Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 35 35. Upgrade Rewards
"Well... I'm in a...hospital ward?"

Dean woke up in the cradle-like bed.

When you open your eyes, you can see a white ceiling and a slowly turning fan in the center. The TV screen attached to the wall is showing the blockade by Lake Mead, a plump blonde female reporter, a group of COPs, and a dozen SUV police cars. , the hands of the wall clock above the TV point to 8 o'clock in the evening.

Dean took a deep breath, and the pungent smell of disinfectant rushed into his nostrils, shocking him, and his mind instantly cleared up.

"You finally woke up!"

"Last, Britney, Caroline?"

Three acquaintances sat on the chairs on both sides of the hospital bed, with joy and gratitude on their tired faces.

"How long have I been lying down?"

"It's the night of the 22nd. You have been in a coma for a day and a night, and you even had a low-grade fever in the middle."

Dean supported the bed with both hands, and sat with his back against the railing at the head of the bed. Caroline hurriedly put the pillow behind his back considerately, put a pair of small hands on his arms and kneaded them like a massage, and explained with a smile,

"But the fever has subsided. The doctor checked you. You are very healthy. Except for the abdominal injury that needs to be recuperated, you are stronger than a lion!"

Dean glanced at the three people beside the bed,
"Are you all okay?"

"It's a miracle! All members of the Good Morning band, including Liam, Cardi, Noah, and their girlfriends, listened to you and lay behind the grill without any harm, but they were scared by the gunshots Yes, currently receiving psychological counseling."

Caroline said,

"By the way, Dean, I tried my best to notify your uncle, but I couldn't. Instead, two neighbors, Jacob and Tangya, came to take care of you for a night. The doctor said you were fine, so they went back .”

Dean nodded,

"Aren't I very good, I don't need to inform uncle."

"Anyway, buddy." Rust and Britney next to him stood up excitedly, "If you hadn't stood up at that time, I would have died under the gun with a high probability, and I would never see Grace again!"

"Grace will bring your favorite grilled pork chops in a few days to express my gratitude."

"I can't wait." Dean swallowed with a smile, his stomach rumbling.

Caroline quickly handed over a peeled apple, and Dean ate it up in two or three bites, then took a hot dog from the tableside shopping and started to eat it.

"You are a true hero, warrior, and Clark Kent is alive! Wazell of the baseball team has witnessed your heroic deeds and is preaching to the school." Last was incoherent with excitement, his eyes sparkling with admiration.

"It's unbelievable that one person resisted heavily armed gunmen and saved everyone from rifles and grenades... In a few days, the school, the mayor, and the LVPD director will definitely give you a medal of honor!"

Dean's face darkened, and the ham in his mouth suddenly became tasteless.

During the attack, everyone was running for their lives, why would there be a second-hand man paying attention to him?
If this kind of thing becomes common knowledge.

How should he deal with the ensuing investigation?

By the way, his favorite gun, the Colt M1911A1, also fell on the beach. There is a high probability that it will be picked up by the COP, and it will be a trouble at that time.

"What did Wazell say?"

"He said you threw darts and hit the shooters hard, then you went over and broke their necks one by one."

Darts?

The other party mistook the gun for a dart?
The corner of Dean's mouth twitched, but it's good that the guy didn't see the super power,

"Wazeer is confused. I am an ordinary high school student. Although I have learned some wrestling skills, I will not be able to deal with the three shooters alone. In fact, there are other people who helped me..." Dean explained in a solemn tone, "They were braver than me, and desperately hugged the shooter's leg, entangled the shooter, and gave me a chance to shoot. They were shot and injured because of this, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive."

The three of them slowly revealed a sudden look, "I knew that black man was deliberately exaggerating the facts in order to show off!"

Dean took advantage of the situation to indoctrinate the three, and six other people killed the shooter with him, but he didn't know them.

Until the three of them half-believed and accepted this statement, he changed the subject.

"What about the others? Are the classmates and teachers at school okay?"

The atmosphere in the entire ward suddenly changed from joy to heavy, and the three of them lowered their heads, with sadness on their faces.

"Wuuu... Sarange is gone, Dora is gone."

Britney grabbed the corner of the bed sheet and covered her face with sobs, chanting a long list of names intermittently,

"Bonnie, Cherry, Poppy, Jeff, Ariel, Alex..."

"I didn't sleep well last night. I dreamed that they were crying and begging me for help, but I couldn't do anything... woo woo..."

Britney's cries were getting lower and lower, and she couldn't hear clearly.

Ruster put his arms around his girlfriend's trembling shoulders and choked up.

"There is also Tom, the coach of the baseball team, the teacher Cadell of the math class, and her husband and daughter... Of the more than 100 people who attended the barbecue party, nearly one-third of them are gone. I heard people say that the death is terrible...the injured people More, some people are unconscious and not out of danger."

Dean bowed his head after listening, and accompanied the three of them to silently mourn for the victims for a few minutes.

In fact, he traveled for a month and didn't have much affection for his classmates who ignored him all day long.

But in human nature, there is a trace of regret.

So many young lives have not had time to bloom, and they bid farewell to this world forever.

"How sad their relatives and friends should be."

Dean shook his head and sighed.

"Several mothers couldn't accept the reality, and passed out from crying. It was too magical, like a horror movie." Caroline hugged his arm, her eyes were empty, and she seemed to be making some bad assumptions, "From There hasn't been such a horrific attack in Las Vegas since I was born, why yesterday, why did those three bastards choose our school?"

Britney and Last also had lingering fears on their faces.

No one could figure out how a good Memorial Day barbecue party could turn into such a bloody nightmare.

Dean pondered this question and fell into thought.

……

The three of them continued to stay in the ward for more than half an hour, greeting Dean and repeatedly admonishing him.

Nine p.m.

"Dude, take a good rest...we should leave, or the family will be worried." Rust stepped forward and gave his good brother a big hug, and lightly punched him in the chest, "I'll see you tomorrow morning!"

"There are fruits in the bag, biscuits, all kinds of bread, yogurt..." Britney also hugged him, "By the way, the school will bear all the medical expenses including the ambulance expenses, you don't have to worry about that."

Then, in the gesture of Caroline's eyes, the two pushed the door open and left.

Only Dean and the rock girl in a large sweater were left in the ward.

Dean heard the girl's rapid breathing and the beating of her heart.

A gust of fragrant wind came.

Caroline buried her face in his chest and put her arms around his waist tightly.

She was terrified, her petite body trembling like a frightened bunny.

Dean reached out and stroked the soft golden ponytail that he had been curious about for a long time, and patted her on the back lightly. After a while, the trembling stopped.

"At that time, I thought I was going to die." Caroline looked up and looked into his eyes. "The picture of lying in the coffin and scratching with both hands appeared repeatedly in my mind, but I couldn't push it away."

"I only know how to cry, it's shameful and embarrassing!"

"That's normal." Dean comforted.

"When I regain my composure, do you know what's the first thing that comes to my mind?" Caroline asked.

Dean lowered his head very cooperatively, making a listening movement,
There was a hint of special meaning in Caroline's tone, and her well-behaved, fair and pretty face was full of unwillingness, "I'm still so young, I haven't had a boyfriend yet, I haven't won the singing competition yet, I'm Haven't become a world-famous singer yet! How can I die?"

Dean smiled, showing his white teeth,
"The danger is over, and there will be more opportunities in the future. You will definitely be able to make your dreams come true."

"At that time, everyone was running away, yelling, and crying, like crazy!" Caroline's voice and eyes became more gentle, "Only you comforted me, you rushed to those bastards for us!"

"Uh." Dean touched his nose without refuting.

"I seem to be sick, I always unconsciously think of your figure rushing towards danger."

Caroline touched her hot cheek, craned her neck to pounce, and pressed a kiss to Dean's left cheek.

Itchy and warm.

She sat on the hospital bed and approached his arms.

Dean put his arms around her waist, feeling the softness and elasticity in his arms, and involuntarily stroked her silk-smooth, milk-white skin with his palms.

She is very light and thin-boned, but in good shape.

There are no freckles that are common in Westerners on the fair and delicate face.

Caroline brushed her hair, feeling his touch, a trace of shyness appeared on her face,
"I just realized now that you are different from other naive high school students. You are far more than just writing songs, more than—"

"But promise me, before you get so impulsive next time, at least... write a song for me first?"

……

Afterwards, Dean chatted with Caroline enthusiastically for another 5 minutes, and watched the girl leave the ward with a flushed face.

……

The ward became quiet again.

Dean was finally able to calm down and sort out yesterday's harvest.

Dean Lou

Character level: 0 (90/100)

Age: 18
Physical: 11.5
Power: 10.5
Sensitivity: 11.5
Perception: 9
Spirit: 12.1
Will: 11→11.2
……

Ability (3/5):
Fighting lv1 (65/200)
Shot lv0 (25/100)
Shadow of the Past lv0 (4/100)
Expertise:

Junior Ironman
Event: 0/1
completed--

1.The death of young Dean.

2. Mona's whereabouts.

3.Hunting (rewards to be withdrawn)
……

"A life-and-death battle has gained far more than daily training. The attribute of will has been trained to increase by 0.2, and the proficiency of fighting and long-range weapons has increased by dozens of points. The shadow of the past that has been 'unchanged for a hundred years' has also increased by 3 points at a time."

"Battle is the best teacher."

Dean sighed.

This lakeside shootout also proved that using fighting or shooting to kill the target can most effectively increase proficiency.

But Dean couldn't figure out why?
Extract their skill experience and proficiency from these dead bodies?

In any case, Dean had no psychological burden to kill these criminals who raised their butcher knives at innocent people.

Thinking of this, he took out a box of yogurt from his bag and drank it while reflecting on his combat experience.

This time, his fighting skills showed great prowess, which provided him with inspiration to deal with emergencies many times, and saved the day from danger.

But the real decisive factor is still the super power of "shadow".

This life and death fight is enough to prove——

For ordinary people, including soldiers who have undergone military training and have great combat effectiveness, if they do not happen to use flame weapons on "Shadow", "Shadow" is an unsolvable bug for them.

"Well, 'Shadow' will still be the focus of daily training in the future, and of course fighting and shooting must not be left behind."

……

Dean turned his attention to the event "hunting".

Easy difficulty, 80 experience points, a little higher than the 60 experience points of "Looking for Mona" last time.

Is it because it is more dangerous?

Dean also had a rough guess—for all events of easy difficulty, the experience rewards would not be higher than 100 points.

extract!

个人经验+80，个人等级lv0→lv1(70/200)
Swah——

The familiar electric shock-like heat surged through the body.

Dean stared at a large area of ​​flashing prompts in front of him——

You have raised your personal rank, you have successfully taken a new step and proved yourself
You gain 1 attribute point
Due to the first level up, you get an additional system ability——

Dean glanced,
In the system, after the original three functions of ability, specialty, and event, a system ability suddenly appeared——

God perspective lv0
Perception: You can observe everything within 5 meters of yourself as the center as you like.

Physical barriers cannot block God's view.

Recording: With this ability, the system will faithfully record all images, sounds, smells... and all events around you.

You can flip through the recorded content anytime, anywhere, review the details, replay, and strip cocoons to find useful clues.

Note: The system ability is not consumed, but proficiency cannot be obtained. It is upgraded synchronously with the personal level, but no attribute rewards will be given when upgrading.

……

Dean was a little disappointed. The system capability was described as an all-weather body camera.

It just doesn't occupy 3/5 of the ability slots.

"Forget it, let's improve our strength first."

He first turned his attention to the attribute points obtained through the upgrade without any hesitation.

Spirit: 12.1→13.1
In an instant, a cool breeze blew from both sides of the temple.

Tentacles made of invisible energy seemed to drill out of the air, piercing through the skull, directly touching Dean's cerebral cortex, gently kneading and massaging, a tingling sensation emerged.

Like a thousand tiny ants crawling on his brain.

Hiss—

Cool!
Dean lowered his head, closed his eyes tightly, and let out a low growl. All ten fingers and toes were stretched straight.

The strangeness came and went quickly.

Disappears after five seconds.

Dean opened his eyes, and there seemed to be bright flames dancing in the black eyes.

Fighting, shooting, shadows of the past, problems in math class, painting techniques, various inspirations, and the short intimate contact with Caroline just now, all rushed out of my mind like a dike.

Many strange thoughts are active and emerge uncontrollably.

"Spirit, representing thought, spirituality, emotion."

"As the spirit grows, the mind will become more active, the feelings will be more abundant, rich, and the mind will be sensitive."

"Of course the most important thing is to increase the spirit and spirituality. My biggest trump card, 'Shadow of the Past' will also be strengthened!"

……

Dean checked the ward and confirmed that there were no cameras, and there were no hidden pinhole cameras in this era.

Then with a thought in his mind, a gust of wind suddenly blew up in the peaceful ward, and the curtains fluttered violently.

The electric fan above the head is faltering.

A black phantom suddenly floated around the fan, moving rapidly against its rotation direction.

"The increase in strength and speed is very weak."

Dean glanced at the wall clock, noting the time.

Swah——

"Shadow" is like a bird fluttering its wings, flying out of the window of the ward, trying its best to fly into the dark night sky, and then seems to hit a wall of air, unable to advance an inch, hovering in mid-air!
"Well, the maximum distance has increased from ten meters to about 13 meters. It's a leap forward, and the growth rate is not completely linear."

"What about the duration?"

"It has increased from 5 minutes to 6 minutes, and there is still room for it. It should last to 6 and a half minutes."

1 point of spirit, the improvement is quite large.

For superpowers, every little bit of progress can mean life or death.

Dean was satisfied.

"Shadow, do you feel that you have become stronger?" Dean smiled and looked at the black mist-shrouded body standing in the hall, who gave him an empty expression like a puppet.

"It seems that Ying's IQ has not changed. Maybe he can become smarter only when his skills are upgraded."

Dean took back "Shadow".

Turn your attention to the newly added system ability "God's Perspective".

start up.

It was dark in front of my eyes, and the world was spinning.

Opening his eyes again, a huge head with short black hair appeared in sight - the top of his head, shoulders, and the white hospital bed under his body.

"What a strange angle, change!"

Dean suddenly saw his own face, and he had to say that after going through the baptism of blood and fire, this face became more masculine and resolute among the tough facial features.

But his chin is bald, and he's still mostly a teenager.

Then the back, the sides, under the bed—

Dean tried it for half an hour without getting tired of it.

He found that the content observed by the "God's perspective" is not limited by his own senses.

In addition to hearing, sight, and smell, images, sounds, smells, temperatures, and other inexplicable details can be observed within a radius of five meters around his body.

Sitting on the bed, he could actually see the ground under the bed.

Through the wooden door of the ward, he could see the nurse passing by in the corridor outside the door and smell the rose water on her body.

"God's perspective, the perception of perspective, but only five meters."

Dean closed his eyes, plugged his ears and nose, and was able to observe his surroundings through his ability.

And in addition to observing, this ability can also record.

Automatically record video data of what happened around Dean around the clock.

He can look at it from any angle at any time.

"It is more flexible than imagined, and the experience is far beyond that of VR games decades later. Specifically, God's perspective is a bit like the 'Super Dream' in the game Cyberpunk 2077 that I played in my previous life. It can be started at any time, but it cannot be zoomed in and out. , It’s too dark to see clearly, and the sound is too low to hear.”

"When you sleep, it works the same way."

"If I'm in an extremely dangerous environment, I can use this feature to record the surrounding environment and monitor snoopers."

"I can observe the area behind quietly and watch out for stalkers."

"Look inside the target's clothing to check for dangerous weapons."

The effect of spiritual enhancement begins to manifest.

In just a few moments, many ideas about "God's Perspective" came to Dean's mind, and the initial disappointment slowly disappeared.

"Accessibility features can make a big difference if used well!"

……

In a quiet ward.

Dean checked the abdominal wound, stitched it up and bandaged it, but he didn't plan to exercise too much just to be safe.

So I experimented with the "God's View" function, summoned "Shadow", supplemented food to fill my belly, and thought about how to deal with the next COP or FBI review.

One night passed without knowing it.

……

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