novelraw Chapter 176: Freedom Tower 3F, A New Player Appears
Chapter 176: Freedom Tower 3F, A New Player Appears
Crunch...
Yu Yuan placed the Infected corpse in his hand on the ground.
He let out a long, heavy breath.
Looking at the virtual map, the stairway passage leading to the third floor was right ahead.
He hadn't bothered to count exactly how many Infected cervical spines he had snapped along the way. In any case, every single one he saw met the same fate.
One-hit kill.
Because of this, he not only sustained no injuries, but he also didn't wake up a single Infected during his movement.
He not only harvested 19.6% of the dispersing spirituality, bringing his collection progress alarmingly close to the 50% mark.
He also found several Treasure Chests guarded by Infected.
His clothing had undergone a major transformation too.Rare-tier jacket, Excellent-quality pants, baseball cap.
On top of that, the Rare-tier Flame Wolf Hide Inner Armor, gloves, and tactical boots meant Yu Yuan's defensive capabilities were now leaps and bounds stronger than when he first entered.
Aside from the above equipment, Yu Yuan also found a soul-bound weapon from a Treasure Chest.
— An Excellent-quality Kukri.
This Kukri was very similar to the ones made by the Thug Prison.
They all had counterweights installed on the back of the blade, making slashes more powerful and faster.
It not only provided an additional 25 Sharpness effect but also granted a 10% increase in attack speed.
Yu Yuan had also done some testing.
Holding this Excellent-quality Kukri, he could easily chop off an Infected's head.
It was just that the scene was too bloody and the contamination too severe, so Yu Yuan ultimately chose the simple, effective, and quick method of snapping cervical spines.
After quickly collecting all the supplies from the Infected's body,
Yu Yuan immediately entered the stairway passage and headed downstairs.
The stairway passage was pitch black. It was a "well-shaped" stairwell, with the stairs spiraling down around the walls. The central area was an atrium, allowing one to see the situations on the floors above and below.
As he walked, Yu Yuan listened for any movement from other floors.
It seemed like there were sounds coming from the 7th floor position, but they were indistinct.
Yu Yuan had no intention of going up to investigate either. His goal was only the locked supply room on 3F. Other matters could wait.
The 5-hour countdown on the Virtual Light Screen had already passed thirty minutes.
There were still roughly four and a half hours left for exploration.
Following the stairs down to 3F, the fire door was tightly shut. Through the window on the fire door, the hospital interior was also pitch black.
Several Infected wearing patient gowns hung their heads low, motionless.
Yu Yuan carefully pushed open the fire door, went in, quickly cleared out these few Infected, and arrived at the nurse's station. He collected two scattered bandages from the countertop into the Rabbit Ring.
This was a treasure he had discovered in this map. If injured, just wrapping the wound with this bandage would cause it to heal rapidly, with a noticeable effect.
"The notebook says the locked supply room on 3F is the hospital's Blood Lab, and the Key Card for the lab is on an Elite Infected wearing a white coat..."
Yu Yuan recalled the notebook's contents.
An Infected wearing a white coat should have been a doctor at the hospital in life. That was a direction to search.
In front of the information desk, Yu Yuan saw the hospital's internal layout and quickly found the location of the Blood Lab. It was in the lower left corner of 3F.
His current position was the upper left corner. He just needed to pass through the corridor ahead and the outpatient department to reach the Blood Lab area.
Yu Yuan pushed open the corridor fire door and entered. This corridor was lined with consultation rooms, with rooms on both sides of the hallway.
The corridor also had overturned emergency stretchers and blue screen partitions.
Several Infected stood in the passageway, waiting to be activated. There were also Infected figures inside the rooms.
Clearly, the number of Infected here was not small.
And just as Yu Yuan was preparing to start clearing these Infected...
Clang......
A sound came from deep within the passage ahead.
Because it was still some distance away, the noise wasn't enough to disturb the slumbering Infected, but Yu Yuan's alertness shot up.
"It's another player!"
He immediately understood what was happening.
He promptly changed his plan. After staying completely still for three seconds, he activated the [Concealment] effect.
His figure immediately vanished.
And that player was clearly already engaged in intense combat and was moving closer to this area. The sounds coming from that direction were growing louder.
"Heh..."
The Infected in the corridor passage were finally activated by the sound. Opening their mouths wide, they let out a meaningless roar before collectively walking quickly toward the direction of the noise.
Bang! Bang!—
Closed doors made banging sounds, then burst open. Several doctors wearing white coats also walked toward the previous direction.
From his Concealed state, Yu Yuan could see clearly. These doctor Infected were not Elite Infected.
They were obviously not the one mentioned in the notebook.
As the corridor became empty, Yu Yuan's eyes lit up instead.
Confirming that the last Infected had also turned the corner and disappeared from sight,
He no longer held back. Slipping into the nearest room, he began collecting supplies.
Thus, a peculiar scene formed in the Maria Hospital corridor.
On the two corridors forming a ninety-degree angle,
On one side, Lin Xia was leading the activated Infected in a perilous dance, circling around the medical hall and picking them off one by one.
On the other side were empty rooms and corridors, with Yu Yuan feasting on supplies and Treasure Chests.
Yu Yuan's looting speed was quite fast. He only gave a cursory glance at the equipment info in the Treasure Chests. Anything not better than what he was wearing was all tossed into the Rabbit Ring.
By the time he had completely cleared out all the supplies from this corridor and its rooms,
The battle on the opposite side still hadn't ended.
Yu Yuan activated [Concealment] again, merging into the darkness, and walked toward that corridor. Past it was a medical hall connecting to three corridors.
Thud—
Lin Xia swung the large hammer in his hand, smashing it hard against the head of an Infected that had gotten close. The heavy iron hammer, carrying immense force, drove the skull down into the chest cavity.
The cervical spine snapped directly under this tremendous force, killing it instantly.
Looking at the last two Infected before him, Lin Xia gasped heavily.
The equipment on his body had already changed dramatically. He had replaced all his clothes.
Although they looked quite crude, they were all Excellent-quality equipment.
The large hammer in his hand was even a Rare-tier weapon.
Not only was its attack power formidable, but it also triggered a Fracture effect when hitting enemies. Although its attack speed was slower due to its weight, Lin Xia was utterly enamored with it.
Using this hammer was much more effective than his previous spring-loaded spear.
And just as he was preparing to press on and finish off the last two Infected,
His peripheral vision suddenly caught a beam of light flashing past at the far end of the passageway.
His heart immediately leapt into his throat.
"That's not too close to me... I can make it!"
Lin Xia quickly assessed the situation. After swiftly dispatching the last two Infected, he pulled out a can of soda from his person and drank it down, rapidly recovering his stamina.
His headlamp was also switched off, and he carefully hid himself.
Yu Yuan, hiding in a corner, was just about to step forward to eliminate the other player.
Seeing these actions, he was slightly taken aback, then noticed that the other person seemed to be warily looking toward the corridor on the other side.
He understood—another player was coming over!