Apocalyptic Sequence

Chapter 27 The Only Way

Golden Treasure Chest!

Without hesitation, Lu Fan decisively opened the golden treasure chest.

The next second, golden light burst forth inside the house, illuminating Lu Fan's face.

[Hint: You have obtained the secret medicine recipe 'Mystic Scholar' (the only way to obtain it)!]

Secret...secret medicine formula?

Lu Fan, who was rubbing his hands, was stunned for a moment, not expecting that he could come up with a secret medicine formula.

According to his original plan, after finishing his business, he would go to the Silvermoon Fortress Affairs Bureau to spend 10,000 military merit points to obtain the secret medicine recipe and corresponding extraordinary materials, and then make the secret medicine to advance to the extraordinary level.

But to my utter surprise, when I opened a golden treasure chest, I actually got a secret medicine recipe.

And it's the 'only way'!

According to Xiao Yu, the extraordinary individuals obtained through the unique pathway are far stronger than those obtained through the normal pathway.

For example, a "Prayer" was born in the capital. He was the only one who possessed power far exceeding that of ordinary extraordinary individuals.

Of course, the person making the request was also coveted by others and needed official protection.

This is currently the only case in the entire Eastern Federation.

This demonstrates the rarity and immense power of the unique pathway.

Now, Lu Fan has also obtained the only way.

"I must become a cryptic scholar!"

Without hesitation, Lu Fan decisively abandoned his original plan and opted to advance to the occult scholar level instead.

Then, he looked at the esoteric scholar's secret medicine formula.

[Secret Scholar (The Only Path)]

Main ingredients: 3 laurel petals, 1 zombie brain core.

Additional materials: 20g rose essential oil, 100g pure water, and two strands of hair from a young woman.

Production process: Crush laurel petals, add rose essential oil and pure water and stir. Finally, add a zombie brain core and two strands of hair from a young woman.

After reading the secret medicine formula, Lu Fan's face lit up with joy.

Of the two items needed for the main material, he had already obtained the zombie brain core.

Only laurel petals remain to be found. However, according to Xiao Yu's previous description of Silvermoon Fortress, there is a regularly held black market in the thirteenth street of the residential area.

He should be able to find the items he needs on the black market.

If you really can't find it, you can ask Xiao Yu for help and exchange favors for the item.

Finally, in addition to the golden treasure chest, Lu Fan also received 1500 experience points.

Including his original 600+ experience points, his accumulated experience points reached an astonishing 2100+.

2100 experience points are enough to level up the Black Tiger Blade Technique a few more times.

However, Lu Fan had an even bolder idea.

If I advance to the level of a Mystic, I should then possess new and extraordinary abilities.

If you invest 2100 experience points into extraordinary abilities, you can definitely upgrade the most important ability to level 10.

A level 10 extraordinary ability might be more powerful than a level 20 Black Tiger Blade Technique.

After all, upgrading the Black Tiger Blade Technique after level 15 is too difficult. The experience points required for each level have increased from 400 to 600. At level 2100, it's not even enough to level up 4 times. It's better to use the experience points to upgrade extraordinary abilities.

This is a plan for the future.

Finally, there was a bronze treasure chest in the backpack. Lu Fan opened it and unexpectedly obtained three exorcism bullets, which were just enough to replenish the consumption of the exorcist's gun.

After determining his goal of becoming a cryptic scholar, Lu Fan, without even having dinner, immediately went to the opposite door on the third floor and knocked on Han Xueyan's door.

Boom boom boom!

Hearing a knock at the door, Han Xueyan checked the peephole and confirmed it was Lu Fan. She immediately opened the door and said:

"Wait a minute, I'm making dinner. I just picked up my monthly food rations from the secret service."

"Shall we eat together?"

"No, I have something to do." Lu Fan declined the other party's kindness and said urgently, "Quickly lend me two strands of hair, I need them urgently."

"Huh?" Han Xueyan was stunned for a moment, but still plucked two black hairs from her head.

"Thanks!"

Lu Fan took the hair and hurriedly went downstairs.

"What a big idiot..."

Han Xueyan felt a little resentful. She and the other person had just established a relationship, and they should have been inseparable at that time.

But Lu Fan left in a hurry, leaving only his back view, which made her feel like, "I've already taken my pants off, and this is what you show me?" She was extremely annoyed.

Running all the way to Block 13, Lu Fan could see the black market with its many stalls in the distance.

The entire black market stretched from one end of the street to the other, with each stall displaying items that might be related to extraordinary powers. After all, the existence of extraordinary individuals was no longer a secret.

Serving the extraordinary is the destiny of the black market.

Lu Fan stepped into the black market, his eyes scanning the stalls, searching for laurel petals.

Soon, he saw a stall that specialized in selling flowers, with a large number of fresh flowers and herbs on display. Clearly, many of the extraordinary individuals' secret medicine formulas were related to herbs.

Therefore, there are stalls in the black market that specialize in selling such items.

The vendor was a middle-aged man, dressed in flip-flops and a white vest, looking every bit the landlord.

"Do you have laurel petals?"

Lu Fan stepped forward and asked the other party.

"have!"

The middle-aged man nodded hurriedly and took a potted plant from the shelf. The plant on it was a laurel.

"This is a post-apocalyptic world; it's not easy to find this thing outside."

"I'll sell it to you for a discount, 10 military merit points."

The middle-aged man quoted a price directly.

Lu Fan pretended to hesitate and looked troubled: "Ten military merit points are too expensive. As you know, ordinary people can only receive a small amount of military merit points per month—30 points."

"Moreover, you can only receive military merit points for free during the first two months after joining Silvermoon Fortress."

"These military merit points are only enough for daily living expenses."

Han Xueyan used this military merit when she went to the administration office to collect her monthly rations.

With only 30 points, they have to cover a month's food expenses.

This demonstrates just how astonishing the purchasing power of military merit points is.

"My offer isn't too expensive, 10 military merit points, you can probably afford it if you grit your teeth..."

The middle-aged man tried to bargain, but Lu Fan turned around and pretended to leave.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'll give you 7 military merit points, that's the lowest I can give you."

The middle-aged man had no choice but to reveal his bottom line. The next moment, Lu Fan turned around with a smile, took out his phone, opened the app "Fortress Life" that he had downloaded beforehand, clicked the payment button, and transferred 7 military merit points to the middle-aged man.

【Fortress Life】is an app developed by the Eastern Federation that allows users to control their military merit accounts.

As long as the network remains uninterrupted, Silvermoon Fortress, like other fortresses, adopts mobile payment functionality, greatly reducing the difficulty of currency circulation.

It can only be said that even in a post-apocalyptic environment, nothing can stop people from going online.

In most novels, the arrival of the apocalypse is accompanied by scenes of internet outages, but these scenes don't actually happen in reality.

Even within the city of Jinling, as long as there are no large-scale geological disasters, the network facilities that continue to operate can last for at least three or four years without any network outages.

After obtaining the laurel flowers, Lu Fan bought rose essential oil from other stalls and immediately returned to his residence.

Then, using a measuring cup he bought on the way, he poured in 100 grams of pure water and began to prepare the secret medicine.

A few minutes later, a cup of secret medicine filled with a dark blue color appeared in his field of vision.

"This is the 'Secret Scholar's' secret medicine..."

Lu Fan forced himself to swallow the secret medicine, suppressing his nausea.

The next moment, he felt his whole body getting hot, as if he had returned to the feeling of having a fever when he was a child, but this discomfort subsided quickly, probably because his physical attributes came into play.

After all, Lu Fan's physical attributes are superior to those of ordinary people, and his success rate in taking the secret medicine is almost perfect.

When the dizziness and fever subsided, Lu Fan felt relaxed all over, as if he had inexhaustible energy.

At this moment, he successfully advanced to the rank of 'Secret Scholar'.

[Notification: You have successfully activated the 'Mystic' class!]

[Hint: You have mastered lockpicking (Lv.1)!]

[Hint: You have mastered the magic trick (Lv.1)!]

[Hint: You have mastered the Arcane Eye (Lv.1)!]