Chapter 1174: Is This Really a Horror Game?
Mia lunged forward with a twisted face and clawing hands.
But without a weapon in her hands, the sense of horror just felt a bit lacking...
Jiang Huan patted his butt and stood up, suddenly spotting an axe to his right front. He immediately picked it up.
According to the original plot, Mia was supposed to grab a kitchen knife while the player took the axe for a fierce melee fight, but now even the kitchen knife had been taken by Jiang Huan...
Jiang Huan didn't bother with flashy dual-wielding. He simply tucked the kitchen knife into his belt, picked up the axe, and walked toward Mia.
Mia had no weapon, so she could only flail wildly, trying to grab Jiang Huan's throat. But that wasn't so easy... Jiang Huan held a pot lid high in his left hand. As soon as Mia lunged, he shoved her back with it, then slammed the axe into her forehead.
With one side unarmed and the other armed with a shield and an axe, the battle's dynamic was already starting to look off...
"Damn, is your head that tough? I've hit you so many times with this axe, and you're still acting like nothing's wrong..."
Jiang Huan felt that Mia's durability was way too strong. He'd already struck her head several times with the axe. A normal person would have been down and unconscious after two hits, but this girl was still bouncing around energetically...
Still, Jiang Huan didn't mind at all. Since Mia couldn't even touch him, he just kept hacking away with the axe until she was dead.
Finally, as Jiang Huan drove the axe into Mia's neck, the girl snapped back to normal. Her face was full of shock and disbelief as she collapsed.
Jiang Huan pulled the axe out expressionlessly, his inner feelings completely calm.
Watching Mia lie on the floor as blood flowed out and stained the ground, Jiang Huan was still pondering how to finish her off for good.
Hmm... How about just chopping her head off with the axe? If the head's gone, there's no way she'd rise from the dead again, right?
Just as Jiang Huan was figuring out how to proceed, a phone rang from outside.
Jiang Huan wasn't in a hurry. By common sense, if this call was really important, it would probably keep ringing. The priority now was to deal with this Mia who could come back from the dead.
Jiang Huan directly swung the axe and started frantically hacking at Mia's neck.
To be honest, this scene was pretty anti-human. If it were submitted to the game review committee, this game probably wouldn't pass censorship. But since the game hadn't been released yet, no one cared what you did in private.
Jiang Huan hacked several times but still couldn't sever Mia's neck—only the bleeding got heavier. It seemed that after her mutation, Mia's physical abilities had been fully enhanced, including her resistance to sharp objects by several levels.
Jiang Huan was starting to feel a bit out of breath. The corpse was just too tough, and the axe wasn't sharp enough. He figured he'd just give up. If she really did rise from the dead again, so be it—he'd just hack her again...
The person on the phone was a girl named Zoe, who told Jiang Huan to leave quickly—there was a way out in the attic.
But when Jiang Huan turned back, he found that Mia's body had disappeared.
A conspicuous trail of blood on the floor was clearly left by Mia, as if luring Jiang Huan to follow.
Jiang Huan initially wanted to finish her off thoroughly, but then he thought again—he'd already hacked her so hard with the axe, and she still hadn't died. Clearly, the plot was forcing her to survive. Even if he chased her down and knocked her out with the axe now, he still couldn't finish her off.
So the priority should be finding a more powerful weapon, like a chainsaw or something...
Jiang Huan took another look around the house. Mia had mysteriously vanished, but the locked cabinet at the entrance could now be opened with the wire cutters. Inside was a fuse. After installing the fuse, he could press the attic switch and leave.
However, as Jiang Huan was heading to the attic, Mia suddenly burst out of a nearby room and grabbed his hand.
"Ethan! It's okay, it's okay, it's me. I know you didn't mean to..."
But before the friendly-faced Mia could finish her sentence, Jiang Huan's axe was already swinging toward her head...
Jiang Huan's stance was clear: Don't give me any of that flashy nonsense. This is a horror game, and I know what's up... You've already risen from the dead three times. If I still treat you like a normal person now, wouldn't I be an idiot?
The originally friendly Mia was completely stunned by this axe blow. The screwdriver hidden in her right hand clattered to the floor.
That screwdriver was supposed to pin the player's left hand to the wall, but now it was completely useless...
The next second, Mia's face changed, but the now very fierce Mia had no weapon in her hands, so she inevitably ended up being brutally beaten by Jiang Huan's relentless assault...
As the fight went on, Mia seemed to realize something was wrong and started running toward the storage room next to the attic stairs.
Earlier, when Jiang Huan passed this storage room, the door was locked and couldn't be forced open. But now the door was open, and inside was a chainsaw.
According to the normal plot, Mia was supposed to pin the player's hand to the wall with the screwdriver, then calmly grab the chainsaw to cut it off. But now the screwdriver had fallen to the floor, and Mia was running to grab the chainsaw while Jiang Huan followed right behind her...
Just as Mia was about to reach the chainsaw, Jiang Huan threw away the pot lid in his left hand, grabbed her hair, and started wildly hacking at her neck with the axe in his right hand.
One chop! Two chops! Three chops!
Mia desperately tried to reach the chainsaw ahead, but Jiang Huan held her long hair tightly with his left hand while his right hand kept swinging, giving off a strong "Wu Song fights the tiger" vibe...
Frustrated by the hacking, Mia turned to grab Jiang Huan, but he sidestepped and pushed with his right hand, causing Mia to lunge into empty air.
As a result, their positions swapped...
Jiang Huan ran straight into the storage room, tucked the axe into his belt, and picked up the chainsaw...
Mia was still empty-handed, and the only weapon on the floor was the pot lid Jiang Huan had discarded.
The chainsaw in Jiang Huan's hand roared to life, emitting a pleasing vibration, giving him the calm of a barber holding an electric clipper.
He looked at Mia across from him: "This thing should be able to saw your head off, right?"
Mia turned to run, but Jiang Huan chased after her, slamming the chainsaw into her shoulder!
Mia let out a painful scream—even a mutated person feels pain from a chainsaw...
But screaming was useless. Jiang Huan, while figuring out the best angle to saw her in half, couldn't help but wonder: Is this game really a horror game, or is it a mindless hack-and-slash?
The chainsaw cut from Mia's right shoulder all the way to her left ribs, slicing her entire body in two, before Jiang Huan finally stopped.
Looking at his wife now split into two pieces on the floor, Jiang Huan wondered: Can she really rise from the dead again?
Wouldn't it be a bit unreasonable for her to come back after being cut up like this?
Jiang Huan checked his equipment. The axe and kitchen knife were tucked into his belt, and he was holding the chainsaw. The pot lid had served its purpose and could be left behind.
With the fuse installed, he could head to the attic. According to the phone call, the way out would be found there.
On the attic table, Jiang Huan found a pistol and a box of bullets. This gun was originally meant for him to use against Mia, but now Mia was already in two pieces lying in a pool of blood—no need for the gun...