The 'Involution King' Second Female Lead Quits [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 69

Chapter 69: The Fourth World [15]

Successful Takedown

Just before the reinforced glass shattered, Li Jianwei and Shu Heng burst out of the door almost at the same time.

They ran in separate directions. The one closer to the dog was in charge of throwing the meat chunks, while the one farther away pulled out a bow and took a shot at the mutated dog.

The mutated dog, seeing the food appear, let out a roar, and the blue light in its eyes became abnormally bright.

However, the dog’s movements were slightly hesitant, as if it was struggling between the meat chunks and the survivors. In the end, it chose to swallow the meat chunks first and then lunged toward the nearest food, completely ignoring Shu Heng, who was attacking it.

After this test, the mutated dog’s priority and aggro judgment became very clear.

While the mutated dog’s attention was on Li Jianwei and Shu Heng, Xiao Gao and Xiao Di quickly ran to the metal door to figure out how to open it.

It didn’t require a password or a key. The task to open the door was a mini-game similar to a circuit puzzle. They just needed to adjust the direction of the various connectors inside to allow the current on the left to successfully flow to the right.

The difficulty was not high, but there were many circuits to adjust. Xiao Gao estimated it would take her five minutes to complete.

Xiao Di used the friend channel to send the relevant information to both Li Jianwei and Shu Heng and also got eight portions of mutated meat from Xiao Gao’s backpack.

Xiao Di’s speed couldn’t compare to Shu Heng’s and Li Jianwei’s, but she could at least find an opening to supplement their supply of mutated meat chunks.

Of course, Xiao Di also didn’t forget to run to another spot to attack the mutated dog with her bow and arrow. Although this action didn’t seem to have any effect on the dog’s movements, it was better than doing nothing at all.

Realizing the great attraction the mutated meat chunks held for the dog, an excellent idea popped into Li Jianwei’s head.

[Li Jianwei: Let’s maintain this feeding speed. I want to try attaching the explosives to the mutated meat chunks and throwing them directly at the mutated dog.]

The mutated dog was huge, which meant its mouth was also huge. When it ate the mutated meat chunks, it just picked them up and swallowed them without barely chewing.

[Shu Heng: Okay, I’ll try my best to create an opportunity for you. Xiao Di gave me 18 portions of mutated meat, so I can hold its attention for a longer time.]

Seeing her plan approved, Li Jianwei immediately put it into action. She didn’t plan for an instant explosion but instead set a ten-second countdown and threw two pieces of mutated meat with explosives attached to them into the air.

As a canine, the mutated dog’s sense of smell was excellent. Seeing the delicious food flying toward it, it opened its mouth without thinking and managed to catch both chunks of meat in one go, then gulped them down with a gulp.

“Get down!” Li Jianwei shouted, then ran toward the farthest wall.

Li Jianwei was immune to explosion damage, but the other three were not. If the mutated dog’s body was more fragile than they thought, the explosion would definitely injure them.

Xiao Gao and Xiao Di obediently lay down. Shu Heng, on the other hand, pulled away from the mutated dog with a touch of worry.

3, 2, 1!

Bang—Bang—

Two consecutive explosions occurred, instantly disemboweling the mutated dog and shattering parts of its body, even exposing its spine and leg bones.

However, the mutated dog didn’t die. It got back up on its bare leg bones, shook off the half of its head that was still connected to its neck, and continued to lunge at Li Jianwei.

What the hell is this thing?! Why can it still move after being blown up like this?!

Xiao Di couldn’t help but curse out loud. She hurriedly got up and continued to attack with her bow and arrow, helping as much as she could.

Shu Heng also took a cold breath. Without any hesitation, she threw out the remaining mutated meat chunks from her backpack all at once, trying to use this method to attract the mutated dog’s attention.

It was no use. The mutated dog’s eyes were now only on Li Jianwei. Its eyes had changed from a blue glow to a dark red, which, combined with its blue-green bl00d, looked extremely eerie.

[Li Jianwei: Don’t worry. Its speed is lower now. With my title and food buffs, I can keep up with it. You can just shoot with your bow and arrow.]

Li Jianwei, who was being chased, seemed to be handling it with ease, even finding time to send a message to Shu Heng.

Shu Heng was both angry and amused. Since she couldn’t pull the dog’s attention away, she could only become a heartless archer like Xiao Di, focusing solely on dealing damage.

“It’s open! Come in quickly!” Xiao Gao shouted. To increase the decryption speed, she had even taken off her protective suit, and the poison accumulation bar that had just started to decrease began to rise again.

Li Jianwei took a moment to send a message to Xiao Gao. After the other three had entered the door, she changed direction and ran toward their location.

Li Jianwei was very fast. As she scrambled inside, she instinctively performed a roll to shed her momentum.

Bang—Bang—

The mutated dog, still clinging to its last breath, smashed its exposed skull into the two-meter-high, eighty-centimeter-wide metal door, trying to get its head inside so it could devour the delicious-smelling survivors.

Unfortunately, its head was a full size bigger than the door. This action had no effect other than causing some of its bodily tissues to fly inside.

Well, it wasn’t completely useless. At least the door couldn’t be closed because the edge of the door frame had been twisted from the impact.

Li Jianwei dusted off non-existent dirt from her body, pulled out her bow and started shooting again, ready to turn the mutated dog’s big head into a cactus ball.

Without a word, the other three also started doing the same. Those with good aim avoided the bones and shot at the mutated dog’s eye sockets. Those who weren’t as accurate could still add another spike to its skull.

“Its stomach is gone. If we keep throwing meat, can it still eat?” Xiao Di couldn’t help but ask. Her and Xiao Gao’s minds were always more inclined to wander.

“I still have two pieces in my backpack. Want to try?” Xiao Gao asked, looking at Shu Heng, the team leader.

“You can. The strength of this monster is a bit off the charts, so there should only be one,” Li Jianwei replied first.

If there were many monsters that couldn’t be killed by swallowing two explosives, they would need to make a strategic retreat. At the very least, they’d have to go back and gather more mutated meat and explosives. Or they’d have to wait at the door for the next wave of people to arrive, get supplies from them, and then consider their next move.

Xiao Gao gave her last remaining meat chunks to Xiao Di. Xiao Di found a gap and threw them directly onto the mutated dog’s nose.

The mutated dog, whose nose was suddenly blocked by the smell of food, paused, stuck out its tongue, and wrapped the meat chunks into its mouth, then—

Then there was no “then.” The organs in its back had already been blown away, and the meat chunks just plopped onto the ground.

The mutated dog seemed to become even angrier. Its frequency of smashing into the door increased significantly, and the metal door frame even began to wobble.

“Seriously? It only has half a brain left and it can still think. This monster’s strength is not normal,” Xiao Di lamented.

Li Jianwei looked at the mutated dog thoughtfully. She felt that there was something different about the monster after its eyes changed color, but she couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

After using up about four sets of metal arrows, the mutated dog’s body fell heavily to the ground, and its once dark red eyes lost their luster.

Li Jianwei remained vigilant and shot a few more arrows. Only after confirming there was no danger did she slowly approach.

When the “loot” notification popped up, Li Jianwei finally let out a breath and clicked on it.

**[Obtained: Mutated Bone *10, Mutated Meat Chunk 20, Metal Key 1]

“It dropped bones and meat chunks, and this,” Li Jianwei said, holding the metal key in her hand for the other three to see.

“What a huge key. How big is the door it’s supposed to open?” Xiao Di leaned in to inspect it. The key was almost as long as her forearm.

“Maybe it’s for anti-theft? A key this big should be hard to steal,” Xiao Gao theorized wildly. “Could this key have been eaten by the monster?”

Xiao Di inexplicably became serious. “Then why didn’t it fall out when its stomach was blown up?”

“There’s a new path here. Everyone adjust your status,” Shu Heng said, ending the temporarily pointless conversation and pushing open the door to a new location.

Cold. So cold.

This was the first reaction of the four as they stepped into the new scene. Looking around, many places were already frozen over.

“Is this key for this door?” Xiao Di asked, pointing to a metal door with an ice layer more than ten centimeters thick.

Li Jianwei took out the key and held it up. “The size matches. It should be.”

Putting the key away, Li Jianwei took out her metal spear and tried to attack the ice.

Clang—

The metal spear was repelled.

Li Jianwei immediately switched to her titanium sword, which had the highest attack power, and chopped at the ice layer with all her might.

Clang—

The titanium sword was also repelled.

“It looks like we need to use a different method to melt the ice,” Li Jianwei concluded.

“We haven’t found a second path yet,” Shu Heng said.

“Could we use body heat to melt the ice? If we eat the right food, our body temperature will also increase a little,” Xiao Di said, raising her hand.

Li Jianwei was stunned for a moment. “Special food can raise our body temperature? I thought it was only for resisting cold debuffs.”

“Ahem, we discovered this by accident,” Xiao Di’s eyes started to wander. Leaving aside how they found out, this new discovery was obviously very useful here.

As the one who proposed the idea, Xiao Di took the lead and began her attempt. She took off her protective suit and leather armor and pressed her entire body against the ice layer.

From the drops of water appearing at her feet, it was clear that this method was effective, but it would definitely be very time-consuming.

“It’s a good thing we took down that monster from before. Otherwise, with so much time, it probably would have smashed a big hole in the metal wall,” Xiao Gao exclaimed. She immediately took over Xiao Di’s spot after Xiao Di’s health started dropping.

When it came to attacking monsters, their abilities were not as good as Li Jianwei’s and Shu Heng’s. They could only put in more effort on this kind of relatively simple task.