Chapter 49: Small Team
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Early the next morning, Fang Heng rode his motorcycle to the small town.
This time, Fang Heng chose to carry out the mission alone.
Liao Bufan originally wanted to follow.
Considering the danger of this mission and the time it would take, Fang Heng decided to let Liao Bufan stay behind.
Liao Bufan had to stay in the prison so that he could be constantly on guard against Prisoner Snake and his gang.
Five hours later, Fang Heng rode his motorcycle to the farm warehouse controlled by the federation.
The warehouse had been transformed into a temporary shelter for the federation.
The posts on the official forum were very appealing.
Many players who were nearby were rushing here.
Currently, the federation didn't have any extra food distribution, but who knew when they would start distributing food?
After all, with the protection of the federation, the chances of survival were always higher.
When the players saw the motorcycle that Fang Heng rode all the way here, they all cast envious gazes at him.
In the early stages, it was truly rare for players to possess such a high-tiered vehicle.
Fang Heng put away the vehicle and walked into a large warehouse.
The warehouse had already been transformed into a temporary resource point for the federation.
The federation temporary resource point was mainly responsible for collecting resources from the outside world.
They would use federation coins from the real world to purchase all kinds of materials from the players and continuously send the materials back to the safety centre that the federation was about to establish.
Fang Heng was certain that there must be a medium-sized shelter built by the federation under the warehouse.
There were many players in the warehouse and they all maintained good order.
The federation staff had staff passes hanging in front of their chest, making it easy to identify them.
Fang Heng immediately saw the big signboard in a conspicuous place.
"Collect all kinds of basic materials. The price is good. Get paid within seconds."
There were several service counters at the entrance of the warehouse, providing services such as material acquisition, consultation services, survival guides and so on.
Fang Heng walked to a counter.
"Hello, How can I help you?"
"I'd like to take a look at the acquisition list."
Fang Heng received the acquisition list from the federation staff member.
The list was densely packed with items.
At this stage, the federation almost wanted everything.
Basic resources like a piece of wood could be sold for 30 federation coins.
In Sucheng, 30 federation coins were about the price of a normal take-out.
"The new server is profitable."
Fang Heng sighed in his heart and immediately felt a heavy pressure.
After all, it was the federation and they had a huge amount of money. With this kind of collecting method, they could quickly build a powerful shelter.
Fang Heng put down the acquisition list in his hand and scanned the warehouse a few more times.
Soon, he saw the target.
A skinny old man was sitting on a bench with two black-skinned foreigners standing beside him.
Another man and a woman were sitting on the bench beside him.
The skinny old man also noticed Fang Heng and raised his hand at him.
Fang Heng walked toward these people.
"You are Old Black?"
"Yes, it's me. You are Fang Heng, right? I've seen your photo."
Old Black's face was full of wrinkles, and he was extremely thin and small.
"Looks like everyone is here. This is the Fang Heng I was telling you about just now."
Old Black turned his neck around, making creaking sounds.
"Fang Heng, let me introduce you. This is Hao Zhou, the leader of this mission."
"Hello, I'm Hao Zhou."
Hao Zhou had a strong figure and looked sturdy. He wore thin long sleeves and one could see the thick muscles under his clothes.
"These two are Kun Ba and Kun Ta, and this is Sister Li."
Fang Heng looked at these people.
Sister Li was tall and slender, about thirty years old, and she was dressed rather well.
Kun Ta and Kun Ba were both foreigners, and they were also tall and thin. Their cheekbones were high and bulging, and their hands were wrapped in white bandages.
"Let's talk somewhere else."
Old Black led everyone out of the warehouse and came to a tree not far away from the crowd.
"This mission is very difficult. I need everyone to help me enter the Community Hospital in the town and find the backup generator set on the first floor of the hospital. Then, I'll blow up the generator set completely."
Old Black took out three explosive packs from his pocket and handed them to Hao Zhou.
[Item: Small explosive pack.]
Type: Consumable.
Description: A powerful explosion will occur five minutes after the scheduled time. It will cause a lot of damage to the creatures and buildings in the area. Please use it carefully.
"Remember to turn on the video when you arrive at the room of the backup generator set. Record the entire process of the explosion. This will act as the evidence that you have completed the mission."
Fang Heng felt puzzled.
Did he want to blow up the backup generator set in the hospital?
And what was the reason?
Before coming here, Fang Heng thought that Old Black was here to find the T-virus serum just like him.
Now, it seemed that Old Black had another purpose.
Sister Li asked, "Aren't you coming with us?"
Hehehe, I'm old. I don't want to trouble you all. The whole town is full of zombies now. If we go together, I'll only be a burden to you all."
Fang Heng curled his lips. He always felt that the old man's eyes were a little gloomy.
He felt very uncomfortable.
Fang Heng didn't know whether it was because of his perceptive ability or because he didn't have a good impression of Old Black.
"That's the general situation. I need you to finish the mission before dark today."
Hao Zhou put away the explosives and asked, "When is the payment? What should we do if we can't contact you after finishing the mission?"
"There's no problem with that. I can advance the reward to the federation so that the federation can notarize the commission."
"When the time comes, even if I'm not around, you can use the video recording to directly receive the reward from the federation notary."
Old Black had already prepared his answer. He looked at everyone.
"Any other questions?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"I have no more questions."
Fang Heng shook his head as well.
As planned, he decided to follow these people into the town to check out the situation.
The town was full of zombies now. It would be very troublesome for Fang Heng to enter the town by himself.
Unless he was given enough time.
In that case, he could rely on his zombie clones to slowly clean up the town without anyone disturbing him.
But even so, he still had to be on guard against the mutated zombies in the town.
Going in with this group of people was the most efficient plan.
As for whether they could complete Old Black's mission was another issue.
"To complete this mission successfully, I propose that Hao Zhou be the leader of this mission."
Old Black paused and explained to the others.
"Hao Zhou used to be the commander of the squadron in District 6 of the federation. He had carried out many missions and served as the team leader many times. He's a veteran in this field."
Fang Heng's gaze shifted to Hao Zhou.
Hao Zhou took half a step forward.
"My name is Hao Zhou. I once served in the federation squadron and was the commander of the federation squadron. I'm proficient in all kinds of firearms."
"My talent is mental shock, an A+ talent. It can cause mental shock on the enemy, but the side effects are very huge. It cannot be used multiple times in a short period."
"Two years ago, my right leg was injured in a mission and had to be amputated. After that, I changed to a mechanical prosthetic limb during the Wasteland Apocalypse game."
"The prosthetic limb has a huge limitation, so I can't return to the squadron. I'm also unwilling to accept a civilian job provided by the federation, so I eventually left the federation."
"Now I'm a professional mercenary."
"I'll be the commander for this mission. If anyone doesn't approve of me, you can bring it up now."
"He seems quite professional."
Fang Heng muttered to himself.
Chapter 50: Breaking in
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Seeing that no one raised any objections, Hao Zhou continued, "Alright, I hope that we can cooperate with utmost sincerity in the next operation, complete the mission successfully, collect the reward and then go our separate ways."
"To have an effective collaboration, I now invite everyone to introduce their talents and abilities."
Everyone looked at each other.
"I'll go first."
Sister Li said, "I have an S-rank support type talent. I can create a perception barrier with a maximum radius of five meters."
"The barrier can block the perception of external creatures towards everything within the barrier."
"Under the barrier, even if the zombies see us, they won't think that we're living humans and attack us."
"Sorry to interrupt," Hao Zhou asked, "Including the mutated zombies?"
"Yes, the barrier is still effective against the Level 1 mutated zombies. As for the higher level mutated zombies, we haven't had the chance to test them yet, so we can't be sure for now."
Hao Zhou nodded, indicating that he understood.
It was Kun Ba and Kun Ta's turn.
The older brother, Kun Ba, spoke in slightly stiff Chinese.
"The two of us have been practising boxing since we were young. After we entered the game, we also obtained skills related to boxing mastery. We can increase the power of our boxing for a period. It's very effective against ordinary zombies."
As he spoke, Kun Ba threw a punch at the big tree beside him.
"Bang!"
A muffled sound rang out.
The big tree swayed and more than ten leaves fell to the ground.
A deep fist mark was left on the tree.
"After equipping the iron gauntlets, the power can increase further."
Hao Zhou looked at Fang Heng.
"It's your turn."
Fang Heng pondered for a moment.
The people in the team were all capable, so he needed to show off his skills.
Fang Heng took out the butcher's machete from his backpack.
Everyone looked at Fang Heng silently.
They could tell that this machete was very heavy.
"I won't go into detail about my talent. It's a support type, so I can't use it in combat."
"As for combat, my character's attributes are relatively high, and my equipment is also pretty good."
The few of them fell into silence.
Good equipment? Character's attributes were relatively high?
What kind of self-introduction was this? Why did it sound like he was bragging?
Fang Heng saw everyone's doubtful gaze and could not help but raise his machete and wave it in the air a few times. Then, he displayed the butcher's machete's attributes to everyone.
"You guys can take a look at the attributes."
It was a piece of fine-grade equipment!
What a high damage rate!
The additional skills could also be considered perfect.
Only the equipment requirement became the greatest flaw of this weapon.
There was a sudden change in the way they looked at Fang Heng.
The value of this machete itself was quite high. It was sold for at least 5,000 survival points.
In other words, he was not boasting when he claimed that he had better equipment.
Moreover, equipping the machete required 9.5 strength and 8.5 physique.
Since he could be equipped with this machete, it meant that his attributes were indeed much higher than ordinary players…
What level was he at? His character's attributes had already met the equipment requirements for the machete?
From this, it could be deduced that his talent attribute should be some sort of attribute enhancement.
No one said a word as they secretly speculated in their minds.
Hao Zhou began to estimate the overall strength of the team in his heart.
At first glance, Fang Heng and the Kun brothers were the main force, specializing in combat.
Sister Li, on the other hand, favoured logistical support.
"If there are no problems, we can ask the federation to notarize it now."
After everyone finished discussing, Old Black brought everyone back to the warehouse.
He spent 500 survival points to complete the notarization at the federation notary, and he even transferred 150 King of Gods' points to the federation notary in advance.
At that time, Fang Heng could directly look for the federal staff to collect the mission reward after completing the mission.
"I wish you good luck. I'll wait here for your safe return."
…
After the preparations were completed, Hao Zhou led the team to a small hill on the east side of Hope Town.
From here, they could see a large group of zombies gathered in the town from afar.
The density of zombies was very high.
Hao Zhou spread out the map that he had prepared beforehand.
"I've conducted a check beforehand. The number of zombies from the east side is the least. After the invasion of the town, we can reach the Community Hospital after turning seven blocks."
Sister Li frowned and asked, "Based on the jogging speed of ordinary people, how long will it take to reach the hospital?"
Hao Zhou estimated in his heart for a moment and replied, "About less than ten minutes."
"Releasing the barrier will consume my mental strength. With my current ability, I can only maintain it for ten minutes at most. After that, I need at least two hours to fully recover my mental strength."
Kun Ba urged, "The time is just right. Let's do it."
"No, we won't make it in time. We'll also have to take into account the time when we break into the hospital. Along the way, we might have to deal with mutated zombies and we still need to clean up the zombies blocking the road. All of the above will waste time…"
Fang Heng took a bite of the Oreo biscuit in his hand and listened to the discussion without saying anything.
A moment later, Hao Zhou, the leader of the team, made a corresponding plan.
He used the small explosives he had obtained earlier to blow up the stone statue of the mayor at the entrance of the town not far away.
The collapsed stone statue would hit the building next to it.
At that time, the explosion and impact would create loud noises.
The noise would draw the zombies away, reducing the number of zombies gathered at the east entrance of the town.
Then, they would force their way in.
They would try their best to gain 3-4 minutes before Sister Li activated her perception barrie
After confirming everything, it's time to execute the plan!
10 minutes later.
"Boom!!!"
The pre-set explosives exploded.
The fallen stone statue hit the building and created a huge noise.
Not far from the entrance of the town, Fang Heng was using a whetstone to increase the attack power of his weapon.
He vaguely felt the earth under his feet tremble slightly.
"It's a little exaggerated…"
The other members of the team had the same expression.
Hao Zhou smiled proudly.
"I forgot to mention when I introduced myself. I was in the demolition team when I served in the army."
"Big brother, you're really something!"
The loud noise attracted the zombies in the town, and they began to move toward the stone statue.
"Let's go!"
While the zombies in the town were distracted, the five of them gathered and quickly rushed into the town.
Smelling the scent of humans, the remaining zombies in the town swarmed toward Fang Heng and the others.
Fortunately, the zombies moved slower during the day.
The group jogged all the way.
Hao Zhou led the way, trying his best to avoid the zombies' encirclement. He would only counterattack when there was no way to escape.
After equipping the gauntlets, the strength of the two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta increased again.
The two of them guarded the flanks and could easily kill the zombies with just two or three punches.
Fang Heng was guarding the back of the group, holding a machete in his hand.
"Chi!"
A head-on attack!
Blood splattered and the zombie charging at them from the right was cut into two halves by the machete.
[Hint: Your attack has caused 'dismemberment' effect.]
[Hint: You have killed a zombie. You have gained 2 survival points.]
[Hint: Your attack has caused 'dismemberment' effect.]
[Hint: You have killed a zombie. You have gained 2 survival points.]
[Hint: Your attack has caused 'dismemberment' effect.]
[Hint: You have killed a zombie. You have gained….]