Chapter 31 Comprehensive Strengthening
What does it feel like to run on piles of corpses?
When you step down, you first feel the soft touch of flesh and blood, and then the sharpness of hard bones. If you step on the abdomen of a corpse, your feet will sink into it and it will be difficult to gain leverage, so it is easy to sprain your ankle.

Li Nanke had no time to think about why the extremely strong electromagnetic signal coming from underground had no interference and pulse characteristics.

As he ran, the black and white striped prison uniform on his body suddenly changed, turning into a monk apprentice’s black windbreaker, vest shirt, pointed-brimmed flying hat and long black leather boots.

The long leather boots made of high-grade cowhide tightly wrap the ankles to prevent sprains while running.

The gap in the metal gate was filled with corpses, and even the extremely narrow gap was filled with the bodies of prisoners who died halfway through climbing.

Seeing that a large number of corpses were undergoing drastic deformation, Li Nanke gritted his teeth and pulled at the corpses, trying to clear a gap for him to crawl into.

Unfortunately, his physical strength was relatively weak, and the corpses were piled up one on top of the other, entangled and slow to clear. Even with the combined efforts of Alba who had caught up with him, they were unable to clear the passage quickly.

At this rate of clearing, there won’t be enough space to clear a passage even after all the corpses stand up.

Li Nanke’s mind raced, and he quickly took out the node reward he had just received but had not had time to check from the inner pocket of his windbreaker.

[Energy Crystal]

[Type: Props/Consumables]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Rating: 37/100]

[Details: The reward from the other side will change according to the difficulty of your node. The higher the quality and score of the crystal, the greater the reserve energy.]

[Note: The reason why my nightmare has reached the level it is today is all because of my extraordinary talent… The Great Other Shore, all topped up! ]

Without saying a word, he directly absorbed the source energy in the crystal. A large amount of source energy poured into his essential ‘self’ like water released from a floodgate, and the crystal with exhausted source energy turned into countless grains of sand and flowed out from between his fingers.

Li Nanke’s main quality ‘Deep Sea’ has never been upgraded. According to the Great Other Shore, the main quality can be understood as a profession and a school. After upgrading, the characteristics of the profession and school can be comprehensively strengthened.

Improving ‘Deep Sea’ can enhance physical strength, agility, nerve reflex speed, the strength of various internal organs of the body, and gradually master the ability to fight in deep water.

He poured a large amount of source energy into the main substance ‘deep sea’!
With the injection of numerous source energies, Li Nanke’s body tissues underwent extremely significant strengthening and improvement.

He entered a brief and magical state of “introspection” and could clearly see the increase in the number of his fast-twitch muscle fibers and the improvement in the endurance of his slow-twitch muscle fibers.

The growth of fast-twitch muscle fibers increases explosive power, allowing muscles to generate tremendous force more quickly, while the optimization of slow-twitch muscle fibers increases endurance, reduces lactic acid accumulation, and delays the onset of fatigue.

The degree of myelination of nerve fibers also increases, which means that the brain’s bioelectric signals can be transmitted more quickly between neurons, thereby improving reaction speed and body coordination, and making fine movements more precisely controlled.

Various internal organs are also strengthened to varying degrees, mainly in terms of pressure resistance. For example, in the cardiovascular system, myocardial cells undergo adaptive hypertrophy, allowing the heart to effectively pump blood under high pressure, and the heart valves become stronger to prevent backflow. Another example is the digestive system, where the walls of the gastrointestinal tract become stronger to prevent damage under high pressure conditions, including thickening of the muscle layer of the stomach and intestines, and strengthening of the mucosal barrier…

【Main substance: deep sea】

[Level: Level 0 → Level 3 (13%)]

The main quality upgrade consumes several times more source energy than the special quality upgrade. Even with the huge source energy reserves in the source energy crystal, it can only barely upgrade the “deep sea” to level three.

If these source energies were injected into a level 0 trait, perhaps it could be upgraded to the maximum level.

Although the source energy consumption is extremely large, the improvement obtained in return is also extremely huge!
Li Nanke clearly felt that this seriously ill body was filled with powerful force. The limb numbness, muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, and partial body system collapse were all swept away by this powerful force!
He grabbed the back of a corpse’s neck, and with a fierce burst of strength, he threw the corpse blocking his way out like a chicken. He exerted force with both hands repeatedly, and the corpses piled in front of the metal gate were quickly thrown out, and soon a narrow passage was cleared.

Alba was already panting from carrying the corpses, and at this moment he was completely stunned.

“What the hell, are you on drugs?”

“No, Michael, you have such great strength, why did you go through so much trouble to move the body with me just now?”

Li Nanke ignored him, quickly squeezed into the gap and squeezed into the metal gate.

Alba’s eyes swept over the many horrific and deformed corpses. The terrifying aura became more and more stirring. He shuddered all over and quickly followed suit and got into the gap.

There were also many deformed corpses lying inside the mine entrance behind the metal gate. The corpses stretched from the mine entrance to the dark mine tunnel at the end of the sight…

There is also a long line of large transport vehicles parked at the entrance of the mine, with a maximum speed of 65 kilometers per hour, used to carry large numbers of prisoners into the depths of the mine. It takes nearly an hour to reach the large freight elevator deep in the mine by taking a transport vehicle.

This trackless transport vehicle is huge but extremely simple. A transport platform that can accommodate hundreds of people is installed on the wheels. It is surrounded by only low railings. It can be called a completely open-top truck. Only the narrow driver’s seat at the front of the platform is protected by bulletproof glass and steel fences.

There were two missing vehicles in the fleet for no apparent reason; it was obvious that the driving system had been hacked and the vehicles had been driven away.

As for a large number of the remaining transport vehicles, the steering wheels and electronic control panels in the cabs had been violently smashed. It should be that some prisoners wanted to drive away the transport vehicles, but they did not have the ability to crack the electronic system, so they smashed the cabs in anger.

“How long will it take you to crack the carrier?”

“The identification systems for transport vehicles and elevators are similar, also taking two minutes.”

“Then get to work!”

Alba also knew that the situation was extremely critical. He grabbed the railing of the vehicle and jumped onto an intact transporter. He quickly squeezed into the cab and started to crack it.

Li Nanke did not get on the vehicle, but instead surrounded the truck and began to clean up the severely deformed bodies.

Most of the corpses had gray skin and sturdy limbs. Their upper limbs and hands were twisted, melted and deformed, gradually becoming slender and sharp, as if they were about to become bone blades.

The bodies of the corpses will continue to twitch and tremble, and soon they will come back to life and stand up again, becoming zombie deformities.

What was most frightening was not the deformation of a single corpse. Li Nanke saw several stacked corpses with limbs entangled and intertwined, which began to melt like wax, as if they were about to merge into some more powerful deformed form.

He raised his chainsword and chopped off the heads of the corpses, stopping their twitching and nipping the threat in the bud.

After the main quality ‘deep sea’ was upgraded, the originally heavy chainsaw sword could now be wielded easily, exerting a more powerful killing power.

But there were too many corpses in the mine passage, so Li Nanke could only prioritize clearing out the nearby mutants and the fused mutants that posed a greater threat.

As time passed, the first zombie deformed body slowly stood up.

Immediately afterwards, a large group of deformed creatures stood up one after another.

In an instant, roars and shouts filled the entire mine tunnel!
(End of this chapter)