After that, I turned to Irene with a smile on my face as I spoke,"you were saying something?"
Though I did not get any answer from her. All I could see was her blank expression, as I used the Spirit's ability to collect all the Cores from the zombies around. In total I got
1 B-Grade Core from the Armageddon Zombie
1 C-Grade Core from the Skeleton Zombie
34 D-Grade Cores from the C-Grade Zombies.
'If I remember correctly, the Cores would first need to be used before they could be exchanged in the shop,' I thought as I looked at that girl in front of me.
Moving closer to her, I saw her scared expression as she looked at me and I just chuckled before speaking,"never seen a man slashing a zombie into multiple pieces before?"
Clenching her teeth a little, she smiled as she spoke,"Did see something like that, but not at this level… just what kind of monster are you?"
Moving closer to her, I touched her chainsaw, moving it a bit away from me, and after getting closer to her, I said,"What kind of monster do you want me to be?"
There was a grin on my face and, narrowing her eyes at me, she spoke with a bit of a questioning look,"what does a man, so strong like you, want from me?"
"Answers," I sighed before moving a few steps back as I saw the sun almost setting and speaking,"but we should find a safe spot first. The sun is going to set in another 30 minutes or so."
Despite my urgency, I don't want to travel without any knowledge about this… world.
"The NightCrawlers!!" spoke out loud Irene as if she recalled something important before she looked at me and then spoke,
"Where do you think we should hide? The nearest settlement is already 25 kilometers away, and I am on my last storage of UV-Lights. We won't be able to last all night. Do you have something?"
'NightCrawlers?' I thought as I looked at her before recalling about those beings that were chasing us in that dungeon. Hmmm… so they have appeared here as well, huh?
? While I could have gone to the nearest safe point first, I kind of wanted to take a rest and visit the [Second Space] first.
"Let's visit a nearby safe spot. How long can your UV-Light last?" I asked, and she pondered before speaking,"about 5 hours or something."
'Honestly, I have no idea what a UV-Light is, but I am guessing it can keep NightCrawlers at bay?' I thought, before sighing on the inside. There was so much to learn about this stupid world.
I nodded at her before looking around and finding a suitable space near a broken building.
"There," I spoke before I started moving towards that spot and she followed me as well.
Reaching there, I saw her hurriedly setting up all the UV lights around the walls while I spoke,
"I am going to meditate. Meanwhile, you take these and absorb all of them. Honestly, they are of no use to me, so you can absorb all of them. But make sure to give the used Cores back. I need them later on."
Giving her the Cores wasn't really a bad idea. It will increase her overall firepower while also giving me unused Cores with which I can finally evolve my genes as well. It has been too long for that.
Watching all those Cores, her eyes went blank for a second as she almost fell on the ground. Then she observed me with a slightly odd expression before taking those Cores and then moving to set the UV-Lights.
'How long will I be touched, harmed, attacked, or anything like that?'
[5 Hours: 23 Minutes: 14 Seconds]
Nodding at that, I sat in a meditating position as I pressed myself against the wall and
[Second Space!]
I entered the Second Space and looked at the familiar environment around me. My eyes looked around to search for Rhea, but I didn't find her anywhere around the place. I first took the 2500 Cronas from the Crona plant and then moved to the [Shop].
I tried searching for Rhea, but honestly I didn't find her in the [Shop] as well. She wasn't in the [Trial] room as well.
'Hmmm… did she leave or something?' I thought before trying to look around once again. However, there was no sight of her at all.
'Now this is quite something,' I thought before sighing and then moving back to the room.
'What to do now?' I thought as I looked around and my eyes fell on the [Dungeon] screen, which was still present there.
Moving closer to it, I saw a few things that shocked me to the core…
"WHAT THE FUCK??!!!!!" My eyes widened as I looked at the two bright messages in front of me.
[The Dungeon Of Libra has lost its connection on Planet E*rth.
Cost of Rebuilding The Dungeon of Libra: 50,000 Cronas]
[Total Cronas Collected: 106,501]
'While I could understand the first message… What's with the second one?' I questioned really deeply before something clicked in my mind… something that would fit the situation around…
'Let's take it like this. 6 months ago, my little Lesser D-Grade Zombie was continuously working hard all the time I was sleeping.
Now, after some time, something happened… about 2 months ago? That destroyed the whole Libra Dungeon and made the dungeon pause/stop its functions, hence the Crona generation stopped as well at that spot.
Whatever it was that destroyed the whole dungeon must have been the reason why the whole surface was like that… and looking at all the rubbles and the mask that Irene was wearing…
An atom bomb? Or maybe a gas bomb or something that destroyed everything?'
My mind kept thinking for a few moments before I stopped all the thoughts.
'Whatever the truth is, it is better to ask Irene or others who are alive rather than keep speculating about it. For now, let's concentrate on what we can do, right now,' I thought as I looked at the amount of Cronas in there.
First, I took all the Cronas from there. Not gonna lie, there was a bright smile on my face when I did that.
Then, using 50,000 Cronas from that portion, I used that to rebuild that dungeon. I wonder if there will be any effect on the outside world? Anyways, let's move to the next one.
Since I had enough Cronas, I decided to check on the function of the dungeon to utilize it even more efficiently.
I first sold the Lesser D-Grade Zombie for 10,000 Cronas before buying a D-Grade Zombie for 50,000 Cronas.
[D-Grade Zombies:
Working Speed Efficiency: Can generate 100 Cronas per day
House Space Taken: 10]
Now, with the previous amount of Cronas I had, the total I have is
[Total Cronas: 27500 Cronas]
"Okay now, let's buy something from the [Shop] for the NightCrawlers. Something that has UV-Powers, huh?" I thought before running to the [Shop] and the first thing I did was to look at the [Daily Sale].
"Oh! This is nice!" I thought as I looked at one of the options there…
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