Volume 1, Chapter 34: Uh... a Zombie?
Once the call connected, Li Chuan got straight to the point.
“I’m going to take on the daily quest. Can you help me guard Little Green?”
The girl’s voice was sweet and innocent.
“Definitely not. I don’t have the clearance key yet. I’m going to the forest today to find the key,” Li Chuan replied without hesitation.
“If you help guard Little Green, I’ll pay you with a clearance key!”
There was a brief silence on the other end, as if she was hesitating.
“Alright then! It’s a deal!”
[Player Black Friday has sent you a limited-time four-hour team invitation (any form of mutual attack between team members will be nullified; please trust your teammates 100%).]
He clicked accept.
A few minutes later, Lin Yaoyao’s petite figure darted into the tent.
“Go ahead! I promise I won’t wreck the place!”
…
[You have accepted the daily quest: Those filthy bugs have dirtied my laboratory. Anyone willing to help clean them up?]
[Quest Difficulty: Low]
[Proceed to a mysterious laboratory and eliminate the failed test subjects roaming inside.]
[Quest Rewards: 200 copper coins, 200 experience points, 1 Black Iron Treasure Chest, 1 Temporary Photosynthesis Capsule (Green).]
[Quest Progress: Failed Test Subjects 0/50]
[Quest Penalty: Loss of return privileges; become a test subject!]
[Time Remaining: 1 hour 59 minutes]
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In the dust-covered room, Li Chuan held a crossbow tightly, scanning the surroundings with utmost vigilance.
Judging by the furnishings, this seemed to be a changing room. In the corner lay a corpse curled up, dressed in a tattered white lab coat. The body was severely decomposed, unrecognizable from its former self.
Identification effect triggered.
[A corpse dead for nine months, severely decayed.]
There appeared to be something locked inside a wardrobe, incessantly pounding on the door — bang, bang, bang.
Li Chuan cautiously approached the wardrobe and peered through the crack in the door.
Rotten, grotesque, hideous! Inside was another heavily decayed corpse, but unlike the other, this one moved!
[Low-level Biochemical Experiment Subject (Humanoid): Green]
[Health: 1000/1000]
[Level 15, low-level undead creature, slow movement, extremely resilient, weak points marked!]
Isn’t this just a zombie? This broken game system gets more twisted the deeper you play!
Roar! Ha-roar! Ha-roar!
The zombie seemed to sense Li Chuan’s living flesh and blood, pounding on the wardrobe door faster and faster.
Li Chuan stowed his crossbow, drew his longsword, and stabbed directly at the zombie’s neck through the crack!
The monster’s weak points were only on the neck and head.
The head was tough; the neck was the perfect spot!
Fire element enchantment!
[-103]
Critical hit!
[Weak point strike -194!]
Another critical! One more!
[Deadly strike -999]
With a crack, the zombie’s head was sliced clean off by Li Chuan.
[Ding, defeated level 15 low-level biochemical experiment subject (elite) *1, experience +30]
It dropped only some copper coins, which Li Chuan bent down to pick up.
Fifty of these things?
As long as they didn’t come in hordes, Li Chuan thought this quest wasn’t difficult at all — worthy of its low-level classification.
Carefully opening the door, Li Chuan entered a large laboratory. The place was a mess, resembling a room where a hundred huskies had been kept.
Roar!
A zombie that had been hiding in a corner suddenly lunged out.
Side roll!
Weak point strike!
[Weak point strike -199]
One sword stroke twisted the zombie’s head, but it didn’t stop its ravenous attack, shaking its head wildly as it lunged at Li Chuan.
Rotten flesh, grotesque face, the stench was so strong it even unsettled Li Chuan, a grown man.
[Deadly strike -999]
“Die, damn it!”
[Ding, defeated level 16 low-level biochemical experiment subject (elite) *1, experience +32]
More copper coins dropped.
There seemed to be only this one zombie in the lab, but there were several doors. Li Chuan picked one at random and cracked it open just a fist’s width.
Clang clang clang!
This time, Li Chuan didn’t rush out but slammed his longsword hard against the metal door several times.
Better to lure the zombies out than be ambushed by unknown creatures lurking in the shadows.
Roar! Roar!
Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.
Disorderly footsteps sounded beyond the door.
Li Chuan immediately shut the iron door.
Bang! Bang bang!
Bang bang bang bang!
The relentless pounding on the door continued nonstop.
“Damn, judging by the noise, there’s more than one zombie behind this door.”
Roar! Bang bang! Creak, creak, creak!
Some zombies switched from pounding to scratching, the sound even more grating.
Li Chuan turned back and picked up a sturdy iron chain from the floor. He fastened one end to the door handle, the other to the wall, ensuring the door could open only a small crack.
Taking a deep breath, he flung the door open.
In an instant, four or five arms stretched out simultaneously.
At the bottom, a hairless, triangular-headed creature of unknown origin pushed its head inside the door.
[Low-level Biochemical Experiment Subject (Canine): Cyan]
[Health: 1300/1300]
[Level 19, low-level undead creature, swift movement, extremely resilient, weak points marked!]
Zombie dogs!
Li Chuan did not dare be careless. Unsure how long the chain would hold, he swung his longsword in wide arcs, chopping furiously at the zombie dog’s neck.
-67—97—103…
[Deadly strike -999!]
[Ding, defeated level 19 low-level biochemical experiment subject (leader) *1, experience +95]
The half-body zombie dog that had pushed inside collapsed. The rest were easy.
The three zombies desperately pushing against the door were soon all slain by Li Chuan.
The monsters’ bodies on the floor slowly vanished, leaving a small pile of coins and a piece of equipment.
It was a level 15 green shoulder guard.
Not very useful—keep it for selling.
Li Chuan unfastened the chain, switched to another door, and repeated the trick.
Roar! Roar!
Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat.
Sure enough, there were monsters behind this door too.
The laboratory’s metal doors were sturdy, so Li Chuan used this bug-exploiting method to clear all the zombies behind the doors.
[Ding, player ‘Li Chuan’ has reached maximum experience, level up +1, gained 5 free attribute points.]
“Phew, after killing over twenty test subjects, I finally reached level 13. The quest completion is almost halfway done. Time for a break, then I’ll find another lab and continue.”
…
Tick, tick, tick.
In a dark, deep corridor where water droplets occasionally fell, Li Chuan pressed close to a wall, moving forward slowly.
His original plan was to find another large laboratory like before, but after several hundred meters, he hadn’t even seen a door.
“Did I choose the wrong path? Well, no matter, I’ve come this far anyway.”
He pressed on.
A hundred meters later, the corridor ended in a T-junction.
Li Chuan hated the loss of visibility!
Especially in a place like this.
Leap! Fire element enchantment!
Whoosh—the longsword blazed with orange-red flames, illuminating the path ahead.
No monsters lurked around the corner, but the side passages remained shadowy and deep.
Tick, tick, tick…
Li Chuan moved silently onward.
“Help! Help! Is anyone there? Can someone help me?”
A cry for help?
Could there really be anyone here?
Li Chuan quickened his steps and saw a figure desperately pushing against a metal door.
[White Tingting (White Little Bear): Human]
[Health: 100/100]
[Level 8, ordinary human warrior, weak points marked.]
Isn’t that the salt merchant trickster?
Li Chuan didn’t dwell on it; he stepped forward and swung his flaming longsword, quickly slashing down two zombies desperately trying to push open the door.
“Is… is that you?”