Sheep-Headed Monster

[Site selection complete,Additional tasks acquired,Optional]

[1.Kill mutated creatures,Claim rewards based on the number and strength of the mutated creatures]

[2.Explore the ruins,Investigate why the city was abandoned]

[3.Deal with the giant Mutated Creatures in the center of the ruins]

As soon as he stepped out of the vehicle, a few new tasks popped up in the chat room. Lin Ye glanced at them and directly ignored the third task, as he had no desire whatsoever to go near that massive shadow.

"Are we going in? Or should we check out somewhere else?"

Zhao Yong walked at the very front, his sturdy physique acting like a wall that gave people a full sense of security.

"Best not to. This road is one that takes ten minutes to reach other places. Until we thoroughly understand this place, it's better not to wander around blindly."

Xu Min maintained a small safety distance from the others, saying cautiously.

"Indeed. If we act according to the system prompts, we'll still be able to take the vehicle back. If we wander around casually, we might never be able to go back."

Lin Ye perceived his surroundings. He had already put on the Cross Necklace and the Psychic Ring when selecting the site earlier. Through his previous experimentation, he discovered that as long as he did not trigger the kind of inspiration experienced when previously killing monsters, wearing the Cross Necklace for a long time would not have too great an impact.

The effect of the Psychic Ring was exceptionally good. With the help of the Cross Necklace, Lin Ye could distinctly feel the surrounding Psionic Energy continuously enter his body, strengthening his physique.

Upon entering the ruins, Lin Ye perceived a sense of oppression, as if some sort of force were pressing down on his body, making his steps feel several fractions heavier.

"What are we going to do now? Find a place in the periphery to hide until tomorrow morning?"

Zhao Yong picked up a piece of steel reinforcement bar attached to concrete from the ground and asked.

"Let's gather supplies first and see if there are any usable weapons. The prompt tells us to survive until tomorrow, so some kind of change might happen here tonight; otherwise, it would be way too easy."

Xu Min carefully observed the surrounding ruins, attempting to find a relatively safe foothold.

"I suggest splitting up before sunset to explore these ruins as much as possible. We can contact each other through the group chat if anything happens. This is our advantage."

If it were a group of ordinary teammates, Lin Ye would not have made such a suggestion, but these few teammates all felt quite reliable.

"Alright, I'll head that way."

Li Ji pointed to the east of the ruins and said.

"Then I'll go to the west."

Xu Min said decisively, having absolutely no desire to go near that huge shadow in the center of the ruins.

"I'll go check out the middle."

Grandpa Zhao was rather domineering, preparing to head straight to the center of the ruins to explore.

"Then I'll just wander around casually. You guys can look for me if you need anything."

Lin Ye gazed at the shadow in the distant mist, harboring a faint ominous premonition.

Mutated creatures were everywhere in the ruins. Relying on his perception, Lin Ye carefully bypassed areas with relatively strong mutated creatures, cautiously searching for useful supplies while taking the opportunity to reload the pistol with the flesh and blood of a Blood Corpse.

According to the city layout, Lin Ye quickly found a commercial street. Although the commercial street had already become a ruin by this time, he still found a gun shop on the street.

There were many Blood Corpses wandering the street, mixed with a few mutated creatures that had already spawned a Mutation Organ.

Additionally, there were only some abandoned vehicles on the street with no large blocks for cover, so making a commotion would easily attract a large number of Blood Corpses, making it impossible to pick them off one by one.

Lin Ye currently had no bullets on him, possessing only the Red Blade and the CL0 Pistol whose flesh and blood was undergoing mutation, and he simply could not handle this many Blood Corpses.

I have no choice but to take another route.

If he could help it, Lin Ye did not want to walk into those narrow alleys. Not to mention that mutated creatures might be hiding in the corners, the unstable structures in the ruins alone were extremely fatal.

Lin Ye used to play a game where the protagonist had a certain probability of sudden death simply by using climbing skills.

Fortunately, he did not possess this lethal passive.

Lin Ye picked a relatively wide alley to enter the ruins, holding the Red Blade in his hand and moving forward slowly.

This place was clearly not in the same time zone as the Shelter World. He could not see the sun and did not know how much time was left before dark, but he would try his best to head back before dark.

The mutated creatures hiding in this alley were not many, and none of them were particularly strong; the strong ones had probably all run outside to seize territory.

Lin Ye easily dispatched the perceived Blood Corpses with the Red Blade. After absorbing Psionic Energy through the Psychic Ring, his physical fitness had noticeably improved a bit.

As long as he stabbed the right spot, average Blood Corpses did not require a second stab.

As the number of killed Blood Corpses increased, he also slowly figured out some techniques.

After dealing with a mutated wild dog, Lin Ye finally entered the gun shop.

The shop was exceptionally quiet; the gun racks were empty, and the ground was covered everywhere with bloodstains and bullet casings.

Lin Ye quickly found the gun shop's storage room. The warehouse door was ajar, and a monster was poised behind the door, ready to strike.

The monster was separated from Lin Ye by only a single room door, and the monster clearly knew Lin Ye's location, having already prepared to ambush him.

Lin Ye also perceived the monster. The monster possessed only a single Mutation Organ, but this Mutation Organ was unusually active.

Its degree of activity even surpassed that of the previous monster that possessed several Mutation Organs.

Lin Ye drew the CL0 Pistol tucked into his waist. The bullets had not finished mutating yet, but they were already usable. Just as he prepared to shoot and kill the monster through the room door, that monster suddenly moved.

Stillness and explosion occurred in a single instant. The room door was smashed into fragments, and in the blink of an eye, the monster appeared right in front of Lin Ye.

A sheep head, a human body, animal limbs of varying lengths, and a thick, long tail-this was a monster pieced together from various biological parts.

Lin Ye shifted one step to the left in time, barely escaping the fate of being smashed into mincemeat.

Thud!

The Sheep-Headed Monster crashed into the wall, shaking the entire gun shop a few times and cracking the wall with lines of fractures.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Lin Ye fired continuously at the back of the Sheep-Headed Monster. Its Mutation Organ was in its chest cavity, and that position could also be hit from behind.

All five bullets struck true, but the Sheep-Headed Monster suffered only negligible superficial wounds. The bullets, which had not completed their mutation, lacked sufficient strength, and under the influence of the Psionic Energy inside the Sheep-Headed Monster's body, all the bullets became stuck in the muscle tissue, unable to penetrate deeply.

Lin Ye quickly widened the distance, but the gun shop was not large, and the entrance was on the side of the Sheep-Headed Monster, leaving him with not much space to maneuver.

The Sheep-Headed Monster turned around. It was even slightly shorter than Lin Ye, its body covered entirely in thick muscle fibers. Energy surged within its body, and its Mutation Organ churned energy, ready at any moment to coordinate with its body to unleash a fatal strike.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Lin Ye aimed at the Sheep-Headed Monster's Mutation Organ and continued firing. It was not because he thought this would be useful, but because he had to suppress the monster in front of him; otherwise, he might be instantly killed by his opponent.

The Sheep-Headed Monster used its forelimbs to block the bullets. Lin Ye's eyes lit up-as long as he could break its defense, there would be a chance.

Bang, bang!

Lin Ye's wrist suddenly jerked, and two bullets accurately blasted the Sheep-Headed Monster's eyes.

The Sheep-Headed Monster let out a piercing scream, its forelimbs protecting its chest as it frantically charged at Lin Ye.

Even without eyes, it could still perceive Lin Ye's location, but its perceptive power was far from being as clear as eyes, allowing it only to know Lin Ye's general position.