Chapter 16 of 100

Chapter 16

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"Why do we have to come all the way here to kill the werewolves? I’ve seen the werewolf mission. The reward is only 300 points, plus a weapon of your choice from various professions. Although I haven’t seen the weapon attributes, the gunner gets a rifle, and its damage shouldn’t exceed 300. It’s kind of meaningless," Wang Fusheng said, walking slowly with his backpack and the fat man. He glanced at the electronic map, still three kilometers away, and looked at the panting fat man with a speechless expression.

"The werewolf is the most cost-effective boss to kill in the early stages. Killing it can earn you 1000 points. You only need to submit one wolf claw to complete the mission and get another 300 points. And the werewolf randomly drops a skill—Rip. This is a powerful weapon in the early stages, and the items it drops might include mission items needed to unlock the main storyline. By the way, are you really not going to choose a profession for now? Without the attribute bonuses and skill synergies from a profession, you’ll be at a disadvantage."

"I don’t know how to choose. Choosing a profession strengthens you in one aspect, and it’s quite strong. But it also limits your other abilities. For example, a mech warrior can only use small-caliber pistols. Assault rifles and sniper rifles have no connection with him. This means I lose my long-range attack capability. Now it’s just the two of us, and you’re a psychic. We don’t need professional skills to kill monsters, so I’ll think about it later. It doesn’t affect leveling up anyway."

Wang Fusheng shrugged helplessly. It’s not that he didn’t want to choose a profession or didn’t know the benefits. He just didn’t know which profession to choose because choosing one would indeed strengthen him in one aspect but limit his abilities in others.

"Let’s see how it goes. We can kill more bosses to see if we can make up for it. However, if you don’t choose a profession in the early stages, you can use all types of weapons and equipment, but you’ll have to buy them yourself, which is a huge expense. The system is really greedy," the fat man said, feeling the pain.

After being promoted from a low-level war ruin to a private and being brought back to the Hope Safety Base, Wang Fusheng didn’t choose a profession, while the fat man became a psychic. Based on some information the fat man obtained, the two of them teamed up to take on the werewolf mission. They originally wanted to get a car for transportation, as this is a modern war game with no teleportation arrays.

However, Wang Fusheng bought the lowest-grade combat gear, a serrated dagger, a backpack, and some simple pistols and materials. He also bought the fat man a low-grade laptop and a wireless internet client, and their points were completely depleted. With a total of over 1100 points, they only got this much stuff, which was indeed heart-wrenching.

"A low-grade mech costs 500 points, and it’s still a piece of junk. Choosing a profession gives you one for free, so not choosing a profession is really frustrating," Wang Fusheng nodded. Players who choose a profession can randomly receive a piece of equipment specific to their profession. For a mech warrior, it’s naturally a mech.

A gunner can randomly receive powerful weapons like sniper rifles and assault rifles, which made Wang Fusheng incredibly envious. He almost couldn’t resist choosing a profession he was good at, but he held back in the end.

"Have you learned that skill card yet?" the fat man, drenched in sweat, asked as he followed Wang Fusheng.

"Yes." The skill card the fat man was talking about was the one Wang Fusheng obtained from the zombie king. After being promoted to a private, he inserted the card into the electronic device and received the skill card’s information—Mech Space.

Mech Space is the most basic skill a mech warrior needs to learn after choosing the profession. As the name suggests, it’s a space for storing mechs. It’s like a virtual space where mechs can be stored, so mech warriors don’t have to carry their mechs around.

In theory, this skill should be a bit useless because Mech Space can only store mechs and not other items, not even a fist-sized energy stone for the mech. It can only store one mech, and players can learn this skill for 10 points after choosing the mech warrior profession. Since only mech warriors can use mechs, this skill is useless to other professions, so they wouldn’t buy it.

So, when the fat man saw it was this skill, he was speechless, cursing the system for being stingy. Killing the zombie king and getting such a useless skill was frustrating. Selling this skill would make people think you were crazy, so Wang Fusheng decided to learn it himself.

"Have you read the werewolf’s information? Is there any problem with killing it?"

"In close combat, it’s impossible without mutation, but now we have this and 9 bullets. Killing it shouldn’t be a problem. The issue is how to retrieve the items and materials it drops after killing it. There are many radiated wild wolves here," Wang Fusheng said, shaking his sniper rifle and looking through the scope at the distant hills, his expression serious.

The two continued walking. When they were about a kilometer away from the werewolf’s location, Wang Fusheng stopped. He observed the surrounding terrain and chose a small hill to climb. Although he didn’t have a profession, dealing with radiated wild wolves was still manageable for him, so he quickly cleared the wolves on the hill.

"Find the werewolf. We’re about 1000 meters from the ruins, which is the maximum range of the sniper rifle. There aren’t many wild wolves in this direction, so it’s easier to retrieve the items after killing it." At the top of the hill, Wang Fusheng opened the sniper rifle’s bipod, lay down, and said to the fat man.

"I’m looking. Do you think hacking a satellite is that easy? And the wireless internet login requires real-name registration, so be careful." The fat man sat cross-legged, his fingers tapping the laptop’s keyboard. He zoomed out the satellite map and finally focused on the ruins. The resolution was a bit low, but he could see some details.

"Found it." Using the satellite to observe the ruins from a high vantage point, the fat man quickly locked onto the werewolf’s location and showed it to Wang Fusheng on the laptop.

Wang Fusheng looked at the satellite image on the fat man’s laptop, locked onto the werewolf’s location, and used the sniper rifle’s scope to compare the satellite map with the real map. The scope was much clearer than the satellite image, so he could see the werewolf clearly.

"An F1-level boss is indeed different. It takes at least three headshots to kill it. This guy is too strong," Wang Fusheng said, looking through the scope.

The werewolf was a mutated wild wolf, almost becoming a demon. Its body had evolved to walk upright and had a human-like appearance, but its limbs were still wolf paws, and it had thick fur and a wolf’s head, resembling a beastman from a novel.

The werewolf Wang Fusheng locked onto with the sniper rifle was not very tall, just a bit taller than an average person, about two meters tall, with black fur and a large machete, wandering around the ruins.

"Distance: 1050 meters, wind direction: northwest, wind speed: 2-3 meters per second, air humidity..." Wang Fusheng grabbed a handful of dust from the hill, let it fall from his palm, and watched it scatter in the wind. He muttered the conditions and began adjusting the sniper rifle’s aim, closing one eye and locking onto the werewolf with the other.

"Communicator is working fine, no issues. When I kill the werewolf and go to retrieve the items, you take the sniper rifle and return the original way. We’ll meet at the small forest three kilometers away and head back to the safety base. Be careful." Wang Fusheng pressed the earpiece on his ear, tested the communicator, and said to the fat man.

Each player’s electronic device on their wrist has a function to add friends and communicate, allowing typing or speaking. However, without an earpiece, speaking would be heard by nearby people, so the fat man bought two earpieces for 20 points each to facilitate communication.

"Don’t worry, I know how to take care of myself. I won’t lose your precious items," the fat man gave Wang Fusheng a reassuring look. Wang Fusheng’s sniper rifle had only 9 bullets, and conservatively, it would take at least half to kill the werewolf. Since the sniper rifle is only effective at a distance, and Wang Fusheng had a pistol, it was a good choice to let the fat man take the sniper rifle after the kill, allowing Wang Fusheng to move lightly.

"Prepare, and report the situation at any time." Wang Fusheng placed his finger on the sniper rifle’s trigger, locking onto the werewolf’s eyes through the scope.

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