Chapter 83

——“Bang!”

As Zhao Futu turned a corner, he suddenly heard a dull gunshot.

He was currently in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, which was still in the suburban area and had not yet entered the city center. From his position, he could see the Oriental Pearl Tower in the distance, but now only half of it remained, the top part having collapsed at some unknown time. Present-day Shanghai was almost a dead city, with many places that were once familiar now unrecognizable.

"This should be the location of Century Avenue, which means Century Park is not far below," Zhao Futu organized his memories and then headed towards the direction of the gunshot.

That area was roughly where the Science and Technology Museum was, very close to Century Park.

Currently, there were hardly any living people in all of Shanghai. In this world of bio-catastrophe, the number of survivors was extremely scarce. If everything went as expected, the source of the gunshot was a contractor. There were thirty teleportation connection points in Shanghai, and the Nightmare Space could potentially deploy contractors into almost every region.

This time, the Gold-level main mission did not allow for fighting among contractors. Any attack on a contractor could result in punishment from the Nightmare Space.

In other words, all contractors now had the possibility of cooperation!

They were like soldiers who had received basic training and were then thrown into battle. In the internal training, they were allowed to compete and eliminate each other, but once on the battlefield, any internal conflict would be punished by military law! Before entering this world, the Nightmare Space had clearly warned all contractors that attacking or ambushing other contractors during this mission could result in direct elimination!

——“Rumble!”

Zhao Futu heard another loud noise from that direction. It sounded like a high-explosive grenade or a rocket launcher. It seemed that among the contractors there, some had chosen the modern weapons route. Generally, a contractor's enhancement was based on the plot missions they had experienced. Those who had experienced more modern plot missions had a higher chance of obtaining modern firearms. However, these people had a significant drawback: their physical enhancements were inferior to those who had experienced magical, martial arts, or other plot spaces.

In modern plot missions, it was difficult to obtain skills that enhanced personal abilities. At most, they could obtain skills like gun handling.

As for high-difficulty modern plot missions, the number of people who could enter and return alive was not many.

……

"Grass Skimming."

Zhao Futu circulated his true qi throughout his body, immediately feeling as light as a swallow. He leaped onto a three-story building with a single bound, touching the tip of his foot to the wall. This was where the enhancement from Eastern martial arts could not be overlooked. For example, some powerful Eastern martial arts could allow one to leap over ten zhang (about 30 meters) in the air, equivalent to jumping to the height of a six-story building, which was far more impressive than the Spider-Man bloodline enhancement!

For instance, a contractor who had entered the "Swordsman" plot space, it was said that ordinary Hua Mountain disciples, after practicing for a dozen years, could all emit invisible sword qi!

This was why Tian Ling had asked him if he had practiced "Hua Mountain Sword Technique."

Even more powerful experts could attach true qi to their palms and catch bullets from a musket, or even cannonballs!

Therefore, it was hard to determine who was stronger and who was weaker.

Zhao Futu leaped between buildings. Although he couldn't be as agile and swift as Spider-Man, the "Grass Skimming" lightness skill, as its name suggested, allowed one to walk on the tips of grass when practiced to a high level. This was not too far off from Spider-Man's ability to climb walls with his spider hands. His current energy value was 240 points, with 18 points of intelligence and 60 points from the Inner Pearl Technique, enough to sustain him for four minutes.

"Hmm? Two people!" Zhao Futu leaped onto the rooftop and observed the contractors fighting not far away.

Strictly speaking, he had encountered very few contractors so far, and had not truly engaged in combat with any. This was a good opportunity to observe the enhancement directions and combat styles of other contractors.

There were three zombies, all mutated and evolved. One had a large arm and a horn-like growth on its head, standing over 2.4 meters tall and weighing nearly half a ton, with a thick layer of fat, resembling a small giant. It was extremely resilient, showing no signs of fatigue even after withstanding a grenade. The other two were agile mutants: one was a Licker, smaller than the one Zhao Futu had encountered, with a shorter tongue, only about two to three meters in length, indicating it was an underdeveloped mutant.

Or perhaps the one Zhao Futu had encountered was a second-stage evolved Licker!

The other zombie still retained a human form and was the weakest of the three. It had the ability to run at high speeds and climb to some extent, with bone blades and claws on its arms and barbed bone spurs on its elbows. This zombie was very intelligent, never getting close to the two contractors for close combat, but instead hiding behind the giant zombie, waiting for an opportunity to ambush.

It seemed to have retained some of its "intelligence"!

"One is on the firearms enhancement route, the other on the bloodline enhancement route, both are newbies!" Zhao Futu only needed a glance to determine their identities and even used a detection skill on one of them, obtaining the following information:

"Contractor No. 0876, Sergeant:

Height: 175 cm, Weight: 68 kg.

Basic Attributes:

Strength: 15 points

Agility: 30 points

Intelligence: 9 points

Stamina: 21 points

Spirit: 8 points

Perception: 12 points

Willpower: 11 points

Charisma: 14 points

Skills:

Basic Ranged Combat lv10: Passively increases ranged attack damage by 50%, and improves mastery of any ranged combat techniques.

Advanced Firearms Proficiency lv1: Passively increases firearm attack damage by 50%, and improves mastery of any firearm techniques, enhancing blind firing ability, etc.

Basic Footwork lv2: Omitted.

Basic Endurance lv2: Omitted.

Gunfighting lv1: Unviewable.

Mutated New Human Bloodline lv1 (Locked): Unviewable.

……

The contractor on the firearms enhancement route followed a standard and normal enhancement path, with basic attributes mainly focused on agility and stamina. He was likely a contractor who entered the space before Zhao Futu, possibly having experienced one or two more plot missions. His investment was mainly in basic ranged combat, possessing gunfighting skills, and a mutated new human bloodline.

Because he had solidified the "Spiritual Detection lv1" ability, Zhao Futu could also view the other's equipment: two dark blue items, four light blue items, making him a relatively well-equipped contractor. He used a modified AK-47, two identical pistols, an infrared sniper rifle, and a bulletproof tactical vest.

Compared to him, Zhao Futu's weapons seemed somewhat lacking.

However, Zhao Futu's core enhancement was in grappling and combat, making him less dependent on equipment than those on the firearms enhancement route. Without guns, he could easily take out a large number of them.

The other contractor's enhancement route was even simpler, as his attributes clearly showed:

"Contractor No. 1185, Corporal:

Height: 170 cm, Weight: 65 kg.

Basic Attributes:

Strength: 18 points

Agility: 15 points

Intelligence: 8 points

Stamina: 16 points

Spirit: 9 points

Perception: 14 points

Willpower: 9 points

Charisma: 6 points

Skills:

Basic Melee Combat lv8: Passively increases melee attack damage by 40%, and improves mastery of any melee combat techniques.

Basic Footwork lv5: Omitted.

Basic Endurance lv2: Omitted.

Basic Ranged Combat lv2: Omitted.

Mutated Werewolf Bloodline lv1 (Locked): When transformed, increases strength by 10 points, agility by 5 points, and stamina by 5 points, automatically mastering the 'Beast Instinct lv1' ability, and increasing perception by 5 points. The mutated bloodline has been genetically corrected, increasing resistance to silver to some extent."

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Note: The contractor's basic attributes already include the effects of equipment.

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Basic skills require an additional soul fragment when enhanced to lv3, so most contractors prefer to enhance them to lv2. The two in front of him were no exception, one focusing on firearms, the other on bloodlines, with equipment that was decent, mostly having one or two dark blue items and three or four light blue items.

The contractor with the mutated werewolf bloodline had not yet transformed but was using a battle axe to cover the firearms contractor.

Both had some injuries. If not for the firearms contractor using a rocket launcher to severely wound the enemy, their situation would have been dire. However, if this continued, they would not last much longer. According to Zhao Futu's judgment, the giant zombie had at least 30 points of strength and 40 points of stamina. With its healing ability, it could sustain itself for over 15 minutes!

But these two contractors definitely couldn't hold on that long.

"Should I save them?" Zhao Futu thought for a moment and decided to help.

The reason was simple: this Gold-level main mission was a cooperative mode, and contractors were not allowed to attack each other. Failure of the mission would result in the elimination of everyone!

There were 30 teleportation connection points in Shanghai, but the number of contractors was at most around 40. If he didn't save them now, it would weaken their side's strength.

This was only the first stage of the Gold-level main mission. Save as many as possible! (Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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