The Thriving Ones and Decayers had so nice equipnt on them, so of which were made of carbon fiber materials, lightweight enough that Li Aozi could also wear them.
[Item Na]: Thriving Shin Guards
[Category]: Armor/Greaves
[Quality]: [Flawless Perfection]
[Attributes]: Provides 20 points of all-purpose armor value (resistance to impact/piercing/energy attacks)
Blocks piercing damage below 80 points.
[Light Armor Exclusive]: The fluidity of movents, stealth, and quick movents are unaffected.
[Introduction]:
"Mingji Humanity has made breakthroughs in biomaterials, especially in polyr materials, significantly improving the original Kevlar material. The new material has ten tis the kinetic energy absorption capacity of the previous Kevlar. However, this does not an that this armor can withstand slashing and cutting. And—speak nicely, put down the hamr!"
Material: Mingji custom-made aramid, carbon fiber materials.
Net Weight: 475 grams
Protection Area: Knees, shinbones, the outer side of thighs, and the front-facing parts.
Durability: Normal
An armor piece to protect you, that’s all.
[Equipnt Requirents]:
[Strength]—3
[Constitution]—4
The second item is the aramid fiber lining dismantled from the Decayers, whose severely deford bodies do not match a human’s physique, so it’s hardly equipnt, but still, it added a lot of armor value when worn.
This simple set of aramid material protection when worn, directly boosts the armor value to 90.
Considering his [Extraordinary Physique] and hierarchy effects, he was now virtually immune to ordinary pistol shootings.
Li Aozi was at a loss for words.
Because his own health points were just under a hundred.
Fortunately, the harvest was still good.
"Including ibei, this has been the fourth consecutive challenge beyond my rank, and one more ti, I’ll et the conditions to advance to the next template."
Currently, his template is [Elite Combat Type]NPC, and the next level is [Advanced Senior Combat Type]NPC, similar to Nimotin.
The bonuses were considerably substantial, a 15% damage rate, plus a 10% damage cap. With this boost, Li Aozi could imdiately beco a version 1.0 boss-level character.
After killing a few more Mingji mbers on the road, Li Aozi and Du Zexin officially arrived at the door of the Ersha Treatnt Room, with Du Zexin hacking into and unlocking the program. The gate of this prison holding countless so-called Ersha Infected Individuals slowly opened.
"Why... is there no one here?"
The empty treatnt room was a ss, with discarded clothing and broken junk scattered on the floor, the fridge housing drugs toppled over. Li Aozi imdiately spotted Dampening Westing, Cobalt Containing tformin—drugs exclusively for Transcendents, specifically for Martial Artists, expensive yet carelessly thrown on the ground, with no one caring.
"What happened here?"
Du Zexin frowned; he deployed a drone to search for living people around, while Li Aozi crouched down. His body might be aged, but his awareness still retained much; squinting his eyes, the vision of a thrice-mutated Predator could detect subtle traces on the ground.
"There are many footprints and drag marks on the floor. Whether there is fresh blood or not is another matter, but clearly, those infected were forcibly moved."
Li Aozi’s words, combined with the observation of the drone, essentially confird this viewpoint.
"Do you rember how many Ersha Infected Individuals there were?" Du Zexin inquired.
"Not sure—but looking at these wards and signs of life, I guess no fewer than 300 people," Li Aozi said. "Many people here are youth, with very low developnt of Arcane Energy, and their bodies have been affected by Ersha, displaying deformities."
The second floor of the Shelter was significantly larger; just the space of the Ersha Treatnt Room was thirty ters high, covering an area comparable to a small community, with corridors and room spaces ample enough to easily accommodate thousands.
"If that’s the case, moving so many people at once would be a big deal."
Du Zexin grew suspicious:
"But according to the terrain map, behind the factory and the Ersha treatnt wards is the laboratory—it simply couldn’t accommodate 300 people?"
Li Aozi nodded his head.
Du Zexin’s reasoning was correct, as the remaining space clearly wasn’t enough to house over 300 patients.
Thus, a glaring issue erged: where did all those people go?
Patter—Patter—
Just as the two were exchanging doubtful glances, the lights in the hall suddenly dimd.
The power went out.
Like a pianist striking keys, the lights of various electronics rhythmically shorted out one after another. Du Zexin erupted in sparks, and said in astonishnt:
"Ionizing radiation causing the communications system to short circuit—what’s going on?"
Li Aozi was unconcerned: "We are underground by a nuclear reactor; high-energy radiation is pretty normal, isn’t it?"
"You’re joking. Only during a nuclear explosion, when a massive amount of electromagnetic pulses and high-energy rays are produced, do communications get interfered with. Besides, I personally modified my equipnt..."
The implication was clear: a Beta Rank chanic who had personally enhanced his wireless communications should not see it defeated by electromagnetic pulses, not imdiately anyway.
Du Zexin pressed the communication system and clicked his tongue; he picked up his rifle and warned:
"You’d better be careful, Li Aozi, sothing feels off here."
Whir—
Soon after, the ergency power ca online. The ergency lighting in the dark and cold underground was diocre; the excessive exposure distorted vision, making it easy to perceive everything in black and white.
Du Zexin activated the night vision system, which automatically colorized the image by AI, removing this concern, and he kept moving steadily forward.
Li Aozi, however, felt differently; his heart was pounding.
Having nearly died once, witnessed Nomi’s death, and with the enhancents from Xeno, he stayed constantly on edge, ready to throw a flying dagger at the slightest rustle.
Ti ticked by, and the darkness couldn’t stop their advance; they soon searched every ward of the Ersha Treatnt Room, still finding nothing.
Li Aozi picked up a sketchbook from the ground; the ballpoint pen’s drawing was extrely thin and disorderly, reminding him of Xeno.
"Xeno, are you here?" Li Aozi asked softly.
Xeno should have very powerful Psychic Power, having previously warned him, urged him to leave, and provided help. By now, he should have been closer to Xeno’s location, and the sensation should have been clearer.
Although Sovereigns, unless awakened soul-related Arcane Energy, had no chance to communicate through psychic abilities like the Mysterious Category’s Spirit dium or Shaman, Xeno’s psychic power seed too strong, letting him sense it.
Li Aozi even suspected she might be one of the extrely rare ’Orphans of the Void’ prodigies.
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