Huang Sheng kicked the door lock area, sending it flying.

The door trembled, and the door frame let out a groan under the strain.

Seeing this, he stepped back two paces, took a run-up, and kicked it again.

Boom.

The door lock was kicked open, and the starfish infected body standing behind was knocked over.

Cheng Ye stepped in, raising his hand almost instinctively and fiercely stabbing towards the center of the starfish's face.

Squish.

The sharp weapon plunged into flesh, bringing out a splash of black blood, but the starfish infected body still tried to crawl up.

Without hesitation, he stabbed two more times in different spots, and the infected body on the ground stopped moving.

"Three critical hits, instant death, information verification passed."

Turning his head, Huang Sheng and the other two were a bit nervous, but also somewhat excited.

Evidently, they didn't expect him to be so decisive and clean, stabbing through like it was a dummy, utterly ignoring the starfish infected body's grotesque form.

"Mutated means enemy; hesitating will only harm yourself and others."

"Understood."

Cheng Ye stepped out, and the three exchanged glances. Zhu Xiang took out a small knife and began cutting.

As staff of the Medical Office, some basic first aid knowledge included simple surgery, so dissecting a starfish was no problem now.

[Detecting dissipating biological consciousness, automatically absorbing...]

[Information gain this time: 0.41]

"Damn, 0.41, higher than before?!?"

"So not every infected body has the same value; it's influenced by... the different information each person knew?"

Cheng Ye couldn't help but be delighted.

Just by hunting one infected body, the information gained exceeded Beast Intuition.

Unbelievable!

"Let's go, go, keep up with me."

Strangely, he felt a certain joy of leveling up by defeating monsters.

It was really satisfying.

One infected body equaled one contribution point, plus extra information rewards.

If they missed this Stand-In Starfish outbreak, who knows when such an opportunity would come again.

"Right..."

The three exchanged glances, excitement visible in their eyes.

Rumor had it that inspectors in Happiness City get twitchy if they don't kill an infected body for a day or two.

Today, it seemed, the rumors were true.

This Inspector Cheng, being so young, was already eager for the kill, seeing the infected bodies excitedly.

They glanced at the drone outside the window, quickening their steps, and their mouths curled under their helmets.

Contribution points meant little to those around their age now.

Unless reaching a qualitative change, life remained the same.

But the merit gained from taking down infected bodies was essential for climbing within their system, the only way to realize their ideals.

"Keep up, quickly!"

Huang Sheng whispered, waiting for the three to go downstairs.

Cheng Ye was already standing at the staircase, looking down the corridor to see three infected bodies banging on a door.

"Close combat, or, shoot?"

Cheng Ye hesitated for just a moment, then drew the Wild Bull Fighting Handgun from his waist.

He was always steady.

Bam bam bam, bam bam bam...

Nine gunshots exploded in rapid succession, the bullets fired not with precise aim, but spewing out along with his moving steps.

From Master Tian, Cheng Ye had learned moving shooting, which, although it hadn't vastly improved his accuracy, minimized the errors of dynamic shooting to an extreme.

Even making tactical lateral steps or rushes, he could reach the level of calm focus he had before.

These nine shots, Cheng Ye aimed at different parts, drawing conclusions.

Humans mutated into Stand-In Starfish infected bodies still preserved their previous weaknesses.

The heart, head, and throat were all considered mortal wound areas.

No need for Cheng Ye to remind, Zhu Xiang charged towards the fallen three infected bodies to start cutting.

Wu Zhihong and Huang Sheng kept watch, waiting for Cheng Ye to reload, as prompts flashed before him.

[Information gain this time: 0.17, 0.04, 0.09]

Lessened.

But the accumulation speed compared to the difficulty of acquisition was still gratifyingly efficient.

It seemed the Collector's ability to increase information by absorbing consciousness was indeed limited by the knowledge people had before death.

"I wonder if with increased information, I could directly locate the corresponding information on unknown things, akin to... identification?"

Cheng Ye pondered, confirming the three infection sources in the hallway had just been contained by Zhu Xiang, then moved on to the first floor.

The gunshots had alerted four starfish infected bodies in the yard, but with meat nearby, they didn't approach directly and continued feasting in the dirt.

At the neighborhood gate, a dozen or so infected bodies rushed over, but Cheng Ye was more pleased than shocked. It had to be said; this was the first time he saw infected bodies so enthusiastically.

He reached the first floor.

Unexpectedly, the door being scratched by the infected bodies was Old Sun's home, the one who had carried him out earlier.

"Courting death."

Cheng Ye muttered, sprinting forward, double-handedly thrusting a spear fiercely.

But this time, he was more cautious; after hitting, he didn't follow up but quickly retreated.

Sure enough, after receiving a mortal wound, the infected body's movement speed drastically slowed, its turning speed akin to an aircraft carrier's maneuver.

"This is too weak..."

Cheng Ye couldn't help but mutter.

These kinds of Stand-In Starfish infected bodies, aside from their contagious nature, posed almost no threat.

But just as he prepared to finish it off, he suddenly felt tense, instinctively dodging to the side.

Splurt.

A jet of yellow body fluid sprayed from the infected body's mouth, hitting the wall with a sizzling sound of corrosion.

"Spitting body fluid?"

Bam, bam bam.

Gunfire sounded behind, as Wu Zhihong and Huang Sheng opened fire the moment the fluid was sprayed.

"Captain, are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Cheng Ye waved it away, the nascent contempt in his heart instantly dissipating.

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