The 'Involution King' Second Female Lead Quits [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 68

Chapter 68: The Fourth World [14]

Giant Mutated Dog

As expected, when the large metal door with the glowing green “Exit” sign was opened, a group of entirely new monsters poured out.

The monsters that rushed out were not the common mutated canines or rats. They weren’t even mammals but mutated arthropod insects.

The mutated insects looked somewhat like cockroaches, but luckily they couldn’t fly and were about half a meter long.

Their method of attack was to open their mouthparts, which were half the size of their bodies, and scurry on their six legs toward the people in the protective suits.

The moment she saw the monsters, Li Jianwei cursed the person responsible in her mind. Then she swung her titanium sword so fast that slicing their mouthparts was as smooth as playing a fruit-slicing game.

Xiao Gao also couldn’t help but curse mentally. Fortunately, although there were many mutated insects, they went down after one or two swings of the titanium sword and didn’t pose a significant threat.

“Be careful, the poison accumulation bar is rising! These mutated insects are likely poisonous. Don’t let their bl00d get on your protective suits!” Shu Heng warned, joining the fight to increase the speed of clearing the monsters.

The mutated insects’ bl00d was an unnatural green. Following Shu Heng’s reminder, Li Jianwei and Xiao Gao began to pay attention to their distance, making sure the unhealthy bl00d didn’t contaminate their protective suits.

Xiao Di dutifully followed behind, turning her headlamp wherever light was needed. The four worked together with surprisingly smooth coordination.

When the poison accumulation bar soared to 62, they had successfully dealt with the mutated insects and entered a wider, more open space that resembled a control area.

“There’s no power switch. Let’s split up and look for a door we haven’t found yet,” Shu Heng instructed. “The poison accumulation bar is still increasing. This isn’t a safe place.”

The four of them immediately split up and began to search the dark control area with their headlamps.

“I found a control lever. It seems like it can be installed on the console,” Xiao Di said first, holding a metal lever with a somewhat complex base structure.

“I have one here too,” Li Jianwei said, immediately walking toward the central console with her item.

After searching around, Shu Heng found a hidden mechanical button under the console. By pressing it hard, a part of the console popped out.

“It can be installed here!” Xiao Di acted quickly, fitting the metal lever in her hand perfectly into the platform on the left.

Li Jianwei’s movements were a little slower. She carefully observed the shape, and only after confirming it was correct did she install the other control lever.

It also fit perfectly, but the control room didn’t change at all.

“Are there similar mechanisms?” Xiao Di couldn’t help but scratch her protective suit. “But there aren’t any extra control levers or buttons to interact with.”

At this point, everyone’s poison accumulation bar had slowly climbed to 80, a value that looked very dangerous.

Li Jianwei didn’t say anything. She circled the console and finally noticed that the button underneath the console was a very subtle size—it was a bit larger than the usual ones.

This made Li Jianwei think of the metal bracelet in her backpack. She instinctively took it out and placed it over the button.

After seeing that the console still didn’t react, Li Jianwei tried to turn the metal ring.

Beep—

A sound similar to an engine starting came from underground. The room’s lights flashed red twice, then turned on a creamy white, and finally, the console’s power was restored, and the corresponding system started.

“There’s a switch for the ventilation system here. Should we turn it on? It’s currently off,” Xiao Gao said.

“Turn it on and see. If it’s wrong, we can turn it back off,” Shu Heng said. The number on the poison accumulation bar was already very high, and they didn’t have much time to act cautiously.

Xiao Gao did as she was told. The sound of the ventilation system running was very obvious in the quiet environment, and the effect was visibly good.

The four’s poison accumulation bars first stopped rising and then began to drop steadily three minutes later.

This made them all breathe a sigh of relief. They began to replenish their hunger and hydration, each adjusting their status.

Shu Heng studied the functions of the console. In a little while, she figured out how to turn on the undamaged surveillance system and scrolled through the screens one by one.

The poison gas room and the laser room both had surveillance. The monitors showed that no one was following them and the monsters inside had not respawned.

After scrolling a couple more times, Shu Heng couldn’t help but take a sharp breath.

“What is it?” Li Jianwei, hearing the sound, leaned over and looked at the screen.

On the screen was a canine the size of an elephant. It looked somewhat similar to a mutated dog, but its skin was a greenish-blue, and even its drool was blue.

Looking closely at the ground, they could see that the metal floor was pockmarked and corroded by the drool of this giant mutated dog.

“Its abdomen is sunken in. It looks like it hasn’t eaten in a long time,” Li Jianwei said. Xiao Gao and Xiao Di were also drawn in to look at the screen.

“It’s so big. Are we going to have to fight this monster later?” Xiao Di’s voice sounded like she had a toothache.

“We haven’t found a way yet. There are no other mechanisms here,” Xiao Gao forced herself to calm down and stated a fact.

At this point, there was no turning back. They came here with the purpose of exploring this special island. Even if they could turn back, they shouldn’t.

“The passage is right in the center. The console can be lowered, and when it’s activated, it becomes an elevator,” Shu Heng said. “But after we go down, we might only be separated from this monster by a door. Are you ready to fight it?”

“I don’t know how fast it is. If we can figure out its aggro judgment, we can eventually deal with it,” Li Jianwei said. “If all else fails, we can use explosives. I haven’t used up the things I found in the dome city yet, and I have two left.”

“I don’t recommend explosives. The buildings here are relatively close together, and the power of an explosion would be amplified,” Shu Heng said, her tight brows revealing her slight unease.

“I have an explosion damage immunity,” Li Jianwei stated a fact.

“Um, I have an idea,” Xiao Di raised her right hand high.

“Hmm, what’s your idea?” Shu Heng and Li Jianwei both looked at Xiao Di.

Xiao Di lowered her hand, her face serious. “Don’t we have mutated meat chunks? Canines are supposed to eat meat. If it’s hungry, can we avoid fighting by feeding it?”

Li Jianwei and Shu Heng looked at each other. One was thinking about how to fight, and the other was thinking about how to use mechanisms. For a moment, they really hadn’t thought of that.

“We can give it a try. I brought all 20 portions of mutated meat. How about you guys?” Li Jianwei asked.

“I brought mine too. So we have 40 portions in total,” Xiao Di said, then couldn’t help but look at the surveillance screen. “But it looks so big. I wonder if we can feed it enough.”

“It doesn’t have to be fed enough to be full. Just being able to stall for time is enough,” Shu Heng said, zooming in on the surveillance screen again. “There’s a door here. As long as we open the door, a monster of that size shouldn’t be able to get through.”

“Then let’s be a bit frugal with it for now. We don’t know if there will be more monsters like this later,” Li Jianwei said. “If the door is reliable enough, in theory, we can kill this monster without taking any damage by using the terrain.”

Shu Heng stared at it for a long while before finally nodding. “We can give it a try. Safety first.”

After the poison accumulation bar returned to zero, each person had 10 portions of mutated meat chunks in their backpacks, and the weapons they held were metal bows and arrows.

The size of the one opposite was a bit too big. One mistake in close combat would be fatal, not to mention that the giant mutated dog’s drool could corrode metal and might bite through the protective suits in one go.

“Are you all okay with your status?” Shu Heng asked.

“No problem,” Li Jianwei and the other two replied one after another.

Shu Heng no longer hesitated and pressed the corresponding button. The entire console began to slowly descend, entering a more spacious area.

Good news: the lowered console didn’t lead directly to the giant mutated dog’s lair.

Bad news: the console and the giant mutated dog were separated by only one pane of glass. The moment they saw the giant mutated dog, it saw them too and was pouncing on them with extremely high aggression.

“The glass is specially made; it won’t break immediately,” Shu Heng said.

The mutated dog was indeed blocked by the reinforced glass, but it was too hungry. Now that it had finally seen food, it had completely lost its sanity, with only one thought left: to eat them.

Bang—Bang—

The mutated dog didn’t give up after one failure. On the contrary, its reaction became more and more violent, recklessly smashing into the glass again and again.

Xiao Di couldn’t help but take a half-step back, her lips moving as if to say something.

But remembering the power of her previous jinxes, she silently swallowed what she wanted to say.

However, things that are destined to happen don’t change just because they aren’t spoken out loud. When the mutated dog hit the glass for the twelfth time, a crack appeared in the seemingly very hard glass.

This made the mutated dog even more excited. It let out a low growl and hit the glass with even more force.

“Its speed is very fast. Eat all the food with buffs and maintain the best possible status,” Shu Heng slowly let out a breath. “Li Jianwei and I will be the first to act, trying to distract it with the mutated meat chunks.”

“If it works, you two go and see how to open that door,” Shu Heng planned the battle. “If it doesn’t work, you two try to attack it with arrows. The four of us will wear it down here until it dies.”

“We brought ten sets of metal arrows,” Li Jianwei added.

“We brought nine sets,” Xiao Di also calmed down. “As long as it’s a monster that can be killed, it definitely won’t survive that many attacks.”