LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 55: I Heard You Can Transform
Chapter 55: I Heard You Can Transform
【The virus vaccine is under development, and rescue operations are effectively organized in various regions. Please don't lose hope, victory always belongs to us.】
【...】
【Avoid densely populated areas, refrain from making loud noises, and be cautious of whether drinking water sources are contaminated by the virus...】
【This is not the end! It's not the end of humanity!】
【Don't lose hope; we can rebuild our homes.】
Amidst the crackling electric noise, a message kept repeating.
Encouraging everyone to survive, not to give up.
Find every possible way to stay alive and wait for rescue.
Wu Heng looked somewhat surprised at the modified recorder in front of him.
He naturally knew this wasn't a recording but a message received via radio.
Regular communication had long since failed, and only this method could connect with the outside world.
"They indeed have a clear destination."
In other words, the reason these survivors risked fleeing outside must have been because they connected with some gathering point outside.
There, the living conditions would be better.
But it was evident that they had failed, failing at this intersection.
"Is it the army uncles?" Xiaoxiao circled around and asked curiously.
"Yeah." Wu Heng nodded.
"Are we going to find them? They will protect us then." Xiaoxiao floated down, lying on his shoulder as she spoke.
This...
Wu Heng glanced at the skeletons outside the bus, unsure of how to respond.
If it were just him, without having changed classes to become a Necromancer.
He would naturally hope to be sheltered by the rescue team or the army.
But now, it's hard to say.
How would he explain these skeletons?
How would he explain the other space?
Even if they reached a human gathering point, would it be like Blackstone Town, where he would be treated like a suspect, and they might create some restrictive laws, or directly dissect him to study the principles of his spellcasting?
He couldn't say for sure, but the possibility existed.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes; we can protect ourselves for now." Wu Heng closed the iron box, carried it, and walked out of the bus.
Xiaoxiao followed behind, "How does this thing make noise? Can I watch TV?"
"It's battery-powered; you can't watch TV."
Returning to the community.
Wu Heng turned on the recorder, listening to the repeated words encouraging survivors while casting Raise Skeleton, converting the corpses in front of him.
This time, even if the number of corpses wasn't a thousand, there were seven or eight hundred.
The corpses had completely piled up into a mountain.
And the remaining work fell entirely on him. Even if he performed the conversion every day, it would still take a few days.
Moreover, in this weather, storing the corpses was indeed a problem.
Among the skills, he had learned one called 【Corpse Preservation】, but after preservation, the corpses couldn't be converted into skeletons.
It was a rather useless skill.
He could only speed up the conversion process as much as possible, to finish converting these corpses early.
It wasn't until evening that Wu Heng commanded the skeletons to return to the rooftop.
He himself, along with Barson, also returned to Blackstone Town.
.........
After washing up, he made himself a bowl of instant noodles.
Sitting at the table, he took out the 'Gray Eagle Swordsmanship' and casually flipped through it.
The content wasn't difficult, but just reading it wasn't enough; it needed to be practiced.
And when it came to practice, Wu Heng felt that he had the determination for it, but his basic skills were too poor, so it might take some effort.
Likewise, Wu Heng also thought of another possibility.
After reading it once and not unlocking the swordsmanship, it might be due to his class.
As a mage, could he be unable to unlock something like swordsmanship?
It was highly possible.
Bang bang bang!
Just as he was casually flipping through it, someone knocked on the door.
After a few knocks, Yuli's voice came, "Wu Heng, are you home?"
He opened the door, and Yuli, with her shoulder-length curly hair, stood at the entrance.
"What's up?" Wu Heng asked.
"My aunt went out, so I came to check on you." After speaking, she tilted her head and glanced inside, "What's that smell, it's so fragrant."
"My dinner." Wu Heng replied, noticing that she was staring at him with big eyes, as if expecting him to say the next sentence, "Do you want to have some?"
"Sure, thanks!" Yuli grinned, squeezing into the room.
She came to the table, lifted the spoon covering the instant noodles, and an even stronger aroma wafted out.
"Smells so good." Yuli fanned the scent toward her nose with her small hand.
Wu Heng glanced outside the door, closed it, and then took out another cup of instant noodles to prepare for her.
He asked, "Where did the Deputy Deacon go?"
"I heard there was some task, so she went out." Yuli propped her chin on her hands, watching him prepare the noodles.
"Why didn't you go with her to check it out?"
"No, it's not like she went to have fun, what's there to see."
"True." Wu Heng placed the instant noodles in front of her, "It needs to soak for a while, wait a bit."
"Okay." Yuli agreed.
"Did you come just to check on me?" Wu Heng continued to ask.
Are their relationship really that good?
"I wanted to ask you to visit the black market together. We can talk about it after we eat." Yuli said, then curiously asked, "Did you make all these delicious things yourself?"
The food ingredients were very ordinary, but when Wu Heng prepared them, they tasted great.
She had visited the taverns and shops in the city, but couldn't find anything with a similar taste.
This made her suspect that the Necromancer in front of her was actually a chef, a really awesome chef.
"I don't have that skill; I brought them from my hometown." Wu Heng also sat down at the table.
"Ah, where's your hometown, is it far?"
"Far, very far, it's quite difficult to get there."
Yuli looked at him, considering his hair color and appearance, Wu Heng indeed didn't possess the characteristics of a local.
It made sense that he said his hometown was far away.
After a brief chat, the instant noodles were almost ready.
"You can eat now." Wu Heng also took out a few snacks and placed them on the table.
Yuli couldn't help but smile.
She opened the lid and started eating with a fork.
While eating, she mumbled about how delicious it was, saying that if he opened a tavern, it would definitely be popular and so on.
Wu Heng also opened his noodles and began eating; since they had been soaking for a while, they were quite soft.
The two devoured the instant noodles, finishing them completely.
Then they started on the snacks on the table.
"They say Druids can transform." Wu Heng asked her.
"Of course."
"What can you transform into?"
Yuli glanced at him and said, "My aunt said I shouldn't casually tell others."
"But we're teammates; knowing each other's abilities can help us cooperate better on missions."
"Then you first, what can you do?"
"Me? I can summon skeletons."
"What else?"
"As for spells, I can use Acid Splash, Grease Spell, Ray of Enfeeblement, and Corpse Preservation."
"Those are some sneaky and evil spells." Yuli commented, then added, "But they do match your class."
"Your turn."
"I can transform into a lot of things, like a wolf, a bear, and a dire raven."
"Can you transform now?"
"What do you want to see?"
Wu Heng looked around at his not-so-big living room and said, "The dire raven."
"Okay, I'll show you."
The next second, Yuli, who was still sitting, suddenly transformed into a black-feathered raven-like creature, flapping its wings as it flew around the room before landing on the table.
After transforming into the dire raven, she was still wearing the now-shrunken leather armor.
It fitted closely to the dire raven's body.
Tap tap tap!
The sharp beak pecked at the peanuts on the table, eating two of them.
Then, the dire raven landed on the ground and transformed into a brown-furred wolf, pacing back and forth.
The wolf was still wearing that leather armor.
It seemed that the Druid's armor was also a kind of equipment. He had wondered earlier, what happens to the Druid's clothes and gear when they transform?
Do they have to put them back on when they return to human form?
A class that could be passed down through generations would have already considered this.
"No need to transform into the bear." Wu Heng said.
After all, the room wasn't big; if something got broken, he'd have to pay for it.
The wolf leaped back onto the chair and transformed back into a human.
"How was it?" Yuli asked proudly, raising her head slightly.
"Pretty impressive."
"Of course, we have balanced combat power, with almost no weaknesses." Yuli said confidently.
It was actually easy to analyze.
The wolf was fast and had some attack power, the dire raven could scout and gather intelligence, and the bear was all about strength.
She mentioned three forms, and they all had their uses.
The idea was quite good; the only question was whether they could withstand bullets.
"Can you do ranged attacks?"
"I can, but I'm not very good at it yet." Yuli said vaguely, pointing at the potato chips, "Do you have more of these?"
Wu Heng took out some more and placed them in front of her.
After chatting for a while longer, Yuli stood up to leave.
"Are you going to the black market tomorrow?" Yuli asked at the door.
She had come today to invite him to the black market, but they had ended up chatting and she forgot about it.
"I have something to do tomorrow, so I can't go. You can visit the DC area in the city; it's pretty lively there too."
"Alright, I'll come to find you when I have time." Yuli said, bouncing away.
Wu Heng watched her leave, then closed the door and started studying the swordsmanship.
.........
The next day, in the zombie world.
Wu Heng sat on a wooden chair, with Barson and Bagdong standing behind him with their hands behind their backs.
The recorder had new batteries, playing motivational words encouraging people to survive, along with emergency methods and ways to take refuge during the crisis.
But from the words, it was clear that there wasn't much progress or solutions to this disaster, and it was still mainly about taking refuge and waiting.
Wu Heng listened while casting Raise Skeleton, converting the pile of corpses in front of him.
For a Necromancer like him, corpses were no longer a problem; the main issue was his conversion speed, which was seriously lagging behind.
Doing nothing but converting like this, it would probably take several days to finish.
But he didn't have a better solution.
He couldn't just bury them all, could he? They were hard-won kills.
At this moment, the content on the recorder changed.
It began explaining the 'White Matter' found in mutated zombie bodies, which the system had named 'Corpse Core'.
【Level 1 White Matter is pure white and can enhance human physical strength, but it's highly infectious. Level 2 White Matter is covered in fine blood threads, enhancing physical strength while giving a chance to gain special abilities. However, the possibility of resisting infection is extremely low...】
What the hell?
Wu Heng's spellcasting paused.
Level 2 White Matter?
Special abilities? Infectiousness?
