Chapter 624: Looking for Death

A fork in the road.

Sweat dripped from Han Youzhen's forehead as she strained to pull a dagger from the zombie's head.

Putrid pus and blood came out with it.

Along the way, they encountered several surprise attacks from scattered zombies.

Lin An, aside from casually splitting a zombie at the start, did not lift a hand again.

They originally thought they had found a strong thigh to cling to, but they didn't expect Lin An and the other to stand among them like old men, showing no reaction.

How did it become that we are protecting him?

The survivor team members couldn't help but curse quietly in their hearts, and many began to doubt.

They judged Lin An to be an Awakened One purely because his and the other's attire resembled apocalypse gear.

The difference in strength was too great; from their aura alone, they felt no abnormality at all.

No personal information was displayed; that strike that just killed the zombie looked clean, but there was no spiritual energy fluctuation.

The questions asked were also strange...

We ourselves, could it be that we've been bluffed?

Could it be that they are not the Awakened Ones we imagined?

For a moment, several people's thoughts began to shift.

Apart from Han Youzhen having no particular thoughts, she continued to charge forward with effort at the front.

Her idea is very simple.

Lin An gave them food; if they were really just ordinary people, or even slightly weaker Awakened Ones, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Just consider it as bringing along two ordinary people, also repaying the food.

With her right hand reverse-gripping the dagger, a trace of green spiritual energy flashed across Han Youzhen's body.

"Be careful..."

"If you're willing to act, then do your best to act."

"If you can't, then stick close to me."

After hesitating a moment, sweat dampened her hair tips, and Han Youzhen turned her head to look seriously at Lin An:

"We are about to enter the alley."

"Although walking on the rooftops gives a wide view."

"But there will definitely be zombies hiding in the corners; one slip and it's very dangerous."

Like giving instructions to a companion, she simply treated Lin An as a teammate behind her.

With arms crossed, Zhang Tie stood casually in the center of the team.

Hearing Han Youzhen actually teaching Lin Dui what to pay attention to, his face involuntarily showed a strange expression for a moment.

It looks like he really took them for rookies.

Team voice chat.

"Lin Dui?"

"Why won't you let me act?"

"This little girl is not bad in person..."

"Just."

"Why follow them together?"

"Just this bunch of little guys, slow as molasses. By the time we reach Twin Star Base, the daylilies will be cold."

I can't figure out why Lin Dui suddenly stopped caring about time.

In his impression, Lin An has always pursued efficiency; there is no such thing as low-key action.

Especially as the gazes of the few team members shifted, this bunch of little bastards, their little schemes were clear to him.

Lin An sauntered lazily to catch up with the team, and casually replied:

"Wait."

"Wait for the system to refresh the mission."

Inside the ring, the mineral water reward from killing a zombie lay atop a pile of explosives like a small mountain.

He had no intention of following this bunch, nor did he think about acting low-key.

He was purely waiting for the system to refresh the next mission.

Normal players increase their strength basically by following the Doomsday System's released mission cycle step by step.

Having finally cleared his identity with difficulty, he naturally cares about these.

In the cleared identity panel, the system gave his rating as a 0 Fourth Rank Awakened One...

Unable to determine how the system had previously judged him as an error, he simply went through the motions, first doing a few missions then talking.

In his speculation, at first...

It was probably by relying on the Black Dragon to kill the Suturer, thus causing the start of the error.

At that time he was only 1 Fourth Rank, so the system subsequently directly issued him a Meme mission.

Therefore.

First raise the rating to 2 Fourth Rank, just to be safe.

If he directly went all-out with force all the way, with his 0 Fourth Rank identity he might unintentionally kill a few 2 Fourth Rank beings, and then the system would judge it as an error.

Then he would really be vomiting blood.

Zhang Tie, after hearing, was stunned and then suddenly realized.

He also had done missions, but only casually before entering the Amoeba Worm dungeon.

Sometimes Lin An didn't bring him, so he went out alone to kill zombies.

Team Leader Lin, do I also need to pay attention to this?

He subconsciously touched his head, and Xiong Hanzi hurriedly asked.

No need.

You don't even count as a player anymore....

Lin An casually replied, patiently waiting for the mission to refresh.

Before entering the Amoeba Worm dungeon, Zhang Tie's strength was actually not strong; all his strength came from the Suturer's left hand.

Compared to Lin An's unreasonable rate of improvement, Xiong Hanzi's strength could be considered hard-earned from taking beatings.

For a moment.

The atmosphere was solemn, and the team proceeded slowly.

Just as everyone was carefully preparing to climb the residential building, Lin An, who had always shown no emotional fluctuation, suddenly let out a light laugh.

They're here.

Ding, Rank 0 mission, choose one of three.

Normal mission: kill ten zombies, gain 5kg of rice, gain 1 point of spiritual energy experience.

Hard mission: kill a Rank 1 mutant, no team restrictions, gain an extra 1 point of spiritual energy experience.

Danger mission: solo kill a Rank 1 mutant, trigger a cross-rank mission! Guaranteed to drop White Equipment!

Without hesitation.

Lin An directly accepted the danger mission.

Familiar yet unfamiliar.

In his past life, he often encountered this situation, but most of the time he could only choose normal missions to get some food.

With Tang Wan's family dragging him down, missions became fewer and fewer.

In the later stages, having missed the 'newbie' stage to increase his strength, he could not even complete normal missions,

Several boys standing beside Lin An saw the inexplicable smile on his face, and their expressions inevitably turned grim.

We're about to enter the most dangerous alley, and this person can still laugh?

Thinking that he himself is an ordinary person, he still follows along to kill zombies.

But Lin An leisurely loitered in the team, and several people couldn't help feeling annoyed.

If it weren't for still holding a faint vigilance, that bald strongman, even as an ordinary person, wouldn't be that weak.

They even had the idea of kicking Lin An out of the team.

Just as that thought arose, the boy who had a crush on Li Enzhu was about to whisper something, but discovered Lin An had suddenly produced a rifle.

Bang bang! Bang!

Gunfire spat out, the sudden gunshot sounded like a death-summoning talisman, startling everyone into a stunned daze.

Around here...

But there are large numbers of zombies and mutants here!

Almost at the same time, from all directions, large numbers of zombies, like sharks smelling blood, surged out frenziedly.

Han Youzhen's face, walking in front, instantly turned pale; she, who had just wanted to climb onto the roof, stiffly turned her head back.

All that could be seen was Lin An calmly smiling at her, as if nothing had happened.

Smoke rose from the gun barrel.

Packed tightly, the zombies originally hidden in the alley were charging wildly.

Moreover, even the zombies in the square in another direction uniformly turned around.

For a moment, a large amount of frightening howls nearly drowned them.

It's over...

We're done for...

Why are you trying to get us killed!!?

Are you fucking crazy!?

Heart-wrenching.

The boy beside Lin An glared angrily, his legs trembling uncontrollably.

They're dead for sure, they're dead for sure!

No longer caring that gunfire would attract zombies, Han Youzhen had no time to blame Lin An, merely gripping the rifle on her chest with one hand, a grim smile on her face.

Charge out! Return to the warehouse!

Run!!

The nearest zombie had already rushed to eye level, its rotting skull like withered grass continually popping out of the alley.

Pairs of bloodthirsty eyes stared fixedly at the prey before them.

Despair spread; in the eyes of the team members looking at Lin An, anger and despair were written all over.

Earth shaking, mountains trembling,

A mutant wielding a bone chain charged over.