Chapter 86: Killing Mission

Xiao Fen had always thought that in the Level 0 Trial World, those Mutated Creatures mostly would not launch long-range attacks on him. This had almost become a kind of thinking inertia for him.

In fact, even when meeting a Level 1 opponent like Palyuka, Xiao Fen’s battles were still completed in close combat.

Therefore, he had never thought from the beginning that a Mutated Creature would shoot him at this time.

However, on the bridge, he realized he was terribly wrong. The Mutated Creatures did not have only one method of attack; besides close combat, there were also ranged attacks. Those rusty firearms were not just simple decorations.

Xiao Fen turned his head and glanced under the bridge. Not far away, a Mutated Creature that looked like a junior officer was raising a pistol, preparing to fire a second shot at him.

But to be honest, the intelligence of these Mutated Creatures had degraded significantly; they fought only by instinct, forgetting that things like pistols required regular maintenance.

So, although the officer kept pulling the trigger, it did not fire a second shot.

Xiao Fen felt relieved. With a flash of blade light from both hands, two sounds of impact were heard, and two more Mutated Creatures turned into black corpses. In the blink of an eye, only 4 of the 8 Mutated Creatures that rushed onto the bridge remained.

Just as they were about to pounce, gunshots rang out again from behind Xiao Fen.

Sabova was a sharpshooter. Despite the strong wind and the slightly trembling bridge surface, where a slight deviation in the sights would have hit Xiao Fen, she did not hesitate. With two shots in a short burst, she knocked down two Mutated Creatures that were a little further away from Xiao Fen.

The remaining two Mutated Creatures seemed to freeze for a moment, and Xiao Fen seized the opportunity to pounce on them and kill them on the ground.

By this time, Xiao Fen turned his head to look at that Mutated Creature still firing in vain.

At the same time, this Mutated Creature seemed to feel something was wrong. It raised the gun in its hand and actually brought it close to its eyes to look down the barrel for problems, while its other hand did not stop, continuing to pull the trigger.

With a “bang,” the pistol, which had been misfiring for a long time, suddenly worked again and fired a bullet. However, the target this time was not Xiao Fen; it went right into the Mutated Creature’s left eye and out through the back of its head.

The power of the pistol was certainly not comparable to a rifle, but firing suddenly at such a close range and hitting a vital spot, even the strongest life force could not sustain it.

The Mutated Creature fell backward on the spot, swayed twice, and collapsed to the ground. A large pool of blood flowed from the back of its head. As for brain matter, there seemed to be very little left due to the infection, so not much flowed out.

This was probably the first suicidal Mutated Creature. Facing this sudden situation, Xiao Fen felt somewhat exasperated amidst his shock.

He ran forward a few steps. As he passed by this suicidal Mutated Creature, his eyes lit up, and he stopped.

Although this Mutated Creature did not drop a key, what Xiao Fen valued more was that on the corpse, there was a relatively well-preserved bulletproof vest.

This was no small discovery. Even for the garrison of 33rd Komsomolsk, weapons were not entirely new, and bulletproof vests were even rarer; they would not be given to Xiao Fen for use.

Therefore, Xiao Fen had been fighting the enemy without any defense until now. Although he had achieved great results, he had also suffered significant injuries. If not for the small half bottle of healing potion left from completing the mission in the basement yesterday, Xiao Fen would have been lying in the city aid station by now.

The bulletproof vest in front of Xiao Fen was filthy, just like the coats of all Mutated Creatures, and covered with a layer of fungal flagella.

However, the flagella on this Mutated Creature were not very long. Although there were small holes in a few places, for the current Xiao Fen, such equipment was absolutely the treasure he needed most.

Ignoring the stench, Xiao Fen stripped the bulletproof vest from the corpse and slipped it on over his clothes. He first made a safety gesture to Sabova behind him, then picked up the dagger placed on the ground and rushed toward the bridge.

As for the pistol dropped beside the Mutated Creature’s corpse, Xiao Fen left it alone. Preferring not to use such a weapon better suited for suicide, he trusted the manufactured dagger in his hand more.

“Mutated Creature’s Bulletproof Vest, Natural Product, Durability 21/50.”

“Quality: Common.”

“Equipment Requirement: None.”

“Attribute: User Defense +15.”

“This is a piece of junk, but you can’t find anything better than this junk. With it, you have an extra life. So, do you think your life is worse than junk?”

These words kept flashing in the corner of Xiao Fen’s eye. It wasn’t until he rushed down the broken bridge that the text finished flashing. Just when Xiao Fen thought everything was displayed, the text in the corner of his eye started refreshing again.

“You killed 4 Mutated Creatures in 25 seconds.”

“You triggered a Slaughter Mission: Endless Slaughter.”

“Endless Slaughter: Eliminate all enemies in front of you. The more, the better; the faster, the better. All of this will be calculated into points. After 15 minutes, Yggdrasil will give rewards based on the points.”

“You have enemies? No, you don’t. There are only corpses in front of you. Walk over them, and there are still corpses ahead!”

Xiao Fen was stunned for a moment, then realized that in the Trial World, it was probably not as simple as just Main Quests and side quests. For example, this Slaughter Mission in front of him sounded pretty good too.

Killing all those enemies was what Xiao Fen wanted to do anyway, and solving opponents faster was also what he liked to do.

From under the bridge, Xiao Fen saw that the surrounding environment had changed significantly. If the view from 33rd Komsomolsk on the other side of the river was lush green, here, it was a withered yellow.

On the withered yellow ground, there were also some uncomfortable purplish-red colors. Such colors covered the road and extended into the distance, like a beacon, directly telling Xiao Fen where the next target was.

He took the last tube of Quick-Effect Gene Potion from his backpack, injected it into his body, took a deep breath, and strode forward.

Slowly, his speed became faster and faster, eventually turning into a high-speed sprint.

In the corner of his eye, a countdown image was constantly changing numbers.

14 minutes 20 seconds, Kill Count: 0.

Points 0.

Xiao Fen looked at these numbers, a grim smile appearing on his lips. At the end of his vision, two Mutated Creatures were walking back and forth like those soldiers, seemingly on patrol.

“Hey, babies, whatever you can bring me, anyway, you are what I like right now.”

Xiao Fen whispered, accelerated, and rushed up.

13 minutes 55 seconds, Kill Count: 2.

Points: 20.