Chapter 93: Malicious Taste

Cheng Shuili really worried that another powerful monster might appear, making it impossible for anyone to possibly get out.

She unconsciously narrowed her eyes, trying to see through that grayish barrier to make out the situation inside.

"What is that?"

Zhang Yueying's voice sounded like a chicken with its throat choked, unnaturally sharp.

He crawled backward using his hands and feet, the packaging bag of compressed biscuits scraping the asphalt with a piercing sound.

Qi Wan Yi put down her half-eaten boxed meal, silently following behind Cheng Shuili to watch the latest situation.

The sound of shattering glass suddenly exploded.

Cheng Shuili jerked her head around and saw the entire floor-to-ceiling window on the west side of the Service Area as if struck by an invisible giant hammer, shards flying outward in a radial pattern.

Countless blurry shadows writhed in the smoke, their outlines appearing and disappearing.

Cheng Shuili had already imagined countless terrifying monsters; with such a commotion and such a cool display, those twenty points were surely not going to be easy to get.

Did she have to kill another elite monster?

Even if she had enough points, those powerful monsters were still occupying the Service Area...

Could they still get out?

The smoke finally cleared, and Cheng Shuili finally saw clearly those writhing monsters; her eyes widened slightly, her shock plainly visible.

Those... those monsters...

The monster worth twenty points each was an old friend familiar to Cheng Shuili.

Sticky, slippery, fresh.

Is it a slime?

It's a slime!

For the first time, Cheng Shuili felt the system's malicious sense of humor so nakedly.

Was Qi Yue's death because he wasn't careful?

No, it was purely because he had bad luck! As the leader, he had to speak, so he died.

Was the bald guy's death because he wasn't brave enough?

No, in a situation with no information at all, that seemingly distant endpoint was actually the best choice.

On the contrary, Cheng Shuili's group chose to venture into the Service Area; they were the gamblers, the ones truly unafraid of death.

Those who cherished life died, while those who didn't care about life lived...

Living companions are companions; dead companions are elite monsters...

Cheng Shuili almost laughed out loud.

This instance is basically treating them like aliens!

This is a hell-level instance!

Cheng Shuili finally came to know the two words 'hell' today.

Ruptured Bone Form, scary? Sound-Devouring Saliva, scary?

When the final reveal came, those monsters that truly decided whether they could get out turned out to be slimes!

The kind that goes down with one hit each.

These twenty people argued endlessly over whether to go to the Endpoint or the Service Area, and schemed to avoid exploring the more dangerous Convenience Station.

Only now did Cheng Shuili realize that if they could honestly stay outside the Service Area for three hours, only five people would need to accept the mysterious failure penalty.

Too bad there's no 'if'.

Cheng Shuili gripped her dagger and stood up; the only thing blocking her front was the Ruptured Bone Form on the boundary line.

Now three people are still alive.

Wang Lu's corpse was intact, not turned into a monster, plus Cheng Shuili and Qi Wan Yi jointly killed Qi Yue.

Cheng Shuili looked around and didn't see Yang Yunsheng's torn-apart body; perhaps the Sound-Devouring Saliva itself couldn't accept failure as art, so humans torn apart by the Ruptured Bone Form couldn't become Ruptured Bone Form again!

That adds up to twelve Ruptured Bone Forms still blocking the boundary line.

That's twelve of them!

The one at the Convenience Station, Cheng Shuili stabbed it several times before finally killing it.

Now there are a full twelve! Never mind stabbing them to death—if Cheng Shuili dares to step into the Service Area, her body would be instantly torn apart by several monsters.

The Endpoint is inside the Convenience Station, but now they can't even enter the Service Area, let alone the Convenience Station.

A dead end.

This is another dead end.

Cheng Shuili was still holding her composure; she still had a big killer in hand, and when it came to the last resort, bullets were nothing.

Just pull it out and spray; even if it doesn't kill these monsters, it could at least cripple them.

She was thinking about that when she saw the crazed Zhang Yueying suddenly pull something from his waist—a black lump of iron, the paint quality obviously good, giving off a dark sheen, looking quite high-end.

Cheng Shuili shuddered all over, recognizing what it was.

A pistol!

Where did he get that?!

Zhang Yueying may not say he's enthusiastic, but he also has a self-righteous sense of justice!

In other words, if he'd had this all along, he should have brought it out earlier to help Shouhou deal with the monsters.

Cheng Shuili instantly figured it out: Zhang Yueying likely found this pistol inside the Jia You Zhan, most probably taking it out while fleeing!

Otherwise, he would definitely have shot the Ruptured Bone Form inside the Jia You Zhan!

At that time, he actually had the presence of mind to hide the pistol properly?

At this moment, Cheng Shuili truly felt immensely fortunate about her luck.

Exactly, it's just good luck.

If it weren't for the two of them shouting the note's contents outside, and if Qi Wan Yi hadn't thrown a dagger to save Wang Lu, who knows if Zhang Yueying would have gone mad and bitten people like a rabid dog!

He has a gun!

Without any defense, if Cheng Shuili and the other get shot, with this medical standard… even a Great Luo Immortal coming couldn't save them!

Cheng Shuili felt a strong sense of urgency welling up inside her.

It seems the system explicitly stated that the weapons we can bring out of this Instance are firearms!

This thing is truly a great equalizer; no matter how high one's stats, getting hit by it means you'll be flat on your back.

She needs a bulletproof vest! She needs gear that can block bullets!

This world definitely has such things; she just hasn't seen one yet…

Cheng Shuili's thoughts were chaotic, but each was over in an instant.

The moment he saw the slime, the tension in Zhang Yueying's mind snapped, and rage clouded his judgment.

He immediately drew his handgun, fumbled to chamber a round, and, filled with resentment at being toyed with, pulled the trigger at the head of the nearest Ruptured Bone Form.

Bang!

The huge sound drew the attention of all living beings onto Zhang Yueying.

The recoil made Zhang Yueying's hand keep trembling, but he had no time to worry about the gun.

The bullet fired from the handgun, at such close range, didn't penetrate the Ruptured Bone Form's head—instead it seemed to sink into mud, hovering on its skin surface.

This monster...... is actually immune to bullets?!

Cheng Shuili was equally shocked; she had thought she held a mighty weapon, but it turned out that against monsters, a gun was no better than scrap iron!

That shot, which barely caused any damage, utterly enraged the Ruptured Bone Form.

Under the terrified gazes of the three, it boldly crossed the Service Area's boundary, ignoring Cheng Shuili and the others beside it, and lunged straight at Zhang Yueying.