Chapter 77 No one is seen, only gold is seen (25) A circle is drawn on the chest...
Duan Song was full of vigor and prepared for a big fight, but before he could even walk out of the dormitory building door, he was stopped by the men in black who rushed in.
“Run, run!”
"Who the hell pushed me? Are you looking for death?"
Gao Mengtang was puzzled: "What are you guys rushing to do?"
The men in black were scrambling to escape, but Gao Mengtang had to ask them questions, so they had to answer. One of them stopped and said, "Venerable, are you going out? Stay in the dormitory building. It's very dangerous outside."
After careful questioning, I learned that the park had been closed for a long time and there was a sandstorm, so supplies were insufficient and food was in short supply, especially meat, which was in serious shortage.
It's okay for people to eat less meat, but there are thousands of zombies imprisoned in the park. Once those mutated monsters are hungry, they will go into a rampage state and become extremely manic. They broke out of the cage and chased people to eat!
More than 20 people have been killed, eaten alive by hungry zombies.
He Lun asked a Tang Monk-like question: "What should I do?"
"Just kill them." Duan Song flexed his wrist, "Cut the Gordian knot quickly, kill the butcher and the zombies together."
Judging from the expressions of Wei Wei and other players, they didn’t quite agree.
Fighting with the butcher is extremely dangerous. Fighting with the butcher while being besieged by thousands of zombies is just courting death.
"Yes, how about we hide in the dormitory building first?" The charlatan said in a panic, "There is no rush for a day or two, let's see how the situation develops first."
Most people were afraid of death. When the charlatan made a suggestion, most players responded immediately, wishing they could hide back in bed right now. Everyone looked at Gao Mengtang, waiting for him to make a decision.
Gao Mengtang frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "There is a subway station downstairs of the dormitory."
The subway station was packed with thousands of zombies, and no one was feeding them.
The combat effectiveness of a single zombie is average, but their numbers are too large to be resisted. Hundreds and thousands of them swarm over, making it difficult to resist.
Players also need to stay in shape to deal with possible battles with the butcher [Gold Grabber [Chief]].
"The dormitory is not safe. Even if we want to hide, we have to hide somewhere else." Gao Mengtang said, "It would be best to hide somewhere remote and easy to defend."
The small blue building on the small hill north of the park.
Xu Xiaoting, who was infected with the virus mother strain, was imprisoned there. He would infect the zombies with the virus. But he was the only zombie, so eight players could definitely deal with him.
After finding a good place, the player acted quickly, going against the flow of people and rushing out of the dormitory building.
A wave of zombies broke out in the warehouse. The blue-skinned monsters were like hungry mad dogs, biting anyone they saw. The grass near the warehouse was covered with winding bloodstains, and screams were heard everywhere.
The blue building should be an abandoned scientific research center or something like that. Every room is filled with old computers and some incomprehensible devices.
The zombies were in chaos, and the men in black who were guarding here fled, and they entered the small building without encountering any obstacles.
After the player hid in, he immediately blocked the door and moved metal cabinets to block the doors and windows. He also found a generator, some well-preserved canned food, and several barrels of purified water from the utility room.
Six players went to reinforce Xu Xiaoting's cage, while Gao Mengtang and Duan Song guarded the door on the first floor.
"Actually, I think we can just go head-on." Duan Song said dejectedly as he dug into the can.
Gao Mengtang: "In a critical situation, you and Wei Wei have the ability to protect yourselves. I have you to protect me. What about other players, will you go to save the charlatan or the priest?"
Duan Song was silent for two seconds, then answered in a muffled voice: "No."
Gao Mengtang shrugged, indicating that he had known this would happen.
It was rare that they had persisted until now and passed a branch dungeon with all members alive. Gao Mengtang also wanted to obtain the [Savior] achievement, and he hoped that everyone could get out alive.
"I always feel that we can't kill Qian Hao rashly..." Gao Mengtang muttered to himself, fiddling with the USB flash drive that Bu Xiaoting threw to him.
The main mission of the copy:
[Main Mission 1]: Survive for 15 days
[Main Mission 2]: Find the criminal evidence of the mastermind behind the poisoning case and kill him.
In the side quest [Road to Reincarnation], the main quest is to ensure the successful hatching of the evil baby. Killing the butcher [Fireworks Man] will appear as a reward quest.
After hearing the crying of the evil baby, the butcher will chase it to the basement and try to kill it. The butcher's presence will hinder the player from completing the main quest.
Killing the Butcher is the "optimal solution" to complete the main quest, which is equivalent to a guiding quest. Even if you don't kill the Fireworks Man, players can still use other methods to pass the level, such as finding a way to speed up the hatching of the evil baby, controlling the Butcher to prevent him from breaking into the basement, etc.
The task bar of the main storyline dungeon did not mention killing the butcher. Does this mean that killing Qian Hao would not help much in completing the main storyline task?
Gao Mengtang took out the USB drive and found an old computer room: "Let's see what's in the USB drive first."
He turned on the computer and connected the USB drive to the computer. Gao Mengtang clicked on the "removable hard drive" icon several times, but there was no response.
Computer is broken?
Gao Mengtang clicked a few more times, and suddenly, the computer exploded with a bang.
Vertical stripes burned into the screen, the current made a crackling sound, flashed a few times, and then went black.
It's broken after all.
Gao Mengtang was about to pull out the USB drive when he looked up and was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
A face with fangs, distorted features, and green features appeared in the center of the screen.
It was Bu Xiaoting. Half of her skull was deformed, her skin was blue, and her eyes were red. She raised her hand to adjust the camera, and the picture kept shaking. After finding the right angle, she put her hand down and showed a creepy smile.
"Xu thought he killed me, but he didn't," Bu Xiaoting said calmly, "Freesia hatched today. She's healthy. I'm relieved."
It seems that the time when the video was recorded is the day when the player experienced the side quest.
Bu Xiaoting continued, "But I don't think I'll live long. The backlash from the potion is very severe. It's impossible for a mortal to become a blessed spirit."
Hearing the word "Fuling", Gao Mengtang sat up straighter. The strengthening potion used by Bu Xiaoting was actually related to the other world?
"I hope Xiao Canglan can fulfill our long-cherished wish." Bu Xiaoting said, she bared her teeth, covered the half of her head that was chopped off, and had a painful expression on her face. "Today I started recording the experiment log. Xiao Canglan, your mother won't be able to see you grow up. But it doesn't matter. Everyone in Epiphyllum Ridge is your parent."
Gao Mengtang was stunned again: "Where is Epiphyllum Ridge?"
Duan Song also looked confused: "I don't know, I haven't heard of it."
The screen flickers a few times and then goes dark. The first video log ends.
There is a recording date on the upper left. About half a month later, Bu Xiaoting recorded another video. This time, the wound on her head was completely healed, but her condition was very poor.
"My internal organs are burning, and I have a rage that has nowhere to vent. I always want to kill people." After a pause, she continued, "I need a lot of meat. I eat more than five kilograms of beef every day. This is very strange."
"According to research, Fuling is a vegetarian. I should lose interest in meat."
"The inexplicable grief keeps me awake all night, but for the sake of freesia, I will live on."
Half a month later, the third video log.
Bu Xiaoting's skin was as pale as paper, she was extremely thin, her eyes were dull, and she looked like a walking corpse. Her tone was playful and self-deprecating.
"I was in a lot of pain and didn't want to live at all. I suspected I was suffering from depression. I went to see a psychiatrist. The doctor asked me if I had suffered any major setbacks recently."
"I said, no, I just lost my job, my husband is a homosexual, I had a miscarriage, and I was seriously injured and almost died." Bu Xiaoting smiled, "The doctor said, then you don't have depression, you are really miserable."
"That's probably the case. There's something wrong with the strengthening potion. This shouldn't happen. Did the experiment fail?"
The fourth video log was three months later. Bu Xiaoting was extremely thin, very similar to the one they saw in the narrow gate.
The video is very short, and Bu Xiaoting only said one sentence: "I have decided to take revenge on them. Qian Hao, Xu Wei, none of you will live well."
"She is the mastermind, right!" Duan Song pointed at the screen. "Bu Xiaoting said it herself that she wants to take revenge on Qian Hao and Xu Wei! Can the USB flash drive be used as evidence of her crime?"
Gao Mengtang propped up his chin and said, "Don't be too happy yet. The USB flash drive is definitely not the criminal evidence we are looking for."
The evidence of the crime should be hidden in the copy.
But this USB flash drive was thrown through the narrow door by Bu Xiaoting in real life. Like the players, he is an "outsider".
In the next few video logs, Bu Xiaoting repeatedly said things like "very painful", "I don't want to live", "I have to persevere for Xiao Canglan". She mentioned Tanhualing several times, and Gao Mengtang guessed that Tanhualing was a secret organization that specialized in studying the other world, especially the Fuling.
The videos played one after another. After two hours, Gao Mengtang was so sleepy that he kept nodding his head. He forced himself to stay awake and kept his eyes wide open, refusing to miss any details.
Bu Xiaoting said the words "I want to die" hundreds of times.
Video No. 65.
"I wanted to die. I tried to commit suicide three times but failed." Bu Xiaoting said expressionlessly, "There was something wrong with the potion on the night when Freesia hatched."
Starting from the 66th video log, strange things began to happen.
Bu Xiaoting was as thin as a female ghost. She sat in front of the camera with a smile on her face. She drew a circle slightly below her clavicles and then put her hands together.
The video ends.
Video No. 67.
Gao Mengtang thought the tape was stuck because Bu Xiaoting kept the same smile and made the same movements as in the previous video. He drew a circle and put his hands together, and the video ended.
Video 68... Video 69... Video 130...
In dozens of videos that followed, Bu Xiaoting performed the same action in front of the camera. If it weren't for the slight changes in the background, clothing, and angle, Gao Mengtang would have thought it was the same video.
"What are you doing?" Duan Song was surprised.
Gao Mengtang was silent for a moment: "Mental disorder?"
In the last video, Bu Xiaoting finally stopped drawing circles on her chest. She spoke in a hoarse voice: "I decided to try suicide for the 13th time. Although I know that there is a problem with the strengthening potion that night, and I haven't found the problem yet. Xiao Canglan is still a baby...but my desire to die exceeds everything. I hope I can succeed in suicide."
"Anyway, this is my last video log."
Facing the dark screen, Gao Mengtang pondered for a long time and muttered to himself: "I have failed to commit suicide 12 times, and my desire to die is beyond everything..."
The Deadborn are a kind of twisted life born from death. They have an endless lifespan and are resurrected immediately after death.
But the lifelong pursuit of the dead is death.
Life with the blood of the dead in its body will also have a strong desire to die.
The red sediment in the syringe flashed before his eyes. For a moment, Gao Mengtang suddenly felt that everything was connected.
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