Chapter 11: If You Don't Go Looking for Death, Death Won't Knock on Your Door
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She was a genius student of Lingyun Academy, how could she be frightened by something like this?
However, before she even finished, the zombie suddenly opened its eyes and grabbed her ankle!
"AH! It came back to life?" She didn't anticipate this at all!
After all, she didn't know anything that could suddenly come back to life!
Xu Zixin's character lost balance and fell onto the ground. She did everything she could to kick that zombie away, but it was too strong. She struggled for a while but couldn't free herself, so she shot at the zombie. Yet, it wouldn't die. Instead, it went crazy and bit her ankle!
This time around, Xu Zixin was really shaken up.
She really wasn't a coward nor someone who had never seen blood. The truth was that even special agents who had lived through countless wars would be startled by this scene in front of them.
Why couldn't she kill it?
It was horrific! How did she not see how strong and powerful it was?
"Am I supposed to do nothing while being eaten by this monster?" She clenched down her teeth and felt a speck of despair. She even felt like she was going to die.
She underestimated herself.
"Shoot its brain with your gun." Just then, a voice sounded out from behind her.
"Huh?" She paused for a second. Then, right before the zombie was about to bite into her calves, she quickly fired her gun.
Bam, bam, bam!
Countless bullets shot right into the zombie's forehead as it finally stopped what it was doing. Then, with a mournful cry, it fell right onto the floor.
"That's why I think girls shouldn't play these bloody and violent games. After all, if you don't court death, death won't knock on your door..." Like the system, Fang Qi was calm and righteous.
He watched as Xu Zixin exited the VR mode beside him. She looked at him with a complicated expression on her face. Fang Qi looked right into her eyes and said with all seriousness, "You're welcome."
Where did he get the audacity to say: 'You're welcome'!? Talk about a face that is as thick as the city walls!
Xu Zixin looked at him with anger and amusement; even if she did feel a tiny speck of gratitude, everything happened because she was playing Fang Qi's stupid game!
At this thought, Xu Zixin glared at him while Fang Qi shrugged innocently.
Xu Zixin thought, Wasn't I just complaining how nothing in Jiuhua City interests me?
Although this game was at times terrifying, she now had ways to deal with those monsters. Therefore, the horror vanished and was quickly replaced with excitement!
At the same time, she felt her bottleneck loosening up a little under the nerve-wracking battle just now!
She was shocked; she paid a great price to cultivate at the Martial Arts Tower at Lingyun Academy but didn't reach any breakthroughs. How did her bottleneck loosen up as soon as she played this game for a few minutes?
How was that possible?
Upon seeing Fang Qi falling silent and turning his attention back to his game, she decided to go back to her game as well and continue her Resident Evil adventure. She wanted to see if she could reach a new breakthrough.
Xu Zixin had a feeling that this game was a giant treasure hunt, just waiting for her to discover!
As she kept playing, she used the method Fang Qi taught her and destroyed the heads of a few zombies in a row. Slowly, that initial fright disappeared and was replaced by an enormous sense of achievement and stimulation that only came from intense adventure-seeking!
Before playing this game, she didn't think that any adventure this exhilarating existed!
This game was a cross-era masterpiece!
Most importantly, this game gave her more than an exciting new adventure! Even the game plot was extremely interesting.
"What will be my fate in this game? Will I be able to find my teammates?"
The plot in Resident Evil One was simple and easy to understand. This was a search and rescue mission where the player acted as a rescuer, so he or she could quickly immerse themselves into the game plot.
As an outstanding young warrior, she was a courageous woman. After the initial shock, her rebellious side was slowly evoked!
The plot was simple, yet it was shrouded in endless mystery. It drew her in, stimulating her urge to explore.
What is hidden inside the mansion? What is the biochemical crisis? she wanted to solve all these questions!
Therefore, she couldn't wait any longer and completely forgot that she thought Fang Qi was a swindler just moments ago.
Instead, she fell into Jill's role and declared, "I will find the truth behind this incident!"
"Sir, there are people who want to play?" A few people suddenly barged in; Fang Qi glanced over and immediately recognized them; it was Song Qingfeng, Lin Shao, and Xu Luo.
"Why are you here again?" Fang Qi immediately burst out in laughter, "You've played for six hours already, you can't play anymore."
"Do shop owners these days all ask why customers come? It's fine if owners don't stand up to greet customers, but why would they ask 'why are you here'?"
Song Qingfeng's face darkened. "Sir, why would you say something like that..."
"We're not playing!"
Fang Qi then saw two other rich young men walk through the door, and Lin Shao pointed at them, "We are getting more people to come and play, what do you think? Can we play for a few more hours?"
"You three," a long-faced young master said. "Is a shop as small as this really as amazing as you say it is?"
Then, he looked around at the shop interior; sure, this place was clean, but there wasn't anything special about it.
"You said you can play as the main character of a novel?" The two young men asked suspiciously, "This place isn't that big, can we even fight in here?"
"You'll see; don't be frightened when you do." Lin Shao and Xu Luo were still mesmerized by their experiences this morning and said in a low voice, "Cultivator!"
"Cultivator?" The two young men became even more suspicious at what Lin Shao and Xu Luo said. The shop owner doesn't look like a cultivator at all! What do they mean by that? Is this a cultivator's creation here?
A cultivator's creation was an extremely rare object; the truth was, most spiritual artifacts sold in the city were inferior goods modelled after real artifacts. Therefore, genuine cultivator creations were extremely rare!
This was because there were countless talented potential warriors in this world, but little to none were talented or qualified enough to become cultivators.
In Dajin, being connected to a cultivator in any way would command respect.
"I made a bet with Qingfeng. He loses if I can kill that 'zombie' monster," a younger boy said. "I don't care how horrifying the monster is, I want to beat it first."
Fang Qi looked at the group of people in front of him and covered his forehead in exasperation. Should I put up a 'No Minors' sign outside?
"You have a point!" The long-faced man chimed in, "I made a bet with Qingfeng too. If I kill a zombie, he'll give me his Icy Star Sword!"
None of them cared much about money, so they walked in and sat down, ready to play the game.
Song Qingfeng and the others, on the other hand, sat behind them as they helped their friends to start the game.
As soon as they started playing, the realistic experience immediately attracted their attention.
After watching the beginning animation, they finally understood what Song Qingfeng and the others meant by 'playing as the main character of a novel'!
They never imagined that they could be the main character!
"Qingfeng, why didn't you tell us something this good existed earlier?" Their breathing became rapid since they had never played such an amazing game!
They were quickly led into the mansion. The creepy environment, along with the dimmed lights, gave the mansion an oppressive ambiance. Soon, they both encountered the first zombie.
Since the players could only see the zombie's back, most first-timers would assume that it was a survivor. Therefore, they both walked up to the zombie, wanting to obtain information about this mansion.
To both their surprises, a horrific, disgusting, rotten face appeared before them!
Then, it charged up to them!
"AH!"
Two shrieks immediately echoed within Fang Qi's internet café!
Although Song Qingfeng warned them about how gross the zombies looked, they were still left in shock. One of the player's arm was bitten, and he ran away. The other was left unharmed but was still dumbstruck by what he saw.
"Ping is out." Lin Shao, who sat behind the younger boy, laughed upon seeing what happened.
Then, the other young man ran back into the lobby and realized that his other teammates, who used to be there, had disappeared!
Suddenly, he noticed a scratch, not too big or too small, on his arm.
The wound was already turning black; anyone who had eyes could see that it wasn't just an ordinary injury.
"I guess Li Xi's out as well," Xu Luo burst out in laughter upon seeing that his friends lost less than 15 minutes into the game; they were even worse than him this morning! He pointed at them and said, "We already told you that the zombie's claws are poisonous, how can you still be so reckless!"
They both looked down, looking dejected. "We didn't know that the monsters you were talking about used to be humans!"
The long-faced young man's name was Li Xi. Since his character wasn't so heavily injured, he said with determination, "Even if I die, I'm going to make that monster die with me!"
Then, he raised his hand and charged towards the zombie!
Because he went all out and wasn't scared of infections, he quickly beat the zombie up until it fell to the ground. Then, he clapped his hands proudly and said, "The monster only knows how to sneak attack, it's not as scary as you said it was, Qingfeng!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Shao and Xu Luo looked at each other and smiled. If the player didn't destroy the zombie's head, it would come back to life and go berserk; that was the most horrifying part!
As expected, the zombie quickly stood up from the floor; its body turned red, and its face became twisted!
"What's happening!" Li Xi couldn't help but shriek in surprise.
Soon, the exhausted Li Xi died under the claws of the zombie.
Only then did he turn around and yell, "How is that possible? This thing is unkillable?"
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They finally began to realize the charm of the game. After all, in real life, no one could put their lives at risk so carefreely, expecting to come back to life after they died. It simply wasn't something that one could experience.
But, wasn't this game a little too hard?
"How can you make a bet with us on a monster that can't be killed? Don't the three of you know any better?" Li Xi said, a little unhappily.
Lin Shao looked at him arrogantly with his head high up in the air. "How can't it be killed? We killed quite a few!"
"You killed quite a few?" Li Xi sneered, "I used the Li Family's finger-sword technique just now and smashed its chest. However, the monster didn't die. Lin Shao, why don't you tell me how you killed so many?"
"Lin Shao isn't the only one who killed quite a few zombies." Xu Luo grinned, "I killed some too, and even Qingfeng..." He pointed at Song Qingfeng, who was sitting next to him, and continued, "He killed more than ten!"
"How is that possible?" Both Ping and Li Xi looked at their friends in shock.How did they kill so many monsters? The one they just encountered was so hard to fight off!
Lin Shao and Xu Luo enjoyed their shock and slight admiration and smiled. "Of course it's possible. Why else do you think your ranking is so much lower than ours in today's examinations?"
"How did the three of you kill so many zombies?" Li Xi asked them, "What's the key to success?"
Upon seeing how anxious Li Xi looked, Lin Shao and Xu Luo smiled at each other and asked, "Of course there is a key to success! Do you want to know?"
Li Xi's expression immediately filled with anticipation as he continued, "When we come tomorrow..."
"Of course I'm buying!" Li Xi immediately said.
Only then did Lin Shao nod in satisfaction, proud to have gotten what he wanted. He smiled and said, "Smash its head!"
"Smash its head?" Li Xi's eyes rolled around, and he asked, "That monster's weak spot is its head?"
Therefore, he immediately went back to the game and tried. To his surprise, the zombie no longer came back to life after its head was smashed!
"How did you find this out!" Li Xi was filled with admiration. "I never even thought of this method!"
Faced with their friends' admiration, the three people in the back laughed arrogantly.
A way to kill the monsters meant an extra layer of security when exploring this weird world. The two of them went back to playing and could barely stop.
However, the two of them were such newbies that Song Qingfeng and the others felt like they played much better. Therefore, after watching Li Xi and Ping for a while, they became bored and turned their attention away from them, glancing around with interest.
Lin Shao suddenly saw Xu Zixin sitting beside him and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "A girl is playing this as well?"
Then, he looked up into her screen as if he just discovered a new continent. "Qingfeng, Luo, come take a look! She chose Jill!"
What was even more shocking was that Jill, controlled by this girl, accidentally activated the trap inside the room as she pulled out her shotgun. Before anything happened to her, her teammate Barry Burton quickly kicked open the door and saved her from death!
"What the f*ck, how do you have teammates who help you?" They were all surprised; they've been playing for a long time, but none of them had any teammates to help them!
How does she already have a teammate?
They had to admit that Resident Evil One was gentler to women. Not only was Jill given a gun at the very beginning, but she also had a device that could unlock doors and locks. Therefore, she could obtain a lot of bullets from all around the mansion. Moreover, her teammate Barry would occasionally come to help, so playing as Jill was slightly easier than playing as Chris.
The only bad thing about Jill was that she had fewer health points, and later on in the game, she would die easier if she didn't pay attention.
The other two froze upon seeing this scene as well. That's too awesome!
Then, Lin Shao immediately asked Xu Zixin, "Miss, could you please tell us how you picked this character?"
Xu Zixin had never played such a fun game. Although it was indeed somewhat scary, at least she had teammates. Thanks to Barry, she quickly learned how to kill zombies and naturally progressed faster than Song Qingfeng and the others.
She was lost in the game when she heard someone calling her. Upon turning around, she saw three men watching her from behind!
Why would people watch me play a game? Why are they asking me how to pick this character? Are there other characters?
Confused, she replied, "It was the first option in the beginning."
"Isn't the first option Chris?" The three of them were immediately dumbfounded.
"No..." Xu Zixin replied, "My first option was Jill."
"What?" Xu Luo's face fell; why was his first choice Chris, but her first choice Jill?
"Is it because we're men?" Song Qingfeng asked as the three looked at each other, the other two just as speechless as he was.
"..."
"Maybe it really is because of that..."
It was normal for men to play male characters and women to play female characters, but why were women getting better treatment than men?
"I have no idea then; I'm going to go back to playing now."
All three of them were interested to see a player using Jill. Therefore, they began watching Xu Zixin as she played.
"Miss, there's ammunition below that table!"
"That drawer, there's a clue in that drawer!"
"There, there's a key there!"
Thanks to the guys' hints, Xu Zixin found countless treasures here and there, causing her to have good impressions of the three of them.
"I didn't expect that the three of you would know so much," she said.
"Of course!"
"Qingfeng has already passed many levels!"
"That's impressive," Xu Zixin replied and nodded.
She was liking the game more and more. Not only was it fun, but it also helped her train! She had a feeling that if she kept playing, she would soon reach a breakthrough!
Pleased with the fact that they could help out new players, Song Qingfeng and the others felt like powerful senior warriors.
At that time, a voice suddenly came from the other side, "Qingfeng, come see what the shop owner is fighting against! It's different from the monsters we've been fighting with."
"The owner?" Upon hearing this voice, they realized that although the owner played all day as well, they've never gone to see him in action.
"How well does he play?"
At this thought, everyone turned around to glance at Fang Qi's screen.
It was better if they didn't because what they saw was horrifying beyond words.
Song Qingfeng saw a horrendous-looking, mutated, half-human monster with scales all over its body. It also had long and sharp claws!
"What is that?"
He originally thought that zombies alone were terrifying enough. Who knew that there would be other monsters?
This monster was so much scarier than the zombies!
"Didn't Qingfeng say that the strongest monster in the game was the zombie dog? What's this?"
That 13 or 14-year-old young boy pointed at Fang Qi's screen and asked in befuddlement.
"Don't speak!" Song Qingfeng's expression changed drastically upon seeing what was on Fang Qi's screen; have they been playing the same game?
His face dimmed; he could tell just by looking at the screen that this monster wasn't easy to kill!
Then, they quickly noticed that all Fang Qi had in his hand was a dagger!
Upon seeing this, Song Qingfeng and the others all froze!
???
Why would he only use a dagger?
Fang Qi's character bent down and concentrated all his attention on the monster in front of him!
One couldn't rush when fighting a hunter – position, dodging, and attacking were important!
Although daggers were capable of gravely injuring hunters, it was still extremely difficult to kill them with just a dagger!
Fang Qi familiarized himself with the hunter's techniques through numerous battles. This way, he soon understood its most frequent attacks, giving himself a higher probability of killing it!
"Qingfeng!" Lin Shao shouted, "Don't tell me that we have to fight monsters like this in the future!"
"That's a possibility! Let's watch how the owner plays!" Song Qingfeng's expression grew even gloomier, feeling the hairs stand up on his arms.
The scale-covered monster looked scarier by the second!
It looked like a tailless dinosaur that was standing up, emitting a dangerous aura!
It looked like an experienced and brutal predator, icily glaring at the target in front of it!
Ordinary zombies were powerful enough, and zombie dogs were also seen as a nightmare to these people; none of them dared to be reckless when faced with these monsters!
They all thought the scariest monsters in the mansion were the zombies or zombie dogs, but there were also monsters like the one in front of him!
In Song Qingfeng's point of view, this wasn't a monster that could be defeated with a dagger!
However, that was exactly what Fang Qi was doing right now!
All he wanted to know right now was how Fang Qi was going to kill that thing! Suddenly, the hunter jumped up into the air, and its giant body blew up a gust of wind, landing in front of Fang Qi in the blink of an eye!
"It's so fast!" the people behind Fang Qi exclaimed.
Does it only appear to be strong but is actually weak?
No! The hunter's speed and the wind it swept up alone embodied extreme power!
Plus, those thick claws made the others wonder what would happen if the player was scratched by them. Would they be cut into halves almost immediately?
Everyone stopped breathing as they watched the scene unfold in front of them!
Suddenly, Fang Qi moved as well!
His center of gravity was already low to begin with. Then, he suddenly bent down even lower. The others watched as he pierced his sharp dagger upward as hard as he could!
It was such an ingenious strike; the hunter seemed to have fallen into the path of his dagger.
When the two clashed together, the dagger easily split the monster's stomach open!
After this exchange, Fang Qi successful injured the hunter!
However, the hunter wasn't so easy to kill!
Without thinking, Fang Qi rolled off to the side.
He stood in a position that he spent a long time choosing. When he was fighting the hunter just now, he was standing near the door of a side foyer!
The corridors in the mansion were extremely narrow, so much so that the hunter's big and tall body could fill up an entire hallway. Therefore, fighting in the hall was extremely disadvantageous to him!
Then, Fang Qi somersaulted onto the side foyer!
The hunter's injuries began to bleed, obviously provoking its ferocious urge to kill! Upon seeing Fang Qi going into the side foyer, it followed closely behind!
Scratching, pouncing, tearing, and biting were the natural instincts of the hunter!
Everyone was absorbed in the fight as they watched intently, no one daring to make a single noise.
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Fang Qi carefully avoided its chase; the hunter's speed was extremely fast, and its attacks were sharp and precise!
After countless years, this had become its most refined method of chasing down prey; it was simple, swift, and effective!
However, Fang Qi had battled the hunter for so long that he had gotten used to its attack patterns.
The hunter charged up to Fang Qi, trying to grab him with its strong claws!
If he was caught by the hunter's muscular arms, the hunter would bite off his neck in the blink of an eye!
Yet, countless battles and intense practice helped Fang Qi remember all of the hunter's attacks!
Moreover, he was now so familiar with its attacks that he could predict them before they even happened!
Granted that the hunter's speed was fast, it lacked the agility of the licker, which was beyond a human's reaction speed.
Thanks to practice, he perfectly predicted how and where the hunter was going to attack him from and thus swiftly moved off to the side, avoiding its claws!
The spacious side foyer gave him enough room to circumvent the hunter's face-to-face attacks.
Approaching from behind was the most advantageous position for a hunter, whose body was massively built!
Before it had the chance to attack Fang Qi from behind, Fang Qi circled behind it and immediately choked its neck. Then, as if he had practiced his next move a million times, the dagger was accurately stabbed into its forehead!
Pishhh!
Fresh red blood flowed out of the hunter's head along with brain matter.
The hunter, who was in extreme pain, began struggling so hard that it threw Fang Qi across the room!
Bang!
Fang Qi's body hit the wall so hard that he left a crack on it!
Everyone's hearts sank as they saw this scene in front of them! A monster with strength of this magnitude had surpassed the capabilities of a human body by too much!
Just now, it threw the player onto the wall while it was struggling. If it was attacking normally, what would the results be?
The answer was clear; the player would die for sure!
Being smashed onto the wall like that made Fang Qi dizzy, and his entire body became numb!
The hunter, on the other hand, headed over to him again!
It walked up to Fang Qi step by step. Then, it raised its giant claws up into the air and thrashed down!
"No!" The hearts of those people who were standing behind Fang Qi sank; this monster was too strong! It didn't die even after it was stabbed in the brain!
They all thought that Fang Qi was going to die, no matter how good he was at this game!
However, the unexpected happened!
Fang Qi suddenly jumped up. Just before its claws touched him, he dodged it! At the same time, he pushed his long black dagger right into the hunter's throat!
The hunter's claws landed on the wall that Fang Qi was lying against just now, smashing it into pieces!
However, its muddy pupils finally dimmed. Its giant body crashed onto the floor as if nothing was supporting it.
"It... died?"
Everyone looked at Fang Qi's screen in disbelief. They were so shocked that they all gasped in unison.
It was such a horrific monster, but Fang Qi stabbed its three vital points. The hunter didn't even get to unleash all of its power before going down!
It was killed with three deadly stabs, and Fang Qi barely had any injuries on his body!
"How is that possible!"
By choosing Chris, the player would not be able to use the qi of a warrior! Therefore, if he wanted to kill these monsters, he had no choice but to use his own combat skills!
Every stab was calculated precisely. Although his body was weak when compared to the hunter's, he was able to kill the monster easily through clever tactics!
He didn't even have to use martial techniques!
It was unbelievable!
This was another form of combat!
It was a delightfully stimulating battle that was as exciting to the player as it was to the audience!
Just now, the new players thought that Song Qingfeng, who figured out the zombies' weakness and killed more than a dozen of them, was a genius. Now, Fang Qi was a God in their eyes!
Of course, Fang Qi had his plans when he used the dagger to fight the hunter!
Daggers were known as 'survival knives' in the game.
It was a close-range combat weapon, and it had an unwavering status in melee combat.
It had a limited range of attack and was weak in killing. Therefore, not many players used it as a main weapon. Rather, it was something that players relied on when they had no other options. It was a way for them to show their bravery when their surroundings were beyond dangerous, and they had no ammo.
Yet, daggers also had advantages that other weapons just didn't. There were no limits to times of use! It was simple, convenient, and didn't attract enemy attention.
Moreover, daggers were extremely deadly to hunters and zombie dogs. With a shotgun, the player had to fire about four shots to kill the monsters. With a dagger, however, the player only had to stab five to six times to kill them. It meant that daggers were almost as harmful to hunters and zombie dogs as shotguns were!
The main character in Resident Evil Two, Leon S. Kennedy, once said that, 'Under certain circumstances, knives can be more reliable than guns.'
Chris was highly skilled in the use of daggers, and in the beginning, Fang Qi wasn't familiar with how to use it. But he had been trying to pass this level for a few days now, so he had been practicing his dagger skills like crazy!
These three godlike stabs contained all the experiences he gained through countless battles with the hunter along with a speck of luck.
"There are monsters as powerful as this one later in the game?" Xu Zixin looked at the screen in front of Fang Qi in surprise. "How did he defeat this monster without martial techniques?"
She thought that the owner was just an ordinary man, but that didn't seem like the case.
Someone capable of opening up a shop like this was not ordinary at all!
"Sir, what was that monster?" Song Qingfeng suppressed the shock in his heart and asked with a straight face, "Was that the leader of those zombies? Did it cause the human-eating incident?"
"Leader?" Fang Qi smiled slightly. Just as he turned around a corner, another hunter jumped out!
"F*ck!" The few of them were immediately dumbstruck!
"What is going on? Is that another leader? Are these monster brothers controlling this mansion?"
After he defeated the first hunter and was left unharmed, Fang Qi became more confident than ever.
This time, he took significantly longer to kill the hunter, but the situation wasn't as dangerous. After a while, he finally defeated the second hunter!
Upon seeing that the hunter didn't pose such a big threat to Fang Qi, everyone sighed in relief.
These are probably the strongest monsters in the mansion, right?
Nothing scarier will pop out, right?
As these thoughts entered their minds, they saw Fang Qi's character pass a corridor, where another hunter jumped out.
Another one?
What is happening?
Moreover, they noticed that Fang Qi was no longer in the mansion. Rather, he was walking on a stone pathway.
Is he close to the monsters' nest?
A hint of disbelief crept up into their heads. Are there scarier monsters down the road?
What Fang Qi said next confirmed their speculations, "After a while, hunters will be no more than small critters."
"Small... critters? Did you just say that hunters are just 'small critters'?" Although the word 'critter' didn't exist in this world, everyone still understood what it meant.
Fang Qi said it so calmly and casually that it seemed like he really did think hunters were just critters!
However, were they really? They seemed so powerful!
"Wait... Sir, are you saying that the mansion is filled with monsters like these?" Song Qingfeng couldn't accept this. If hunters were just 'critters,' then the zombies they fought were probably harmless compared to what they were going to encounter down the road!
No wonder the owner didn't care about their gaming progresses. Their limited scope was nothing compared to what Fang Qi had experienced!
They all felt so embarrassed that their faces turned red; but...
Can we learn how to kill hunters from the owner?
Perhaps they would be able to kill those monsters with daggers as well.
At this thought, they turned their attention back to Fang Qi's screen.
"Sir, does that mean two monsters like this will appear at the same time?" Lin Shao asked, sending everyone into despair.
"Two monsters?" Fang Qi repeated as he took out a silver revolver from his backpack. The others noticed that its muzzle was almost double the size of handguns, and the barrel was significantly longer than regular handguns as well!
The icy gun didn't hold back, showing everyone how extraordinary it was!
"My magnum isn't one to reason!" Fang Qi smiled and pulled the trigger just as the hunter was about to pounce on him!
Bang!
The hunter was immediately thrown back as a bloody hole was punctured into its body!
It was a frightening scene!
Before the hunter could crawl up from the ground, Fang Qi shot at it again!
Only then did the hunter die on the ground.
"This gun!" Everyone looked at Fang Qi's gun in jealousy. The gun killed the hunter before it could even defend itself!
If this was in real life, they would want to steal this treasure from Fang Qi!
"Sir, what's this gun called?"
"Magnum."
Yes! This was the well-known 'Magnum' from Resident Evil! Of course, when Fang Qi was young, these guns were merely called 'revolvers.'
Magnum resolvers were large-caliber pistols that used Magnum rounds. They performed like the Desert Eagles that Magnum Research produced.
After firing two shots with his revolver, Fang Qi quickly put it back into his bag.
"Why did you put the gun away?" Lin Shao couldn't help but ask. Why would Fang Qi risk himself by using the dagger when this gun was so powerful?
"I bet that the bullets are rare." Song Qingfeng frowned.
When a player reached this point in the game, he or she was going to experience a bullet shortage.
Song Qingfeng was right! Bullets were extremely rare, so the less he used, the better!
Therefore, he didn't want to waste any unless he was in real danger.
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Fang Qi didn't have a choice but to waste two of his Magnum rounds just now because the others had distracted him.
Fang Qi slaughtering the hunters with his knife shocked the others deeply.
A few of them already really admired Fang Qi before, but now, everyone treated him like a God; no one dared to challenge him.
Therefore, they all shut their mouths and watched quietly from behind.
As Fang Qi progressed further, he encountered monsters more frequently, scaring his audience behind him.
Upon seeing hunters getting killed by Fang Qi one after another, the people watching became less scared and thought, The owner is so strong, he's not going to be in danger, right?
Where did these monsters come from? At this moment, they all wanted to know who was behind this evil conspiracy, and what the main character's fate was going to be.
To them, this entire game was a giant ball of mystery. Countless monsters lived in the mansion, and the bits and pieces of hints they left before they died had created something that was seemingly impossible to solve. They watched as Fang Qi utilized his immense power and strength to save one missing teammate after another, complete task after task, and get deeper into the story.
Everyone felt like their blood was boiling with excitement!
Fang Qi was a hero! It was such a pleasure to solve all mysteries and break through all obstacles, shattering the conspiracy into pieces!
Soon, I'm going to save all my teammates and crush these enemies! The people watching behind Fang Qi thought to themselves as they experienced a surge of emotions. They really wished that they were the one playing right now.
They all thought that the search was about to end since Fang Qi was really far into the game.
This made them all watch with anticipation; they wanted to know what the plot behind Resident Evil was!
Furthermore, they wanted to know what the main character's and his teammates' endings were going to be!
"What level is the owner at?" Lin Shao asked quietly.
"Probably around level 10?" Xu Luo thought about it. He was level 5, so the owner had to be quite a few levels higher than he was.
"I think he's higher than that." Song Qingfeng shook his head and said, "He should be higher than level 10."
"Look, why did the owner pull out his gun?" They saw Fang Qi pausing for a second before taking out his gun from his backpack.
"What is the owner trying to do?" All hunters could be slaughtered by Fang Qi using a dagger, so why would he use his gun all of a sudden?
What else in this mansion was capable of threatening him?
Zombie? Zombie dog?
Of course not!
Is he approaching the mastermind who is behind all of this? This mansion was filled with monsters and traps. Although countless obstacles stopped Fang Qi from finding out the conspiracy, they all had a feeling that they were approaching the truth!
In the beginning, all the player had to do was to explore the area and conduct simple search and rescue, something that was basic and easy to understand. Therefore, even people like Song Qingfeng could quickly immerse themselves into the game.
As the adventure continued, the player would begin to ask the following questions: Who designed this mansion? Where did these monsters come from? Why do they exist? What does the title, Resident Evil, mean?
No one in the audience had any clues.
That was why they were so curious and eager to find out what the truth was. Their breathing became rapid as Fang Qi seemingly became closer to finding out the mastermind behind the conspiracy.
However, Fang Qi frowned as if he felt something and immediately stopped what he was doing!
Then, he exited the game.
???
Why would he exit the game at a time like this?
"Sir, you're not playing anymore?" Everyone looked at him, dumbstruck.
How could he stop playing at this moment? He got them so riled up already!
"No." Fang Qi shook his head. From his expression, they could all tell that he was exhausted. He pointed at the lower right corner of his screen and said, "It's almost closing time."
It seemed like he had to close on time and stop playing when business hours ended. In addition, he slept late last night and played the entire day today; it was too much for his body to handle at once.
He was only at the peak of the Body-Forging Realm; even warriors with higher levels would feel tired after battling for an extended period of time.
The good thing was that he was just playing a game. If this were in real-life, battling warriors who were significantly more powerful than he was at this intensity would have caused him to collapse several times already!
Fang Qi knew that he wasn't at his peak no more, and that was why he drew out his gun just now!
He knew that he wouldn't be able to kill another hunter, let alone the final boss!
Fang Qi sighed; it seemed like the game was still energy-consuming...
"Closing?" Everyone felt speechless upon hearing this. "Already?"
Fang Qi pointed at the blackboard. "Business hours are from 8 AM to midnight. It is 12 already."
"..." They glanced at the time on the computer screen and found that it really was midnight!
Why did time pass by so fast?
"You can't keep the shop open a while longer?" one of them asked.
The truth was, the system didn't set up strict business hours. However, Fang Qi really wanted to end the day. He shook his head while pointing at the blackboard and saying emotionlessly,
"The rules are clearly written there; the shop closes at midnight."
Li Xi and the others were unhappy about this. "Sir, there are so many people here. Can't we play for a little longer?"
"Play?" Fang Qi glanced at them and knew that they were from prestigious families by their temperament and attires. "Do you usually play past midnight? Aren't you afraid that your families will file missing people reports with the city guards?"
At this, their expressions changed. "Oh my gosh, do you think the curfew started in Jiuhua already?"
"Darn it, darn it!" Wang Tai stomped his feet and said, "Does this mean that I can't leave?"
"Sir..." They looked at Fang Qi dejectedly, "We can't even leave this place now... Please show mercy and let us stay the night, will you?"
"..." Fang Qi was speechless. Do these minors want to pull an all-nighter at my shop?
"Unfortunately, this internet café does not provide overnight services!" He insisted, "You all look rich and are obviously not from ordinary families. At worst, you'll have to pay the city guards a fine. Fatty, you can sleep upstairs."
Xu Zixin just saw Fang Qi overcoming countless traps and learned his methods.
He is closing the shop just as I'm about to try them out myself?
She couldn't help but look at Fang Qi with blame in her eyes. "We watched you play for a really long time and barely played ourselves. Can't you let us play for just a little bit longer?"
Fang Qi's face immediately darkened as he said, "I didn't accuse you of watching me and stealing my techniques, so why are you blaming me?"
Xu Zixin was so furious that she stuck out her long, pearly index finger and said, "Just for one more hour!"
Fang Qi replied, "Wait until the shop reopens in the morning."
"You really want to do things the hard way, don't you?" Li Xi got mad.
Song Qingfeng stopped him. "Xi!"
Song Qingfeng only felt like this shop was mysterious before, but he now knew that they shouldn't mess with Fang Qi after watching him play.
"You shouldn't act rashly!" Song Qingfeng continued, "Also, feel your own strength."
"Strength?" Li Xi and the other newcomers froze for a second upon hearing what he said. Then, they sensed that their strengths had increased dramatically!
"What's going on?" Their faces went from surprise to complete shock!
Song Qingfeng glanced at Fang Qi and said, "I think the owner should explain this."
"Virtual reality." Fang Qi knew this would happen, so he immediately pointed at his computer screen and said, "Your levels will go up when you're playing the game. When that happens, your own strengths will increase a little as well."
Then, he paused for a second before saying, "But because it's a virtual world, you can start over after you die."
"How is that possible!" Everyone was shocked.
It was already awesome enough that they could start over after dying. This game can also increase my strength?
"But if you're in combat for too long and are too mentally stressed, it will be harmful to your bodies in real life," Fang Qi said from his own experience. "The rules in my shop aren't set for no reason."
"Fine..." Xu Zixin looked at Fang Qi bitterly before finally compromising. Then, she reluctantly left the shop.
"We should go too," Song Qingfeng also said reluctantly. Li Xi and the others knew that they had no other choice.
"Let's go, let's go!" Li Xi dropped his head and sighed as he consoled himself,It's just one night; time will pass by quickly.
"This game is so exciting, I can't stop playing it!" Li Xi said to his friends after the group of young men left Fang Qi's shop.
"It sure is," Lin Shao replied in elation. "I never would have imagined that a game like this existed!"
"Oh, right. Ping, where did you get to? Did you see the zombie dog?" someone said, and the people in the group turned their attention to the youngest boy. This boy nodded and replied, "I did."
While playing the game, Ping was horrified, but he also felt a little excited. As the young master of a rich family, he would probably wet his pants if he were surrounded by zombies like the ones in the game. But it was different in the game. Although he experienced the terror of the monsters, he didn't have to be scared!
"Killed a few," he added, admiring his own courage just now.
This is how a warrior should behave! he thought.
"Not bad!" Lin Shao burst out laughing, forgetting that he was so scared by the zombie the first time that his face turned green and he almost threw up.
"I think the monsters the owner was killing were so much scarier," they chatted as they walked forward. "I think they're called hunters, right? They're so powerful! Zombies just look scary, but their strength is nothing compared to the hunters!"
"Oh, and zombies used to be humans!" Song Qingfeng suddenly remembered that once, he was bitten by a zombie and became one himself.
"I wonder what hunters used to be," he murmured.
"I'm not interested in any of that, I'm just jealous of that girl," Xu Luo complained. "It's so unfair! Do you remember that shotgun? How many times did we fall dead at that trap? We all tried everything we could but couldn't even obtain one! Look at her, when she fell into that trap, her teammate saved her, and she got the gun!"
"If we get that weapon along with the owner's Magnum, I think we'll be able to survive later on in the game as well."
"I think so too... That gun isn't unattainable." Song Qingfeng rubbed his chin as sparks of wisdom appeared in his eyes. "I thought it was just a trap, waiting for us to step into. But now it seems like... Jill overcame that trap because she was saved... We can somehow defeat that trap too, right?"
They continued talking amongst themselves. They used to discuss martial arts before, but somehow, all they talked about was Resident Evil now.
...
Back at the internet café, Fang Qi quickly cleaned the place up thanks to the help of Wang Tai.
"Qi, will I be able to get the shotgun as well?" After cleaning up, Wang Tai thought of the gun again and decided to ask since everyone else was gone.
"Of course," Fang Qi said. "Playing as Jill is slightly easier, but the difference isn't that big."
He didn't want to spoil the plot, but he was in a good mood and decided to give the fatty some pointers.
Upon hearing what he said, Wang Tai's eyes lit up in delight. "I got it! You're saying that if I find a broken shotgun in the mansion and replace it with the good one, I won't trigger the trap?"
He clapped and commented, "It is such a good idea! How did you think of it?"
"I didn't," Fang Qi smiled and replied. "Something called a 'Walkthrough' did."
"Walkthrough?" Wang Tai was confused.
Chapter 15: The First Thing to do Every Morning...
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
Jiuhua City was famous for its warriors!
As a poem goes: There are 10,000 types of wines in Jiangnan, and there are countless warriors in Jiuhua. When those from this city encounter each other, they will sit down and enjoy a drink together. Next to their brave stallions, high towers, and green willows stands.
This poem described Jiuhua City perfectly!
– Yunshan Tavern –
Taverns like this one existed all over Jiuhua City. Yunshan Tavern wasn't famous, but its prices were extremely reasonable. Most warriors enjoyed the occasional drinks, so they often invited their friends to enjoy a cup or two at this tavern while discussing events happening around the world. It was a popular form of entertainment here in Jiuhua.
Naturally, warriors like Liang Shi, who weren't a part of any forces but were powerful, had a few like-minded friends.
"Shi, come, drink!" They drank cups of wine, one after another, demonstrating their warrior-like personalities.
"I wonder if anything big has happened in Jiuhua City recently," a forty-or-so years old man, who had a goatee and carried a long sword on his back, laughed aloud. "My metal-chopping sword is becoming rusty!"
"Haha, you're right!" Another man with sideburns chimed in, "Brother Liang, did you call us over today because you're in trouble? Or is it because... you have a job for us?"
Then, the same man patted his chest and declared, "Tell me what kind of trouble you're in. We're all brothers, so you don't have to be so polite!"
Liang Shi made another toast to them before he replied with a smile, "You have mistaken, my brothers. I called the two of you here today to inform you of some news."
"Is it something good?"
"It is!" Then, he began explaining Resident Evil to them...
As soon as the people around them heard Liang Shi say that it was something good, they began eavesdropping and listening to him intently.
"Resident Evil?"
"A game? You enter another world?"
No one, including the eavesdroppers, understood what Liang Shi was talking about; the more he tried to explain, the more confused they got.
"It's like a world that exists in novels?"
"I hear what you're saying, but no matter how real these things seem, they're bound to be fake," the middle-aged man with a goatee said. "What you said made me curious, but neither of us are at a game-playing age anymore."
Upon hearing this, Liang Shi shook his head. "This isn't just a fun game. I can't really explain the full benefits of it right now, but let's go try! I'm headed there right now; would you like to come with me?"
"But..." His friends began to hesitate; they would go with him to do anything else, but to play games?
How absurd!
"Please don't take me wrong," Liang Shi explained upon seeing their hesitation. "I admit that this game is good, but it's extremely beneficial to a warrior's qi and fighting skills. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have recommended it to the two of you."
"Sure." After some thought, they nodded their heads. However, the man with the goatee added, "We don't have much to do, so we might as well go with you. But, allow us to make things clear; we will just go there to watch. Young people games might not suit us."
Liang Shi repeatedly nodded before the three of them paid, got up, and left.
"It's so weird and mysterious!" Upon seeing them leave, the eavesdropping warriors looked at each other and murmured, "What are zombies... handguns, and... Alpha Team?"
"Should we... go with them?" The warriors glanced at each other.
"Let's go!"
...
Lingyun Academy was one of the four greatest academies in Dajin. Countless warriors and talented individuals gathered here to study, and numerous martial arts masters taught here.
The academy's students are divided into four houses – Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. Newly-admitted students were first placed into the Huang House. Then, they were divided into different classes according to their examination scores.
Today was the first day of classes for new students.
There were 40 students in Class A of the Huang House, and everyone in this class was among the top in the entrance examinations; they were the best of the best! Some students had already tempered their bodies and developed warrior qi, becoming real warriors!
This class included Song Qingfeng.
Being able to be in this class meant that he was a genius amongst geniuses, but he wasn't aware of that.
During the break, the other students went to ask their mentors questions about training while Song Qingfeng and his friends sat back and began chit-chatting.
"Qingfeng, if we imitate Jill's technique and find a teammate who will guard outside, will we be able to overcome that trap?"
"No." Song Qingfeng immediately invalidated this suggestion. "I don't know if you two paid attention, Barry's gun looks similar to the shop owner's Magnum Revolver but is more powerful. Regular teammates won't have weapons like that."
"The truth is, I found a young woman from Bravo Team called Rebecca yesterday. She had a normal handgun," Song Qingfeng continued. "If this gun can break the trap, I'll just do it myself. Why would I rely on others?"
"Brother Song, you found a teammate already?" Lin Shao and Xu Luo exclaimed, "How did you find her? How is she compared to Barry?"
"She's really gentle. Although she's not as strong as Barry, she can heal you when you're injured. She also knows where the zombie antidotes are hidden."
"Brother Song, why didn't you say anything earlier!" The others' eyes emitted green light. A pretty girl was absolutely essential while adventure-seeking!
The herbs and medicines that they used to for healing were scarce, let alone blood serums that cured zombie poison!
"I can't believe you hid this from us!"
"Brother Song, tell me where I can find her!"
"..."
The three of them chatted enthusiastically while the other students in the room listened in confusion.
Suddenly, a young man in a yellow robe walked up and bowed at Song Qingfeng. "Brother Song, the academy is revealing the rankings of all its students soon, are you..."
Before he could even finish, three pairs of eyes glared at him. "Not interested!"
"..." The yellow-robed boy looked awkward. Those who were accepted into Lingyun Academy were all extremely outstanding individuals. If one could make it onto the Heaven, Earth, Xuan, or Huang lists, he or she would not only become famous in the Jiangnan Region, they would also be recognized by the academy.
How come Song Qingfeng and the others are not interested in it? He was in disbelief!
"What are zombies and hunters?" Everyone understood the definition of these words, but no one knew what these words meant in this context. In addition to the yellow-robed young man, the others who wanted to be friends with Song Qingfeng all left in disappointment. They just couldn't join the group's conversation.
"Weird... Did something new happen in Jiuhua City that we don't know about?" Students looked at each other, extremely curious as to what they were talking about.
'Shotguns' and 'Bravo Team' were all words they've never heard of! The more they thought about it, the more interested they became. Someone declared, "Later on, I'm going to investigate and see if anything new happened in Jiuhua City!"
...
"Zixin, you just came out of mediation. You probably don't know that the most popular novel right now, Celestial Warrior, came out with its eighth chapter!" A girl wearing a green dress, about 17 or 18 years of age, walked in front of Xu Zixin. The golden bell on her wrist chimed as she waved her arm back and forth. "Let's go buy it together now!"
"Maybe later." Xu Zixin shook her head.
"Hey, Zixin. Don't you like that novel?"
Xu Zixin smiled. In the past, she would have run over to buy it as soon as the novel came out, but now... to her, nothing could compare with Resident Evil.
Moreover, novels were just for entertainment, and she would only read them during her days off. She had to focus on improving her fighting skills. By playing Resident Evil, she could train and be entertained at the same time!
"If you want to read it, you should go buy it. I found something more interesting yesterday."
"Something more interesting?" The green-dressed girl tilted her head and looked at her. "What's that?"
Xu Zixin pointed in front of her. "We're here."
Only then did the other girl realize that it was a small shop. But the shop... wasn't open yet?
Upon seeing this, Xu Zixin's face turned grim. Didn't the owner say opening time is 8 AM?
It was already 9 AM, and the shop hadn't opened yet.
Moreover, she also saw a bunch of people waiting outside the door. One of them was the tall, beefy warrior who gave her hints yesterday.
She pointed at the door and asked, "Why isn't this shop... open yet?"
Liang Shi smiled bitterly. "I don't know either, it was like this when I got here..."
"What rotten luck!" The man with sideburns placed his hands on his waist. "I think we should just split this shop up with an ax!"
"Brother Wu, don't be so rash!" Liang Shi immediately pulled his friend back; Wu Shan had a hot temper, so Liang Shi was truly scared that he would smash this shop.
Indeed, the shop hadn't opened yet because Fang Qi just got out of bed.
He shook his dizzy head back and forth before looking around his room. Hey, where's fatty?
I think I heard him say... He suddenly remembered that around 8 AM, Wang Tai woke him up to tell him that he was going to Lingyun Academy. After hearing that, Fang Qi went straight back to sleep.
After a short snooze, he looked at the clock and realized that it was almost 9 AM!
He quickly put on his clothes, washed his face, and brushed his teeth. It took him 20 minutes to get ready.
Only then did he go downstairs and unlock the door of his internet café.
When he did, he saw a few grim faces staring at him; Fang Qi took a few seconds to figure out what was going on.
"Why are you here... so early?" he asked the five people outside his shop.
"Early?" Everyone's faces darkened even more.
"Are you the owner of this shop?" The middle-aged man with sideburns took a few steps forward and stood in front of Fang Qi. His eyes were squinted, and he was emitting dangerous energies.
"I am," Fang Qi replied in a confused manner.
I didn't offend this person, why is he looking at me with such animosity?
"Brother Wu, let's... play the game first! Let's play the game first." Liang Shi quickly pulled him back and explained, "My brother, Wu Shan, has a hot temper, so please don't get mad at him, shop owner. Let's go inside."