The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

The moment the feeling of weightlessness subsided, Su Mu had already gripped his pistol tightly.

Before his vision was fully clear, the sound of the wind and rustling leaves rushed in. He pointed his gun forward, his eyes quickly scanning the surroundings...

Then he froze.

Less than ten meters directly in front of him, a creature was crouching at the edge of the bushes.

The thing was about knee-high to an adult, covered in dark red fur, the color of something soaked in blood and then dried in the sun.

It has a slender body, walks on all fours, with its forelimbs noticeably thicker than its hind limbs, and its claws are deeply embedded in the soil. A long tail sways slowly behind it, with the tip forked into two, resembling two slender daggers.

What's most striking are its eyes... vertical pupils, amber in color, gleaming with a cold light under the shade of the trees. Its ears stand erect, each tip adorned with a tuft of long, protruding hair, like two antennae.

Like a cat.

But it's not a cat.

A scene flashed through Su Mu's mind... the cat demon from DNF.

This is it. Dark red fur, a forked tail, and pointed ears. He had seen it countless times in games, but never in real life.

At that moment, the cat demon also noticed him. Its vertical pupils suddenly contracted, its ears flattened, its back arched, and a low growl came from its throat.

The next second, it pushed off the ground with its hind legs and pounced on Su Mu!

It's very fast. Much faster than a zombie.

But Su Mu reacted even faster.

He didn't use a wrench, but fired directly because he didn't know the opponent's level, so he naturally used his strongest attack.

boom!boom!boom!boom!

Additional attack triggered!

The four gunshots rang out almost in quick succession, marking two separate attacks.

The first bullet struck the cat demon squarely in the head, blasting a bloody hole in its forehead. The second bullet followed immediately, hitting the same spot.

The cat demon's pounce came to an abrupt halt in mid-air. Its body seemed to have been slapped by an invisible hand, and it fell straight to the ground, twitched twice, and then remained still.

[Defeat Lv2 Cat Demon (White), experience points +1]

In fact, the cat demon gave a kill notification after the first attack landed, but Su Mu only fired a second shot out of habit before stopping, and then killed it.

Su Mu neither looked at the wooden box nor examined the body.

He turned and ran.

The gunshot was too loud in the quiet forest; no one knew what it might attract. His experience was... shoot and run, never stay put.

He crouched down, quickly passing through several large trees, and ran behind a bush. He listened intently for a while.

There were no footsteps. No shouts. No sound of branches snapping underfoot.

He waited a few more seconds before slowly standing up, finding a large enough tree, and climbing up it in a few quick movements. Standing on a thick branch, he finally had time to survey his surroundings.

This is a mixed forest, with pine trees and broad-leaved trees mixed together. There are quite a few clearings in the forest, and sunlight can filter through the tree canopy and cast dappled shadows on the ground.

There are no zombies.

There wasn't a single one, at least not within sight.

He looked around carefully again... There was no wandering gray-white figure, no stiff and slow movement, and not even any trace of a corpse.

It seems that only cat demons live in this forest.

Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief and opened the system panel to take a look at the kill record.

【Cat Demon (Lv2)】

【Strength: 15】

[Physical Fitness: 26]

[Agility: 23]

【Spirit: 8】

[Skills: Pounce (Quickly pounces on the target, dealing massive damage), Tear (Claw attack, has a chance to inflict bleeding)]

23 points of Agility.

Su Mu raised an eyebrow. This speed was indeed far greater than that of a zombie. If it weren't for the pistol, relying solely on a wrench for close combat would probably not have been so easy to deal with.

He glanced at the experience bar again... 77.2/200.

A level 2 cat demon only gives 1 experience point. To level up to level 3, you need to kill more than a hundred more.

A long way to go.

Su Mu didn't rush to pick up the box; instead, he first opened the map to check the location of the retreat point.

Upon seeing this, he frowned.

All three retreat points were ahead of him. The closest one was to the northeast, about seven kilometers away as the crow flies. The other two were further away, one nine kilometers and the other eleven kilometers.

Seven kilometers.

The nearest evacuation point was only one or two kilometers away from the previous two landings. This time, it was three or four times that distance.

Su Mu leaned against the tree trunk, quickly making plans in his mind.

Does this mean that as the cable car continues to move forward, the retreat point will become farther and farther away? If so, then he will have to stay in the wild for a longer time, face more monsters, and take on greater risks.

After a moment's thought, Su Mu shook his head.

Thinking about it too much now won't solve anything. The only thing to do is develop quickly in the early game, run faster, and kill more aggressively.

He shook his head, slid down from the tree, and crouched down to return the way he came.

The cat demon's corpse still lay where it was, next to a small wooden box. Su Mu crouched down, picked up the box, and opened it...

[Obtained: Cat Demon's Tooth x1]

Just one tooth.

There was no food, no water, no supplies. There was only one tooth, about the length of a fingernail, with dried blood still clinging to its base.

What material is this thing made of?

Su Mu put the teeth into his backpack and continued walking.

He proceeded very carefully from then on.