Harem Emperor In The End Times

’Oh, I’m drooling...’ She quietly wiped the corner of her mouth, her gaze shifting to the dozen or so women training nearby.

Some of them were laughing so hard they clutched their stomachs, having witnessed Jessica’s failed attempt to stand up to Ryan.

"What are you laughing at? Get back to training!" Jessica snapped, her face burning with embarrassment.

She couldn’t stay there any longer and quickly slipped away, leaving the other girls to laugh among themselves.

By this time, Ryan had already left the base. He needed to act quickly. His goal was to kill enough zombies today to improve his basic attributes and awaken his superpowers.

He chose the rooftop of a small building near the city center. The area was surrounded by residential neighborhoods, meaning there would be plenty of zombies. After setting up, he lit a string of firecrackers and tossed them down.

The crackling noise echoed through the streets, drawing the attention of every zombie within a few kilometers. They roared and surged toward the sound, filling the streets with their grotesque forms.

Many survivors in the nearby buildings peeked out their windows, too afraid to venture outside. Most had been surviving on whatever food they had stored, but after seven days in the apocalypse, their supplies were running thin.

When they heard the commotion outside, they couldn’t help but lean out to see what was happening.

"Damn, is that guy trying to get himself killed?" one survivor muttered.

"You’ve got some guts, brother, attracting all those zombies," another remarked, watching in awe.

Ignoring the onlookers, Ryan set up the machine gun on the roof and opened fire. The powerful weapon mowed down rows of zombies, their bodies piling up in the streets.

To maximize his efficiency, Ryan had even taken the heavy machine gun from the Sabretooth armored vehicle and stored it in his personal space, along with tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition.

The relentless gunfire created a solid line of defense. Zombies were shredded by bullets before they could get close, but the hordes behind them showed no fear, trampling over the corpses of their fallen comrades.

Ryan wasn’t worried about the zombies he missed. He had blocked off the lower stairs of the building, and low-level zombies couldn’t climb walls. They posed no threat.

The survivors nearby were stunned. They had assumed the man setting off firecrackers was suicidal, but now they watched in awe as he unleashed a barrage of gunfire that didn’t let up for over ten minutes. How much ammunition did he have?

"Brother, can you save me? Help me!" one survivor shouted.

"Brother, take me with you! I’ll do anything you want!" another cried, desperation in their voice.

Ryan vaguely heard the shouts but paid them no mind. He wasn’t interested in searching room by room for survivors. Unless it was a well-organized base, they weren’t worth his time.

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He glanced at the pile of bullet casings at his feet. The muzzles of his guns were glowing red from the sustained fire. In just over ten minutes, he had killed thousands of zombies.

However, this efficiency was only possible because the low-level zombies were mindless and packed tightly together. In open areas, where they were more spread out, it wouldn’t be so easy.

The loud noise had undoubtedly attracted higher-level zombies, and Ryan expected them to show up soon. He set down the overheated machine gun and checked his points: an impressive 5,968.

"Howl..." A dark-skinned zombie suddenly appeared behind Ryan, lunging at him.

"Bring it on..." Ryan was ready. He clenched his fist and slammed it into the zombie’s head.

The impact sent both Ryan and the zombie stumbling back.

"A level three zombie, and a strength type?" Ryan observed the zombie’s bent arm. If it hadn’t blocked the blow at the last second, its head might have been crushed.

Ryan’s strength was already at an abnormal level. Even a strength-based zombie like this one was no match for him. This third-level zombie had picked the wrong fight.

Roar! The black zombie seemed stunned. It had climbed up from a nearby window, hoping to ambush Ryan, but its plan had failed.

Despite its limited intelligence—roughly that of a four or five-year-old child—it sensed danger. Yet, the temptation of devouring Ryan and evolving further was too great to ignore.

"Come on... waste~" Ryan taunted, curling his finger at the zombie. Though it didn’t understand the gesture, the provocation was clear.

The black zombie roared in fury, its feet cracking the concrete as it charged at Ryan like a cannonball.

The two clashed in a brutal fight. The zombie’s screams and the sickening sound of bones breaking filled the air. Their movements were so fast that an ordinary human would only see blurs.

Half a minute later, Ryan stood panting, while the black zombie lay on the ground, its limbs broken. Despite its resilience, it could no longer move, only howling in agony.

"Not bad, a decent warm-up..." Ryan muttered. A week into the apocalypse, a level three zombie was as strong as they came in this area. There wouldn’t be another one nearby.

Ryan pulled a long knife from his personal space and walked over to the immobilized zombie. With one swift motion, he decapitated it.

[Congratulations to the host for killing a level 3 zombie and earning 100 points.]

[Ding, level 3 zombie crystals detected, can be exchanged for points, or melted to increase system space]

Ryan used a long knife to break open the zombie’s head and retrieved a blue zombie crystal. This was the crystal of a third-level zombie. Even if exchanged for points, it would be worth a thousand points.

[Zombie crystals are formed by the evolutionary essence of zombies. They have the ability to strengthen physical fitness and carry a certain chance of helping the human body develop superpowers. The higher the level of the zombie crystal, the higher the chance of developing superpowers.]

[After swallowing the third-level zombie crystal, the chance of unlocking superpowers is 1%]

"Alas, this probability is much higher than that of a second-level zombie crystallization, but one percent is still a very small chance," Ryan sighed helplessly.

[Host, don’t worry. After the system mall is upgraded, you can use points to purchase superpowers. The superpowers that are activated after swallowing zombie crystals are very random.]