Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 874 - 382 Emergency Room_2

Chapter 874: Chapter 382 Emergency Room_2

The zombies in the parking lot were sparse, primarily congregated at the main entrance. Nightmare drove around the scattered zombies, honking the horn at the main entrance to draw them away, and then circled around to drive out of the gate. Next, it was showtime for Nightmare.

Lin Wu’s driving skills were B-level, and his navigation skills B-. Nightmare’s driving technique was quite remarkable, seemingly even stronger than Maya’s, at least at an S- level. The car weaved through the streets, switching lanes between the vehicular lanes, pedestrian paths, and non-vehicular lanes. Nightmare managed the speed well, not too fast, giving himself plenty of time to turn and observe, yet not too slow, easily shaking off the zombies.

Some buildings on the streets had lights on, others didn’t. From observation, places with lights had zombies; any survivors would likely be in places without lights.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Lin Wu thought about applying the rules of Hardcore Mode to Hardcore Mode itself, making survival extremely difficult for players.

First, the water contamination was a significant problem; one could only dig wells or rely on rainwater. Then, the excessive number of NPCs and variables; even if a base was established in the suburbs, one could hardly expect to sleep well. Additionally, there were issues like farming.

Nightmare looked at the map on the central control screen: "One kilometer to go, everyone get ready."

Lin Wu and the others checked their weapons again, Xiao Wu took a deep breath, clearly still a bit nervous.

After crossing a bridge and turning left, the car rammed through a regular fence into the park. Lin Wu warned, "Be careful."

Nightmare sharply turned the steering wheel; the left rearview mirror scraped off by a tree, then the car drove onto the grass. There were many facilities on the grass such as stone benches and workout equipment, unavoidable; they had to ram directly into the zombies, hitting three in a row. One headlight shattered, and the hood started bouncing up and down.

"Unbuckle the safety belts," Nightmare said, driving another hundred meters before forcibly stopping near a first aid station.

The four of them got out of the car, Twin Dreams at the front of the car, and Lin Wu at the back. They fired their pistols, taking down zombies one by one running towards them. Lin Wu and Nightmare, equipped with night vision goggles, almost guaranteed a headshot with every shot against the zombies that ran straight at them. Meanwhile, Lin Meng and Xiao Wu fared worse, with Xiao Wu even having a zombie close in on him. Fortunately, he was physically strong and adept at combat, kicking the zombie down while Lin Wu turned and shot to resolve his crisis.

Quick to come, quick to kill, after silencing one suppressor each, they turned their stopping point into a temporary safe zone. Xiao Wu took out Xiao Jing, and Lin Meng covered them, Nightmare gestured forward with two fingers, and with Lin Wu, carrying backup weapons, they split eight meters apart and walked toward the first aid station.

Coming out from behind the large willow, a zombie charged at Lin Wu, screeching. Xiao Wu, seeing Lin Wu unresponsive, grew anxious, but just as the zombie got within five meters of him, Lin Wu turned his gun and headshot the zombie. Having witnessed the whole process, Xiao Wu realized he shouldn’t worry for Lin Wu but should focus on his own task.

Advancing another few meters, Nightmare raised his fist, pointing forward; there was a metal door, the first aid station’s door leading into the park. The door was slightly ajar with four zombies inside and outside. Worried about the zombies banging on the door creating a loud noise, Nightmare signaled for Lin Wu to go.

Lin Wu looked back at Nightmare: "I don’t have Wind Stinger, nor Agility, nor Stealth."

Nightmare then realized, pointing left and right, Lin Wu nodded; both of them skirted close to the wall, crouching towards the door through the bushes along the wall. Neither could see the zombies’ positions, and both looked at Xiao Wu and the others. Lin Meng was clueless, but Xiao Wu was the first to react; there was light at the door, and he could see clearly, gesturing that it was unsafe to proceed.

Xiao Wu kept an eye on the zombies, hand raised, then suddenly dropped his hand, and Lin Wu and Nightmare rushed forward. Coincidentally, all four zombies had their backs turned, they stabbed each with a dagger, held them down to the ground, then hid them in the bushes. After waiting a minute or so, Xiao Wu gestured again, Lin Wu struck first, crossing the gate and taking down a zombie, followed by Nightmare who took down another, perfectly coordinating and successfully breaching the area.

This cooperation was worthwhile just for itself.

They sheathed their daggers, switched to pistols, and Nightmare signaled the others to come over.

meters ahead was the main door of the first aid station, visible was the four-story building with all lights on. Zombies dressed as nurses, doctors, and patients were everywhere. Although not densely packed, these zombies seemed more energetic, constantly moving without any pattern.

Nightmare handed Lin Wu a suppressor, changed his own last suppressor, and they advanced forward, assassinating four outside zombies first then expanded the temporary safe zone by the door through stealth kills.

Entering the emergency room lobby, the first things in sight were the reception area on the right and the pharmacy on the left. Lin Wu was on the left and Nightmare on the right, each firing at two zombies. After the zombies fell, it attracted nearby zombies to come and watch. Lin Wu took the opportunity to lean against the wall and pulled out an iron stake from the side of his backpack. As the watching zombies began to disperse, Nightmare who was 5 meters away from Lin Wu gestured to him. A zombie walked to the corner, where Lin Wu then pierced its skull with the iron stake in his hand, pulled out the stake, grabbed the zombie’s clothes with his left hand, and slowly laid it on the ground.

Nightmare was somewhat surprised by this scene. Isn’t he attributeless? How could he be so strong? Even after becoming a zombie, it should retain at least 50% of its body weight. Lin Wu managed to silently lay down an object weighing 30 kilograms with one hand, something Nightmare admitted he couldn’t accomplish.

Nightmare made a gesture, and Lin Wu flicked the wall with his index finger, making a sound. Another zombie came over and was taken down by Lin Wu. Behind Lin Wu was the elevator area, and further back were the stairs to the second floor. Guarding here effectively cut off the first floor from other floors. After killing two more zombies, Nightmare also began to move. Both of them avoided using handguns, instead slowly clearing the first floor through assassinations.

Lin Meng and two others controlled the elevator area and the main entrance to avoid being surrounded by zombies after making loud noises. Lin Wu and Nightmare first cleared the emergency wards and the emergency outpatient, then cleaned the restrooms, maternity and child rooms, and other small rooms of zombies.

After the clearing, no survivors were found, nor was Blood Meng seen. The five of them met at the reception area. Lin Wu asked, "Up or down?"

The second floor was the diagnostic area, with departments like X-ray, CT, and ECG. The third floor had special care wards for patients whose vital signs were stabilized after emergency treatment but whose illness couldn’t be determined, waiting in this temporary hospital ward for a specialist consultation. The majority of the fourth floor comprised offices, ambulance driver’s rest areas, specialist consultation meeting rooms, and family discussion rooms. Another small area was a warehouse storing emergency supplies.

Downwards led to the morgue. However, the emergency area did not have direct stairs to the morgue. One option was to use the white elevator to go to the basement. Another option was to go around to the back door, where there was a ramp leading to the basement.

As Lin Wu and Nightmare were considering their options, there was the sound of a drawer being opened; everyone turned around and saw Xiao Jing pulling open the reception desk drawer. Seeing everyone looking at her, Xiao Jing got scared and whispered, "I was looking for a weapon."

Lin Meng walked over and said, "You don’t need a weapon." After noticing a lost and found wooden box, he casually rummaged through it and pulled out a badge: "It’s Blood Meng’s."

Nightmare walked over to take the badge and glanced at it; it was Blood Meng’s police badge.

Lin Wu leaned over to look at the badge and said, "Blood Meng’s badge and gun were found underfoot, does this indicate that the medical staff were changing Blood Meng’s clothes, performing surgery while order in the hospital was still intact? That’s why the badge ended up here." If it had been chaos, nobody would have picked up and dropped off a badge at the lost and found.

Xiao Wu said, "No, this is the lost and found, badges and guns have dedicated places for storage. The most likely scenario is that Blood Meng’s badge accidentally dropped, and since Blood Meng had already left the emergency room, the person who found the badge could only hand it over to the reception desk to be put in the lost and found box. I think Blood Meng was still alive at that point; otherwise, it should be regarded as an artifact and wouldn’t appear in the box."

Xiao Wu suggested, "I recommend going to the second floor." Rooms like the CT scan room, whose main doors are difficult to breach, have sturdy iron doors, and windows reinforced with steel bars, could provide more space for survivors to survive.

"Alright," Nightmare said, "Lin Wu, Lin Meng, you two stay on the first floor."

Lin Wu asked, "Are you sure?"

Nightmare said, "I need someone to deal with zombies approaching and entering the emergency area."

Xiao Wu agreed with Nightmare’s suggestion to leave Lin Wu behind, saying, "On the second floor and above, there are fewer medical staff and patients, we can handle them."

"Okay."

Nightmare said, "Try to save the silencers as much as possible."

"This is the first time I’ve heard someone say that," Lin Wu said as he took out a box of bullets from his backpack and loaded them into an empty magazine, "Go ahead and stay safe."

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