Chapter 268: Solo Challenge Achievement
Yu Jiang not only ran upwards while clearing the zombies coming at her, but also used the crowbar to smash open the fire door lock, releasing the ones inside the floor as well.
Anyway, there were already hundreds or thousands of zombies; a few more wouldn’t make a difference.
Clang—another iron chain fell to the ground.
The zombies inside the door had long been staring at her with drool dripping, desperately squeezing toward the door. Now that the door was open, they surged forward and pressed outward.
They just happened to crash into another wave of zombies rushing up the stairs. The scene afterward can be imagined.
The one rushing at the front roared at Yu Jiang and was just about to leap when it was unexpectedly knocked down by its own kind, its skull smashing onto the stairs, and then it was trampled several times.
Its wide eyes stared at Yu Jiang’s back, as if cursing: Don’t run if you dare!
All the zombies wanted to rush forward for the meal, none yielding to the others, and now they were blocked.
Yu Jiang glanced down at the surging skulls and was very satisfied with her plan.
As long as she ran faster than them and kept an eye on the movements from both front and back, there wouldn’t be too big a problem.
However, in actual execution, unexpected situations were inevitable.
Not every floor’s fire door was locked; some had already been broken through by zombies. Hearing the sounds from below, they all gathered in the stairwell.
If Yu Jiang couldn’t break through the corpse wall in front before the zombies from below caught up, her challenge would fail this time.
Once blocked on the stairs, even the king himself would have to pay 100 crystal coins in penalty and slink away.
She had finally climbed to the 10th floor, with more than an hour left until the challenge ended. She absolutely couldn’t give up.
Yu Jiang gripped the bayonet tightly and took out the stamina +50% buff card, with an effectiveness period of 30 minutes.
This card couldn’t be used in instance missions but could be used at challenge points on the road—perfect for gambling on a solo clear instance achievement.
She applied a protective shield to herself and used Popeye’s Spinach as well, stacking an additional 10% stamina within 15 minutes.
Half an hour should be enough to kill her way up.
Yu Jiang swung the bayonet to meet the zombies. Along the way, she didn’t know how many monsters she killed; she only saw the light screen prompts for the floors she reached and had no energy to check the time.
The skill weapon had cooled down. A buzzing sound filled Yu Jiang’s head, her arms began to ache, and swinging the knife became strenuous.
With no time midway to use the Qi Replenishing Drink, she charged through 20 floors with the bayonet in hand, reaching the 21st.
Yu Jiang looked back through the stair gaps—dense heads everywhere.
Just as she had expected, these zombies squeezed together, piled too full to run.
Explosion zombies would blast open the recently cleared space, only for it to be instantly refilled. Only a few agile, wall-climbing elite monsters could jump over in such conditions.
She finally reached the 26th floor.
The iron gate to the rooftop was locked. Yu Jiang pulled out the crowbar; the crisp knocking was drowned in the monsters’ roars, and the door lock was smashed off.
She pushed open the door and reached the rooftop, but scavengers could only dismantle and recycle, not repair locks or reinforce doors.
Only repairmen could reinforce door lock defense, while blacksmiths could weld metal doors shut.
This was awkward.
Soon the zombies would still rush up.
Yu Jiang panted heavily, her gaze sweeping the rooftop. Excessive stamina consumption made her feel nauseous and retch.
A corpse on the ground came alive. She stepped forward, strangling its neck with one hand and stabbing with the other, cleanly finishing it off. Then she used a space grid to move an old cabinet behind the door to block it.
Along with everything usable on the rooftop—extra-large ceramic flower pots, billboard iron frames—she blocked them all up.
These things might not hold for long, but they were better than nothing. Once she caught her breath, used medicine to restore her status, defending this door wouldn’t be a problem.
Yu Jiang first used the advanced healing potion, then the intermediate one; the primary healing potion still hadn’t entered cooldown.
After use, it restored 10 health points. Then she took a plague dispelling pill to clear the infection and bleeding buffs on her.
The plague dispelling pill was high-level medicine, a bit luxurious to use here. The detox pill would also work, just slower-acting, but Yu Jiang had plenty of medicine and didn’t need to save it.
She now had 45 health points left. She gave herself a healing skill—single-target, 5 seconds, restoring 50 health points.
Great, now she was almost full health again.
It was just a pity about the 10% shield value, which couldn’t be quickly restored with medicine and could only wait for tomorrow’s refresh.
1 hour 15 minutes until the challenge ended.
The advanced healing potion cooldown was 25 minutes left. If she could hold out until the cooldown ended, the odds of soloing the challenge instance weren’t low.
Yu Jiang sat on the ground and spent two more Qi Replenishing Drinks. Fatigue value dropped, and stamina quickly recovered.
Daily limit of 6 Qi Replenishing Drinks, with 2 shares left today.
Her clothing hem was torn by zombies, and there were scratches on her arm. Infection status cleared, but the wounds remained—in this environment, secondary infection was easy.
Apply some repair paste, and in 5 minutes, no traces would remain.
Zombies hadn’t come up yet, but Yu Jiang’s status was already restored. She hadn’t put on the damage reduction T-shirt.
That clothing had too high attributes; once damaged, it couldn’t be repaired. Not worth using here unless absolutely necessary—Yu Jiang wouldn’t wear it.
The current defense +5 clothing, when torn, had heartbroken her; she had immediately turned that zombie into a sieve.
Fortunately, it was still wearable. Later, passing a corresponding service area, she could pay an NPC repairman to fix it.
Bang bang bang impacts sounded from behind the door. Yu Jiang stood up with her weapon—defending one door was simpler than being surrounded on the stairs.
Yu Jiang glanced toward the subway station direction, calmly walked behind the door: kill one as it comes in, supplemented by air wall item cards.
The next hour or so was tiring but overall smooth.
Until the system prompt sounded: challenge ended.
[Player has completed office building challenge. Base reward: Crystal Coins +50
Others team up for instances, yet you soloed it, killing hundreds of zombies in 2 hours and cleverly trapping them on the stairs.
Extra rewards: Crystal Coins +500, charge/gas card choose one *3, item card ‘Flying Legs’ *2
Overall Fitness +3, Attack +2, Agility +2
Crystal Stone *1]
As Yu Jiang left the instance, the system issued an announcement.
[Player ‘The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain’ single-handedly completed the challenge, trapping 999 zombies, obtained achievement ‘How Lonely Invincibility Is’. Brave survivors, claim the rewards first, everyone keep it up~]
[Player ‘X’ single-handedly cleared the subway, obtained achievement ‘How Lonely It Is at the Top’]
The two messages were like stones thrown into a calm lake; the public screen instantly boiled over.
Murong Tiedan: [!!! My god, I thought I misread it. So the big shot trapped nearly a thousand zombies alone? How? This is too outrageous.]
Aladdin Nerve: [Team challenge instance, is this how you play? Sis, do you remember you’re an alchemist?]
Wan Shui Qian Shan: [What’s so outrageous? The map must have given an advantage. Try trapping that many zombies in an open, spacious place.]
Don’t abandon: [The one above, why don’t you go challenge it alone too?]
Taro Boba: [Good grief, we’re struggling surrounded by zombies, while the big shot has zombies surrounded.]
Misty Mushroom: [Awesome.]
Quanda Zhen Guanxi: [What to do? Seeing the big shot, I have the illusion that I can do it too—after all, I’m also an alchemist.]
Ice Cream Assassin: [Me too. My heart is itching to challenge it—not for anything else, just to see the gap between me and the big shot.]
