Chapter 7 Hidden Mission
"What? I thought it was a person."
After getting off the car, Shi Li breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the other party had been hit beyond recognition, it could at least be identified as a zombie.
But think about it, if you are a rational person, you will stay away from it.
At this time, Mosaicuo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, also jumped out of the car.
"vomit!!!"
As soon as its feet touched the ground, it began to vomit violently.
"Isn't it just a smashed zombie? Can't you bear this?"
Shi Li shrugged helplessly, thinking that this mushroom man was really lame.
"This is because I'm motion sickness, okay? Motion sickness!"
Mushroom wiped his mouth and glared at him fiercely.
"?, I never see you getting carsick normally."
Shi Li was puzzled.
"It's all because of you! What kind of hearse are you driving!"
Mosaicuo wanted to grab his collar, but because he was too short, he could only grab his belt.
"Then why didn't I see the straw man getting carsick? I think he was quite excited."
Shi Li pointed at the straw man.
"Hahaha, what a waste, grass."
The straw man coming out from the back row showed his disdain for Mushroom.
However, when it jumped out of the car, it couldn't even stand and fell to the ground in dizziness.
Plop!
"It seems like none of you have ever ridden a bumper car."
"Okay, stop being so hypocritical. We still have to continue searching."
He spread his hands, climbed back into the driver's seat, and urged them to get in the car.
“Big brother! Big brother!”
However, at this moment, he suddenly saw a little girl rushing out from the street.
survivor?
He was slightly stunned and looked at the other person.
The little girl has a flat nose, small eyes, and her face is covered with freckles.
Coupled with her dirty clothes, she looked a bit like a little beggar.
"I finally saw other survivors!"
The little girl was also looking at them, and she turned around a few times and shouted excitedly.
Due to the power of the copy rules, she subconsciously regarded the straw man and the mushroom as human beings.
After the little girl's introduction, the man, the grass and the mushroom finally figured out some of the ins and outs.
Her name is Xiao Xing. In order to search for supplies, she ran away from the survivors' camp alone.
This city was suddenly hit by this disaster three weeks ago, and the source of the infection is unknown.
After being infected, the zombies will lose their minds and attack humans like crazy.
Just like in the movies, if you are bitten by a zombie, you may be infected.
But the special thing about the zombies here is that they only attack humans' faces, that is, they gnaw on their faces.
"No wonder every zombie I saw was unrecognizable with bite marks."
"But you said there's a big supermarket up ahead?"
From her words , Shi Li captured the key information.
"Yes, yes, big brother!"
Xiao Xing nodded vigorously and pleaded, "Do you want to go there too? Can you take me with you?"
The other party had a car, and she felt it would be both safe and fast.
"After we gather the supplies, I can take you back to camp."
“We have a lot of living facilities in the camp.”
Afraid that the other party would disagree, she added.
As Xiao Xing finished her words, a panel that Shi Li and the other two could not see popped up in front of them at the same time.
[Do you accept the hidden mission: Send Xiao Xing back to the camp safely - 0/1]
The three of them looked at each other and made eye contact.
Shi Li: See, it turns out that only by making a big fuss like this can we lead to the hidden mission.
Mushroom: Uh... I guarantee she will regret getting in the car.
Straw man: straw straw straw.
"Of course."
Shi Li agreed and clicked to accept the task.
In fact, even if there was no mission, he would have the idea of doing so.
After all, even when playing games, you may occasionally be kind to NPCs.
What's more, this is a 100% realistic copy world, which makes it easy for people to get too involved and forget that this is just a projection.
So the four of them got in the car again and headed in the direction Xiao Xing pointed.
Ten minutes later, two modified electric vehicles drove to the same section of road.
The appearance of the tram attracted the attention of some zombies on the road, but perhaps because the speed was too fast, they did not attack each other.
There were three teenagers in the car, about 15 or 16 years old.
They wore studded leather jackets and had non-mainstream dyed hair styles.
Add to that the smoky makeup, eyebrow and lip studs, and she looks like a speed racer.
"Sure enough, the feeling of racing is the most exciting!"
"I can't bear it any longer. I want to lift the front of the car!"
"Come on, brother, I'm still sitting in the back!"
The tram quickly passed by the place where Xiao Xing had just gotten on the bus and headed towards the Wal-Mart supermarket.
…
Wal-Mart is the largest supermarket chain in this city.
Among them, the flagship store on the pedestrian street is the largest.
There are all kinds of goods here, especially daily necessities and food.
Normally, during business hours, the front door here is always crowded with people, but now all that is left are broken glass doors, fallen shopping carts, and scattered merchandise.
This supermarket has been quiet for a long time.
But today, the arrival of a group of uninvited guests broke the silence.
Beep, beep, beep…
Boom!
The red fire truck slammed headfirst into the supermarket door.
"vomit!!"
Mushroom, who was sitting in the passenger seat, jumped out of the car first and started vomiting violently.
The straw man who got off the car later walked crookedly, and Xiao Xing's face looked very bad.
“We’re finally here.”
Shi Li, the only one who was fine, looked around.
Looking around, although the items on the shelves are messy, there are actually quite a few of them.
This shows that the disaster came so suddenly that people didn't even have time to stockpile supplies.
"Okay, let's split into two groups to search for the supplies we need."
After the three of them recovered a little, Shi Li divided the four into two groups.
The straw man and the mushroom are somewhat unreliable, so I feel more at ease with Xiao Xing in the same group with me.
"Big brother, let's go over there."
Moreover, Xiao Xing was very familiar with the layout of the place and pointed out the direction of the dry food area for him.
"Then let's go."
He hadn't eaten anything so far and felt a little hungry.
Three weeks have passed since the incident and now the only foods available for consumption in supermarkets are those that are still in their packaging.
After eating a little on the spot, the two began to search.
Since she could take the bus, Xiao Xing abandoned her small cloth bag and took a few large plastic bags and started filling them.
She did not choose those snacks that looked delicious, and all she filled her meal with were real things like compressed biscuits, dried meat, and canned food.
"How many survivors are there in your camp?"
"15 people in total."
"Where is it? Is it far from here?"
"It's quite far away, in a building by the sea."
"seaside?"
"Yes, Zang Beasts don't like water and can't swim. If we encounter any situation, we can escape to the sea."
During the collection process, Shi Li got more information from Xiao Xing.
It turns out that this is an island city, and the urban area accounts for more than 90% of the island.
This group of survivors were all at sea for different reasons when the zombie outbreak occurred.
When we returned to the port, we found that the entire city had fallen.
The wind and waves in the sea have been strong recently, and it is impossible to cross without a large enough ship, but these people do not know how to drive a large ship, and they do not have enough manpower to do so.
In desperation, everyone united together and used a small building by the harbor as their camp.
Even though there is still electricity in some places in the city, electronic networks and other communications have all been paralyzed for some unknown reason.
So no one knows what the situation is outside the island now, and whether there has been an outbreak of zombie beasts as well.
On the other side, Mushroom and the Straw Man group were also collecting supplies.
Compared with the Shili Group, their actions are indeed quite unreliable.
The straw man ran off to who knows where, while Mosaichou was looking for mushrooms in the dry goods area near the entrance of the supermarket.
“It tastes good, but it’s hard to chew.”
I opened a bag of mushrooms and tried the flavor.
“This can be used to make mushroom soup.”
“This can be mushroom fried rice.”
"Two more sausages, not bad."
It walked and walked until it came to a corner, but when it turned around, it saw three young men coming out of nowhere and surrounding it in the corner.
"Huh?! Who are you?"
Mosaichu was startled for a moment, and immediately thought to himself that something was not good.
I didn't expect to meet another survivor in this supermarket.
The problem is that these three guys don't look like good people at first glance.
They were dressed as a drag racer, one of them was carrying a nail-studded stick, and the other two were each holding a shotgun.
You have to know that in this apocalyptic context, the survivors can sometimes be more threatening than the zombies.
"Who are you?"
"Have you ever seen a skinny little girl with a pale face?"
"Tell the truth, or don't blame us for being rude."
At this time, the three Will-O-W-O brothers were looking down at it.
"Ah? What little girl?"
Mosaichu's first reaction was to play dumb.
My intuition told me that these three people must be here to capture Xiao Xing.
However, Xiao Xing is related to their hidden mission and must not be taken away by anyone.
Just at this moment, it saw the straw man walking towards it from afar through the gap between the three people.
"You have one, I have one, damn~"
"You have one, I have one, damn~"
At this time, the straw man was holding two ice creams and was smiling happily.
These two ice creams, one is white milk tea flavor, for myself.
The other one was green matcha flavored, dipped in a lot of wasabi, ready to be shared with Mushroom.
"What's going on, grass?"
But soon, it discovered the situation of Mushroom.
The mushroom and the grass looked at each other and instantly communicated through their eyes.
Mosaichu: Go and tell Shi Li to come over quickly and find a way to save me!
Strawman: OKK!
As if he understood Mosaichu's eyes, the straw man turned around and ran away in a hurry.
"call……"
This made Mosaichu feel relieved.
"What are you doing? I'm asking you a question!"
The leading teenager was a little impatient.
"Ah? What did you ask just now?"
Mosaichu continued to play dumb, but there was a hint of hidden sharpness in his eyes.
Now all we have to do is delay the time.
When Shi Li comes over later, I will cooperate with them in 3V3, and our chances of winning should be very high.
To Mushroom's surprise, the straw man returned after just a few seconds.
But when I looked closely, there was no Shi Li beside it.
"You have one, I have one, damn~"
Instead, there were three more ice creams in his hand.
Mushroom: "..."
Mushroom: "..."
Mushroom: "..."
Finished.
As soon as it slapped its forehead, it knew that this sand sculpture was unreliable.
"Huh? Why is there another guy here?!"
The three Will-O-Wil brothers also spotted the straw man, and their expressions suddenly became stern.
"Brother Ghost Fire?"
However, at this moment, Xiao Xing's puzzled voice came from the other end.
She and Shi Li were walking towards this side, each holding a large plastic bag.
"Xiao Xing! You are here after all!"
"You little girl, do you know that we are worried to death!"
"It's good that everyone is okay, it's good that everyone is okay."
The three Will-O-W-Fire brothers were overjoyed on the spot.
"Mushroom?"
The development of the plot left Mosaichu dumbfounded.
But before it could say anything, it suddenly felt the ground shaking slightly.
It’s as if... a lot of people are rushing towards this side.
Then there was a loud roar.
【Ah!】xN
【Ahhhh!】xN
【Ahhh!】xN
I saw a large number of zombie beasts with red eyes pouring in from the entrance of the supermarket.
Brother Will-O-Wisp: "Oh no, it's a tide of zombie beasts!"
Will-O-Ghost: "They seem to be heading here!"
Will-o'-the-Wisp Third Brother: "Quick! Find a place to hide!"
"Something's wrong. When we drove in, there weren't many zombies on the street."
Shi Li put down the bag, grabbed Xiao Xing and ran deeper into the supermarket.
"That's because they usually hide in the house!"
"They will only act collectively when they reach the rampage stage!"
"And during the rampage period, their perception becomes particularly sharp!"
The three Will-O-Wisp brothers explained as they ran.
In a blink of an eye, the fire truck blocking the supermarket entrance began to shake due to the pressure of their bodies.
Some people sneaked under the cars, some climbed on the roofs, and quite a few have already infiltrated.
This scene makes one's scalp tingle.
No matter how strong the straw man is, he can never defeat so many zombie beasts.
Just kidding, you can tell there are hundreds of them just by taking a quick glance.
"Run, grass!"
"It's over. I shouldn't have accepted any hidden missions!"
The straw man and the mushroom were also running desperately.
"I know there's a back door in the supermarket. Maybe there's a chance of escaping from there!"
Brother Will-O-Wisp said as he ran.
However, as soon as these words fell, the entire space and time around them seemed to freeze in an instant.
Shi Li saw that the panic expressions on the faces of both the Guihuo brothers and Xiao Xing were frozen.
Just like pressing the freeze button while watching a movie, their movements were completely stopped, even the feet of the second brother of Will-O-Lang were still slightly off the ground, suspended in the air.
The groups of zombie beasts dozens of meters behind him were also unable to move.
Even the saliva flowing from their mouths floated quietly in the air.
He reached out to grab a bag of jelly next to him, trying to lift it up.
But I found that I couldn't lift it at all, as if the package was firmly stuck to the shelf.
In addition to him, the straw man and the mushroom are also completely unaffected by this frozen space and time.
"..." x3
The man, the grass, and the mushroom, not understanding the situation, looked at each other and all remained silent.
"This... seems to be a PVE scene."
In the end, it was Mushroom that gave the correct answer.
call out!
Sure enough, a few seconds later, a blue beam of light as thick as a finger fell from the sky.
It hit the middle between the three people and the tide of zombie beasts.
Buzz...
Along with the sound of space vibration, the light column began to expand rapidly.
Soon, the blue light enveloped the three people and the tide of zombie beasts.
A large blue-ray poker table is taking shape.
"I heard that in some dungeons, when encountering a specific plot, a PVE scene will appear."
"We need to defeat the enemy in a card-playing way."
"It seems that we may have accepted a hidden mission, which triggered this scene."
Mushroom explained.
