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Cheat Awakening-Chapter 710 - . Zombie Dungeon
"It looks like it's a zombie dungeon," Ache muttered thoughtfully. "With our level, if those zombies are like the ones we've seen in movies, then dealing with them shouldn't be too difficult."
Achoo also looked at the zombies outside but shook his head, didn't agree with him. "Although these guys seem even slower than the ones in movies, and look easier to handle. But it shouldn't be this easy; how can this crappy game give us such an easy time...?"
At this time, Mr. Red rubbed his bald head and spoke softly, "It seems that this is your first time in a team dungeon."
"Huh?"
"The difficulty mode of a team dungeon is simpler than the single-player difficulty, but it's also related to the number and strength of the players." He looked calm and observed everyone's expression.
"Here, we have one level 9, two level 6, two level 5, and one level 4. This indicates that the difficulty of this dungeon is higher than imagined. I advise you not to be careless and to be careful. At the same time, don't do strange things—like what he's doing."
Everyone followed Mr. Red's gaze and saw that at some point, Myne had squatted next to the corpse with some ulterior motive.
Magmascorch, knowing that he was already on Myne's pirate ship and had to hold his thigh to clear the dungeon safely, mustered his courage and asked politely, "Brother Glitcher, what are you doing?"
Because everyone's name and levels were floating above their heads, Magmascorch knew Myne's name.
"I'm thinking about what information we can collect from him."
Myne had played a lot with zombies and seen every kind of disgusting sight, and didn't care about touching the corpse. He turned it over, then tore off the blood-stained clothes, revealing the empty chest of the decaying body.
The girl, whose name was Shiny Star, opened her eyes wide before covering her mouth, trying her best to hold back her vomit. She had never seen anything so bloody, so she was extremely uncomfortable. If it weren't for the fact that the outside of the bus was full of zombies, she wouldn't have wanted to spend a single second in it.
Ache, seeing the atmosphere becoming creepy and everyone feeling very uncomfortable, coughed slightly and spoke, "That... clues are usually not found on a body that is so severely decomposed. And instead of searching for this, why not try the lockers on the bus first? Maybe we can find something there; usually, there should be some useful tools stored there."
"It seems that there is indeed nothing in the pockets of the clothes."
Myne nodded but ignored others and searched the corpse's clothes a few times. Then, while everyone thought he was about to finish this madness, he actually stretched out his hand to reach into the hole in the chest!
"F*ck!" Ache and Achoo stared with wide eyes.
"Stop it!"
The faces of the others also changed slightly at the same time. They were still normal people even if they had played a few dungeons. Yes, they were from different planets, but that didn't mean they were uncivilised barbarians who fought and showered in blood all the time. This kind of crazy thing, like putting a hand into a corpse's body, was too much for them.
"I can't take it anymore," Shiny Star muttered, rolling her eyes and vomiting a lot of water in front of her, filling the entire bus with a very disgusting stench. But no one said anything to her, as even they had a slight urge to vomit after seeing Myne's deeds.
"Aren't you together? Why don't you stop him?" Mr. Red, although he called himself a veteran, also felt a little uncomfortable and looked at the little red creature beside him with a slightly tilted brow.
Magmascorch, who had already labelled Myne as a madman, hurriedly shook his head to deny any connection, determined to draw a clear line with this pervert.
While everyone was watching Myne's madness and couldn't bring themselves to stop him, as they had to work as a team in the dungeon and didn't want to start a conflict right at the beginning, they suddenly saw something that left them dumbfounded, and they opened their eyes wide in shock.
Myne took out a bloody key with a few pieces of meat clinging to it from inside the corpse's chest and shook it in front of everyone with a playful smile. "See? I said there was something. You guys should learn to believe in your teammate."
"???"
There was a row of question marks above everyone's head, and their faces were stiff. Despite seeing the result, it was hard for them to believe that there really was something inside the corpse's body! For a moment, they wanted to beat the psychopathic developer who came up with this puzzle.
[ System Reminder: The pet subsystem has been activated. All of the host's pets have been summoned into the pet space, and he can summon them beside him to fight at any time. ]
[ World Danger Level: One. ]
[ Regional Danger Level: Two. ]
"Ohh, so they are finally here?" Myne, ignoring everyone's confused gaze, since it wasn't a big deal, and he found the key with the help of { ? }, quickly opened his status interface and clicked on the Pets Option. An inventory-like interface, but with only square boxes, appeared before him. Each box had a cartoonish but familiar-looking icon: a smiling wolf, a calm dog, and a pink wheel. Obviously, they were none other than the troublemaking trio.
Since there were outsiders present, Myne refrained from summoning them. He closed the system interface, stood up after wiping the key clean with the corpse's clothes, and approached the bus's operation desk.
"This should be the bus key. We could use it to open the door. While staying with the woman in black, Myne had learned a great deal about the mordern world, and some common knowledge about cars was also included, preventing him from appearing like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world."
Myne inserted the key into the ignition switch on the driver's side and twisted it slightly. The circuit was connected, but the bus had no fuel, so it couldn't start. After pressing a button randomly, the tightly sealed door of the bus opened slowly.
(-_-)
Achoo couldn't help but say with a frown, "Actually, I think we could have just broken down this door to get out. There was no need to do such a disgusting thing."
Myne looked him up and down a few times. It was rare for him to see halflings with a more dominant animal bloodline than human, and he said, pointing outside, "That's right, but... if we do that, we will be surrounded by zombies. I don't think they are deaf and will let us go after disturbing their peace."
"Why? Most zombies are not that smart," Achoo wondered, looking at a particular zombie gently smashing its head against a wall. He found it hard to believe that they would notice them if they forcefully opened a door and made some noise.
Magmascorch and Mr. Red frowned slightly, then seemed to understand something. Hearing his question, they looked at the halfling duo, who appeared clueless, and could only sigh, thinking that the quality of this batch of newcomers was quite poor.
"Because the introduction in the script has already indicated that this is a dead, silent city. If we make even a little noise, we will be noticed by the surrounding zombies, who seem very sensitive to sound. At that point, if we want to get off the bus and leave, we will have to fight our way through, and there's no guarantee that all of us can leave without getting injured."
"Of course, this is nothing more than killing a few dozen more zombies," Myne said casually while waving his head.
"But before we understand this world, I think it is very necessary to preserve our strength as much as possible."
"And there are two more points." Seeing that the newcomers needed guidance from an experienced person, Mr. Red took the lead and shared his findings to leave an impression on everyone.
"Direct contact with blood will not cause infection. Although this has become common knowledge in zombie movies, this dungeon's setting may differ. In addition, even after the chest cavity is dug out, the zombie will not die."
"?? Isn't it dead then?" Shinny Star, noticing that everyone was ignoring her as if she didn't exist at all, which was not good news for her, hurriedly stepped forward and asked fearfully, trying to gain everyone's attention and make them realise that there was one more person, a beautiful one, among them.
Mr. Red shook his head and pointed to the driver's seat. "This is where it was bitten. There is an obvious large pool of blood. It swayed back and forth in this narrow bus aisle. Finally, I don't know how long it took, the cell activity completely ceased, and it fell here."
Magmascorch looked at Myne with some surprise, thinking that this pervert knew how to seek death. His death wasn't unjustified; he could go back and say that he was too normal to defeat a psychopath.
Achoo gave a thumbs up. "Brother Glitcher, you really know how to play! Only someone like you deserves my utmost admiration."
"What next, then?" Ache asked.
Myne smiled playfully, looked out, and said with a chuckle, "Hahaha, of course, let's go out and explore the city together."