Chapter 7: Hidden Mission

"What a bummer, I thought it was a person."

After getting out of the car, Ree Shil sighed with relief.

Although the other party's face had already been smashed beyond recognition, at least it could be identified as a Zombie Beast.

But then again, if it were a rational person, they would have hidden from a distance.

Mossy Mushroom in the co-pilot's seat also jumped out of the car at this time.

"Ugh!!!"

As soon as its feet touched the ground, it started vomiting violently.

"It's just a smashed Zombie Beast, can't you handle that?"

Ree Shil shrugged helplessly, thinking this Mushroom Person was pathetic.

"I'm car sick, okay! Car sick!"

Mossy Mushroom wiped its mouth and glared at him.

"?, I didn't see you get car sick before."

Ree Shil was puzzled.

"It's all because of you! What kind of ghost car are you driving!"

Mossy Mushroom wanted to grab his collar but was too short and could only grab his waistband.

"Why didn't I see Straw Man getting car sick? It seems pretty excited."

Ree Shil pointed at Straw Man.

"Hahaha, loser! Grass."

Straw Man, who had crawled out of the back seat, expressed disdain for Mossy Mushroom.

However, when it jumped out of the car, it couldn't even stand, falling straight to the ground in dizziness.

Plop!

"Looks like none of you have ever been on bumper cars."

"Okay, stop being dramatic, we still have to continue our search."

He spread his hands, climbed back into the driver's seat, and urged them to get in the car.

"Big brother! Big brother!"

But just then, he saw a little girl running out from the side of the street.

Survivor?

He hesitated a bit, taking a closer look at her.

The little girl had a flat nose, small eyes, and her face was full of freckles.

Adding to her dirty clothes, she looked a bit like a beggar.

"I finally saw other survivors!"

The little girl was also looking at them and even went around in excitement.

Due to the Power of Instance Rule, she subconsciously regarded Straw Man and Mossy Mushroom as humans.

After talking with the girl, one human, one grass, and one mushroom finally understood some things.

Her name was Little Apricot, and she had left the Survivors Camp alone in search of supplies.

This city encountered the disaster three weeks ago, and the source of infection was unknown.

After being infected, Zombie Beasts would lose their rationality and attack humans like mad.

It was similar to how it was portrayed in movies - if bitten by a Zombie Beast, there was a chance one would get infected.

However, the unique feature of the Zombie Beasts here was that they would only attack human faces, that is, biting faces.

"No wonder every Zombie Beast I see has an unrecognizable face with bite marks."

"But you said there's a big supermarket ahead?"

From her words, Ree Shil caught key information.

"Yes, yes, big brother!"

Little Apricot nodded vigorously and pleaded: "Do you want to go there too? Can you take me with you?"

Considering that the other party had a car, she felt it would be safer and faster.

"After we collect the supplies, I can take you back to the camp."

"We have many living facilities in our camp."

Fearing that they would disagree, she added.

As soon as Little Apricot finished speaking, a panel that she couldn't see popped up in front of the three of them.

[Accept Hidden Mission: Safely send Little Apricot back to camp-0/1]

The three of them looked at each other and communicated through eye contact.

Ree Shil: See? I knew we had to make a big scene like this to trigger a hidden mission.

Mossy Mushroom: Well... I promise she'll regret getting in the car.

Straw Man: Grass, grass, grass, grass, grass.

"Of course, no problem."

Ree Shil agreed and accepted the mission.

Even without the mission, he would have thought of doing so.

After all, even when playing games normally, occasionally he would show kindness to NPCs.

Let alone in this 100% realistic Instance World, where it was easy for people to become too invested and forget that it was just a projection.

So the four of them got back in the car and drove in the direction Little Apricot pointed.

10 minutes later, two modified electric vehicles were driving on the same road.

The appearance of the electric vehicles caught the attention of a few individual Zombie Beasts on the road, but perhaps because they were too fast, the Beasts didn't attack them.

There were three teenagers in the car, about 15 or 16 years old.

They wore Rivet Leather Jackets and had trendy dyed hairstyles.

With their heavy makeup and Eyebrow Stud Lip Stud, they looked every bit the street racing gang.

"Nothing beats the thrill of racing!"

"I can't stand it anymore; I want to lift the front of the car!"

"Don't, bro, I'm still in the back!"

The electric cars zoomed past the place where Little Apricot had just gotten into the car, also heading for the Wonyou Supermarket.

...

Wonyou Supermarket was the largest chain supermarket in this city.

The Flagship Store on the Pedestrian Street was the largest in scale.

Here, all sorts of goods were available, especially in terms of living supplies and food.

Usually, the Main Gate was bustling with people during business hours, but now there were only broken glass doors, fallen shopping carts, and scattered small goods.

This supermarket had been silent for a long time.

However, today, the arrival of a group of uninvited guests broke the silence.

Ding-ding-ding...

Boom!

The red Fire Truck crashed diagonally into the supermarket entrance.

"Ugh!!"

Mossy Mushroom in the co-pilot's seat jumped out first and started vomiting violently.

Straw Man, who got out of the car afterward, staggered, and Little Apricot's face was also very pale.

"Finally, we're here."

The only unaffected Ree Shil surveyed the surroundings.