Chapter 11 Parasitic Apocalypse Dungeon
Chapter 11 Parasitic Apocalypse Dungeon
Time flies, and four days have passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past four days, Su Jinjin has hardly left her home, devoting herself entirely to the work of renovating the safe house.
Sound insulation cotton was added to the walls to reduce noise.
The windows were covered with privacy film, in case someone used a drone to observe the environment inside.
Like an ant building its nest, she gradually transformed her apartment into an impregnable fortress.
"Real-world goods are too expensive..." Su Jinjin shook her head with a wry smile as she looked at the rapidly shrinking balance in her mobile bank account.
She decided to leave most of her shopping plans to the instance world, since there she could do "zero-cost shopping" and empty the entire supermarket without spending a single penny.
Of course, this is all on the premise that you have supplies and no one is competing with you for them.
In the real world, she only buys materials to reinforce the house.
For the last two days, Su Jinjin stopped all renovation work.
Quietly contemplating things, while adjusting the solar panel power generation system, he awaited the arrival of the second escape game.
The evening breeze brushed against her face, bringing a touch of coolness.
What kind of instance will we be entering this time?
The thought wouldn't leave her mind.
There is both anticipation for the unknown dungeon and fear of danger.
She held three props placed in front of her.
These are all spoils from the previous instance, and they have now become her greatest asset.
On the evening of the last day before entering the instance, an explosive news message suddenly popped up on my phone.
#Player Luo Fan Murdered#
Su Jinjin's pupils shrank sharply, and she quickly clicked on the trending topics.
In the video, the young man who once boasted about his flying skills online is now a cold corpse.
His true colors were also revealed.
Previously, Luo Fan recounted in detail his experience of being selected by the "Survival Dungeon System" during a live stream, showcasing the extraordinary abilities he gained.
Not long ago, he was found dead in his own apartment one night.
Most chillingly, the killer wrote in blood on the wall: "I'm the next player."
The comment section erupted in an uproar:
"Really? You can get player status by killing people?"
"Really? Are there any other players around? Let me kill some!"
"Where have all those people who used to flaunt their superpowers suddenly disappeared?"
Su Jinjin was somewhat shocked.
Will an ordinary person gain player status by killing a player?
There is no factual basis for this, but regardless of whether it is right or wrong, it served as a reminder to Su Jinjin that she must always conceal her player identity.
"Indeed, keeping a low profile and playing it safe are the ways to survive."
Su Jinjin breathed a sigh of relief, glad that she had chosen to remain hidden from the beginning.
"Revealing your player identity and showing off your abilities from the very beginning is a recipe for disaster."
As night fell completely, Su Jinjin turned off all the lights and sat quietly in the darkness.
The cold light from the phone screen illuminated her resolute profile.
There are only a few hours left before the "seven-day preparation period" indicated by the system ends.
She did a final inventory of the equipment:
Because we don't know how difficult this dungeon will be, since the alien monsters in [Alien Apocalypse], which are considered easy by the system, are all exceptionally powerful.
So she prepared a month's worth of food.
Even in a terrifying dungeon, she can easily hide in one place and survive until the end.
A familiar mechanical voice suddenly echoed in my mind:
[Ding! Seven-day preparation period has ended]
[Ding! The natural disaster game is about to begin]
[Ding! A new player has been randomly selected!]
[Ding! Teleportation countdown: 10, 9, 8...]
Su Jinjin took a deep breath as the countdown reached zero.
[Ding! Teleportation to the instance "Parasite Apocalypse" has begun!]
Su Jinjin felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, as if the whole world had been put on pause.
The birds outside the window seemed to freeze in mid-air, and even the sound of one's own heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment.
When consciousness returned, a strong, fishy stench instantly filled my nostrils.
Su Jinjin suddenly opened her eyes and found herself standing on a dilapidated playground.
The cracked plastic running track, the rusted basketball hoops, and the collapsed school building in the distance—this is clearly the playground of an abandoned school.
"Ugh—" The pungent stench mixed with the cold rainwater made Su Jinjin's stomach clench.
She looked up at the gray sky. The drizzle continued to fall, but it couldn't wash away the eerie smell in the air, a mixture of rot and a pungent, fishy odor.
"Parasite Doomsday?" Su Jinjin's face turned deathly pale instantly.
She quickly looked around, her hair standing on end.
What kind of parasitic organism could turn the world into an apocalypse?
Is it a parasite? A fungus? Or some unknown alien life form?
What's even more frightening is whether this ubiquitous stench might actually contain parasitic spores floating in the air.
Has the rainwater already been contaminated with deadly parasites?
Various guesses flooded my mind in an instant.
Thinking of this, Su Jinjin acted faster than she thought.
She quickly retrieved the gas mask she had modified in the first instance from her spatial storage.
With a "click," the mask was fastened to the face perfectly.
As soon as the filtration system started working, the nauseating fishy smell was immediately shut out.
Su Jinjin took a few deep breaths of the purified air, and her violently beating heart finally calmed down a little.
Raindrops hit the lenses of the gas mask, forming fine droplets.
Su Jinjin cautiously observed her surroundings.
"I need to find a safe place first..." Su Jinjin muttered to herself.
Su Jinjin found a secluded, abandoned house to shelter from the rain and began to examine the survival mission for this instance.
Main Mission: Survive for ten days in Parasite Apocalypse!
[Reward: You can return to reality after completing the mission!]
[Mission Two: Kill 100 Parasitic Creatures]
[Reward: Body Modification Pill]
Seeing the two tasks in this instance, Su Jinjin focused on the main quest, the one about surviving for ten days.
"A ten-day survival mission." Su Jinjin's eyes were fixed on the first mission.
The thought of surviving for ten days in a world full of unknown dangers is chilling.
She subconsciously touched the sealed edge of the gas mask to make sure there wasn't a single gap.
What disturbed her most was that the system provided absolutely no specific information about the parasitic organism.
What do they look like? How do they parasitize? What changes occur after they parasitize? We know absolutely nothing about these crucial details.
"I can't touch any of the food or water here..." Su Jinjin thought, biting her lip.
Not knowing how the parasite exists, ordinary water and food cannot be used, unless they are tightly sealed items like canned goods. Su Jinjin cannot collect anything without knowing the nature of the parasite.
She was glad that she had prepared supplies in the real world; the food and water stored in the space could last for at least half a month.
"There is also a second mission. From the information we can get from this mission, we can see that this parasitic creature also has offensive capabilities."
This made Su Jinjin wonder what kind of parasitic organism could be able to parasitize and also have such a powerful attack capability.