Chapter 4: The Battle Continues

  He felt himself becoming much stronger, even the wounds on his body were slowly recovering, and his fatigue had disappeared by more than half. Liang Jing stood up.

  Buzz buzz buzz buzz......

  "Ah... damn mosquitoes!"

  When he heard a faint noise outside, Liang Jing's face changed and he looked out to see what was happening. He didn't relax until he saw the situation clearly. It turned out that two mutated mosquitoes had somehow come out, perhaps after knowing that the mutated spider had died. They were now flying around Xiao Gao, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

  Liáng Jìng knew that these mutant mosquitoes were hard to hit and kill if they didn't stop flying, so he immediately grabbed the mosquito net next to him and rushed over, like a heavenly net, and caught one of the mutant mosquitoes in an instant. With quick and agile hands and feet, he tied it up and pressed it to the ground, trampling it to death.

  At this time, another mutated mosquito was also killed by Xiao Gao. This mutated mosquito actually went to Xiao Gao's body like a money-losing life, but unfortunately, the mutated mosquito lost its flying agility and was so fragile that it was directly slapped to death on the spot.

  Liang Jing and Xiao Gao entered the room together, locked the door from inside, and only then did they let out a sigh of relief. This somewhat dilapidated wooden door panel could bring people a sense of security.

  "Xiao Gao, how are you now? Is everything okay?" Liang Jing asked with concern, looking at Xiao Gao who had just graduated from university and started working not long ago.

  "It's okay, Brother Liang. That mutated mosquito didn't even bite me, I just scratched myself a bit when I was fighting the spider earlier. It'll stop bleeding and scab over in a bit." Little Gao waved his injured arm and wrist to indicate it was nothing.

  As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Liang Jing with a mixture of envy and admiration, his eyes also falling on the silver-hued, sharp-edged short knife in her hand. In the previous battle against the mutated spider, he had been nothing more than a useless bystander, unable to contribute even a little to the fight. It was all thanks to Liang Jing's efforts that they had managed to kill the creature. He couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment and envy towards Liang Jing. Back in his university days, he had been a member of the school basketball team, and even after graduating and entering the workforce, he had continued to work out regularly, building up his physical strength. Yet, it seemed that there was still such a huge gap between him and Liang Jing. With her standing at the forefront, bearing the brunt of the mutated spider's attacks, he himself had found it difficult to inflict significant damage on the creature. The disparity between them was staggering.

  At this time, Liang Jing also noticed Xiao Gao's injured arm and the torn tiger mouth was still bleeding. There was no sign of white light healing his wounds after killing the monster, but Xiao Gao's wound had almost stopped bleeding, after all, it was just a superficial injury, not deep at all.

  A gleam of delight in his heart, it seems that not everyone possesses this special ability, but he didn't show it on his face. If someone else gets hurt and you still smile, it's very impolite.

  "Xiao Gao, did you notice anything unusual just now? When you killed that mutated mosquito, did you see anything special or find anything wrong with your body?" Despite being almost certain in her mind, Liang Jing still couldn't shake off the feeling of unease.

  "Special circumstances? Something not right? No, if you say something's not right, then nothing's right now. Everywhere is full of terrifying monsters and even the electrical appliances in the room are all broken." Xiaogao's response seemed somewhat evasive, at least to Liang Jing.

  “……”

  "What are you going to do next? Where were you going just now?" Just now, Xiao Gao was opening the door when he attracted the mutated spider, which indirectly helped Liang Jing a lot. Although Liang Jing thought that there would not be any danger to his life, it was definitely thrilling.

  "Go into town, with so many monsters appearing now, I'm afraid Xiaofang is in danger."

  “……”

  "It's precisely because it's dangerous that I want to go; now the more dangerous it is, the less safe Xiaofang will be."

  ……

  After communicating with Xiao Gao, Liang Jing also understood some of the situation. Although Xiao Gao himself was also confused and had just woken up not long ago, he still drew some conclusions based on his own situation, whether they were correct or not remained to be verified.

  Xiaogao's body doesn't have any special abilities like his own, it's just unknown whether there is only a part of the world that has them or if he is the only one who has them.

  Secondly, it seems that the magnetic field rules of this world have changed, and the current has become extremely violent. Most electrical appliances have been destroyed by the violent current, and those that are still intact but disconnected from the power source can no longer be used; at least this is the case with Xiaogao's own room's electrical appliances.

  However, it seems that his own computer was destroyed in a more perverted and thorough way, Liang Jing wondered.

  Watching Xiaogao walk out wearing even thicker clothes than before, Liang Jing couldn't help but shake his head; damn love! Xiaogao was going to find his girlfriend Xiaofang, who worked in the town, and said that now that the world had become like this, with mutated monsters everywhere, he was worried about her safety and rushed to find Xiaofang.

  The Qing Shui Bay Road is several kilometers long, and in this world where monsters roam freely, walking a few kilometers to reach the town is no different from looking for death.

  To know that it's still relatively safe inside Qing Shui Bay, at least when encountering irresistible mutant monsters, there are many buildings, windows, doors and other facilities around that can be utilized. But who knows what will happen outside? If you encounter danger, there isn't even a bad environment to hide in. Outside is either fields or waterways and highways, all very flat.

  Liang Jing tried to dissuade him, but couldn't get past Xiao Gao's stubbornness and could only stand by helplessly. For his girlfriend Xiaofang, Xiao Gao was completely infatuated, disregarding life and death. Liang Jing couldn't help but ask himself if love really existed. In the end, Liang Jing came to a conclusion in his heart: he had never believed in this thing, and would rather believe in the power of money.

  Although Liang Jing wanted to help Xiao Gao, he stopped in front of a dead end. Although they had a good relationship and could talk normally, you can't ask me to die with you, I won't be able to save myself either. He even hinted to Xiao Gao that if he could wait for a while, after killing more monsters and increasing his abilities, he would accompany him to the town to find Xiaofang, which would be safer. Unfortunately, Xiao Gao couldn't wait.

  Damn it! This love is killing me!

  Shake off the unhappiness and discomfort in my heart, I couldn't help but smile wryly. There aren't many friends around here who can really talk to me, although it's just about being able to chat casually in daily life. But Liang Jing still thinks she's a bit selfish and not loyal enough. Yet, at the same time, she thought to herself, "How could I possibly know you're going to go die and follow you to die too? That would be stupid! That's irresponsible towards my own life. There are still many people in this world waiting for me, our relationship isn't that deep!

  What a contradiction.

  Pick up the dagger and continue fighting. As long as you strengthen yourself, you can solve any problem with ease, no need to worry so much. Go for it, young man! Make good use of your special ability and you'll be standing high in no time!

  The second floor only had the kitchen and bathroom, as well as Jinghui's room that hadn't been opened or cleaned. In order to ensure safety, Liang Jing decided to first take care of the mutated creatures in this building. After all, the outside environment was full of danger. His first cleaning target was the kitchen and bathroom. Inside the kitchen and bathroom was the toilet, and outside the entrance was the kitchen.

  In the kitchen and bathroom, Liang Jing discovered a mutated spider. However, with the experience from the previous battle, Liang Jing made more preparations beforehand, hindering the mutated spider's pursuit speed. He safely lured the mutated spider out and then used the door to block it. Finally, he used his old method of stabbing the short knife into the two shiny black eyes on the front of the mutated spider's head, crushing its internal organs and killing it.

  At this time, Liang Jing was a bit depressed. Except for the first mutant mosquito that dropped a weapon [short knife] at the beginning, the monsters behind seemed to be getting poorer and poorer, and now they didn't even drop copper plates. It seems that [short knife] may have been dropped due to luck explosion when killing the first monster.

  After going around the kitchen and bathroom again, I found that there were no other mutant creatures inside. On the ground, however, there were some wings of mutated mosquitoes and the like, probably all killed and eaten by the mutated spider, leaving only these edges and corners.

  Just as Liang Jing was about to break into Jinghui's room to see if there were any more mutated monsters inside, shouts for help came from downstairs.

  "Liáng Jìng, is that you? Liáng Jìng, hurry up and come down to save us, there are so many terrifying monsters here." The familiar voice, no need to say, it must be Liáng Jìng's landlord. Just now, I heard the movement upstairs and the mournful, sharp cry of the mutated spider, but was afraid of attracting even greater danger, didn't want to find trouble for myself, so hadn't spoken up yet.

  It seems that until now, the person upstairs has resolved the monster and is still alive.

  "Jing Ge, are you okay? If nothing's wrong, can you come down and help us drive away these monsters?" Liu Zhen's slightly coquettish voice came from below, and Liang Jing could vaguely imagine her somewhat attractive figure.

  The layout of the first floor and the second floor is roughly the same, with four rooms in the hall, three for living and one separate kitchen and bathroom. The staircase to the second floor is located in the first-floor hall against the wall.

  In the past, every day when going to and from work, I would always pass by the first floor and meet them with a greeting. The two of us were also quite familiar with each other, but Liang Jing's greetings to them were just polite, without too much deep feeling, and of course there was no big conflict, they could still chat and laugh when meeting.

  The landlord's name is Gao Fuyu, a elegant-sounding name. He's probably around 35 years old or so, doesn't look very good, with a big black mole on the right side of his face. He's always idle and has nothing to do, spends his time playing mahjong and buying lottery tickets. Every day he can live a carefree life without having to work, living a colorful life.

  Sometimes Liang Jing is also quite envious of him, collecting rent and selling land to merchants from Treasure Island to build factories has earned a lot of money, living a comfortable and easy life, much more comfortable than Liang Jing's loser tribe.

  Liu Zhen is a migrant worker from the countryside, originally from Anhui Province. She now works in an electronics factory in K City and lives in the apartment below Liang Jing's place, making them neighbors. In her early 20s, she has fair skin, above-average looks, and long hair. She likes to wear tight-fitting jeans and red or purple short-sleeved shirts that accentuate her fairly large bust. From a distance, she is quite eye-catching and stylish, with a certain charm about her.

  Whenever she gets close, she can smell a strong perfume that she doesn't recognize the brand of. Liang Jing isn't too fond of it, and thinks her dressing style is somewhat tacky. Lately, however, she seems to have gotten quite close to their landlord, but it's unclear whether it's because of his wealth or if she has a unique taste in people. Their relationship has now progressed to that stage.