Boom, boom~
Two bullets precisely entered the mutant zombie's skull, killing the monster.
Although the baseball bat was much more powerful than the pistol, able to kill a half-attribute depleted zombie with one strike, Song Jian truly did not want to experience the feeling of smashing brains with a baseball bat again.
"Ranged attacks are safer, too!" Song Jian thought to himself, "You died before you even got close to me, which feels quite cool!"
After the mutant zombie died, it turned into black ash. The faint stench of decay in the room also gradually dissipated. Five or six items emitting a gray light scattered around the black ash.
Song Jian first fixed the metal ladder and brought Ke'er inside.
"Alright, from now on this will be our safe house. When your time is up and you leave the game, you'll leave from here," Song Jian told Ke'er.
"Mm." Ke'er nodded. Soon, her gaze fell on those items emitting gray light, pointing to the ground she said, "Meat, fragrant meat."
Song Jian picked up the fallen items and found that they were all "zombie meat," leaving him somewhat speechless.
"Are they trying to make me pursue a career as a chef?" Song Jian thought.
Ke'er, already full, still showed delight at the sight of the "zombie meat" emitting a faint herbal fragrance, her face brimming with a happy smile.
After Song Jian packed the zombie meat into his pack, he began searching the entire villa.
It took him over an hour to thoroughly search the three-story villa. On the second floor, Song Jian found a large pile of living supplies, various foods and drinks, which could fully satisfy two people for half a year.
Unfortunately, most of the food and water had spoiled, and Song Jian had to throw it all out;
In a bedroom on the third floor, Song Jian did find a double-barreled shotgun and a dozen shotgun bullets. To store them, Song Jian painfully removed two golden bracelets.
"Beretta double-barreled shotgun (green), two-handed weapon, attack 12-21, critical hit +1, equipment requirements: strength 5 points, stamina 4 points; Can it be taken out of the game: No"
This shotgun had two barrels arranged one above the other, could be loaded with two bullets at a time, had a longer reloading time, but it was much more powerful than Song Jian's P18C pistol and also had an additional "critical hit +1" attribute.
After finishing his search, Song Jian returned to the living room. Ke'er was sitting obediently on the worn sofa, her hands on the sofa, looking around curiously, appearing very well-behaved.
All the doors and windows of the villa were sealed with solid wooden bars that did not allow any sunlight to penetrate. Heavy furniture piled up behind the wood, making it very safe even at night when the mutant zombie would regain its strength and might attempt to break in through the windows or doors.
"Huh, what's this?" While inspecting the doors and windows, Song Jian suddenly noticed a red border appear along the edges of the doors and windows, with a line of text beside it: "Would you like to modify the room's main door?"
Beside the text, there was a row of door diagrams that could be scrolled through, but only the first door diagram at the front was in white and usable, while the rest were in red sealed status and could not be modified.
"Wooden door, defense 200 points, requires 35 wood materials." Song Jian's gaze locked onto the first door diagram, and quickly, the materials needed to build this door appeared in front of his eyes.
Behind the "Wooden Gate," there was also a "Stone Gate, Defense 500 points, requires 50 stones," but the icon for the stone gate was red and in an unbuildable state.
At the moment, the defense level of the villa's room doors was only 98 points. If he switched to stone doors, it would evidently be much safer. However, Song Jian did not know how to gather stone or wood immediately.
Then, Song Jian carefully observed other parts of the room and indeed, just like the door, other areas of the room could also be transformed and upgraded into constructions with higher defense levels. Windows, walls, stairs, skylights, and even floors could be remodeled and upgraded.
"With this, wouldn't I be able to create a powerful safe room that could ensure my safety even after leaving the game?" Song Jian's lips slightly curled upwards, feeling as if a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders, and he felt much relieved.
This apocalyptic survival game was quite eerie, and danger could arise at any moment, but if one could persevere in this game, the benefits were substantial.
Just the Attribute Fruit that could enhance physical fitness alone fascinated Song Jian immensely, as it was a treasure that could directly enhance one's physical fitness.
"Perhaps I could acquire mythical skills and techniques that allow one to fly through the sky and burrow through earth from this game," Song Jian thought, as the image of a monster floating in the air and absorbing the essence of the moon materialized in his mind again.
"Uncle, let's go out and hunt monsters, it's so boring here," Ke'er suddenly said, swinging her little legs.
"Hunt monsters? Are you not afraid?" Song Jian asked curiously.
Mutant zombies were quite terrifying for a ten-year-old girl.
"Uncle, you're so childish, this is just a game!" Ke'er responded with a look of disdain.
"Ke'er, how much longer before you can leave the game?" Song Jian fell silent for a moment before asking. He wondered if Ke'er understood what having only one life in the game meant.
"About an hour and a half more," Ke'er glanced at the game interface.
"Alright, Uncle will take you out monster hunting," Song Jian smiled and nodded. "But we can only hunt for one hour, then we must return here. When the time's up, you'll log off, and you must never enter this game again, alright? Promise Uncle."
Ke'er tilted her head as if considering it. After a moment, a smile appeared on her face, and she nodded, "Alright, Uncle, this game isn't that fun anyway; Ke'er doesn't want to play it anymore. After we go out, I won't play this game again."
Song Jian nodded, picked up Ke'er, and began to climb the ladder out of the skylight from this three-story villa.
Outside the villa, there was a small yard of about five or six square meters, surrounded by hedges over half a person tall, but presently, the surrounding hedges had already been destroyed and were rotting in the mud. The yard itself was overgrown with weeds and vine plants like ivy covered several walls of the villa, with the tallest reaching over the roof of the first floor, climbing towards the second floor.
Ke'er held a hand crossbow, crouching low, and looked around warily, following closely behind Song Jian.
Song Jian stuck close to the wall of a building, cautiously moving forward.
Even though the mutant zombies' attributes were halved during the day, if he inadvertently attracted a large number of zombies' attention, Song Jian wasn't sure he could successfully escape back to the safety house. He would not forget how that man who had wielded a baseball bat had died.
Reaching a corner, Song Jian carefully peeked out his head;
Hm? What was that?
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