Chapter 20: Mission Accomplished, The Necklace of Concealment

Zombie heads flew through the air as putrid blood sprayed everywhere!

However... the surrounding zombies were not decreasing; instead, they were multiplying, growing more numerous by the second! Ye Feng was trapped in a heavy encirclement.

"A suicidal human-wave tactic—quite effective, I’ll give them that!"

"If I only possessed the ability of Chaos Divine Lightning, I might really have been worn down to death here."

"Fortunately, I am an all-around warrior!"

A faint smirk played on the corners of Ye Feng's mouth.

The next moment, he bent his knees slightly and launched himself with all his might, soaring high into the air and leaping tens of meters away in a single bound. Before the zombies could react, Ye Feng continued to sprint, shaking them all off his trail.

"My speed and jumping power absolutely crush these zombies!"

This scene, witnessed by others, left them stunned.

"My god, is he even human? Did he just jump away?"

"That’s a jump? It’s no different from flying!"

"Damn, even other superpowered individuals aren't this outrageous!"

Ye Feng ran along the street and quickly exited the residential compound. However, as long as he moved through the streets, zombies would swarm toward him. Thus, a large group of zombies soon followed behind him again. After cutting down a few more, Ye Feng performed several long leaps, vaulting onto another street. He randomly found an abandoned shop, dispatched the few zombies inside with a few slashes, and barricaded the door with debris.

Only then did Ye Feng let out a breath of relief and find a place to sit down.

He tapped to claim his daily task reward.

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for completing the task. Reward: Bait +20 units!]

Task complete!

Ye Feng felt a surge of joy and opened his phone. In his messages, Lin Xiaoxiao’s profile picture was blinking incessantly. Ye Feng tapped to open them.

"I was afraid of distracting you from the fight, so I didn't reach out... Talk to me when you have time. Please, stay safe."

Ye Feng smiled and sent an "OK" emoji.

"Ye Feng, did you know? A superpowered individual who can release lightning just appeared in our compound!" Lin Xiaoxiao sent another message.

"That person is me!" Ye Feng smiled slightly and responded immediately.

Lin Xiaoxiao’s mouth hung open, her eyes wide with utter shock! After a moment of stunned silence, she quickly continued to reply.

"My god! You’re also a lightning-type superpowered individual?"

"Spatial, Divine Blessing, Lightning... You are just too strong! How can you do everything?"

"The superpowered people I see online aren't like this at all!"

Lin Xiaoxiao was overjoyed and incredibly excited. He was truly her man. So strong!

Ye Feng smiled faintly.

"By the way, Ye Feng, our community group chat is blowing up because of you!" Lin Xiaoxiao messaged again.

Ye Feng raised an eyebrow and opened the community group. A long stream of messages scrolled past.

"A lightning-type superpowered individual, so strong!"

"Hahaha, let him show off. Now he’s surrounded, he’s dead for sure. Satisfying!"

"..."

"Damn, he actually got away? That’s too ridiculous! He can jump too well!"

"Damn superpowered bastard, refusing to help those in need!"

"To the person above, if you piss him off, what’s stopping him from just killing you?"

"Yeah, times have changed!"

"Exactly, order has collapsed. Might makes right now!"

"I'm so envious... I want to be a superpowered individual too!"

Ye Feng casually browsed through the messages and then closed his phone.

"Time to get down to business."

Ye Feng focused his thoughts. He had completed the daily task for 20 units of bait. Adding the 10 units rewarded by the system earlier that morning, he had:

[Bait]: 30 units.

He could fish 30 more times!

Ye Feng whispered in his heart: "System, start fishing!"

The next moment, the system notification chimed.

[Notification: Fishing in progress...]

Ye Feng waited with anticipation.

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Long-grain fragrant rice +100 bags!]

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Philips electric toothbrush +5 units!]

"Give me something good!" Ye Feng gave a helpless smile.

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: 'Mermaid 2' movie DVD +10 discs!]

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Rare-grade item: Stealth Necklace +1!]

Stealth Necklace?

Ye Feng’s eyes lit up. The name sounded like actual gear. Could it be that he had fished up something good right from the start?

[Notification: Fishing in progress...]

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Lay's potato chips +100 bags!]

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Chinese Yuan +10,000!]

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Stainless steel screwdriver +3!]

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Damaged copper wrench +10!]

What the hell?

Ye Feng’s face darkened. Potato chips were edible, and there were plenty of them. But what was the use of Chinese Yuan? It was too hard to even use as toilet paper. And these screwdrivers and wrenches... had he fallen into a renovation company or a hardware store?

"System, give me something good!"

The system notifications continued.

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Electric drill +5!]

[Notification: Congratulations to the host for a successful catch. Obtained: Angle grinder +10!]

Another huge pile of tools!

"Stop! Stop fishing!"

Ye Feng couldn't take it anymore! Was the system just going to insist on giving him renovation tools? Were these things useless? Certainly not. But Ye Feng could get these in reality! What Ye Feng wanted were extraordinary powers, items, skills, and abilities!

After stopping the fishing, Ye Feng focused his mind and opened his panel.

[Bait]: 8 units.

Ye Feng rubbed his chin. He would save these eight fishing chances for later. Perhaps his luck would turn around eventually.

He then concentrated and retrieved the only useful harvest from this session: the Stealth Necklace.

*Swish!*

An exquisite necklace radiating a blue, flowing light appeared in Ye Feng’s hand. He tapped to view the item details.

[Item]: Stealth Necklace
[Quality]: Rare
[Description]: The Stealth Necklace possesses magical power. It can absorb the aura of a species, causing ordinary members of that species to turn a blind eye to the wearer. (Contact the necklace with a member of a species for 5 minutes to absorb its aura.)

Ye Feng’s eyes lit up, filled with joy.

Haha! It really was a good item!

In his previous life, humanity had long since confirmed that zombies were a species unto themselves. If he absorbed a zombie’s aura into the necklace, wouldn't he be able to ignore ordinary zombies and walk down the street as he pleased?