Chapter 63: Strange Shelter Defense

Facts proved that in the Trial World, the gap in levels was very obvious.

Although it was not visible from the surface Attributes, Xiao Fen at Level 1 facing Level 0 monsters could completely crush the opponent without crafting weapon s.

The military dagger in his hand was more refined than the daggers sold by the World Tree, with a basic attack power reaching 15.

Even if Xiao Fen only used his current Attributes, it was enough to raise the attack power of this dagger to a considerable degree. Dealing with these Level 0 monsters with low defense was simply as easy as piercing tofu.

Moreover, besides the piercing effect, the military dagger had an additional cutting effect. This allowed Xiao Fen to attach a cutting action after stabbing into the monster’s body, not only making the wound larger but also increasing secondary damage.

With such a weapon, plus the control brought by high agility and the perception brought by high spirit, it took Xiao Fen only 15 minutes to kill the 12 mission monsters. At least 6 minutes of that time was spent finding the correct key on the key ring to open the door. In other words, Xiao Fen could kill a level 0 monster in less than a minute on average.

After he cleared 3 rooms and completed his mission, he confirmed with some regret that the probability of keys dropping from these level 0 monsters was very low. At least until now, not a single key had dropped.

“Mutation Research Mission Completed.”

“You gained 100 Gene Points.”

“Although you killed quite a few Noble Humanoid Mutants, you did not find the desired object on these mutants. They are too smelly or toxic. You need to consider killing more mutants. The key to open the door is in your hand.”

“You triggered a new side quest: Mutant Anomaly.”

“Mutant Anomaly: You must kill more Noble Humanoid Mutants and carefully search the corpses of these mutants. Perhaps there will be some unexpected discoveries.”

“Mission Difficulty: Level B.”

“Mission Requirement: Kill more Noble Humanoid Mutants and find the ‘Source of Mutation’.”

“You are not clear what the future situation will be, but clearing more monsters around you is never a bad thing. That at least guarantees that when you leave here, the figures of these monsters will not quietly appear behind you.”

This was a very strange mission. Not only did the difficulty suddenly jump several levels, but it did not mention what the Source of Mutation was at all, let alone what to do after obtaining the Source of Mutation. Xiao Fen could only vaguely speculate that the Source of Mutation was mostly related to the surface world.

Speculation was just speculation. Xiao Fen sat on the floor of a room for a few minutes. Confirming that his body was not as exhausted as just now, he stood up, looked at the key ring in his backpack, and frowned slightly.

There were a total of 12 unopened rooms on both sides of this passage, and in Xiao Fen’s hand, there were still 11 keys that had not been used to open doors. In other words, there was one room in the passage that had no key to open it.

Xiao Fen did not think too much. He walked to the next iron door and started unlocking it again.

An hour later, Xiao Fen sat panting on the floor of the 11th room, completely ignoring the filthy blood and pus on the ground.

From this room to the previous few rooms, all the remaining monsters were killed by Xiao Fen. Even a key to a World Tree chest dropped, but the so-called Source of Mutation was never found.

Perhaps these mutants also existed on the surface. To connect the entire Main Quest, such a side quest existed.

Xiao Fen thought this and turned his head to look around the 11th room.

Unlike the previous small rooms with two bunk beds, Room 11 was closer to the direction Xiao Fen wanted to continue forward. The room was wider and contained several radios.

These radios made “zzzz” electric sounds from time to time. Beside the radio table, a blood-stained handgun was scattered.

Xiao Fen picked up the handgun and put it in his backpack. He glanced left and right but did not find the protective suit he hoped for.

In fact, the reason he stopped here from the beginning and did not continue forward was to find these protective suits.

According to the Main Quest, the outside world was a “post-nuclear city ruin”. That meant the surface world might be filled with terrible Radiation. If he went out without enough protection, his body might die from Radiation the moment he appeared on the ground.

Walking all the way here, he never saw protective equipment. Whether it was the corpses soaking in puddles or those small rooms with open doors, there were no such things. This made Xiao Fen finally place his hope on the passage closest to the ground.

He originally planned to find the protective equipment he needed here.

However, the final result still disappointed Xiao Fen.

The entire nuclear bunker seemed to have no protective suits stored at all. Such a situation seemed somewhat weird.

Xiao Fen rested in Room 11 for a long time. The fatigue in his body could not be dispelled. It seemed that recovering Stamina was not a simple matter.

Two hours later, he left Room 11. Passing by Room 12, he glanced at this already quiet room. Behind that closed door, there seemed to be something hidden that was different from all the previous monsters.

And this guy was very powerful. Without making a sound, just its breath was enough to make Xiao Fen’s hair stand on end.

Fortunately, the door was closed, he thought.

He continued walking along the passage for a while. The sound of wind produced by air flow faintly appeared beside Xiao Fen. Unlike the dead air in the underground passage, the air here was obviously fresher, even carrying a faint smell of soil.

From the passage just now to here, Xiao Fen did not see those heavy lead doors that should have been heavily closed. Lead thick enough could prevent Radiation, but none of that could be seen on this road.

From this perspective, there was no sign of effective prevention against the nuclear war outside.

Anyway, since he was already here, turning back to find protective suits was meaningless. If the radioactive substances in the surface world air were enough, the air flowing in beside Xiao Fen would be enough to kill Xiao Fen many times.

He let out a long breath, cheered up, and walked forward with big strides again. A few minutes later, he could already see the end of the road, which was a small circular spot of light.

At this moment, Xiao Fen was not in a hurry. He stopped, rested for a while, and called out the World Tree console to check the Main Quest progress.

“Main Quest Progress: 21%.”

This was a good data. From another perspective, his choice was correct, otherwise the Main Quest progress would not have advanced.

“Hope it is a good omen.”

Xiao Fen said to himself in a low voice.