NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Identity
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“It’s that thing!”
Zhou Chen immediately reacted. He held the iron rod and charged towards the spot where Little Li had fallen, attacking the attacker he had sensed.
However, there was still some distance between them. Even though Zhou Chen’s movements were very fast, he did not manage to hit the target.
His high spiritual perception quickly confirmed that the other party was not within five meters of him. Through observing the trembling of the stones on the ground, he determined that the other party had most likely left in the direction of a fork in the distance.
“It gave up on attacking me. Did it know that it would be sensed if it got close to me? Haha, don’t let me catch you.”
Looking at the girl who had lost her life in the dark and silent cave, Zhou Chen felt anger in his heart.
This unknown enemy had fooled him twice. The last time, it had almost taken his life, and this time, it had killed a girl who had sought his protection. Even though he had no thoughts of protecting her, he felt very upset that it was able to kill her so fast before he noticed it.
Zhou Chen turned Little Li’s corpse around with the iron rod and looked at the wound. He found that the wound on her neck was deep and neat, as if it had been inflicted by a sharp weapon.
“Could that invisible thing be a human?”
He thought to himself.
“It is possible. Its actions are very intelligent, very different from ordinary monsters.”
Zhou Chen determined the identity of the invisible enemy and immediately had a suspect.
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Soon, he left the place, bid farewell to Little Li’s corpse, and went toward the direction of the invisible attacker.
He planned to try running into that guy again. The other party had ambushed him several times, and he could not let it go.
After moving past the winding tunnel and entering the fork, he chose a direction and began his new exploration.
He had been maintaining his sensing state. As long as that invisible person dared to appear near him, it would not be able to escape.
Fifteen minutes passed, but he did not encounter any humans. Instead, he encountered some new monsters.
They were three bat-like monsters the size of washbasins. When they saw Zhou Chen walking over, they immediately screamed and flapped their wings as they charged at him.
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Seeing that there were only three of them, Zhou Chen chose to fight.
His strength had increased by a lot due to the Giant Strength passive skill. His high spirit and agility allowed him to have excellent perception and reaction speed. It did not take much effort to kill these three bats. He directly insta killed one with a heavy strike with the iron rod, then insta killed another while dodging the attack. The last one also quickly died under his iron rod.
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[You have killed the Cave Bat. Reward: 1 Healing Potion (Low Bronze)]
After killing the three bat monsters, Zhou Chen realized that they had actually dropped a bottle of potion.
“My luck seems to have risen.”
He immediately opened the inventory space and checked the description of the dropped potion.
[Healing Potion
Type: Low Bronze potion
This potion can heal light and moderate injuries within a minute, and it has a good effect on ordinary illnesses.
Prompt: The more you drink, the faster the healing effect will be.]
“This thing is not bad. Even if I don’t use it, I can exchange it for money. The price should not be low.”
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Zhou Chen had some injuries on his body, but they were basically minor injuries. They were nothing to him, who had the Life Recovery passive skill, so he did not immediately drink this healing potion.
He continued walking along the tunnel. After a monotonous journey, he entered a fork. After walking for a while in the new tunnel, he encountered a Survivor.
It was the tall girl who had called herself Liu. Her saber was unsheathed, and her clothes were stained with blood. There was a thin line of blood on her face, as if she had experienced a fierce battle.
When she saw Zhou Chen, she looked at him coldly as if she was examining something.
Zhou Chen was also watching her. He felt that she was in a bad mood because she might have suffered a loss in the fight.
“You were also ambushed by that invisible person?”
After the two of them got closer, Zhou Chen asked her.
“Yeah.”
The tall girl was still succinct.
“Have you found out his true identity?”
Zhou Chen asked.
“No, but he’s definitely not you.”
The tall girl replied.
‘In that case…’
“According to my speculation, that person is most likely the one who called himself Little Qiang.”
Zhou Chen’s intuition told him that this girl in front of him did not seem to be someone who would launch a sneak attack. After considering some of the behaviors the Survivors showed at the start and the information obtained from Little Li, he judged that the invisible person was most likely Little Qiang.
“It’s not him, he’s already dead.”
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However, the tall girl shook her head.
“Dead?”
Zhou Chen was surprised.
“Could that person not be a Survivor? Or are there more than five Survivors this time?”
He felt that things had become complicated.
“Hmm… it’s most likely a Survivor who has been hiding since the beginning.”
The tall girl nodded slightly.
“Really?”
Zhou Chen did not fully believe it.
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“Then why is he always invisible?”
“It might be some rare talent…”
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The tall girl frowned.
“It’s indeed possible…”
Zhou Chen felt that this explanation was reasonable. He had already obtained a powerful talent like the Passive Plunderer, there was no reason for others to not have unique talent. There must be some with very powerful talent.
The two stopped talking.
The tall girl walked straight to a stone wall and sat down, still holding her saber tightly.
Zhou Chen saw that she seemed to be resting and quickly left.
After walking through some cave tunnels and killing some ordinary monsters, he found a corpse near a stone wall.
It was the thin and tall young man’s corpse. When Zhou Chen found him, his body had been eaten by some monsters. He could only determine the identity and cause of death from the dark-green rotting face.
“He was poisoned to death? Did he encounter the Swift Snake?”
Zhou Chen wanted to see some fang marks on his body, but they had long been gnawed away, and only his bones were visible.
“To think I thought you were that invisible person. So you’re really weak…”
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This Survivor’s death was very tragic. After Zhou Chen determined the cause of death, he quickly left.
His stamina was slightly spent but he still did not find the invisible person. After walking through two more passages, he found a stone and sat down to rest.
While in the Survival mission, the system’s chat, forum, trading area, and other sections could not be accessed. Friends could only communicate in the same dungeon. At this moment, he could only slowly pass the time.. At most, he would look at his character interface or inventory.
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