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Chapter 540 The Opportunity to Protect the Good

One of the world rules of the Plague Source instance is that once the dead become zombies, they will devour their original human obsessions, thereby gaining greater power.

For ordinary players, this is just a dungeon world setting and won't have much impact, but for Wu Chang, the impact is more troublesome than the 85% reduction in energy-type and heavy weapon-type damage.

His lack of resentment caused him to lose a significant number of intelligence sources.

With so many people dying at the source of the plague, resentment would be everywhere in other instances. He could easily get a pretty good grasp of the information by just flipping through a few pages.

But now, he has already arrived at the BOSS's room, yet he still has to guess what happened and knows nothing about BOSS Valentine's abilities, which makes him very uncomfortable.

Valentine's abilities were secondary; after all, he was just a greenhorn who had just acquired the seed of divinity. Wu Chang's caution towards him wasn't out of concern for a mishap, but rather out of concern that he might not be able to control his strength and unleash a power that didn't belong to Conghua.

What he was more concerned about was the abnormality of the disaster shelter itself.

Based on the current scene, this is the location that caused the second outbreak of the zombie plague in Ein City. Whether Loki or Valentine took the initiative, the change should have started here.

However, a problem soon followed: there were no traces of the explosion inside the disaster shelter.

Does this mean there is another primary scene, or that the Big Bang was not a simple explosion?

Inspiration could only give him vague guesses; as for the specific truth, he could only find the answer himself in Valentine's mind before he killed him.

He shook his head slightly, turning his attention back to what was in front of him.

The Plague Source dungeon is tricky; if he encountered it shortly after entering the Abyss game, it might really throw him into a panic.

But now, even without intelligence and numerical data, he can win by relying on the mechanics.

For dealing with a boss like Valentine whose true nature is unknown, Deepwater Devourer is an extremely useful weapon.

Its existence was not easy to detect to begin with. When Wu Chang used the Heavenly Gang Escape Technique to release the poison, the effect was even more concealed. By the time Valentine realized something was wrong, it was too late.

Under the influence of the Deepwater Devourer, Valentine in the hall visibly grew tired; his once straight body now slumped slightly.

Valentine, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them. He looked around in confusion and did a quick check on himself, but found nothing wrong. He assumed that he was just feeling sad and not in a good mood, so he changed from standing to sitting cross-legged on the ground.

The poison was so effective not only because of the potent toxicity of the Deepwater Devourer, but also because of Wu Chang's title and abilities.

The rule that reduces damage to energy-based supernatural forces by 85% is indeed a world rule that can restrict most regular players, but Wu Chang is not a regular player; he is a "violator".

Title: Violator

"Title effect: Wearing this title reduces the constraints of the Abyss rules on you, allowing you to explore the true limits of the world; in the dungeon world, the dungeon rules reduce your restrictions, with the reduction increasing as the dungeon's pollution level increases, by (dungeon pollution level/2)%."

The corruption value of the Corruption instance is 100, which means that the restrictions of the Plague Source instance rules on him will be reduced by half. The original 85% damage reduction has now become 42.5%.

In addition, he has a second title skill.

"blasphemer".

Compared to many powerful, origin-level players, Wu Chang prefers to deal with those who possess divinity, especially beings like Valentine who only have the rudiments of divinity; he likes them all the more.

"Blabulators" deal additional damage to targets with divinity. Valentine's divinity is weak, so the additional damage he receives is limited, but the damage caused by Blaspers goes straight to the source, and the actual damage is far greater than what is shown.

Within minutes, Valentine was visibly exhausted, looking as if he had aged ten years, a sign that his very essence had been damaged.

The combined power of the two titles allowed Wu Chang to inflict massive damage on Valentine even while defying the rules of the dungeon dimension and controlling his own energy output.

At this rate, in another seven or eight minutes, the Deep Water Devour within Valentine will erupt, leaving him paralyzed on the ground, utterly powerless to fight back.

Flash, who was watching from the sidelines, had the same expression as Sword Star, who had witnessed the miraculous poisoning of Wu Chang.

Although Wu Chang had told him the battle plan beforehand, he still couldn't believe it when it came to actually carrying it out.

No, is that right?

Standing at a distance and releasing poison, you can take down the boss of the β-level erosion dungeon without even getting your hands dirty. When did abyss games start having such cheesy gameplay?

Wu Chang's methods of defeating the BOSS overturned Flash's understanding. As if possessed, Flash, who was originally hiding in the safe zone, took two steps forward and leaned out to take a sip of Deepwater Devour.

After taking one bite, his bright eyes instantly went blank. He felt his mental processing speed drop instantly, and a faint numbness and powerlessness came from his fingertips. Even his control over his own energy became sluggish.

In two words, it's addictive.

Seeing that Flash was about to lose his stealth ability due to the effects of Deepwater Devour, Wu Chang couldn't help but roll his eyes. He then swung his snake tail to wrap around Flash's waist, pulling him out of the poisonous gas area and taking the opportunity to retract Deepwater Devour from his body.

Upon regaining his senses, Flash quickly steadied his concealment technique, a look of lingering fear in his eyes. Knowing he was in the wrong, he immediately bowed and clasped his hands together to express his apology to Wu Chang.

If his concealment spell is broken, causing them to be discovered by Valentine, not only will this opportunity be wasted, but the two will also be put in danger.

After this foolish act, Flash quickly retreated far away, not daring to go forward and cause any more trouble.

Only after experiencing it firsthand did he realize how potent the toxicity was.

Although the player panel in Abyss Game is simple, with only seven items, these seven attributes are actually linked to countless hidden attributes that cannot be reflected in the attribute panel.

For example, the life attribute affects a player's defense, and it, along with stamina and energy attributes, affects a player's poison resistance.

However, under Wu Chang's poison, he could not feel his own defense or toxin resistance at all. His body had no resistance and was naturally overwhelmed by the toxin.

This toxin not only has strong penetrating power, ignoring most resistance, but its damage is also considerable.

After experiencing it for only a few seconds, he was able to make a judgment: if it were him, he wouldn't have lasted more than two minutes in the poison gas.

Valentine endured for five minutes, but was only mentally exhausted, which shows that his opponent was really strong.

Flash looked at Wu Chang and marveled at how quickly the game version had changed, that the Desolate Realm could actually gain such a powerful transformation ability.

No wonder Wu Chang was certain that the interior of the erosion dungeon was empty and was confident in soloing the BOSS.

Wu Chang didn't have time to pay attention to what Valentine was thinking. He had to go all out with the act, and he was putting on a very difficult show. Every now and then, he had to use the "Condensing Emptiness into Reality" technique to conjure up a small bottle of fake energy recovery potion and drink it down.

He started taking drugs three minutes after the poison was released, looking like he might not be able to hold on at any moment.

By the tenth minute, Valentine's face was ashen, and he found it extremely difficult to even stand up, yet he continued to spew poisonous mist.

Seeing that the Deep Sea Devourer had already marinated Valentine, Wu Changcai stopped releasing the poison and ended the Deep Sea Alien Transformation.

Flash then dared to approach, took out three vials of potions from his personal storage space, and said:
"Have you run out of energy-restoring consumables? I have some here, you can use them first."

Wu Chang waved his hand and said:
"No need, the toxins have accumulated enough, I should end this campaign now."

Flash's expression instantly turned serious. Valentine had withstood the poison for ten minutes, which had given him a glimpse of the BOSS's stats. When fighting a BOSS like this, even in a severely weakened state, one cannot be careless in the slightest.

"I'm ready. What do you need me to do?"

Wu Chang glanced at the flashlight and said:

"You can stay here."

Flash first nodded with a determined look in his eyes, then realized what he meant and looked at Wu Chang with a face full of question marks.

"what?"

Wu Chang said in a calm tone:
"The poison I use is very special. It affects the target's will, making it difficult for the poisoned person to attack me. Even if they do attack, they will subconsciously hold back and reduce the damage they cause to me."

"You've probably already witnessed Valentine's strength. If you don't have similar survival skills, I don't recommend you come with me."

Flash hesitated for a moment, then said:
Are you really sure?

Wu Chang said helplessly:
"I told you from the beginning that I'm here to conquer the Erosion dungeon, not to die."

Through their journey, Flash had come to acknowledge Wu Chang's strength; at least when it came to conquering dungeons, he felt he had nothing to criticize Wu Chang for.

Seeing that Wu Chang insisted, he could only step back and said:
"Safety first. I'm right behind you. If you encounter any danger, run. I'll get you away from here."

Wu Chang nodded and stepped into the disaster shelter hall alone.

Compared to Valentine, he is far superior in both stats and form; it's fair to say the advantage lies with him.

But his intuition told him that Valentine was not as simple as he appeared.

Better safe than sorry. Before dispelling the Heavenly Gang Escape Technique, he first lit the Kun Yuan Life-Protecting Lamp.

With the "Life Protection" effect, even in the worst-case scenario, where Valentine kills him instantly, he still has time to escape using spatial magic.

Having prepared everything, he activated the Heavenly Gang Escape Technique and walked towards Valentine.

It's another tense and exciting BOSS battle.

When Valentine saw Wu Chang appear, his face showed no panic, only confusion.

"who are you?"

It seems that Wu Chang is not the person Valentine is waiting for.

Wu Chang said:

“Just an ordinary citizen passing by. Your zombies are attacking my city. I’ve come to you to ask you to call them back.”

Valentine replied, "I have no interest in controlling them; what they do is none of my business."

Wu Chang didn't dwell on this topic any longer, and changed the subject, asking:

“I am also an investigator, Mr. Valentine, and I am very curious about what has happened in Ein City.”

Valentine's ten-minute immersion in the Deep Sea severely damaged his essence, making it difficult for him to stand up from the ground. When he walked, he staggered like a 35-year-old programmer who had been sitting all day.

He slowly approached Wu Chang and asked:
What is your relationship with Loki?

Wu Chang said:

"I don't know Loki."

Valentine seemed not to listen to Wu Chang's reply and continued speaking to himself;

"Never mind, you're all probably the same kind of people anyway."

Wu Changgang wanted to say something, but his words were cut short before he could speak.

Valentine, who was previously thirty meters away from him, suddenly crossed that space and appeared directly in front of him, plunging a dagger into his throat.

He didn't sense any fluctuations in spatial abilities, nor did he see Valentine draw his knife. One moment Valentine was still moving his unsteady legs, and the next moment Valentine's dagger was already piercing his throat.

"What kind of ability is this?" Wu Chang asked in surprise.

As Wu Chang finished speaking, he noticed that Valentine's dagger had already pierced his left eye, and he also felt some pain in his right eye, which showed that Valentine was not biased.

"Such fast movements, I can't even see your trajectory..."

Before he could finish speaking, he found a dagger in his mouth, pressing down on his tongue.

He frowned at Valentine and forced out a sentence through clenched teeth:
"have you had enough?"

Valentine's attacks were unpredictable, even he couldn't see through them, but small things like daggers couldn't hurt him.

With the title of "Titan," he is not only immune to fatal injuries, but any attack that could cause him limb amputation or organ damage would have to be powerful enough to inflict the same damage as he would at his maximum size.

Valentine stabbed him in the throat with a dagger and jabbed him in the eye, which felt to him like a stray hair in his collar and an eyelash that had grown out of shape and brushed against his eyeball.

As for pure damage, Valentine would have to break his permanent shield that prevents knights from dying by hand if he wanted to harm him.

The transformation of the Abyss Serpent alone gives him 452 energy points in his normal state. Breaking his permanent shield, which is three times his maximum energy value, is no easier than Valentine slitting a giant's throat with a dagger.

Valentine had never seen anything like this before. He released the dagger from his hand, took two steps back, and looked at Wu Chang warily.

Before Valentine could make any further move, a blinding white light filled the hall, so bright it was almost blinding.

This light is not an attack on the eyes, but an attack on "vision".

Under the light, Wu Chang's arm was caught by a flash of light, and he heard the sound of the flash.

"Come on!"

Wu Chang looked at Flash and thought to himself that Valentine had already launched three attacks, and Flash was only now appearing. If it were anyone else, they would only be able to collect the corpses.

However, even though Flashman is a bit unskilled, he still dares to rush into situations like this, so his loyalty is unquestionable.

Faced with the flashing lights of rescue, he calmly replied, "Get out."

Flash was stunned for a moment. He realized that his source power had not affected Wu Chang. Wu Chang could see him and confirmed that Wu Chang's condition was stable and did not look like he had been attacked.

Although Flash rushed into the hall without hesitation, he dared not linger in the face of Valentine's mysterious and unpredictable abilities.

Seeing that Wu Chang was alright, he didn't press the matter further and left the hall the way he came.

When the light faded, nothing changed in the hall, as if the flash of light was just an illusion.

After a brief silence, Wu Chang walked towards Valentine, touched the spot in his neck where he had been stabbed, and said:
"You sensed something was wrong, but refused to leave, waiting until I revealed myself, just to wait for the attack just now?"

Valentine didn't speak, but his expression tacitly acknowledged Wu Chang's question.

Wu Changzai waited for the poison to accumulate enough before striking to kill Valentine, while Valentine was also waiting for Wu Changzai to make his move and kill him in one blow.

Unfortunately, Valentine miscalculated. He failed to kill Wu Chang in his first attack, and the three rounds of attacks just now were his only chance.

As the Devouring Deepwater erupted, Valentine lost more and more control of his body, and even standing became extremely difficult.

He looked at Wu Chang and confirmed it one last time:

"You really have no connection with Loki?"

Wu Chang shook his head and said:
"No."

Valentine sighed and said slowly:

"Unfortunately, we were ultimately unable to kill him."

"I'm sorry for the zombie plague leak. After I die, you can take my blood; it might be useful to you."

After Valentine finished speaking, he lay back on the ground, his life beginning its countdown.

He had neither the time nor the energy to tell Wu Chang what had happened.

However, even after his three attacks failed, Wu Chang's image was already etched into his mind.

Wu Chang approached Valentine and activated his Mind Traveler ability, entering Valentine's mental world to personally observe what was happening.

As with his previous spiritual journeys, he was suddenly transported to Valentine's body in the first person.

The scene then shifts to show hundreds of survivor alliance members advancing towards the disaster shelter.

When they encountered zombies along the way, they did not kill them as they had done before, but instead controlled them and took them with them.

The special zombies all retained a certain level of consciousness. They realized that the survivor alliance was too numerous to fight, so they followed them from a distance and observed their movements.

The survivor alliance ignored the zombies' exploration and continued their advance toward the disaster shelter.

With their full-speed advance, they quickly arrived at the disaster shelter and took control of the shelter, which had no special zombies left behind.

Having secured the entrances and exits and the control center of the shelter, the members of the Survivors' Alliance began bringing the zombies they collected along the way into the disaster shelter.

Valentine followed them, carefully lifting a female zombie from the back seat of his vehicle.

His movements were very gentle, as if he were afraid of hurting the zombie in his arms if he used too much force.

The female zombie was about eighteen or nineteen years old. Although her face was partially rotten, she still bore a resemblance to Valentine.

Wu Chang recalled the information about Valentine: on the day the zombie plague broke out, Valentine's daughter was attending class at Ein University and did not stay at home.

Despite Valentine's repeated searches at Ain University and disaster shelters, he was unable to find his daughter, and this became a source of deep regret for him.

From a first-person perspective, Wu Chang can feel Valentine's love for his daughter. Perhaps he was persuaded by Loki to join the Survivors' Alliance not only because of the progress of the zombie virus serum, but also because Loki helped him find his daughter.

Besides Valentine, dozens of other survivors followed behind him, accompanied by their zombie relatives.

Back then, disaster shelters weren't as spacious as they are now; they were teeming with tens of thousands of zombies.

Led by Valentine, dozens of survivors fought with all their might to create a safe zone in the hall, where they housed their zombie relatives.

Once everything was complete, the fire sprinklers on the shelter's ceiling turned on, pouring water onto the restless horde of zombies and calming them down.

The spraying continued, and after about five or six minutes, the zombies in the hall began to reverse, just like the experimental subjects in the virus laboratory, and began to transform from zombies into humans.

Twenty minutes later, almost all the zombies in the shelter had completed their transformation. However, their bodies were severely damaged during the zombification process, and most of them were unable to move after returning to human form, lying sprawled on the ground.

The families of the survivors in the safe zone, affected by the zombie serum, also reverted back to being human.

Valentine's daughter inherited his physical abilities, and not only did she revert back to human form very quickly, but she also regained some consciousness and was able to look at him and call him "Dad".

Just then, an untimely voice broke the warm atmosphere in the room.

Loki's reassuring voice rang out from the loudspeakers of the disaster shelter, but this time, his words left Valentine and the others feeling uneasy.

"I love these scenes of family reunions because they represent the beauty of the world, but protecting this beauty is often not easy."

“You often say that if you were given another chance, you would do everything in your power, even at the cost of everything, to prevent what happened from happening again.”

"Then I will give you another chance, and I hope you can cherish the wonderful things you have now."

As Loki's voice faded, a pale green mist descended from the ceiling.

The citizens of Ain City, who had just been restored to human form by the zombie plague serum, began to convulse uncontrollably under the shroud of a pale green mist.

Before they even regained consciousness and found themselves turned back into humans, they turned into zombies again.

Moreover, this time, the zombies they transform into will be even stronger and more aggressive.

(End of this chapter)