Global Game: AFK In The Zombie Apocalypse Game

Chapter 3109: The Pearl

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"What?"

Dario was suddenly startled and snapped back to consciousness.

The blood flowing from his facial orifices was moving uncontrollably toward his mouth and nose, sealing off his breathing entirely. More blood coiled around his neck, strangling him tightly.

Dario panicked instantly, a chill running down his spine.

What kind of strange power was this?

Water element power?

Didn’t seem like it, more like blood control!

It didn’t belong to any known academic discipline he had ever seen.

Dario struggled frantically, but it had no effect at all.

The blood slowly choked off his breathing.

Fang Heng stood not far away, watching Dario’s complexion turn pale as he struggled and finally fell completely silent.

Done.

Fang Heng clenched his fist lightly, and Dario’s entire body exploded in mid-air!

The blood quickly evaporated in the air, removing impurities, until it condensed into a single refined drop of elite blood, which merged into the short blade on Fang Heng’s back.

Huh?

What was this...?

Fang Heng’s gaze paused on several pieces of shattered stone left on the ground after Dario’s death.

Normally, when an enemy died, the bloodline of a King-class being could refine their blood into a drop of pure blood essence, which could then be stored in the blood-colored short blade for later use.

Most of the enemy’s carried items would be reduced to ash through this blood refinement.

Only a few rare ores or divine weapons might resist refinement.

But this...

Fang Heng stepped forward, crouched down, and picked up several semi-transparent beads, each the size of a pearl, feeling suspicious.

Even his blood couldn’t refine these?

What were they?

To be carried by a high-tier warrior, they couldn’t be ordinary junk.

He put them away for now and planned to ask about them later.

Fang Heng suppressed his doubts and collected the beads, then turned back and checked again, confirming that Ray had also died, completely suffocated under the blood entanglement.

Furthermore, not just Dario—two other warriors also carried several similar semi-transparent beads.

The beads didn’t emit any energy signal and couldn’t be absorbed.

Strange.

Just what were these things?

...

Council hall of the spawns’ building.

"What? They failed?"

Upon confirmation that the warrior squad sent to eliminate him had been completely wiped out, the council chamber fell into a moment of silence. Then the spawns began whispering among themselves.

The incident was connected to the Black Fog, and the spawns didn’t dare intervene directly, so they had dispatched a recruited warrior team instead.

To ensure everything went smoothly, the team even included two high-tier warriors, showing sufficient respect to both the Flying Squirrel Clan and the Elven Clan princes.

But the result was completely unexpected.

The seven-man squad was annihilated!

Not a single member returned alive. From the traces of battle left at the scene, it was clear the enemy was incredibly powerful.

The spawn in charge of assigning the mission looked grim and said, "Consul, sir, I misjudged the enemy’s strength..."

"If we count the time, the Elven Clan should have already completed the hearing..."

"Once the application is officially submitted, it will enter the Seven Realms Martial Capital’s review process across all seven regions. The procedures will be legal and compliant. I’m afraid we won’t be able to openly threaten to wipe out humanity afterward."

"Everyone, I think you’re missing the point. I don’t care whether humanity passes the application or not." Consul Lila interrupted the spawns’ discussion and said calmly, "What I care about is that human—he’s powerful. The Black Fog’s spread is very likely connected to him. We need to find him and kill him."

Consul Lila looked around the room and asked, "Have we identified any suspects?"

"As you instructed, we assigned personnel to monitor all general humanoid warriors 24/7. When the incident occurred, we immediately attempted to verify their locations. After the investigation, there are currently three remaining suspects."

"We’ll continue screening them."

"Is it Fang Heng?"

A spawn elder stood up and said, "I encountered him in a previous arena battle. He’s not weak, and I couldn’t see through him. Also, his identity is suspicious."

On the surface, Consul Lila appeared calm, but her patience had nearly run out. She said coldly, "If there’s suspicion, find a chance and take him out. Better to kill by mistake than to let him go."

"Yes!"

"Fang Heng is a warrior of the Norta Clan. He rarely goes out. Launching an attack on him might provoke dissatisfaction from the Noel Clan."

"No need to worry about that."

Consul Lila said coldly, "What I want is to resolve the Black Fog as soon as possible."

...

Back at the villa, Fang Heng quickly received a call from Kapa.

Good news.

Humanity had successfully completed registration in the Seven Realms Martial Capital, becoming part of the Universal Alliance. The official announcement would be made within seven days.

From now on, if the spawns tried to use force against humans, humanity could file a protest in the Martial Capital and rally support from other factions to pressure the spawns.

This was a significant step forward.

But Fang Heng felt that, given the spawns’ temperament, this matter wouldn’t be settled so easily.

No rush.

At least they had bought some time.

He could use this time to continue improving his strength.

Once he became strong enough, he could defend against any risk.

During his time in the Seven Realms Martial Capital, Fang Heng had grown fond of this feeling of gradually becoming more powerful.

Almost there.

He checked his mission prompt—his alchemy skill was close to max level.

Time to keep grinding!

Fang Heng calmly sat down again and entered a cultivation state, absorbing the natural energy released by Abe Akaya.

Another five full hours passed, and lines of game prompts appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The player’s current transcendent-level alchemy has reached maximum level. The player can no longer gain additional alchemy experience. Please attempt to advance your alchemy to the next tier.]

Done!

Transcendent-level alchemy was maxed out!

Fang Heng nodded in satisfaction.

Tomorrow, he could advance to demigod-level alchemy.

Fang Heng didn’t care that it was already midnight—he immediately called An Qian on her mobile.

The higher the academic level, the harder it was to schedule time with instructors. He needed to book early.

An Qian answered almost instantly. When she heard that Fang Heng wanted to schedule a one-on-one lesson with a demigod-level instructor as soon as possible, she fell silent for a moment.

After a pause, An Qian asked again to confirm, "Mr. Fang Heng, you said... demigod-level?"

"Yes. Any problem with that?"

"I’m sorry. I’m afraid we can’t currently find any demigod-level instructors," An Qian apologized repeatedly and explained, "Not just within the Noel Clan—there are no public courses for demigod-level instruction in the outside world either."

"All disciplines? No demigod-level at all?" Fang Heng frowned and pressed further, "Has no one ever reached demigod-level?"