The one-minute countdown ended quickly.
Chu He saw black mist rising out of thin air all around the gas station.
From within the black mist, bursts of growls could be heard.
Walking Corpses with hideous appearances and decaying bodies filed out from within.
【Walking Corpse, F-rank, HP 20】
The number of Walking Corpses was immense, exceeding a hundred.
Chu He swallowed hard, standing frozen in place.
"What kind of difficulty is this, damn it!" Chu He said with a horrified expression.
Isn't it supposed to be F+ rank?
This is only slightly higher than the lowest difficulty, so why are there over a hundred Walking Corpses right from the start?
Moreover, the movement speed of these Walking Corpses was not slow; they were slightly faster than an ordinary person walking.
And within the black mist, there was a continuous stream of Walking Corpses pouring out.
At this moment, Chu He finally understood why that guy Da Wei had a mental breakdown, his face full of terror.
Clearly, the other party knew the danger of this game.
This was a situation with a nine-in-ten chance of death, perhaps even ten-in-ten!
Chu He gripped the riot baton in his right hand, his heart pounding wildly and his breathing accelerating.
He looked around the gas station.
The convenience store at the gas station was locked and could not be entered at all.
The only place he could enter was the restroom.
Should he go into the restroom, block the door, and kill the Walking Corpses one by one as they came?
But he had to hold out for thirty minutes; could he manage that?
Thinking of this, Chu He felt his scalp tingle.
But there was no other choice now.
If he continued to stand in the open area, he would surely die once he was surrounded by the Walking Corpses.
Rushing toward the restroom, Chu He stood at the entrance, holding the riot baton in his right hand with a solemn expression.
The Walking Corpses were getting closer and closer.
He could already smell the stench of decay on them.
Chu He let out a roar, swung his right hand with the riot baton, and smashed it into the head of a nearby Walking Corpse.
Bang!
The Walking Corpse's head exploded, and its body dissipated into black mist.
"Damn it!" Chu He cursed under his breath.
The fact that the Walking Corpses didn't leave behind bodies upon death was not good news.
If the Walking Corpses didn't dissipate into black mist upon death, he could have just killed a few and used their bodies to block the door.
But now that idea was shattered, so he swung the riot baton vigorously, blowing the heads off the Walking Corpses one after another.
However, two fists are no match for four hands.
He was approached by a Walking Corpse, which bit him on the neck.
The excruciating pain he expected did not occur; he felt as if his neck had just been bitten by a mosquito.
And his HP only dropped by a single point.
At the same time, a notification appeared before his eyes.
【You have been infected with Corpse Poison, losing five Health Points per second. Corpse Poison cannot stack and will last until the game ends; it can be cleared using a Purification Potion.】
"Hmm..." Chu He was slightly stunned when he saw the notification.
"The Corpse Poison cannot stack, and the Walking Corpses can only deal one point of damage to me."
"With the Dragon Bloodline skill, plus the effect of my Talent, I can recover 20 HP per second."
"Even if I am surrounded by Walking Corpses, the damage they deal is not as fast as my HP recovery."
Thinking of this, Chu He's face lit up with joy.
He wanted to verify his guess.
He immediately stopped attacking, and several Walking Corpses surrounded him, biting at his body.
The Walking Corpses bit his body, but they could only break the skin slightly, dealing a pathetic one point of damage.
Since the Corpse Poison could not stack and he only lost five HP per second, he would not die at all thanks to the healing effect of the Dragon Bloodline.
Even if he was attacked and his Health Points dropped, they would be fully restored within a second.
What is there to be afraid of then?
Chu He took the riot baton and launched a counterattack.
He stopped defending and swung the riot baton wildly.
Even if surrounded by Walking Corpses, at most four or five could attack him at once.
With no threat to his life, he would kill these Walking Corpses with all his might.
Wielding the riot baton, Chu He was like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain.
One strike per Walking Corpse, without exception.
He no longer hid in the restroom but instead charged out with the riot baton.
Seeing that Walking Corpses were still continuously spawning from the black mist around the gas station, he began to take the initiative.
But after only a few minutes, Chu He felt his right arm, which was swinging the riot baton, aching.
"Although my Defense is high, my Stamina is insufficient; after just this short while, my muscles are already starting to ache!" Chu He felt slightly annoyed.
He switched the riot baton to his left hand, but swinging it with his left hand felt exceptionally awkward.
Although his Attributes were represented in a digitalized form, his body itself was not digitalized.
As he was not left-handed, his efficiency in killing Walking Corpses with his left hand dropped significantly.
Before long, the entire gas station was filled with Walking Corpses.
Chu He was forced to the entrance of the convenience store by the sheer number of them.
However, Chu He was not panicked.
He just needed to hold out for thirty minutes to clear the game.
He swung the riot baton with his left hand, killing the Walking Corpses calmly.
Time passed quickly, and only five minutes remained until the end of the game.
Just as he thought he could successfully clear the game, he saw a Walking Corpse nearly three meters tall with knotted muscles walk out of the black mist.
【Corpse King, F+ rank, HP 1000】
Seeing the appearance of the Corpse King, Chu He's eyelids twitched.
Those arms, which looked like iron pillars, were full of menace.
The Corpse King stared at Chu He, its scarlet eyes radiating a crazed expression.
Its massive body charged toward Chu He.
The Walking Corpses in its path were struck and instantly dissipated into black mist.
"Holy crap!"
Chu He shuddered; if he were hit by that, could he withstand it?
He began to kill the Walking Corpses in front of him with all his might, wanting to charge out.
But in the end, he was too late.
The Corpse King approached, and its massive body slammed heavily into Chu He.
Chu He felt as if he had been hit by a speeding truck; his body shattered the reinforced glass door of the convenience store behind him as he flew inside.
Chu He glanced at his Health Points, which had instantly dropped by half.
"Damn it, just how strong is this guy's Strength!" Chu He felt his scalp tingle.
With just one hit, his Health Points had dropped by half.
He couldn't afford to provoke it, but he could certainly avoid it!
Chu He immediately stood up from the ground, the Dragon Bloodline skill effect rapidly restoring his Health Points.
The Corpse King let out a roar and smashed through the wall of the convenience store, charging in.
Chu He did not engage in a head-on confrontation at all; he charged toward the area where there were more Walking Corpses.
At this moment, in his eyes, the Walking Corpses were his Meat Shield.
Even though the Corpse King could easily kill the Walking Corpses, they could barely drag out its speed.
There were less than five minutes left until he could successfully clear the game.
As for killing the Corpse King, Chu He had no such thought at all.
That one thousand HP was, in his view, an insurmountable chasm.
Coupled with the opponent's terrifying Attack Power, fighting it head-on was undoubtedly seeking death.
Chu He was like a loach, constantly weaving through the horde of corpses.
The attacks from the horde also caused him quite a bit of trouble, but compared to the Corpse King, this group of Walking Corpses seemed far too cute.
Their filthy claws and teeth only dealt a pathetic amount of damage to Chu He.
As long as he wasn't hit by the Corpse King, there would be no problem.
The Corpse King was now blocked by a large number of Walking Corpses; it used both hands to swat away the ones in its path, pursuing Chu He relentlessly.
In the not-so-large gas station, Chu He and the Corpse King played a game of hide-and-seek.
Chu He dodged continuously within the horde, and the Corpse King chased him without letting up.
Chu He kept his distance from the opponent the entire time.
Fortunately, while the Corpse King had great Strength, its speed was not high; aside from its sudden charge, its speed was only slightly faster than an ordinary person running.
With the help of the large number of Walking Corpses, Chu He barely managed to maintain the situation.
Time also slipped away amidst the chasing and escaping.
When Chu He saw the one-minute countdown appear before his eyes, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)
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