Chapter 48

Zhang Tie instantly felt a chill run down his spine, and he immediately started counting on his fingers.

"Lin Dui, don't scare me like that.."

Lin An didn't answer, intending to make Zhang Tie use his brain.

He first picked up the mutant remnants scattered on the ground, then reached out to touch the cracked blood cocoon.

As expected, a system notification sounded.

"Ding, obtained??? corpse"

"Ding, obtained special item: Blood Cocoon (Damaged)"

"Item grade: White (Common)"

"Item effect: The blood cocoon, containing vitality, can preserve the wounded's fading life force, prolonging life."

"Eh, similar to a life-prolonging prop."

"It's fairly practical; if later we encounter someone severely injured, just placing the wounded inside can buy time for rescue."

"I didn't expect that the monster, a bloodthirsty witch who enjoys torturing humans and is in the midst of transformation, would drop this kind of healing item—quite interesting."

"Is it that extremes lead to reversal?"

"While Zhang Tie was still trembling, trying to figure out who isn't human, Lin An simply opened his player panel to check what he'd recently acquired."

"Player Info: Lin An (First Rank Awakened One, Player Level: 1)"

"Next Player Level (1/4), Next Awakened Rank (1/16)"

"Strength: 23.4"

"Agility: 19.4"

"Constitution: 19.4"

"Will: 19.8"

"Equipment: 【Doomsday Ring (Black Special)】 【Soul-devouring Hand (Orange Epic)】"

"Props: 【Bloodstone 3/3 White Common】 【Blood Cocoon 1/1 White Common】 【Giant Lizard Extract (Potion)*12】 【Snake Venom Essence (Potion)*12】 【Deadly Toxic Spirit Plant*1】 【Licker Spine*2】"

"Items: 【Military Rations*4】 【Drinking Water*5】 【Energy Bar*1】 【Licker Corpse*2】 【?? Corpse Fragments*1】"

"Awakened One Talent: S-rank Talent - Power Burst"

"Equipment Skill: B-rank Soul Shriek (1/1)"

"First Rank: All Attributes +4 (The limit for ordinary humans in each attribute is 10.)"

"Savior Template Skill: Judgment Eye"

"Savior Mission Info 1: Kill Second-Rank Mutant 【Stitcher】"

"Mission Rank: Danger!"

"Time Limit: 240 Hours (Remaining 83 Hours)"

"Mission Reward: Antitoxin Serum*3 (Clears zombie virus in the body.)"

"Savior Mission Info 2: Recruit 5 teammates (Time limit 30 days), Current Progress (2/5)."

"Mission Reward: Doomsday Base Vehicle (Initial)."

"Contract Partner: S-rank 【Abyssal Black Dragon】 (Sleeping Petrified State)"

"Lin An nodded in satisfaction; his attributes could be called the limit of First Rank."

"All his attributes are approaching the Second Rank threshold, with his Strength even surpassing First Rank."

"The Doomsday Game has just begun; if there were a power ranking leaderboard for six months from now, he would very likely be number one in Hua Guo!"

"Doomsday equipment, Epic-tier equipment, S-rank black dragon."

"If any of these three were known to other players and factions, they'd likely go mad with envy, driving countless people crazy."

"Anyone who could obtain any one of them would surely become a regional overlord!"

"Especially the S-rank black dragon, which could be called Lin An's greatest trump card."

"He glanced at the snake-shaped stone carving on his wrist, and Lin An let out a soft sigh."

"It's just a pity; we don't know when the black dragon will awaken and break free from its petrified state."

"Otherwise, carrying a top-tier Second-Rank enforcer at his side, as long as he doesn't run into a Third-Rank mutant, he could basically walk sideways at this stage."

"At the same time, the countdown in the Savior mission also reminds Lin An."

"Only 83 hours remain until the deadline to kill the Stitcher; after finishing today's business, he must head straight to Wanda Plaza."

"Fortunately, his current strength far exceeds expectations."

"He still has considerable confidence in his upcoming attempt to kill the Stitcher."

"With his current strength, plus Zhang Tie and Wen Ya, they have enough confidence to take it down!"

"He just doesn't know how AnXia and An Jing Tian are doing now."

"Lin An recalled the little girl's helplessness that night, and his heart couldn't help but feel a bit sour."

"Brother, AnXia."

"I'll be able to return soon..."

"Captain Lin... are you alright?"

"Captain Lin, don't scare me!"

"Lin An always felt he had heard that sentence many times before."

"Zhang Tie watched Lin An anxiously, alternating between smiling and looking upset, unable to help feeling a bit panicked."

"The room they're in now is genuinely somewhat frightening."

"At the doorway stand two short legs; in the corner lies a bloody, eerie silkworm cocoon. The floor is littered with fragments and blood, while all around flicker weak candlelights."

"On the bed lies an unconscious girl, looking just like a scene from a cult sacrifice."

If an ordinary person walked in, they'd probably be scared to faint on the spot.

Especially the words Lin An just said to him, he racked his brain but couldn't figure out what was going on, only feeling the more he thought, the more afraid he became.

Lin An, with a strange expression, patted Zhang Tie's shoulder, indicating he didn't need to be afraid.

He never expected that such a big guy like Zhang Tie would be completely different from his appearance.

"Do you still remember the bandaged person you brought back?"

Lin An also didn't intend to tease him further, and directly asked.

"I remember! It was a girl, quite like my sister!"

Lin An fell silent for a moment, no wonder Zhang Tie would save someone and bring them back.

"Continuing what we just said. In my memory there are 26 people existing, including that bandaged girl."

"At the beginning the inn had 33 people; the monster being able to say there are still 25 alive shows it knows how many I killed before, rather than just randomly speaking."

"But I have never come into contact with the bandaged girl; I only treat her as a living person."

"But when that monster impersonated my inner voice, it only said 25 people. This immediately exposed its identity."

"It and my perspective are not the same!"

Lin An spoke while walking, and directly walked out the door.

Zhang Tie followed all the way with trepidation, and still couldn't help asking:

"What does this mean? Is that monster an idiot?"

"No, it's likely just instinctively overlooked a 'person'."

"And it's very likely that something could cause the monster to make such a low-level error."

"The bandaged girl is either already dead, but I don't know. Or."

"She is not a human at all!"