nycdaug Chapter 23 Service Area Opens! Has the No. 1 spot on the leaderboard changed hands?
Chapter 23 Service Area Opens! Has the No. 1 spot on the leaderboard changed hands?
Soon, the system prompted again.
[Ding-dong! A zombie horde is approaching. Good luck to all players!]
Upon hearing this sound, Lin Xuan immediately looked out the window.
A dark line appeared on the distant horizon behind them, surging towards them like a black tide.
Lin Xuan turned off the full-screen chat and immediately called out to the girl with pigtails in the passenger seat.
"Little one!"
"The Gatling gun from here on out is yours!"
"Okay, bro!"
Lin Xiaoxiao agreed and then skipped and hopped to the Gatling gun's location.
She looked ahead, her hands resting on the Gatling gun's trigger.
After a moment of silence, she suddenly smiled and said, "Brother, do you think I can hit it?"
Lin Xuan raised his eyes slightly and smiled, "It doesn't matter if you miss. The horde of zombies is dense enough that you can scan them even with your eyes closed."
"Pfft!"
Lin Xiaoxiao smoothed her disheveled hair, then took a deep breath and tightened her grip on the trigger.
"They're here."
The moment the trigger was pulled, the whole world was torn apart.
The Gatling gun's six barrels spun wildly, tearing the charging zombies apart one by one.
Lin Xuan glanced at the rearview mirror, his gaze lingering on Lin Xiaoxiao's face for a moment longer.
This girl usually seems carefree, but she's actually quite focused at times like this!
Just then, five Lickers jumped out from both sides of the road and blocked Lin Xuan's car.
They lay sprawled in the middle of the road, baring their teeth and claws, their mouths wide open, a tongue longer than their bodies slowly protruding from their mouths.
"Is it you again?"
Lin Xuan smiled dismissively and sped off.
If it had happened a day earlier, he might have avoided the limelight.
But now, in the face of a level 3 vehicle, even a monster that is said to be above the intermediate level of mutated creatures can only obediently become a speed bump under this one step of the accelerator!
"Sis, this horde of zombies doesn't seem too bad..."
Watching hordes of zombies fall to the Gatling guns, Su Nian swayed her pigtails and grinned.
Before she could finish speaking, Su Ran immediately glared at her.
"Su Nian!"
Upon hearing this, Su Nian's heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively covered her mouth with her hand, a sheepish smile appearing on her face.
Time ticked by, and the only sounds along the highway were the roar of Gatling guns and the tearing apart of hordes of corpses.
Lin Xuan glanced at the rearview mirror. Under the Gatling gun's immense power, the horde of zombies had virtually no chance of resistance.
In fact, not a single person was able to touch their car from beginning to end.
It was so simple that he didn't even activate the "shield" he had prepared at the beginning!
[This zombie horde has ended. Death toll: 500 million.]
About an hour later, a system notification tone came from the car's central control.
Lin Xuan stopped the car and his gaze fell on the flashing central control screen.
At the start of the first day of the game, the system announced that a total of five billion players had participated.
Today, this single zombie horde alone has killed one-tenth of the players.
This game was far more brutal than he had imagined!
He took a deep breath and, as usual, turned on all the channels.
The pale blue screen lit up, and comments scrolled by, but there were significantly fewer of them than before.
"I survived... I actually survived..."
"Our team had ten people, and now I'm the only one left..."
"I heard the Dawn Guild leader is dead, and the whole car was surrounded by a horde of zombies! Hahahaha, that's karma!!"
"Does anyone have any medicine? My brother was bitten, and the wound seems to be infected..."
"Five hundred million... a full five hundred million people, just like that, gone..."
"I don't want to play anymore, I want to go home..."
"Go home? Go back to which home? Can you even go back now?"
"..."
Just then, a private message box popped up in the lower right corner of the screen.
Lin Xuan glanced at it; it was Sun Ze.
Ever since that ranking list came out, this guy has been contacting him very frequently.
"Big brother! Big brother! How's it going on your end? Is the zombie horde over yet?"
Lin Xuan glanced at it and casually remarked, "Still alive!"
His message had barely been sent when the other party's message popped up.
"Great! I'm still alive! Brother, let me tell you, thanks to your reminder earlier, I didn't join that Dawn Guild!"
"You know what? The guild leader of Dawn Guild said that if we handed over the upgrade cores, we could fight the zombie horde together. But when the horde came, the car was completely destroyed, and the guild leader himself was the first to die! And it seems that very few of those who handed over the upgrade cores survived!"
Lin Xuan was silent for a while, then typed: "It's good that you're alive. As long as the upgrade core is still there, the car can be upgraded slowly. There's still a long way to go."
After sending the message, he closed the private chat window with Sun Ze, leaned back in his chair, and slowly exhaled.
The first zombie horde passed just like that.
Although this time it was relatively easy, it made him clearly aware of the cruelty of this game.
In the days to come, he must upgrade the vehicle to level four as soon as possible.
This will give you a better chance of survival in the following games.
Just then, a golden notification popped up on the screen.
[System Announcement: Service area is now open.]
[Introduction: Service areas are places for players to rest and trade. Players can restore their status, replenish resources, trade items, and recruit teammates within service areas.]
[Location: Service areas will randomly spawn on the map. Players can find service areas by checking their icons!]
[Note: Combat is prohibited within the service area. Violators will be permanently banned from entering the service area. Players can only stay in the service area for a maximum of three days; after three days, they will be automatically expelled!]
"Service area?"
Lin Xuan stared at the line of text on the screen for a few seconds, his gaze finally settling on the words "Service Area".
Does this service area look like the main city in an online game?
However, this main city will randomly spawn on the map, and you can only stay there for three days at a time before being automatically driven out.
He reached out and tapped the map, and a light screen unfolded on it.
A golden marker appeared 1000 kilometers away from our current location; the icon was shaped like a small house.
"Is this the service area?"
Lin Xuan stroked his chin, his gaze still fixed on the screen above him.
Although he doesn't lack supplies right now, there's no guarantee he won't find other good things in this service area.
Just as he made up his mind, Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly ran over excitedly.
She ran off shouting, "Brother, quickly check the leaderboard!"
"Rankings? What's wrong with rankings?"
Lin Xuan touched his nose, then nonchalantly opened the rankings.
When he saw the name of the person in first place, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
[NO.1: M-0007 Lin Xiaoxiao - 12000 points]