Chapter 25 The Carp Monster
At one o'clock in the afternoon, a light rain began to fall again. Jiang Baiyue put on her straw hat and put the eggplants she was about to give up on back into her backpack.
She spent the whole morning exploring the area near Space Station 1, popped three Level 0 morgue sacs, and discovered a road leading to another area.
There were five body sacs scattered around the intersection. Jiang Baiyue noticed that the intervals between each body sac were very small, and disturbing one body sac would disturb the others.
Even with two mercenaries, she found it difficult to clear out.
At this moment, the outermost sac near a hot pot restaurant produced 6 more zombies.
She waited for the zombie to approach on its own, and after attacking it, she discovered that it was a level 1 zombie.
Therefore, the mortuary sac must be at least level 1.
Without hesitation, she gave up and didn't force the issue. Instead, she decided to explore the quarantine area that had been cleared out the day before.
"Stop! Don't run!"
"Catch them! They stole my carrots!"
"Grab them!"
As she turned the corner, Jiang Baiyue suddenly heard shouts and heard a lot of footsteps. She immediately opened the door of the house next door, quietly closed it, and locked it from the inside.
Two mercenaries also rushed in quickly.
Hiding in the shadows, she first saw two women running ahead in a panic, their coats over their heads, followed by a group of men and women wearing raincoats and straw hats.
The sound grew closer and closer. After the crowd ran past, their figures disappeared at the intersection where Jiang Baiyue had come from. She waited another 20 minutes before pushing open the door and leaving.
In the past few days, she has witnessed several robberies, betrayals, and treachery from afar.
Jiang Baiyue no longer dared to be as kind as she was on the first day, helping everyone she met.
Moreover, there were quite a few people chasing the two women this time.
Judging from the direction, it seems to have come from the lake area... There should be a base or camp there.
When they passed a small lake, a red-eyed fish suddenly jumped out of the water and spat water at Jiang Baiyue. Mercenary Number One immediately pulled her away.
"Thanks."
Having narrowly escaped death, Jiang Baiyue was furious and wanted to shoot the fish with her crossbow, but the fish sank back to the bottom of the water.
There are no fish monsters in the game demo.
Thinking that this was a newly appeared monster, Jiang Baiyue wanted to test it out. She held up her double crossbow and carefully approached the edge of the lake.
When she was about a meter away from the edge of the lake, two fish jumped out of the water at once. This time she was prepared and immediately moved her arm to shoot at one of the fish.
With a splash, one arrow struck the fish monster, while the other missed and fell into the water.
【Carp Monster (Lv0: 14/30)】
The carp monster didn't die, it was only injured and fell back into the water.
Jiang Baiyue stepped back and put away her double-arrow crossbow.
That's a huge loss. It can't be killed in one shot, and the crossbow bolts can't be retrieved.
"You can't do it like that. You have to use a fishing rod to catch it."
A pleasant voice rang out from behind, and Jiang Baiyue turned around to look.
A man wearing a straw hat and sportswear and a woman in a short skirt emerged from behind the bushes.
The two men each took out a fishing rod. The man walked straight to a spot about 2 meters away from the lake, baited his hook, cast his line, and began fishing.
The woman in the short skirt said to Jiang Baiyue, "Your clothes are quite clean. Did you find them while scavenging for supplies? Do you have any extras? I can trade you my fishing rod."
She had wanted to change her clothes for a long time; in this dangerous world, short skirts were simply not convenient for movement.
The temperature continued to drop, and it was even colder now that it was raining; she was very sensitive to the cold.
On the day the game appeared, she was jogging on the school playground when she was unexpectedly transported to this post-apocalyptic world.
The man in the sportswear seemed to notice something and quickly put away his fishing rod.
"Quick, hide! I can hear those people's voices!"
The man's voice was low and serious, creating a tense atmosphere. Jiang Baiyue subconsciously followed the two and ran behind the bushes to squat down.
The two mercenaries didn't understand, but silently followed.
"From now on, San'er, you, Xiao Li, Xiao Chen, and Xiao He, the four of you will patrol and protect our resource points together. San'er, you'll be the team leader..."
"Yes, Uncle Wei!"
Four loud voices rang out in unison.
A group of familiar faces came into Jiang Baiyue's view; they were the same group that had been chasing the two women earlier.
The woman in the short skirt put her finger to her lips, repeatedly telling Jiang Baiyue to keep quiet.
Jiang Baiyue was even more puzzled. Were these two also afraid of that group of people?
After the group of people walked away, the two women in short skirts still didn't move. The five of them squatted for another 10 minutes or so before the women in short skirts finally got up and went to check the situation in the direction the group of people had left.
The man in the tracksuit waited for the woman in the short skirt to return and give him a signal before continuing to fish.
"It's a good thing you didn't say anything. Those people are crazy."
The woman in the short skirt paused, seemingly organizing her thoughts, and said, "You're not from our camp? I don't think I've seen you before?"
Jiang Baiyue: "I'm from the Baiyue Base, which is quite far from here, in another quarantine zone."
The woman in the short skirt exclaimed in shock, "You, you're so strong! I heard there are a lot of zombies guarding the passages between the quarantine zones!"
Seeing that Jiang Baiyue didn't speak, the woman in the short skirt continued to explain what had just happened, and her tone became warmer.
"...That Uncle Wei gathered a group of middle-aged and elderly people, oh, and their children...and then, taking advantage of their numbers, they started to directly seize nearby resource points."
"They forbid us solo players from getting close to their resource points, and I heard they even scam newbies, specifically targeting the easy targets."
"Although we are not afraid of them, they are a group of old people who are really filthy and shameless. So when we found out that we could fish in the lake, we didn't dare to let anyone know and had to fish in secret."
After the woman in the short skirt finished speaking, she took out a fishing rod and gestured to indicate whether she wanted to exchange it or not.
Jiang Baiyue frowned and nodded, which was very domineering.
"I have a tracksuit set left, can I exchange it for a fishing rod? What kind of bait do you use?"
"Is one fishing rod enough for you? Isn't your companion using it?"
The woman in the short skirt looked at the two people dressed in black and masked. They didn't look like her companions, but rather like bodyguards.
What an incredibly lucky young lady! She's been transported to a game and hasn't even separated from her bodyguard yet, and the bodyguard is still so loyal.
I'm so jealous!
The mercenary bodyguards could only be equipped with two weapons. They brought their own rifle, and Jiang Baiyue gave them a wooden axe. They couldn't have anything else.
Moreover, a fishing rod shouldn't be considered a weapon.
Bang bang—!
Suddenly, the man in the tracksuit pulled the line, dragging the carp monster ashore. He quickly took out a wooden stick and hit the carp monster several times, killing it and leaving behind some items.
Jiang Baiyue saw the new materials and was inclined to collect some, thinking that they might come in handy.
People who enjoy playing infrastructure games have a hoarding gene. When they see something, no matter how valuable it is, they want to hoard it. Even after their warehouse is full, they will continue to build or upgrade warehouses to hoard more.
"I'll give you a fishing rod, two baits, a set of clothes, and you can give me eight portions of food. It's not expensive, is it? After all, you can use a fishing rod to catch fish, and you can get fish meat when you kill them."
Jiang Baiyue agreed, but the outfit was at the base and she couldn't take it out now: "Let's add each other as friends. I'll give it to you when I get back to the base. You know I don't have enough backpack space."
"My name is 'Don't Want to Study,' so if you search for me, you'll have to pay a deposit first, after all..."
She didn't want to read the book, so she gently reminded him that since they were strangers, she was worried about being scammed. She suggested collecting a deposit so that even if she didn't receive the clothes, she wouldn't lose too much.
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