According to Hu Tao and the others, verifying the world level meant observing the highest level of native creatures in that world, which would represent the world's overall level.

For a world like Duoluo, identifying the world level was quite simple. The highest level for ability users was Level 9, and Level 9 ability users were practically everywhere. Therefore, Duoluo was naturally a Level 9 world.

There were many top-tier worlds like this—at least a few dozen that had interacted with Duoluo. But for Li Chenzhou and his group, determining their world level wasn't so easy.

Li Chenzhou and his team were only at Level 3, but that didn't necessarily mean this world was a Level 3 world. No one knew if there was a Level 5 or even higher life form hiding somewhere!

Moreover, since Hu Tao and the others hadn't thoroughly researched world levels, they didn't know whether other life forms would immediately level up when one life form reached a higher level, or if they would continue to level up slowly, step by step, as before.

If they had to wait for a period of time, that would be a pain in the ass, because Li Chenzhou didn't know how long that would be!

However, thinking back to when they were in Qing City, that guy seemed to have leveled up to Level 3 as soon as Li Chenzhou and his team reached Level 3.

According to Li Chenzhou's guess, that guy was probably originally a Level 9 creature, but was unable to surpass them due to the world level suppression.

If Li Chenzhou were to use the evolutionary drug to become a Level 9 Awakened, it was likely that the Devourer in Qing City would also immediately become a Level 9 ability user.

This was why Li Chenzhou didn't immediately lead his people to destroy that guy after redeeming the castle at the stronghold base. Although that Devourer had powerful weapons, they couldn't even break through the fortress's defenses in the face of a war fortress.

The war fortress's external defense energy shield could also be replenished with Slaughter Points. In other words, if Li Chenzhou was inside the fortress, anyone who wanted to break through the fortress's defense energy shield would have to spend at least 3.5 billion of Li Chenzhou's Slaughter Points to do so.

3. 5 billion... that was definitely a staggering number!!!

At the same time, this was Li Chenzhou's confidence in launching a final battle with the Devourer. Therefore, he needed to drag the Duoluo world completely into the flames of war as soon as possible. Only in this way would those council members be willing to release their accumulated wealth and use large amounts of mutated crystal cores to purchase Li Chenzhou's goods.

Li Chenzhou wasn't yet clear on how powerful the Devourer actually was, so what he needed to do now was to desperately earn Slaughter Points—the more, the better!

Because Li Chenzhou had landed at the nearest point, he didn't know the name of the city ahead. It might be Lian City, or it might be Jin City. Both of these cities were coastal cities and were in this vicinity!

As he approached the city, Li Chenzhou saw that there was actually a relatively large base nearby. After hesitating for a moment, he still drove the car over!

Previously, Li Chenzhou generally didn't want to contact other human bases, because he had seen too much of the darkness of the apocalypse.

In the apocalypse, there were no moral laws, only the most basic law of the jungle. If the leader of the base was too greedy, he would definitely have ideas about his car.

It wasn't that Li Chenzhou was afraid of trouble, but he was mainly afraid that if a conflict arose, he would have to kill all the guys who had become enemies.

In that case, the strong people of that base would probably be wiped out by Li Chenzhou. What would happen to the remaining ordinary survivors?

Li Chenzhou would at least admit one thing, and that was that no matter what kind of person became the leader of a base, he would definitely want his base to be strong. Maybe he would be a little tyrannical or have other problems, or even bully men and women, or even be bloodthirsty.

But it was undeniable that it was these leaders who established the bases that allowed more people to survive. Maybe they lived a miserable life in the base, but without this base, most people might have already died of hunger!

The reason why Li Chenzhou didn't want to have conflicts with other bases was also because of this. If he killed the leader of a base and his followers, then this base might directly disappear. Without those strong people, the base would definitely not be able to maintain itself.

However, Li Chenzhou was in a hurry now, so he couldn't care so much. At least, he should go over and ask about the situation first. If there were really any guys in this base who didn't have eyes, then he might as well show off his strength first to shock them!

This base was built quite well. There was a river outside the city that ran directly through the city, and the leader of the base actually built this base next to a section of the river.

Moreover, his walls surrounded the river as well, so that the river passed right through the middle of his base. At least, this way, there was no need to worry about water sources, and there was no danger when fetching water.

The walls couldn't cut off the river, of course. Therefore, the walls built by this base leader went directly over the river, and below, there were steel bar fences welded with steel bars, which could both support the walls and prevent other large creatures from entering! It could be said to kill two birds with one stone!

And this river allowed Li Chenzhou to confirm that this city was called Jin City, because Lian City didn't have a river running through the city!

When he arrived at the entrance of the base, Li Chenzhou stopped about ten meters away from the gate. The people in the base had already discovered him. At this time, on a wooden watchtower inside the gate, there were several combat members staring closely at Li Chenzhou!

"I'm a survivor from Qi City. Can I ask about something?"

Li Chenzhou didn't use teleportation, but instead opened the car door normally, got out of the car, and walked forward, looking up at the people above and asking.

"What's the matter?"

A strong man saw that Li Chenzhou wasn't holding any weapons, and his expression relaxed a little. He looked down and asked.

"I want to know if there are any zombie hordes or other powerful mutated beasts in Jin City?"

Li Chenzhou asked.

Because several cities in a row had problems in their central areas, Li Chenzhou wanted to ask the people here first. They were from Jin City, so they were naturally the most familiar with Jin City.

Otherwise, if he went to find them himself, he might not even know where the city center was. After all, nowadays, almost any slightly larger city would have more than one business district.

"Zombie horde? Yes, there is one in the middle of Renmin Road, at Qian Da Plaza. There is a very large zombie horde there, estimated to be at least seventy to eighty thousand. Anyway, we don't dare to get close to it. Why are you asking this?"

The strong man was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied.

"A zombie horde of seventy to eighty thousand?"

Li Chenzhou raised his eyebrows. Such a huge zombie horde was probably something that even Xiaoya couldn't completely control now. Could it be... that there really was a Level 4 or higher zombie lord? Wouldn't that mean that the world level here has already...