Chapter 5: Escape and Radiation
A white skeleton with fiery red eyes stood up from behind the African Thin Dog.
Clang!
The skeleton's bone sword blocked the spiked club, making a crisp sound.
Immediately after, the agile skeleton's attack speed was even faster, with a bone knife dancing swiftly.
The strong raider was forced to retreat continuously, with several deep bloody gashes appearing on his body.
The sudden change startled African Thin Dog, who was about to log off.
"Huh? An ally? Then I won't log off."
He walked to the side and watched the skeleton and the raider fight.
This skeleton that appeared out of nowhere had an agile figure and was faster than the raider, but its body seemed not very sturdy.
It made creaking sounds as it walked.
"Its strength is inferior to the raider, but it's fast, and the attack power of the bone knife is not bad. If they fight, the skeleton will definitely win. This skeleton is really good. It would be great if I could capture it as a pet."
The outcome of the battle was quickly determined.
The skeleton relied on its speed advantage to frantically attack the raider, slashing out wound after wound.
In African Thin Dog's view, the health bar above the raider's head was constantly decreasing.
It was about to hit bottom!
"Roar!!!"
Before dying, the raider's eyes turned crimson, and his green skin twisted. He used all his strength to throw the spiked club.
Bang!
It hit the skeleton.
Clatter~
A huge damage number jumped out above the skeleton's head: 300.
It was directly killed and turned into a pile of bone fragments.
Splat!
African Thin Dog seized the opportunity and used all his strength to insert the pointed wooden stick into the raider's bloody skull, delivering the final blow.
The raider stared with a resentful gaze as his head tilted to the side.
A subtle warm current flowed into African Thin Dog's body through the wooden stick.
A prompt popped up on his watch:
[Killed Raider, Experience +12]
"Oh, so this is the feeling of experience entering the body? It's warm, numb, and comfortable~"
The experience bar also appeared on his watch.
[Upgrade Experience: 12/500]
At this moment, African Thin Dog had no time to study the experience issue. He glanced at his health, which was only 1/3 left, and the radiation status was still causing continuous health loss.
"Save the NPC first!"
"Hey! Who is the newbie guide?!"
"Here!"
Hearing the familiar Chinese outside, Cheng Shaofeng almost shed tears.
The basic language of this world was different from Earth. If he hadn't inherited the original owner's memories, he really wouldn't know how to speak the language here.
Cheng Shaofeng tapped on the iron chains on the dungeon door.
African Thin Dog outside picked up the spiked club and directly smashed it to pieces with a few whacks.
Cheng Shaofeng finally escaped from the dungeon!
Seeing the expectant eyes of African Thin Dog outside, he calmly tidied up his attire, showing an appreciative look, and said the lines he had thought of at that time:
"Very good! Soldiers from the Calamity Base, you've done very well and passed this assessment. As the lord of the base, I'm very satisfied with the quality of you soldiers. When we return to the base, you will be granted the merits you deserve. Now let's leave this filthy dungeon!"
African Thin Dog's heart trembled upon hearing this.
"Rewards! The rewards for the internal test must be rare. This kind of assessment event should be a one-time quest, a limited edition quest. We've hit the jackpot!"
Although he didn't know what merits were used for, it sounded very high-level!
Cheng Shaofeng: "By the way, the old man behind has a weaker body. Go help him out."
"Yes, Lord!"
He directly accepted his identity and walked into the dungeon with joy. After making a circle, he walked out again.
"Lord, excuse me, is it the dungeon you were in? I didn't find anyone else."
"How is that possible! We were just chatting about whether you soldiers could defeat the raider. He insisted that you couldn't do it. Now, it's time to vindicate our soldiers from the Calamity Base! Let him... huh? Where is he?"
Cheng Shaofeng walked in and was stunned to see the empty dungeon.
On the ground, there were only a few highly decayed corpses that couldn't be more dead.
A chill ran down Cheng Shaofeng's back.
Who was he chatting with just now?
Looking at the familiar scene before him, he suddenly remembered!
When he was captured and brought into the dungeon, it was like this.
The old man in the blood-stained cloth appeared out of thin air!
African Thin Dog, seeing the scene before him, had already started analyzing in his mind.
'NPCs in the game generally don't speak nonsense, especially the first one guiding the plot. The information the planner let me know through this NPC's mouth must have content, and there might be follow-up plot.'
African Thin Dog, living up to his name.
He secretly took note of the NPC's abnormality.
At this moment, a message flashed before Cheng Shaofeng's eyes.
[Player 'Lin Tang' has died]
"Let's go! We need to leave here quickly."
The people outside had died. If they didn't leave now, they wouldn't be able to leave later. The old man's matter could be put aside for now.
[Zero: Reminding the host that the raider's corpse on the ground can be put into the 'Loot Generator' for recycling. It is recommended to carry it.]
"Soldier, carry the raider's corpse. It will be of great use to our base."
"Okay, boss!"
African Thin Dog carried the raider's corpse on his back, holding the spiked club. The two quickly walked out of the cellar.
Just after exiting, African Thin Dog suddenly said, "Lord, wait for me! I forgot to get something!"
After saying that, he threw the raider's corpse to the ground and hurriedly went back down.
Cheng Shaofeng: "?"
'Damn! African Thin Dog bro, what are you doing? You can be reckless while playing the game, but I've really been transported here! If I get caught again, I'm dead!'
He dragged the corpse and ran out of the raider's camp by himself, finding a place to hide.
In less than a minute, African Thin Dog came out jogging.
In his hand, he held a black object the size of a vibrator packaging box.
African Thin Dog had a joyful expression.
"Lord, I found something good."
"Let's talk when we get back. The other soldiers have all died. Let's retreat first!"
Based on his memory, Cheng Shaofeng led African Thin Dog to his previous shelter in the wild - a mountaintop cave.
It was a small hill with a high terrain, open view, and cover.
Only after arriving here did Cheng Shaofeng breathe a sigh of relief.
Temporarily safe.
"What is this thing you're holding in your hand?"
"I don't know either, but I thought that after finishing the dungeon and defeating the monster, I hadn't looted anything. So I went back to look. Sure enough, I found this in their cellar. Let me open it and take a look."
The black object in African Thin Dog's hand was actually a small box. When opened, a green light flashed.
[Player 'African Thin Dog' has died]
Zero's voice was transmitted in Cheng Shaofeng's mind.
[Zero: Strong nuclear radiation detected. Automatically activating nano-barrier. Power consumption ongoing.]
[Warning: Low power! Low power! Please replenish the base's energy as soon as possible!]
A faint silver nano-layer appeared on Cheng Shaofeng's body, resisting the green light outside his body.
This small box contained a radiation source!
"Damn! African Thin Dog, you brought me a small nuclear bomb!"
African Thin Dog had already fallen. With his Level 1 and low health, he directly died from the radiation penetrating his body at such close range.
Cheng Shaofeng quickly closed the small black box.
The green light disappeared, and the nano-barrier on Cheng Shaofeng's body slowly faded away after a few seconds, returning to his original skin.
He glanced at the base's power.
Only 0.05% remaining.
Even the most basic [Nano Engineer] couldn't be used, unable to construct the base's fundamental facilities.
The only function he could use now was [Quantum Surfing].
Squatting on the hill, smelling the faint sulfurous scent at the tip of his nose, Cheng Shaofeng narrowed his eyes and recalled what had happened at that time.
The raider killed in the passage was coming to feed him radioactive material.
The old man's timing was quite accurate, but... after that raider arrived at the dungeon, a small piece of radioactive flesh accidentally fell from his right hand. He bent down, picked up a piece of mud from the ground, forcefully stuffed it into his throat, and left.
At that time... he probably understood his ex-girlfriend a bit.
Indeed, it wasn't a good feeling.
Although the mud was a bit gritty, it was still better than having a piece of radioactive flesh enter his stomach.
Inexplicably escaping a disaster.
"I thought at the time that it was because the raider wasn't very smart and was too careless. Now it seems that the old man saved me."
The old man's appearance and disappearance were both somewhat strange, but... he didn't seem to have any intention of harming him.
"This world... is far more dangerous than my predecessor understood."
After recalling, Cheng Shaofeng briefly sorted out his current situation.
"I have a temporary residence, and it's relatively safe here. There's a freshwater river nearby that can be directly drunk from, but I'm starting to get hungry;"
"The 3 players I summoned have all died. I need to create new clones to help the players revive;"
"The power of the nano-base is extremely low and can no longer carry out construction work. There is an urgent need to replenish power;"
"The resources I have on hand: endless fresh water, a clone corpse that has been irradiated, a strong raider corpse, an extremely dangerous radioactive material, and a spiked club that's gone."
Cheng Shaofeng nodded, feeling that he had summarized it pretty well.
"Zero, how do I revive the players?"
(End of chapter)