Huge Score
The morning sunlight awakened the entire city.
Near the South Suburbs Subway Station, an older woman set up a breakfast stall, her eyes fixed on the commuters heading towards the station exit, hoping someone would patronize her business. However, for most workers rushing to catch the subway, rather than spending time waiting for an egg pancake before boarding the train and increasing the risk of being late, it's safer to decide whether to buy a sandwich at a convenience store after getting off the subway, when the office building is just a stone's throw away.
"Give me a set of jianbing guozi, with an egg and chicken cutlet!" The voice taking the order reached the old lady's ears. She turned her head and saw a young man wearing Half-Face Mask.
"Eight pieces in total..."
Drop!
"It's turned around."
The older woman skillfully made the pancakes, glancing occasionally at the strange young man wearing a mask. Finally, unable to resist her curiosity, she asked:
"What you're doing is... what's it called, cosplay?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Jun smiled and nodded, "Haha, you've heard of it too?"
The older woman pointed with her shovel to an exhibition hall in the distance. "They sometimes hold similar events there. There are always some young people in strange costumes coming and going, like characters from an animated film. I remember there was one last month... Is it open again today?"
"It seems not..." Luo Jun shook his head, touching his mask. "It's just my own hobby."
"Having hobbies is a good thing." The woman said while brushing on the sauce, reminiscing about the past. "Back then, I especially loved dancing, but unfortunately, my family was poor and I couldn't afford to learn... So I worked hard from dawn till dusk to send my daughter to a dance school. This girl has completely inherited my talent and is highly regarded by her teachers. Today is her first performance, at the Riverside Theater, as the lead dancer! Isn't that promising!"
"That's truly remarkable," Luo Jun praised with a smile. "You have a bright future ahead of you."
"That's... just thinking about how outstanding my daughter is makes me not feel tired at all." The woman's face was filled with pride and happiness as she spoke of her daughter, "Want some scallions and cilantro?"
"Add the usual amount of cilantro, but more chopped green onions."
"Got it!" After sprinkling the filling, she quickly rolled it up and bagged it, then handed the pancake to Luo Jun: "Come back when you're done eating!"
"Alright!" Luo Jun took it and took a bite, then gave a thumbs up. "It tastes really good!"
The woman smiled warmly, "I set up my stall here every day. Next time, you can try my egg pancakes and grilled cold noodles. Everyone who's tried them says they're delicious!"
After leaving the breakfast stall, Luo Jun ate a pancake while checking the building number. He eventually entered an apartment building, took the elevator to the eighteenth floor, took out his key, opened the door, and entered a cramped apartment.
This is where "Clerical Xiao Wang" rents his place.
After finishing the last bite of the pancake and throwing the plastic bag into the trash can, Luo Jun lay on the bed, seemingly asleep, but in reality, he was just resting with his eyes closed, sorting out the night's haul.
At the Source of Calamity, he first completed Side Mission to earn 500 points, killed a Polluter with over 300 points, then killed four people in a row using group detection, earning over 600 points. He paid 300 points to Chu Xin, and then killed two more people using Chu Xin's detection to earn nearly 600 points. After deducting the points from the Treatment Needle exchanged and the points from activating his detection ability on several alt accounts, Luo Jun netted a total of 1,520 points by collecting kills.
However, these are just the tip of the iceberg; the real bulk of the profits come from the Source of Calamity!
First, as the killer, Luo Jun already had a minimum of 1,000 points. Meanwhile, since almost no one else had inflicted any effective damage on the Source of Calamity, they only contributed to slowing its spread by killing zombies and other Mutated Monster, earning a few extra points, but barely taking any points. In the end, just by killing the Corpse King, Luo Jun earned 2,790 points! Adding the 1,520 points from the kill, the 100 points everyone received after the Corpse King's death, and subtracting the points deducted for innocent casualties, his total gain was 4,403 points!
Including the 810 points left after exchanging for Midnight Mask, Luo Jun now has a total of 5,213 points in his account!
With this score, Luo Jun is now absolutely number one by a wide margin!
Based on Luo Jun's current experience, the weaker enemies he kills are worth around a hundred points, the stronger ones four or five hundred, averaging around two or three hundred. Fifty Polluter, all added up, would only amount to a little over ten thousand points. These five thousand points account for almost half of the total kill points. Even if they don't increase further, if he maintains this level until the end of the mission, he should still get a pretty good evaluation.
Of course, Luo Jun wouldn't be satisfied with just that; he wanted to get more points, not just kills, but also the Source of Calamity that appeared every ten hours!
Looking at the Countdown, there are still more than eight hours until the next Source of Calamity. And considering the remaining numbers on both sides...
The enemy has twenty men, and our side has twenty-five men.
This number remained unchanged after he and Chu Xin separated. During this time, he waited for the cooldown to end and then launched a reconnaissance mission. Even though he moved at full speed and swept across several square kilometers in twenty seconds, it was still less than one percent of the entire city's area, and he ultimately found nothing.
The same must be true for everyone else; in such a huge city, finding either enemies or allies is like finding a needle in a haystack.
It seems that, aside from events like the Source of Calamity that can gather a large number of participants, finding the dwindling number of prey will depend solely on luck...
Out of boredom, Luo Jun took out his phone, opened a short video app, and scrolled through a few videos. He quickly came across one about recent news. First, there was the news of attacks on several police stations in the city yesterday, with a large number of firearms stolen. The comments below were mostly condemnations of police incompetence and concerns about the dangers these weapons would pose if they fell into the wrong hands...
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Then, there were numerous vicious Violence incidents in the city, almost all of which resulted in deaths. Many of these incidents were even captured on surveillance cameras and by passersby, and made into short videos that were then posted on platforms.
A rough estimate suggests that dozens of people have died due to these Violence incidents alone. Such a large number of heinous crimes occurring overnight is unheard of in such a peaceful city, causing immense panic...
But all of this is just the prelude; the real big news is the appearance of the Corpse King!
With such a gigantic monster appearing, how could it not have been seen by ordinary people? More than one person uploaded videos and photos of the Corpse King to the internet, causing a huge uproar.
At first, everyone thought it was a prank by someone using special effects to create videos. However, as more and more videos from different angles were posted by different people, people began to have doubts. It wasn't until later, when someone filmed a large number of videos of zombies and other monsters as evidence, and many residents living in the East Suburbs came forward to vouch for it, that people began to believe that a bizarre event that could not be explained by science had indeed occurred last night!
Watching these videos and discussions, Luo Jun felt increasingly that the background of this mission was terrifyingly real... Logically speaking, as one Source of Calamity after another appears, the contestants continue to be active, unlocking abilities, Violence escalates, and public opinion continues to ferment... Could it eventually alarm the world's armed forces?
Looking at the map, there are no military bases within the city limits, and the area is completely cordoned off. Given the mission's background, there shouldn't be any outside interference...
It's the information age after all; public opinion escalates too quickly...
Luo Jun shook his head as he scrolled through the news. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something. He then switched his phone to the map, searched for the address, and a smile appeared on his face.
It seems I don't need to rely on luck and wait foolishly anymore...
(End of this chapter)