Chapter 78 Picking up a corpse in the middle of the night

Lin Yun swiped down again.

[Daily Task: Please stop Zhao Xiaoqing from destroying the power supply facilities of the Third Base.]

Task Difficulty: Level A

Task Reward: Expand by 6 square meters

Upon seeing this task, Lin Yun frowned again. Could this also be a task for survivors?

But where was the Third Base? And what did Zhao Xiaoqing look like? She didn’t know any of that.

What if the Third Base wasn’t in her city? Wouldn’t she have to leave Z City to find it?

Lin Yun was also unsure whether the geographical layout of this world was the same as that of Earth.

Daily Task: Prevent the Zombie Horde (Completed)

Task Difficulty: Level B

Task Reward: 3 Random Food Items

"???"

"System, what does ’completed’ mean?"

[Analysis revealed that the zombie cat was key to the formation of this zombie horde. The daily quest for the zombie cat and this quest are interconnected. Because you successfully completed the quest to kill the zombie cat, this quest was automatically marked as completed in the mission center.]

Lin Yun was speechless again. Could it actually work like that?

"Then what about the reward?"

[You can complete and claim the reward immediately after accepting the quest.]

Hearing that, Lin Yun was instantly delighted.

She was overjoyed that the task could be completed as soon as she accepted it.

The three random food items were snail rice noodles, steak, and beef noodles.

"Ugh—"

A sound of disgust came from behind Lin Yun.

She turned her head and saw that Sang Biao was making the sound. He was looking at her with an indescribable expression.

Seeing the familiar look in his eyes, Lin Yun immediately knew that Sang Biao had misunderstood again.

"You’re playing with poop again!" Sang Biao exclaimed in horror.

Lin Yun sighed again, put the food into her backpack, and thought, Forget it. There’s no point in explaining it to Sang Biao anymore.

Tuan Tuan sat to one side, looking around and not understanding what they were talking about.

Daily Task: Clear out the zombies in the mall

Task Difficulty: Level A

Task Reward: 1 Random Skill

Upon seeing this, Lin Yun’s eyes lit up again.

A random skill!

This was a great mission!

The soldiers’ firearms had taken care of quite a few zombies during the day. Although there were still zombies inside the mall, there shouldn’t be too many left now.

Accept!

Daily Task: Submit 10 Zombie Corpses

Task Difficulty: Level F

Task Reward: 1 point

Lin Yun scrolled up again. Hadn’t she already accepted this task?

After looking more carefully, she realized that her previous task required her to kill and submit zombie corpses, while this one only required her to submit zombie corpses.

The task she had already accepted required her to submit zombies she had killed herself. This new task, however, allowed her to submit any zombie corpse, regardless of whether she had killed it or not.

Lin Yun accepted it as well.

With this task in mind, she went to the square and began collecting all the corpses.

Since there are no survivors around right now, let’s collect all the zombie corpses first.

After quickly finishing the last two bites of rice, Lin Yun took the three little ones and went out again to collect corpses.

What Lin Yun didn’t expect was that she actually had a competitor!

When Lin Yun quietly approached the square, there was no one around, only some zombies standing there with their heads lowered.

Lin Yun continued forward, collecting the zombie corpses on the ground and submitting them.

Ghost Vine stealthily stretched out its tendrils and dragged zombie corpses from a distance toward Lin Yun. Whenever it sensed any movement from the zombies, it immediately stopped and waited until they stopped reacting before continuing.

Sang Biao and Tuan Tuan, meanwhile, were targeting the zombies and working together seamlessly, like a cat and a tiger hunting as a team.

Fearing that the zombies would make a noise when they fell, Lin Yun used one hand to grab them while carefully supporting them with the other as they went down.

Lin Yun had just finished dealing with the zombies in this area and was about to move to the side when she suddenly met a pair of bright eyes in the darkness.

Ghost Vine didn’t grow larger. Instead, it hid in the shadows, its extended tendrils slowly approaching the human.

"Survivor?"

The person spoke first, but his voice was so faint that it was almost like the buzz of a mosquito.

In an instant, Lin Yun understood that he was another survivor, but she didn’t act rashly because she didn’t know what kind of person he was.

Seeing that Lin Yun didn’t move, the man breathed a sigh of relief and stopped making a sound. Instead, he pointed toward both sides, indicating his side and hers.

Lin Yun had no objections. As long as this person didn’t cause trouble, she didn’t care.

Seeing that he meant no harm, Ghost Vine withdrew its tendrils.

Song Xizheng never expected that another survivor would suddenly come out to collect corpses in the middle of the night—and that it would be a girl.

Isn’t she afraid of these things?

But then again, it made sense. The survival game had existed for so long, and even timid girls would become braver after experiencing several survival worlds, right?

Fortunately, that girl hadn’t acted rashly. Otherwise, she might have attracted the zombies and gotten herself killed.

Now that Lin Yun knew there were other survivors nearby, she submitted the corpses even faster.

They’re worth points! Even if each zombie is only worth 0.1 points, every little bit counts.

As if knowing what Lin Yun was thinking, Ghost Vine sped up as well.

Meanwhile, while searching through the surrounding items, Song Xizheng suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Huh? Why does it seem like there are fewer zombies standing in the square? Is it just my imagination?

Song Xizheng thought for a moment, then stood up and looked around.

"Damn! They’re really gone! What the hell? How did they suddenly disappear?!"

Could it be... that there were hidden high-level zombies here?

But he hadn’t heard a single sound!

Song Xizheng swallowed hard and cautiously looked around.

This was truly terrifying.

Then he suddenly remembered a comment he had seen online before:

Chinese-style horror: When you’re walking alone at night, you’re not afraid of there being too many people or too few people. What you’re afraid of is someone suddenly appearing—or disappearing.

Oh no! Did I encounter something supernatural?

Wait!

There was that girl over there!

He had to go check on her, just in case something had happened to her!

Thinking this, Song Xizheng hurriedly headed in the direction Lin Yun had just walked.

As Lin Yun continued collecting corpses, she suddenly heard footsteps approaching.

A fruit knife instantly appeared in her hand and was pressed against Song Xizheng’s neck before he could react.

"What are you doing? Didn’t we agree to each take one side?"

Lin Yun lowered her voice.

Song Xizheng looked around. After confirming that there were no zombies nearby, he quickly explained, "I just noticed that the zombies standing nearby had suddenly disappeared, and I was worried something might have happened to you, so I came to check on you. I didn’t mean anything by it."

Lin Yun’s lips twitched again.

She had almost forgotten that Sang Biao and the others had been using such underhanded tactics to collect the corpses.

But she still didn’t let go of Song Xizheng.

"Robbery."

Song Xizheng looked horrified.

"???"

"No, I was just trying to be kind and check on you, and you’re robbing me?! Listen to yourself! Are you even speaking human language?!"

Lin Yun didn’t care.

He had practically delivered himself to her doorstep. She’d be doing herself a disservice if she didn’t rob him.

Anyway, he was already here, wasn’t he?