Chapter 95

Swish! As the zombie turned into a headless zombie, a pig-headed man's throat was pierced by a sharp blade. The scavenger moved swiftly, leaving trails of afterimages in the basement, like a ghost that could not be caught, reaping the lives of the monsters one by one.

Green, pungent blood, reminiscent of disinfectant, began to flow slowly on the floor, gradually merging with other green blood and spreading to other areas.

Drip, drip, drip... The green blood covered the entire basement floor, and the ghostly figure's footsteps left footprints in the blood puddles. A few drops of blood were kicked up by his steps and then fell back into the blood on the ground, like a rain of blood in the basement.

The splashing of the blood as he stepped through it was like the footsteps of Death, enveloping the already somewhat intelligent modified monsters in fear. Their bodies stiffened involuntarily, waiting for the blood to splash around them, their lives fading with the scattering of the blood.

Roar... Finally, one of the modified monsters could no longer bear the oppressive fear and screamed, rushing towards the basement exit. Even though it had been modified and injected with a violent factor, at this moment, fear made its soul tremble, and it wanted to leave this hell.

Pfft! A cold light flashed across the chest of the screaming monster, splashing a flower of death as its heart was instantly pierced. But the monster's scream was like a fuse, causing the other monsters, who had been frozen in fear like frogs under the gaze of a venomous snake, to scream and rush towards the stairs.

But every time a monster tried to escape, its life was reaped by a cold light, without exception. The sound of the blade slicing through flesh, accompanied by the splashing of blood, gave the entire basement a sense of desolation.

"Who. Kills who?" When the last modified monster fell, the ghost stopped. The scavenger, with gray eyes, looked at the spider man standing frozen in place, his dagger pointing diagonally at the ground.

Plop, the blood slid down the blade, gathering at the tip and forming a blood droplet. The droplet grew larger until the force of adhesion could no longer resist gravity, and it fell into the blood on the ground, like a raindrop merging with a calm lake.

Click, click, click... A sound like chattering teeth came from the spider man's mouth, but it wasn't the sound of chattering teeth. It was the friction caused by the spider man's crab-like mouth moving rapidly out of fear.

Swish! Seeing the terrified, trembling spider man, a cold smile flashed across the scavenger's lips, and he threw the still-dripping dagger. The dagger, infused with great force, pierced the spider man's head, half of its blade embedding itself in the concrete wall behind the spider man.

At this moment, the scavenger, who had a calm but somewhat frightening expression, furrowed his brow. His heart, which had been beating slowly and coldly, began to beat faster. The scavenger's gray eyes gradually faded, and a deep fatigue spread from his bones, enveloping his entire body.

Snap! The scavenger leaned against a glass coffin, his trembling legs unable to support his weight. His face as pale as paper, he leaned against the glass coffin.

Trembling, the scavenger raised his cramping, shaking hand towards his chest but stopped halfway, a complex smile flashing across his lips. Then he moved his shoulders and took off his backpack.

Sweat rolled down the scavenger's forehead as he performed a few actions, and he finally sat in the blood, gasping for breath. The antiseptic smell in the basement made his stomach churn, and this smell was more nauseating than the blood and corpses he had seen before. But the scavenger suppressed the churning in his stomach.

With trembling hands, he took out a water bottle from his backpack and tried several times to open the cap. He tilted his head back and drank a few sips of water, but the water spilled from the corners of his mouth due to his trembling hands. His Adam's apple moved a few times as he forced the water down, and the water bottle left his mouth, spilling water on his face.

The cold water washed over the scavenger's face, refreshing his spirit and giving his drained body some strength. He took out compressed food from his backpack, tore open the packaging with his teeth, and swallowed it in large bites without much chewing.

At this time, the bodies of the monsters in the basement began to refresh, and the air gradually became fresher. The food in his stomach was quickly digested by his hungry stomach, and the energy produced quickly replenished his wolf-like cells, gradually calming his cramping body.

Three minutes later, the scavenger finally regained control of his spasming body and stood up. He slowly chewed the dry, compressed food as he stood up, opened his backpack, and threw some parts that could be stored in the mech space into the mech space. The parts that couldn't be stored were thrown into the backpack.

As the scavenger's strength slowly returned, his movements became faster. After tidying up, he walked towards the wall where his military dagger was embedded. He grabbed the handle and pulled the dagger out of the wall, then put on his backpack and prepared to leave, but he stopped after a few steps.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me. They forced me to do this. I didn't want to. They took my daughter, and if I didn't help them, they would kill my daughter." Behind a broken instrument, a middle-aged man in a white coat stood up, trembling all over, looking at the scavenger as if he were a demon.

"Are you an NPC or a player?" The man was a researcher at the base, but his colleagues had been killed in the chaos, either by gunfire or by the frenzied modified monsters. The man had miraculously survived, which puzzled the scavenger.

"Player, NPC?" The scavenger's words made the man pause, seemingly not understanding what he meant. But seeing the scavenger's unfriendly gaze, the man quickly said, "Are you a citizen of Hope Safe Base? I am a researcher at the Hope Safe Base Research Institute. They brought me here a few days ago and took my daughter to threaten me."

"A researcher at Hope Safe Base?" The scavenger furrowed his brow, not quite understanding the man's identity. But the man was definitely not a player, as he wouldn't have been puzzled by the scavenger's question. He was likely a smart NPC.

To help players better integrate into the game, although the term "NPC" was used, the intelligent characters in the game did not have this concept. They treated players as companions living in the same city, just like people in real life, to enhance the players' immersion.

"They took your daughter? Did they go to the safe base?" The scavenger, frowning, quickly grasped the key point in the man's words and asked.

"It was Sambor, the butler of merchant Arthur. He is a bad guy hiding in the safe base." The man's face turned red with anger.

"Sambor, the butler of merchant Arthur?" The scavenger seemed to recall something. "Are you willing to come back with me and identify Sambor?"

"I am willing. I must expose this wolf. Otherwise, he will continue to harm the safe base. But... my daughter is still in their hands."

"Let's take you back first and ask Officer Pete what to do. Everything in the safe base is now under the control of the police." The scavenger thought for a moment and said, "I haven't asked your name yet."

"My name is Yuan Shenping. I am a researcher at the Hope Safe Base Research Institute and a professor at Hope University. What about you?"

"Scavenger." The scavenger's eyes showed a hint of surprise as he spoke.

The Hope Safe Base has schools, from kindergarten to university, but in the players' eyes, these schools are just for show. Although the game "Fate" claims that anything is possible in the game, players are still stuck in the traditional game of leveling up and killing monsters. Some players may have found their soulmates in the game, but the game has only been running for a month. Even if these couples have done something in the game, the virtual system can simulate pregnancy, but it's likely they are just pregnant and haven't given birth yet.

Additionally, although "Fate" has signed agreements with various schools to have students attend classes in the game to make it more realistic, this will only happen after the safe base expands into a city and the game stabilizes. After all, it's not good for children to see too many monsters.

Therefore, the students in the schools in the safe base are seen by players as NPCs or children of NPCs. Players treat the schools as mere decorations and don't pay much attention to them when passing by.

But after hearing Yuan Shenping's words, the scavenger suddenly felt that the school was not just a decoration. For example, Yuan Shenping being captured and brought here to work as a researcher proved that he had significant research skills and was not just a decoration. This made the scavenger think of many things and realize that the game was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

"Who is he?" When they came out of the basement, Lei Gong and the others had already lured away all the monsters. So, with Yuan Shenping, the scavenger quickly left the monster area and met up with Lei Gong and the others. Tao Hua Yan, seeing that the scavenger was bringing an outsider, asked in surprise.

"Yuan Shenping, a researcher at Hope Safe Base and a professor at Hope University. He was captured by the monsters to help them with experiments. He knows that Sambor is a modified human and is related to our main quest." The scavenger glanced at the mech in his mech space and shook his head, knowing that it would be impossible to turn the mech into a pickup truck with an extra person.

"Researcher, university professor?" Tao Hua Yan and the others were stunned for a moment, then Tao Hua Yan reacted first and asked Yuan Shenping, "Your research is related to human modification, right? Can you make some better healing potions than those on the market?"

"That's not a problem, but some drugs are state secrets and cannot be disclosed. I have signed a confidentiality agreement." Yuan Shenping answered straightforwardly. The scavenger and Tao Hua Yan exchanged glances, clearly having similar thoughts.

"Alright, let's go back and talk about it. You take him to the road, and I'll use a return scroll to get a pickup truck to pick you up. Walking back would be too slow." The scavenger patted Tao Hua Yan's shoulder, telling him to ask questions later.

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