owlsbooks Chapter 6: Departure, Heading to the City
Chapter 6: Departure, Heading to the City
Huang Hong let out a long breath and unconsciously took a few steps back.
He had only seen similar scenes in science fiction movies, and seeing this scene in real life was a huge shock to him.
For a moment, Huang Hong was somewhat bewildered. He vaguely realized that he might no longer be in his original world.
After a long while, Huang Hong calmed down a bit. No matter what, improving his strength was the most important thing now.
Huang Hong looked at the pigeon coop, thought for a moment, then randomly opened one, grabbed a pigeon, and through the enhanced perspective of the Myriad Manifestations, the pigeon shimmered with white light in his eyes.
When he tried to enhance the pigeon, the feedback he received was extremely dangerous, several times more so than a fully enhanced military boxing technique.
This made Huang Hong realize that there are many differences between inanimate and living things, and the energy required for strengthening them is also completely different.
Shaking his head, Huang Hong released the pigeon from his hand. However, after flying around in a panic, the pigeon did not go far. Instead, it landed on the edge of the roof and looked at Huang Hong with curiosity.
Huang Hong ignored him and instead opened all the pigeon cages.
It is foreseeable that no one will come to the cultural museum for a long time to come. If these pigeons are left to roam here, they will only starve to death.
Huang Hong opening the cage was one of the few acts of kindness he could show.
After leaving the museum, Huang Hong looked towards the city center. He planned to head there to collect useful supplies and grind monsters to accumulate energy and upgrade his equipment.
But before that, he still needs to do some preparatory work.
For example, the most important thing in a crisis-ridden environment is... reconnaissance!
Huang Hong had previously tried to enhance the pigeons with this idea in mind, but it didn't work out. However, he still has alternative plans.
Huang Hong ran towards the north gate and quickly arrived at the monitoring room. He ignored the monitoring equipment and instead opened a cabinet at the very back of the monitoring room and took out a black handbag.
Inside the box was a drone.
This drone is the DJI Mini 4 Pro, weighing 249 grams and folded to approximately 62mm. It has a flight time of about 34-45 minutes, which can be extended to over 2 hours with additional batteries. In the absence of interference, it can transmit data over a distance of up to 10 kilometers. It is a high-performance drone at an affordable price.
The museum originally purchased the drone as a supplement to its surveillance, but its primary use has been taking many promotional photos and short videos for the museum.
Huang Hong looked at the drone's attributes, and a hint of joy gradually appeared in his eyes...
【Dahe DJI Mini 4 Pro】
Affixes: props, surveillance
Quality: Normal
Attribute: Small aircraft.
Loading capability: Visual sharing, enabling synchronous feedback of monitored images.
The remote control has a small screen that can synchronize the footage captured by the drone. In addition, it can also transmit signals to other devices via Bluetooth and other methods.
Huang Hong values the ability of "visual sharing" more, of course. However, according to the information he received, he needs to be infected by the Myriad Enhancement to load a certain item.
With this in mind, Huang Hong activated the enhancement capabilities of the drone, but his goal was not enhancement, but to infect the drone.
Although the process was not instantaneous, it was not slow either, taking less than ten seconds and consuming very little energy, even negligible. In actual terms, it might be less than 0.1 points of source energy.
After completing this step, Huang Hong prepared to try another thing: changing the loaded items.
Although Huang Hong had awakened the Myriad Manifestations Enhancement, he only obtained some basic information. He had to explore many functions on his own. For example, he didn't know if there were any restrictions such as 'cooldown' when loading items, so he hadn't dared to change it before.
With that thought in mind, Huang Hong no longer hesitated and directly canceled the loading of the [Sharp Iron Spear].
After waiting a short while and not feeling any discomfort, he loaded the DJI Mini 4 Pro.
Then, Huang Hong couldn't wait to leave the monitoring room and launch the drone.
To Huang Hong's surprise, he suddenly discovered that in the loading state, he could control the drone's movements directly without using a remote control.
With a slight buzzing sound, the drone took off and hovered at an altitude of more than ten meters.
Huang Hong felt it was a strange situation. He was in a dual-perspective state, with what his own eyes saw on one side and what the drone captured on the other.
Huang Hong focused his attention on the drone. The camera could not only turn and focus according to his thoughts, but he could also sense the operation of each component and the remaining battery power.
After playing for a while, Huang Hong retrieved the drone and then looked at his Myriad Manifestations Enhancement Talent again. After trying it a few more times, he finally confirmed that the loading ability had no side effects or cooldown time and was completely plug-and-play.
This is undoubtedly good news for Huang Hong.
Huang Hong counted the batteries and found three in total. Adding the one that came with the drone, he had a total of four batteries. Two of them were fully charged and two were half-charged. Together, they could fly for about two hours, which was enough for him to use for a short period of time.
Huang Hong didn't plan to bring the drone storage box, as it takes up a lot of space. He did bring the charger, though, since there's a power outage right now, there are definitely diesel generators or similar equipment in the city where he can charge the drone later.
After confirming that nothing had been missed, Huang Hong glanced at the sky. He had been chased by goblins around noon, and now, four or five hours later, the sun was still high in the sky, showing no sign of setting.
This made Huang Hong realize once again that he was no longer in the original world.
Composing himself, Huang Hongchao headed towards the city center.
To be honest, he had originally planned to ride his secondhand electric scooter, but the surroundings were too quiet, and he was afraid that any extra noise would attract unknown monsters. In that case, it would be better to set off on foot.
The museum is only four or five kilometers away from the bustling city center. With Huang Hong's enhanced physical strength, he did not feel any strain, and this made him more agile.
We proceeded cautiously, at a slow but steady pace.
Before entering complex street buildings, Huang Hong would deploy drones for advance reconnaissance.
As Huang Hong was about to cross a residential area, he suddenly saw two goblins fighting over a mutilated corpse. Their mouths were covered in blood, indicating that this was not their first time having a full meal.
Huang Hong's eyes flashed with a cold light as he quickly surveyed the surrounding environment using the drone. Once he confirmed that there were only these two goblins in the area, he put away the drone and reloaded the iron spear.
A strategy doesn't have to be old, as long as it works.
Huang Hong threw out a stone, and after attracting the attention of the two goblins, he quickly pretended to be in a sorry state and ran towards the stairwell.
He lived in an old-style residential area where there were no security doors in the building units, so anyone could enter.
Huang Hong ran into the stairwell because of its cramped environment. Of course, he didn't intend to block his own escape route. There was a small window on the second floor of the stairs, so if anything went wrong, he could jump out and run away.
Soon, two goblins rushed after them, but as soon as they turned into the stairwell, they were met with sharp iron spears, one of the goblins being pierced through the chest.
Huang Hong didn't linger in the fight. He drew his iron spear and retreated, waiting for the goblins to pursue him.
However, to his surprise, the injured goblin showed no intention of giving chase. It fell to the ground and scrambled backward. As if influenced by the injured goblin, the other goblin also turned and fled.
Seeing this scene, Huang Hong suddenly thought of all the descriptions of goblins in fantasy works... cowardly, weak, bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Without hesitation, Huang Hong abruptly stopped his retreating steps, lunged forward, and swung his iron spear repeatedly at the wounded goblin. Although the goblin fought back fiercely, it lost its life after a few blows.
Meanwhile, another goblin was running away on its short legs, which reminded Huang Hong of his disheveled appearance when he was first chased by goblins. A ferocious smile appeared on his face, and he quickly chased after it.
In just a moment, another goblin also fell to the ground.
After dealing with the two goblins, Huang Hong looked thoughtfully in a certain direction. It was a resident's house, and although the curtains were tightly closed, perhaps due to his attribute boost, he could vaguely sense a gaze coming from that direction.
Since the other party didn't want to communicate, Huang Hong naturally ignored them. He dragged the dead goblin, along with the one at the bottom of the stairs, into the stairwell.
After choosing a spot that would block his view, Huang Hong used his decomposition ability on the two goblin corpses.
The energy arrived quickly, but the number he received made his eyes widen – not the previous 2 or 3 points, but 6 points! 6 points each!!
Including the remaining 9 points, Huang Hong now has 21 energy points.
After a moment's thought, Huang Hong muttered to himself, "Experience points?"
As we all know, energy does not disappear or appear out of thin air; it only transforms from one form to another.
Previously, Huang Hong would absorb a stream of energy to level up after killing monsters.
Now that he has reached the maximum level, it means that this loss has disappeared, and the source energy obtained from decomposing monster corpses has naturally increased.
This is definitely great news for Huang Hong, as it will allow him to accelerate the accumulation of source energy to a new level.
Collecting his thoughts, Huang Hong continued forward. As for whether anyone would come to this corridor and notice the unnatural disappearance of the goblin's corpse, it didn't really matter.
As Huang Hong was about to cross the residential area, he suddenly heard some noise. He frowned, but after thinking for a moment, he still released the drone to investigate.
To be honest, given Huang Hong's situation, it would be more suitable for him to act alone, since he has secrets and he would develop faster on his own.
But being human, he would still intervene if a monster were to kill him.
After seeing the footage transmitted by the drone, Huang Hong breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't the monster killing people; on the contrary, it was a team of three hunting the monster, one of whom was an acquaintance of his, Chen Guoqiang, the museum's security captain.
The three worked together seamlessly, leaving the goblin helpless. Although the damage they inflicted each time was not high, they should be able to kill it soon if they continued.
Seeing this, Huang Hong felt relieved and prepared to recall the drone, change direction, and continue moving forward.
But just then, Huang Hong stopped what he was doing, turned the drone's view, and saw a goblin sneaking up from behind a building not far from the three of them.
Because of the building's obstruction, the three were clearly unaware of the impending danger.
Huang Hong sighed, quickly retrieved the drone, picked up his iron spear, and charged forward.