Before heading out, preparations needed to be made.
Since this rule only lasted 24 hours, there was no need to bring much food. Instead, more lighting equipnt should be carried.
"That 【Fast-burning Stick】 listed for 80 Ascension Coins in the terminal's Ascension Store before should be used for situations like this. But... perhaps besides illumination, that thing has other uses?"
If it was just for lighting, a flashlight would suffice, so why spend precious Ascension Coins.
Therefore, Guan Tong felt that the 【Fast-burning Stick】 might have other special effects, like causing extra damage to the living dead... but before the rules were announced, the living dead hadn't appeared, so the authorities couldn't test its corresponding functions.
Guan Tong hadn't bought the 【Fast-burning Stick】 during the previous binary choice, opting instead for the 【Multi-functional Protective Suit】, so regretting the forr now was pointless. He picked up the flashlight, turned it on, and strapped it to his chest.
If only he had a headlamp, that would be much more convenient. However, Guan Tong walked to the door and glanced outside—the distant skyline was brightly lit by lights.
Although after the rules were announced, the entire world entered a nightti state, the Fire Thief hadn't deprived humans of their artificial light sources.
Right now, throughout the entire city of Yunhua, every possible light was turned on. The whole city couldn't be described as brightly illuminated, but at least most gathering points had good lighting and visibility.
Guan Tong withdrew his gaze, secured the flashlight, then slung his backpack over his shoulders. On either side of the backpack hung a short knife and a crowbar.
Although these weren't Mind Power items, they might co in handy soday. After all, survival was the top priority. If he couldn't even preserve his life, talking about eliminating the living dead to farm coins would be putting the cart before the horse.
Finally, Guan Tong put on a lightweight motorcycle helt. He had found this earlier while searching a household in the residential compound. Wearing it now would provide at least so head protection, more or less.
After completing preparations, Guan Tong walked out of the storage room, gripping Silver Hunt tightly with both hands. This scattergun, loaded with a total of 80 rounds, was his greatest source of security right now.
Since his residential compound had long been abandoned, with no one else around besides him, it was both dark and quiet.
Listening to the occasional roars coming from the distance, Guan Tong knew they must be from the living dead.
Moreover, he could also hear bursts of gunfire.
Although using ordinary firearms to eliminate the living dead wouldn't earn Ascension Coins, it could still remove threats and protect people's lives.
Guan Tong walked toward the compound's main gate, fully focused on his surroundings. The compound was eerily quiet, with only his footsteps echoing one after another.
Just when he thought there were no living dead in the compound, two points of crimson light suddenly erged from the darkness near the collapsed gatehouse not far away.
The red color was particularly conspicuous in the night. Guan Tong turned his body, and the flashlight strapped to his chest illuminated forward, revealing a pale, ferocious-looking living dead. Those two red points of light were actually its eyes!
"ROAR!!!"
The mont Guan Tong spotted it, it also noticed Guan Tong and imdiately charged forward like a mad dog, roaring.
"BOOM!"
Guan Tong raised his hand and fired a Type 1 Ammunition round. The multiple pellets struck the living dead across a wide area, instantly riddling its upper body from abdon to head with holes. It fell headfirst to the ground, dead.
"So this is the living dead?"
Guan Tong examined the corpse on the ground. It still wore a robe with a "date of death and na" tag, apparently having erged from so morgue or crematorium.
This made him realize that the living dead didn't appear out of thin air—they were already deceased humans resurrected in living dead form through the Fire Thief's power.
After this rule ended, all corpses would probably be cremated imdiately...
Guan Tong's expression darkened. Judging by the running speed of this living dead earlier, it was completely comparable to a living person. In fact, because it was more frenzied and fearless of death than living people, it posed a greater threat.
For ordinary Ascendants wanting to eliminate ten of these to complete the challenge, it really wouldn't be that easy. Without useful abilities or items, they'd have to rely on setting traps cleverly; otherwise, confronting them head-on would still be risky.
Moreover, this ant Guan Tong felt his journey would be fraught with danger. If he accidentally got surrounded by these living dead, even using Silver Hunt's Type 3 high-explosive rounds for ergency area clearance would require caution to avoid getting caught in the blast himself.
But since he had made his decision, Guan Tong intended to see it through.
He exited the compound and looked southward along the street. The Matriarch Converter's shriek had indeed co from that direction, but the exact location was hard to determine.
The item 【Guiding Flashlight】 in his storage box couldn't be used to help him find the "Matriarch Converter" because there was no specific target location.
"Heading south first can't be wrong."
Guan Tong didn't overthink it and continued his movent.
As he headed south, he stayed close to the buildings on the left side, ensuring he wouldn't suddenly face attacks from both sides. After walking like this for over ten minutes, he saw a dozen or so living dead about several dozen ters ahead, wildly smashing a supply vehicle.
Seeing this, Guan Tong felt puzzled. That was an unmanned Support Departnt transport vehicle—there was nobody inside, so why were these living dead smashing it?
Were they attracted by moving objects? Or by sound?
Guan Tong took a few more steps forward. At that mont, one of the living dead crazily smashing the vehicle suddenly turned its head, its crimson gaze fixing on Guan Tong's location.
The next mont, the other living dead also turned their heads one after another, collectively abandoning the vehicle and charging toward Guan Tong like a group of madn, roaring!
This sowhat horrifying scene made Guan Tong take a deep breath. Watching the fifteen or sixteen living dead sprinting toward him, he tightened his grip on Silver Hunt. Once they entered attack range, he decisively opened fire.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
With only a dozen or so living dead, Guan Tong wouldn't waste precious Type 3 Ammunition. Just four Type 1 Ammunition rounds were enough—the widely spreading pellets knocked all dozen-plus living dead to the ground, dead beyond doubt.
"How did they detect ?" Guan Tong frowned, looking at the dozen-plus corpses on the ground. "I was about 30 ters away from them—they couldn't have heard footsteps from that far... Could it be scent?"
Guan Tong wasn't sure how the living dead detected humans. He thought it was likely that vision, hearing, and sll all played roles... After consideration, he put on gloves, collected so living dead blood, and sared it on his clothes and helt. This way, if he encountered living dead again, he could test this theory.
Afterward, he went to the supply vehicle that had been smashed by the living dead group. Checking inside, there was no one and no supplies. It had probably been blocked and smashed by the living dead while returning to the Support Departnt according to procedure after delivering supplies.
"Could it be that because it was moving, the living dead mistook it for a human?"
Guan Tong thought this was possible. Looking at this unmanned transport vehicle, he considered that it might be useful for scouting ahead.
He tapped the electronic screen on one side of the vehicle body, which displayed the words "Program error, operation halted."
Guan Tong selected the "Manual Intervention" function, then chose to restart the program. He adjusted its speed to the minimum and set its destination to a storage center south of the Support Departnt.
Subsequently, the unmanned transport vehicle resud operation at slow speed, advancing along South Avenue.
Guan Tong followed it while maintaining so distance. This way, if there were living dead nearby, they would be attracted to the transport vehicle first, giving him more reaction ti.
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