Zhang Yi was well aware that his talent, [Divine Enhancement], had the most significant advantage in the early stages. This was because most players wouldn't waste too many enhancement stones on low-level equipment early on.

However, in the mid to late stages, when equipment becomes more stable and the rate of replacement slows down, enhancing to level 25 would still be difficult. Yet, it would be relatively easy for an average player to enhance a full set of level 20 equipment. At that point, the difference between Zhang Yi and other players would be the few extra levels of enhancement. The advantage from his talent would only give him a slight edge, and he wouldn't be nearly invincible as he was now.

Therefore, Zhang Yi needed to maximize his advantage in the early stages to strengthen himself, widening the gap between him and other players, and expanding his advantage to the point where they couldn't catch up in the later stages.

Checking the time, he realized it was already 11:50 PM, with only ten minutes left until the end of the last day of the week.

In other words, in ten minutes, the Apocalypse world would open a new chapter, releasing new survival quests for all players. Those who hadn't reached a Safe Zone would be eliminated.

With ten minutes left, and only a few potions remaining in his backpack, Zhang Yi headed to the pharmacy.

While other players were reluctant to use even Level 2 Health Potions, Zhang Yi, who had obtained 50 Silver Coins through hidden quests and Two-Star Treasure Chests, spent 10 Silver Coins without hesitation to buy 100 bottles of Level 3 Health Potions, each restoring 300 health points. He also spent 2 Silver Coins to buy 40 bottles of Level 2 Mana Potions, each restoring 40 energy points.

After completing his supply run, the time was exactly midnight.

"Ding~ Dear players, a new week has begun, and this week's survival quest has been released. You can check it in the quest interface and complete the survival quest within the week, or face the penalty of death!"

"Congratulations to all players for receiving 1 Revival Chance as a reward for the new week! Enjoy the game!"

As the global announcement ended, countless players who hadn't completed last week's survival quest, [Find the Safe Zone], were suddenly struck by purple lightning and vanished into white light.

However, their deaths didn't attract much attention from other players.

Opening the quest interface, Zhang Yi confirmed the first survival quest for this week—

This Week's Survival Quest: Extreme Hunt (Normal Level)

Background: The Safe Zone can temporarily ensure your safety, but to survive in this world, you must complete survival quests according to the rules.

Quest Description: You need to kill 1,000 monsters with levels higher than your own within this week (Progress 0/1000).

Time Remaining: 7 days

Quest Reward: 1 Revival Chance

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Failure Penalty: Death (If you have a Revival Chance, it can negate death)

Since today was the first day of the server opening, even though it was already early morning, Hope Town's streets were bustling as if it were daytime. Countless players were coming and going, some happily teaming up with others to complete quests after finally receiving them at midnight, while others were returning from the wild to submit their completed quests.

Everything seemed normal, and no one had yet noticed the impending crisis.

Zhang Yi glanced at the "Logout" option in the bottom right corner of the main interface, which had been grayed out since he first entered the game.

Knowing the direction the future would take, Zhang Yi didn't think much of it.

His next task was to continue leveling up, reaching level 10 as soon as possible to complete his class change and achieve his goals.

So, relying on his memory, Zhang Yi headed to the blacksmith shop in town. There, he received a quest from the NPC shop owner to collect 100 wolf pelts—

[Collect Wolf Pelts] (Common Quest):

Quest Difficulty: 50

Description: With the outbreak of the apocalypse, countless Bio-Behemoths and alien monsters constantly covet the Safe Zones of the human race, hoping to one day break in and devour the humans inside. As the owner of Hope Town's blacksmith shop, Ili has a heavy responsibility to forge powerful armor and weapons for the guards daily, enabling them to protect their homeland. However, crafting these items requires a large amount of materials. Players are asked to follow the map's guidance to the [Dark Forest], hunt the Demonized Wild Wolves there, and collect wolf pelts to give to Ili.

Quest Progress: 0/100 (Wolf Pelts)

Quest Reward: 2000 EXP, 250 Copper Coins, 15 Level 1 Enhancement Stones, 1 Random Equipment, 30 Human Reputation

Time Remaining: 1 day

That's right, the NPC Ili that Zhang Yi saved in the previous hidden quest, [Guardian], was actually the owner of the blacksmith shop!

It's said that Ili is a top forging master in Hope Town. Even with a missing arm, it doesn't affect his ability to continue working in the forging industry.

So, Zhang Yi once again received a new quest from him.

On the surface, this seemed like a very ordinary quest, with the difficulty coefficient only 30 points higher than Zhang Yi's previous quest, [Patricide Revenge], and nothing particularly special about it.

Since the quest didn't have any hints, an average player encountering this quest would likely just go and kill the demon wolves, skin 100 wolf pelts, and submit the quest. However, Zhang Yi knew a special aspect of this quest: it could be submitted multiple times!

This was an opportunity Zhang Yi learned from other players in the same Safe Zone in his previous life. He remembered that this quest could be submitted up to 10 times. While the rewards for the first submission were normal, the rewards for the subsequent 9 submissions were slightly reduced compared to the first. However, if a player could submit this quest 10 times, they would receive an Ultimate Grand Prize!

In his previous life, Zhang Yi only heard about this secret after reaching level 10, causing him to miss this opportunity because he was too high level to accept the quest.

Choosing this quest was also because Zhang Yi didn't want to run back and forth, submitting and picking up new quests, which was too troublesome. This quest allowed Zhang Yi to focus on grinding in the [Dark Forest] for a day and a half. With the quest rewards and the loot from grinding, he should be able to reach level 10 and complete his class change by the time he finished the quest.

Moreover, completing this quest would also allow Zhang Yi to complete his survival quest, [Extreme Hunt], killing two birds with one stone.

So, after accepting the quest, Zhang Yi left the bustling Hope Town.

By the Revival Spring in Hope Town, a player dressed only in shorts, looking a bit pitiful but otherwise quite handsome, stood there angrily. It wasn't until several players with IDs prefixed by "King" hurried over from a distance.

"Cap... Captain, are you okay?" asked King's Return, trying to suppress his laughter as he looked at King's Glory, who was wearing red shorts.

"Okay, my ass!" King's Glory, who had been one-shotted by Yinuo Qingcheng with a hammer, dropping from level 3 to level 2 and losing his level 15 pants, kicked King's Return in frustration. "Take off your pants and give them to me, then tell the team to save all the enhancement stones from monster drops for me. 1 stone for 1000, and I'll transfer the money to your account tomorrow morning! Also, high-level equipment starts at 10,000! Save all good equipment for me!"

King's Return was stunned for a moment. "Huh?..."

"Huh, your ass!" King's Glory couldn't help but kick King's Return again. "Take off your pants, then pass on my orders!"

"Yinuo Qingcheng, dare to kill me? I'll make sure you can't survive in Zone 8!"