Chapter 11

[Feng Bujue, Level 11]

[Wang Tanzhi, Level 11]

[Please select the game mode to join.]

[You have selected Team Survival Mode (Normal), please confirm.]

[Your team is joining Team Survival Mode (Normal), the random team size is: Six players.]

[Your team has entered the queue and is searching for other ready individuals or teams.]

[Match completed, coordinating neural connections, generating the scenario...]

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"Welcome to Thriller Paradise." The voice this time sounded like a middle-aged man, and his speech was slurred.

[Loading complete, you are currently in Team Survival Mode (Normal).]

[This mode provides a scenario introduction, and has a chance to trigger side hidden quests and special worldviews.]

[Scenario Completion Reward: A 100% bonus to base experience gained upon completion.]

[Scenario introduction will begin shortly, the game will start immediately after playback.]

The scene Feng Bujue saw quickly turned into a first-person perspective, real-time CG movie, somewhat like the opening of Call of Duty.

The camera showed him "descending" in the air, but he wasn't wearing a military uniform; he was still wearing the game's default black long-sleeved T-shirt and pants. Before him were blue skies, white clouds, and a beautiful sunny day.

The camera turned downwards, revealing a modern city with towering buildings below.

The system voice, accompanied by subtitles, began to play simultaneously: [You are a member of a search and rescue team, ordered to find Dr. Ashford, an employee of Allerbmu Corporation, in this city. However, due to an unexpected aircraft malfunction, you and your five teammates unfortunately lost all communication equipment and heavy firepower weapons during the parachute jump, and were scattered throughout the city.]

"Allerbmu... isn't that just 'Umbrella' spelled backward?" Feng Bujue said while watching the subtitles appear before him, "So, the city name is just Raccoon City spelled backward and then transliterated, right?"

[An unknown virus is raging in this Nooccar City.]

"Wow... they actually did it!"

[This virus, with extreme biological hazards, is codenamed "Z". The four most significant characteristics are: 100% infectivity, 100% mortality, transmission through exposed mucous membranes and all bodily fluids, and inability to spread through air or water.]

"Come on! Just say it's the T-virus, what's with the Z? Who can't see the nature of this scenario?"

[All infected individuals have turned into... Vampire Werewolf Zombies.]

"Eh?" Feng Bujue suddenly froze, and some very terrible image flashed through his mind...

[The basic abilities and habits of this monster are no different from those of ordinary zombies, but it also possesses some characteristics of werewolves and vampires, abbreviated as... Blood Wolf Zombies.]

"Huh?"

[Silverware can burn the body of a Blood Wolf Zombie, and the smell of garlic mixed with saliva can have a certain deterrent effect on them. Their mobility and intelligence are extremely low. Killing them requires severing the head or crushing the back of the head.]

"Isn't that weaker than regular zombies? What's the point of this setting?"

[Blood Wolf Zombies are very averse to sunlight, but sunlight does not cause substantial harm to them. They have a strong sense of smell, and are somewhat responsive to sounds and flashes of light. Their carnivorous desire is unrelated to the digestive system, even if they lose their jaw, esophagus, stomach, or other related organs... they will continue to try to tear apart their prey and put it in their mouths. All living people will become their targets.]

This opening CG and explanation were relatively long, probably because falling from the air took some time. After the introduction was completed, the final scene showed Feng Bujue landing on the rooftop of a street-side shop.

A second later, Feng Bujue's own vision merged with the scene, marking the official loading of the game. He wasn't carrying a parachute or anything; it seemed to have been deleted by the system, saving him the time of having to remove it.

A notification that [Main Quest Triggered] immediately appeared.

This time, the six players were scattered in various parts of the map before the scenario even started. This was the first time Feng Bujue had encountered this situation. He opened the menu and first looked at the content of the main quest: [Enter and search the Allerbmu Corporation building to find the whereabouts of Dr. Ashford.]

Next, he looked at the status of the team, which showed five names: [Wang Tanzhi] [Peerless General Pan Feng] [Thousand-Man Slayer Hua Xiong] [HardToGetName] [Young Master Atobe].

Feng Bujue thought, "Pan Feng and Hua Xiong must be on the same team... Speaking of which, this scenario seems to be all male players."

"Aah—" Suddenly, a muffled groan sounded behind Feng Bujue.

Feng Bujue turned his head and saw a... or rather, a Blood Wolf Zombie, limping towards him.

The appearance of this thing was roughly as follows: it was covered in hair, but its hands and face were not. Not only were they hairless, but the skin was also very pale. The face was human-like, with fangs like a vampire. In addition, it had some of the characteristics of a zombie, such as some hideous wounds and decaying limbs.

The monster was walking very slowly, either because exposure to sunlight made its movements more sluggish, and it was also stupid enough to expose its whereabouts by making meaningless groans.

Feng Bujue stared at this guy for a few seconds with a forty-five-degree downward gaze, then walked halfway around it from the side and came to the monster's rear...

The monster limped, slowly turning around to face Feng Bujue again, groaning and approaching him.

"So slow..." Feng Bujue didn't even bother taking out a weapon from his knapsack. He was too lazy to kill this monster; he just walked straight towards the door leading off the rooftop.

The Blood Wolf Zombie behind him was still approaching him, but its movement speed was slower than Feng Bujue's normal walking speed.

Feng Bujue opened the rooftop door, which led to the stairs downstairs. Although he felt a bit of contempt for the strength of the monsters in this scenario, he still vigilantly observed the situation behind the door before entering. Before leaving, Feng Bujue didn't forget to close the door...

Walking down the stairs, the next floor was an ordinary small restaurant. The kitchen was opposite the bar, with a row of tables and chairs on the street-facing window side, and some seats at the bar. Some of the tables still had leftover food, sandwiches, fries, bacon and eggs, etc. At this moment, these things had already become a feast for flies.

As Feng Bujue looked around, he heard another groan.

"Ugh—" There was also a Blood Wolf Zombie inside the bar. Its upper body was leaning against the oven, while its lower body had been eaten, and the contents of its intestines were all over the floor. Seeing Feng Bujue appear nearby, the monster raised its arms in his direction, making a few noises, almost saying, "Come into my bowl."

Feng Bujue ignored this guy. He looked out the street through the window. As far as he could see, there were indeed a few Blood Wolf Zombies wandering around, but they were all hiding in the shadows of buildings, and their movements were equally slow.

"Hmm... doesn't seem very dangerous. Let's do an experiment." He took out a pipe wrench, broke into the storage room, and two minutes later, walked out with a basket of garlic.

Feng Bujue put the basket on the bar, took out a garlic clove, put away the pipe wrench and took out a kitchen knife, cut open a little of the garlic skin, picked a clove of raw garlic, put it in his mouth and chewed.

Eating things in Thriller Paradise allows you to simulate a taste almost identical to the real thing, and eating too much will also produce a feeling of fullness, but naturally nothing will increase in the player's stomach in reality. Both the sense of taste and the sense of fullness are illusions created through the neural connection system.

After the spicy heat exploded on the tip of his tongue, Feng Bujue went behind the bar and approached the Blood Wolf Zombie on the ground. The latter had already put its arms down, seemingly losing its appetite for human flesh. It seemed that the smell of garlic did have an effect.

Feng Bujue even leaned forward shamelessly, stretched his neck, and "Ha—" breathed in the direction of the monster from a distance of about one meter.

The monster actually began to crawl on the ground, trying to get away from Feng Bujue.

"Hehe... this scenario is simply heaven." Feng Bujue's face showed excitement. He had decided to grind in this city until he was satisfied.