3: Chapter 3 Wow! The Golden Legend!

"Whoosh~"

Spinning like a dart, the milk tablet shimmered with a bright, glittering light.

It suddenly struck a dazed, wandering zombie.

The latter froze for a moment, turned its head to search around, and after a while, began moving its feet in one direction.

And just at the moment he walked near the bus—

"Bang!"

Chu Hong's figure suddenly appeared, and appearing before the zombie's eyes even before he himself did was that crowbar which had already completed its first kill.

"Bang!"

The sticky, foul-smelling, murky brownish brains splattered everywhere.

The mission panel updated with another kill.

He didn't rush to loot the corpse right away. Instead, after repeatedly confirming that the commotion here hadn't attracted the attention of other zombies, he finally started searching with peace of mind.

Ballpoint pen, white, discard~

Glasses cloth, white, discard~

Suddenly, Chu Hong's eyes lit up brightly.

[Item Name]: Staff ID Card

[Item Tier]: Blue

[Type]: Identification Credential

[Weight]: 0.05 kg

[Inventory Slot Capacity Occupied]: 1 × 1

[Item Description]: Imprinted with the logos of various departments of the Epidemic Hospital. Some can unlock low-permission electronic locks, but most have failed due to power outages.

"It's actually an access card!"

Chu Hong was overjoyed, and his gaze involuntarily turned towards the Staff Dormitory to the east and the hospital building to the north.

Over there, there must be a place where this access card could be used.

Carefully putting the item away,

immediately after, Chu Hong repeated the previous fishing-style combat, and after successfully killing three more zombies,

the light screen before his eyes flickered.

[Action Department · First Battle (Completed)]: Kill five enemy units in any Investigation zone.

[Mission Progress]: 5 / 5

Looking at the completed mission progress, a hint of a gratified smile appeared on Chu Hong's face as he turned his head to look at the helipad to the west, where a helicopter was parked.

His spawn point was actually only a few hundred meters away from the extraction point.

"This parking lot is completely a rat-feasting spot! Just finish eating the parking lot and extract immediately, who needs any safes?"

He thought happily to himself, and carrying his crowbar, he began searching around the various vehicles beside him once again.

And this search allowed him to discover yet another bright spot of his cheat.

For instance, inside the bus he was currently in, on the luggage racks overhead meant for backpacks and cases, there were rows of packages and boxes, among which all the backpacks could be searched.

He even found a blue mountaineering backpack with a capacity of a full 24 slots, in a 4 × 6 format.

Which he directly swapped for his own.

Containers like backpacks could be searched directly, but not all suitcases could be searched.

The vast majority of those suitcases were just like "textures" in a game.

"If this aspect is also identical to the situation in real-world secret realms, then if I enter a real-world secret realm in the future, my searching efficiency will be vastly higher than everyone else's..."

He muttered under his breath.

Chu Hong reached out and pressed his hand onto a suitcase before him.

White, white, blue, green...

Just as he had almost given up and was prepared to quietly go look for the small safe, a crisp "ding" sound suddenly jolted Chu Hong's spirits.

Holy shit!

"Gold dropped!"

That was a CD player disc shimmering with golden affixes, packed inside a plastic box.

[Item Name]: 《Epidemic Defense Force Tactical Guide》

[Item Tier]: Golden

[Type]: Electronic Item

[Weight]: 0.17 kg

[Inventory Slot Capacity Occupied]: 1 × 1

[Item Description]: Records the tactical combat methods preserved by the Epidemic Defense Force training, including combat, grappling, assassination, infiltration, and other tactical essentials. Can be quickly learned through observation.

"Holy shit, it's actually a skill-type collectible!"

Chu Hong let out an exclamation. As he hurriedly stowed the item into his backpack, the joy on his face could not be concealed no matter what.

A golden collectible was already enough to make people green with envy.

And the so-called skill-type collectible, much like a mage's spellbook or a martial artist's martial arts manual, would trigger a massive frenzy the moment it appeared in the Pioneers market.

Having a skill to rely on in this cataclysmic Blue Star where one could die at any moment was definitely something anyone would jump at without hesitation.

After finishing searching the other cleared vehicles,

the slots inside Chu Hong's backpack were basically almost filled up.

Only then did he leisurely and carefully clear a few more zombies, arriving at the location on the map marked with a small safe.

That was a stretched luxury car resembling a Lincoln.

However, a large hole had been smashed into the car window glass, and at the car door was a skeleton whose flesh had been completely devoured, with even its bones shattered all over the ground.

This made Chu Hong's back involuntarily turn chilly.

The bite marks and fractures on those bones didn't look like they were bitten by humans.

Combined with the high-value red item descriptions he saw might appear before entering this Investigation zone,

Chu Hong couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"It's still best not to act recklessly in the early stage. Let's steadily upgrade the Special Service Department first, and investigate peripheral intelligence..."

His gaze passed through the car window and saw a silver-white combination briefcase lying on the ground inside.

The briefcase was already half-open, and the entire case was warped and deformed. If not for the fact that the "small safe" logo was right there on it within his line of sight, anyone else would never bother searching this broken case right in front of them, where you could tell what was inside at a single glance.

Chu Hong took a deep breath and reached out to pull the case out.

A searching item box appeared.

Three items.

One was a 1 × 1 item, which spun out very quickly.

Something shaped like a USB flash drive, carrying a purple affix.

Item Name: Virus Inhibitor Research Atlas (Phase III)

Item Tier: Purple

Type: Intelligence Data

Weight: < 0.01 kg

Inventory Slot Capacity Occupied: 1 × 1

Item Description: Records a small portion of data on the virus research topic within the mutant beast gene research project of the Cliffside Epidemic Hospital before the cataclysm. Perhaps it has some value.

The second item was also 1 × 1, blue.

A pendant with a family photo.

Completely useless.

The last item was 2 × 2.

Amidst Chu Hong's rapid breathing, the searching circle spun round and round, dragging on longer and longer—so long that Chu Hong couldn't help but hold his breath in tension.

"Two by two, what could it be? Purple? Gold? Or perhaps..."

"Ding!"