Chapter 13 New Weapons
Two days later, a fire truck was speeding on the road leading to the outskirts of XC District.
The front of the car was dented with a broken bicycle, two road sign poles, a public seat, and a lot of gray-brown meat fragments. These were the things that once blocked its way.
"Who would have thought that such a large research institute would be out of rabies vaccines?"
"But it's okay. Even if rabies attacks you, you should leave the dungeon by then."
"Even if the onset is still a day or so away, at worst we can just tie you up."
"Anyway, I can't bring the copy with me because I'm sick."
Shi Li said this to Mosaicuo who was feeling unhappy in the passenger seat.
"...Don't you think I'm just carsick?"
"Also, listen to what you just said, is it human language?"
Mushroom replied weakly.
If it didn't need someone to look at the map, it wouldn't sit in the most dangerous passenger seat.
【Hahaha……】
In the back seat, the hound was squatting obediently with its tongue hanging out.
After it finished biting the mushroom, Shi Li beat it with an iron rod on the spot. Now it is completely obedient.
As for why we have to bring this sad dog with us on the road, there is actually a reason.
Because after they agreed to bring it, they received a prompt for panel subtitles.
[The Mourning Beast Dog temporarily joins your team]
[In PVE scenarios, this character can enter the deck]
Unexpectedly, this dog can actually act as a card.
Shi Li checked and found out that it was actually a D-level card, which was many times stronger than the Burning Garbage series of the Straw Man.
According to Director Luo, it would be no problem for it to fight off two or three ordinary zombie beasts alone.
Judging from the card panel, it is also quite good.
【Mourning Dog】
Rage, 30 points, D
Attack 30, 100/100
[Poison - Passive]: When attacking, the target can be [poisoned] for 2 turns, which cannot be stacked.
([Poison]: Receive 5 points of damage starting from the next round, which cannot be reduced by [Defense])
There is no nonsense in the Cube cards, what is written on the card is what it is.
Therefore, even when facing zombie beast cards, its [Zombie Poison] can still be effective.
Now this trip can be said to be relatively smooth. They did not encounter any rampage of zombie beasts on the way. According to the map drawn by Uncle Liu, they arrived at their destination after 2 hours.
The H International Group's experimental base is located in a place surrounded by mountains. It is obvious that there are no zombie beasts in such a place.
After parking the car and waiting for Mushroom to vomit everything, they walked into the outer gate.
"This place is fucked."
Mosaichu took a look at the security booth. It was empty and covered with spots of blue liquid.
"It's not enough to be remote. If the defense force is too small, it will be difficult to survive."
Shi Li pulled out the iron rod while speaking.
"I'm hungry, shit."
The straw man's steps were a little light.
This copy took longer than expected, and the amount of milk tea concentrate it consumed became less and less.
"Let's go in and search first."
Shi Li threw a look at the mourning dog.
【Awoof! 】
The hound understood and walked to the front of the team, starting to sniff.
It's a dog with a keen sense of smell.
It is also a zombie animal and can detect living people.
So following the zombie dog, the three of them walked into the research institute base.
As soon as they entered the base lobby, they saw a figure in a white coat.
With his back to them, he stood in the middle of the hall.
“There are people here.”
Mosaicgu wanted to go up and say hello, but was stopped by Shi Li.
"Wait a moment."
Because he found that the posture of the funeral dog was wrong.
[Wow…]
At this time, it lowered its body, showing an attacking posture as if facing a powerful enemy.
It can be seen that this is an enemy, and not an ordinary enemy.
[Gah…]
Sure enough, with an unpleasant voice, the "person" slowly turned around.
The dry and gray-brown skin proved that this was a dead animal.
But the strange thing is that it is different from ordinary zombies. Its face is 100% intact and there are no signs of being bitten.
Then the beast began to split apart in front of them.
To be more precise, it should be the skin that cracked.
The crack starts from the forehead and gradually extends downwards.
"Something's wrong, fuck it!"
Shi Li thought of something and rushed forward with an iron rod.
"No problem, grass!"
The straw man followed closely behind.
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Mushroom's bullet was fired later but arrived first, and 1 out of 6 hit the target, and that hit the straw man.
"Are you blind, damn!"
The straw man touched the back of Flowery's head and turned around to curse.
Fortunately, it is a straw man, so it won't die even if it is shot in the head. It can be repaired by drinking two cups of milk tea.
"Don't be distracted, idiot."
While Shi Li was reminding it, he had already arrived in front of the zombie beast.
From a close distance, you can see the tender red muscle fibers exposed in the torn parts of this guy's body.
He raised the stick and hit the exposed forehead.
Boom!
The zombie's knees bent slightly, but it did not fall down.
"Let me do it, damn!"
The straw man who had rushed over on horseback gave a flying kick, directly kicking the opponent more than ten meters away.
Bang!
The zombie crashed into the wall, creating spider-web-like cracks, and then fell to the ground.
But the attacks did not seem to be able to stop its mutation, and its entire back began to arch sharply, as if something was about to break out of its body.
Hiss...!
In less than 2 seconds, the white coat was torn.
Revealing a muscular back.
Seeing this, all three of them knew about it. They could only say that it was a coincidence.
They were witnessing the birth of a strengthened zombie beast.
"Let's go together and kill it."
Shi Li didn't feel worried.
The enhanced zombie beast before was killed by the combined efforts of myself and the straw man.
But after I said this, I heard no response from behind me.
He looked back and found that the straw man looked wilted.
It's like a potted plant that hasn't been watered for a long time.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Mushroom!"
Mosaichou hurried forward.
This was the first time they had seen the straw man in this state.
"Starving, damn!"
The straw man's black mouth turned into a (shape), with a bitter look on his face, and he rubbed his belly.
Then, under the surprised gaze of Shi Li and Mosaicuo, its volume began to shrink rapidly.
Soon, he went from being only a head shorter than Shi Li to being waist-high, similar to Moshigu.
"What's going on? You are like this."
Shi Li's face changed immediately.
"Sorry, I have low blood sugar, oops~"
The happy straw man raised his hands.
Rather than an apology, its gesture looked more like a cheer.
"Are you damn sure this is hypoglycemia?! Guguguda!"
The veins of the mushroom are exposed.
"Look at me, grass~"
However, the straw man seemed to want to prove that he was still strong even after being shrunk, so he rushed towards the enemy with his fists raised.
[Gah! !]
At this moment, the enhanced zombie beast had completely shed its skin and came out. Seeing a small green thing running towards it, it waved its hand.
"Oh my god, grass~"
The straw man flew backwards.
"Damn, the difference between you before and after is too big."
Shi Li was stunned on the spot.
Without the help of the straw man, he won by his own head?
[Gah!]
At this moment, the enhanced zombie beast pounced towards him.
The mouth was opened to an unreasonable degree, as if it wanted to bite off his entire face in one bite.
He could only hold the iron rod horizontally and block the other person's mouth.
clang!
The powerful impact caused him to roll backwards.
【Ahhh woof! 】
At this time, the zombie dog rushed up and bit the throat of the enhanced zombie, preventing it from chasing Shi Li.
Bang!
Mushroom over there closed his eyes and fired two shots, accurately hitting the ankle of the enhanced zombie beast.
For a moment, it was held back like this.
"We can't go on like this."
Shi Li got up with a sore back and began to think quickly.
The opponent's physique is obviously superior to his own, and there is no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation.
Moreover, this guy runs very fast, so it would be difficult to escape even if he wanted to.
The most important thing is that based on the previous experience of dealing with the enhanced zombie beast, it has been proven that its skull is quite hard.
Neither his own iron stick nor the straw man's attack could kill the enemy instantly.
The only option he has now is...
"Let's just give it a try. The worst that can happen is mission failure."
Then he just raised his hand and the cube panel popped out.
At this moment, in his perception, the flow of time seemed to slow down.
With the control of thoughts, the panel quickly jumped to the fusion page.
There is no need to think about it anymore, main card [Iron Stick], material card [Iron Stick].
Click, merge.
Buzz!
Brand new cards are released instantly.
【Iron rod】
Break, 20 points, D
Attack 26, 100/100, 0/2
[Iron Products - Passive]: Iron rod's attack power +5 → +6
Even though it only increases the attack power by 1 point, the effect is different for the equipment cards in the dungeon.
The length of the iron rod in his hand increased by 1/3 out of thin air, and he could feel it becoming harder just by touching it.
[Iron Rod]: Obtain an iron rod and increase your strength
↓
[Iron Rod]: Obtain an iron rod (new) and increase (↑) your strength
In a very short time, he performed a successful fusion using the equipped cards as the main cards.
In the dungeon, card making is allowed.
But under normal circumstances, no one would do this.
Because once the fusion fails and the equipment card explodes, this equipment card slot will be vacant for the rest of the time.
But he had already previewed the result of the fusion of the two [Iron Rods] before entering the dungeon.
"That's amazing. My strength has increased a lot."
Feeling the higher increase in strength, Shi Li finally gained a little confidence.
He believed that now he only needed two sticks to flatten the head of the enhanced zombie beast.
Plop!
Just at this moment, the enhanced zombie beast fell to the ground.
Facing a critical moment, Mushroom Mushroom was also very brave.
It was worried that it would miss, so it simply used close-range shooting skills on the opponent.
At a distance of 1.5 meters, shooting was launched at the enhanced zombie beast.
As the saying goes, a gun is fast seven steps away, and a gun is both accurate and fast within seven steps.
It aimed at the head of the enhanced zombie, but its little hand shook and hit the opponent's ankle.
This backfired and gave Shi Li a great opportunity.
"Get out of my way!"
He raised the iron rod in both hands and hit the other person on the back of the head.
Boom!
The feedback from the hand is indeed different.
[Gah!]
The enhanced zombie beast just tried to get up , but it only had time to scream before its face was buried in the ground again.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Shi Li took advantage of the situation and did not show any mercy, he hit him with a few more sticks.
He didn't stop until the recoil made his hands a little numb.
In fact, it was almost as he expected. With greater strength and a stronger iron stick, he only needed to hit the strengthened zombie beast's head with three full-strength blows.
"Retreat quickly and get back to the car first."
After dealing with this enhanced zombie beast, he didn't dare to stay any longer and signaled everyone to go back to the car first.
I went back to the car and checked the situation. Actually, I was lucky in this battle.
Except for the beast dog which suffered some injuries, he and the straw man were only scratched.
Of course, the biggest loss is the lack of the straw man's combat power.
The key point is that this time he forgot to bring a kettle, so he couldn’t make milk tea.
Therefore, the only way currently is to hold the concentrated tablets in your mouth, using your own grass juice and saliva to slowly dissolve the concentrated tablets.
You know what, it tastes pretty good.
The speed of body recovery is quite slow.
【Ahhh woof woof woof! 】
Just then, the funeral dog let out a series of barks.
"It said that after entering the base just now, it smelled the scent of living people."
Mushroom translated.
"Can you understand what a dog says?"
Shi Li was stunned.
“I know a little bit.”
The mushroom people are a race that already knows many animal languages.
"Oh, then it seems that you are not a complete waste."
"Thank you!"
The news brought by the funeral dog made Shi Li fall into deep thought.
It's not surprising to smell like a living person.
This base is relatively closed, so it is normal for the smell to linger for a while. Maybe that was before the outbreak of the zombie beasts.
However, the behavior of the mourning dog gave him new ideas.
After all, if they just go back like this, they don’t know whether Director Luo can settle the task for them.
Since the zombies will not attack the zombie dogs, why not let it go in and explore first?
After thinking about it, he decided to let the Zombie Dog start again and enter the base alone.
The goal this time is to investigate the situation of the zombies inside and search for survivors.
So I found a pen and paper and wrote a few words, folded it up and clipped it in its collar.
"Go ahead."
After making sure it was firmly clamped, he patted the dog on the back.
【Ahhh woof! 】
The hound barked twice and ran towards the base.
As for the three of them, they stayed in the car to rest and wait for news.
About 30 minutes later, the hound returned.
【Ahhh woof! 】
But when they saw the note still stuck on its collar, the three of them couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
The note was not taken away, which means that no survivors were found.
【Woof woof! Woof woof! 】
As soon as the funeral dog ran to the side of the car, it began to report the situation to Shi Li.
"It said it had explored the outer ring of the entire base, but couldn't go deeper because it was blocked by a door card."
"Also, there are very few zombies in this base, and no enhanced zombies have been found."
Mushroom translated.
"Outer circle?"
Hearing this, Shi Li frowned.
It seems that in the end , they will have to take action.
