Chapter 53: Safe
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After killing the zombies with two slashes, Fang Heng walked into the room.
"Eh? What's that sound?"
Before he could explore the dean's office, Fang Heng suddenly heard something.
He turned around and took two steps back, looking at the end of the corridor.
There were three short shadows.
They were growling threateningly.
"F*ck, they are zombie dogs!"
Fang Heng said to himself, "This is troublesome."
Zombie dogs and spider zombies were both famous for their speed and were very difficult to deal with! The zombie dogs were even faster than the spider zombies!
"Roar!"
The three zombie dogs were attracted by Fang Heng's gunshots. They increased their speed and rushed toward Fang Heng.
"Bang!"
Fang Heng hurriedly hid in the dean's office and closed the door. Then, he moved a cabinet to block the wooden door.
They were coming.
"Dong! Dong Dong!"
Fang Heng heard the sound of the three zombie dogs hitting the door with their bodies.
The broken wooden door wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Fang Heng sneered and extended the muzzle of the shotgun out of the hole made by the shotgun.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
After a few shots, there was no more movement outside.
[Hint: You have used a shotgun to kill a zombie dog*3. You have gained 15 survival points. Your gun mastery experience +21.]
"Troublesome zombie dogs."
After confirming that the zombie dogs had died via the game log, Fang Heng muttered and pushed the door open again.
Zombie dogs had the advantage of explosive speed and fast dodging. They were not high-level zombies and their HP was even lower than ordinary zombies.
Therefore, they would not drop the complete evolution crystals after they died.
Fang Heng ran out of the door again and killed the ordinary zombies that were attracted by the gunshots.
He turned back to the dean's office and began to search wantonly.
[Hint: You found a pack of cigarettes*2, premium coffee beans*10, a tattered shirt*1, the dean's magnetic card*1, milk*2, chocolate*3, first aid spray*1.]
After searching the room carefully, Fang Heng did not find any traces of the T-virus serum. Instead, he found some more useful survival materials.
For example, first aid spray, an item that could greatly restore health points, was extremely rare.
Cigarettes were also good items that could increase the favorability rating of NPCs in the game.
However, he could not find the T-virus serum.
Strange, where could it be hidden?
Fang Heng narrowed his eyes and looked around the entire room again.
He had searched very carefully before.
Could it be…
A picture frame?
Fang Heng's gaze focused on a photo on the wall.
It was often played like this in movies.
He remembered that there were similar posts in the forum before. There were hidden safes in some rooms.
One of the hiding places was behind the picture frame.
Fang Heng walked to the picture frame where the dean's photo was hanging and moved the picture frame away.
Sure enough, a metal safe appeared behind the picture frame.
"This is bad, I don't know the password."
Fang Heng tried to hit the safe with the stone hammer.
"Dong!"
A muffled sound was heard.
[Hint: You have dealt damage to the metal safe +7.]
A long health bar appeared in Fang Heng's eyes.
The safe had a durability of 20,000. Even if he used the shotgun and the zombie clones to scrape the safe, it would take an entire day for him to break it open.
Only by finding the password could he quickly open the safe.
"Come to think again, normal players don't have shotguns and zombie clones like me. It's impossible to crack open the safe."
"The game doesn't set certain death quests. There should be a hint."
Fang Heng calmed down and thought about it. He looked for any books that might be in the room.
There weren't any.
Then he could only try his luck.
"12345."
Error!
"1024."
Error!
"Dark Knights."
Error!
"Verone (Dean's name)."
Error!
"T-virus."
Error!
Fang Heng scratched his head.
What could it be? Could it be that the hint wasn't here?
More than ten minutes had passed but Fang Heng still found nothing.
He calmed down, walked to the centre of the room and looked around again.
That's right!
Fang Heng thought of something.
A computer!
There was a desktop computer on the dean's office desk.
There might be relevant information about the password in it!
But without a power source, the computer could not be turned on at the moment.
Power source!?
Generator set!?
"God!"
It was connected!
Fang Heng narrowed his eyes and rubbed his chin, thinking.
It was very likely that this mission required him to turn on the generator before he could turn on the computer.
Then, he could use the computer to get the password to the safe!
Then, the next mission should be to find a way to repair the generator and make it generate electricity again!
As for why Old Black wanted to destroy the generator set…
Perhaps he did not want others to complete the Dark Knight's mission?
Fang Heng felt that he was most likely right.
He was about to return to the basement when he saw the game log light up.
[Hint: Your survival radio has received an emergency message.]
Huh?
Fang Heng stopped and turned on the survival radio to check.
Hao Zhou: Fang Heng, how are things over there? I've found the location of the generator set and also found something.
Hao Zhou also found the problem with the generator?
He immediately replied to Hao Zhou.
Fang Heng: "I'll be right back.".
He rushed back to the generator room on the first floor.
Hao Zhou and the others were studying something in front of the generator set.
"What did you find?"
"Fang Heng, you came back just in time. Come and have a look. We found that the generator set is running."
"Huh? What did you say?"
Fang Heng was stunned.
The generator unit was running?
He was just thinking about how to persuade Hao Zhou to try to turn on the generator set.
Now Hao Zhou told him that the generator set was running?
This was completely inconsistent with his previous guess!
Fang Heng was a little confused for a moment.
He tried to clear his mind and asked, "You mean the generator set is in good condition? It's still running? Then why isn't the building providing power?"
Kun Ta, who was studying the circuit at the back, poked his head out and explained to Fang Heng.
"I just studied the generator set and found that the generator set here doesn't provide power to the main building."
Fang Heng was stunned again and was even more surprised. He asked, "It's not the main building? Then where is it?"
"I'm not sure. The circuit operation seems to lead to the bottom."
"The bottom?" Hao Zhou also frowned. He picked up the map of the hospital that he had just found and looked at it carefully.
"There's only the morgue underground."
Morgue?
The members of the team all had strange expressions on their faces.
Why did a proper apocalypse survival game suddenly become a little scary?
Fang Heng was also puzzled.
What was the rationale behind the hospital's backup generator set made to ensure the power supply of the morgue in the first place?
To prevent zombies?
But could ensuring the power supply help to prevent zombies…
Fang Heng raised his head and asked, "Kun Ta, do you have a way to change the circuit, such as providing power from the generator set to the building?"
"Uh… I can try, but my skill level is too low. It will take at least three hours to do so."
Alright!
It seemed that the previous guess was probably wrong.
Fang Heng ruled out a wrong answer.
Chapter 54: The Morgue
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"Have you asked Old Black? What did he say?"
Sister Li shook her head.
"I asked him just now, but Old Black hasn't replied yet."
Kun Ba, who had been silent all this time, said, "Or maybe he doesn't want to reply."
Everyone fell silent again.
Hao Zhou clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.
"Cheer up. Everyone might have some doubts about this mission. To be honest, I'm the same."
"But if we think about it carefully, it doesn't make any difference to us whether the generator is on or not."
"We are mercenaries, and our first goal is to complete the mission. In short, we will start preparing to retreat in 50 minutes."
No one raised any objections.
Hao Zhou's words were also correct.
After all, Old Black only said that they needed to blow up the generator. He did not say whether the generator was on or off.
Fang Heng felt that Old Black's mission was related to the T-virus serum mission that he had on hand.
It was necessary to go to the underground floor to take a look.
"There's still some time. I want to go down and take a look. Does anyone want to go with me?"
The team members looked at each other again.
No one responded.
Hao Zhou advised, "Fang Heng, there's no need for that. We just need to blow up the generator set to complete the mission. Don't create unnecessary complications."
"I'll go alone. I'll try my best to rush back in 50 minutes. It'll be the same as before. If I don't make it back, don't bother about me."
"Wait a minute. I'll go with you. It's safer with more people."
Kun Ba stood up.
"Thank you for saving my brother not long ago. We brothers don't like to owe others favours."
"Okay."
It was safer to have more people around.
Fang Heng agreed immediately and left the generator room with Kun Ba to the underground morgue.
"I also feel that this mission is strange."
On the pathway to the first underground floor, Kun Ba broke the silence and handed Fang Heng a piece of A4 paper.
"I found this when I was searching just now. It was pasted on the cabinet in the maintenance room."
Fang Heng took the note and read it.
[Job tips: All maintenance staff to take note. Given the recent repeated incidents, please ensure that the air-conditioning in the underground morgue is turned on 24 hours a day and set up a 24-hour rotation inspection team.]
[Remarks: The temperature in the morgue must be below 0 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the freezer must be below -28 degrees Celsius.]
Fang Heng read the contents of the A4 paper and muttered softly.
"Just looking at the content, there doesn't seem to be a problem."
"Yeah." Kun Ba nodded as well. "There's only this note in the room and I don't know what 'repeated incidents' mean."
The entrance to the first underground floor was next to the pathway elevator.
Due to the loss of the power supply, the elevator had already lost its effectiveness.
The two of them took care of a few zombies blocking the way and entered the first underground floor.
On the left side of the first underground floor, there was a passage leading to the morgue.
On the right side, there was a direction leading to the underground parking lot.
The iron gate leading to the parking lot had fallen, completely blocking the way.
Fang Heng and Kun Ba exchanged looks and walked into the passage together.
The morgue was at the end of the passage.
The sign for the emergency passage above the door was still lit.
Sure enough, the backup generator provided power to the morgue.
"What is this?"
Walking to the door of the morgue, Fang Heng noticed that there was a note on the door of the morgue.
[Emergency notice: Due to frequent problems in the morgue, the use of the morgue has been temporarily suspended and it is under an emergency maintenance state.]
[During the maintenance period, the warehouse on the second floor of the hospital will be temporarily used as a backup facility. Under normal circumstances, the corpses will be sent directly to the funeral parlour.]
Fang Heng scratched his head.
Frequent problems in the morgue?
He felt that he had vaguely caught something, and for a moment, he did not quite understand.
Fang Heng turned his head to look at Kun Ba.
The latter had the same blank expression on his face.
Kun Ba suggested in a low voice, "Shall we go in and take a look first?"
"Yes."
Fang Heng approached the door and leaned over, trying to listen to the movements inside the morgue.
The inside of the morgue was abnormally quiet.
Fang Heng tried to push the door open again.
It could not be opened.
There was a card slot that could be inserted into the wall on the right side of the morgue.
Fang Heng thought of the magnetic card that he had just found in the dean's office.
[Item-Dean's magnetic card.]
Type: Miscellaneous.
Description: The magnetic card of the dean of Hope Town Community Hospital. On the front, there is the dean's photo. You can decompose it into waste plastic.
Fang Heng tried to insert the magnetic card into the card slot.
"Beep! Verification passed. Welcome, dean Verone."
"Click."
The door of the morgue automatically opened in front of Fang Heng.
A gust of cold air blew in from the morgue.
The temperature of the air conditioning in the morgue was very low, and the dim lights were still on.
Fang Heng stood at the door with a shotgun in one hand, trying to get a clear view of the situation inside the morgue.
The morgue was in a mess, with bloodstains all over the place.
At a glance, more than ten corpses were lying on the ground.
They were all dead?
Fang Heng lowered his head and looked at the two corpses near the door.
The parts above their necks were gone, and their necks were badly mutilated.
Were their heads shot because of the zombie transformation?
The way they handled it was quite professional.
Fang Heng pursed his lips. He and Kun Ba carefully walked into the room and searched carefully.
"Fang Heng, all the zombies here have no heads. It seems that they were cleaned up in advance."
Kun Ba also noticed the abnormality of the corpses. He squatted down to examine it carefully.
"Eh?"
"What's wrong?"
It's very strange. The wound on the neck of the body is quite strange. It doesn't feel like it was cut off by someone, nor did it look like it was blown open by a gun."
A puzzled look appeared on Kun Ba's face. "It's more like it exploded from the inside out."
"What? You're saying that he blew himself up?"
Fang Heng frowned. Before he had time to search further, his heart suddenly jumped.
He felt an extremely dangerous feeling and quickly turned his head. His gaze focused on an iron door on the side of the morgue.
The danger perception skill had been activated!
Fang Heng immediately raised his shotgun and aimed at the small door, staring at it.
"What's behind the door?"
Even when he encountered mutated zombies, Fang Heng had never felt such a strong sense of danger.
Kun Ba noticed that Fang Heng's expression had become extremely serious, so he immediately stood up and stood beside Fang Heng, putting on a battle stance.
He asked in a low voice, "What's wrong, Fang Heng?"
"It's a skill of mine. I feel that there's something strange behind that door."
Fang Heng replied in a low voice.
"Pa…"
There was an extremely weak sound.
The lights above the two of them were instantly extinguished.
The entire morgue instantly became extremely dark.
A power failure!?
Fang Heng was shocked. He quickly took two steps back and took out a flashlight to light up the area in front of him.
Kun Ba also took out a flashlight to illuminate the surroundings..