What gunfire meant went without saying, but Cheng Tian and the others still chose to calmly clear out the zombie horde in front of them before going to investigate.
They were only nominally members of a Government Army squad. Their true mission was entirely different, and there was no need for them to genuinely risk their lives for the Government Army.
Under normal circumstances, players needed to complete the Main Dungeon objective only after ensuring their own survival. After all, if they died, they truly lost everything. No one was noble enough to throw away their lives just to finish a mission, much less help someone else achieve theirs.
Besides, the Dungeon Modifiers had already revealed that the Regular Army was not absolutely righteous, nor was the Rebel Army absolutely evil. It had even hinted at opportunities to switch factions, clearly giving players more choices.
Furthermore, Chosen Space imposed severe restrictions on player resurrection. The vast majority of resurrection items were restricted from use. Otherwise, Life-Awarding Mushrooms, which were generally easy to obtain in Mario dungeons, would have flooded the market long ago.
Incidentally, the first wave of zombies dropped two treasure chests. Uncle Xue's snowballs also triggered a kill Special Effect, directly dropping two candies and a tray of sushi. Both were recovery items that could restore a small amount of health, and they were compact enough to carry easily without stuffing them into the inventory—
However, when Uncle Xue generously wanted to share them with his teammates, everyone, including Cheng Tian behind the wheel, turned their heads away.
Although the item descriptions clearly stated that there was nothing wrong with them, they had personally watched a Fat Ghoul with blackish-purple petrified fat all over its body and a vertically split belly full of tangled intestines and pulpy organs