Chapter 333: Explore Or Scavenge Supplies
Yu Jiang felt a chilling wind coming from behind., carrying the breath of death, damp and rotten. She bolted into the Alley.
Just as she expected, as soon as she entered, the Main Road behind her disappeared, turning into a Small Path of darkness with an invisible end.
Stone brick walls flanked Both Sides. The Alley Space was narrow, only wide enough for two people to pass shoulder to shoulder. Behind her came the sound of flesh tearing and peeling layer by layer, sticky and cold, with the cracking of Bones accelerating faster and faster.
Every piece of flesh that dropped to the ground turned into a ferocious snarling Human-faced Maggots, like oversized maggots with Spider Legs, stepping on them turned into a puddle of rotten meat.
But, just as the Instance prompt said, they would revive.
No Skills, no ultimate weapons worked here.
Yu Jiang ran while constantly repeating the Clue on the Note in her mind.
Left left left left
Then which way?
The Alley was pitch black, only faintly seeing the corner. One wrong turn and it was all over.
The Human-faced Maggots and Main Body behind her were getting closer, that icy breath carrying Rotten Smell almost poked her back of the head several times.
When panicked, thoughts stutter, doubting one’s Memory, and the more anxious, the more doomed.
Luckily Yu Jiang had a backup plan. From the moment she saw the Clue flash and smear away, she kept repeating and recalling, using a knife to mark on Wood.
Bandage face dropping Human-faced Maggots from its body, they reproduced infinitely, soon piling into a small mountain, Rotten Smell soaring, far more exaggerated than Zombies.
Zombies stink but it’s physical Attack, this thing is Magic Attack.
They were almost climbing onto Yu Jiang’s shoe surface, and could grow Wings like flies, Screaming, wailing as they flew towards her face.
Yu Jiang seized the moment, one stab down, splitting the Human-faced Maggot with Wings in half.
A lump of nearly melted rotten meat fell to the ground. Human-faced Maggots killed by White Crystal Bayonet wouldn’t revive for a short time.
But useless, as long as Main Body lives, these maggots formed from Resentment and rotten meat reproduce much faster than she can clear.
At the last corner, Yu Jiang felt the scratches on the Wooden Strips.
She gathered strength, leaped over the collapsed Clutter pile on the ground, rushing into the Left Side.
She made it out.
The Bandage ghost behind didn’t chase, the Alley seemed to turn into a normal alley, the earlier thrilling scene like a Hallucination, but her shoe surface still stuck with disgusting rotten Liquid.
Not afraid of encountering Monsters, afraid of ones you can’t kill while it can kill you.
Yu Jiang stood in the open Plaza, scanned around first, confirmed no other people or Monsters, then opened the Map, adding a mark at the entrance of the incoming Alley.
Instance Channel and Team Channel still couldn’t open, this Situation had too strong Sense of Oppression, feeling like a group entered the Instance, but only herself trapped alone, calling heaven no response, calling earth no spirit.
Impossible, Yu Jiang scavenged on site, looking for Clues.
The Monster just encountered, its Attack method and appearance, probably related to the truth the Instance wants Players to find.
The Plaza is the Place where Town residents pick up Supplies, there’s a collapsed Tent at the Hotel door.
Yu Jiang grabbed the fire tongs, rummaged through, useful Things first into the Sack, this stance would stun any ghost.
If the Town broke out with some terrible disease, Hospital should have gains, not far, Town Hospital scale wouldn’t be too big.
Unsure if anyone lucky, starting near Hospital, if can Seize the Initiative, she plans to camp a wave.
No new discoveries in Plaza, Yu Jiang entered the Hotel, main door slanted and stuck blocking the exit.
Per Instance logic, find staff passage, she directly raised the Crowbar.
Glass on the door can’t be kept, Door Frame is Supplies.
Doomsday without Supplies more terrifying than encountering ghosts.
Crash—
Yu Jiang kicked away the Broken Glass on the door, entered the Hotel, not like coming to survive, like coming to loot the house.
Just entered Hotel, atmosphere around suddenly changed, no wind, but ear heard door opening and closing clang, and old Radio’s static current sound.
Among them faintly painful, wailing Sounds, couldn’t hear what they shouted.
Yu Jiang only saw blurry scenes, several people walking out the door, faces unclear, but could feel the painful Emotion on them.
“Pain to death.want so bad” shrill resentful hissing echoed in the Lobby, Door Frame impact sounds increasingly violent.
They seemed not wanting to live originally, but Town’s Monsters revive infinitely.
Or, something more powerful here, trapping them.
Yu Jiang approached the Cash Register, smashed even the Safe, Nothing Gained, could only follow the Movement inward, that was public Toilet, high-incidence Map for horror stories.
On the Sink, Metal Faucet dripping water, pipe seemed clogged by hair.
Whatever seen is hers, Faucet dismantled, her in the Mirror gradually abstracted, like the world famous painting The Scream, then hair flesh falling.
‘She’ saying, no one think of going out.
That pair of Eyes, venomous and cold, dead staring at Yu Jiang.
Ceiling dripping Rotten Liquid, wall has graffiti text, interesting, Clue only visible from Mirror.
Yu Jiang tilted head, adjusted sight, ‘she’ in Mirror tilted head opposite.
Graffiti text turned blood-red pattern, unintelligible, probably some Rune.
【Player has discovered Clue ‘Graffiti’, unlocked new Instance Information.】
Light Screen popped, one line of text—Unknown pattern, seems missing half.
Exploration Progress obtained, Yu Jiang immediately raised Hammer at herself in Mirror, bang smashed, ‘she’ in Mirror mouth opening closing, like cursing,
“Don’t run! Come back!”
Just one bit short, it could reach out, grab the human outside, Ceiling already silently occupied by black veins, she doesn’t lecture Martial Virtue!
Graffiti pattern had another info, 1144, Room number, there should be Rune related info.
Runes either suppress or summon.
Yu Jiang looked at the long unusable elevator, long sighed, started climbing Stairs, searching Rooms is her strength, Hotel guest rooms must have lots of Supplies right?
As long as not encountering that Bandage ghost earlier, Maggot monsters fine.
Invisibility things really scary.
When Yu Jiang’s Exploration Progress reached 5%, on the other side, Heartless Water’s Teammate Evening Rain still circling on Main Road.
His Clothing stained with yellow, brown, green various Rotten Tissue Fluid, several attempts to send message in Team, input box grayed unable to open.
How long entered Instance, chased by ghost that long, just caught breath, footsteps appeared behind again.
“Fuck! Which way does this shitty Instance go!”
Said follow The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain across the river, then deal with her, now good, can’t even contact Teammates.
He wasn’t good at exploration Instances originally.
The ghost thing behind reviving intervals shortening, continue like this, he’s really done here.
Exactly Left Side or Right Side?!
What Lit Places safe, he never seen lights.
Monster: Oh no, this round high-end game
