Chapter 97: Item Drop.

Seeing Xiao Fen lying on the ground dying, Sabova quickly ran over, tightly hugged Xiao Fen’s shoulders, and asked anxiously, “Are you okay?”

This was the second time Xiao Fen was held in a woman’s arms while critically injured, and both times were near the end of the Main Quest. This coincidence made the critically injured Xiao Fen feel something strange in his heart.

He turned his head to look at the place where the monster died. Beside the monster’s corpse, a golden key crystal was shining. According to the rules of the World Tree, Sabova could not see this key.

Xiao Fen coughed and said, “Do me a favor, check those rooms upstairs to see if there are any Depleted Source of Infection. If there are, bring them down; they are useful to me. Keeping them is of no benefit to you, and might even cause uncontrollable danger.”

Sabova shook her head and said, “No, that’s not what’s important right now. I need to take you up. What you need most right now is treatment, not to worry about those mutant monsters!”

Xiao Fen coughed violently twice, grabbed Sabova’s hand, and said in a low voice, “No, my body can’t handle intense movement right now. Besides, there is no path from down here to the ground. Climbing from the elevator can accommodate at most one person, understand? If you trust me, do as I say. Go find those Source of Infection; those things are the most useful right now.”

Sabova looked at Xiao Fen, nodded, and said, “Alright, Palin. Although I don’t know why you say that, I trust you. Okay, I will go help you find those Source of Infection. Promise me, you must stay alive before I return.”

Xiao Fen gave a bitter smile and said, “Don’t worry, I haven’t reached the point of wanting to commit suicide. The faster you help me find those things, the better for me.”

Sabova helped Xiao Fen up, nodded, and quickly rushed up the stairs.

Xiao Fen watched Sabova’s back become smaller and smaller on the spiral staircase, then turned and struggled to move closer to the key. Taking advantage of the time before Sabova came down, Xiao Fen directly opened the key. He only hoped that he could use this key dropped by the BOSS to exchange for a bottle of Healing Potion.

Regrettably, Xiao Fen’s skill in opening keys had never been high, and this time was no exception. The item opened was not bad, but it was just not a Healing Potion.

Picking up this soft, foul-smelling object stained with thick green filth, which looked more like an organ, a set of information appeared before Xiao Fen’s eyes.

“You obtained a new item.”

“Vicnaer’s Sigh: Poison Sac, Amulet type, Natural item, Untradeable.”

“Quality: Fine.”

“Durability: 100/100.”

“Special Effect: Can provide the user with more poison effect assistance.”

“Weeping Like Rain: Increases the effect of all poison items and poison skills used by the user by 15%, duration +50%.”

“Sharp Roar: Reduces the target’s poison resistance by 15%, effective against metal.”

“Pitying Self: When the user suffers damage from poison items or poison skills, 30% of the poison damage received is converted into Health Value and returned to the user.”

“Note: Must be kept in the backpack.”

“Note: Can only be equipped under the gaze of Yggdrasil, and can only be used in environments permitted by Yggdrasil.”

“Some cry, some get hurt, everyone suffers and sighs. If one cannot express their pain, the pain will accumulate in the body, until it becomes impossible to shake off.”

This was the best support for Xiao Fen, and it even had high-level attributes of increasing damage and reducing resistance. With this, his Acid Poison Bullet and corrosive dagger could unleash even more terrifying effects. Such equipment was much higher grade than ordinary fine items. Xiao Fen estimated that if it had an undroppable attribute, this Poison Sac would definitely count as a great treasure.

Just then, a new sound suddenly came from above Xiao Fen, causing him to quickly hide the Poison Sac inside his clothes, then looked up.

It was Sabova; she moved very fast. In just a few minutes, she found 4 Depleted Source of Infection that looked like they had no luster left in the rooms upstairs.

Sabova waved the Depleted Source of Infection in her hand and asked Xiao Fen, who was sitting beside the monster’s corpse, “How do you plan to deal with them?”

“Destroy them, along with the previous ones, destroy them all.” Xiao Fen stared at those Source of Infection and answered without hesitation. Before this, the numbering of the Depleted Source of Infection happened to be missing 4. Obviously, adding the Depleted Source of Mutation previously left with Sabova, this should be the entirety of Xiao Fen’s mission.

This answer made Sabova freeze for a moment. After a while, the female security officer asked doubtfully, “You don’t intend to take these things away?”

“Destroyed Source of Infection is the good Source of Infection.”

Sabova nodded, quickly rushed back to Xiao Fen’s side, scattered all the Source of Infection in her hand on the ground, then raised the AK in her hand and smashed down hard with the butt.

The sound of crystals shattering rang out one after another. A few seconds later, new text appeared before Xiao Fen’s eyes.

“Congratulations, you completed Soul of Weeping.”

“The souls imprisoned in the crystals have finally been released. To thank you for your efforts, they are willing to do one thing for you in this world.”

“Reward: You obtained 700 Gene Points.”

“Reward: You obtained 2 Skill Points.”

The reward for this task was neither good nor bad. After all, for an A+ difficulty task, obtaining 2 Skill Points was within reason, and the number of Gene Points was normal, completely incomparable to the Gene Point rewards of those S-level difficulty tasks. However, having no potions and other rewards seemed somewhat inappropriate.

But Xiao Fen immediately realized the problem from the task rewards.

He reached out and waved weakly in the air a few times. On the Light Screen, the soul gratitude option indeed appeared.

Xiao Fen exhaled, selected a location on the map, and tapped “Create a great fire”.

“Your choice has been approved. In the area you designated, a great fire will start in 45 seconds. Please make corresponding preparations.”

As expected, the Soul of Weeping task was a foreshadowing for another side quest, Mother of Mutants. Without the reward from the Soul of Weeping task, Xiao Fen could not imagine how to completely destroy a hospital plus the huge space of the basement, and clear out all those mutant mothers and infected bodies without exception.

After doing all this, Xiao Fen said in a low voice, “Help me open that door, then leave here.”

Sabova suddenly fell silent. She looked at Xiao Fen for about 10 seconds without speaking, then turned and walked to the iron door. She fired wildly at the lock position. The huge metal impact sound boomed throughout the basement, like the roar of doomsday, or like some kind of heart-tearing painful crying.

Xiao Fen watched all this calmly until the entire door lock was completely smashed by Sabova. Along with the chains locking the gate, they clattered onto the ground.

Sabova looked at the chains on the ground, was quiet for a few seconds, then looked back at Xiao Fen and asked, “How much time do I have left?”

“Less than 20 seconds, you need to hurry.”