2: Chapter 2 "If you don't have enough initial funds, you can also choose to become a 'knife runner'"

"Input 'Cliffside Epidemic Hospital'!"

[Ding! Investigation area "Cliffside Epidemic Hospital" successfully entered into the Special Service Department Action Department!]

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[Cliffside Epidemic Hospital (Normal)]: An abandoned hospital shrouded in ominousness and danger. Rumor has it that before the Great Catastrophe, this was a confidential unit that researched exotic beast viruses. Entering here, even the sound of your heartbeat might become the cause of your death.

[Entry Conditions]: No restrictions.

[Action Time]: 1 hour.

[Very low probability of producing high-value items]: [Omega-type Virus Sample (Red)] [Exotic Beast Gene Prokaryote (Red)] [Exotic Beast Serum IX (Gold)]

Information leaped before his eyes. Chu Hong looked in shock at the overhead map of the secret realm generated directly before him, just like a game from his past life, his breathing hitching sharply.

"Damn it, this f***ing thing even marks the locations of high-value containers directly?!"

Although Chu Hong had just transmigrated, having received the memories of his predecessor, he was all too aware of how terrifying his cheat was in this world where Pioneers entered secret realms to loot, fight, and evacuate.

The value of intelligence was sometimes even higher than a person's life!

[Ding! Enter the Special Service Department? You can choose to enter completely with your physical body, or leave a cloned puppet in reality.]

Wow, this is so considerate.

It even thought of a substitute in advance.

Chu Hong didn't hesitate at all. Today, besides him, not even the doctor on duty was in the school infirmary, and he was happy for the peace and quiet.

"Leave a clone and enter the Special Service Department!"

The moment Chu Hong's words fell, he only felt a flash of white light before his eyes. Following closely, he was astonished to find that he had somehow appeared in a military secret fortress very similar to a certain game from his past life.

There was an oversized projection curtain wall with a strong sci-fi atmosphere, as well as zones that had been precisely allocated one by one.

A circle of rolling shutter doors was lined up around the light screen.

One of them was strikingly open.

"Action Department"

The instant Chu Hong walked to the entrance of the Action Department, a light screen appeared before his eyes.

[Can select Investigation area "Cliffside Epidemic Hospital (Normal)"]

[Ding! Triggered Action Department task!]

Chu Hong was stunned, not expecting that the Special Service Department actually had tasks.

Isn't this purely the same as a certain game?

He clicked open the task.

[Action Department · First Battle]: Go to any Investigation area and defeat 5 enemy units.

[Task Rewards]: Action Department Permission Points, Saber - Source Blade, 1500 Source Energy Points.

"Action Department Permission Points? It looks like this Action Department can also be upgraded to unlock more functions..." Chu Hong chose to accept the task.

Following that, he looked at himself. Aside from a loose school uniform, there was only a school bag that had been brought along with him.

The school bag was not very big, roughly large enough to hold two soccer balls.

"Things from the outside can also be brought in; this makes things a lot more convenient."

Chu Hong muttered, then without lingering any further, directly moved his mind.

"Enter the Investigation area 'Cliffside Epidemic Hospital'!"

...

Darkness!

It was as if someone had blindfolded him. The surroundings were messy, and he seemed to hear the dense and unpleasant cawing of crows. The temperature of the air changed in an instant.

When his vision recovered, Chu Hong found that he was already standing outside the gates of an abandoned hospital.

He opened the map.

"Did I spawn at the southwest gate of Cliffside Epidemic Hospital?"

Chu Hong confirmed his position and immediately crouched down low. Terrifying low growls, sounding like some kind of animal emitting from a throat, continuously echoed from the parking lot before him.

Shadows of figures flickered.

When Chu Hong carefully sneaked into the parking lot under the cover of abandoned vehicles, the scene inside caused his pupils to shrink sharply.

Corpse after corpse of dilapidated, yet seemingly aged and putrid zombies were staggering and wandering aimlessly around the parking lot.

Chu Hong had some combat experience, but not much.

Just sparring with classmates in ordinary combat classes; dealing with zombies, he truly had zero experience.

However...

"If I have no experience, then I'll practice! Anyway, I won't actually die!"

A cold glint flashed in Chu Hong's eyes, and his gaze quickly swept across the surroundings. Soon, he spotted a pitch-black crowbar on the ground not far from the direction he was approaching.

This caused his eyes to light up involuntarily.

Cautiously scanning the surroundings to make sure no zombies were paying attention to this side, he hurriedly dashed over and snatched up the crowbar from the ground.

[Item Name]: Crowbar

[Item Grade]: Green

[Type]: Tactical Tool

[Weight]: 0.72 kg

[Occupied Backpack Slot Capacity]: 1 × 4

[Item Description]: A sturdy and practical steel crowbar, usable for prying open various ordinary locks and sealed boxes. It can also be used for self-defense and striking enemies in close combat. The overall workmanship is ordinary, unable to crack advanced encrypted blocks.

The information flashed across his eyes.

Chu Hong could no longer care about this. In his violently contracting pupils, a bald zombie whose legs were already broken suddenly crawled out from behind the rear tire of the bus beside him.

At this moment, it was opening its pitch-black, foul-smelling mouth, crawling out from under the car quite unluckily.

Its pale eyes locked gazes with Chu Hong.

"Roar..."

A faint low roar hadn't even had time to be fully emitted.

Chu Hong fiercely and savagely smashed down the crowbar in his hand.

"Bang!"

A crisp sound akin to an iron rod smashing a watermelon rang out dully.

[Action Department · First Battle]: Kill 5 enemy units in any Investigation area.

[Task Progress]: 1 / 5

A fierce glint flashed in Chu Hong's eyes, and his figure quickly hid behind the bus. Seeing that there was no movement around, he cautiously reached out to touch the dead zombie.

A light screen lit up.

That was a rotating backpack space.

Inside, several items quickly revealed their true appearance as Chu Hong waited.

[Purification Filter Potion]: Green, medical item, 0.25 kg, 1 × 1, capable of neutralizing a small amount of heterogeneous source energy in the body, clearing minor mutation residual impurities, and preventing the body from being subtly eroded by low-level ability powers.

[Expired Milk Tablets]: White, food supply, ＜ 0.01 kg, 1 × 1, perhaps can be eaten in an emergency to supplement trace amounts of energy.

[Car Key]: White, tactical tool, ＜ 0.01 kg, 1 × 1, something useful yet useless, you might be able to take a gamble.

Chu Hong: "..."

He wasn't surprised.

After all, this wasn't a real game, nor would there be any talk of beginner bonuses from a greedy publisher.

He quickly put the green item into his backpack.

Only then did Chu Hong discover that the size of his backpack interior was actually 3 × 5.

That is to say, he only had limited backpack space of 15 slots.

"I wonder if there's such a thing as a safe box. If there is a safe box, then direct budget running would be awesome..."

Chu Hong thought to himself, but his gaze followed the direction of the map, looking towards the southern area of the parking lot.

There, the map showed a small safe...