Chapter 453: Fortune in Misfortune

Chapter 453: Fortune in Misfortune

At this moment, KP Li Shunchan spoke up, "Because player Liu Xing was hit by several bullets, losing 8 HP in one go, he will be in a critical condition for the next week. And he will remain injured until the end of this module, which is a week after. While in critical condition and injured, some of Liu Xing’s attribute values and skill levels will decrease to a certain extent."

Liu Xing furrowed his brows upon hearing KP Li Shunchan’s words. He quickly opened his character card panel and found that his current critical condition had indeed directly halved many attribute values and skill levels, with the remaining values also decreasing more or less.

As for Liu Xing’s current HP value, after rescue efforts, it had recovered to 6/12, exactly half.

However, Liu Xing, after attempting to move a bit, realized that even without external help, he couldn’t sit up. Any movement involving his chest wound sent a sharp, agonizing pain through him.

It seemed he would be bedridden for a week.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door.

Liu Xing managed to open his mouth and said, "Come in."

Ling Ishikawa entered the room, now back in his male form.

Seeing Liu Xing, Ling Ishikawa breathed a sigh of relief. "Liu Xing, you’re finally awake. I thought you’d be unconscious for another day or two."

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, curious. "Oh, so I’ve been unconscious for a long time?"

Ling Ishikawa nodded, saying seriously, "Yes, Liu Xing, you’ve been unconscious for two days now. But speaking of which, Liu Xing, your luck is really bad. I checked with Zhang Jingxu yesterday, and you rolled an 8 on a d10."

Liu Xing sighed helplessly, smiling bitterly. "What can I do? I feel desperate too. My luck has been pretty good before. I never expected to crash during this Judgment..."

At this point, Zhang Jingxu walked in, looking somewhat embarrassed. "It’s actually my fault. If I hadn’t rolled a major failure earlier, we wouldn’t have been caught up in the mafia’s chase, and you wouldn’t be in this state now, Liu Xing."

Zhang Jingxu seemed to be in decent shape now, indicating his HP had fully recovered after treatment.

Liu Xing shook his head, saying, "No, no, no. It’s fate. Even if you hadn’t rolled that major failure, I would’ve still ended up seriously injured later."

Of course, Liu Xing couldn’t blame Zhang Jingxu.

"By the way, has anything important happened during the two days I was unconscious?" Liu Xing asked.

Ling Ishikawa nodded earnestly, "Quite a lot has happened in these two days. Firstly, although you were attacked by the mafia, everyone except you sustained only minor injuries, so we managed to reach the shipyard relatively smoothly. Meanwhile, we faced an attack from the Cult of the Cadaver, but luckily, it was just their vanguard. With Baruka’s help, we easily dealt with them."

As for receiving more help from Chris, Liu Xing assumed it meant better weapons and equipment. After all, police officers had different types of weapons.

However, Liu Xing still had a concern. So far, apart from meeting Bai Hecheng and Shi Zixuan once, his group hadn’t had any contact with players from the enemy camp, let alone information about them.

In any game, information was crucial, often determining the outcome of a battle.

Liu Xing was sure that Bai Hecheng and others had gathered a lot of information about them. Apart from knowing Bai Hecheng, Shi Zixuan, and Ace’s names, they knew nothing else.

If things continued like this, Liu Xing felt that they would eventually be ambushed by Bai Hecheng’s side...

At that moment, the door opened again, and in addition to Zhang Jingxu and Ling Ishikawa, Buke entered, carrying a first aid kit.

"Buke has voluntarily joined our temporary team as our team doctor. He wants to change your medication," Ling Ishikawa explained.

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, looking at Buke with some suspicion. He hadn’t expected Buke to choose their side within a week.

However, Buke clearly misinterpreted Liu Xing’s expression and said with a smile, "Mr. Ryuusei, you must trust my professional skills. After all, being a forensic doctor isn’t just about dissecting bodies. I’ve also studied common diseases and trauma treatment. Plus, I used to be a military doctor a few years ago, so I’ve seen much worse gunshot wounds than yours."

Liu Xing nodded and said, "I see. I may have been overthinking it. Please, Buke, change my medication."

As an experienced military doctor, Buke’s skills were indeed impressive. He quickly changed Liu Xing’s medication.

After packing up the first aid kit, Buke smiled and said, "Mr. Ryuusei, you’re lucky. Although both bullets hit your chest, they narrowly missed your spine and organs. They were just flesh wounds. Otherwise, you might not have survived."

Liu Xing nodded. Indeed, he was fortunate that the bullets hadn’t hit his spine or organs. It was a stroke of luck in misfortune.

In the USB drive Yin En had given him before, Liu Xing had learned about a hidden setting in the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall. During damage judgments, the KP would also make some real random decisions to determine how the injuries were caused.

For example, the 8 points of damage Liu Xing suffered could be caused by a bullet hitting his lungs or kidneys, breaking his spine, or two bullets hitting his body, causing excessive bleeding. Although these injury methods only resulted in an 8-point HP loss for Liu Xing, their aftermath would be vastly different. For instance, hitting organs would permanently lower Liu Xing’s attribute values and skill levels, breaking his spine would paralyze him, while flesh wounds would temporarily decrease certain attribute values and skill levels.

Thinking about this, Liu Xing felt a bit frightened and relieved at the same time.

"All right, Mr. Ryuusei, you should rest. I’ve checked your wound, and it’s healing very well. You should be able to get out of bed tomorrow, barring any fear of pain," Buke said with a smile.

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