Chapter 290: They’re All Hardcore! The Guards and Teachers Wiped Out! Taking Over the Faculty Apartments

Chapter 290 -171: They’re All Hardcore! The Guards and Teachers Wiped Out! Taking Over the Faculty Apartments

“It’s not the final plan, but a rough draft is ready. The notes are in the gym office. If you have a moment later, you could go with me to the gym, and I can walk you through it step by step.”

Chen Chong had no objections. “Okay, let’s go to the gym together later.”

Chen Chong trusted Wang Biao and Jia Wen completely.

Both of them were partners he and Xu Jun had recruited at the very beginning. Although their initial Card levels weren’t high, their loyalty and attention to detail more than made up for it.

After all this time, buffed by various weapons and Enhancement Cards, one of them was probably no weaker than an A-Level, and the other no weaker than a B-Level.

However, Jia Wen was still not a Transcendent. His strength could only be considered upper-tier among ordinary people.

It was about time to see if there was a suitable Card, or some other method, to help Jia Wen become a Transcendent as well.

After all, as a core member of the team, it was always a good thing for him to be stronger…

Just then, Chen Chong noticed Xu Jun’s hesitant expression, looking like he wanted to say something but was holding back. He couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled.

“Ah Jun, what is it? Do you have something to tell me too?”

Xu Jun was slightly taken aback, then shook his head. “No, it’s not that. I was just wondering why those two, Zhang Meng and Huang Mao, aren’t here yet?”

At these words, it wasn’t just Chen Chong who was puzzled; even Wang Biao, Qi Zhen, and Jia Wen were also a bit confused.

Xu Jun chuckled. “Brother Chong, you know how it is. Every time those two come looking for us, it’s always right at mealtime. It makes me wonder if they’re just crouching outside the door, waiting for the perfect moment.”

“We’re almost done eating. It’s about time for them to show up…”

Chen Chong gave a resigned smile. Just as he was about to say, “There’s no way it’s that much of a coincidence,” there was a knock on the door.

This stunned him for a moment.

‘It couldn’t really be that much of a coincidence, could it?’

Xu Jun was delighted. “See? What did I tell you?”

With that, he stood up and opened the door. Sure enough, it was Zhang Meng and Huang Mao.

Xu Jun couldn’t even be bothered to make a sarcastic comment anymore. If he didn’t know they weren’t Transcendents, he would have suspected the two of them had some special ability. Otherwise, how could they always manage to show up right at mealtime?

“Brother Chong!”

As soon as they entered the room, the two of them called out one after the other.

Chen Chong nodded slightly. Without him needing to gesture, Jia Wen had already brought two sets of bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen.

Zhang Meng and Huang Mao also sat down with practiced ease, grabbing their bowls, offering thanks, and picking up food, all in one smooth motion.

After all the Parasites in the apartment complex were wiped out yesterday, the two of them were sent to the infirmary for treatment.

After an examination by the Medicine Lady, it was confirmed that neither of them was seriously injured. They had simply passed out from the massive drain of using their Extraordinary Artifacts.

Even Zhang Meng’s poisoning was slowly healing over time now that he had stopped using the artifact.

After a night’s rest, they had basically made a full recovery.

“Brother Chong, the smoked meat is almost done processing, and the layout for all the gym areas has been arranged. When do you have time to go take a look?”

“We can go in a bit.”

“Alright.” Zhang Meng seemed to remember something else and spoke up.

“Oh, right, Brother Chong. You went back early last night. After Huang Mao and I woke up, we checked on the specific situation with the injured at the infirmary and in the apartments.”

“There were forty to fifty people from the Survival Association and others who were poisoned. A few of them were too far gone and died before they could be treated, but the rest have pretty much recovered.”

“Those with mild poisoning left that same night. For the severe cases, according to the Medicine Lady, they should also make a full recovery after one or two days of treatment.”

Chen Chong nodded. He wasn’t particularly concerned about the aftermath of the poisoning for Sima and the others, so he just asked nonchalantly.

“Did they settle their bills?”

Huang Mao jumped in. “Don’t worry, Brother Chong! Would our team ever let itself get taken advantage of? Of course they all had to settle their bills before they could leave!”

“We had about ten of our guys armed and standing guard at the door. No one was allowed to leave without paying their medical fees.”

Zhang Meng chimed in, “We weren’t sure about the exact cost, since there’s no set price for this kind of thing. But you can’t go wrong charging more, so I had them pay our infirmary’s highest medical fee.”

“Each person gave at least enough supplies to eat for three days. For those who couldn’t afford it, I had them write an IOU. They have to gather the full amount within a week.”

“With our team’s reputation, they wouldn’t dare to default. Besides, the area around the school is all barren wilderness. Even if they wanted to hide, there’s nowhere to go.”

Chen Chong nodded and said no more.

Supplies for three days of food wasn’t expensive. After all, food poisoning in the current environment was definitely one of the most difficult problems to deal with.

Without the Medicine Lady and Shen Xinrou to treat them, their lives would have absolutely been in danger.

Three days of food to save a life was definitely a bargain!

Xu Jun grew curious. “So, the Survival Association and others had a good forty to fifty people poisoned. But from what I’ve heard, the total number of people involved was around a hundred, once you factor in those who were assimilated or killed by the Parasites.”

“What did they eat to get poisoned? Even if they picked poisonous mushrooms outside, you wouldn’t see so many people getting sick all in one day, right?”

Speaking of which, Huang Mao suddenly grinned. “I have a clue about that.”

“Oh? Let’s hear it.” Xu Jun’s face was full of anticipation.

Even Chen Chong, Wang Biao, and the others looked at him.

Huang Mao said, “When I was at the gym, I heard Zhong Fang mention that after Brother Chong left the square that day from killing the Parasites, many of the remaining students scrambled to grab the leftover Parasite remains. People from the Survival Association were among them.”

“And then the next day, all these people turned up poisoned. My guess is they probably ate those vine fragments?”

“Ate them?” Xu Jun was completely dumbfounded.

‘You can eat that stuff?’

Never mind that the Bloodthirsty Vine is a product that grows inside students’ bodies—it literally grows by eating human flesh. Weren’t they grossed out eating it?

Just the fact that the vines were as hard as old tree bark should have made them inedible for humans.

Even if you brought over two cows and made them eat it, the cows would call it animal abuse.

The fact that the Survival Association and so many others could actually force themselves to eat the remains of the Bloodthirsty Vine was just fucking incredible!

After his shock wore off, Xu Jun found himself genuinely admiring them.

“Hardcore. They’re truly hardcore!”

“Tell me about it,” Huang Mao said with a sigh of his own.

“Being able to eat something like the Bloodthirsty Vine remains… I just couldn’t handle it, physically or mentally. Those hundred or so people are just too brave for their own good.”

Zhang Meng thought of something. “Right, Brother Chong, one more thing. From what I’ve gathered, after the Parasites entered the faculty apartments, they first infested the security guards and teachers in the building.” ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

“Our members investigated later, and it seems there were no survivors. In other words, the alliance formed by the teachers and guards was completely infested by the Parasites, and then you killed them all, Brother Chong. They were totally wiped out.”

“Doesn’t that mean the faculty apartments are ownerless now?” Xu Jun said.

“You could say that!” Huang Mao replied, then looked toward Chen Chong.

“In that case, Brother Chong, why don’t you just take it over, just like you did with the gym? It would be the logical next step.”

Everyone looked at Chen Chong.

Chen Chong calmly shoveled down his last mouthful of rice, set down his bowl and chopsticks, and only then spoke slowly.

“I already knew about this last night. And… that’s exactly what I intend to do.”

Chen Chong had been dead set on taking the faculty apartments for a while now.

His original plan was that after dealing with the Extraordinary Creature, he would find some time to trade something with the guards in exchange for ownership of the entire apartment building.

He didn’t lack the resources to make such a trade now.

A random Extraordinary Artifact forged from the scraps of an Extraordinary Creature, or even a low-level Ability Card, would have been more than enough to trade for the entire faculty apartment building.

After all, to an ordinary person, such an item would be an absolute treasure.

But now, it seemed…

…that was no longer necessary.

The alliance of guards and teachers had been completely wiped out. This meant he could indeed take over the entire faculty apartment building as a matter of course.

This was also one of his main goals for the day.

Besides going to the gym to check on the progress of the smoked meat and how the members were settling in, his other goal was to take inventory of all the resources in the faculty apartments.

He figured that since the guards and teachers had been holed up in the apartments for so long, they must have left behind a rich stockpile of supplies.

Chen Chong was filled with anticipation for what he might find…