novelraw Chapter 178: Elite Infected, Giant Hammer Eighty!
Chapter 178: Elite Infected, Giant Hammer Eighty!
Lin Xia pulled the spring-loaded spear from the archer's body, only then feeling the faint threads of pain spreading across his own flesh.
Although he had finally managed to kill this guy, he had also unavoidably taken two arrows during the chase.
He couldn't spare the time to gather the spoils, worried that the commotion from the fight here might attract other players.
"Fortunately, the infected in this area were mostly cleared out by me earlier, otherwise this could have been really dicey."
He turned off his headlamp and ducked into a nearby room to begin treating his wounds.
He pulled out the medical bandages he had found earlier and started drinking a recovery beverage.
It had to be said, while other types of supplies in this hospital were quite scarce, the effectiveness of the medical supplies was excellent.
Lin Xia was quite satisfied with this; in a survival situation like the apocalypse, medical supplies were always of paramount importance.
Soon, relying on the medical supplies, the wounds on his body began to heal. Although his body was still somewhat weak due to the earlier injection of healing serum and excessive blood loss.
It was no longer life-threatening.A smile touched the corner of his mouth. Despite some unexpected developments, the outcome was good. Now he could finally take stock of the spoils.
"I hope this guy has some worthwhile loot on him!"
Lin Xia had noticed during the fight that the archer's backpack was also quite large.
As he switched his headlamp back on and left the room, his gaze fell on the archer's location.
The next moment, the smile on his lips froze, and his eyes filled with bewilderment.
"What the... the bag... where's the bag? And the weapon?"
The archer he had just killed not only had his backpack vanished, but even the bow and arrows that had fallen to the ground were gone without a trace.
Realizing something.
Lin Xia quickly took a step back, retreating into the previous room, and warily scanned his surroundings.
"There's another player here! Where is he? Why didn't I hear any sound..." Cold sweat beaded on his temple.
And just as he was searching for that enemy hidden in the shadows.
Yu Yuan was already concealed in a corridor corner about ten meters away from him. His attention was fixed on the Combat Detector; that red dot representing the Elite Infected was about to arrive here.
"That bow was indeed Excellent-grade loot, not bad!"
"But this throwing knife guy is quite capable! To actually turn the tables and kill the archer, impressive! I hope he can wear down the Elite Infected a bit more! Perfect for me to observe the Elite Infected's combat power!"
Thinking this, Yu Yuan, whose body was under the effect of [Concealment], hid himself even deeper.
And just as Yu Yuan anticipated.
Soon, a relatively slender, tall figure dragged its footsteps into the hall.
*Clang...*
A metal cart lying on its side in the hall was shoved aside by the Elite Infected, emitting a grating sound.
A bloodstained white lab coat was draped over the body of a female infected. Its height was a full one meter ninety, nearly two meters.
It held a syringe in its hand, though the size of this syringe was truly somewhat exaggerated.
As thick as a forearm, coupled with a nearly twenty-centimeter-long fine steel needle, just one glance was enough to send chills down one's spine.
Even Yu Yuan, hiding far away, couldn't help but swallow hard at the sight.
This is too exaggerated!
That's not a needle, that's more like a steel spike.
But soon, Yu Yuan's attention was drawn to the card hanging on the Elite Infected's chest.
"Is that... a Key Card?"
It was a yellow card. Recalling the information mentioned in the notebook.
Yu Yuan immediately confirmed that this Elite Infected in the white lab coat was the one mentioned in the notebook.
The Elite Infected arrived before the archer's corpse, then began turning its body, searching. Yu Yuan remained motionless, waiting.
Sure enough, the Elite Infected soon sensed the presence of a living creature hiding in the room and entered combat mode.
*Hsss...*
It raised the giant syringe in its hand, tilted its head back, and let out a sharp, piercing shriek. The shrill sound waves even scratched marks into the wall in front of it.
The Elite Infected charged towards the room. The already somewhat broken door immediately burst apart.
Lin Xia cursed inwardly, but he was also the first to dash towards the other side of the room, where another exit was located.
Just as he left the room, a syringe gleaming with a cold light was already thrusting towards him. Lin Xia swung his spring-loaded spear to block.
The man and the infected began to circle and fight within the hall.
But it was clear that Lin Xia was the one being suppressed. Another wound appeared on his body; he hadn't dodged in time just now and was grazed by the syringe.
Watching the other party fall into a disadvantage, Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.
Yet he also knew that the other party was wary of him, hidden in the shadows, hence his movements were somewhat restrained.
But...
"If you keep going like this, you'll probably die right now! Really not planning to go all out?" Yu Yuan thought to himself.
He had already shifted most of his attention onto that Elite Infected. As he continued to watch, two relatively distinct red areas appeared on the Elite Infected's body in his field of vision.
The effect of the title [Peering Eye] was triggered, allowing him to peer at the weaknesses on the Elite Infected's body.
It was also at this moment that Yu Yuan noticed the player was no longer tangling with the Elite Infected. Instead, he was quickly running back towards the corridor he came from.
He was actually planning to escape.
But the direction he was running from was exactly where Yu Yuan was hiding!
The light from the headlamp soon illuminated Yu Yuan's position.
Watching the throwing knife player getting closer and closer.
Just before [Concealment] ended and his form was revealed, Yu Yuan had already pulled the trigger of the folding hand crossbow.
*Whoosh... Thud...*
The distance between the two was no more than three meters. Coupled with Yu Yuan's surprise attack, the outcome held no surprises.
The crossbow bolt pierced through the other's throat.
Watching the shock, confusion, and unwillingness flash in the throwing knife player's eyes.
Yu Yuan's gaze had already fallen behind him.
Seeing the Elite Infected getting closer and closer, Yu Yuan stored the hand crossbow into the ring. The Rare-tier large hammer appeared in his hand.
Under the attribute boost from Mie Mie, although this large hammer had some heft, it felt just right for Yu Yuan.
Facing the giant syringe thrusting towards him, Yu Yuan slightly shifted his body to dodge the needle, his hands already swinging the large hammer in a full arc.
He smashed it down directly onto the Elite Infected's right arm.
*Crack—*
A crisp bone-breaking sound echoed in the corridor.
Visibly, the Elite Infected's right arm bent unnaturally, and the syringe tightly gripped in its hand also fell to the ground.
*Hsss...*
The Elite Infected stood still on the spot, tilted its head back, and began to shriek.
The surrounding air began to tremble under this shriek.
Yu Yuan could feel a wave of dizziness and stabbing pain in his mind, and his vision also became illusory.
Like water ripples, it began to undulate.
A mental attack?
Fortunately, [Peering Eye] provided Yu Yuan with mental resistance and mental trauma recovery speed. With the support of these two effects.
Yu Yuan endured the stabbing pain in his mind and finally managed to withstand the Elite Infected's shriek attack. The moment it stopped shrieking, he was already behind the Elite Infected. Using both hands, he swung the large hammer with all his might, aiming for that red dot area on its back near the spine, and smashed down hard!
A low roar also burst forth from Yu Yuan's chest.
"Eighty!"