The messages in the regional chat were few, filled with complaints and cries for help. As for him killing a Dominator-level monster and his level significantly increasing, no one cared. Their lives were on the line, so who would bother with whether someone else leveled up or if an enemy was still alive?
Their immediate priority was to escape the monster siege and survive this crisis.
Reading the chat messages, Qin Feng understood that the monsters attacking them were not a coincidence but inevitable. Everyone in the entire region was under attack. The absence of monsters in the past few days was because they had all gathered together.
The larger the number of people in a team, the more monsters would attack them. He and Ye Shen were only two people, so only one Dominator-level monster attacked them. However, the Peace Alliance had thousands of people gathered together, so they were facing an astronomical number of monsters, including many Dominator-level ones.
When these monsters united, the combat power they generated was beyond human resistance, and it was something the idle people of these past few days could not contend with. This was the disaster he had predicted, and it had now become a reality.
These people were in for bad luck, but for him, it might be an opportunity. Because these monsters were gathered together, if he could eliminate them all at once, the experience, money, and treasure chests he would gain would be incredibly substantial, and his strength would increase by countless times.
Qin Feng withdrew from the chat and opened his attribute panel.
[Name]: Qin Feng
[Level]: 44 (44/9999)
[Reputation]: 1
[Strength]: 35
[Agility]: 38
[Constitution]: 20
[Spirit]: 25
[Talent]: SSS-class "Red Alert Domain"
[Skills]: None
[Combat Power]: 1
[Items]: T-Virus Original Solution, Zombie Heart, Flame Demon Core, Giant Wolf's Tooth, Foundation Establishment Pill, Golden Treasure Chest
[Gold]: 46000
Upon seeing the Golden Treasure Chest in his inventory, he directly chose to open it.
[Ding...]
[Congratulations on obtaining one "Peiyuan Pill." After consumption, it will increase all attributes and grant a 50 combat power boost. It also bestows cultivation aptitude, allowing you to understand cultivation-related books and techniques.]
[Congratulations on obtaining the high-tech item "Decomposition Furnace." By throwing items into the Decomposition Furnace, you can obtain the technological guidance methods for those items. Combined with the high-tech "Manufacturing Furnace," raw materials, and energy, you can perfectly replicate items.]
Seeing the two items he obtained, Qin Feng was overjoyed. This Peiyuan Pill was tailor-made for him.
Consuming this Peiyuan Pill would increase his combat power by 50 and significantly boost all his attributes, meaning all his stats would increase by 50 times, including Constitution and Spirit.
As long as his Spirit and Constitution increased, he could control more troops and wouldn't experience fatigue from bearing too much, unlike when dealing with demons.
A substantial increase in Spirit would also allow him to control more units. When dealing with demons, he could control a maximum of over a hundred people at once. If his Spirit could increase by 50 times, he could control a team of at least over a thousand people.
This would at least give him the ability to protect himself in this crisis-ridden region. If he played his cards right and developed well, he might even gain significant benefits from these monster hordes.
Therefore, he decided to consume the Peiyuan Pill immediately.
He already had a Foundation Establishment Pill that could increase his combat power by 20, and he had planned to consume it directly. However, for the sake of caution, he hadn't done so.
Combat power alone didn't bring him substantial improvement. When he obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill, he hadn't realized the importance of Spirit and Constitution for controlling his Red Alert troops. He had intended to save the Foundation Establishment Pill to exchange for something useful, but now it seemed that the most useful thing was an increase in strength.
An improvement in his own strength would allow him to control more people, further enhancing his overall combat power.
With this thought, he directly took out the Peiyuan Pill and put it into his mouth.
A warm current flowed down his throat into his abdomen, then circulated throughout his body.
At that moment, a massive surge of power erupted within him. His body suddenly became extremely hot, as if a raging fire was constantly moving within him.
Pain followed, and Qin Feng felt as if he couldn't even breathe.
In that instant, he felt a pang of regret. He hadn't expected the Peiyuan Pill to be so potent, its medicinal effects so intense. If he had known, he wouldn't have consumed it so readily. Perhaps dividing the Peiyuan Pill into several portions and taking them bit by bit would have yielded better results.
But he had no way of knowing these things, as it was his first time consuming such a cultivation-type medicine.
The intense pain made him feel as if he were on the verge of death. If his body couldn't withstand the medicinal power, he might very well die here. This was a greater threat than the monsters, stemming from his own greed.
A 50-fold increase in strength, a 50-fold increase in Constitution and Spirit, and a 50-fold increase in combat power were not things an ordinary person could endure.
His body's bones and meridians were undergoing changes, and the accompanying pain pushed Qin Feng to the brink of collapse.
Ye Shen, who was beside Qin Feng, sensed that something was wrong. The temperature inside the fortress suddenly rose, followed by Qin Feng's body.
He began to glow red, like a ball of fire. She was relatively close to Qin Feng and could even feel the heat waves hitting her.
Even an idiot would know what was happening. She looked at Qin Feng, who was clearly not right, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you? Why is your body so hot? What did you just put in your mouth?"
Ye Shen reached out and touched Qin Feng as she asked.
She immediately pulled her hand back because her fingers, which had touched Qin Feng, had already developed blisters. Qin Feng was now like a furnace, incredibly hot.
Ye Shen became even more flustered. She couldn't believe that a person could become like this. Qin Feng was no longer a person but clearly a furnace.
Qin Feng's clothes turned to ash, and his naked body was exposed to Ye Shen.
"Oh my god, what are you doing? Why did you suddenly become like this? What should I do?"
Ye Shen was extremely panicked. She knew something was wrong with Qin Feng, but she didn't know how to help.
She wanted to call for help, but she was the only one in the fortress.
So, she thought of the regional chat panel. Perhaps some kind person would be willing to help them.
As her consciousness immersed into the chat panel, she saw a public announcement.
It was the message that appeared when Qin Feng opened the Golden Treasure Chest.
Seeing what Qin Feng had obtained, Ye Shen suddenly understood. She realized why Qin Feng had become like this, likely due to consuming the Peiyuan Pill.
Ye Shen said helplessly, "I didn't expect consuming the Peiyuan Pill to be so dangerous. It's terrifying. How can I save you?"