The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse

The aftermath left a considerable number of the rat swarm dead, hauled back by the unscathed rats.

In any case, the outcome was promising.

With Fisher dead, Gomez dismissed his doubts.

The Pinned Gang was quickly becoming his eyes and ears.

Emerging from the residential area.

Cardboard boxes were neatly stacked at the roadside.

Inside each, lined with strips of cotton cloth, lay all sorts of collected glass cups, porcelain bowls, and other daily necessities.

Li Yahong and her crew must have gathered them as per Wu Heng’s orders.

The main reason for Wu Heng renting a shop was to sell these items.

To him, they were cost-free and highly user-friendly.

They were in considerable demand in Black Stone Town. The moment he put them on sale, they would sell out within half an hour.

Such items would seemingly have no issues selling in Lundham City.

Wu Heng gave a glance, re-sealed the boxes, and ordered the skeleton to move them into a room within the residential area.

Before long, Li Yahong’s crew arrived from afar, carrying more boxes.

“This is only the collection from two buildings. We might be short-staffed if we want to collect from everywhere,” said Li Yahong.

According to Wu Heng, there was so much to collect.

If they were to rely solely on their team’s manpower, it would take quite some time to comb through a residential area.

After a moment’s thought, Wu Heng responded, “I will arrange for some skeletons to help you when the time comes.”

“That would be helpful. If needed, I plan on bringing more people over from the prison to speed up the collection process.”

“That could work!”

“Then next time we transport supplies, I will bring more people along.”

Wu Heng nodded.

After pausing to think, Li Yahong continued, “We’ve almost used up all the steel pipes and grinding wheels. I know of a place, a construction store’s warehouse.”

“Alright, we’ll check it out tomorrow during daylight. We’ll have the vehicles ready to haul back a large load.”

“Okay!” Li Yahong nodded.

After chatting for a while, they went their separate ways.

…

Wu Heng returned to his place through the boundary door.

Upon entering his study, the four Skeleton Ghost Hags were still reading their magic books.

One couldn’t exactly say they were shirking.

Various magical formulas filled the prepared sheets of paper.

They were, as always, very diligent.

Sitting at his desk, Wu Heng took out the recently acquired “Book of Runes” and laid it open on the table.

He’d found this book using the Snake Badge Consortium’s credentials from the Blood Worship Sect’s leader.

Due to the business with Fisher and Gomez, he hadn’t had the time to study it.

Now was a good time to look into it.

He was rather curious about the various magical items of this world.

He carefully read the book after opening it.

According to the book’s explanation.

Runes were arcane symbols etched onto weapons, equipment, or specific items to gain enhanced effects.

Different runes provided different effects and could also be customised according to the user’s requirements.

This allowed Wu Heng to learn a new term: ‘etching’.

The Book of Necromancy mentioned the making of a ‘Magical Scroll’ using ‘inscribing’ while ‘etching’ was used for runes here.

The world’s terms were rather rigorous; there must be a difference between the two.

There were two types of rune-making, ‘Basic Runes’ and ‘Magical Runes’.

Basic Runes provided basic enhancements to items, such as making weapons sharper or heavier upon impact to increase damage.

Magical Runes were easier to comprehend. The etching itself was a magical effect. For instance, his ‘Hunting ring’ and ‘Hallucination incense burner’ belonged to the Magical Rune type.

Besides those used directly in battles or to assist battles, some items were used in daily life.

For instance, the book mentioned the ‘Firestone ring’, which gave a traveling party the ability to start a fire in the wild.

There was also a ‘Constant Flame bathtub’, which could maintain a specific water temperature.

The bathtub Wen Mansha had must be this kind; she and Wu Heng had frolicked in it for quite some time, but the water temperature never changed.

They didn’t pay much attention to the water temperature at the time, but now, reflecting on it, Wu Heng guessed it must be a magical item after all.

“Different development paths dictate different sets of accessories,” Wu Heng mused.

The modern world is mostly dependent on electricity, with all accessories relating to electricity.

This world, however, is magic-oriented. With runes reaching incredible effects.

He skimmed through the content of the later part.

This book primarily explains the subjects about runes and doesn’t teach how to make them.

Yet, for “outsiders” like Wu Heng, it was quite helpful.

It gave him a deeper understanding of runes.

Just as he was flipping through the pages of the book.

A system announcement appeared.

[Summoned Being – Skeleton Ghost Hag, unlocked skill ‘Evil Explosion Skill’.]

Huh?

Wu Heng looked sideways.

One of the Skeleton Ghost Hags slowly stood up, placed the magic book back on the bookshelf, then picked up another one.

Moving back to her original spot, she resumed reading.

A Ghost Hag had finally unlocked a skill.

So much time had passed that Wu Heng almost believed that skeletons were incapable of learning skills.

Now that one had unlocked a skill, he knew they were merely slow learners due to their low intelligence.

Closing the Book of Runes, he returned it to the bookshelf behind him.

He went downstairs for some sword practicing before retiring to his room for rest and sleep.

…

The next day.

The Zombie World.