With the space backpack, Luo Chen's subsequent search process became much easier.
Inside the abandoned gas station's convenience store, Luo Chen found many good things.
There's no need to mention the food and drinks.
The supplies he put in his space backpack were enough for him to eat and drink for two or three days.
If he was frugal, lasting four or five days wouldn't be a big problem!
Besides that;
Luo Chen also found a new piece of equipment in the store's employee break room.
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【Metal Baseball Bat】
【Quality: white】
【Strength +1】
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Although the Metal Baseball Bat was of white quality equipment, just like the dagger in Luo Chen's hand, its advantage lay in its length!
As the saying goes, 'a foot long, a foot strong.'
While the dagger was a sharp blade, it was too short, requiring Luo Chen to get very close to attack his target.
Several times before, Luo Chen was almost bitten by Man-Eating Wild Dogs because his weapon was too short.
If he had the Metal Baseball Bat in his hand at that time, such a thing wouldn't have happened!
Of course!
The Metal Baseball Bat had its advantages, and so did the dagger.
But Luo Chen didn't have to choose only one.
He could have both!
Besides the Metal Baseball Bat, Luo Chen also found several unopened sets of work clothes in the employee break room.
Considering that his own clothes needed changing, Luo Chen also stuffed these sets of work clothes into his space backpack as spares.
Before leaving, Luo Chen also took a wooden cabinet door that had fallen off a cabinet.
This thing wasn't big and had a handle to grip.
It could be used perfectly as a shield.
Coming out of the store;
Luo Chen stepped on scattered glass shards, his gaze sweeping over the outside of the abandoned gas station.
"I wonder if there's any gasoline?"
Luo Chen looked at the gas pumps and walked over.
He picked up the nozzle and pressed it.
No gasoline sprayed out as he imagined.
Luo Chen shook the thing, but there was no reaction at all.
"Sure enough, no gasoline."
He shook his head and casually dropped the nozzle in his hand.
Gasoline at a gas station is stored underground and transported through pipelines to the gas pumps on the surface.
And this abandoned gas station didn't look like it had been brought here as a whole, including its underground storage tanks.
Therefore;
It was normal for there to be no gasoline in the pumps.
......
Coming out of the abandoned gas station, Luo Chen had the black space backpack on his back, a Metal Baseball Bat in one hand, and a solid wood cabinet door serving as a shield in the other.
At this time;
It was already close to 3 PM.
Luo Chen had to return before 4 PM.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to get back to the town before dark.
Although he didn't know what Slaughter Land would be like after dark, he could imagine that if this place was already like this during the day, it would be even more terrifying after dark!
Therefore;
It was best not to stay outside the town after dark.
Slaughter Town at least had a surrounding wall for protection.
And the Safe House could also provide some protection.
In contrast;
The wilderness was too dangerous!
After walking a bit further, the surrounding ground gradually started to show some grassy areas covered with weeds.
The weeds, over a meter tall, grew extremely densely.
They formed a sharp contrast with the large expanse of barren land behind him.
Luo Chen cautiously bypassed these overgrown areas, as he didn't know if there would be venomous snakes or anything inside.
Just then—
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
A large patch of black shadows suddenly shot out from the weeds.
Luo Chen instinctively raised the solid wood cabinet door in his hand, which served as a shield, to block in front of him.
He then heard several thumping sounds, like nails being hammered, and his arm felt slightly numb from the impact.
Luo Chen flipped the solid wood cabinet door over to look.
The back of the cabinet door was now covered with black, steel-needle-like objects.
Hiss~!
Luo Chen couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle.
If he hadn't had that cabinet door in his hand, wouldn't these steel-needle-like things have all been embedded in his body?
Rustle, rustle—
A rustling sound came from the weeds on this side.
A moment later, a monster resembling a rat, but with its back covered in sharp black spines, ran out of the grass!
This black-furred strange rat was fat and strong, every hair on its body was shiny black, and without its tail, its body length was about one meter, with a ferocious appearance! It looked chilling!
This time, Luo Chen was smart and checked the information of this black-furred strange rat immediately.
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【Hard-haired Rat】
【Level: First-Order Junior】
【Description: A weak first-order creature, timid by nature, likes to bully the weak and fear the strong. Please be careful of the black hard hairs on their back; you definitely don't want to get pricked by them!】
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So it was a First-Order Junior Hard-haired Rat!
The name was quite fitting; it looked like a rat and had hard black fur on its back, a very straightforward name.
But...
Bully the weak and fear the strong? What the heck?
Does it think I'm easy to bully?
Luo Chen felt like he was being underestimated by a rat.
Very annoyed!
At this moment, the Hard-haired Rat in front of him also squeaked and gestured menacingly at Luo Chen.
But strangely—
It didn't charge forward.
Luo Chen understood instantly when he saw this.
So, the next second, he immediately activated his Swift Travel skill, and he actively rushed towards the Hard-haired Rat!
Little rat, die!
Luo Chen swung the Metal Baseball Bat, heavily smashing it towards the Hard-haired Rat.
As expected of a rat, its reaction ability was far superior to that of those hungry Man-Eating Wild Dogs; it dodged Luo Chen's first attack immediately.
In fact, these two were indeed not creatures of the same level.
No matter what, a Hard-haired Rat was a first-order creature, an ascended monster!
And Man-Eating Wild Dogs?
They were nothing more than frenzied beasts.
Of course!
The main reason why Hard-haired Rats could become ascended monsters was the black hard hairs on their back that could be launched!
However, each time a Hard-haired Rat launched its hard hairs, it needed a brief adjustment period, just like a skill's cooldown, and couldn't fire continuously.
This was also why, after it came out of the grass, it only gestured menacingly at Luo Chen to scare him but didn't intend to charge forward.
To put it plainly, this guy was a typical one-trick pony.
Aside from the hard hairs on its back, everything else was very ordinary!
And Luo Chen, after missing his first strike, naturally wouldn't give up and continued to chase the Hard-haired Rat.
In Swift Travel mode, his speed was not slower than that of the Hard-haired Rat.
Bang!
After several missed attacks, Luo Chen finally hit the large black rat.
The Metal Baseball Bat struck the Hard-haired Rat's head heavily, causing it to let out painful squeaks on the spot.
Luo Chen didn't give it a chance to breathe.
He continuously swung the Metal Baseball Bat, and after six or seven consecutive strikes, the Hard-haired Rat finally stopped moving!