63 Leave it to me [Update 1]
◎Do what you should do◎
The joy of regaining what was lost made the players very excited. Even though Li Yiqing might no longer be called a human being at this moment, and even though she looked a little scary and horrifying, it didn't matter, as long as she was still alive.
The task of clearing out the monsters is nearing completion. As long as they deal with the -3 monsters, they can completely leave this damp and dark underground area and go upstairs.
Even though hunger and fatigue had reached their peak, everyone still cheered up at this moment.
"Come on." Wu Shanyue raised his hand to load his pistol and took a deep breath. "We will succeed. We must strive to survive!"
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue nodded in response, and everyone set off on time and continued down the long corridor.
As they went deeper, the voice-activated lights on the wall lit up one after another. The temperature of -3°C was even colder than above. The humid air condensed into water droplets on the cold walls, hanging in large drops on both sides.
It is very quiet here, surprisingly quiet. It doesn't look like a place where so many monsters are imprisoned. It looks more like an old and abandoned prison cell.
As they walked down the last step, the lights in the entire floor were completely illuminated, and they arrived at the center of the last floor. The terrain here was even more complex and tortuous than -2, with cells of various sizes one after another.
But the strange thing was that, although the loudspeaker on the ceiling had sounded the alarm and the doors of every cell had been unlocked, at this moment, no monster came out of the cell to attack them.
It was as if everything was muted. Apart from the players' breathing and heartbeats, there was no sound at all.
"...What's going on?" Zhu Lan looked around, feeling that something was getting more and more suspicious. "Why can't I see any monsters?"
"I don't know." Lu Jin followed up and approached the nearest cell with extreme caution.
She took a deep breath and pushed open the cell door under everyone's gaze. As the lights came on, a huge monster appeared in her sight.
It stood quietly against the wall, its body straight, eyes closed, as if it was still sleeping, undisturbed by anything.
But if you look closely, you will find that its "eyes closed to rest" appearance is not voluntary. Its eyelids have been sewn up with dense fishing lines, and it cannot open them at all. It seems that it has been standing in front of this wall for a long time, so long that a black shadow proportional to itself is imprinted on the wall.
This scene was really creepy. As if realizing something, Zhu Lan quickly left here and checked several nearby cells.
As if mass-produced, every monster in the cell looked like this. This was not a good sign. When all the monsters lost their vision, it meant—
"Perhaps we should change our tactics." Zhu Lan paused and slowly opened his mouth, "Under these conditions, empathy won't work."
Just one sentence made everyone feel disappointed.
"What should we do?" She subconsciously looked at Qi Qiuxue, asking for her opinion. "This situation is beyond our expectations."
"And for some reason, even when we're standing close to them, they haven't attacked us." Zhu Lan frowned. Something must be wrong when things aren't working as planned. She didn't think this was a good thing. "If this continues, we'll seem much safer, but gathering the monsters together will become a new challenge."
"After all... there are probably about one or two hundred monsters here."
She was right. If they were killed one by one, it would be a waste of their ammunition and physical strength, which would be tantamount to doing useless work. It would be more effective to gather them together and bomb them. However, if they really planned to gather them, it would not be easy to kill such a large number.
What's more, as the last level area is the most dangerous as mentioned by the dean, Qi Qiuxue feels that things must not be as easy as they seem.
"Shh!" She was about to speak, but before she could finish her words, she suddenly heard a strange sound.
It seemed as if something came from far away, and was approaching rapidly. The heavy footsteps were very fast, but in the blink of an eye, they were getting closer and closer to them until they appeared in front of the cell where they were.
"Get out of the way!" Qi Qiuxue shouted. At that moment, an extremely tall and strong monster broke through the wall and approached with its wide-open mouth and sharp teeth.
The impact of this scene was incomparable. The players' breathing suddenly stopped for a moment. They scattered and dodged to the sides, instinctively avoiding the monsters' attacks and the falling walls and stones.
This monster also has no vision.
While dodging, Qi Qiuxue keenly discovered this fact, but even though it couldn't see, its hearing, sense of smell, and aggressiveness were terrifyingly strong.
Before they could find their footing, the monster began to roar in the next second. It was an extremely unpleasant and sharp high-frequency sound wave. Even though everyone covered their ears quickly, the sound still penetrated through their fingers and stung their eardrums.
But obviously, this is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that as it roared, the group of motionless monsters suddenly began to twist and struggle, as if responding to its call, and all moved.
"Run!" Seeing the monsters gathering rapidly, Qi Qiuxue called everyone and ran towards a more spacious space together, until they were surrounded by another wave of monsters that arrived quickly.
At this moment, they were blocked both in front and behind, and there was no possibility of escape.
"Xu Gui, shield, Lu Jin, grenades!" Qi Qiuxue forced herself to formulate a strategy as quickly as possible. "Throw two, one in front and one behind, to blow them all up!"
"Okay!" Lu Jin began to cooperate very skillfully, following Qi Qiuxue's arrangements to bomb the monsters that were surrounding them. The heat waves and thick smoke emitted by the bombs spread all at once, filling the space where they were.
In the field of vision, dozens of monsters fell to the ground. With their death, a deathly silence briefly fell. The players huddled together, their chests heaving violently as they observed everything around them.
Just as the smoke was about to dissipate, the huge monster that had just appeared came rushing towards them, penetrating the smoke at a speed that was simply impossible for an ordinary human to achieve.
"Shanyue, shoot at it!" Qi Qiuxue reacted instinctively and ordered Wu Shanyue to take action. Wu Shanyue obediently raised his gun and fired a bullet in the direction the monster was coming from.
The bullet left the muzzle quickly and shot straight into the monster's body, directly penetrating the skin of its left shoulder.
...It was useless, completely useless. The bullet penetrated its flesh and flew out of its body again, but the monster just staggered slightly and was not affected at all.
Its speed did not decrease either, and it arrived in front of the player in an instant. It raised its thick arms high, and its five fingers came together to form a sharp knife, stabbing towards the direction where Qi Qiuxue was.
In a flash, Li Yiqing suddenly rushed out.
She caught the blade with her right hand and chopped at the monster's wrist with her left hand. With a "click", the sound of broken bones instantly rang in her ears. Li Yiqing found the right opportunity, pushed her back hard against the monster's body, and hit its abdomen with all her strength, causing it to retreat uncontrollably.
"Axue." Qi Qiuxue looked at her sideways and met Li Yiqing's increasingly bloodshot eyes. Those eyes stared at her motionlessly, bringing a strong sense of oppression, making Li Yiqing look like a focused and powerful beast lurking in the forest.
But Qi Qiuxue knew that this "beast" would not hurt her. Her fangs, her claws, everything on her belonged to her, and she would only fight to protect her.
"Protect yourself, and leave this monster to me." After saying that, Li Yiqing rushed forward again and wrestled with the huge monster.
As if realizing that it was at a disadvantage, the monster roared again, summoning batch after batch of monsters that approached them at a rapid speed.
"Axue, what should we do?" Wu Shanyue's hand holding the gun was shaking.
Qi Qiuxue silently watched Li Yiqing not far away and arranged new tactics as quickly as possible.
"Zhu Lan, Shan Yue, use your regular guns to shoot at the surrounding buildings as much as possible to distract and gather the monsters. Once the surrounding monsters are temporarily eliminated, turn your guns on the larger monsters and disrupt them with all your might."
"Lu Jin, continue to choose the right moment to bomb and try to maximize the effectiveness of your grenades."
"Xu Gui, your protective shield is very useful. Besides using it to protect us slightly when Lu Jin throws the bomb, give the rest to Li Yiqing to minimize the effects of the attack she endures."
"As for me," Qi Qiuxue clenched the bone knife in her hand. This time, she wanted to protect all the players. "I will wipe out all the fish that try to get close to us and Li Yiqing, and prevent anyone from getting hurt."
"Just focus yourselves." With that, she swiftly dispatched the first few monsters that rushed towards her. "Do what you have to do."
【Author’s words】
Here it comes~ There will be two more chapters later, but I don’t know when it will be finished. Those who can’t wait can come back tomorrow~
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