Chapter 524: Mutants in the Marshlands
"You're just a new player. Don't mistake the limits of your own experience for the limits of the game world. There are plenty of things you don't know," Yue Weiping said.
"We've seen the corpses of Mutants," Liang Song added. "Although their external signs of degeneration aren't obvious, their bodies are severely contaminated. They can also use their appearance to lure warriors. If they fail, they might even resort to suicidal attacks. Once a person gets contaminated with the pathogens, they can be infected very easily."
"So, you're facing two main difficulties. First, direct contact with Mutants risks pathogen infection. Second, removing the glasses injures the eyes," Xu Huo summarized briefly. "For the first issue, as long as you avoid direct contact with Mutants, the infection risk decreases. Your mouths and noses are exposed, which suggests you aren't worried about airborne transmission. In that case, the risk of infection from examining a corpse shouldn't be high."
"As for the second point, the light from the High-Intensity Lights on the Protective Wall is harmful to the eyes. We are far enough from the Protective Wall here, and there are no lights nearby, so the naked eye should be able to adapt to the light levels in this area."
"You're suggesting certain lights might harm the eyes imperceptibly, but the glasses we're using don't seem to be made from special materials. In other words, they aren't specifically designed to block particular light. Other types of blindfolds could achieve the same effect."
The other three exchanged glances. Yi Mao said, "Fine, you make a reasonable point. But forcibly damaging the glasses might cause the identity verification to fail. That would mean forfeiting the government reward."
"That is indeed a problem," Xu Huo said. As he spoke, he suddenly turned to the right. Immediately after, there was a sound of a bullet striking metal!
Seeing fragments fly from his face as he jerked his head back, Yi Mao and the others instinctively crouched and took cover behind the withered trees, simultaneously firing their guns in the direction the bullet came from!
None of them had actually spotted a target. They just saw Xu Huo get "shot" and, fearing a repeat of the earlier incident, decided to open fire first and ask questions later. So, a few seconds later, a "person" leaped out from beneath the mud. Facing the hail of bullets, it didn't flee but instead charged towards them!