I Build a Floating City in the Apocalypse – Chapter 64

Chapter 64

“Carapace, and spider legs?”

Fang Bai looked at the locations on the Spider-man’s body where elemental fluctuations still lingered.

He sensed residual elemental nodes within the carapace on the spider part of the Spider-man and in the upper halves of the front two spider legs. These nodes were quite stable, with no signs of further elemental energy loss.

Moreover, a relatively complete energy structure remained on the carapace, which delighted Fang Bai.

Fang Bai carefully removed the spider carapace with a steel knife. Looking at this spider carapace, which was nearly a square meter in size, he gently sensed the energy structure within it.

The structure only occupied an area about the size of two palms. Fang Bai used his Mental Power to transport some earth elemental energy into the energy structure.

Immediately, a pale red barrier emerged from the carapace, but it flickered only a few times before disappearing.

Insufficient earth elemental energy.

However, when Fang Bai placed a Crystal Core against the carapace and channeled the earth elemental power within it into the carapace, a stable pale red barrier formed directly.

“It can still be used; this part of the energy structure is well-preserved.”

Fang Bai looked at the carapace, which was about a square meter in size. After pondering for a moment, he pulled out his steel knife, placed the carapace on the ground, positioned the blade against it, and struck it with a stone.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

After several strikes, the hard and resilient carapace was cut open by the steel knife.

“The hardness of this carapace is probably no less than that of some equipment.”

Fang Bai said softly. It took him a lot of effort to separate the excess parts from the carapace, leaving only a piece about the size of two palms.

With a thought, he channeled some earth elemental energy into it, and a pale red barrier about a square meter in size appeared, no different from before.

The energy structure was not affected, and Fang Bai smiled when he saw this. He immediately placed the carapace in his bow bag.

Fang Bai then picked up two segments of limbs, about a meter long each. These limb segments also contained a considerable amount of residual earth elemental energy, which should be useful. Fang Bai put them away.

“Actually, these carapaces can also be utilized, but they are not easy to collect.”

Fang Bai frowned slightly. The Spider-man stood over three meters tall, nearly four meters. Such a massive creature had a lot of carapace on its body, so much so that it would be inconvenient for Fang Bai to carry even if he collected it all.

Although the carapace and limb segments that Fang Bai took away were far more valuable than the remaining carapace, as a semi-hoarder, Fang Bai was still reluctant to waste and abandon them.

After pondering for a moment, Fang Bai took out a sheet of white paper and wrote on it:

“Gaoxin No. 6 Primary School playground, one Spider-man corpse, carapace and limb segments can be collected. If you have space, the entire corpse can be taken back.”

After writing, Fang Bai put the paper away, looked around, and saw the shattered fragments of the flesh cocoon. He walked over and scanned them with his Mental Power but found that they no longer had any value.

After confirming that he had extracted all the usable value from the area, both in terms of knowledge and materials, Fang Bai turned and left the school. As he left, an idea came to him.

“Let’s find a hardware store first.”

Fang Bai thought. He wanted to try out his idea, which should be feasible.

Hardware stores were common. Fang Bai found one in no time and went straight in, closing the door behind him. After finding an electric drill, a few steel bars, and a roll of wire, Fang Bai took out the carapace, examined it, pondered, and used a pen to sketch and write on it.

After finishing the design, Fang Bai first used the electric drill to make four holes in the carapace, fixed two steel bars to it, and then clamped the Crystal Core between the two steel bars, securing it in place.

Finally, he used the wire to thread through the steel bars and tie the carapace to his left wrist guard. After twisting it left and right to ensure it was firmly fixed, Fang Bai looked himself up and down.

The carapace, the size of two palms, was attached to his left forearm and was inconspicuous, appearing very natural.

Fang Bai tried various movements, such as drawing his bow and slashing, and found that there was no impact, just as if he wasn’t wearing it.

“Good, lightweight, compact, and it doesn’t affect my combat. I just don’t know how effective it is.”

Fang Bai focused his mind, and the earth elemental energy within the Crystal Core was guided into the carapace. In an instant, a pale red barrier about a square meter in size formed.

Fang Bai swung his left arm, and the pale red barrier moved with it, like a giant arm shield. With another thought, he stopped the flow of earth elemental energy, and the shield flickered before disappearing.

Fang Bai looked at this small arm shield with a smile on his face.

“It can be turned on and off at any time, it doesn’t affect movement at all, and its defense is not bad either. Although this arm shield is not equipment and cannot increase attribute values, in terms of value, it is probably no worse than top-grade green equipment, or even higher.”

Fang Bai was very satisfied with this arm shield that he had crafted purely by hand on a whim.

After completing a series of usage tests, Fang Bai stood at the entrance of the hardware store and pondered.

“I don’t know if the Spider-man situation is an isolated case or a common phenomenon.

If it’s an isolated case, then it’s fine. But if it’s a common phenomenon, wouldn’t that mean that many high-level monsters are still in the process of gestation within flesh cocoons? Still in the growth stage?”

Fang Bai’s heart stirred at the thought. Although it seemed like he had easily killed the Spider-man, in reality, the Spider-man’s true strength was definitely more than what it had shown.

The Spider-man was simply interrupted during its gestation process, and its carapace was already breached when it was still soft.

Fang Bai had noticed that the energy structure of the carapace on the Spider-man’s body surface was interconnected and formed a unified whole. The damage to the carapace from the two arrows in the early stages not only created gaps in the carapace but also greatly reduced the overall strength of the carapace.

If he had been dealing with a Spider-man with an intact carapace and a complete, integrated structure, Fang Bai felt that he might have won, but it wouldn’t have been so easy. He might even have been forced to use spells.

At the very least, if the Spider-man had started running, Fang Bai would have been in trouble.

“If these high-level monsters and high-level zombies are generally like this, then now is the best time to hunt them!”

Fang Bai’s heart was set. He immediately took out the paper map he was carrying and marked schools, shopping malls, and factories on it one by one.

Then he planned a route on the map that passed through these schools, shopping malls, and factories.

When planning, this route always lingered and hovered on the edge of Stone City. Not a single point went deep into Stone City, not even a little bit.

“Fighting monsters of this level creates too much commotion. If I go too deep and attract another monster of this level while fighting, it’ll be over.”

After planning the route, Fang Bai memorized it and turned to leave.

However, as soon as he stepped out the door, he heard a suppressed cry for help.

“Help me!”

Fang Bai turned his head and looked up. On the balcony of a four-story building next door, he saw a young woman with a graceful figure and bright eyes wielding a Han sword, being forced back by a Mutated Large Zombie. During the fight, the young woman saw Fang Bai and quickly called out to him for help.

Fang Bai frowned upon seeing this and nocked an arrow. But just as he took out the arrow, the young woman was knocked off the balcony by an attack from the Mutated Large Zombie.

Fang Bai’s brow furrowed. He took a few steps forward, leaped into the air, caught the young woman, and landed on the ground.

“Thank you.”

The young woman’s voice rang out.

“You’re welcome.”

Fang Bai separated from the young woman as they landed. He rolled to his feet and quickly stood up, nocking an arrow. The young woman beside him was not far behind. As Fang Bai drew his bow, she was already standing beside him, holding her sword and looking up cautiously. Then she saw the Mutated Large Zombie rushing down the wall, instantly shot dead by Fang Bai’s arrow, its body falling to the ground.

The young woman beside him saw Fang Bai’s swift movements, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

“So strong…”

The young woman thought in amazement. Then she turned to Fang Bai, holding her Han sword and slightly cupping her hands in greeting.

“Hello, my name is Su Jun. Thank you.”

“Yes, you’re welcome. My name is Fang Bai.”

Fang Bai put away his arrow, nodded in acknowledgment, and turned to leave. There were still monsters to kill, and he was in a hurry.