Virus King - Chapter 118

Chapter 118: The Demon Village! The Demon Hunter’s Profession Scroll!

TL: YYang

Amid the steel jungle, a figure darted rapidly through the sky.

A black and crimson streak, like a leopard leaping through the forest, its movements fluid and swift. The perfection of human physique, every streamlined contour, was displayed flawlessly in this fleeting silhouette!

Chen Bai leaped from the top of a towering building more than twenty stories high. With the bend and extension of his legs, he erupted with incredible speed, landing on a six-story building a hundred meters away in the next second!

He exhaled a deep breath, the white mist stark against the backdrop of the sweltering summer heat in June.

This phenomenon stemmed from the high temperature within his body.

Finally, his rapid movements came to a halt.

The blazing sun bore down, intensifying the heat of Jiangcheng, a city already notorious for its scorching summers.

Under such conditions, even the zombies seemed to lose their enthusiasm for hunting.

On the boundary road of Jiangcheng, groups of them sprawled lifelessly, motionless on the ground.

Chen Bai paid no attention to these lowest-grade, mindless zombies. Instead, he turned his gaze toward the expanse of Jiangcheng behind him, a faint smile curling his lips.

With his Darklight Virus awakening reaching 8%, his attributes had undergone yet another dramatic increase.

His agility had reached such a level that in less than half a day, he had traversed the entire vast expanse of Jiangcheng!

Although this city, a symbol of human civilization, had unmistakably transformed into a jungle of steel, with countless people struggling to survive within its depths…

For Chen Bai, as one who remained perched atop the food chain in this steel jungle, crossing Jiangcheng also brought him a mix of familiar and novel discoveries.

For instance, in the northeastern part of the city, the once-famous Jiangcheng Wildlife Park had turned into a large secret realm dungeon!

In the future, if the interior of Jiangcheng were fully pacified, that wildlife park would undoubtedly become a hotspot for countless Evolvers.

In his previous life, Chen Bai had heard of this Jiangcheng Wildlife Park as well.

It was known as a significant gathering ground for large-scale secret realm dungeons.

Across the Dragon Nation, zoos were some of the most dangerous areas in the steel jungle.

Some had turned into secret realm dungeons, while others saw their mutated beasts escaping the confines of the zoos, becoming beast king-level overlords of their regions.

Jiangcheng fell into the former category.

However, Chen Bai did not revisit it. Such a large-scale secret realm dungeon couldn’t be fully explored in a short amount of time.

He had more pressing matters to attend to and couldn’t afford to waste too much time there!

Wuchang wasn’t far from Jiangcheng.

The place called Ezhou was less than a hundred kilometers from the heart of Jiangcheng.

Not even that far.

Chen Bai now had a very clear understanding of his speed.

If there were no obstacles, a mere hundred kilometers would take him about half an hour.

Especially in flat terrain where he could race along the highway, he could unleash his full speed without restraint.

That said, Meng Meng would still have to wait a little longer.

Chen Bai had been holding off these past few days for one very crucial reason!

His eyes glimmered with light as he locked onto a direction he would never forget in this lifetime. His figure burst forward again in an instant!

The black and red silhouette shot through like lightning, his eyes brimming with an uncontainable mixture of excitement and icy determination.

The Demon Hunter Profession Scroll was finally within his grasp once again! However, this time, the profession that had once been his greatest asset for rising to power in his past life was, to him, merely a stepping stone!

This was a seemingly ordinary rural village.

Nestled within a small valley, it appeared untouched by the chaos beyond its borders.

Outside, countless zombies roamed freely, and all manner of mutant beasts ran rampant. Yet, in this village, it seemed as if nothing had ever happened.

The tranquility and peace resembled that of a bygone era.

Of course, that was if one ignored the strange tattoo-like patterns covering the villagers’ bodies and their peculiar behaviors.

At this very moment, behind a small hill outside the village, dozens of Evolvers had gathered.

These individuals were mostly muscular and rugged, their expressions sharp and fierce. Clearly, even before the apocalypse, they weren’t ordinary people.

“Brother Qiang, how is it?!”

All eyes turned to the man leading the group, a burly figure clad in black.

The man, Brother Qiang, gazed across the hill toward the distant small village. He nodded.

“The mission target should be here, no doubt about it.”

With that, Brother Qiang raised his hand, sharing the mission details with the group:

[Demon Village (D-Rank)]

[Mission Description: This is a village tainted by Demon Blood! A small entity from the Abyss is preparing to use this place as a medium to enter the God and Devil Trial Grounds and participate in this special trial and slaughter.

This location is highly suitable for conversion into a secret realm dungeon! The pollution of Demon Blood and the Abyss has made this place exceptionally valuable!]

[Mission Objectives: Stop the demon’s descent and kill all villagers tainted by Demon Blood!]

[Mission Rewards: A portion of Low-Grade Demon Bloodline (C-Rank), +3000 experience for all participants, convert the current secret realm dungeon into an exclusive secret realm dungeon!]

Demon Bloodline! Massive experience points!

A gleam of excitement flickered in everyone’s eyes.

The strengthening of their leader’s power in this apocalypse naturally meant they could ride his coattails and benefit as well.

Before the apocalypse, they were just part of a construction company in Wuchang.

Of course, “construction company” was a polite way of saying they were a shady outfit involved in clearing out resistant households and other activities on the fringes of legality. In reality, they were nothing more than a front for organized crime and acted as “gloves” for a certain powerful figure in the city.

However, when the apocalypse came, their boss quickly became nothing more than a corpse.

In contrast, their strength, coupled with their ruthless nature and a past drenched in blood, gave them an advantage. With no moral qualms, they quickly formed a formidable group within a week of the apocalypse.

Even so, surviving in the city was nearly impossible due to the overwhelming number of zombies. Under Brother Qiang’s leadership, they moved to the outskirts of the city, where they inadvertently stumbled upon this unique mission.