Chapter 16 Unexpected

Never would have thought that this blood zombie, after suffering such heavy damage, would still stand. It raised an arm and grabbed Wang Tanzhi.

In that second, everyone present was thinking the same two things. First, this monster's brain was probably just mush to begin with. Second, Wang Tanzhi was probably done for.

Bang! Another gunshot.

Feng Bujue's actions were as swift as his thoughts, and remarkably calm and efficient. At that moment, he was two meters to the side of the blood zombie, raising his gun and firing at its head. Because of the short distance, the bullet pierced straight through, blowing a hole in the blood zombie's head. A pool of unknown liquid sprayed out along with the bullet leaving the skull.

The blood zombie's movements finally halted. Wang Tanzhi quickly broke free and jumped off its shoulder.

Feng Bujue walked to the front of the blood zombie, aiming his gun at the center of the monster's forehead. "Interesting. Looks like the back of its head is almost useless." Before the words had faded, he fired another shot. The bullet entered through the blood zombie's forehead, and this time it didn't even make a sound, completely losing its reaction.

"Hmm… I understand now. This guy is used to focusing on a target with high damage output, making it easy to attack from behind. Although its head is undoubtedly a weak point, the system deliberately set its most fatal vulnerability at the front, giving it high attack and high health characteristics..." As Feng Bujue spoke, the blood zombie collapsed. For him, killing the monster wasn't important. Knowing how to kill this type of monster most efficiently was more important.

Long Aomin had finally recovered. He could still stand and walk, but his complexion looked terrible. Although others didn't know exactly how much survival value he had left, they all knew his condition was quite bad…

The survival value Wang Tanzhi lost was insignificant compared to Long Aomin's. Of course, considering his own survival value, even at 90% health, being hit by that blood zombie would probably have finished him off.

Just when everyone thought they had defeated the mini-boss and could catch their breath, darkness descended again, and various terrifying sounds rang in their ears. The fear levels of the group soared. They couldn't help but have the same thought: If the blood zombie on the ground stood up again after the darkness passed, and became even stronger, what would they do?

Seconds later, the darkness dissipated, coming and going quickly like the last time. Feng Bujue had already raised his gun again, vigilantly aiming at the blood zombie's head on the ground. But the latter showed no reaction, seeming to be completely dead.

"So… it seems the second possibility I mentioned earlier is correct." Feng Bujue aimed for five or six seconds, and seeing no movement, lowered his gun. "This darkness is something like a natural phenomenon, and its effect is that every time it appears, all 'living' monsters become stronger." He glanced at the blood zombie on the ground. "I suspect this blood zombie has already been strengthened once... Not just it, but when we encountered the first darkness, every monster in the city that hadn't been killed was strengthened."

Long Aomin, Lonely, and Silent had walked to Feng Bujue's side. Long Aomin didn't say much, simply handing over the [Mario's Pipe Wrench]. Feng Bujue casually took it. Neither of them seemed to think much of it.

Feng Bujue continued, "If we hadn't killed this blood zombie by now, it probably would have mutated again in the darkness."

"Wouldn't that make the difficulty of this script too exaggerated? If this darkness comes a few more times, wouldn't the whole city be overrun with monsters?" Wang Tanzhi said.

"This is a way of urging us to clear the game as soon as possible, because this city is large, and the monsters in the script aren't that dense, at least not like in zombie movies where they're everywhere… so the system is using this method to prevent players from leisurely searching the city," Feng Bujue said. "If we don't hurry, not to mention the main quest, a few hours from now, any monster we encounter will be as strong as a Boss, and we'll definitely be wiped out."

"Then what are we waiting for… hurry…" Long Aomin began, but Feng Bujue shook his head. "We still have to prioritize things. Our plan remains unchanged." He looked back towards the police station. "Now that this monster has been killed, there will definitely be a reward after a battle of this level. We should search the police station for equipment first, try to arm everyone as much as possible, and also restore some survival value to Brother Long."

As Feng Bujue spoke, he walked towards the broken wall, taking out a broken flashlight from his bag. "I have a skill that can make these broken little things work normally for about three minutes, but it costs 100 stamina points. Since I had to rush back to help fight just now, I didn't have time to search further, and it wasn't a good idea to waste stamina points before the fight, so I didn't use the skill.

Considering the limited light inside and the fact that we only have one flashlight, I suggest I go in alone. If I find other, more reliable lighting equipment, I'll come out and find you all, and then we can search together."

He turned his head. "Of course, if anyone wants to come in with me now, they can, but they can only follow me, and their line of sight can only follow the area I'm lighting up."

"No need. We'll just wait here. Do you think we're afraid you'll secretly hoard the equipment?" Long Aomin laughed heartily, sitting cross-legged on the ground. "This is a good chance for me to rest for a while and recover some stamina."

Lonely didn't offer any opinion at this point. In the two team survival modes he and Silent had participated in before, high-level players would never protect or care about them, let alone share equipment with them. Now that this "Crazy Brother" was going to the police station to get equipment for the team, how could they possibly object?

Feng Bujue exchanged glances with the four of them and nodded. He re-entered the gap in the wall. This time, however, he had a flashlight in his hand. After taking a few steps forward, he used [Sloppy Repair]. As 100 stamina points were deducted, a few two-dimensional data fragments like matrix code appeared on the flashlight. Then, the flashlight quickly transformed, becoming perfectly intact.

[Name: Flashlight]

[Type: Tool]

[Quality: Normal]

[Function: Illumination]

[Can be brought out of this scenario: Yes]

[Note: Requires two size D batteries to operate.]

Although this thing could be brought out of the script, it was useless, because once Feng Bujue's skill wore off, its quality would become broken, and then it wouldn't light up. It also wasn't a plot item, so it wouldn't turn into a puzzle card.

Moving forward with a light source in hand, Feng Bujue's search became very efficient. He quickly found something very important…