"Tower?"
Looking at the main quest appearing in everyone's line of sight.
Old Tomato said, "It's mentioned in the intro that there are others struggling in this city, indicating the existence of other survivors. Their location is probably this tower, and we need to get inside before nightfall, otherwise something terrible is likely to happen when it gets dark."
"But we don't know where the tower is?" Ah Qie was a bit perplexed.
"That's a bit troublesome."
Yeshou looked towards the sunset glow at the edge of the sky, "The sun looks like it's going to set in at most half an hour. My suggestion is that we should head to the nearest station, find out our current location, then there should be a city map at the station. We can see if we can find the tower on it and then plan our route."
Yeshou's analysis was on point, stemming from his experience; after all, before playing this game, he had already been adept at exploring various environments and regions.
Everyone thought there was no problem and nodded in agreement. Yeshou then earnestly said, "Since there's no issue with anyone, let's not delay and set off now."
"Wait."
Su Qi softly said, "The tour guide has something to say."
Yeshou: "..."
"Brother Su, do you have any suggestion?"
"I suggest we follow this street straight to the end, then turn after two blocks, and on the way, pick up some handy weapons in a car repair shop, then continue south. We should be able to reach the tower."
Yeshou was stunned and asked blankly, "??? Why are you so sure, Brother Su?"
"Because..." Su Qi paused and spoke calmly, "I found a map in the driver's compartment of the bus."
Ah Ti roared, "You should have said something like this earlier, dammit!"
Su Qi looked at them strangely, shaking the flag in his hand, which had an old city map printed on the other side, "I showed you from the beginning."
"..."
"Anyway, we've found the location. Everyone, let's hurry up and set off." Su Qi's expression turned a bit more serious as he looked towards the distant sunset, "I seem to have a bad feeling."
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The twilight, flickering in and out from behind the clouds, had vanished. The edge of the sky had already turned dim, and a massive darkness was descending, as if to engulf the city.
Su Qi and his group were running down the streets.
"It's only been twenty minutes and the sun has set." Clutching a broken iron hook, Ah Qie said with some unease, "How much further is it to the tower?"
The horde of zombies wandered around them. Although their pace wasn't fast, there were so many of them. As soon as they spotted the group, they were attracted and rushed towards them with bared teeth and claws.
"There's a ten-minute walk left, but..." Yeshou roared lowly, as he swung out a fire axe, "These zombies seem to be getting more troublesome."
As night fell, the zombies' ability to move suddenly increased significantly.
Although they had enhanced physical attributes and were far stronger than ordinary people due to their attribute allocation, they still hadn't reached a superhuman level, and their physical strength was also limited.
Xun Xiaohuan proved worthy of being the highest-level member of the team. His flying knife was an impressive piece of equipment, able to be instantly thrown and then 'swoosh' controlled to return.
He seemed to have a wealth of combat experience, dealing with all kinds of zombies with ease.
At that moment, Xun Xiaohuan's face wore a serious expression as he looked into the distance:
"You guys must speed up now, I think I just heard some strange noise."
"It's not just a feeling." Su Qi's figure dashed forward, the cold light from his butcher knife reflecting the moon, as he charged and pierced through several zombies blocking the way, "That thing is approaching us at 80 kilometers per hour, it will catch up to us in at most a minute."
"Really? Can a zombie run that fast?"
"I personally think that's not a zombie, but a new kind of monster." Su Qi turned to look at the shadow flickering atop a distant skyscraper, although he could not see its form, the exclamation mark above its head was glaringly bright.
Its shape frighteningly swift, it leaped from the high-rise and crashed heavily onto the ground.
With a loud bang that made everyone's scalp tingle, now they truly heard it.
Ah Qie couldn't help but look back and screamed, "Fuck."
Under the moonlight, they could see a skinless monster of flesh and blood. It was tall and clearly bigger than the sedan next to it, with muscles and blood vessels visible all over its body, while its face seemed to have been pieced together from parts of the organs of the world's ten ugliest people.
Its tail was thick and powerful, sweeping the sedan away with a single flick!
Immediately afterward,
its pupils glowed a faint green as it let out a low growl, then it started crawling on all fours before launching itself off the ground and charging over at an even faster speed!
"Shit, it's coming!"
Everyone instantly felt chills down their spine, Xun Xiaohuan's complexion also changed, and, disregarding the surrounding zombies, they all turned tail in panic and fled desperately.
"We thought we only had ordinary zombies during the day! I thought this hard mode wasn't too difficult, but then comes this shit show at night!"
"Stop yapping and run!"
No one dared to look back, listening to the monster's increasingly closer growls behind them, they were scare out of their wits.
The oppressive feeling from that monster was just too strong.
"I see the tower!" Old Tomato called out urgently.
On a flat area,
there stood a tower of over twenty stories, its bottom windows completely sealed off with steel plates, leaving only one entrance at the front.
And from the entrance emanated the glow of ultraviolet light.
"Quick, get inside!"
Xun Xiaohuan's flying knife whizzed out of his hand, embedding itself into the monster's skull, but the creature was so terrifying that this wound didn't threaten it at all; it simply pulled the knife out with its claws and tossed it aside.
And when its blood flowed out, it corroded a hole in the ground like strong sulfuric acid!
"Fuck, even its blood is that terrifying!"
And the next moment,
the monster grew even angrier and roared as its body suddenly leapt up more than ten meters, soaring toward them!
In that critical moment,
everyone's hearts pounded at two hundred beats per minute as they dashed into the tower's passageway!
With a horrifying and ferocious face, the monster tried to follow, but the moment it stepped in, the surrounding ultraviolet light burned its skin like a laser.
In pain, the monster shielded itself with its claws and backed away!
*pant pant*... everyone gasped for air with unsettled souls.
Night Guard, panting heavily, said, "Just as I thought, the ultraviolet light is the monster's weakness. It can't come in here, otherwise, we'd all be wiped out."
"This... is too terrifying, are we supposed to fight monsters like this?"
Ah Qie and Ah Ti nearly ran themselves ragged with their physical strength dropping to critically low levels, and it took several deep breaths to recover to 30%.
"Probably, maybe," Xun Xiaohuan panted, with a sharp glint in his eyes that clearly showed his wariness toward the monster.
"Wait a minute."
Old Tomato wiped the sweat from his forehead, suddenly realizing something was amiss:
"Did you guys notice that we're missing someone?"
Only five people had run into this passageway.
They looked at each other, and silence fell for a moment.
Su Qi... didn't make it in?