I Can See the Hidden Hints In The Apocalyptic World.

Chapter 8: Collecting a Player For the First Time (1)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Chu Heng thought for a while and replied.

“There should be a switch for the retractable door inside the security booth. I want you to close the retractable door for me. Once I’m in place, help me distract the zombies while I ‘close the door and hit the dog’!”

“Well…”

Zhang hesitated.

He had already learned from the other players that zombies were extremely sensitive to sound.

Closing the retractable door wasn’t difficult, but it could easily attract the nearby zombies. This was a very dangerous and risky thing to do!

Chu Heng frowned, seeing his concern.

“Think about it. I have a safe refuge right now. I can afford to wait. At worst, I can conquer another place. But what about you? How many days do you think you can last?”

Zhang Ming’s expression changed slightly. What Chu Heng said was exactly his sore spot.

There were many zombies wandering around the security booth. Although it was safe for him to stay inside, if he didn’t go out and search for supplies, his food and water could only support him for three to four days at most. If this continued, he would definitely die.

To put it simply, Chu Heng had a choice, but he did not.

If he wanted to survive, he had to seize this rare opportunity to help Chu Heng conquer the Tianshui Compound. This way, Chu Heng would be able to achieve his goal and he would be able to escape from this ‘cage’.

In short, it was a risk he had to take.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Ming finally agreed, but he also voiced his concerns.

“This security booth I’m in seems to be built of a relatively thin material. If we attract zombies, I’m afraid it won’t be able to withstand the impact of those zombies.”

Chu Heng was slightly stunned. He had forgotten about this.

Generally, the security booth in a compound was built of stainless steel or aluminum. Some black-hearted contractors even built the security booth directly out of plastic panels that provided even less protection.

Such a security booth could block a few zombies, but it definitely could not block the impact of more zombies.

He had wanted Zhang Ming to create a sound to attract the zombies, and then he would stand behind him and shoot them from afar. It was obvious that this plan would not work.

After thinking about it, Chu Heng decided to put this matter aside for now and wait until he went to the wall to see the situation.

“We’ll talk about attracting the zombies later. Close the retractable door first, in case the zombies outside rush in later.”

“Good!”

Zhang Ming answered.

After saying that, Chu Heng closed the chat box and checked his equipment again. Then, he went to the second-floor window facing the compound.

There was a two-meter-high wall between the hardware store and the Tianshui Compound. There was also a half-meter wide alley between the hardware store and the high wall, but this was not difficult for Chu Heng.

Looking over the high wall, he could clearly see many zombies wandering aimlessly in the open area of the compound. There were many of them, but fortunately, they were scattered.

With his current physique, as long as he wasn’t surrounded by zombies on flat ground, there was basically no danger.

Chu Heng carefully opened the window and climbed up. He jumped slightly towards the high wall and stood steadily on it.

“Roar… Ah…”

Just as he steadied himself, a zombie’s roar suddenly sounded from the bottom of the wall. The unprepared Chu Heng was so frightened that he almost fell off the wall.

Chu Heng looked down angrily.

When a zombie heard the sound, it stood under the wall and opened its bloody mouth to roar at him. It kept waving its green arms that were about to rot, wanting to catch this prey that was close by. Then, it would press him to the ground and bite his flesh to fill its stomach.

Beside it, a human corpse that had been chewed to a pulp lay quietly.

“Screw you. It’s not your fault that you’re ugly. But it’s your fault for being so ugly and still coming out to scare people. Besides, don’t you know that you really stink?”

Cursing, Chu Heng drew his bow and fired. The arrow passed through the zombie’s right eye and carried its body backward before pinning it to the grass.

Chu Heng looked around and realized that there were no other zombies around. He jumped down and raised the crowbar to smash the zombie’s head a few times. Then, he opened his palm and started collecting.

Congratulations on your successful collection. You have obtained Level 0 Crystal Core * 1, Key Card * 1, Key * 2, Elementary Mutated Fertilizer * 100g

As soon as he finished collecting, the corpse beside him let out a soft roar and raised its body slightly.

Chu Heng didn’t think too much about it. He pulled out the arrow that was still stuck in the zombie’s head and quickly turned around to stab the arrow in his hand into the head of this newly mutated zombie.

The roaring stopped instantly.

Congratulations on your successful collection. You have obtained Elementary Mutated Fertilizer * 100g, Bread * 6, Pure Water * 2, and Space Ring Fragment * 1.

Your Space Ring’s current level is LV1. Storage space: 20 slots. Can be upgraded to LV2 by consuming five Space Ring Fragments and teen Crystal Cores. Storage space +10

Chu Heng was stunned and frowned.

The Space Ring Fragment could only be collected from the corpses of players, which meant that this was actually a player’s corpse.

Moreover, there was no Crystal Core collected. Was it because the newly transformed zombie had yet to form? Or was it not guaranteed to collect them from dead zombies?

Looking at the corpse, Chu Heng was silent for a long time before finally sighing.

At that moment, Zhang Ming sent a message.

“Boss, the zombies outside the door have calmed down. Where are you now? How do you want me to cooperate with you?”

Chu Heng glanced around and jumped lightly. He grabbed the top of the high wall with both hands and relied on his powerful core strength to flip back onto the wall.

“I’m already inside the compound. I’m heading up the high wall to the security booth. We’ll see what happens when I get here.”

Without further ado, Chu Heng walked about 150 meters west on the high wall before the entrance of the compound appeared in front of him.

According to his arrangements, Zhang Ming had already closed the retractable door, and the zombies outside gradually fell silent.

In the compound, twenty to thirty zombies were attracted by the sound of the door closing. This was also the reason why Chu Heng didn’t see many zombies near the high wall.

“Phew…”

Seeing this, Chu Heng could not help but heave a sigh of relief. The current situation was much better than he had imagined.

However, he was still about 30 to 40 meters away from the entrance of the compound. At this distance, he was less than 50% confident that he could accurately kill these zombies. Moreover, if he went over to collect corpses, it would cause the zombies outside the door to go crazy again. This clearly did not match his expectations.

However, if he continued forward, without the shelter of the building on his right, he would definitely attract the zombies on the road.

Moreover, the wall under his feet was only two meters tall. The taller zombies could basically reach out and touch Chu Heng’s ankles. Clearly, walking forward was not a good idea.

Scanning his surroundings, Chu Heng looked at a big tree on his right and his eyes suddenly lit up.

It was a big eucalyptus tree, so leafy that it looked like a giant umbrella. Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves and fell to the ground like stars on a black-and-white chessboard.

The big eucalyptus tree was so thick that two people could barely surround it with their arms. What surprised Chu Heng even more was that there was a branch about three meters off the ground that was just big enough for someone to stand on.

His physical fitness was greatly enhanced now. Three meters was not a problem for him at all.

At that time, as long as he attracted the zombies to the bottom of the tree, he could stand on the branch and shoot the zombies from above.

More importantly, Level 0 zombies had stiff limbs and couldn’t climb trees at all. They couldn’t reach a height of three meters, so he would be very safe.

This was simply tailor-made for him based on his conditions.