owlsbooks Chapter 28 Mission Objectives
Chapter 28 Mission Objectives
"You're such a hypocrite."
Huang Hong revealed a self-deprecating yet relaxed smile, and the confusion in his eyes dissipated, becoming clear and firm.
It is said that it only takes a moment for a man to go from immature to mature, and Huang Hong has just experienced his own "moment".
Just as Huang Hong was still feeling emotional, a buzzing sound suddenly came from his mind. The next moment, a large amount of spacetime energy surged into his body, hundreds of times more than what he had obtained before.
This reminded him of the side quest's name... Plunder!
It seems that this fundamental rule applies to both spacetime echoes themselves and to other human beings.
Huang Hong was not moved. Instead, he sighed slightly, sensing the malice of this time-space echo. He didn't know how many people would die because of it.
However, he didn't have time to think about these things now; completing the main quest and saving his own life were the most important things.
Switching back to his Iron Man armor, Huang Hong wandered through the lifeless city, feeling increasingly uneasy.
The writing system in this world is somewhat similar to Chinese characters, which he cannot understand. The technology seems to be at a modern level, but there are also some very strange things.
For example, he found something on the street that looked like a skateboard, but the skateboard had several pedal buttons and no wheels on the back. Instead, it had a circular design, which looked like something out of a science fiction movie... a magnetic levitation skateboard?
Most of the vehicles on the road have four wheels, but some are severely damaged. You can vaguely see that they are one-piece designs, and they seem to be designed to fly rather than run on the ground.
The existence of mature magnetic levitation technology indicates that the world's technological level is not low.
But that's a bit strange.
Although influenced by Western movies and TV shows, it seems that any zombie crisis would be a global disaster, but in reality, that's impossible.
With the intervention of national-level forces, the so-called zombies are no match for the overwhelming force of steel.
Unless there's something wrong with the virus's transmission route, such as it being able to spread rapidly through the air and never decaying, there shouldn't be any possibility of zombies spreading at all.
Moreover, the zombies in the city are also very strange, especially the mutated ones, which are vastly different from ordinary zombies.
However, considering the mutations that can occur between biological viruses, Huang Hong did not dwell on the matter too much.
While Huang Hong was clearing out the zombies he encountered and searching for clues to the main quest, the other humans were also carrying out their own actions.
After the initial chaos, under the control of the two major power groups, Shen Guoqing and Wu Junyi, all humanity barely reached a basic tacit understanding: no more deliberate destruction of the city, and to minimize killing, so as not to cause too much loss of spacetime energy and prematurely end the main quest.
With an organized approach and the constant threat of death looming over their heads, human initiative was greatly mobilized, leading to a thorough investigation of the city, leaving no stone unturned.
With this intensive search, they quickly found some clues.
The blade flashed in a graceful arc through the air, and the heads of three zombies fell to the ground.
Huang Hong didn't even glance at the spoils of war beneath his feet. Whether they were ordinary zombies or mutant zombies, they were all gray and broken in the enhanced perspective of the myriad phenomena, with no value for dismantling.
He gazed at the towering buildings in the distance and fell into deep thought. Blindly searching like this was undoubtedly too inefficient. He was considering whether to cooperate with others.
Just then, an angry voice came from afar: "You! It's you!! What are you doing?! Didn't we say not to kill zombies?! You're lowering our chances of survival for your own selfish desires!!"
Huang Hong turned his head and saw three people running quickly toward him from the street corner.
Seeing that Huang Hong remained silent, the man who had spoken earlier became even more enraged and was about to continue his angry rant, but he was quickly stopped by his companion, who hesitated for a moment before cautiously asking, "Are you, Mr. Huang Huihong?"
Huang Hong looked surprised and asked, "You know me?"
At the same time, he also guessed which side the three people in front of him belonged to. He had only used the name "Huang Huihong" at Longteng Plaza, and Chen Guoqiang knew Wu Junyi's real name.
The man said politely, "I saw Mr. Huang talking to Manager Gao from afar earlier, and later, out of curiosity, I asked Manager Gao about it."
Huang Hong nodded slightly. Those who could be teleported over were all humans who had reached the maximum level. This was information he already knew when he was in the central square.
To reach the maximum level in such a short time, one must be a key member of Shen Guoqing's forces, and it's only natural that one can speak with Gao Jian.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the man said, "Mr. Huang, we just received a notification from our boss saying that we've found clues about the final target and need to meet up there. We're also informing anyone we meet along the way. If you're interested, Mr. Huang, why not come with us to see the boss?"
Huang Hong's eyes lit up. He was just worried about not being able to find any clues, but unexpectedly, someone delivered a pillow when he was sleepy.
Without hesitation, he nodded and said, "Okay!"
On the way, the three of them briefly explained the rules they had set, and Huang Hong took the opportunity to express his apologies.
As the saying goes, ignorance is no excuse. After the conversation was out in the open, the initial tension between them disappeared.
Of course, the person who knew Huang Hong also took the opportunity to quietly explain to his companions that Huang Hong was a highly regarded expert even by their eldest brother, and told them not to offend him.
Soon the group of four had crossed a large part of the city and arrived in front of a building that was half-built.
As you can see, the building is already packed with people, and more are continuously arriving from other places.
When they arrived at the sixth floor, they saw that there were already two or three hundred people there. However, this floor was extremely spacious, and apart from the load-bearing pillars, there were no walls built, so it did not feel crowded.
On one side of the building, Shen Guoqing and Wu Junyi stood side by side, looking solemnly at a certain spot in the distance.
Huang Hong followed their gaze and saw that it was a large courtyard. The back half seemed to have originally been a courtyard, but unfortunately the trees and flowers had withered and looked bare. The front half was an open-air martial arts arena, where you could see many wooden dummies and other training equipment.
Between the courtyard and the dojo is a large building, which should be an indoor dojo.
In a daze, Huang Hong seemed to sense a faint but dangerous aura emanating from the indoor dojo, like a dangerous beast ready to bare its fangs and teeth to tear its prey apart.
"Hey, isn't this Brother Huang? Long time no see!"