Chapter 3: I'm Going to Start Killing!
The atmosphere in the dungeon suddenly became heavy.
Cheng Shaofeng felt the temperature around him dropping, and goosebumps forming on his body.
Many people have had this experience.
When you're alone doing something somewhere, knowing that you're the only one there, and suddenly someone leans behind you and talks to you.
It can make you jump up in fright!
At this point it's not about theism or atheism, it's just damn scary!
Cheng Shaofeng was breaking out in a cold sweat now.
He stiffly turned his head around, and sitting on the pile of corpses behind him was an old man wearing bloodstained cloth.
The old man grinned, revealing a set of stark white teeth.
"Waiting for someone to rescue you. Haha~ Before you, many people said the same thing, but the result was... the Predators' dining table had an extra pot of meat soup."
"The strength of ordinary people is too weak in front of the Predators."
Cheng Shaofeng listened to the old man talk normally, and looked carefully again, letting out a sigh of relief.
"Damn, old man, when did you hide in here? You startled me."
"I've been here the whole time, but you didn't carefully check the corpses after coming in, just as careless as those Predators."
"Uh..." Cheng Shaofeng thought about it and indeed, after he came in and saw the multiple human corpses in the dungeon, he subconsciously stayed away from that area and crouched in another corner, and then had been mentally conversing with Zero.
"Were you also captured and brought in here?"
The old man pursed his lips and spread his hands.
"What else could it be?"
Seeing that the old man had the same fate as him, Cheng Shaofeng dropped his guard and started chatting with him.
"About how long can we still live?"
After Cheng Shaofeng crossed over, his mind inherited some of the original owner's memories, giving him a basic understanding of this world. But because the original owner was just a bottom-class person struggling to survive in this small place, he didn't know much about this world.
He had always lived in a place called Yanjing Town. It was said that hundreds of years ago, when the world was still normal, it was a large mine pit used for mining well salt. Later, due to the complex and changing terrain and the advantage of salt production, it was occupied by some wanderers and slowly formed into a small town.
Cheng Shaofeng lived in this small town. When he was 16, his parents unfortunately died in a trade with outsiders.
He became an orphan.
When he was young, he heard from his parents that after the world experienced a devastating world war, the environment changed drastically, the ecological balance was broken, and many inexplicable energies appeared on the planet, making animals, plants, and even humans abnormal!
These Predators who captured him... were a kind of deformed humans.
They had absorbed the energy of post-disaster nuclear radiation, their bodies had mutated, their limbs were thick, their brains atrophied, all their past memories disappeared, leaving only primitive instincts and a small amount of intelligence.
Thick-skinned and strong, with inexhaustible energy, all big muscle men.
You could say their brains were also full of muscles.
Due to the influence of the radiation source, their skin was mostly green and their blood was highly corrosive.
Their combat power was very strong, and 3-5 ordinary people were no match.
They were called Predators because they took whatever they saw and never produced anything themselves. They formed groups, were fearless, and were an extremely dangerous species on the wasteland.
Especially for normal humans!
However, the naturally strong limbs also brought the Predators a natural defect. Because of the large amount of radioactive material in their bodies, they lost their reproductive function and had to continue their race in a special way.
Transform humans into Predators!
The transformation method was very crude - capture normal humans and bring them to their tribe, feed them a piece of nuclear radioactive material, and if they didn't die within 3 days after eating it... then they made it.
Of course, most died.
For the Predators, it didn't matter if they died... just eat them, it wouldn't waste the meat.
Cheng Shaofeng had just been captured and wouldn't die directly, but next... he would be forced to eat the nuclear radioactive material, then wait for death, or become a muscular beast without a soul.
The old man heard Cheng Shaofeng's question and thought for a moment.
"10"
Cheng Shaofeng was overjoyed, "After 10 hours? So that means the Predators will carry out the transformation at night?"
"Yes! During the day, the Predators have to go out to forage for food. Only when they all return at night will they have time to deal with their prey."
"In that case... I still have enough time for my companions to launch a rescue operation."
The old man shook his head.
Cheng Shaofeng frowned slightly, "Could it be 10 days? That's not realistic, I would starve to death. Hiss~ 10 minutes?"
The old man: "9"
Cheng Shaofeng: (°ー°〃)
At this moment, Cheng Shaofeng vaguely heard the sound of someone walking over from outside the dungeon.
The old man: "8"
"Damn it! You guys hurry up and come rescue me!!!"
"Ptooey ptooey ptooey!"
Three men wearing dark green clothes had just crawled out of the ground, spitting out a mouthful of debris.
After straightening themselves out a bit, three extremely exuberant exclamations were heard:
"Holy! Shit!"
"Hiss~ This feeling!"
African Thin Dog rubbed his face furiously.
"Awesome! It's really awesome! It feels just like a real person's face, so damn realistic!"
"Um, if I guessed correctly, you must be African Thin Dog, right? Now please take your hand off my face immediately, otherwise it feels a bit gay."
Ghost Face Fox looked disgusted.
"Ahem! I was just trying to open up a topic between us."
Thin Dog said awkwardly.
But the next second, the corners of Ghost Face Fox's mouth lifted into a smirk, "But... Thin Dog, you're right, this game is indeed realistically made. From the digging just now to the simple character actions, our model accuracy has surpassed my understanding of games. Interesting! Very interesting!"
African Thin Dog took a deep breath, feeling the faint sulfur smell in the air, looking at the small gray dust particles glittering in the sunlight, and reached out to lick the slightly salty soil in his fingernail gaps.
"Sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch... No wonder Hao Bing dared to say their game is 100% virtual reality!"
"This technology... is absolutely disruptive, already exceeding the limit of what any game studio I know of can produce."
"Exaggerated, extremely exaggerated! It's hard to imagine that I could play such a game in my lifetime!"
Ghost Face Fox added, "And if what Hao Bing said is true, we may be the first three people to play this game."
"Huh?"
Speaking of three people, African Thin Dog and Ghost Face Fox both turned their eyes to their other teammate at the same time.
Both African Thin Dog and Ghost Face Fox were tall and burly at 1.8 meters, with strong physiques, looking not to be trifled with at a glance.
And compared to the two, the last person was a bit thinner and 5 cm shorter.
At this moment, he was pressing his right thumb on the right side of his lips, with his index finger gently rubbing his chin, as if thinking about something.
African Thin Dog, "Uh, you must be Lin Tang, right?"
Lin Tang nodded, "That's right."
African Thin Dog, "Hmm, then that's correct, we're all here. Let's get to work. Hao Bing asked us to log in to help deal with a bug. The newbie guide NPC is missing and we need to help find him back. Everyone think of a way, where should we go look? This beta version of the game doesn't have any guidance or hints either."
Ghost Face Fox pointed to the watch on his hand.
"Thin Dog, look at this. If I guessed correctly, that flashing red dot should be the NPC we're looking for."
When the three of them emerged from the ground, they each had a white smartwatch on their wrists.
Ghost Face Fox, "Apparently, this game doesn't have the very direct and blunt text guidance that we usually play games with, but realizes the guidance function through the items around us. This design can deepen our immersion, as if we've really entered another world. The designer of this game is interesting."
There was no other information on the smartwatch at the moment, only a miniature map showing the coordinates of the three and... a route leading to the flashing red dot.
"Alright! Let's quickly help Hao Bing fix the bug. Such a good helmet... he sent it over as soon as he said he would. Hao Bing is really cool. Although he often looks embarrassed when reaching out his hand, he really thinks of his brothers when there's a good thing!"
"Indeed."
Ghost Face Fox had also been asked for help by Hao Bing a few times, and now his heart was only filled with gratitude.
"I often make free strategy guides to help tens of thousands of bar friends, accumulating boundless merit. It's reasonable for me to get this opportunity today."
African Thin Dog, "Reasonable! Very reasonable!"
Lin Tang pondered for a moment, "Speaking of which... I've made so many mods, and although I've messed up hundreds of bar friends' computers a bit, it's obviously more good than harm. Hao Bing still recognizes me! Let me explore this game a bit and make a few mods for him as thanks."
African Thin Dog, "..."
Ghost Face Fox, "..."
"Hehe! Let's not talk about that! Do the mission, do the mission!"
The three carefully made their way along the path where Cheng Shaofeng was taken by the Predators.
Half an hour later, the three were lying in the grass, looking at the several green muscle men in the Predator camp ahead.
Thin Dog and Fox both swallowed.
"It doesn't seem like... something we newcomers can beat."
"I just remembered we don't have weapons or equipment, and no skills or talents. We're just going to... fight these green-skinned monsters with our bare hands?"
At this moment, Lin Tang suddenly stood up, revealing a body that was not sturdy but full of imposing manner.
"Holy shit? What are you doing! Don't expose us!"
Thin Dog and Fox were greatly alarmed.
Lin Tang had a stone in his hand, his eyes narrowed, looking like a veteran player,
"Although I don't know where this place is, and I don't know who I am, I know... I'm going to start killing!"
The two: ==(●●)
(End of chapter)