novelraw Chapter 167: Inside Information on Freedom Tower
Chapter 167: Inside Information on Freedom Tower
Using—【Intelligence Card—Inside Information】(Bronze Tier)
Target—Detailed intelligence on 【Wasteland Battle Royale—Midnight Hunt】.
In the next moment, the Bronze-tier 【Intelligence Card—Inside Information】 vanished from the Book of Fate.
On the Magazine Display Stand, a notebook with somewhat mottled colors appeared, along with a USB drive stained with blood.
"Two intelligence items? Not bad for a Bronze-tier card."
Yu Yuan felt a surge of joy.
Picking up the notebook and USB drive, he walked over to the Laptop.
With only one day left before the Wasteland Trial, he had to fully understand the situation inside today.
As the USB drive was inserted, a video file appeared on the computer, and Yu Yuan opened it directly.
As soon as it started, a man appeared before the camera, his face clearly showing anxiety and urgency.He was obviously panicked, frequently looking back over his shoulder at the door behind him, radiating extreme insecurity.
[Dammit, it's the 5th day since the mysterious virus appeared. Our plan failed. These Infected are evolving too fast. Just a few days ago, they were just a bunch of slow-moving, dull-witted things, but today we encountered one good at lurking and moving at incredible speed—a 'Swiftstrider'. Warren was bitten to death.]
[I've already lost contact with headquarters. Clearly, I've been abandoned. I'm terrified, but I know I have to do something.]
As he spoke, the man produced a hand-drawn sketch. It depicted a thin, small-bodied humanoid figure in a jacket, looking withered. Beside it was a label—Swiftstrider.
Then, every few days, the man would take out another hand-drawn sketch and introduce it to the camera.
[It's the 9th day since the virus appeared. A new elite Infected has emerged. I call them 'Shriekers'. They emit piercing screams and can whip up brief whirlwinds within a two-meter radius around themselves. They're a real handful. They're also easy to identify; they've mutated red substances on their bodies, making them look like women in red dresses.]
[It's the 23rd day since the virus appeared. A new elite Infected has emerged—the 'Venom Spitter'. It's utterly hideous. At first glance, it looks like a woman eight or nine months pregnant, with a huge belly and sluggish movements.
But don't underestimate them. They can spit highly corrosive venom from their mouths, with a maximum attack range of up to fifteen meters.]
..........
[Oh~~ my God, what is that thing? A hulking brute two and a half meters tall. How have I never seen it before? And what is that thing it's wearing? A football uniform protective suit? Dammit, it saw me, it's charging at me...]
[*Cough cough*, I'm done for. I barely escaped, but I'm dying. That big guy just now must be a Leader-level Infected. They're evolving way too fast.
I'm going to put all the special items I've collected during this time in the manager's office in the Office Zone on the 7th floor of the tower. The Safe there should definitely keep these things safe.]
[I'm not sure if I'll turn into one of those Infected after I die. To ensure the items remain intact, I'll leave this place and stand guard outside the office. If you see an Infected in a yellow jacket, please kill me. I don't want to become that ghostly thing, wandering around.]
[This disaster came too strangely and too fast. No one knows where this virus came from, or why things turned out this way. The spread of the virus is unstoppable. Is our civilization going to be destroyed by this virus?]
As the man's voice trailed off, the video ended.
Yu Yuan had witnessed the man's transformation firsthand: from initial panic, confusion, and terror, to later steadiness, calmness, and wisdom, to finally facing death with acceptance, and the contemplation and worry when discussing whether civilization would end.
It was like witnessing the entire transformative life of this man—lonely, helpless, yet hiding a sliver of hope.
The Laptop screen had automatically gone dark, but Yu Yuan still sat quietly there, recalling the man's words.
Yu Yuan couldn't help but think:
"The destruction of civilization... Could it be that the scenario maps appearing in the Wasteland Battle Royale are related to worlds where civilizations were destroyed?"
Yu Yuan thought of the world he was in.
Would this place, too, one day in the future, become a map world in the Wasteland Battle Royale?
Soon, he snapped out of it and gave a self-mocking smile.
"Now I'm really just bored out of my mind, thinking about such profound things. Better to leave solving these mysteries for later!"
His gaze fell on the notebook on the table.
The USB drive had given him intelligence on the abilities of some special Infected. What would this notebook bring?
As soon as he opened it, Yu Yuan's attention was captured by several floor layout diagrams.
—【Freedom Tower Floor Structure Diagram】
B1 Parking Lot
1F, 2F Shopping Center
3F Maria Hospital
4F Broadcasting Station
5F Renovation Site
6F, 7F Office Area
8F Maria Cosmetic Hospital
9F Renovation Site
10F Gym
11F Bar
12F, 13F Casino
14F Hotel Lobby
15F Hotel Guest Rooms
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Yu Yuan's eyes lit up slightly. This was good!
For Yu Yuan, the importance of a map surpassed everything else.
As he flipped through the notebook, detailed floor plans for each level appeared one after another.
From elevator locations to stairwell passages, the area of each room, the direction of corridors—from B1 to the 15th floor, 16 maps were drawn clearly and meticulously.
Yu Yuan immediately used his Positioning Watch to scan these floor plans.
As the scanning light swept over the notebook, Yu Yuan's excitement grew.
Once the Positioning Watch finished scanning, Yu Yuan eagerly flipped to the later notes in the notebook.
[I never thought that two years after Freedom Tower fell, the Infected here have already evolved to this extent. But I must obtain a high-energy item to gain entry qualification for the survivor settlement. Freedom Tower is the most suitable place.]
[As far as I know, golden light has appeared on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 12th, and 14th floors of Freedom Tower. That's the sign of a spirituality zone appearing. Spirituality zones basically all have a probability of yielding high-energy items. That high-energy compound bow in Jenny's hands was found in a spirituality zone....]
[Old Neil says the floors above the 15th in Freedom Tower have completely collapsed, and the passage between the 7th and 8th floors is completely cut off. Every time someone enters, they randomly appear in either the B1~7F zone or the 8F~15F zone. It really is a bit strange....]
[Whatever! Anyway, no one would ever think that I worked as a night patrol security guard in Freedom Tower for 8 years! I know that place like the back of my hand......]
[Finally back in Freedom Tower again. There are actually a lot of treasure chests here......]
[Who would have thought that equipment and spiritual materials could appear in these chests? It's simply unbelievable.....]
[Dammit, thinking about that Infected with the huge belly walking towards me yesterday makes me sick. What did she want? The kid isn't mine......]
[Oh, and that big guy on the 7th floor. That yellow jacket on him seems unusual! That physique must belong to a Leader-level Infected....]
[My God! I found the spirituality zone on the 3rd floor yesterday. It's the hospital's blood lab. The doors and windows are covered by spirituality and can't be damaged at all. To get in, you have to find the corresponding key. I saw the key on an Infected wearing a white lab coat. Too bad she's an elite. That syringe needle was so thick.....]