Chapter 57: Optional Side Missions Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio [5.12] 1. The corpse vine had destroyed a large number of cells in the body, and the mutated T-virus was also rapidly repairing the cells. The combination between the vine and a living body was better than expected. 2. The corpse vine was improving Alex's human body structure. He became abnormally strong, and a layer of corpse vine armour began to grow on his skin. [5.17. 1. Alex was more resistant to low temperatures, but he would also enter a dormant state when the temperature was below-17 degrees Celsius. 2. As Alex showed extremely high destructiveness and instability, we temporarily put him into a dormant state to ensure safety. [5.20] 1. The corpse vine parasites were not sensitive to fire, but they were unusually vulnerable to fire damage. 2. It was strange to find that the T-virus serum had an extremely strong lethality against the plant parasites. It could directly kill the parasitic plant zombies, but the rest of the body remained in a 'survival' state. [5.21] 1. If you met with danger, you could activate the emergency refrigeration device, press the red button and quickly reduce the temperature of the morgue environment, in addition, you could also try to kill them by spraying the diluted solution of the T-virus serum with a water pipe. 2. We would request more serum from our superiors for research. Note: There is still the remaining T-virus serum in the safe of the dean's office. Password: ALEX. [5.26] 1. The superior department was very interested in Alex and wanted to transfer him to the headquarters for observation. 2. To complete the transfer work, we have prepared a special freezer, put Alex in the freezer temporarily to wait for the transfer (even after the power failure, the freezer could still guarantee at least 30 hours of freezing time). 3. Next, we would try to study how to further strengthen the corpse vine parasite. Note: Received the news, the superiors would help us find some living bodies from prison and send them over to help us with human living experiments. The log stopped at this point. Fang Heng's eyelids twitched and he was overjoyed. Found it! Sure enough, his premonition was right. The T-virus serum mission had something to do with the morgue. The password to the safe was hidden in the notebook! Next, as long as he found the T-virus serum, the mission would be completed. F*ck the corpse vine parasite! "What does it have to do with me!" Fang Heng was about to run to the dean's office on the third floor to look for the serum when a row of game notifications quickly flashed across his retina. [Hint: You have read the experiment team's notebook.] [Hint: You have accepted the mission-find the T-virus serum.] [Hint: Your mission objective has changed.] What was the situation? Fang Heng was puzzled and immediately opened the game log to check. Mission name: Find the T-virus serum. Difficulty: SSS. Basic mission requirement: Find the T-virus serum. Optional mission 1: You have found the description of the corpse vine in the course of the mission. The Dark Knights have been looking for the origin of the apocalypse crisis. You can try to collect the corpse vine sample and give it to Vettel. (If you complete this optional mission, your basic mission reward will be increased by 1.5 times). Optional mission 2: If you find a description of the corpse vine parasite during the task, you can try to find a sample of the corpse vine parasite and give it to Vettel. (If you complete this optional mission, your basic mission reward will be increased by 2 times). Optional mission 3: If you find a description of Alex during the mission, find Alex's body (or sample) and bring it back to Vettel. (If you complete this optional mission, your basic mission reward will be increased by 4 times). Note 1: Optional missions can be completed at the same time, the reward can be multiplied. Note 2: If the completion of the mission is more than 100% , you can receive additional rewards in proportion. This is tempting! Fang Heng gritted his teeth. He originally wanted to get the T-virus serum and leave! The basic difficulty of the mission to find the T-virus serum was the highest level of the game, SSS-level! The reward was needless to say! Now, with the addition of the side missions, if he could complete them, the reward provided by the missions would be raised to a terrifying level! Fang Heng really wanted the reward but he had to be alive to receive it! Not to mention the terrifying Tier 2 mutant zombie-corpse vine parasite. There was even Alex who had fused with the vine... Fang Heng did not doubt that this so-called Alex was already at Tier 3 or even Tier 4 level. However... The reward was too tempting! After completing all the side missions, he would receive the original reward of 1.5*2*4, which was 12 times the reward! "F*ck!" Fang Heng cursed in his heart. In any case, he had to think of a way to get the T-virus serum first! Fang Heng did not delay any longer. He immediately raised his head and said, "Sorry, I found something. I'm going out for a while. I'll be back soon." Without waiting for Hao Zhou and the others to stop him, Fang Heng quickly left the room. Taking advantage of the fact that the corpse vine parasites on the first floor had not caught up, Fang Heng carried the machete all the way back to the laboratory on the third floor. He removed the picture frame on the wall and quickly entered the password. "ALEX!" "Pa!" The safe popped open from the inside. There were two potions lying quietly inside. [Hint: You have obtained item-T-virus serum*2.] [Hint: Your mission-finding T-virus serum basic completion rate: 200%.] Eh? There was another one. If he double-handed the T-virus serum and completed all the optional side missions, his final reward would be a terrifying 24 times! Risk it all! Such an opportunity only came once every 10,000 years, there was no reason to retreat! The risk was there but the reward for the mission was undoubtedly greater! It was totally worth taking some risks for it! If he gave up on this mission, how could he sleep at night! Fang Heng conveniently kept the two serums into his backpack and returned the way he came. At the same time, he began to think about his next move! Now, he should think about how to get the three items for the side missions. According to the information he got from the experiment notes, the three items for the side mission should be in the research room behind the underground morgue. The safest way should be to find a way to restore the power supply and put the zombies in the morgue into hibernation again. However, it was impossible to do that in a short period of time! So, they had to do it the hard way. The corpse vine parasites had very low resistance to fire. In other words, the focused flamethrower could be very effective against them. However, they had to be extra careful when using the focused flamethrower in this environment. This place was not like the underground passage of the prison. A moment of carelessness could very well lead to a fire. At that time, even the mission items would be burned to the ground. He might even be trapped in the fire and die. So... The safest way was to lure them away from the basement, then capture them all in one fell swoop and get rid of them completely. "If I use the explosion..." Fang Heng muttered to himself and began to try to construct a preliminary plan in his mind. As for Alex, according to the notes of the experiment, the special freezer could keep the temperature under control for 30 hours. This meant that he needed to solve the problem quickly within 30 hours, otherwise....
Chapter 58: Parking Lot Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio While thinking, Fang Heng rushed back to the generator room on the first floor. Just as he turned the corner of the corridor, the scene in front of him shocked him. A large number of zombies appeared in the corridor. Hao Zhou and the others retreated while using their bows and arrows to fight back. Where did so many zombies come from? On a closer look, there were even two corpse vine parasites (vine zombies) mixed in the zombie crowd! Hao Zhou knew how powerful the vine zombies were. He led his teammates along the passage as they retreated, using long-range bows and arrows to shoot. In addition to the close-range vine attack position, the vine zombies are also extremely powerful in defense. Bows and arrows dealt very limited damage to them, but they could still put them into a stiff state, slowing them down. From time to time, the two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta would take the risk to dash forward, blow the heads of ordinary zombies with one punch, and then quickly retreat. The team was in a huge crisis. The vine zombies were coming up from the basement so quickly? Fang Heng cursed in his heart. He quickly took out the focused flamethrower and the fuel bottle in his backpack and quickly connected them. Under normal circumstances, the focused flamethrower was heavy and required two people to use it at the same time. Fang Heng's strength and physique were about twice that of an ordinary person, so he could barely use them by himself. Fang Heng adjusted the focused flamethrower's fire valve to the maximum, held the nozzle and shouted. "Get out of the way!" Kun Ta and the others were focused on dealing with the zombies in front. Hearing Fang Heng's shout from behind, they all made way for him. A figure quickly walked past them and rushed toward the zombies in the passage. At that moment, they finally noticed Fang Heng, who was striding forward with a focused flamethrower in his hand. Focus... Focused flamethrower! This... Kun Ba immediately recognized the deadly weapon in Fang Heng's hand. "He has such a top-tier weapon?" Kun Ba knew off his mind that fire damage was most effective against these flammable vine zombies! Fang Heng walked to the front of the team, aimed at the zombies and pulled the trigger. The flamethrower let out a roar. Long strips of pale blue high-temperature flames were shot out from the mouth of the flamethrower. The passage in front of them was instantly covered in flames! The vine zombies were instantly ignited by the high-temperature flames and burned fiercely. The group stood behind Fang Heng and watched as the zombies that were burned by the fire slowly fell to the ground. The vine zombies continued to burn until they were reduced to ashes. Kun Ta came back to his senses and looked at Fang Heng. The others did the same. Now, they finally understood what Fang Heng meant by "good equipment". It turned out that the machete and shotgun were just appetizers. The focused flamethrower was the main course! "Good guy!" "This guy is showing off his wealth!" [Hint: You have used the focused flamethrower to kill the corpse vine parasite*2. You have obtained 76 survival points. You have obtained weapon mastery +61.] [Hint: Your weapon mastery skill level has been upgraded to Level 2.] [Hint: You have collected a sample of the corpse vine parasite*2. Your side mission 2 (looking for a sample of the corpse vine parasite) completion rate: 4%.] [Hint: You have obtained a complete evolution crystal *2.] He was too hasty. It turned out that the sample collection described in the side mission was actually through killing. Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat. He raised his head and saw the complicated gazes from Hao Zhou and company. They were relieved, somewhat envious and somewhat speechless. The crisis was not over yet. There was still an endless stream of ordinary zombies coming out of the passage. Fang Heng put away the flamethrower and took out his machete. "Go!" Hearing that, the two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta, followed Fang Heng and fought their way through the passage. After a long time, Fang Heng and the others worked together to clean up the wave of zombies in the passage and arrived at the entrance of the stairs on the first floor. There was also an endless stream of zombies pouring out of the entrance of the stairs downstairs. The group blocked the entrance of the passage and cleared out wave after wave of zombies. From time to time, the zombie crowd was mixed with vine zombies. At this time, Fang Heng would use his focused flamethrower to burn these zombies. After three or four waves, the number of zombies coming out from the entrance of the passage didn't decrease but increased instead. The group's vitality status dropped rapidly, and Kun Ba couldn't help but shout. "Why is there no end to this group of zombies?!" "The power failure caused the electronic lock at the entrance of the underground parking lot to fail. The zombies probably entered the Community Hospital through the parking lot." Hao Zhou held the map of the Community Hospital in his hand and checked the layout, trying to find a solution. "We can use manual mode to force the entrance of the parking lot to close again." Kun Ta punched a zombie's head. "Then what are we waiting for?" "To manually adjust the position of the valve at the entrance of the underground parking lot, we need to go to the basement level one. Under the current situation, the basement level one will be full of zombies!" The members of the team fell silent at the same time. Kun Ba looked at his vitality status that was gradually decreasing, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go! We won't be able to hold on at this rate!" As he said that, he poured a mouthful of honey into his mouth to speed up the recovery of his vitality. "Alright! It's decided then. Sister Li is going to activate her perception barrier. In any case, think of a way to close the entrance first and then think of a way later." "Wait a minute!" Everyone was about to move when Fang Heng suddenly spoke up to stop them. He looked at Hao Zhou and said in a deep voice, "Hao Zhou, you guys leave first. I'll stay behind to blow up the generator set." "What? Fang Heng, are you crazy?" Kun Ta looked at Fang Heng in surprise. "I don't agree!" Hao Zhou frowned. His answer was also very firm. "We just need to close the entrance of the underground parking lot. At most, we'll wait for a while more and wait for Sister Li's talent skill to finish cooling down before we blow up the generator set and leave this place." "Yeah, there's no need for you to take such a big risk and stay here alone. It's too dangerous!" "No, we don't have enough time." Fang Heng shook his head. He had made this decision after careful consideration. "Our biggest threat comes from the vine zombies in the morgue. My focused flamethrower doesn't have enough spare fuel. Even without the harassment of the ordinary zombies, we won't be able to last for more than 30 minutes." "Secondly, if we use the flamethrower for a long time, it will cause the building to catch fire. At that time, it will be even harder for us to escape." Everyone fell silent again. The current situation was even worse than they had imagined. "Let's not delay any longer. I have an idea. I need you to escape through the entrance of the underground garage. After you leave, I will immediately activate the explosives and blow up the generator set." "The explosion will attract the zombies and reduce the pressure on you guys." Hao Zhou frowned and quickly thought about Fang Heng's plan. It sounded like there was no problem with the plan. Even if Fang Heng failed and didn't blow up the generator set, they had a high chance of escaping. Except for one thing, Fang Heng's safety. "What about you? What are you going to do after you blow up the generator set? How are you going to escape by yourself?" "I have my ways to survive." Fang Heng shrugged and added, "My equipment is not bad." "Uh..." This familiar excuse made Hao Zhou's expression freeze. Was this considered 'not bad'?! If it was in the latter stages of the game, it would indeed be considered 'not bad', but now it was in the early stages of the game. How many days had it been since the game started? But even so, could he survive such a dangerous situation?
Chapter 59: Explosion Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio "Alright, if you're confident, I agree to this plan." After some consideration, Hao Zhou decided to go with Fang Heng's plan. "Very well, but before that, I need you to do a few things for me, very quickly." Fang Heng pulled Hao Zhou aside and whispered a few words into his ear. Then, he took out a few small explosives from his backpack. Hao Zhou listened to Fang Heng and looked at him in surprise. He felt that he couldn't understand the young man in front of him anymore. What was he going to do? The more powerful the explosion, the better? But, he should try his best not to hurt the structure of the hospital? It didn't matter if the explosion was big or not? Could it be... That he wanted to use the explosion to destroy the zombies? Under ideal conditions, he could do that. But, how could Fang Heng deal with the zombies that were attracted by the explosion? They were dealing with up to a hundred to two hundred zombies! By then, most of the zombies in the town would be attracted. Tens of thousands of zombies! Also, ordinary zombies would be killed in the explosion, but the vine zombies were different. Their defense was extremely strong. Unless they were very close to the point of explosion, it would be difficult to kill them directly by relying on the shockwave created by the explosion. Hao Zhou didn't know what Fang Heng was doing. He didn't have time to think too much, so he could only reiterate the risk one last time. "Fang Heng, your request is technically correct. I can control the location of the explosion and keep the entire hospital intact." "When the time comes, you can hide in the room on the right at the end of the corridor to avoid the impact of the explosion to the greatest extent." "But the explosion will cause a huge commotion. At that time, the zombies outside will surround the entire hospital." "I understand. Believe me, I have a plan." Seeing Fang Heng's determination, Hao Zhou nodded. "Okay." After nearly ten minutes, Fang Heng and Hao Zhou finished setting up the small explosives and returned to the entrance of the stairs on the first floor. "Let's go!" Fang Heng raised the focus flamethrower and led the way. The team rushed to the first floor again. However, as soon as they reached the stairs on the first floor, they saw a dense mass of zombies gathered at the entrance. Fang Heng's expression slightly changed. "Why are there so many zombies?" The number of zombies gathered on the first floor had completely exceeded his expectations! The iron railings that were blocking the entrance of the passage had been destroyed by the zombies, and the parking lot was also packed with zombies. In addition, there were also a large number of vine zombies gathered at the left side of the passage. The only good news was that the vine zombies were blocked by ordinary zombies, so they couldn't get through for the time being. Such a scene made Hao Zhou and the others' scalps go numb. The zombies became even more agitated when they smelled the scent of living people and crazily rushed toward Fang Heng and the others. Hao Zhou broke out in cold sweat and hurriedly shouted. "Quick! Activate the barrier!" Sister Li had released the perception barrier in advance. A barrier that couldn't be detected by the naked eye enveloped Fang Heng and the others. The zombies on the ground floor instantly lost their perception of living things and became quiet again. "The manual control device is over there!" Hao Zhou pointed at the entrance of the underground parking lot and shouted. The situation was critical, so they could only activate the perception barrier ahead of time. Fang Heng pulled out his machete. After the perception barrier was activated, they still needed to deal with the zombies inside the perception barrier! The entire lower level was blocked by a dense crowd of zombies, so they couldn't move fast. "Bang!" They came to the entrance of the underground garage with great difficulty. Fang Heng smashed the glass cover with one punch and turned the emergency closing device inside the glass cover. The iron shutter door slowly descended. Hao Zhou and the others quickly moved to the other side of the shutter door. "Fang Heng, come out alive." "Don't worry. Leave it to me." Fang Heng gave Hao Zhou a thumbs up. "Crack!" The door of the garage was completely closed. Hao Zhou saw that Fang Heng had completely disappeared from his sight. He then closed the outer iron gate and waved his hand, "Let's go! Let's go!" On the other side of the iron gate, Fang Heng switched to the focus flamethrower again. He turned around and looked at the vast zombie crowd. After leaving the range of Sister Li's perception barrier, the zombie crowd immediately sensed Fang Heng and rushed toward him crazily. The parking lot was relatively empty and the zombies crowded together, which was perfect for the use of the focus flamethrower. "This thing is good, but it costs money!" Fang Heng murmured and activated the focus flamethrower again. "Boom!!" The focus flamethrower shot out blue high-temperature flames. The flames instantly engulfed the zombie crowd. The zombies were on fire one after another as they fell in front of Fang Heng. Fang Heng walked toward the passage while controlling the flamethrower to kill the zombies. When the temperature of the focus flamethrower reached 100%, 70% to 80% of the zombies had already fallen. [Hint: You have killed an ordinary zombie*1225, obtained 2,230 survival points, obtained evolution crystal fragment*214, obtained skill-weapon mastery experience points 810.] Fang Heng killed his way to the stairs on the first floor. Then, he took out a Molotov cocktail from his backpack and threw it at the vine zombies on the left side of the passage. "Bang! Bang!" The Molotov cocktail broke into pieces. A small flame burned on the ground. The damage from the Molotov cocktail was continuous but the instantaneous damage was far less than that of the focused flamethrower. Although the vine zombies were injured by the Molotov cocktail and their bodies were burning, they still staggered out of the burning area and walked toward Fang Heng. The fire raised the temperature of the environment again. More vine zombies were attracted by the noise outside and they staggered out of the morgue. Fang Heng threw two more Molotov cocktails into the corridor, further reducing the HP of the vine zombies that left the morgue. "Almost done. If that's the case, all of them would be blown up later." Fang Heng muttered to himself. "At most, I'll kill them all later." Estimating that the time was almost up, Fang Heng turned around and rushed to the stairs behind him, heading straight for the first floor. Fang Heng continuously pressed the small explosive pack switch that he had long installed. Then, he quickly dashed into the room at the bottom of the first floor that he had prepared beforehand. According to what he and Hao Zhou had discussed previously, once the explosives exploded, other than the generator room, the impact of the damage on the inner side of the entire passage would be the strongest. Fang Heng followed Hao Zhou's instructions and hid in a corner. He put on his helmet and counted in his heart. ... "Boom! Boom! Boom!" After the five-minute countdown, Hao Zhou and the others who were trying their best to create an escape route in the zombie crowd exploded behind them. The zombies who were originally occupying the small town were affected by the loud explosion. They turned around and gathered in the direction of the sound. The number of zombies around Hao Zhou began to decrease rapidly. Sister Li said in a deep voice, "The perception barrier can last for one minute." Hearing that, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Based on the current situation, one minute was enough for them to leave the dense zombie crowd. By that time, they could leave the small town safely even without the perception barrier.
Chapter 60: Catch Them All Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Fang Heng squatted in a corner of the room at the end of the first floor. To ensure his safety, he even put on a motorcycle helmet. The building shook violently and small stone chips kept falling from the ceiling. The loud explosion even made Fang Heng's ears ring for a short while. "Hao Zhou said that this room was the safest place to hide in, but he still created such a big commotion outside..." After the building shook for a while, Fang Heng supported himself against the wall and stood up. He opened the door to the room. The outside passage was in a mess. [Hint: You have killed the corpse vine parasite*62. You have obtained 151 samples of the corpse vine parasite. You have obtained 3,720 survival points.] [Hint: You have accumulated 153 samples of the corpse vine parasite. Of course, the mission completion rate is 306%.] Hahahaha! It was a huge profit! The plan went extremely smoothly. The pre-set explosion had wiped out all the corpse vine parasites in the passage! Looking at the game log data, Fang Heng was in a great mood. Including the two sets of T-virus serum, he had completed 200% of the basic experience points and 306% of the side mission completion rate. With simple calculations, even if he left now, he would receive 1*2*200%* 300%, which was 12 times the mission reward! However, Fang Heng was not prepared to leave so easily. Where was he now? Inside the passage, a large number of corpse vine parasites had fallen. There were many shiny evolution crystals on the ground. Tier 1 crystal! Fang Heng saw the purple Tier 1 crystal at a glance and waved his hand forward. The crystal on the ground instantly flew into Fang Heng's palm. [Hint: You have obtained a complete evolution crystal*52, you have obtained a Tier 1 evolution crystal*4.] It was out! A Tier 1 evolution crystal! It could only be dropped when killing Tier 2 and above mutated zombies! Fang Heng held a thumb-sized purple crystal in his hand and observed it. Item: Tier 1 evolution crystal. Description: A powerful crystal that can provide players with level 10-20 experience points. "I haven't reached level 10 yet, so I don't need it for now." Fang Heng put the Tier 1 crystal into his bag and crushed the complete evolution crystal he had just collected. A ball of red mist entered his palm and his character's experience bar jumped by a large chunk. The number of complete crystals required for a character to level up from 9 to 10 was the most. There was less than a quarter of the experience bar left to level up. "Creak, Creak, Creak..." The sound of vines growing and entangling could be heard in the corridor again. The vine zombies had strong vitality. Even though they had been hit by a violent explosion not long ago, some of them were still alive. They stood up shakily from the ground and moved toward Fang Heng again. Fang Heng raised the focused flamethrower again. Before coming to the town hospital, he didn't expect to meet the vine zombies. Due to the limited load, he only brought five cans of fuel. After the previous battle, there were only two cans left. Judging from the number of morgue cabinets in the morgue, there were only about 150 vine zombies in there at most. This explosion had destroyed at least two-thirds of them, so there shouldn't be much left in the first underground floor. There was almost enough fuel left. "Boom!" The flamethrower roared again, burning the remaining vine zombies in the passage into black ash. [Hint: You have killed the corpse vine parasite*11. You have obtained a sample of the corpse vine parasite*10, 566 survival points, a complete evolution crystal*9 and a Tier 1 evolution crystal*1.] [Hint: You have accumulated a sample of the corpse vine parasite*163. Current side mission completion rate: 326%.] After cleaning up the remaining vine zombies, Fang Heng went to the entrance of the basement to check. The entrance of the underground passage had been completely blocked by the falling gravel. This was the special design of Hao Zhou. He had installed the small explosive packs at the precise location. He used the explosion to block the intersection. This way, Fang Heng could temporarily avoid the trouble of dealing with the vine zombies in the basement. He needed to focus on dealing with the zombie crowd attracted by the explosion outside! Fang Heng licked his lips. He had already heard the sound of zombies scratching the door of the hospital. Outside the hospital, the zombies were attracted by the explosion and were rushing crazily toward the hospital. They surrounded the entire hospital and had already tried to attack the windows and doors of the hospital. These were all normal phenomena. The sound would stimulate the zombies. According to the game experience in this body's memory, Fang Heng estimated that the zombies outside the hospital would keep scratching the door for about three to five hours. After about two to three days, the zombies around the hospital would gradually disperse. The first three to five hours were the most critical! Fang Heng looked at the time again. There were 15 minutes left before his zombie clones were resurrected. The plan began! Fang Heng quickly went upstairs and came to the staff restaurant on the second floor of the hospital. The terrain here was more open. The environment was more suitable for the zombie clones to fight. In the restaurant, two ordinary zombies pounced on Fang Heng. Fang Heng waved his machete and quickly killed the remaining zombies in the restaurant. Then, he reinforced all the windows in the restaurant with wooden planks and made several bonfires for lighting. After all the preparations were done, Fang Heng stood quietly on the spot. The screams of the zombies were getting closer and closer. Apparently, they had broken through the windows and the gate of the hospital and rushed into the hospital. A few minutes later, Fang Heng heard the zombies start to hit the entrance door of the restaurant. Fang Heng waited quietly. The entrance had been reinforced several times, so it could still hold on for a while. "10 seconds left." Fang Heng flipped through the game log and counted down softly. "9,8,7..." When the countdown for the resurrection of the zombie clones arrived, dozens of illusory magic arrays gradually appeared around Fang Heng's feet. One by one, zombie clones wearing lumberjack uniforms crawled out of the magic arrays. They all held wooden spears in their hands. "They're here! They're resurrected!" Fang Heng controlled the resurrected zombies to gather in front of the entrance of the restaurant and gave the order to the zombie clones to guard the restaurant. Meanwhile, he held a shotgun in his hand and carefully retreated to the back. More and more zombies gathered outside the door, and the sound of scratching on the door became louder and louder. "Bang!!" The door was broken through. A group of zombies rushed into the room like a tide. Then, they were pierced through with the wooden spears held by the zombie clones who were prepared for this. "Chi! Chi Chi!" For a moment, the restaurant was filled with the dry sound of wooden spears piercing into flesh. Due to the enhancement of Fang Heng's body, the attributes of the zombie clones were also enhanced. The most direct effect was that the zombie clones used to need more than ten stabs to kill an ordinary zombie of the same kind. Now, they only needed six or seven stabs. Moreover, the interval between stabs had also improved a lot. The efficiency of killing the enemies had been greatly increased! The 45 zombie clones formed a stable defensive line and killed the zombies one by one! Normal zombies couldn't break through this defensive line at all. They fell in front of the line one by one as if they were waiting for death. [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed a normal zombie. You have gained 2 survival points.] [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed a normal zombie. You have gained 2 survival points.] [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed a normal zombie. You have gained 2 survival points.] [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed a normal...] Rows of game notifications appeared, filling up the game log window.
Chapter 61: The Relative of the Apocalypse Merchant Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Fang Heng had no time to read the game log. He was staring intensely at the entrance of the restaurant. Ordinary zombies were no threat to him at all! The zombie clones had no energy or vitality. They could attack and deal damage 24 hours a day without consuming ammunition! These ordinary zombies were no different from an assembly line giving experience points. They were not a concern to Fang Heng. Even if there were hundreds of thousands of zombies outside, he wasn't afraid. The premise was that they had to keep coming over without causing the whole building to collapse. Right now, Fang Heng was most worried about the mutated zombies! His current zombie clones couldn't defend against attacks from the mutated zombies. If they encountered the mutated zombies, they would be killed! Once the number of zombie clones decreased to a certain extent, his defensive line would also collapse. Fang Heng held a shotgun in his hand and stared at the entrance. After a period of gaming, Fang Heng had already fused most of this body's memories of the game. Through the movements of the zombies and some of their subtle actions, he could distinguish the form and type of the zombies. Coupled with the enhancement of his perceptive ability! "It's coming!" Mutated zombie-physique enhancement! As soon as the mutated zombie, which was mixed in with the ordinary zombies, stepped through the entranceway, a figure flashed to its side. The dark muzzle was aimed at the mutated zombie's head. "Boom!!!" Fang Heng pulled the trigger. Half of the mutated zombie's head was blown into pieces by the shotgun at close range! It was a bloody mess! The mutated zombie which had the physique enhancement attribute was still not completely dead, and its body could not help but fall backwards. "It's quite fleshy." Fang Heng muttered softly, and once again pulled the trigger. "Boom!" The second shot completely blasted the remaining half of the mutated zombie's head into pieces! After clearing out the mutated zombie that was mixed in the zombie crowd, Fang Heng quickly retreated. "Amazing." Fang Heng couldn't help but be amazed at the enhancement effect brought by his physical quality. In the past, killing mutated zombies wouldn't be so easy. "This time, I'll probably be able to collect a lot of crystal fragments. When the time comes, I'll see if Qiu Yaokang has any other enhancement potions..." ... At 9 pm, the sky was completely dark. Hao Zhou and the others returned to the federation's temporary warehouse to seek shelter. The few of them sat around the bonfire. Everyone was in low spirits and remained silent. The moment they returned to the warehouse, they immediately tried to look for Old Black. However, Old Black had already disappeared without a trace. They could not contact him online or offline. As for Fang Heng, Hao Zhou also tried to send him a message, but he did not receive any response. They all felt that Fang Heng's situation was not good. In the game, sending messages to a friend via the survival radio was very limited. If a friend was a distance away or was not online (including death), even if they sent him a message, he would not be able to receive it. And as the sender, Hao Zhou also could not know whether Fang Heng had received the message or not. Sister Li broke the silence and asked, "Is there still no news from Fang Heng?" Hao Zhou shook his head. "It's been so long and he still hasn't replied. I'm afraid he's doomed." Kun Ba clenched his fists, feeling pain in his heart. Not only had he not completed the mission, but he had also lost a teammate. Just thinking about it made him feel unbearable. Everyone's mood was a little low. When they escaped from the town, they saw with their own eyes that so many zombies were gathering toward the Community Hospital. The hospital was surrounded by more than ten layers of zombies and there was no way to escape. The impact of the explosion was much stronger than they had expected. Hao Zhou regretted it when he saw this scene. He regretted agreeing to leave Fang Heng alone in the hospital. He put himself in Fang Heng's shoes. If it was him, he couldn't think of any way to survive given the conditions! But Hao Zhou still had a glimmer of hope for Fang Heng. What if? What if he could? What if he had some special equipment... Hao Zhou sighed in his heart. "Everyone is tired today. Go offline and rest. I'll stay a little longer and try to contact Od Black and Fang Heng." As he said this, Hao Zhou was suddenly stunned by something. His expression changed slightly and he immediately opened the survival radio to check. Fang Heng: "Thank you, I'm fine. I've already edited the recording. When I go offline, I'll find an opportunity to give you. Give me your email address." Hao Zhou was greatly surprised and immediately replied by giving Fang Heng his email address. "What's wrong? Did you find something? Old Black replied to you?" "No." Hao Zhou looked up and his eyes regained their excitement. "It's Fang Heng! He's fine! That's great! He even completed the mission!" Sister Li was surprised at first, but then her expression softened. She nodded. "It's good that he's fine." "Pa!" The two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta, excitedly high-fived each other and regained their smiles. "Brother, I knew he would be fine!" "Haha, that guy is indeed very resourceful. He can still escape under that state..." "Needless to say, his equipment has always been pretty good. Those zombies still can't deal with him." "Hahahahaha!" Kun Ba was quite happy. As he spoke, he turned his head and asked, "Hao Zhou, where is he now?" "I don't know. He asked me to give him my email address. He will send me the video of the explosion of the generator set when he is free." Kun Ba nodded but he felt that something was not right. He asked in surprise, "Eh? That's not right. Since he has come out, why didn't he come to find us directly?" "Huh?" This question made everyone, who was initially joyful, fell into silence again. They turned their heads to look in the direction of Hope Town at the same time. "Could it be..." "Are you trying to say that he's still in the Community Hospital?" "What else? Otherwise, why didn't he come to us directly to collect the reward together?" Hao Zhou opened his mouth. Fang Heng was still in the town hospital all by himself? "Let me ask him." Hao Zhou immediately contacted Fang Heng again, and everyone inched forward and gathered around the survival radio to check. Hao Zhou: "You're still in the hospital? How's the situation? Do you want us to go back and save you?" Fang Heng: "Yes, I'm still here. Don't come looking for me. I'm in a good condition now. I'll find an opportunity to log off and send the video to you guys first." Seeing the reply from Fang Heng on the survival radio, everyone fell into silence again. A person guarding the small town hospital that was surrounded by countless zombies... How could he live well? He even had the time to log off and send Hao Zhou a video file? What kind of situation was this? What was his strength like? Hao Zhou and the others could not understand. Kun Ta scratched his head and asked, "Brother, what equipment can keep him in there for so long?" Kun Ba shook his head. He could not think of an answer either. The focused flamethrower was one of them, but a player's backpack was only so big. It was impossible to carry so much fuel inside. Moreover, the focused flamethrower had a cooldown limit, so it could not be used for a long time. Hao Zhou laughed bitterly and said, "To be precise, the question is where did he get so many high-level weapons?" The few of them looked at one other again. Sister Li joked, "I think he emptied the apocalypse merchant camp." "He can even empty the apocalypse merchant camp?" Hao Zhou was also amused. "Don't tell me he's related to the apocalypse merchant." The two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta, turned their heads to look at Hao Zhou at the same time. "Isn't it so?"
Chapter 62: I Really Don't Want to Be a Cook In the game, Fang Heng was sitting in front of a bonfire. His whole body was aching. He was too tired! The zombies outside the hospital continued to attack the entrances of the hospital for three and a half hours. After that, they slowly stopped. Fang Heng divided the zombies into two groups. A small group was responsible for cleaning the rooms on the second and third floors of the hospital and collecting materials. Fang Heng himself led a large group of zombie clones to launch a counterattack, cleaning the first floor from the stairway. The first floor of the hospital had been completely occupied by the zombies. Fang Heng had no choice but to clean up the zombies that were pouring in from the outside. At the same time, he had to find time to reinstall the windows that were broken by the zombies. All of this would take a lot of time. It was easy to repair the ordinary small windows, but the last one was the entrance to the hospital. The zombies that were pouring in from the outside were inexhaustible! After a few rounds of going back and forth, Fang Heng had to change his plan. He forcibly used the focused flamethrower to burn a wave of zombies outside, buying himself some time. Only then did he manage to seal the entrance. After closing the door, the zombies outside began to gather around and continue scratching the door. Fang Heng also had a countermeasure. He chose a few zombie clones and ordered them to keep repairing the door. As for the repair materials, he didn't lack them either. He could just chop any furniture or tables. It wasn't until five minutes ago did Fang Heng manage to maintain the durability of the door. He then had time to catch his breath and reply to Hao Zhou. How tiring! The zombies that were sent out to search around the hospital began to return one by one, bringing some materials. Fang Heng sat in front of the bonfire and counted his earnings for the day. Hard work was hard work, but the earnings were equally gratifying! He had killed a total of more than 6,000 zombies, earning more than 10,000 survival points! The ammunition that he had used up previously had cost a lot of survival points. The survival points that he had gained from the scavenging were enough to recoup his losses. He also earned more than 1,000 evolution crystal fragments. When he get back, he could let Qiu Yaokang study them for a while. Finally, there were all kinds of miscellaneous items and books that had a small chance of dropping after a zombie died. Fang Heng opened the small manuals in front of him one by one. [Recipe: Stir-fried meat with green pepper.] [Recipe: Shredded potatoes with hot and sour sauce.] [Recipe: Eggs with spring onion.] [Recipe: Stewed eggplant in oil.] "I don't want to be a chef. Why do you keep giving me recipes?" Fang Heng felt his body ache. He opened the last manual. Eh? There's finally a skill book!? Fang Heng experienced a moment of joy. [Skill book: Miner's wisdom] Description: After use, master the skill-miner's wisdom. Skill description: There is a 0.005% chance to obtain precious metals when excavating high-value ores (this skill can be upgraded to Level 20, the skill level can not exceed the current player's level.) Fang Heng's face turned black. Okay, miner skill book. In the old server, almost every professional bricklayer in the game had one copy. With this skill, they were lucky enough to dig out an extra piece of gold when they were mining. The gold could be exchanged for a lot of materials from the apocalypse merchants. This skill book was a must-have for the workers, increasing their output. "It's just the lives of the workers." It was better than nothing. After all, the zombie clones could also inherit the skill. In the future, the zombies would be able to dig out some gold when they were mining. Fang Heng patted the recipe and the skill book on his head. [Hint: You have learned the recipe: stir-fried meat with green pepper, recipe: shredded potatoes with hot and sour sauce, recipe: eggs with spring onion, recipe: stewed eggplant in oil; you have gained cooking skill experience points 82.] [Hint: You have learned the skill-miner's wisdom (Level 1).] Putting away the skill book, Fang Heng went offline on the spot. He went to the rest room to take a nap. Before he left, Fang Heng used the game cabin to export the video of the explosion of the generator set and sent it to the email address specified by Hao Zhou. … Morning, 2 am. The computer screen played the scene of the warehouse being destroyed. Old Black took out his phone and dialed the number skillfully. "Mission completed. Alex is expected to activate within 20 to 40 hours." "Well done. The Tier 4 complete mutated zombie will go berserk. When that happens, the federation will have a headache dealing with him." "Hehe, this will at least slow down their main storyline mission progress for half a month." "Continue to track down the remaining T-virus serum. We must take down this world!" At the same time, the federation warehouse resource point had also noticed the changes in the town. The leader of the federal action team, An Lindong, frowned. Not long ago, he received an order from his superior to set up a warehouse resource point here, in charge of collecting materials from the outside world. Apart from that, he also had another important mission. He had to pay attention and observe Hope Town, and think of a way to clean up the zombies in the town. An Lindong learned from his superior that there was a secret research room of the Meteorite Company hidden somewhere in this town. There might even be a T-virus serum in the secret research room. The T-virus serum was a mission item related to the Dark Knights. And the Dark Knights were closely related to the main storyline mission of the apocalyptic world. There was a very limited amount of T-virus serum left in every server of the Zombie Apocalypse game. This meant that only a very small number of players had access to the core main storyline mission of the Zombie Apocalypse game. Once all these players died or the Dark Knights were wiped out, then this Zombie Apocalypse world might never have an ending. And the ending meant that this world belonged to… Originally, An Lindong was very relieved. He felt that with the current zombie density in Hope Town, it was impossible for players to enter the town and take the T-virus serum! By the time the game was released the next day, the superiors had already assigned him 100 professional players trained by the federal government to join the temporary warehouse resource point. At that time, he could use the strength of these people to lock down Hope Town and firmly control the T-virus serum in the town. However, the violent explosion just now made An Lindong feel a little uneasy. He decided to wait until his helpers entered tomorrow and then bring them to try to enter Hope Town to check it out. … At three o'clock in the morning, at Phoenix Sound Gaming Company. Fang Heng woke up in the company's lounge. After resting for five to six hours, he got up again and entered the game. Alex would wake up after 30 hours when the power was cut off. He needed to think of a way to complete the mission within 30 hours and then leave this damn place completely. "This mission is really difficult!" Fang Heng returned to the game, and the zombies outside were still scratching the door. [Hint: During the time you are offline, your zombie group has completed the search of the first to third floors of the hospital. You have obtained cigarette*2, honey jar*1, fructose*20, disposable syringe*21, medical bandage*10, first aid kit*7, frozen food bag*20, sample collector*12, blood bag*29, underground pipeline maintenance map*1…] [Hint: During the time you are offline, your zombies destroy the wooden door*23, destroy the wooden stool*541, destroy the wooden table*231, obtain firewood*37816, discarded plastic*17176, rusty nails*21…] [Hint: During the time you are offline, your zombies complete the production of the wooden planks*4033.] [Tip: During the time you are offline, your zombie has continuously reinforced the wooden door and consumed the wooden planks*823..]
Chapter 63: Inspiration Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio "Eh?" "The underground pipeline maintenance map?" Fang Heng found the map from a pile of materials collected by the zombies and examined it in his hand. There was an underground pipeline in the hospital! In other words, the hospital had other exits besides the front entrance. However, the entrance of the pipeline was on the basement level. "Perhaps I can leave the town from that place." Fang Heng whispered and temporarily put away the blueprints. He then shifted his gaze to a small box at the side. In the box lay twelve tubular objects, about the size of a palm. "Hmm? Sample collector?" [Item: Sample collector] Description: Meteorite Company's latest generation of live sample collectors, safe, fast and efficient. Additional description: This sample collector can only collect living organisms. Place the A-side of the sample collector on the living organism's surface, press the red button, wait for 30 seconds and it will automatically complete the sample collection. "This collector seems to be related to the mission." "So, other than directly killing the vine zombies, there are other ways to collect samples." Fang Heng took out a sample collector and held it in his hand to observe. However, it could only collect living organisms. Thinking of the vine zombies with strong close combat ability, Fang Heng couldn't help but feel troubled. He didn't think that he could rush up and control the vine zombies for a full 30 seconds. Unless the vine zombies were still dormant. He wouldn't force it. He would try again later when the opportunity comes. Fang Heng carefully put away the collector and looked at the entrance of the hospital, which was being scratched by the zombies outside. He didn't have time to waste with the endless zombies outside. Fang Heng left two zombies to repair the wooden door. Then, he led the rest of the zombies back to the entrance of the buried underground passage. The zombie clones took out their stone pickaxes and dug the passage again. Half an hour later, the buried passage was completely dug out by the zombie clones. Fang Heng raised the focused flamethrower. There were less than two bottles of fuel left. Most of the vine zombies had been killed in the afternoon. It was estimated that there were only about 50 vine zombies left in the morgue. It was enough! After entering the basement, the vine zombies gathered in twos and threes. "Boom!" Fang Heng didn't say anything else. He turned on the focused flamethrower and killed them instantly. Then, he killed his way back to the morgue at the end of the passage. Because he was worried about the fire, Fang Heng had no choice but to go back and forth a few times. He led the vine zombies into the empty passage and killed them again. [Hint: You have killed the corpse vine infected body*23. You have obtained 680 survival points. You have obtained a sample of the infection*46.] [Hint: You have obtained a complete evolution crystal*18. You have obtained a Tier 1 evolution crystal*2.] After a series of operations, the vine zombies in the morgue was completely cleaned up by Fang Heng. "Unfortunately, I didn't find a chance to use the sample collector." As Fang Heng spoke, he crushed the complete evolution crystal that he had found along the way. Looking at it carefully, he was less than one-sixth of the experience points away from levelling up. Fang Heng entered the morgue again. He turned on his flashlight and opened the door of the secret research room in the morgue. The path in front of the secret research room was blocked by lush plants. These plants were corpse vines! Fang Heng didn't dare to get too close. If he wasn't careful and get infected by the corpse vines, then it would be troublesome. But wouldn't using a flamethrower in this small room cause a fire? Eh? Wait, what is this? Fang Heng was hesitating when he suddenly noticed that there were two other experiment manuals on the table. [Hint: You have obtained detailed data of Alex's research.] [Hint: You have obtained detailed data of the corpse vine parasite infection experiment.] [Hint: You can give the manual to the apocalypse merchant Vettel in exchange for additional survival points.] Fang Heng first flipped open Alex's research data. The data in the manual were all related to the experimental subject Alex, including the amount of the virus injected, the injection environment and so on. Looking at the rows of data, Fang Heng felt a headache. He roughly knew that Alex's physical strength was very strong, the kind that could break a wall with one punch. Moreover, its life recovery ability was also very strong. The more effective way to deal with Alex was a fire attack as he was more afraid of fire. Fang Heng picked up another corpse vine parasite experimental data to check. This record book was full of data about the corpse vine parasite infection. A part of it was about how the corpse vine parasites completed their parasitism. It looked very simple. The five corpse vines in the secret laboratory were all products that had been modified hundreds of times. They were very easy to parasitize. As long as the zombie was close to the corpse vine, the corpse vine would take the initiative to attack and forcefully complete the parasitism. An ordinary corpse needed about seven days to complete the entire parasitism process. "Eh?" Fang Heng raised his eyebrows. He suddenly had an idea. Originally, the corpse vines parasitized through the corpses, so could the zombies do it? If the zombies could do it... Could his zombie clone do it? Fang Heng's heart couldn't help but thump violently. If his zombie clone could be strengthened to the same level as the vine zombies, he would be able to kill mutated zombies! However... Fang Heng lowered his head to think again. He flipped to one of the pages of the experiment team's notebook. [4.5] 1. It's parasitic. We found that the corpse vine had completely invaded the brain of the corpse and 'digested' its host's head within seven days. After that, the corpse vine took over and controlled the corpse to move. (The process was very bloody. The head of the corpse would explode on its own, and a plant-like tentacle would grow out of the neck.) 2. We needed more samples for testing. 3. To experiment quietly, the dean agreed to temporarily close the morgue. Fang Heng lowered his head and said in a low voice while thinking, "To summarize, the corpse vine controls the corpse through parasitism." In other words, zombies and corpses could be parasitized as well. If his zombie clone was controlled by the corpse vine and turned into a corpse vine parasite, would he lose control of his zombie clone? "Who cares! Let's give it a try!" It was just a clone, and it could be resurrected after less than 20 hours, so Fang Heng didn't feel bad about it. Fang Heng immediately controlled a zombie to slowly approach the corpse vine. "Chi! Chi! Chi!" The corpse vine immediately reacted to the zombie. The originally dangling vine instantly revived and quickly wrapped around the zombie. In the blink of an eye, the zombie clone was tightly wrapped by the vine. The corpse vine went into the zombie's open mouth. Fang Heng frowned. Rows of game notifications were refreshed in the log. [Hint: Your zombie has been infected by a special parasite.] [Hiint: An abnormality has been detected.] [Hint: Your zombie clone will be infected within 5 to 7 days.] [Hint: Your zombie clone is being enhanced... you will lose control of your zombie clone.] [Hint: You can quickly complete the parasitism by consuming survival points and evolution crystal fragments. You can also remove the parasitic state and retain the positive enhancement effect.] [Hint: This enhancement effect will be retained forever, even after death and resurrection.]
Chapter 64: Evolution Completed Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio It was done! It really could be done! It was just spending more points! Fang Heng was ecstatic. "Consume! Speed up the transformation and remove the parasitic state!" [Hint: You have spent 3000 survival points and 100 evolution crystal fragments to quickly complete the parasitic enhancement of the zombie clone.] [Hint: Your zombie clone has removed all the negative states caused by the parasite.] "Hiss Hiss Hiss!!" The vines that were originally surrounding the zombie spread out. The corpse vines lost their desire to attack the evolved zombie clone. After the evolution, the zombie clone did not look much different. However, if one looked carefully, one could still see that there were tiny sprouts faintly appearing under the skin of the zombie clone. Fang Heng immediately opened the zombie attribute to check. Creature: Zombie (clone). Level: 9 HP: 1,078/1,078 Strength: 5.4 Agility: 4.9 Physique: 5.4 Will: 2.5 Perception: 7.5 Intelligence: 2.5 [Basic skills] Skill: Zombie body. Skill description: Activated passively. Not affected by most mental spells, not affected by most diseases and viruses, does not possess mental strength, does not possess mental strength, does not possess energy and has an additional 300% increase in HP. (Description: The zombie clone does not possess the ability to infect). Skill: Corpse vine armour. Skill description: Activated passively. The zombie clone will gain an additional 300% of basic HP, an additional 1% of maximum HP recovery rate per second and an additional 30% damage reduction upon receiving physical damage. Skill: Corpse vine entanglement. Skill description: When engaged in close combat, there is a chance to trigger the corpse vine entanglement skill, causing the opponent to enter an 'entanglement state'. Additional description: The successful judgement of entanglement and the judgement of escape are related to the basic attributes of both parties. Additional description: After the judgement of entanglement is successful, the entangled target cannot move and the zombie can absorb the HP of the entangled unit every second. Additional description: The HP absorbed is related to the basic attributes. (This effect is ineffective against non-living beings.) "Awesome!" The corpse vine entanglement and the corpse vine armour were undoubtedly extremely effective skills! With the addition of the corpse vine armour and the original zombie skill, Fang Heng's zombie clone now had a 700% increase in basic HP, a 30% reduction in physical damage and a 1% maximum HP recovery every second... An explosive increase in HP! An explosive increase in resistance! With over 1,000 HP and a 30% reduction in physical damage, even a shotgun would not be able to kill it! There was also the corpse vine entanglement skill, a powerful weapon for close-range battle! Even the weakness of the corpse vine parasite, the fear of fire, did not appear. It was most likely eliminated by the King of Gods. "What a huge gain!" Fang Heng's heart was burning with passion. Perhaps the only problem was... The process was too expensive! Transforming a zombie clone required 3000 survival points and 100 evolution crystal fragments. Fang Heng currently had 45 zombies, which meant that he needed a total of 4500 evolution crystal fragments and 13,500 survival points to complete the transformation. As his level rose, he would get more zombie clones and consume more resources to complete the transformation. But obviously, this money was well spent! This kind of perpetual investment was worth it! Coincidentally, there were so many zombies outside now. At most, he could just spend a little more time to accumulate more points to acquire the crystal fragments! It was after three o'clock in the morning but Fang Heng was exceptionally excited now! He turned three more zombie clones into vine zombie clones, using up all the survival points he had gained from killing zombies yesterday. After the transformation of the zombie clones, the corpse vines lost interest in them and dropped them down again. This was another great piece of good news for Fang Heng! "In short, complete the mission first." Fang Heng said in a low voice. He handed a sample collector to the vine zombie clone, then controlled the zombie clone to slowly approach the corpse vine. The zombie clone's movements were stiff. It slowly walked forward, raised its hand and pressed the live sample collector tightly on the stem of the corpse vine. Then, it pressed the red button. "Hiss..." A faint sound was heard. The corpse vine moved. The corpse vine shook a little, then quickly quietened down. A slow-moving channelling bar appeared on top of the zombie clone's head. [Hint: Your zombie clone has obtained a complete live corpse vine sample*1 through the live sample collector.] Half a minute later, the zombie clone put away the sample collector and slowly walked back. Fang Heng held the sample in his hand and looked at it. [Hint: You have obtained a live sample of the corpse vine*1.] [Item: Live sample-modified corpse vine.] Description: A sample with high research value-modified corpse vine. There will be people who will be interested in this during the apocalypse (you can submit it as a mission item, or you can trade it with other players or NPCs). [Hint: You can submit it to the mission publisher, Vettel, and increase the completion rate of the current side mission 1-obtaining a sample of the corpse vine by 100%.] [Description: Currently, the live sample will only be counted as one completion rate reward. There will be no additional completion rate reward if you submit the sample multiple times.] Fang Heng immediately understood when he saw the mission description. He could only obtain a reward once by using the sample collector to obtain the sample, which was to increase the completion rate of the side mission by 100%. In theory, the side mission could achieve a completion rate of more than 100%. If he wanted to do that, he could only kill monsters to get samples. Before this, he was able to kill the corpse vine infected bodies he encountered. Fang Heng couldn't bear to kill these modified corpse vines. Fang Heng controlled a few vine zombie clones to move the giant flower pot with the corpse vines to a corner of the laboratory. These corpse vines were still useful! As his level increased, Fang Heng would get more zombies. At that time, he would need to modified corpse vines to help increase the strength of his zombie clones! After removing the flower bed of the corpse vines, the pathway in front of the laboratory was cleared. Fang Heng walked forward carefully. In the deepest part of the laboratory lay a big box. The lid of the box was made of thick glass. At first glance, it looked like a coffin. There were many wires attached to the coffin, which was connected to the main control computer at the side. However, the power to the computer had been cut off and it was currently turned off. Fang Heng took a few steps forward and immediately stopped. He had felt a strong sense of uneasiness from the first time he stepped into the morgue outside. The uneasiness came from this coffin! Fang Heng stuck his head out and looked into the distance. Inside the coffin lay a strong man who was nearly two meters tall! His face was pale and his skin had a strange greenish-grey colour. At first glance, he looked as if he was asleep. Other than his greenish-grey skin and his extremely strong body, he was no different from an ordinary person. He was the sleeping experimental subject, Alex! Fang Heng instinctively didn't want to get too close to Alex. He controlled the six zombie clones to walk to the coffin and lift the thick glass lid together. "Crack!" The glass lid was extremely heavy and when only one corner was lifted, a white mist that could be seen by the naked eye immediately escaped from the gap.
Chapter 65: Greed! "The cold air is leaking out so quickly…" Fang Heng frowned and murmured. He continued to control the zombie clone and pressed the live sample collector on Alex's arm. "Chi!" A faint sound was heard. The needle of the live sample collector pierced through Alex's skin. Alex seemed to not react at all. Fang Heng didn't dare to be negligent. He stared at the progress bar that was slowly moving above the head of the zombie clone. [Hint: Your zombie clone has obtained a complete live corpse vine sample*1 through the live sample collector.] "Done!" After collecting the sample, Fang Heng immediately controlled the zombie clone to cover the coffin. The zombie clone slowly walked back and handed the collected sample to Fang Heng. [Hint: You have obtained the sample of the experimental subject Alex*1.] [Hint: You can submit it to the mission publisher, Vettel, to increase the completion rate of the current side mission 3-obtaining the sample of the experimental subject Alex by 100%.] [Description: Currently, the live sample is only counted as one completion rate reward. No additional completion rate reward will be obtained by submitting the sample multiple times.] "Whew!" After getting the sample, Fang Heng wiped the sweat off his forehead. He had to be careful. After all, Alex was a Tier 3 or Tier 4 mutated zombie. If he suddenly woke up, the consequences would be unimaginable. "I've better get out of here." The longer he stayed here, the more uneasy Fang Heng felt. He turned around and walked toward the door, picking up the sample to check. Item: Experimental subject Alex's live sample. Description: A sample of high-value. Trust me, the researchers will go crazy over it. Even in the apocalypse, it will definitely sell for a very high price! (You can submit it as a mission item, or you can trade it with other players or NPCs.) Huh? Fang Heng, who was about to escape from the place, stopped when he saw the notification. A live sample could only be submitted once for the mission, but it didn't mean that the sample couldn't be collected multiple times. Similarly, it could also be used outside of the mission! Moreover, the item description indicated that Alex's live sample was very precious and of high value! Coincidentally, Fang Heng had always required money. Especially now, he needed a large number of survival points to evolve his zombie clones! Also, the moment he saw the item description, Fang Heng immediately thought of Qiu Yaokang. That cold researcher whose mind was filled with experiments. If he gave him a living sample of Alex, would he be able to exchange it for a better attribute enhancement potion? Fang Heng felt tempted. He turned around and once again focused his gaze on Alex's dormant coffin. He was already here, so it wouldn't be too much to collect a few more samples, would it? Even though it was very dangerous, Alex could wake up at any time… Greed! When he could be greedy, he had to be greedy to death! Fang Heng gritted his teeth. "Greed!" He kept the farthest distance from the coffin and once again controlled the zombie clones to walk forward and open the coffin. The little cold air that was left leaked out once again. "Chi!" The sample collector was injected into Alex's arm again, piercing through his skin. A slow-moving reading bar appeared above the zombie clones' heads. [Hint: You have obtained a sample of the experimental subject Alex*1.] [Hint: You have obtained a sample of the experimental subject Alex*1.] [Hint: You have obtained a sample…] After collecting five more samples, Alex's originally green-grey arm had already revealed a greyish-white colour. While he was collecting the seventh sample, Fang Heng suddenly noticed that Alex's finger twitched slightly while he was still sleeping. "D*mn it!" His greed had led to big trouble! Fang Heng felt a chill on his back! "Bang!" He hurriedly controlled the zombie clones to stop the collection and cover the coffin lid. Fang Heng held his breath and looked at Alex in the coffin nervously. Fortunately, Alex did not display major changes. He just remained silent after twitching his finger just now. Fang Heng didn't dare to risk his life anymore. He quickly controlled the zombie clones to leave the secret research room together. In theory, the specially-made coffin box could still be frozen for 30 hours after the power was cut off. However, when the zombies were collecting the samples just now, too much cold air had leaked out. In addition, the continuous collection of samples must have triggered Alex… Fang Heng felt that this coffin would definitely not last for 30 hours. Alex could wake up at any time! It was too dangerous to stay in the hospital. He had to leave the hospital as soon as possible. Oh right, don't forget about the corpse vines! The corpse vines in the secret research room had been modified after hundreds of studies. They were extremely suitable for parasites. In order to facilitate the evolution and modification of the zombie clones in the future, the corpse vines had to be taken away as well! The corpse vines couldn't be put into the backpack, so they could only be carried away in the flower pots by the evolved vine zombie clones. Outside the morgue, Fang Heng lowered his head and thought. In this way, it was very inconvenient to carry the corpse vines and the flower pots. It was definitely not possible to leave through the front entrance of the hospital. "Firstly, there are too many zombies outside, so there's not enough time to clean them up. Secondly, when the zombies swarm over, if the corpse vine is stimulated and starts to parasitize the zombies, it'll be troublesome…" Fang Heng lowered his head and pondered again. "I got it! The sewer!" Fang Heng had an idea. He took out the map of the sewer from his backpack and checked it. The map only displayed the part of the sewer of the hospital. There were two entrances to the sewer of the hospital, both in the parking lot on the basement level. "I'll go there and check the situation first." Fang Heng turned back to the parking lot on the basement level. The parking lot had been cleaned once before and it remained quiet. The iron door that Fang Heng had manually put down was very strong and had not been scratched by the zombies outside. Fang Heng followed the instructions on the blueprint and quickly found the manhole cover in the corner of the parking lot. As the manhole cover was locked from the inside, Fang Heng could only take out a stone hammer and forcefully knock it open. "Bang!" [Hint: You deal damage to the manhole cover +29.] The manhole cover only had 10,000 HP, so it would be opened very soon! A group of zombie clones took out small stone hammers and slammed them at the manhole cover. "Bang! Bang Bang! Bang Bang!" In less than ten minutes, the manhole cover was broken. Fang Heng held a flashlight and shone it down. "My god! So many!" Fang Heng was shocked. At first glance, he saw a circle of zombies' heads in the sewer. They noticed the light of the flashlight and immediately became excited and kept howling. These zombies were also attracted by the explosion in the hospital earlier on. Fang Heng carefully scanned the interior of the sewer with his flashlight. The inside of the sewer was very wide, about ten meters long. In the middle of the sewer was a three-meter-long dirty sewer. There were at least seven to eight hundred zombies in the entire sewer. Fang Heng didn't sense any mutated zombies among them. "It's not a big problem." Fang Heng muttered to himself. He soon had a plan. He only needed to clean them all up and then escape from the hospital through the sewer. Fang Heng controlled the zombie clones to raise their spears and jump into the sewers one by one, starting to clear out the zombies. [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed an ordinary zombie. You have obtained survival points*2.] [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed an ordinary zombie. You have obtained survival points*2. You have obtained evolution crystal fragment*1.] [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed an ordinary zombie. You have obtained survival points*2.] [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed an ordinary zombie…] The game log began to refresh crazily again..
Chapter 66: Combat Effect While the zombie clones were cleaning up the sewer, Fang Heng led the four evolved vine zombies back to the secret research room to move the corpse vines. They ran back and forth five times. Fang Heng finally moved all the large flower pots used to grow corpse vines to the corner of the underground parking lot. "There are a total of 10 corpse vines. It's a bit troublesome to bring them all back to prison." Looking at these corpse vines, Fang Heng felt troubled. It was a long journey back to the prison from here and the flower pots were unusually heavy. His modified motorcycle would probably need to make three or four trips before all of the flower pots could be transported back to the prison. "Forget it, I'll think of a solution when the time comes." After busying himself for half a day, Fang Heng was a little tired. Under such a dangerous situation, he did not dare to go offline, so he simply got a simple bed and dozed off on the spot. After sleeping for two hours, Fang Heng woke up again and stretched. The group of zombies gathered under the sewer had been completely cleaned up. [Hint: When you were hacking, your zombie clones killed 1502 zombies. You received 3090 survival points. You received evolution crystal fragment*267.] [Hint: You received recipe-noodles with scallion oil, recipe-scallion pancakes.] "Hehe, more recipes." [Hint: You learned recipe-noodles with scallion oil and recipe-scallion pancakes. Your cooking skill experience points +12.] Fang Heng was already used to it. He patted the two recipes on his head and climbed down the ladder into the sewer. "It stinks!" When he landed on the ground, Fang Heng immediately smelled an unspeakable stench. He covered his mouth and nose and carefully observed the internal environment of the sewer. There was a tunnel on the left and right sides of the sewer respectively. The light from the flashlight shone on them but they were pitch-black and endless. Because the sewer map only marked the entrance of the hospital, Fang Heng didn't know which direction to go. "It doesn't matter. Better to leave the hospital first." Fang Heng randomly chose a direction and followed the zombies to clean up the zombies along the way. Fang Heng endured the stench and walked forward for three minutes. Then, he heard a few splashes from the left side. He raised his flashlight and shone it on a zombie that was lying at the bottom of the sewer. It was bloated and had dark brown bumps all over its body. Its entire body was emitting a foul smell. Fang Heng raised his eyebrows and quickly took a few steps back. Tier 1 mutated zombie-pus zombie. The pus zombie was one of Tier 1 mutated zombies that were very difficult to deal with in the early stages of the game. The pus zombie's bloated body was filled with highly corrosive and highly infectious pus. Once it died, there was a high chance that its body would explode and the pus would splatter everywhere. If players were accidentally infected by the pus, other than their skin and muscles being corroded, there was also a high chance that they would enter the zombie virus infection state. Other than that, the pus zombie's attributes were all stronger than ordinary zombies. Due to the pus zombie's huge body, its weakness was that its movement speed was relatively slow. Fang Heng touched the shotgun in his backpack and prepared to shoot the pus zombie in the head from a distance. He thought for a moment and put the shotgun back. "Hold on, I can try out the evolved vine zombies' abilities." Fang Heng gave the order to the four vine zombies behind him to attack. The vine zombies weren't moving fast either, so they walked up unsteadily. The vine zombies at the front raised their spears and stabbed forward. "Chi!" The spear happened to pierce a tumour on the pus zombie's body. The tumour exploded with a "pu" sound. The corrosive pus splashed on the vine zombie's body, making a chemical burning sound like "chi-chi". White smoke rose. The highly corrosive pus corroded the vine zombie's body, leaving black holes on it. The vine zombie's movements were not affected. It continued to raise its spear and thrust forward. Fang Heng raised his eyebrows. Corrosive damage was not considered physical damage. It could not be reduced by the vine armour's skills. However, its damage was insubstantial against the vine zombie's high HP. Moreover, it had a maximum recovery rate of 1% of its HP per second. This little damage was nothing! After receiving a few attacks, the pus zombie began to approach and counterattack. It raised its right hand and was about to swing out. "Chi! Chi! Chi!" A few vines suddenly shot out from the shoulder of the vine zombie. The vines quickly wrapped around the arms of the pus zombie. More and more vines grew out of the zombie's body and entangled the pus zombie. Fine barbs appeared on the vines and pierced into the skin of the pus zombie. Dark red blood was drawn out along the vines and absorbed into the body of the vie zombie. "Amazing! It's absorbing nutrients!" Fang Heng noticed that the vine zombie's HP was recovering rapidly! New vine branches quickly grew out of the black holes that had been corroded before, filling the holes. "Urgh…" A moment later, the pus zombie that had been drained dry let out a wail and fell to the ground, completely dead. [Hint: Your zombie clone has killed the pus zombie. You have gained 11 survival points.] "Okay!" Fang Heng clenched his fists. The evolved vine zombie clone fought a Tier 1 mutant zombie one-on-one. It won! It was worth the 3,000 points spent! This battle gave Fang Heng a clearer understanding of the abilities of the vine zombie. Based on the combat ability of the vine zombies, they wouldn't be at a disadvantage against the other Tier 1 mutated zombies. Not to mention when he had a large group of zombie clones to carry out the attack. With that, the safety of the 'hack' could be greatly improved. Fang Heng was extremely satisfied with the combat ability of the vine zombies. Just as he was about to continue walking forward, two warnings popped up in the game log. [Warning: You are in an extremely harsh environment. Due to the influence of the stench, as you stay in the sewer for a longer period, your HP will continue to decrease, and the rate of decrease will gradually increase.] [Warning: You are in an extremely harsh environment. If you stay in the environment for a long period, there is a chance that you will enter an infected state.] "There is such a negative effect." Fang Heng frowned again. Walking on the ground was extremely troublesome, but walking in the sewer was also dangerous! After thinking for a while, Fang Heng decided to control the two evolved vine zombies and the rest of the ordinary zombie clones to continue to explore and clean up the zombies they encountered along the way. On the other hand, he brought the other two vine zombies back the way they came. Fang Heng climbed out of the hospital's sewer again. Later, he would leave the hospital through the sewer. At that time, he would also take the corpse vines that he left in the parking lot with him. He didn't want them to be damaged by Alex when he woke up. Fang Heng opened the construction page. "Found it, a wooden crane." Fang Heng spent a lot of time building a crane to carry heavy objects up and down. Since he couldn't get close to the corpse vines, he could only stand in the distance and command the two vine zombies to carry and move them. It took him nearly two hours to carry the ten heavy corpse vines into the sewer. When he was done, Fang Heng entered the sewer again. He used the newly made wooden manhole cover to seal the entrance, leaving the two vine zombies to guard the corpse vines. Fang Heng then covered his mouth and nose and sped down the tunnel..