Zhang Heng glanced at the watch on his wrist. It was getting closer and closer to the time when they would have to stay in the quest for five days.
This was not good news for Zhang Heng.
The time flow in this dungeon was exactly one hour versus sixty days. As usual, Zhang Heng entered the dungeon at 23: 55 in the real world. In other words, there were only five minutes left until the clock struck 24: 00, which meant that the time spent in the dungeon was exactly five days.
If the five-second countdown before entering the quest was subtracted, it meant that he would enter the extra 24 hours in less than five days.
In previous quests, this extra time had helped him a lot, and it was also the reason why his skills could improve so quickly. However, this time, the extra 24 hours would put him in an extremely dangerous situation.
That was because the extra 24 hours were equivalent to almost four years in the quest. Usually, four years would not be a problem for Zhang Heng, but this time, he was exposed to nuclear radiation at the beginning of the quest. Although his current physical performance was the best among all players, Zhang Heng was not sure if he could survive four years.
Especially considering the situation of Zha Tso, Mouse, and the others, they looked weaker and weaker, and it was likely that they would not even last a month.
Of course, because there were other players in this quest, the time would be extended. Unlike when Zhang Heng usually cleared the quest alone, the system would probably choose to reopen a parallel quest and throw him into it alone. This was how the system dealt with him when he was in the Apollo Program training camp. As long as he survived four years in the parallel quest and returned to the current quest, his physical condition would return to before he entered the parallel quest.
This was barely good news for Zhang Heng. Of course, the premise was that he could survive four years in the parallel quest.
Zhang Heng, on the other hand, did not have a good solution to this. He still had a Mission Failure Exemption Card with him, which he bought from the bartender for 400 game points. Its function was to help the holder escape the penalty of failing a mission.
If he were in another quest, Zhang Heng could completely ignore the main mission. He could just find a random place and wait until the game time was up to return to the real world. However, this game had no time limit, and he could only leave after completing the mission. So, Zhang Heng was now in an endless loop.
What was supposed to come would come. At 11: 23, a familiar sense of dizziness hit him.
At the same time, Zhang Heng heard a familiar system prompt.
[Ding! This instance dungeon is the Invisible Killer Transitional Instance Dungeon. Number of players: 1. Quest objective: none. Duration: 1,440 days. Players, please take note!]
Zhang Heng's vision suddenly turned black, and at the same time, he heard a popular song.
An Evening on the Outskirts of Moscow.
Ever since the song won the gold medal at the 6th World Youth Festival in 1957, it had become a well-known classic in SL.
However, the music did not last too long. Zhang Heng sensed light from the outside world and opened his eyes.
He found himself standing by a river, and Zhang Heng quickly recognized it.
The river Pripyat had always been distinguished by its brownish hue, owing to the fact that it had flowed through the peat bogs of Polesie, which were rich in fatty acids, and by its rapid, violent flow, which, like that of the young city which stood beside it, gave a feeling of vigour.
However, the city behind Zhang Heng now looked very different from before. It was not only because it had regained its vitality, but also because the residents who once lived here had returned to their homes. The streets were bustling with traffic, and young men drove their beloved Volga cars, madly honking at the girls on the street to show their love.
At the same time, Zhang Heng also noticed that the buildings here were newer than when he first arrived, and he couldn't see the Ferris wheel that later became popular with tourists. If he was not mistaken, Zhang Heng knew that he had arrived at the town of Pripyat. He just didn't know which year it was now.
Construction of Pripyat began in 1970, and judging from its current scale, it should have been built for some time. From where Zhang Heng stood, he could see the towering cooling tower of the nuclear power plant in the distance. According to Bryhanov, the nuclear power plant's reactor 1 was activated in 1977, so Zhang Heng could roughly guess that he was now in 1977 to 1986, before the explosion.
The range was very small, but Zhang Heng was not in the mood to tour the city right now. He wanted to know how the radiation was affecting him. Following his memory, he first went to the Pripyat Hotel, where he found the English-speaking receptionist.
On the way to the hotel, Zhang Heng also looted a few wallets from passers-by. Finally, Zhang Heng negotiated with the receptionist for a salary of 10 rubles a day and successfully persuaded her to become his Ukrainian and Russian language teacher. At the same time, the receptionist agreed to take Zhang Heng to the hospital in Kiev for a checkup.
The two took the train and arrived in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, that night. After that, Zhang Heng underwent a comprehensive checkup at the largest hospital in Kiev. Unlike the medical center in Pripyat, the hospital had a full set of equipment to detect radiation doses.
The test process wasn't long, but for Zhang Heng, waiting for the results was indeed a long time.
The person in charge of receiving him was a female doctor in her fifties. She was serious and serious, especially when she received Zhang Heng's test report, the expression on her face became even more solemn.
She asked the hotel receptionist, "Are you his family?"
The receptionist nodded, "I am his wife. My husband is mute. He has been unable to speak since he was born."
"What does he do?" the female doctor asked.
"He works at a nuclear power plant, dealing with nuclear waste."
"No wonder." The female doctor tried to make her voice sound gentle. "I'm afraid I have to tell you some bad news, ma 'am. I hope you are mentally prepared."
"What?"
"Your husband may have been in close contact with the nuclear waste, which caused him to absorb a lot of radiation."
"How much?" the hotel receptionist asked nervously.
"About 450 roentgens." The female doctor looked at Zhang Heng with a trace of sympathy. "He has third-degree radiation disease and needs to be hospitalized immediately. We need you to sign the admission form, ma 'am."
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