Upon entering the Spades 2 Secret Chamber, Xiao Lou carefully observed his surroundings.
Before him lay a long, deserted street. The street was wide, and apart from the many abandoned vehicles on both sides, there were no obvious obstacles to block his escape route.
Zombies are very powerful creatures, and you'll definitely be at a disadvantage in close combat with them. However, it's not difficult to evade their pursuit—they move slowly, so as long as you speed up and don't get caught by them, you can ensure your safety.
However, after running 100 meters, Xiao Lou realized that he had oversimplified the situation.
This small town has a large population, and after the virus spread, everyone turned into zombies.
As he ran, more and more zombies smelled the scent of a living person and surrounded him.
The road he was on was called "People's Street," and it was very wide, probably the main thoroughfare of the town. At the end of the street, a sign read "←Central Hospital / Grand Theatre → Science and Technology Museum / Xiushui Park."
To get to the hospital, you must turn left at the end of People's Street.
However, People's Street has a large number of side streets and countless shops. Zombies patrol almost every side street, and in many shops, zombies are also struggling to climb out.
He certainly wouldn't lose a simple race against zombies. The problem is, no matter where he runs, nearby zombies are alerted!
At first, only four zombies were chasing him, but after running only a hundred meters, the number of zombies chasing him had increased to more than a dozen. A zombie child with a blood-covered face had just run out of the shop on the left; in the alley on the right, two zombies turned their heads, smelling the stench…
If this continues, the number of zombies will only increase.
If a zombie suddenly appears from one of the side roads and accidentally scratches his skin, he's doomed.
He doesn't want to get infected with the virus, become a zombie, and stay in the Spades 2 Secret Chamber forever!
As Xiao Lou ran, he quickly thought of a solution in his mind.
The rapid running made him breathless, and he could clearly hear his own heart pounding. However, due to his high level of concentration, his thinking was clearer and sharper than usual.
He noticed that a tobacco and alcohol supermarket was open at the corner ahead.
The tobacco and alcohol shops at the entrance of the residential area are small businesses, generally less than 60 square meters in size. Even if there are zombies, there won't be too many. If all else fails, he can use his tool card to clear the area.
He needs to give himself some personal space.
Xiao Lou took a deep breath, quickly took off his cumbersome coat and threw it into the trash can, then ran into the tobacco and alcohol supermarket, slammed the glass door shut with a "bang," and nimbly locked it from the inside.
He turned around and cautiously observed the inside of the supermarket—a slightly overweight middle-aged man was sitting in front of the tobacco and alcohol counter, his head drooping to one side, with only half of his skin and flesh attached to his neck, and he was holding a pack of cigarettes in his hand. He was probably the original owner of the tobacco and alcohol supermarket.
Hearing Xiao Lou rush into the supermarket, the zombie clumsily stood up, struggling to tilt its head to look at him, only half of it still attached.
But the next moment, the zombie saw a sharp fruit knife.
Xiao Lou's knife moved swiftly and decisively!
The zombie's head was originally only half attached to its neck. With one slash, Xiao Lou cleanly severed the skin and blood vessels, and the head rolled to his feet.
His movements were too swift. Before his head was severed, the zombie didn't even have time to see what the person in front of it looked like.
Xiao Lou put away the Fruit Knife, her heart pounding wildly.
This was the first time he had killed someone—no, the thing in front of him couldn't even be called a "person".
As a forensic doctor, Xiao Lou has a thorough understanding of every structure in the human body.
In a normal human body, the severed carotid artery would have killed him long ago. The middle-aged man in front of him had all the blood vessels in his left neck severed, with only half of his head still attached to his neck. His blood had drained away, and all his brain cells were dead—the man was completely unconscious, just a corpse. The reason he could still walk was because a special virus was driving his body.
Faced with the corpse, Xiao Lou didn't hesitate at all. He took out the Fruit Knife and, as if dissecting a body, instantly severed the victim's neck.
After clearing out the zombies from the tobacco and alcohol supermarket, Xiao Lou breathed a slight sigh of relief.
He's not good at hand-to-hand combat; he can manage to kill one zombie, but putting him in a fight against multiple zombies would be suicide. The only way to escape a horde is through skill. The cards I got from farming the Hearts and Diamonds levels can finally come in handy.
The Fruit Knife he just pulled out was the tool card he took from the card holder — the murder weapon Zhao Sen used to kill Zou Xiaomei in Red Heart 2: Secret Room.
Xiao Lou quickly opened the card holder.
He calmly summoned Tao Yuanming and had Tao Yuanming activate his first skill, " The Peach Blossom Spring ".
The Peach Blossom Spring requires a 10-second cast time, and the cast process must be invisible, otherwise it will fail. He ran too fast just now, and the zombie horde couldn't catch him for 10 seconds, giving Tao Yuanming enough time to successfully unleash the skill.
Xiao Lou peered through the glass door. The sluggish zombies were slowly gathering in his direction. He took a deep breath to steady himself and silently counted down in his mind—10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1—
Now!
The entrance to Peach Blossom Spring appeared. Xiao Lou quickly put away Tao Yuanming, took out Rose Perfume and sprayed it on himself, then opened the supermarket's glass door and dashed out at top speed—
Rose Perfume, a C-rank card, is a guaranteed reward for completing the Secret Room in Red Heart 2. The card description includes the line: "Spraying this perfume on yourself will attract all targets within a 30-meter radius to approach you."
This tool card actually has the function of "luring monsters".
Zombies are slow to react, and sometimes you can't sense their presence even 30 meters away. When they get close, you can suddenly attack them from behind or the side, catching them off guard.
So Xiao Lou simply used Rose Perfume to help—luring over even more zombies from further away.
Being chased by more than a dozen zombies is already a sorry state; attracting more zombies would be digging one's own grave.
Xiao Lou doesn't think so.
Instead of fearfully dodging zombies one by one, why not go all out and take them all out at once!
In the desolate town, a young man moved with incredible speed, his figure running like the wind down the long street. Reaching a corner, just as he was about to be overtaken by nearby zombies, a cold glint flashed at his fingertips, and he suddenly tossed out a special effects card—
Nine Palaces Grid.
A 3m x 3m Nine Palaces Grid is generated on the spot, and zombies that step into the area are all frozen in place for 9 seconds!
Xiao Lou successfully controlled a horde of zombies behind him and continued running forward.
Nine seconds is enough time for him to run a long distance.
However, as he runs, Rose Perfume will attract new zombies. He narrowly avoids the zombies' pursuit, and when there are too many zombies, he throws out Nine Palaces Grid to immobilize a large number of zombies.
His movements were swift and calm, and his escape route was very clear—
At the end of Renmin Street, turn left. Destination: Central Hospital.
Xiao Lou quickly arrived at the entrance of the central hospital. After wandering around the front of the outpatient hall, he alerted all the zombies in the hall, and more than a dozen zombies swarmed out!
Sure enough, the zombies were at the end of the mission.
Xiao Lou didn't enter the hospital; instead, he lured all the zombies in the outpatient hall over and continued running forward!
The Grand Theatre is just ahead.
This is a three-story building. Judging from the fact that the virus spread in the town late at night, there shouldn't be many zombies in the theater.
Xiao Lou, clutching the Nine Palaces Grid in his left hand and holding a Fruit Knife in his right, entered the grand theater on high alert, fully on high alert.
Sure enough, there were fewer zombies than he had expected.
Xiao Lou breathed a slight sigh of relief, swiftly dispatched the two zombies at the door with the Fruit Knife, and strode to the stage in the center of the grand theater.
Moments later, hundreds of zombies chasing behind surged in like a tidal wave!
The image is enough to send chills down your spine; those with trypophobia would probably feel nauseous and vomit.
But Xiao Lou remained completely calm. He stood alone on the stage of the grand theater, his gaze calmly fixed on the group of corpses.
All the zombies stumbled and squeezed through the passageway, surrounding the stage of the grand theater, baring their teeth and drooling at Xiao Lou.
However, just as they were about to swarm in and feast—
The tall, slender young man on the grand stage suddenly vanished without a trace.
The zombies: "??????"
Hundreds of zombies stared blankly at the empty stage, completely dumbfounded.
***
Xiao Lou appears in Peach Blossom Spring.
At the moment he was surrounded by zombies, he took out the card again. Tao Yuanming triggered the effect of the skill " The Peach Blossom Spring ".
He actually teleported into Peach Blossom Spring.
Looking out, the hillsides are covered with peach trees, and now, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, their pink petals fluttering in the wind, creating a scene as beautiful as a dream. The babbling brook plays a melodious tune in the air, and Tao Yuanming is leisurely fishing by the stream.
— Card [ Tao Yuanming ] growth +1.
—[ The Peach Blossom Spring ] skill effect enhanced, allowing you to bring one more companion into Peach Blossom Spring.
Two lines of notifications suddenly appeared in the floating window.
Xiao Lou was slightly taken aback. When he first saw the description of the card's growth rate, he had asked Hearts... Guardian When asked how to improve a card's growth level, the other party replied, "Each card has a different way of being improved; please explore it yourself."
It now seems that the growth of Tao Yuanming's character is related to the number of times he enters Peach Blossom Spring.
Xiao Lou's gaze quickly swept over Peach Blossom Spring. The scenery here was beautiful, and he was the only one there besides Tao Yuanming. He breathed a slight sigh of relief, turned around and went back to the entrance, leaving the Peach Blossom Spring space on his own.
He did indeed return to that tobacco and alcohol supermarket.
The zombie he had killed with a single blow was still lying on the counter, its head rolled to the ground, its eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets.
There was nothing unusual about the surrounding space, and even if someone else passed by at this time, they would not be able to see where the entrance to Peach Blossom Spring was.
Xiao Lou just disappeared into thin air, and then reappeared out of thin air again.
Peach Blossom Spring is like a separate safe house or transit point in Card World.
Tao Yuanming's skills are amazing—you won't know until you use them, and once you do, you'll be shocked! Spatial teleportation is incredible!
Xiao Lou had just run several kilometers straight and was exhausted, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of his chest. But now, looking at the empty streets, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his tense face.
He lured all the surrounding zombies to the theater, and thanks to the Rose Perfume, not a single one escaped.
At this moment, those clumsy zombies are probably still standing there, dazed, next to the stage of the grand theater.
Xiao Lou used
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and walked out of the tobacco and liquor store.
Without the annoying zombies blocking his way, he made his way smoothly to the end of the mission—the Central Hospital.