Chapter 24: Officer's Diary

Bored out of his mind, Fang Heng opened the Survival Radio, intending to see what other players were going through and find some amusement.

Liao Bufan: "No way? It's only been a few days? And people are already staying out all night? It wouldn't be too much if I called you a Big Shot, would it!"

Liao Bufan: "Big Shot, food is running low. Remember to get more tomorrow, okay?"

Lu Yu: "Brother, I was being rash before. Please believe us, we come with sincerity. Even if you aren't willing to join our company, we can still cooperate, right?"

*Why is it this kid again?*

Fang Heng rubbed his chin and, with the intention of teasing him, replied.

"A decent proposal, but what do you have that's worth my cooperation? I want to see your sincerity. Can you get your hands on a complete Evolution Crystal?"

The fastest way for Fang Heng to increase his strength right now was to level up.

With every level gained, he could obtain more zombie clones.

However, at this stage, ordinary players could barely obtain even Evolution Crystal fragments, let alone a complete Evolution Crystal.

Fang Heng himself felt that leveling up was a distant prospect.

Upon receiving the message from Fang Heng, Lu Yu replied immediately in excitement.

"Big Shot, don't joke, we are serious. How about this: we'll work hard and try to gather about 10 sets of Evolution Crystal fragments to show our sincerity."

Fang Heng curled his lip and closed the private chat.

*Only 10 fragments?*

*Who do you think you're looking down on?*

*I wouldn't even take them if they were free!*

Fang Heng glanced at his backpack.

Good heavens, after clearing the zombies in the prison, he already had over three hundred Evolution Crystal fragments.

He didn't even know how to deal with so many fragments.

...

Inside a shelter not far from the Doomsday Merchant camp.

Looking at the silent Survival Radio, Lu Yu fell into silence once again.

"What's wrong?"

"Sigh, the Great God isn't replying again."

With a melancholy sigh, Lu Yu showed the radio chat message to Zhou Yi.

"We've completely fallen behind the Great God's pace. He's already started dealing with complete Evolution Crystals."

Zhou Yi also shook his head dejectedly.

"Anyway, let's just keep chatting with the Great God to get on his good side. We should focus our energy on the Prison 507 mission first."

Hearing "Prison 507," Lu Yu's expression turned solemn.

There was a prison located just over 20 kilometers away from their shelter.

Prison 507!

The mission Zhou Yi was referring to was something he had spent an enormous amount of effort to purchase from an intelligence organization.

The intelligence organization claimed that this hidden mission had once been accidentally triggered by a player in Server 3.

At that time, the medium-sized gaming company the player belonged to had concentrated all its resources, even hiring several batches of mercenaries to participate.

Unfortunately, the mission ultimately ended in failure.

Because they had invested too much time and energy into this mission, that medium-sized gaming company eventually went bankrupt due to a broken capital chain.

After a series of subsequent reviews by the intelligence organization, they determined that this mission was a rare hidden continuous mission.

Its difficulty was higher than SSS-rank, and its rewards were equally higher than SSS.

The intelligence organization provided the first three steps of this continuous mission.

After seeing the rewards for just these three steps, Zhou Yi hadn't even blinked before immediately paying for them.

"This is a continuous mission, step by step. We don't need to complete it all at once; we just need to get our hands on the first stage's mission items first to keep the mission firmly in our grasp."

"Yeah, I went to check the prison again this morning. It's strange, the number of zombies there has suddenly decreased a lot, by about two-thirds."

"There's such good news?" Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow in surprise. "This is a very good opportunity for us. Now we have a better chance of infiltrating Building 3."

"Really..."

Lu Yu gave a bitter smile.

"Really. Do you think we've just been idling around the Doomsday Merchant for the past few days?"

"I estimate that by tomorrow, our survival points will be enough to exchange for a portion of earth explosives. As long as we blast a hole in the outermost wire fence of the prison, the zombies will decrease significantly in a few days..."

"Don't get your hopes up too early. Even so, Building 3 is extremely dangerous."

"Fortunately, we only need to find a way to get the Officer's Diary. It's hidden in a compartment in a cabinet on the second floor."

"It's hidden in a very obscure spot. Ordinary players can't even get into the prison, let alone find it."

"This is the only way to trigger the mission! The seller said we must get it! Otherwise, the mission won't trigger!"

...

Inside the prison, Fang Heng sat before a campfire.

[Prompt: Your zombie has completed a round of scavenging. You have obtained Plastic *2, Waste Paper *176, Broken Parts *1.]

[Prompt: Your zombie has started a new round of scavenging.]

[Prompt: Your zombie has completed a round of scavenging. You have obtained Waste Paper *201, Soap *2.]

[Prompt: Your zombie has started a new...]

The zombies sent out for searching kept coming back and forth, dropping the miscellaneous items they collected in their backpacks in front of Fang Heng.

The exploration of the building was slower than Fang Heng had imagined. After several hours had passed, he was so bored that he began flipping through the "2021 Annual Prison Cleaning Record Report."

"Tsk tsk tsk, the cleaning lady was lazy on the 19th... she didn't even clean the toilets. Her excuse was that they ran out of dish soap."

As Fang Heng was muttering, another zombie returned and began pulling things out of its backpack.

[Prompt: Your zombie has completed a round of scavenging. You have obtained Rags *3, Contaminated Documents *30, Damaged Officer's Diary *1...]

Hmm?

"The Officer's Diary!"

Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

A diary was great! Wasn't this much better than an annual cleaning report?!

Fang Heng opened the notebook, which was stained with blood and more than half torn.

Because the notebook was heavily damaged, Fang Heng could only see parts of the recorded content.

[June 4th]

Today is my first day on the job. Everyone seems very kind. My supervisor, Tully, told me never to give those inmates a friendly face. It will make them feel like you are weak and easy to bully.

[June 5th]

The combination to the safe in the armory is Left 6, Right 2, Left 11. Recording this now: after three failed attempts, the safe will automatically lock, and it will be very troublesome to open it again.

The supervisor is very good to me. We played cards together after work. I lost quite a bit of money, but the supervisor also treated me to a drink.

[June 8th]

My god, is that 'the giant Eritta'? He is so tall and muscular! He must be about 2.3 or 2.4 meters tall?

The supervisor was right; he is the most dangerous prisoner in the prison. He can bend ordinary iron bars with his bare hands. I must keep a close eye on him!

[July 7th]

I noticed some new faces arriving at the prison. The supervisor told me they are doctors from Dawn Hospital. It seems some kind of infectious disease has recently broken out in the prison. A terrifying infectious disease. I must be careful to avoid being infected.

[July 19th]

Lately, many patients have been carried out one after another. I took a secret peek; the way they died was truly terrifying. The supervisor told them they all died from the infectious disease and advised us to avoid contact with the inmates as much as possible. This infectious disease is very strange; most of those who die are strong men, while the smaller, thinner inmates seem fine. Could it be that their immune systems are different and more susceptible to attack?

[August 1st]

It's too terrifying. A massive riot has suddenly broken out in the prison. We have locked down Prison Buildings 1 and 2, and Building 3 has become the final refuge. I have never experienced anything like this! I heard the supervisor making a phone call to call for help, saying an infectious disease has broken out. An infectious disease? Isn't this a riot? The warden told us to gather in the basement. I have to go quickly. I hope everything goes well.

(End of Chapter)