Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 823 Blood-Red Tower

The Hall of Heroes is divided into the Lower Realm, the Upper Realm, and the highest level, which is also the setting in the game.

However, originally, the lower and upper realms were not single composite levels, but rather a series of levels to be cleared, with rest periods provided in between.

Currently, it seems that the three world fragments may have merged with the three areas of Valhalla, and then given rise to this semi-open world-like city level.

If that's the case, then those buildings that Li You was familiar with might actually be individual checkpoints that should have been scattered, but have now been combined together.

Judging from the fact that the "Holy Mother" is hidden in the basement of the Lightguard headquarters, perhaps the enemies in those buildings are also related to her?
If that's the case, then who will be waiting for him in the tower?

Li You didn't know, he could only be sure that the last voice that spoke to him did not belong to Aiji or any of his companions, but Li You felt that it sounded somewhat familiar.

"Is it a comrade I've met once before, or an opponent?"

Regardless of who it was, since the other party had already extended an invitation and Li You had no other clues in the city, he decided to go and take a look first.

Based on the order in which the various infected creatures appeared, it seems that the closer to the center of the city, the stronger the enemy becomes.

And right in the heart of the city is Tracer's headquarters building.

So, although Li You really wanted to go there to see what had happened, he decided to start from the outside – such as the Turtle Supermarket outpost in the outer city, and then the Tower headquarters, which was relatively close.

However, to get there from the supermarket location, you need to cross half of the city.

Li You returned to the supermarket on the ground floor and looked out the window. The familiar roar echoed in the now completely dark night.

The Night Demons have started their activities.

While the Night Demon hordes themselves aren't particularly difficult to deal with, infected groups roam the city under the cover of night. The city is far more dangerous after nightfall than during the day.

Moreover, the Night Demons' tendency to gather in groups means that if Li You is discovered by them, it will inevitably cause a huge commotion.

Li You didn't know whether the Night Demon and the mutated creatures from the Biohazard series would attack each other, or whether the Hall of Heroes would forcibly classify them as allies, but he didn't intend to take the risk.

So he concealed his form while also using the Shield of Aegis to block his aura. Finally, he replaced his own phantom wings with wings formed from the teardrops of his body, flew at low altitude, and headed to the tower.

The journey was relatively smooth. Neither the Night Demons nor the infected noticed Li You flying through the air, and the tower soon came into view.

Li You was also observing their movements and eventually discovered that the Night Demons and the Infected were basically operating in a "live and let live" manner. The Night Demons mostly climbed and moved around on buildings, while the Corpse Horde mainly moved on the ground.

Moreover, Li You noticed that the Night Demons would also choose to detour around buildings that appeared to be inhabited by special infected individuals.

Although no conflict was observed between the two sides, if this is the case, then Night Demon and the bio-infected should not be forcing their way to the enemy's side.

Li You approached the tower at a remarkably fast pace, proceeding cautiously along the way.

However, just as they got very close to that familiar building, a Night Demon suddenly emerged from the rooftop passageway below!

The night demon looked no different from others, but its movements were very precise and its purpose was clear: it raised its head and carefully observed the sky and the tops of buildings, as if it were on guard duty!

Even from a distance, the ring of blue light shining in its eyes is very conspicuous.

Li You felt a chill, but the two were too close. Before he could react, the Night Demon had already turned its head to look in his direction.

Although Li You's figure almost completely blended into the night, the Night Demon still accurately locked onto his location.

"Ugh—!!"

Then, a sharp screech burst forth from its gaping maw!

"Damn it! I knew it wouldn't be that easy!"

Now that he had been exposed, Li You stopped hiding and immediately revealed his four phantom wings, rushing towards the tower at full speed!
After the Night Demon's roar, the sound of wind breaking through the night sky echoed again, and without a doubt, the Night Demons and Infected in the entire surrounding area were alarmed!
However, Li You was much faster than them. The tower was already very close, so he didn't hesitate and rushed up the outer wall, flying to the top floor of the building in one breath!

Then, he quickly dispersed the phantom wings that were very conspicuous in the darkness. He first threw a rock ball out of the building to distract the other side, then concealed his aura again, rushed into the rooftop corridor exit, and tightly closed and locked the heavy door.

He waited behind the door, listening to the sounds outside; the howls of the Night Demons drew ever closer.

However, putting aside those that were attracted away by the rock ball, the remaining ones, although some of them had reached the rooftop, all stopped outside the door for some reason, and none of them tried to rush into the building.

What followed was the sharp cries and flapping of wings of the flying mutated creatures we had seen during the day.

What caught Li You's eye was that the Night Demons outside and the later flying mutated creatures had clearly clashed, and the sounds of fighting clearly reached his ears!

"Night Demons and bio-engineered monsters are not friendly forces!"

This was a decent discovery, but Li You was more concerned about the suddenly appearing Night Demon.

He also wanted to complain a bit. He had just received Sigrun's blessing, and the Valkyrie King's blessing was one of the few buffs that were still active on him. Logically speaking, his luck should not be bad, so how did he run into this kind of thing?

But he also knew that what happened just now had nothing to do with luck. That Night Demon was clearly a Sensing Night Demon, which not only had the ability to think, but was also a dedicated Sentinel.

More importantly, while sprinting at full speed, Li You also glanced around the tower. In the outer ring of buildings suitable for use as watchtowers, there was at least one Sensing Night Demon on guard duty.

Basically, all the outposts that were previously set up in the tower have been occupied and utilized by these Night Demons, and they can be detected no matter where they go.

So strictly speaking, he was quite lucky to have almost gotten past the Night Demon's defenses. If the Night Demon had been on the roof from the beginning, Li You would have been detected from a greater distance and then surrounded.

"The Night Demon has taken over the tower and even sent people to keep watch?" Li You frowned just thinking about it. "What kind of monster is entrenched in this building?"

Is it the original form of that "Holy Mother" from before? Or something else entirely?
In any case, now that he has been spotted by the enemy's sentries, they obviously know that he has entered the building and there is no way out.

Li You then drew his sword and slowly walked down the stairwell.

The building was dark and gloomy, with various household items scattered on the floor, clearly indicating that people had lived there, though everything was covered with a thick layer of dust.

Li You's past memories gradually returned, and he explored the floors that were originally residential or functional areas, but he did not find any living people or enemies.

The entire building was as quiet as another world.

Li You couldn't help but feel strange. All the sentry posts outside the building had been taken over and used by the Night Demons to protect the building, but there was nothing inside.

It was obviously impossible. However, after he had thoroughly explored the entire building, he still found nothing.

The residential area still retains traces of life, and the building shows no signs of being breached by foreign enemies; however, all the residents have disappeared without a trace.

"...What happened? What did I miss?"

Li You had just inspected all the rooms in the building and was certain that there were no living beings present, which was definitely not normal.

He felt that he might have missed something.

Li You then changed his approach and began to focus on investigating the original residential area inside the tower, searching for any remaining items.

Finally, he found a small red flower, hand-folded and colored with cheap crayons, in a drawer in a small room on the eighteenth floor of the tower.

The flower was carefully placed in a plastic bag and then placed very carefully deep inside the drawer.

"this is……"

Li You's eyes flickered. If he wasn't mistaken, this thing should be...

He instinctively picked up the little red flower, thought for a moment, took it out of the plastic bag, and planned to untie it to see if there were any clues on it.

However, in that instant, Li You's vision was suddenly covered in blood!
The world seemed to turn blood red in an instant. The omnipresent red light invaded everything, and the pungent smell of blood forcefully rushed into Li You's nostrils!
The smell was a hundred times stronger than the previous one from the sewers. Even Li You felt dizzy and his vision blurred.

When he looked up, the bloodstains had not faded, and the entire building looked completely different.

The tower, which once bore traces of life but was now deserted, is now like the sewers before it, with blood and flesh crawling all over the guns and the ground.

Broken windows and even holes in the walls are visible on the building's exterior, and the traces of the Night Demon's attack are clearly visible even under the cover of flesh and blood.

Upon further exploration, Li You discovered that the rooms in this blood-red building, which had previously housed survivors, had been transformed into lairs for breeding night demons.

Li You only needed to walk around the eighteenth floor once to find several Night Demons that were being conceived, or rather, being transformed.

He originally intended to kill all the unborn Night Demons, but then he thought of something and decided not to do so. He just looked around and, after confirming that the Night Demons could not possibly hatch in a short time, continued to explore.

With the experience from the previous time and his gradually recovering memories, Li You moved even faster this time, quickly traversing the entire building.

The building was almost entirely covered in flesh and blood, and the older the residential area, the more of these nests and the budding Night Demons there were.

Li You walked from the eighteenth floor to the main entrance on the first floor and tried to open the door to look outside. The city ruins were still the same as before.

But Li You had already figured out many things. He went up one last time, this time all the way to the top floor, and pushed open the corridor door that he had closed.

What appeared before his eyes was not the original rooftop terrace, but a completely different scene.

This is a spacious cave with a vertical drop of tens of meters. In the center of the cave is a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood composed of infected bodies.

In the center of that mountain of corpses sat a person whose body was wrapped in dark bandages.

Li You recognized him immediately and remembered where he had heard that voice before.

This may be the first real direct contact, but it was not the first time Li You had met this person.

The figure also looked at him, the blue ring of light in its eyes very conspicuous.

"...You've found me." After a long pause, he said this in a strange accent.

"Yes, it's great to finally see you," Li You replied calmly, as if he were meeting an old friend.

However, the next moment, the bandaged monster raised its head and let out a shriek, and then the mountains of corpses in the cave began to shake violently!
The mountain collapsed, and several enormous monsters of indescribable appearance crawled out of the mountain!

Their heads still bear the characteristics of the Night Demon, but their bodies vary in shape, some are humanoid, some are beast-like, and some are a mixture of tentacles, basically pure manifestations of malice.

Under the bandaged man's command, all the monsters pounced on Li You!
A beast-like synthetic night demon lunged at Li You, its disproportionately large claws slamming down with a vicious wind. Judging by its size, just one claw could flatten Li You completely!

Moreover, it's not just in appearance; with the blessing of the Hall of Heroes, these monsters are actually quite powerful in terms of actual stats.

Given Li You's current state, he wouldn't be able to dodge this attack unless he immediately evaded it at full speed.

But he had no intention of hiding.

"boom--!!"

A loud bang echoed through the cave, followed by a fiery tornado that pierced through and burned the claws of the first synthesized Night Demon!

All the synthetic Night Demons, including the bandaged monster, looked up towards the area near the top of the cave, where Li You, in his dragon form, was floating, his four wings flapping behind him, his golden eyes gazing emotionlessly at everything below.

Li You's decision to transform directly into a dragon was not only because he wanted a quick victory, but also because he didn't have many other options.

With most of the system's functions disabled, his combat power was already limited. As soon as Li You saw these synthetic night demons, he realized that their strength was just right.

Simply put, as a half-dragon, he can easily deal with one, and even manage to defeat two with a hard fight, but when surrounded by several, he has no other choice.

The direction is clear.

So Li You, as he wished, went all out.

Fortunately, although there are many restrictions in Valhalla, the rejection and suppression of his otherworldly divine power no longer exist. Even in his dragon-human form, he no longer has to worry about only being able to fight for three minutes.

With the Flame-Transmitting Greatsword in his hand, flames ignited, and Li You's figure flashed, transforming into a fiery meteor as he charged toward the beast-shaped synthetic Night Demon that had attacked him earlier!
Before Li You even arrived, a scorching aura burned the night demon, causing it to roar in pain. It immediately retreated, while several other synthetic night demons of similarly enormous size surrounded it.

But Li You used the Fire-Borrowing Greatsword as a blade, his entire figure crashing straight forward, instantly piercing through the defenses that the other Night Demons had not yet completed, and then crashing into the head of the beast-type Night Demon!
"boom!!"

With a loud bang, the beast-shaped synthetic night demon's movements came to a halt, and its massive body collapsed limply to the ground.

Li Youfei, from his original position, glanced at the synthetic night demons that had surrounded him again, then looked at the bandaged man deep within the mountain of corpses.

"I didn't expect to see you again... After we deal with these guys, I have something I want to ask you."

(End of this chapter)