Character Card

The scene shifts back to Han Dong and his group, who have just entered the city.

"You have entered the important area - [Derry Town]. Due to the influence of Special Substance in this area, individual attribute indicators will be presented in the form of a ' Character Card '. Please check your Character Card as soon as possible."

Pull over to the side of the road.

Each of them pulled out a character card from their clothes.

Slightly different from what Han Dong had expected, the card didn't provide the usual values for strength, agility, and intelligence... but instead gave four more intuitive basic attributes:

"Mental fortitude" and "Perseverance"

"Health" and "Physical Fitness"

The back of the card provides a fairly detailed definition for each basic attribute:

"Mindset": The core of human values—that humanity is an important being in the universe, nature is benevolent, and God is merciful—will be utterly shattered when the truth of the world is revealed. They become deceptive illusions, leaving behind only a desolate, terrifying, and nihilistic universe.

The mental index represents how many of humanity's most basic beliefs you still retain.

When an individual encounters a Terrifying Existence in the Derry Town, their mental index will decrease.

Once it reaches zero, it will be considered a "state of absolute fear".

Human beings' mental and conscious defenses will be greatly reduced, making them easily subject to the direct control of the residents of Derry Town, and reduced to the lowest level of Hogs.

"Perseverance": Whether the initial cause is a blind male corpse hanging in a hospital, a monster of weeds hiding under a manhole cover, or the severe torture inflicted on you by the residents of Derry Town, the shock and fear they cause can severely damage the mind and nervous system, plunging the individual into panic, paralysis, fainting from extreme fear, or blind rage.

Your grit level represents your resilience to psychological trauma.

It is directly related to mindset.

The higher the grit level, the slower the mental decline.

"Health": Health represents the total amount of damage an individual can withstand. Your health value decreases when you are hit while fighting the terrifying monsters in Derry Town.

"Physical strength": Physical strength determines regenerative ability, ability to withstand damage, ability to resist infection, and ability to survive in toxic environments, etc.

It is directly related to health.

The stronger one's physique, the slower one's health index declines when injured.

The maximum threshold for the above four basic attributes is [10].

The above four attributes are actually quite easy to understand.

It's simply a matter of defense and health.

However, the Character Card here provide a total of "two bars" of health. If either bar reaches zero, the individual will be in danger or die.

Each person's "character card" is a numerical value given through an objective evaluation by the Destiny System:

Han Dong's card has a dark red background.

"Valen Nicholas"

Background: A Bates Academy undergraduate and a research fellow in the Chemical Engineering Laboratory, he is quiet and calm, and likes to solve problems from a scientific perspective.

"Mental Strength": 10 (Capable of confronting the most terrifying myths)

"Perseverance": 10 (An indomitable will)

"Health": 5 (Healthy person)

"Physical Strength": 7 (The body of a deeply mutated infected)

It also possesses three high-level special abilities: "Mysticism", "Document Reading", and "Dark Magic".

"Cas Maldini"

Background: A Bates Academy student, captain of the baseball team and a football player, cheerful and outgoing, always ready to go to great lengths for his friends.

"Mental Strength": 6 (The Fearless)

"Perseverance": 7 (derived from the Knight's unwavering belief)

"Health": 8 (Extremely healthy)

"Physical Strength": 9 (Stone Wall)

It also possesses two high-level special abilities: "Fighting" and "Melee Mastery".

Diana Epsilon

Background: Bates Academy student, cheerleader, and vice president of the school's Weird and Wonder Adventurers Association.

"Mental Strength": 3 (Easily swayed)

"Steadfastness": 8 (Heart of the Night Watcher)

"Health": 6 (High-quality healthy person)

"Physical Strength": 10 (Dense white bones)

It also possesses several high-level special abilities: "Fighting", "Bone Transformation", and "Super Speed Movement".

Overall, Han Dong is clearly the best; having both attributes at maximum means that Han Dong is best suited to deal with Mental Type monsters.

Cas is the most balanced, while Diana's stats fluctuate wildly... However, the motel incident also shows that Diana is not suitable for handling events involving illusions or Mental Type.

Staring at the Character Card, Han Dong offered a suggestion. "After entering the city, we'll split up."

"Isn't it a bad idea to separate in such a dangerous area?" Cas was slightly doubtful, but once Han Dong gave a definite answer, he would definitely follow it.

"Diana's mental condition is not suitable for going to the Central Hospital... It would be better for the two of you to work together and be responsible for collecting 30 Source Core Ore as required by the main quest."

After all, Sam told us that the buildings in Derry Town are basically made of "Source Core Ore" as raw material, and perhaps we can find the corresponding mine in the back mountain of Derry Town.

As for the Perfect Life Quality Brain that exists in the hospital, I'll take care of that myself.

The next time you encounter an unidentified female corpse, the hallucinations you experience might be even more terrifying and profound than those in the 'motel'.

Upon hearing this, Diana was slightly startled. The terrifying experience from before had not yet completely faded from her mind. At the moment, she was gripping the seatbelt with one hand, and the bones on her body were faintly visible.

"I... I will deal with all monsters except that female corpse, I'm sorry." Diana kept apologizing when she realized that she had held them back to some extent.

"It's alright. We'll need Diana's help dealing with the ' Dragon City Squad ' later on... Huo Ziping is too strong; only you can suppress him."

"Sword cultivators... Father said that the sword cultivators of Dragon City are the strongest in the world. I will do my best."

that's all.

The car drove around the fog-shrouded center of Derry Town... Han Dong got out at the road sign marked "100m ahead - Derry Town Central Hospital".

"Nicholas, watch out..."

"Don't worry, I'm not alone."

Han Dong waved with his back turned and walked away into the mist.

"As long as we can obtain the brain, the main quest will be basically completed; the other materials are minor matters..."

Just as Han Dong was walking towards the hospital.

On the originally deserted street, a patient walked towards them.

White striped hospital gowns

A needle was still hanging from the back of his hand, connected to an IV drip on the hand-operated lever.

With her head bowed, she could not see her face.

Tick-tock...

A viscous liquid was continuously secreted from this person's body, flowing down the trouser leg and covering the ground. Some soft objects, resembling soft tissue or tentacles, even fell to the ground along with it.

As Han Dong approached.

The patient suddenly raised his face.

It was a blurry face made up of bubbles of all sizes, with strange tentacles crowding into its empty eye sockets.

Such a gaze had no effect on Han Dong.

Han Dong showed no intention of attacking, smiled, handed a mask to the patient, and continued walking towards the hospital.

"There are even [Kree] types in Derry Town! But that makes sense... The residents of Derry Town are all ascended from small worlds, so it's only natural that some of them come from [Kree] worlds."

Han Dong took out the rusty key given to him by the female corpse and stared at the VOID (void) engraving on it.

"It seems that during my unconscious state under the influence of illusions, the female corpse discerned my true nature and thus bestowed upon me a corresponding gift... It was the right decision to come alone."

The events surrounding the Kremlin are not suitable for Cas and Diana to interact.