53: Chapter 53 The Pharmacy's Rosary

The Hospital in the town was called Hall Hospital, and its area was not particularly large, consisting only of three simple buildings and a parking lot.

Right in front was the main building of the Hospital, housing the outpatient, emergency, and examination departments, as well as the inpatient floors.

Behind the main building of the Hospital was the vine-covered administrative building of the Hospital.

To the right of the administrative building and the main building of the Hospital were the two-story equipment room and the cafeteria.

After the Wang Ting Team searched the entire parking lot, they sporadically found some usable auto parts and simple supplies, all of which were placed into the ambulance.

During the search process, everyone only simply probed the general situation of the Hospital, but they did not dare to easily split up their forces to figure out every corner.

"Follow me."

Wang Ting led the exploration team, taking the lead as he walked towards the entrance of the main building of the Hospital.

The old and dilapidated outpatient sign had now been mottled and eroded by vines.

The wires originally connected to colored lights were also broken into several sections at this time, messily pulled down and hanging limply over the doorway of the outpatient department.

The Wang Ting Team stood in front of the door of the main building of the Hospital.

Looking at a glance, through the glass of the Hospital door, the entire first-floor lobby could be seen in a mess.

Pitch-black and dried blood stains were everywhere, and crisscrossing vines coiled on the ground.

The tall vines went straight up along the pillars of the main building of the Hospital, as if opening up every floor, spreading everywhere.

The entire lobby was in chaos; anything could be seen, but everything was tattered and torn.

There were both fragmented remains wearing blue-and-white striped Hospital gowns and withered skeletons hollowed out by vines, severed limbs, broken arms, medicine bottles and waste paper all over the floor, and even many blood-stained white coats hanging from the ceiling.

Those white coats suspended by vines extended towards the depths of the entire first floor, swaying without wind, resembling countless people hanged by vines.

A chill unique to the Hospital came creepily over them.

The members of the exploration team felt a chill shroud their entire bodies; even veteran members who had long experienced the doomsday, such as Xiang Nan and Xu Yan, could not help but feel a creep down their backs at this moment.

"Pull yourselves together. The lighting inside is poor. Everyone pay attention to the corners and keep close to my steps. No matter what happens, leaving the team is not allowed."

Wang Ting lowered his voice, and his tone was filled with unquestionable authority.

He led the team into the outpatient department.

In the first-floor lobby of the entire outpatient clinic, the dilapidated triage desk was already covered with vines, and rows of waiting seats were completely rusted, leaning this way and that, some directly crushed by the Parasitic Fungus Vine.

A musty stench hit them in the face, mixed with the smell of disinfectant, making people feel a bit nauseous when smelling it.

"Go to the pharmacy first."

The first floor of the main building of the Hospital was very spacious, with traces of vines everywhere, but there were not many places worth searching.

Wang Ting looked at the sign on the first floor, quickly found the location of the pharmacy, and led his exploration team straight toward the pharmacy.

The dim light and mottled walls intertwined with the vines clinging to every corner like ghost claws, letting unease seep into people's hearts.

The team's footsteps echoed in the silent first-floor lobby, and soon they found the location of the pharmacy.

The tall counter was in complete disarray, and the glass partition separating the pharmacy from outside the counter had now been smashed open with a large hole.

"Xu Yan."

Holding a rifle, Xu Yan cautiously groped forward.

Inside the pharmacy, the lighting was even dimmer, and tall iron medicine racks were stacked together, along with a large amount of debris, making it difficult to clearly see the situation inside.

Xu Yan went around to the side of the front counter and discovered a metal door.

The metal door had long been deformed and could not be closed tightly, revealing a large opening.

He pushed open this iron door with the muzzle of his rifle.

With a creaking sound, a rustling noise came over, and a Parasitic Fungus Vine hidden behind the door suddenly rushed out, biting towards his calf.

Xu Yan was startled, but his reaction was very fast, directly pulling out the dagger at his waist.

A flash of blade light passed, and with a muffled thud, the vine of the Parasitic Fungus Vine was directly cut off by him, falling to the ground.

Without a word, the dagger in his hand immediately went up to deliver a coup de grace, this knife stabbing directly into the core of the Parasitic Fungus Vine, completely finishing it off.

"Boss, there is a door to enter on the left side. We can go this way."

Tap, tap, tap

Eerie footsteps sounded deep inside the pharmacy, instantly startling the Wang Ting Team.

They suddenly looked towards the place where the sound came from, only feeling a burst of scalp numbness.

The iron door of the pharmacy was completely opened.

Everyone looked along the rows of medicine racks, only to see that deep inside the pharmacy, a massively huge vine was impressively growing.

The vine was as thick as two people embracing, and its huge trunk rose from the ground, crushing the floor and growing against the ceiling.

From this huge vine, countless tiny vines differentiated.

They were like an octopus's tentacles, spreading throughout the entire pharmacy, filling every corner and tightly wrapping around each metal medicine rack.

Among these dozens of medicine racks, silhouettes flickered, impressively standing many humanoid monsters.

They wore tainted white medical uniforms, with distorted figures and bloodless skin.

Beneath their pale skin, a cyan-black color like vines faintly appeared.

Low growls like those of demons sounded from their throats, making people shudder.

One of them suddenly turned around, its ferocious appearance startling Xu Yan.

Its chest was torn open with a large hole, as if ripped apart from the inside out by something, extending all the way from its throat to its abdomen, measuring forty to fifty centimeters long and about twenty centimeters wide.

Through the ferocious split on its chest and abdomen, its withered and decaying internal organs were faintly visible, along with countless tiny vines entwined to form its heart.

A slender vine resembling an umbilical cord had one end connected to the heart and the other end piercing out through the back, connecting to the huge vine tree.

Countless remaining tiny vines extended from the vine heart, burrowing into its flesh and spinal cord, taking control of its body.

Even the monster's hollow eye sockets were filled with hair-like vines, wrapping around eerie eyeballs.

[Low-level abnormal entity Vine Parasite Corpse discovered. Vine Parasite Corpse cataloging progress: 10%]

Clank

After the Vine Parasite Corpse discovered the Wang Ting Team, its pupils instantly turned crimson.

They suddenly raised their heads and charged over like cheetahs, knocking over the metal medicine racks.

Inside the cramped pharmacy, seven or eight Vine Parasite Corpses rushed out in an instant.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Xu Yan and Feng Bo were startled and directly opened fire.

The bullets penetrated the bodies of the Vine Parasite Corpses, making a muffled sound.

The bullets sank into the flesh and blood, but did not pierce through their bodies, merely blasting a small pit on their torsos.

Fragments of vines and flesh splattered, but it did not heavily injure them.

'Such sturdy bodies! Their muscles have already been replaced by vine tissue.'

Xu Yan's pupils constricted.

In the flash of lightning and flint, he clearly saw the wounds blasted onto the bodies of the Vine Parasite Corpses.

Although mixed with flesh and blood, what was hidden within those muscle lines were bundled, intertwined vines rather than human muscle tissue.

This vine structure made their strength even greater, and their resistance to strikes even more terrifying.

After a round of shooting, not a single one of the seven or eight Vine Parasite Corpses was killed.

The Vine Parasite Corpses quickly rushed out of the pharmacy.

The umbilical cord vines connected to their bodies could even grow wildly and rapidly at this moment, as if extending infinitely.

"Increase the distance!"

Xu Yan and the others quickly retreated while shooting.

Although the effect of bullets hitting the bodies of the Vine Parasite Corpses was not obvious, continuous shooting ultimately played a role.

A bullet hit the head of a Vine Parasite Corpse, and with a bang explosion, the head of the Vine Parasite Corpse was pierced through by that bullet.

Its figure staggered and fell to the ground, the vines on its body rapidly contracting, and in less than two breaths, it completely lost all movement.

At this time, the other Vine Parasite Corpses rushed out, seeing that they were about to smash through the large glass panel of the pharmacy.

With a thought in Wang Ting's mind, the vines throughout the pharmacy began to continuously spread, shooting towards the bodies of the Vine Parasite Corpses with a swoosh, beginning to bind their bodies.

The Vine Parasite Corpses grew increasingly frantic, but the next moment they were yanked back by the vines controlled by Wang Ting.

Good opportunity!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone continuously poured bullets into them, especially at the position of the head.

The head was their weakness; the vine tissue there was finer, so the weakening ability against bullets was lower.

One after another, the heads of the Vine Parasite Corpses were shot through.

Finally, these seven or eight Vine Parasite Corpses all collapsed to the ground, eliminated one by one by the team members.

Wang Ting made the first move.

He swung his machete, the blade light flashing abruptly, and cut off the head of the nearest Vine Parasite Corpse with a single strike.

[Vine Parasite Corpse successfully cataloged, obtained 100 monster points]

Rustle, rustle~

Before everyone had time to heave a sigh of relief, sounds were already coming from the lobby of the main building of the Hospital at this moment.

The vines covering everywhere from the floor to the walls were agitated at this moment, resembling a vibrating net pocket.

Wang Ting turned his head back.

The waiting area outside the pharmacy was surrounded by Vine Parasite Corpses in all directions; at a glance, there were as many as twelve or thirteen of them, crawling on all fours, with scarlet eyes like fire, opening their bloody mouths wide.

"Three-three formation, listen to my command!"