52: Chapter 52 Supply Ambulance

Xiang Nan had sharp eyes; his gaze swept past the wall covered in vines, locking onto a car parked in the open space in front of the Hospital's main building through a gap.

That was a red-and-white ambulance. Although it was likewise completely covered by vines, the exposed rear of the vehicle was exceptionally pristine, as if it had just been driven out of a maintenance shop. The nearly reflective white paint was particularly eye-catching, completely different from the rusted vehicles beside it.

Such an abrupt appearance instantly let people recognize this as a refreshed supply.

Everyone's eyes lit up, all of them showing expressions of joy.

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"Go over and take a look."

The team quickly moved forward, arriving in front of the large gate of the Hospital. They pushed aside the vines covering the large iron gate and gazed intently at the parking lot inside the courtyard. Sure enough, a brand-new ambulance was parked in the parking lot in front of the Hospital.

Xiang Nan swung his machete to cut apart the vines, and he shoved open the large iron gate in front of the Hospital's main entrance, the heavy door letting out a creaking sound.

Hearing the sound, his expression suddenly changed: "Not good!"

At this moment, a rustling sound came from within the Hospital parking lot, and the Parasitic Fungus Vines on the two abandoned cars near the gate had already awakened.

They shattered the car windows and lunged straight out, launching a frantic attack toward them with bared claws and fangs.

Wang Ting decisively manipulated the vines to launch an attack, and the vines on the vehicles immediately hooked onto the bodies of the four Parasitic Fungus Vines like whip ropes.

Their charging figures abruptly stagnated, stopping dead in mid-air before crashing heavily to the ground.

Without any hesitation, Wang Ting raised the crossbow in his hand and fired with a whoosh, piercing right through the furthest Parasitic Fungus Vine.

He drew the machete from his waist, strode right up to the three Parasitic Fungus Vines, and swung his blade like a crescent moon, faint sounds of the air tearing apart echoing out. Wherever the blade passed, the Parasitic Fungus Vines were split in two, and in the blink of an eye, all three Parasitic Fungus Vines were severed.

Although Wang Ting cleanly and decisively resolved the charging Parasitic Fungus Vines, he did not lower his guard.

Within the entire parking lot in front of the Hospital, monsters like these were not few in number.

"Go check out the situation of that car first."

While walking in the front preparing to check the ambulance's condition, he was already utilizing the trait of his Plant Control to manipulate the vines within the parking lot to assist perception, locking onto the locations of the hidden Parasitic Fungus Vines in the parking lot.

Vibration Perception was also operating at full capacity, and seismic source information within a radius of 500 meters converged into Wang Ting's mind from far and near.

"At least 40 Parasitic Fungus Vines..."

Capturing the number of monsters in the parking lot through his Vibration Perception, Wang Ting couldn't help but frown.

This was merely a parking lot provided for the internal staff of the Hospital, mainly parking private cars of doctors or nurses along with a few ambulances, and its area was inherently not large.

Yet in such a place, about 40 monsters were actually hidden, showing that the monster density was quite high.

He waved his hand toward the vehicles on both sides, signaling Feng Bo, Xiang Nan, and the others to scatter left and right, and lowered his voice to instruct them.

"Prioritize shooting them with crossbows and see if we can handle it. If too many monsters charge over and we can't fend them off, we will retreat immediately."

"Understood."

The two acknowledged and led the team to sneak toward the sides of the ambulance.

Wang Ting struck first to gain the upper hand. He strode up to an abandoned car, and the moment he locked onto a Parasitic Fungus Vine within the vine perception, those vines spread out as if they had come alive, directly binding it.

The Parasitic Fungus Vine in front of the car was instantly awakened, struggling frantically, but in the next second, its body was sliced open by Wang Ting with a machete.

Wang Ting's movements were extremely fast. Beside that blue sedan and the old, battered black SUV, he manipulated a large amount of vines to kill another three Parasitic Fungus Vines.

Although the sound of his movements was extremely minimal, the struggles and low growls of the Parasitic Fungus Vines still awakened the Parasitic Fungus Vines in the surrounding vehicles.

However, by this time Wang Ting had already arrived one step ahead beside that brand-new ambulance.

He directly tore off the covering vines, exposing the driver's side door, and pulled it open in one go.

The shiny key was just stuck right there in the keyhole. He sat in the driver's seat, twisted the key, and started the engine in one go.

His peripheral vision quickly swept across the fuel level on the driving instrument panel; the entire car's fuel tank was actually completely full, and the vehicle was also emitting a low roar.

Joy immediately appeared on his face—this ambulance truly was a refreshed supply, and it could be driven.

"Captain, those Parasitic Fungus Vines have all woken up!"

Feng Bo's expression was solemn as he quickly reminded Wang Ting of the situation outside.

From beneath and within the frames of one abandoned car after another, numerous Parasitic Fungus Vines crawled out. At a glance, they were all monsters waving their ambulatory vines.

In fact, without Feng Bo's reminder, within the 50-meter perception range brought by Wang Ting's Vibration Perception and Primary Plant Control, he could clearly see those Parasitic Fungus Vines surrounding them.

"Shoot and kill them, clear them out directly."

Before the Parasitic Fungus Vines had awakened, Wang Ting had told everyone to scatter, completing the first wave of ambush killings with crossbows and machetes, slaying seven or eight Parasitic Fungus Vines.

However, there were still close to twenty or thirty of the remaining ones. With this number of Parasitic Fungus Vines, they could no longer be slowly picked off using hand crossbows.

Since the ambulance could be driven, their retreat route was no longer an issue; now was the time to test this Hospital's mettle.

"Bang, bang, bang."

Having received Wang Ting's order, how could the members of the Guard Team dare to continue lingering? They picked up the rifles in their hands and directly pulled the triggers.

Bullets shot toward the charging Parasitic Fungus Vines like a curtain of rain. The gunshots merged into one piece, and muzzle flashes flickered endlessly.

One Parasitic Fungus Vine after another was hit in the body, their figures rolling onto the ground under powerful momentum.

The Parasitic Fungus Vines that got close wanted to leap toward the members of the exploration team via the tops of the abandoned cars.

Just as the Parasitic Fungus Vines climbed onto the car roofs and before they had fully leaped up, Wang Ting had already taken action.

He manipulated the vines to spread rapidly, forming a large net that directly blocked the countless Parasitic Fungus Vines trying to jump over, entangling them like a giant hand before violently dragging them to the ground.

Wielding a rifle, he continuously picked off targets with swift and fierce movements. Those Parasitic Fungus Vines were completely unable to approach the exploration team and were directly annihilated by him.

The gunfire lasted for about a few minutes. After discovering that most of their companions had been killed, the remaining scattered Parasitic Fungus Vines hurriedly hid, fleeing into various corners like stray dogs.

The smell of gunpowder smoke permeated the entire parking lot, and the echoing gunshots gradually subsided.

The entire exploration team's expressions were solemn to the extreme as they looked around vigilantly back-to-back.

Having maintained vigilance for a full minute or two, within Wang Ting's Vibration Perception, although many Parasitic Fungus Vines in the buildings outside the Hospital had awakened, they showed no intention of approaching this Hospital.

With the Hospital's main building behind them as the center, everything around remained quiet.

"The outer Parasitic Fungus Vines haven't surrounded us; we are temporarily safe."

Until hearing Wang Ting speak these words did the stone hanging in the hearts of the exploration team truly drop, letting out a breath of relief.

"Boss, how is this car?"

Xiang Nan quickly crowded over, joy that could not be concealed on his face.

A brand-new car—even if its style was an ambulance—had performance far better than those barely pieced-together junk cars.

Moreover, such a Floor World could actually refresh an item of the scale of an entire car, which clearly showed that this Floor World was even more precious than they had anticipated.

"I tried starting it just now; this car is in perfect condition."

Unlike everyone else's relaxation, a solemn light flickered deep within Wang Ting's eyes.

His peripheral vision swept across the parking lot, finally landing on that Hospital building.

The gunshots were so loud that even if there weren't many buildings around the Hospital and the number of Parasitic Fungus Vines might be slightly fewer, such a large commotion could not possibly fail to attract additional monsters.

Yet the building before them was as silent as a white tombstone.

Faint, sparse sounds came from within the building, extremely subtle, resembling footsteps.

The footsteps came from within the heavy concrete building, having been weakened a lot. If not for Wang Ting having Vibration Perception, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect these abnormalities either.

"Captain..."

Feng Bo was an old hand and also sensed that the situation might not be right.

Wang Ting interrupted his words: "See if there are any other things in the parking lot. Drive the ambulance to the front of the Hospital door, and then we will begin exploring the Hospital's main building."