Ascension of strength and speed, Ethan wielded the hammer and felt more relaxed.

Seeing the two corpse monsters squeezing into the door of the room, he kicked out suddenly, and the oncoming corpse monster was kicked in the lower abdomen before it could react.

One kick was more powerful.

The corpse-transformed monster was kicked back, hitting the other corpse-transformed monster behind it, and the two corpse-transformed monsters fell back together. The hammer in Ethan's hand swung toward the other corpse monster squeezing into the door.

The corpse monster raised its arm to block it.

With a "chuck," the hammer hit the corpse monster's arm.

The sound of a bone fracture rang out immediately.

Ethan's speed was faster than the monster's, followed by another hammer strike.

The corpse monster was too slow to resist, and the hammer hit its forehead. The skull shattered, flesh and blood flew across, splashing all over Ethan's face.

Seeing this corpse monster fall, the white fur on its skin shrunk, and a white fur ball shot swiftly, and a new message quickly appeared in Ethan's mind:

"Level 1 Spirit Source: Spirit Source 210."

After absorbing the new spiritual source, Ethan felt the internal energy in his body increase again, but the rate of increase had become very small, not as huge as the Ascension that had occurred when he acquired a spiritual source at the beginning.

There were still four zombie monsters in the living room. This time, Ethan rushed out of the room on his own initiative. He suddenly felt that these zombie monsters were no longer scary. Just knocking down two zombie monsters in a row made Ethan feel quite relaxed.

Speed, strength, and reaction all crushed these corpse monsters, and Ethan became confident, taking the initiative to rush out and suddenly kick.

With a "bang," the corpse monster, which was about to pounce on him, was kicked and fell to the ground with a loud bang. The hammer in Ethan's right hand swung sideways, hitting another corpse-transformed monster.

This corpse monster couldn't react in time. Its head collapsed, and its body fell sideways. Its head hit one of the walls, and with a sound, a dazzling blood red was immediately left on the snow-white wall.

Another white spiritual source shot out.

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"Level 1 Spirit Source: Spirit Source 310."

Ethan took a deep breath. There were three corpse monsters left, but they were not enough to be afraid of. He rushed up bravely. The corpse monster, which had just been kicked to the ground, got up halfway before its head was smashed, harvesting another spiritual source.

When he smashed the head of the last corpse monster that could still move, a new message appeared in his mind:

"Level 1 Spirit Source: Spirit Source 610."

At this moment, Ethan stopped. His body was bloody, and he finally felt some tingling in his arms. Killing seven corpse monsters in a row, though he had a lot of physical strength, he still felt tired.

Looking at the corpses all over the floor, Ethan sat down, swaying, panting for breath. Although a little tired, his spirit was still in a state of excitement.

"There are still four spiritual sources left, and I'll have gathered ten spiritual sources. I don't know what new changes will happen."

After resting for a while and recovering his strength, Ethan got up, picked up the kitchen knife that had been discarded on the balcony then opened the security door, and began to move the corpses out.

Originally, he wanted to discard the corpses directly from the balcony, but he was afraid that these corpses and the smell of blood would attract unsafe things. After thinking about it, he decided to temporarily pile up these corpses in the corridor.

It was strange-the temperature in October wasn't low, but these corpses showed no signs of decay. Otherwise, they should have given off a smell.

However, after experiencing so many weird and unreasonable things in a row that day, it didn't matter anymore that these corpses weren't decayed.

After removing the corpses, Ethan walked to the bathroom with a kitchen knife and hammer and began to clean up.

Although he had prepared two large basins of water in advance, Ethan was reluctant to waste it. He used only a little water to wash his face and hands, then changed his blood-stained clothes, and took out a packet of instant noodles.

There had been nothing to eat since last night, and Ethan was starving.

Seeing the ground getting wetter and wetter, he understood that the water level was still slowly rising, and it wouldn't be long before this place became uninhabitable. The food could only last for three or four more days he couldn't stay here forever.

"After gathering ten spiritual sources, I should become stronger, and it'll be safer to leave then."

Ethan had a plan. These corpse monsters were no longer scary, but the unknown creatures in the water terrified him. The stronger he became, the better his chances of survival.

Boiling water and soaking the instant noodles, Ethan inhaled the aroma, his mouth watering.

Because of the food shortage, Ethan hadn't dared to eat or drink much.

He had been restraining himself all day.

Unless he was really hungry, he didn't dare eat anything.

Earlier, he had only dared to eat a single biscuit to cushion his stomach.

Now, smelling the instant noodles, he couldn't resist any longer.

He felt like it was the most delicious food in the world.

After eating the instant noodles, he even drank the soup clean, feeling warm and satisfied.

After eating and drinking, Ethan brought his kitchen knife and hammer, opened the anti-theft door, and looked out into the quiet corridor.

Ethan walked out and came to the door of the apartment where a young couple had once lived. The anti-theft door was ajar, so Ethan pushed it open.

"I hope I can find something," Ethan took a deep breath and walked in.

While taking instant noodles and biscuits from his backpack earlier, Ethan had been looking at his small amount of food and suddenly remembered that the security door to the young couple's apartment had been open.

Maybe there was still food and other supplies left in the apartment, so he decided to take a look.

The place looked like it hadn't been occupied for a while, with dust everywhere.

Looking at the noodle soup spilled on the table, Ethan guessed that the young couple had left in a hurry, panicked.

The biggest possibility was that they had discovered the flood coming and fled, but the timing didn't seem right.

"Forget it, don't think too much about it. This whole thing is strange; I can't make sense of it." Ethan whispered to himself, shaking his head. He decided to stop thinking about it and began carefully searching the apartment, hoping to find something.

He checked the kitchen and found nothing. Then he opened a door and saw a photo hanging above the bed -it was the young couple's wedding photo. This must have been their bedroom.

Ethan found a lot of things in the bedroom.

There were bank cards and ID cards.

It was only by looking at their ID cards that Ethan learned the young couple's names: William and Julia.

He also found some cash in a cabinet-over a thousand doller-and some jewelry, including diamond rings and necklaces that seemed quite valuable.

But none of these things mattered to Ethan. In fact, at that moment, all those valuables together weren't worth as much to him as a pack of instant noodles.