Chapter 1 Thirty Minutes In

Thirty minutes after the script began, somewhere in the southern part of Nuka City.

"Hmm… as expected, they didn't choose to split up," Feng Bujue muttered, standing on the edge of a rooftop in a building, looking out at the distant streets. "Instead, they're maintaining a certain distance from each other, exploring in the same direction."

At this moment, another figure was standing beside him… a shadow as small as an elementary school student.

"Hiss hiss hiss… you're not thinking of a frontal assault, are you?" Musashi Koganai looked up at Feng Bujue.

"Heh… it's not entirely impossible," Feng Bujue said with a smile. "Judging from the data strength, the success rate of a frontal assault isn't low."

For someone like Jue-ge, who can see through the "sequence of truth," the influence of the dense fog environment is minimal. The thicker the fog, the more advantageous it is for him. For example, right now, Feng Bujue could clearly observe the positions and "combat power" of the four people in the distance, while the members of the Golden War Hammer team couldn't even see objects more than ten meters away, let alone discover Jue-ge's whereabouts.

"Huhu…" Musashi Koganai chuckled. "But you wouldn't do that… would you?"

"Of course not," Feng Bujue replied. "Otherwise… wouldn't your labor be wasted?" As he said that, he turned around and looked at a humanoid device five meters away.

That… was a combat robot with a bizarre appearance. About 1.8 meters tall, with a top-heavy build, abstractly painted outer shell, and a triangular head that was eight parts similar to Musashi Koganai himself… it looked like it came straight from that perverted elementary schooler's hand.

"Hiss hiss hiss… I only did some simple 'modifications,' it wasn't much trouble for me," Musashi Koganai added.

It turned out that in the previous half hour, Feng Bujue had used his knowledge of the map to quickly rush to the Allerbmu Corporation building, sneak into the underground research institute, and then summon Musashi Koganai, successfully creating this humanoid combat machine that Koganai had named "Infection Fighter No. 1."

Some people might wonder, how could such a thing be created out of thin air in such a short time? Here's an explanation… actually, the last time Feng Bujue came to this script, he noticed that there were some security robots in the basement of Allerbmu Corporation that hadn't been activated in time. These robots were undoubtedly created by the company to prevent the possible situations caused by the virus leak. If nothing went wrong… they should be a hidden setting to help the players clear the game. It's just that… due to X-23's interference at the time, the development of the script exceeded the normal direction, so Jue-ge didn't make good use of these resources.

But this time… he had the full ability to use those resources. Ready-made security robots, ready-made production lines, ready-made perverted inventors… it wasn't really difficult to create such a creation in a short time.

"Too bad… you probably won't be able to see the performance of this 'Infection Fighter' in actual combat," Feng Bujue turned his head and replied.

"Is it almost time…" Musashi Koganai knew as soon as he heard that, his summoning time limit was about to expire. "Then there's nothing I can do… hiss hiss hiss…" Before he finished speaking, he turned into white light and disappeared.

With the bonus of [Alchemy King's Taunt], Musashi Koganai could survive for a longer period of time, and his various abilities would be strengthened, but his existence time limit could not exceed half an hour after all.

"Phew… then… let me see…" Then, Feng Bujue walked to the back of the Infection Fighter, used the wjQ-308 military shovel to open a metal plate on the back of the robot, and pulled out a small operating panel.

After he quickly entered a series of instructions, the robot's two round eyes lit up slightly…

…………

On the other hand, on the Golden War Hammer team's side…

"Alkali, it's been half an hour, and we haven't seen an enemy player, let alone a monster," Huang Da Hammer seemed to have lost his patience a little bit. "I think we should speed up a bit, don't dawdle like this anymore."

"This guy…" Alkaline Man turned his head and looked at their team leader, thinking to himself, "Speaking so loudly… what's the point of us keeping our distance…"

At this time, the four of them were in a diamond formation, maintaining a certain distance from each other. Advancing in this formation was undoubtedly arranged by Alkaline Man… when facing a sudden area-of-effect attack, this formation could reduce the team's damage and avoid being wiped out by a single ultimate skill. In addition… in the thick fog, standing like this would also bring some obstruction to the enemy team's reconnaissance personnel.

However… Huang Da Hammer was nonchalantly communicating with his teammates loudly, not considering the intention of standing apart at all.

"Okay…" After a few seconds, Alkaline Man replied in a rather helpless tone, "We'll listen to you, Captain…"

Actually, at this point… Alkaline Man himself was a little bit impatient. Since they hadn't encountered any danger along the way, it gave him a feeling of "Am I being a bit too cautious?"

After all, their team had three strong professional players, and Huang Da Hammer's objective strength as an Rmb warrior was indeed stronger than the average casual player. In addition… Alkaline Man also deduced… the probability of matching with a "studio team" during this time period was extremely low; combined with the enemy team's "anonymous" situation, he unconsciously felt that his team had a certain advantage.

Boom—

But… just as they were talking, the roar of a jet engine suddenly came from the fog.

Bang bang bang—

In the blink of an eye, a strange robot fell from the sky, took three steps, and stood in the center of the street.

At this moment, the Qidoushi, who was at the forefront of the four, immediately took a fighting stance and vigilantly stared at the target in front.

"Robot?" Seeing this scene, Alkaline Man muttered in confusion, "Isn't this script a zombie theme… how could it pop out…"

Boom!

Before he could finish his thoughts, a gunshot had already pierced through the air.

"Damn…" Alkaline Man cursed in his heart as he turned his head, "This guy is acting on his own again…"

It was obvious that the person who fired the shot was Huang Da Hammer. Without confirming whether the person who came was friend or foe, he picked up the rifle in his hand and fired a shot without saying a word.

Normally speaking, his behavior was naturally very inappropriate, because doing so could very likely turn a NPC unit that was originally expected to become an assistant into an enemy. But this time… Huang Da Hammer's rashness was a success.

This unthinking shot directly broke off one of the Infection Fighter's arms, instantly reducing the robot's combat power.

Squeak—

Without verbal communication, without hesitation. Half a second after the bullet hit, the Infection Fighter raised the arm that hadn't been broken yet, and launched a round of strafing fire at the Qidoushi in front of it with the five "finger machine guns."

"Tch…" The Qidoushi spat unhappily, rolled to the side, and quickly rushed to a cover.

At the same time, the Xuanling Wangzhe, who was dozens of meters away, had already released a skill in the first time to support his teammates.

[Name: Spirit Spear Vulture Strike]

[Skill Card Attributes: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered]

[Skill Category: Spiritual Art]

[Effect: Emits a spear-shaped mid-range spiritual energy impact from the finger, causing penetrating damage (cooldown time of one minute)]

[Consumption: Stamina Value 200, Spiritual Power Value 2]

[Learning Conditions: Melee Specialization B, Spiritual Art Specialization B]

[Remarks: Can cause the same amount of damage to all spiritual bodies and non-spiritual bodies (excluding Boss level) units.]

Chih—

Along with the sound of spiritual particles breaking through the air, a spirit spear easily penetrated the Infection Fighter's abdomen, and sparks burst from the breach.

However… its "core" wasn't in the abdomen, so…

Tutututu… the machine gun strafing continued. Not only that, the Infection Fighter's attack also upgraded… its knees and left shoulder rapidly deformed, revealing three honeycomb-like launch ports. After about three seconds of brewing… many small missiles like lipsticks flew out of these launch ports, flying towards the four players of the Golden War Hammer team in a tracking manner.

"Hammer, use explosive rounds! Toushi, flank! Xuanling, cover me!"

Now that things had come to this, regardless of whether the robot in front of them was originally an enemy, or it only became an enemy after being attacked… they had no choice but to fight. Therefore, Alkaline Man gave three loud commands, and took out his weapons—two short scythes, and rushed towards the Infection Fighter through a roundabout route.

In the next ten seconds…

The Qidoushi successfully flanked, attracting the Infection Fighter's attention; Huang Da Hammer's explosive rounds accurately hit the target; and the immobilization skill released by the Xuanling Wangzhe also took effect before the smoke and dust of the explosion bloomed.

Finally, as the smoke and dust gradually cleared, Alkaline Man's figure arrived…

The double scythes crossed, and a cold light flashed.

In a flash of lightning, the Infection Fighter's torso was cut open by shapeless scythe marks, and collapsed into several pieces.

Everything seemed to be within Alkaline Man's plan… the four members of the Golden War Hammer team not only completed their respective attacks, but also successfully avoided those miniature missiles that weren't very fast.

It seemed that they had easily dealt with this monster, but… Alkaline Man always felt that something was wrong.

"What's going on?" A few seconds later, the Qidoushi was the first to shout out, "Why am I in a [Disease] state?"

His words shocked Alkaline Man, who immediately opened the game menu, and found that… the word [Disease] was also displayed in his status bar.

"Eh? I've been infected too," The Xuanling Wangzhe in the distance then said.

"What's going on? Alkali," Huang Da Hammer's question showed that he was in the same situation.

Alkaline Man didn't answer this question, the one who responded to him… was another person.

"Everyone…" Feng Bujue's voice sounded from the fog, "Just think of that just now… as my greeting to you all."