118. Death Mat the Cage (Part 1)

  The vigorous and the decayed both had some good equipment on them, some of which were made of carbon fiber material, very light, and Li Aozi could wear them.

  【Item Name】: Vigorous Greaves

  【Category】: Arm Guards

  【Quality】: [Fwless]

  【Attributes】: Provides 20 points of universal armor value (resistao impact/pierg/energy attacks)

  Blocks pierg damage below 80 points.

  [Light Armor Exclusive]: Movement fluidity, stealth, and quient are not affected.

  【Description】:

  "The Abyss has made a breakthrough in biochemical materials, especially in high polymer materials, signifitly improving the inal Kevr material. The new material has ten times the kiiergy absorption capacity of the previous Kevr. But this does not mean this armor withstand sshing and cutting, and also—speak properly, put down the hammer!"

  Material: Abyss special aramid, carbon fiber material.

  weight: 475 grams

  Protective area: Knees, shins, outer thighs, and front parts.

  Durability: Normal

  A piece of protective gear, to protect you, that's all.

  【Equipment Requirements】:

  【Strength】—3

  【stitution】—4

  Aem was an aramid fiber lining taken from the decayed. Due to the severe deformation of the oppo's body, it did not fit human physique and could not be called equipment, but hanging on the body also added a lot of armor value.

  Wearing this simple aramid material prote, the armor value directly increased to 90.

  ting his 【Extraordinary Physique】 and tier effects, he was now basically immuo ordinary handgun shots.

  Li Aozi didn't know what to say for a moment.

  Because his owh was less than one hundred.

  Fortunately, the harvest was still good.

  "ting the unlucky ones, it's already the fourth secutive tier challenge. One more, and I'll meet the ditions to advao the empte."

  His curree is 【Elite bat Type】 NPd the level is 【Advanced Veteran bat Type】 NPC, like Nimotin.

  The bonuses are quite substantial, 15% damage rate, plus 10% damage cap. With this boost, Li Aozi could instantly bee a 1.0 version boss-level character.

  After killing a few more Abyss members on the way, Li Aozi and Du Zexin officially arrived at the door of the Camity treatment room. Apanied by Du Zexin hag into the program to unlock, the door of the cell holding tless so-called Camity ied individuals slowly opened.

  "Why...is there no one here?"

  The empty treatment room was in a mess, discarded clothes and broken debris were everywhere on the ground. The refrigerator st the medie was overturned. Li Aozi immediately saw Zhumisidin, cobalt metformin—these are medies specially for the extraordinary, especially for 【Martial Artists】, quite expensive, but now they were casually thrown on the ground, ignored.

  "What happened here?"

  Du Zexin frowned, releasing a droo search for any living people around. Li Aozi squatted down. Although his body was old, his sciousness still retained a lot. He squinted his eyes, and the predator vision that had mutated three times could detect subtle traces on the ground.

  "There are many footprints and drag marks on the ground. Whether there is blood is another matter, but it is clear that those ied were forcibly moved."

  bining Li Aozi's words with the drone's observations, this view was basically firmed.

  "Do you remember how many Camity ied individuals there were?" Du Zexin asked.

  "Not sure—but looking at these wards and living traces, I think there were han 300 people." Li Aozi said, "Many of the people here are teenagers, with very low Omega Energy development, and their bodies were affected by Camity, causing deformities."

  The spa the sed floor of the shelter was signifitly rger. The space of this Camity treatment room alone was as high as 30 meters, c an area parable to a small unity. The corridors and room spaces were spacious, easily aodating thousands of people.

  "If that's really the case, then moving so many people at once would cause a big otion."

  Du Zexin became suspicious:

  "But I checked the map. Behind the factory and the Camity treatment ward is the boratory—there is no way it hold 300 people, right?"

  Li Aozi nodded.

  Du Zexin was right because clearly, the remaining space was not enough to hold more than 300 patients.

  This raises an obvious question: where did all these people go?

  Click—click—

  Just as the two were looking at each other in fusion, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed.

  The power went out.

  Like a pianist striking keys, various appliances' lights quickly short-circuited rhythmically. Du Zexin's body burst with electric sparks, saying in surprise:

  "Ionizing radiation caused the unication system to short circuit—what's going on?"

  Li Aozi was indifferent: "There's a nuclear reactor underground, isn't high-energy radiation normal?"

  "What a joke, only a massive eleagic pulse and high-energy rays geed during a nuclear explosion would interfere with unications. Besides, my equipment has been personally tuned..."

  The implication was that a wireless unication device personally enhanced by a Beta-tier 【Meic】 wouldn't immediately fail even in the face of stroromagic pulse interference.

  Du Zexin pressed the unication system and clicked his tongue. He picked up his rifle, warning:

  "You better be careful, Li Aozi, something feels off."

  Buzz—

  Shortly after, the emergency power came ohe emergency lighting in the dark and cold underground was not very effective. Excessive exposure instead made vision distort, making everything appear bd white.

  Du Zexin activated the night vision system, and the AI automatically colorized the se, allowing him to tinue moving steadily without worries.

  Li Aozi was different. His heart ounding.

  He had been near death once, had seen Naomi die, and with Snow's boost, he remained stantly tense. Any slight disturbance made him want to throw a throwing knife.

  Time passed sed by sed, but the darkness couldn't stop their steps. They soon searched every ward in the Camity treatment room, still finding nothing.

  Li Aozi picked up a drawing book from the ground. The ballpoint peches were extremely thin and messy, reminding him of Snow.

  "Snow, are you here?" Li Aozi asked softly.

  Snow should have strong spiritual powers. She was able to warn him, advise him to leave, and offer help earlier. Now, theoretically, as he got closer to Snow's location, his sensing should be clearer.

  Although 【Domination】 types have no municate spiritually like 【Eerie】 types' 【Mediums】 or 【Shamans】 uhey awaken soul-reted Omega Energy, Snow's spiritual power seemed to, allowing even him to perceive it.

  Li Aozi even suspected that she might be one of the rare 'Void Orphans' geniuses.

  FAL