I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 47 - 47: Resisting the Monster

Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Resisting the Monster

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The Detox Elixir could be bought from system shops in the game, which were rather numerous if you knew where to find them;

The bar counter that Li Ke’er found was, in fact, one of these system shops. Li Dong and his so-called White Tiger Gang also found a system shop which was located at the end of an alley, in the form of a vending machine. Through this vending machine, they could purchase some items approved by the system, including the Detox Elixir capable of curing the zombie virus;

However, one bottle of Detox Elixir costs three hundred Doomsday Coins – a price the man infected with the zombie virus couldn’t afford. His only hope rested on the gang leader, Li Dong;

“Xiao Mao, you must remember that the Doomsday Coins 1 carry are not mine, but belong to all the members of the White Tiger Gang. If the coins were mine, 1 would’ve bought the Elixir without hesitation. But, alas…” Li Dong spoke with a troubled expression.

Li Dong had over five hundred Doomsday Coins on him, a result of collecting the coins from all the gang members.

Li Dong was not willing to part with these coins. After playing the game for so long, he came to realize how challenging it was to earn Doomsday Coins. Moreover, the items in the shop were outrageously expensive. To him, spending three hundred Doomsday Coins on the Detox Elixir felt like slicing off his own flesh.

“Boss, I’m dying, I’m dying-” Xiao Mao began to cry out in utter despair;

“Xiao Mao, 1 understand, but the money I have belongs to everyone, and I don’t have the right to spend it!” Li Dong said, wearing an earnest look on his face: “However, 1 will make a call to arms. All White Tiger Gang members, let’s start hunting monsters, sell all the loot we get, and pool the money to buy a cure for Xiao Mao! Xiao Mao, aren’t you still going to hold on for half an hour? I believe as long as the White Tiger Gang sticks together, we will definitely raise three hundred Doomsday Coins to detox you within thirty minutes!”

“Boss, you’re so righteous!” A seventeen-year-old teenager looked at Li Dong with admiration and shouted, “1’11 answer your call, Boss. From now on, all the items dropped by monsters will be sold to buy Xiao Mao a detox elixir!”

Xiao Mao’s face turned pale. He could feel an abnormal energy slowly spreading throughout his body, and his body was starting to stiffen;

“Indeed, Xiao Mao, since you’re already infected with the virus, you don’t have to worry about those mutant zombies attacking you anymore. You go and take the front, and we’ll give it another try. This time we have to take down that injured BOSS. 1 saw it was only at half vitality, and it’s still bleeding. Once it’s dead, we’ll have enough money to buy you the Detox Elixir.” Li Dong was still determined, he just needed to bring down that already injured BOSS which was still losing Vitality Points.

“As long as we can kill all those zombies guarding it, I am confident we can bring that BOSS down with our combined strength.” Li Dong quietly gritted his teeth.

“What? You want me to take the front and tank those creatures?” Xiao Mao shivered. He recalled the previous encounter with the mutated zombies that were surrounding the BOSS which were much more powerful and frenzied than the normal ones he had encountered.

“No, no, 1 can’t do it. My maximum Vitality Points are only ninety, and now they’ve dropped to just over sixty. 1 can’t tank them!” Xiao Mao said with a gloomy face;

“If you won’t tank, then how can we help you?” Li Dong’s face hardened: “You have to understand; we are trying to help you here. You need the detox, and you have to give more. Otherwise, I can’t justify this to the other members!” “Boss, you’re so respectable, always considering everyone’s well-being!” The seventeen-year-old looked at Li Dong with admiration in his eyes and loudly exclaimed.

At first, Li Dong was pleased with the teenager’s flattery, but now he was starting to have doubts: “Is this kid mocking me?”

“You, together with Xiao Mao, get the front and tank those creatures!” Li Dong slapped the teenager on the back of his head;

“A bunch of ragtag losers!” Song Jian, who had been watching everything from behind, couldn’t help but sneer;

However, as cannon fodder, these people suited his purposes just fine. Song Jian maintained a safe distance behind them and slowly approached the building;

It was an office building. The glass doors were shattered long ago, and the first floor was dimly lit, filled with an intense stench. Corpses scattered and piled high everywhere.

The flesh and blood on these corpses had almost completely rotted away, revealing the stark white bones beneath. They were all waste products, not having fully transformed into mutant zombies, discarded like rubbish around the lobby;

In the depths of the lobby, there was a pit five to six meters in diameter filled with fresh blood. Appearing as a blood pool, the mutant zombie leader lounged in its center, with only its head exposed. It was absorbing the Force of Death from the blood pool to heal its injuries;

Above the zombie leader’s head were negative statuses. The “continuous bleeding” status had disappeared, leaving only the “defense weakened” and “mobility hindered” status;

Song Jian’s heart sank. He did not expect the zombie leader to have such a method for healing its wounds. If too much time was allowed, its injuries might even be fully healed.

“Xiao Mao, hold on! They’re just ordinary mutated zombies and are all level one creatures. Since you’re already infected, getting bitten a few more times doesn’t matter. Hold on!” Li Dong, holding a small handgun, kept attacking the hordes of advancing zombies from afar.

Song Jian noticed earlier that although these zombies were all of level one, their bodies were surrounded by a thin, grey mist, making them seem as if they were wearing protective suits, making them more difficult to kill.

Li Dong and his men were having a hard time killing them. They were continuously retreating while fighting, fearful of getting surrounded and cut off by these zombies;

Having killed two zombies, they hastily fled the building without even pausing to collect the dropped materials. The zombies too seemed strange, only guarding the first floor lobby and ceasing pursuit once the enemies retreated, repositioning themselves around the blood pool. This was one of the reasons why Li Dong had the courage to reenter the building;

“Phew, not bad, not bad. Everyone did well this time, we charged too recklessly last time, resulting in so many deaths!” When Li Dong noticed that apart from a few new wounds on Xiao Mao, everyone else was safe, he immediately became excited;

“Xiao Mao, let’s go again. First, pick up the white quality material, then lure two out!” Li Dong ordered confidently;

Xiao Mao’s face was grim, his eyes flashed with an almost imperceptible trace of violence. Lowering his head, he grumbled, “Yes, boss!”