Chapter 25: One in a Thousand Shot
Before us, a tide-like wave of red surged shockingly from every corner of District 13...
When they started running, even the ground we were on shuddered slightly. We had never seen so many biochemical ghosts! At this moment, our vision was filled with a mass of red, terrifying shadows, rushing toward us like a tide.
“God! How can there be so many biochemical ghosts?! Could it be that all the infiltrators and Guardian mercenaries have been wiped out?” Seeing the biochemical ghosts coming from all directions in District 13, we felt a wave of despair for the first time. How many of us could survive such a massive ghost attack?
“No, I'm not going to die!” Among us, Lao Wan was the toughest. He slung his gun on his back, grabbed me with one hand and the dead demon with the other. “As long as there's a chance, we can't give up! Let's move quickly!”
Being pulled by Lao Wan, I stumbled and nearly fell, but this actually sobered me up a lot. Shaking my head, right, I can't die in a place like this! As we were rushing up, we suddenly remembered that countless ghosts were still coming down from the second floor, making us panic. Oh, damn! This is truly being trapped with wolves ahead and tigers behind—how are we supposed to escape?
Could it be that we're really finished this time? I thought of that nightmare again, when our entire mercenary team was wiped out. Could it be true? Are we going to die like this?
Impossible, impossible! There must be a way, there must be a way!
“Sophie! Hurry up and think of something, I'm not going to meet Marx!” Lao Wan was really panicking this time. Although those ghosts hadn't reached us yet, the eerie and terrifying roars of countless ghosts could already be heard from afar, combined with the slight tremors from the cement floor—it felt like death itself, chilling us to the bone!
“Do you think I want to go meet the old man?! It's your fault, that damn lackey. I told you not to kick the door, but you had to! Now look, all the ghosts in District 13 are coming here. What choice do you think I have? I can't even fly!”
At this point, even I lost my reason. It's all because of Lao Wan's pig hooves, he loved kicking doors so much, but couldn't even open them! Last time, one kick sent us right into the Guardians' old hideout!This time it was even worse, he kicked us straight to the Western Paradise! If there's a King Yama in this game and he asks me how I died, I would definitely say I was kicked to death by Lao Wan! But now there's absolutely no time to complain, we have to find a way to survive! There's no other choice, if we can't fly, then we run! We really have no options; the bio-ghost is getting closer and closer. We can't fight it, so what else can we do? Then we run. We can't run upstairs. The three of us turned around and ran frantically wherever there was a path.
Horrible, terrifying roars echoed in our ears, practically urging us to our death. How dare we slow down? The wind in front of us blew our hair back like a broom. I can guarantee, even Liu Xiang couldn't match our speed right now!
Running with no regard for our lives, our minds weren't idle either. We can't go upstairs, so where exactly can we run to be safe? Ah! My eyes suddenly caught a bullet hole and I stopped abruptly.
Right, I know where to run, follow me!
After a turn, I didn't continue running forward, because I knew if I did, we'd reach the edge of the map. When I saw that bullet hole, a sudden inspiration hit me—I remembered that before the game even started, we had a big battle with the defenders. And the place we now needed to go to was the little cabin where we stayed during that battle with the defenders!
At first, we were running away from the ghost with it chasing from behind. Now it was even scarier; in order to get back to that little cabin as soon as possible, we ran straight at the ghost! That was undoubtedly suicidal! (It's worth explaining here that the little cabin is actually just a door behind the stairs at the very bottom of the building. It should be findable on the game's District 13 map.) Run, run! All we could think in our hearts was fast, fast, fast, and we didn't dare even glance at the monsters.
We made it! Finally, we reached that cabin. All three of us slipped inside in one motion. But as soon as we got in, before the door could even close, a sharp claw suddenly extended through the door crack. With a 'clang', the claw instantly blocked the door, and the main door couldn't be closed!I quickly rushed up and, together with the dead demon, braced myself behind the main gate, preventing the ghost from coming in. I suddenly heard Old Wan shout: 'Sophie the demon, hold it here, now it's up to me!' Saying that, Old Wan raised the gun and aimed at the gap in the door at the ghost. 'Bang bang bang...?'
A powerful burst of fire aimed at the claws outside, sparks flying everywhere even in our position. 'Aow!' The red ghost outside let out a strange scream, retracting its claws, and the door we were holding with the dead demon immediately shut!
Just as it closed, before we could even catch our breath, a deafening pounding came from outside. Compared to the last time we were trapped with the Black Sniper, this was absolutely much worse!
'Bang bang bang!' Who knew how many monsters were outside, the door shook with every strike, dust and dirt falling in sheets, as if it might collapse at any moment.
'What do we do? What do we do? What do we do?!' Faced with this scene, everyone looked at each other, sinking into deep despair. If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have entered the game in the first place. No wonder the 'Super Fantasy' manual warned that it shouldn't be used for FPS games (first-person shooter games).
I also didn't know whether, under the simulation of 'Super Fantasy,' it would hurt if the ghost's sharp claws grabbed me. Best if it doesn't hurt! If 'Super Fantasy' even simulates players' sensations of pain, then I might as well follow the example of that previous defender and immediately shoot myself.
It was only a matter of time before the main gate was broken by all the ghosts, and everyone sank into utter despair. Can we really survive?
'I sure as hell don't want to die!' Old Wan grabbed his hair and kept backing up. Suddenly, 'Ouch!' he shouted as he fell, complaining: '*** even bullies me with a cement slab. Why the hell is there an iron bar here?'
Hmm? Iron bar? I went over to Old Wan, crouched down, and looked. Huh, it seemed this rusty iron bar was connected to the cement slab on the ground. Eh?! Since it's connected to this slab, does that mean this slab…?
I tapped the slab with the butt of my gun, 'Clang clang!' Sure enough, from the sound, this slab, like the iron bar on top, was entirely made of iron. A square slab connected by what looked like a handle-shaped iron bar—does this mean…?I, Old Wan, and Dead Demon looked at each other, our faces showing a kind of surprise we had never experienced before. Unconsciously, the three of us grabbed the iron bar and pulled hard! The floor really was movable. Everyone exerted force, and with a 'squeak!' sound, the entire floor lifted up like a lid, revealing a pitch-black hole underneath. Oh my gosh! Indeed, there is always a way out for people!
Everyone's hearts were filled with incredible joy, even more excited than winning a super lottery! Although we didn't know what was down there, this place was about to be breached soon, and we couldn't stay long.
"Ha, I'll go down first and try it!" Old Wan laughed and jumped down first. Shortly after he landed, he shouted, "Hey! Although it's a bit dark here, I feel the space is very big and safe. You guys hurry down!"
I said to Dead Demon, "You go down first!" After Dead Demon went down, I slowly extended half my body into the hole, showing the remaining half of my head. I looked at the already somewhat cracked door, grit my teeth, shrank my body downward, and using the momentum of falling, forcefully slammed the lid shut!
The reason I had Dead Demon go down first was so I could shut the lid properly by myself.
It turned out there was also an iron ladder here! Thinking about it, if there's a lid above, there must be a ladder that leads to the upper level. At that moment I was standing on the ladder, and because it was too dark all around, I could only slowly move downward.
As soon as my feet touched the ground, Old Wan and Dead Demon came up to me, saying, "How is it? Did you shut the lid tight?"
"Ok! Don't you trust me to handle it?" Actually, the iron handle on the lid was not very noticeable and was covered in rust. If it hadn't been for Old Wan accidentally discovering it, even if we had seen it, we would have thought it was useless.
Finally, we were out of danger! The three of us exhaled deeply, collapsing weakly onto the ground. We felt completely drained, wanting to sit there without moving at all.
That was really too dangerous, an absolute narrow escape! At one point, we had felt despair. If Old Wan hadn't accidentally gotten lucky and kicked that piece of rusty iron, we would probably now be three souls under the claws of the bioweapon ghosts.
"Hehe!Sophie, oh Sophie, now what should I say? It depends on how you talk to me. Am I really that unlucky? Looking at Old Wan's disgustingly annoying facial expressions, I was both angry and amused: this guy kicked us to the gates of hell with one foot, and then kicked us back to earth with the other. I really don't know what to say about him. (End of this chapter)
