Chapter 7 Like a Warrior "Look, I don't have much to eat..."
Lin Fan threw the box in the living room and took Su Qing to visit his kitchen.
Since she chose to go upstairs with him, Lin Fan naturally had to be honest with her.
He casually opened the refrigerator, took out four hard-boiled eggs from the fresh-keeping container, put them in the steamer, and turned on the fire to heat them. He
rummaged through the large box that had just been brought in, took out a bag of glucose solution, and threw it to Su Qing.
"Drink this first. If you've been hungry for a long time, eating suddenly will cause stress to your stomach and intestines."
Su Qing was holding the IV bag that hit her chest in a daze, not quite understanding what was going on.
She pointed upstairs and asked,
"Aren't we... going upstairs?"
Lin Fan, busy himself with his suitcases, sorting the things he'd brought up, answered Su Qing's question,
"Yes, but not now. What if there are zombies in the house? Taking you there now wouldn't be worth anything."
Su Qing glanced at the IV bag labeled 10% glucose injection, bit open a hole, and took it into her mouth, slurping it.
"But you were just making these little gurgling noises..."
she asked, sipping the sugar solution.
Lin Fan ignored her, seizing the moment to get to work.
It was almost dark, and he wanted to thoroughly investigate Room 402 before it did.
He found an outlet to plug in the angle grinder, picked up his spear, and headed to the bathroom.
Working here would minimize noise from outside, so it shouldn't cause any problems.
As for the zombies inside... they could just jump out the window if they dared.
Seeing that Lin Fan ignored her, Su Qing tactfully said nothing. She leaned against the bathroom doorway, silently watching him. A sharp, cutting sound echoed as Lin Fan flipped the switch.
A
moment later, the spearhead, now stained with blood and tape, was completely severed. He
then gestured, leaving about 1.7 meters of steel pipe, and then cut the remaining steel pipe into two sections.
"Why did you choose the second one?"
Lin Fan asked, wrapping medical tape around a specific length of the steel pipe to increase friction.
"You're quite brave. I didn't expect that."
Su Qing drank a bag of glucose, and a hint of color returned to her pale face, and her dizziness eased.
Hearing Lin Fan's words, she took two steps closer and said seriously,
"I want to live..."
It was nonsense, but Lin Fan understood her meaning through her eyes.
Not wanting to die is different from wanting to live.
It's like choosing one or two.
If she chose the first option, he would definitely honor it. Those dog food, if saved, would last her for half a month. But what about after that?
If he were still here and she begged him, maybe he would relent and give her some more food.
But what then?
He couldn't stay here forever.
She clearly understood this.
Survival in this world was no easy feat.
They had to face zombies, complex environments, monsters, and countless unknown dangers.
Honestly, even Lin Fan himself wasn't fully prepared for such a situation.
But time waited for no one. The challenges they faced were fundamentally the same: they had to become warriors.
Lin Fan had already taken a big step forward, and Su Qing seemed determined.
This was why Lin Fan had taken her in. Whether it was transporting supplies or making plans, having a helping hand would make many things much easier.
Moreover, he would eventually leave the building and explore the world.
As his base, this place needed someone he could trust to watch over it.
Since Su Qing had made her choice, Lin Fan naturally gave her a chance.
Even without zombies, 402's choice still proved to Lin Fan that she could be a partner in this hopeless world.
After a while, Lin Fan finally finished crafting the weapon. He discarded the original spearhead and instead sawed off one end of the steel pipe at an angle. This
naturally created a sharp angle of approximately 60 degrees.
The spearhead wasn't sharp, but based on the feel, it was enough to pierce a zombie's skull.
The long steel pipe was also shortened, so the original two-meter-long spear was reduced to a short spear of about 1.7 meters, combined with a 60-centimeter iron rod with a sharp end.
After polishing the weapon, Lin Fan returned to the kitchen and handed two eggs to Su Qing.
"Let's get some food for now. I'll go to your house later and see if you have any paper books, notebooks, or any protective gear. Bring them all over."
Although she didn't understand what Lin Fan was doing, Su Qing naturally obeyed him after he had given her food.
Soon, he had brought over all the books and stacks of A4 paper from the house.
They were all lawsuit documents and materials, but that didn't matter now.
Lin Fan noticed her displeasure and, after glancing over them and combining them with the rumors he'd heard, he understood what was going on.
He cut the paper into pieces of suitable thickness and taped them to Su Qing's calves, thighs, forearms, upper arms, shoulders, and neck.
He then tied a few books to her chest and back, creating a simple paper armor set.
Combined with the electric bike helmet and oven mitts she'd brought, Su Qing appeared invulnerable.
"Don't worry, I'll let you go with me, but I won't let you die."
"These papers were your weapons before, but now they've become your armor to survive. It's fate."
As he spoke, Lin Fan reflected on his own past and sighed,
"We have to live well. Let those bitches be fed to the zombies!"
Looking up, he saw that the only part of Su Qing's face exposed, the lower half, was already red. She bit her lip, and when she saw him looking at her, she shyly turned away slightly.
Thinking back, Lin Fan finally understood what had happened.
Feeling the lingering touch of her plump flesh on his fingers, it felt like he had just groped her all over...
Su Qing watched through the goggles of her helmet as Lin Fan taped her body.
Wherever his hand touched, she felt a tingling sensation, a tingling sensation all over her body. The roars of the zombies outside the window were drowned out by the ringing in her ears...
"Here, take this." Lin Fan patted Su Qing's shoulder, handing her a massive iron pot, a full 50 centimeters in diameter, interrupting her reverie.
"You're too weak, so I won't give you a weapon. I won this in a lottery. Hold it in front of you and protect yourself."
"If there are zombies, you withstand the onslaught while I kill them instantly."
After saying this, Lin Fan donned his own gear, rubbed his hands against his body, and pushed aside any distracting thoughts.
If danger truly arose, unnecessary attachment might cloud her judgment...
Su Qing looked at herself in the mirror. Her body was covered in magazines and printed A4 sheets, and her frail frame made her look like a telephone pole at the entrance of a newsstand, a comic relief.
But the thought of what they were about to do made her feel heavy.
She understood that this was the best defensive equipment Lin Fan could give her right now; the rest depended on her ability and luck.
"Will we die?" Su Qing asked in a muffled voice through her helmet and mask.
"I definitely won't!" Lin Fan replied without hesitation.
Su Qing was a little surprised by Lin Fan's answer, but then she laughed in relief, a laugh that stunned Lin Fan.
However, seeing the health bar above her head had returned to [55/100], it seemed that the food she had just eaten had restored some health, not a sudden burst of energy or a serious illness.
"Then I definitely won't die!" Su Qing said firmly to Lin Fan through her windproof glasses.-+ Lin Fan and his partner, fully armed, stood at the door of Room 402.
Upon arriving, Lin Fan had already knocked and quietly called out a few times, asking if Brother Li's wife and children were still alive and to avoid any unforeseen consequences.
But the room was completely silent, completely silent.
He had already prepared for the possibility of two zombies in the room: Su Qing would hold one hostage to buy time while Lin Fan quickly killed the other.
That way, if Su Qing was lucky, she might be able to hold on until Lin Fan could rescue her.
However, reality was somewhat unexpected for both of them, and it didn't jibe with what Su Qing had said on WeChat the previous night.
After all, zombies can't open the security door and close it again by themselves...
"
I remember that Brother Li on the 4th floor has a wife and a teenage daughter."
"Then why is he wandering alone in the corridor?"
"And I remember you sent a message saying 'There are strange noises upstairs'." Lin Fan asked doubtfully.
Su Qing was wearing a paper armor and carrying an iron pot on her back. She was exhausted from going upstairs. She bent over and gasped.
When she heard Lin Fan's words, she immediately turned her head and looked at him with wide eyes:
"Did you receive my message? Why don't you reply to me..."
But she swallowed the second half of the sentence back immediately. Although they had become more familiar with each other after this time together.
But asking this question seemed a bit like complaining, and Lin Fan had no obligation to reply to her.
Lin Fan curled his lips, helped her take the iron pot, and said, "Your pot... I replied, but you didn't receive it. If you don't believe me, I'll show you when we get back."
Su Qing heard the encouragement in Lin Fan's words and secretly perked up.
"Okay, show me when we get back." Su Qing held the iron pot in front of her and said firmly to Lin Fan, "Open the door."
...
Lin Fan carefully inserted the key into the keyhole and gave it a slight turn. With a "clang" sound, the mechanism unlocked.
The door was locked from the inside. Based on Lin Fan's experience, one more turn would open it. So he stood to one side and let Su Qing stand directly in front of the door.
"I'm opening it!" Lin Fan whispered. Then, with a swish, the lock on the security door unlatched, and the door creaked open a crack.
"There's no smell of decay," Lin Fan whispered, then flung the door wide open. Still, there was no sound from the room.
Su Qing poked her head out from behind the iron pot, surveyed the room, and said to Lin Fan, "There's nothing in the living room."
"Come on, shields up, let's go in..."
Lin Fan walked up behind Su Qing, his arm over her shoulders, helping her to take some of the weight of the iron pot.
His arm accidentally brushed against Su Qing's shoulder, and he could feel her body trembling slightly.
There was indeed nothing in the living room, no bloodstains, no blood bars, except for a pot of rotten and moldy grapes on the coffee table. It was a completely normal family living room.
But it is always better to be cautious. The two carefully checked the living room, kitchen, and toilet, but did not find any living creatures.
"Maybe his wife and daughter are not at home..." Su Qing saw that there was no danger in the house, so she put the iron pot on the table beside her and asked doubtfully.
"Hush - don't talk." Lin Fan made a nervous gesture to her, indicating that she should put up her shield.
Because when he approached the bedroom, he finally smelled a familiar smell.
The smell of blood.
In the front, in the master bedroom.
The bedroom door was closed, and he couldn't see what was inside, but the smell of blood in Lin Fan's nose became stronger.
"There's a disgusting strange smell..." Su Qing whispered in a trembling voice.
The smell made her instinctively want to turn around and run away, but when she felt Lin Fan's arm on her shoulder, she calmed down and held the iron pot against her chest.
Lin Fan frowned and stared at the door panel, still holding the iron pot for her with one hand and the spear with the other. He
took a few deep breaths, tapped her shoulder with his arm, and motioned her to open the door.
Su Qing could feel both of her hands shaking, and in just a second, the door handle was sticky with the cold sweat in her palms.
But she still decided to follow Lin Fan's instructions and slowly turned the bedroom door handle. The moment the door opened, the dark red color of the entire wall caught their eyes...
blood... all blood...
dark red dried bloodstains and broken chunks covered the entire wall of the bedroom... no, not only the wall, but the entire ceiling was covered with thick bloodstains!
"Grr!"
The moment Su Qing opened the door, she was overwhelmed by the smell of blood that rushed into her nose and the scene in front of her, and she began to gulp uncontrollably!
Just as her body twitched and the strength of her arm weakened, a black shadow suddenly emerged from the corner of the bedroom wall above the door and rushed straight towards Su Qing's face!
[739/739]!
As soon as the eye-catching blood bar appeared in his sight, Lin Fan spotted it!
"Be careful!" While warning, he lifted the edge of the pot with his left hand and lifted it up from Su Qing's chest, just blocking the path of the black shadow!
"Clang" sound of metal clashing!
Su Qing was knocked off balance by the attack of the black shadow, retreated four or five steps, and fell heavily on the sofa in the living room!
The sofa was even knocked over, and her life or death was uncertain!
And Lin Fan was not idle either. It happened suddenly. At the same time as he shouted, he had already stabbed straight into the void in front of the iron pot!
The short spear felt like piercing a piece of sponge!
It hit!
But it didn't hit the vital point!
[-120]!
[619/739]
The monster was terrifyingly agile!
The moment Lin Fan stabbed it, it retreated!
So even though Lin Fan stabbed it, he failed to penetrate its skull.
It wasn't until the monster retreated back to the bed and locked eyes with Lin Fan, who was staring at him from the doorway, that Lin Fan finally saw the monster's appearance clearly...
A pale, pale skull of a girl about ten years old, atop a bizarre, spider-like body.
The body was clearly a distortion of a human body, with traces of human organs still visible.
However, all four limbs were completely deformed, with four short, thick bone spurs growing at the ends, replacing their functions.
Its face was covered with black blood vessels of varying sizes, and its pale and gray eyes stared at Lin Fan fiercely!
A blood hole appeared on its face, and reddish-brown blood flowed out of the hole and dripped onto the bed sheet.
Lin Fan, who was confronting it, was also very nervous.
If he had been alone, it would have been difficult to react to that sneak attack just now. Fortunately, Su Qing blocked it, which gave him a chance to counterattack.
It was fast, had strong attacks, and had a certain intelligence, but its defense was slightly weak. It lost more than a hundred drops of blood after being stabbed by him.
This was Lin Fan's conclusion, and based on its body structure, Lin Fan could also roughly guess its movement pattern. It was extremely fast in attack, but it was obviously not very convenient to turn.
This is determined by its joint structure. Moreover, in the situation just now, if it were a normal animal with four limbs, it would have dodged the attack instead of retreating straight back!
The strangest thing is that the blood volume of this monster is not an integer. Whether it is a human, a zombie or a mutant dog, it is an integer. But it is [739], which makes Lin Fan a little confused.
Now that he knows the opponent's behavior pattern, Lin Fan blocked the doorway with his hands holding up the spear to block its path. Facing such an enemy, it would definitely not be good to move forward on his own.
But it will definitely rush over, and he just needs to wait for the next attack.
And the monster seemed to have some intelligence, and instinctively saw that the man in front of him was not easy to deal with.
It moved left and right on the blood-soaked bed, looking for an opportunity to attack.-+ "Sister Su! Are you still alive?"
Lin Fan, so focused on the monster before him that he couldn't turn around, could only ask out loud.
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...
Su Qing saw nothing, only feeling herself being knocked away by a bull while holding a cauldron. The pain made her consciousness somewhat blurred.
Although the cauldron had blocked the direct attack just now, the transmitted force still gave her a considerable impact.
Even though the sofa behind her cushioned her impact, her bones still hurt as if they were falling apart.
It hurt again, and I was so tired, I wanted to sleep.
She felt she hadn't been this sleepy in a long time, as if she had returned to the time before the chaos broke out...
chaos... zombies...
a bloody room...
"I can't sleep yet..."
She heard Lin Fan's voice in a daze, reminding her why she was here.
She was weak, but not so weak that she couldn't get up after being hit.
She wanted to prove that she was worth her weight in gold, that she wasn't a burden!
She had promised Lin Fan that she would be in front of him, so she would definitely be in front.
"Alive... alive... I'm fine... not dead..."
Su Qing struggled to hold onto the sofa and climbed up, responding weakly.
Although the scenery in her field of vision was a little blurry, she still limped towards the man's back with determination.
The movement outside the door was also seen by the monster, and it instinctively noticed the prey with a weaker aura.
Seeing the monster's eyes occasionally shift away from him, Lin Fan understood its intentions.
This was an instinct developed over years of battling various beasts at the zoo.
"Do you still have the strength? Put the iron pot down. You don't have to block me."
"When you hear me calling you, just fall to the side. Got it?"
Constantly monitoring the monster's movements, Lin Fan couldn't even glance back to see Su Qing's condition. He could only continue to explain the next plan.
"Okay..."
came a weak reply, followed by the sound of the iron pot hitting the ground.
With Su Qing's confirmation, Lin Fan, as he had anticipated, skillfully took a small step to the side, leaving the monster with room to break free.
He then held the spear in front of him with one hand, and with the other, he pulled out the iron rod hanging from his waist. Holding both hands, he waited for the monster's move.
As expected, the monster, upon seeing an opening, suddenly leaped back from the bed, leaping onto the wall behind it. Then, with a bang!
Like a cannonball, it shot towards the gap next to Lin Fan!
It was aiming at Su Qing behind him!
Seeing this, Lin Fan immediately shouted, "Throw her!"
Throwing Su Qing down was just a safety measure. Lin Fan immediately stabbed the monster's path with his right hand. It was impossible to escape!
At this speed, he was sure to pierce the monster's head!
Just as the tip of the gun was about to pierce the monster's eye socket,
suddenly!
The two bone spurs on the monster's hind legs slammed down heavily, piercing into the floor tiles!
Its body came to an abrupt halt! Even the connection between its hind legs was torn by the sheer force of this sudden stop, spurting out dark brown blood!
But it didn't pause for a moment. Using its hind legs as a fulcrum and its two front legs as blades, it forcibly turned around and shot towards Lin Fan!
It was actually using deception! It would
kill Lin Fan even at the cost of itself!
Lin Fan's stunned face was reflected in the monster's gray-white pupils, its twisted blood vessels throbbing its muscles, and a cruel smile appeared on the strange girl's head!
...
This monster was indeed not as savage as it appeared. The fact that it kept avoiding Lin Fan's sight and was not in a hurry to attack showed that its intelligence was definitely not as simple as that of an ordinary zombie!
The bone spur suddenly turned and was about to pierce Lin Fan's chest in an instant!
The monster's previously gray eyes flashed with a gleam of light, as if it was already enjoying the bloody pleasure of tearing its prey apart!
That pale, smiling face reflected in his pupils drew closer, and Lin Fan could almost feel a chilling, fishy wind sweeping across his face!
Just as the bone spur was about to pierce his chest, Lin Fan's startled expression instantly transformed into murderous intent!
So what!
"Want to kill me?"
"Not that easy!"
With a thought, he opened his backpack and used the Wild Potion!
The potion took effect instantly! In an instant, the air around them became as thick as grease, and the monster's speed slowed down in front of Lin Fan.
Although his own body slowed down, the potion's amplification still made him a fraction faster than the monster!
There was no time to retract the spear in his right hand. Lin Fan, who had been prepared, raised the iron rod in his left hand and thrust the tip of the rod into the monster's eye, which was already showing a hint of surprise!
The length of the iron rod was much longer than the bone spur!
"You can't run away now!"
A very realistic expression of fear instantly appeared on the monster's face
. Its lower limbs stabbed into the bricks again in an attempt to stop its body. But it had already rushed in front of Lin Fan. How could it escape again? Moreover, Lin Fan's speed was greatly accelerated by the effect of the drug. The monster had no time to retreat and could only watch helplessly as the rod was inserted into its eye socket!
The intense pain made the monster's face twist and explode!
In a blink of an eye, the little girl's appearance was reduced to a bloody mass of flesh hanging on Lin Fan's iron rod!
The monster opened its mouth wide, its throat trembling constantly! It
seemed to be brewing something!
But no matter what it wanted to do, Lin Fan would not let it continue!
He took a step forward and exerted force in an instant!
The iron rod directly pierced the monster's skull, and then lifted it up with all his strength!
With the blessing of the potion, Lin Fan's strength increased significantly and instantly lifted the monster's crown!
The gray and white brain matter was also shattered, turning into a disgusting rain of brain matter that splashed onto the roof and walls!
A sharp explosion just came out of the monster's throat and stopped abruptly!
[-999]!
[0/739]!
Kill instantly with one strike!
[Receive: Blade*2 (crafting material)]
[Receive: Scrap Metal*2 (crafting material)]
[Receive: Steel Wire*2 (crafting material)]
[Receive: Strength Potion (Small)*1]
[Strength Potion (Small): Slightly increases the user's physical strength (can be used directly or injected) for 10 minutes (repeated use within 1 hour will be invalid)]
[Receive: Swiftness Potion (Small)*1]
[Swiftness Potion (Small): Slightly increases the user's nerve reflex speed and sharpness (can be used directly or injected) for 10 minutes (repeated use within 1 hour will be invalid)]
[Receive: Hardening Potion (Small)*1]
[Hardening Potion (Small): Slightly increases the user's physical strength (can be used directly or injected). Lasts 10 minutes (repeated use within 1 hour is ineffective).]
His health bar shot up by 20 points, reaching [140/140]!
"Wow!"
A boss had been defeated!
Two new crafting materials had dropped, and I wonder what they were for?
The potion's boost was so potent that Lin Fan was heartbroken after using up just one.
But he didn't expect three more to drop!
Lin Fan had finally witnessed the power of potion buffs today. Without this potion, killing this monster would have been much more difficult.
And that's just the small potion.
The small potion means there might be medium, large, extra large, extra extra large, and ultra pro max potions in the future!
Lin Fan began to look forward to some potions that might be dropped later.
Then again, if Su Qing hadn't served as bait twice, it would have been difficult to kill it without taking any damage on his own.
Judging by its size, this monster must be a transformed version of Brother Li's daughter. As for his wife...
Lin Fan saw some torn clothes and body parts in the room, and the result was self-evident.
The monster's health bar was gradually disappearing, and Lin Fan finally felt relieved, knowing it was dead. He
quickly turned around to look for the hero who had defeated the boss, but found Su Qing lying on the ground on the side of the living room, her head against the wall, motionless...