tangible strength.
However, this meant Shawn had to look at other skills.
[Exterior Strength Internal Activity — You are not only strong, your movements are equally agile]
[The frequency of using bludgeons and Stone Hammers increases, and weapon swinging speed is faster]
This skill only had three levels, but with the blessing of great strength, its effects could not be underestimated.
Shawn put this last skill point into Exterior Strength Internal Activity (Lv1).
[(Muscles Bulging) Level 1/3]
[You begin to have highly patient and highly active biceps]
[Stone Hammer swinging speed gains a 10% bonus]