Game world survival starts from Resident Evil 2

Badlands, Stoneridge Mountains.

Stoneridge Mountain is located in the northeastern part of the Badlands and is an abandoned town.

The residents here once thought about building this place into an extension town of Night City to improve their living standards, but as expected, the matter fell through.

After that, the town's residents either moved to Night City or fled into the wilderness, and Stoneridge became a ghost town.

Li You is quite familiar with this place, because in the game, in the main mission "Dead City", the protagonist V will come here with his good brother/good wife - Panam Palmer, and fight with a group of random swordsmen. Will mingle.

He still remembered what Panan said when V and Panan were chatting about Stone Ridge Mountain in the car.

"...There are thousands of ghost towns like this across the country. I drove to Stoneridge Mountain a few days ago. When the sun goes down and the surroundings are quiet, you can pull over and listen to the sound."

"What sound?"

"——The sound of the wind blowing through the wooden windows, the swishing sound of grass balls rolling across the dry sand. This is how the town was abandoned. There was no collapse, only low whines and whimpering."

"Click——"

Yuzi stepped on the broken wooden bar, making a crisp sound, and a desolate town came into view - Stone Ridge Mountain had arrived.

Aiji was sitting on Yuzi's shoulder, his eyes slightly narrowed, and he was quietly sensing the movement around him.

After a moment, she opened her eyes: "There are no signs of other people's activity for the time being."

"Okay." Li You didn't look up. He was looking at the commissioned information sent by Dakota on his phone.

"Request Type: Intelligence Investigation"

"Objective: to find out the movements of the Rantokai"

"Location: Stoneridge Mountain"

"Details:

"Li You, Regina praised you as a good player. Although you have just started mercenary activities, you are very experienced in handling problems, so I won't be polite to you.

"Recently, the Rogue Society has become restless again. They actually formed a gang and called themselves the Night Walkers. A group of scum who were expelled by the homeless people still followed the same example. Don't you think it's ridiculous?

"Getting back to the subject, although their behavior of forming the Night Walker Ghost is laughable, their combat power cannot be underestimated, and they are active everywhere. The boys under my command discovered their traces near the Ghost Town Stone Ridge Mountain, and in the past two days, There seems to be gunfire coming from there all the time, which is very uneasy.

"I hope you will go to Stone Ridge Mountain to investigate the situation of the Random Sword Club to see if they are hiding and developing. If there is a conflict with the Random Sword Club, I will pay extra for every member of the Night Walkers you kill. You a sum of money.

"Of course, if there are too many of them, you can quickly escape and report the situation. I will find a way to deal with it then."

At the end, Dakota also attached two pictures, one of Stoneridge Mountain and one of a jacket with the "Night Walker" logo painted on it.

Putting aside everything else, Li You's eyes fell directly on the sentence "Every night wanderer has a bounty" and he couldn't move it.

Is there such a good thing? Li You clenched his fists at that time.

The Night Walkers here are dead, even Adam Hammer can't save them, I'm telling you!

Putting away his phone, he said to Yuzu and Aggie: "Dakota said that there have been gunshots nearby recently, and it shouldn't be so quiet. Let's search carefully."

Aiji had already jumped off Yuzi's shoulders and nodded when he heard this. However, Yuzi moved her nose slightly, and then said:

"Yes, the smell of blood."

Li You and Aiji were both stunned, and then Aiji also concentrated on distinguishing it and said: "It's really there! It's at the intersection over there!"

"Go and have a look, be careful!"

The three of them turned around the three-way intersection on the main road ahead. On the right was the town's substation, which controlled the entire town's electricity. But today, the place has long been abandoned, and the power hub is also in a state of shutdown.

In the game, this intersection is where V and Panan ambush the Blade Club. At this time, what appeared in front of everyone was the corpse of a night wandering ghost.

More than ten corpses were scattered under the power tower of the substation, each with blood on them. The whole scene looked quite cruel.

Aggie squatted next to a corpse, examined it, and came to the conclusion: "They were all penetrating wounds from large-caliber bullets. These people were all killed by one shot... but they were all equipped with prosthetics, which are called The subcutaneous armor was easily removed. This sniper is very dangerous!”

Li You just wanted to reply, but his vision blurred as a bullet almost flew past him and hit the ground. Then, he heard an explosion in the distance!

The three of them reacted immediately and instinctively. Li You pulled away and retreated, while Yuzi grabbed Aiji who had no time to get up and hid towards the transformer on the side.

"Bang——!!" Another bullet flew!

With a muffled sound, blood splattered on Yuzu's arm, and she had been shot in order to protect Aggie. Aggie took his arm, surprised and regretful: "Are you injured!?"

"...It's okay." A hole the size of a bowl was made on Yuzi's forearm. It looked quite scary, but the wound was not deep. As the flesh and blood under his skin swelled, he soon returned to his original state.

Li You also got the exact information from the spiritual link and was also very surprised. With Yuzu's physical defense, he was injured so easily.

"It's a sniper! And at such a long distance, coupled with the sound of gunfire and this power, it should be an ice storm!"

Based on the existing intelligence, Li You quickly deduced the enemy's weapons, and then his brows locked together.

SPT32 Icestorm, a famous kinetic sniper rifle, is famous for its exaggerated power. It is a high-tech military industry of the Russian Federation. It is specially developed to cope with the dilemma of the increasing popularity of prosthetic transformation and the gradual inability of traditional kinetic weapons.

And what will be the solution to the lack of firearms power? It's hard to think of.

Therefore, Icestorm has become the most powerful conventional sniper rifle on the market today. Even though it has been designed and issued for a certain number of years, it is still very popular.

In addition to its full power, its range is also worthy of its own name. In the hands of an experienced sniper, a headshot from 800 meters away is completely easy.

"Aiji! Can you find the sniper's position!?"

"No, he is beyond my perception range! At least not in this town!"

The three hid behind the bunker and communicated in the mental link.

"I didn't expect to meet a sniper, and looking at this scene, this could be... a cyberpsychosis incident?"

Li You sighed, "Why did I just happen to meet him!"

The sniper's position was beyond the maximum distance that Edge could perceive, which means it was at least hundreds of meters away from them.

Li You had already found the approximate location of the sniper position, but it was on a hill outside the town. It was definitely a very dangerous task to cross the unprotected wilderness under the pressure of the sniper.

After all, it was okay for Yuzu, but if Li You or Edge were shot by that guy, it would be fatal.

Li You went through the list of props he had sorted out in his mind, but unfortunately there was nothing that could perfectly deal with this situation, so he could only use a stupid method.

In the mental link, he explained the battle plan again: "...Yuzu, Edge, please!"

"Ah!"

"Understood, be careful!"

Li You took out the camouflage cloak obtained from My War World from his backpack and threw it to Edge, and then conjured up a high nut shield and gave it to Yuzu.

Yuzu raised her shield and carried Edge, who was wearing a camouflage cloak, on her back. From Li You's perspective, he could only vaguely see Edge's outline.

The effect of the camouflage cloak is that the wearer can blend into the surrounding environment when stationary or moving slowly. However, this restriction only needs to be satisfied by the user and will only apply to the user.

In other words, if Edge is wearing a cloak and lying on Yuzu's back, only she will be invisible. And as long as she doesn't move, no matter how Yuzu makes a fuss, she will not be visible, which is really convenient.

However, you can't play like this when driving a vehicle. It's a very strange judgment. But anyway, it's useful.

Their task is that Yuzu takes Edge and approaches the sniper, Yuzu defends, and Edge is responsible for finding the sniper's position. As long as he is framed in the perception range, it will be considered a success.

As for Li You, he held the soul pendant and cast the Moon Shadow's Spirit Descent on himself. A green aura wrapped around his body, making him translucent.

Li You prepared the Feather of Mist Crow again, holding his anti-material sniper rifle in one hand and a knife in the other hand, and moved towards the approximate sniper position from another direction.

At this time, he couldn't help but miss V in the game. Take his favorite time-stop sword style as an example. Once the sword style reaches full configuration, then at this distance, even at the highest difficulty, you only need to rush with a knife, and the sniper on the opposite side can't fire many shots.

Then when you rush to a close distance, you can directly use Sian Westin to slow down time. A double jump plus an aerial charge can kill a cyber psychopath with at most two heavy blows. Passersby can't even understand what happened.

Although the setting of Sian Westin is definitely not as exaggerated as in the Edgewalker animation, it is definitely a huge increase in personal combat power-but Li You doesn't plan to install a prosthesis, so he can't use it.

In front, Yuzu roared, and the dark red biomass wrapped around the high nut shield was reinforced twice to resist the sniper's shooting.

But even so, every bullet that flew over could tear the biomass shell on the shield and leave a dent in the high-nut shield.

Fortunately, Yuzu's recovery ability is also very strong. The biomass shell can be replenished immediately, so he can withstand the shooting and seize the gap when the opponent changes bullets, and quickly cross a distance of more than a thousand meters.

At this point, Aggie, who was concentrating on sensing behind Yuzu, finally showed a look: "Found the trace! Go to the left!"

Yuzu immediately turned around and rushed over there, and a sniper bullet came on the head and hit him right in the middle of his eyebrows!

Yuzu tilted his head back and his steps paused. He then lowered his head, and a small blood hole on his forehead was slowly healing.

"Ah-!!!"

Yuzu roared angrily and rushed over again!

"Found him!" As Yuzu approached quickly, Aggie finally found the target.

"Li You, he's under the wind turbine over there!"

The target location was transmitted from the mental link, and Li You had already touched this area, so he immediately raised his gun and followed Edge's instructions, aiming at the figure who had just jumped up from the ground and was about to escape!

"You can't run away!"

"Bang--!!"

The anti-material sniper rifle roared, and bullets burst out!

The man running on the hill instinctively turned his head and looked at Li You. The frenzy in his eyes receded a little, and he showed incomprehensible horror instead.

"--!!"

Blood was splattered, an arm flew up into the air, and then fell to the ground. The cyber psychopath who lost his right arm covered his wound and fell weakly on the sand.

Yuzu had already carried Edge to the bottom of the hill. He leaped and landed beside the man, picked him up and completely controlled him.

Li You came over and said to the two of them, "Thank you for your hard work. You did a good job."

They looked at the captured cyber psychopath again. This was a man with many wrinkles on his face. His short hair was half white. His left arm and right leg were military prostheses with matte colors.

At this time, he had fainted, and the wound on his right arm was still bleeding.

Li You thought of the cyber psychopath series of tasks in the game. After a little thought, he said, "Yuzu, Edge, stop the bleeding for him first. I'll check his identity first."

Although Yuzu and Edge were a little surprised, they didn't ask any more questions and cooperated to stop the bleeding of the cyber psychopath. Li You searched his body and finally found only a knife and a recording chip in the slot behind his head.

"…Yes, that's right. As we all know, cyberpsychopaths always drop recording chips, just like people in horror games have to write diaries before something happens."

But Li You searched through his things and didn't find a lot of cash.

"…Does this mean that the chip must be there, but the money doesn't matter?"

The corners of his mouth twitched, but he didn't complain much. He just inserted the recording chip into the mobile phone slot and read the contents.

"…Latia, Siva, they are all dead, died in the Bad Land! Damn the Random Swordsmen, they deserve to be cut into pieces! No, I can't just sit there, I have to do something, I have to do something..."

"Military-grade prosthetic eyes, sniper-specific grips, endurance enhancement potions... Oh, of course I can't forget my baby, Ice Storm, I can't live without her... Money? That kind of thing, kill a few Random Swordsmen... Wanderers, and you'll have it..."

"…The seventh, the eighth \\ How many have I killed? It seems I can't count... The side effects of the drugs, I'm a little? I don't seem to be in a good mood, "

"Who do I want to kill?" "What? What? It's... the people of the Bad Land, it's 'what people. It's... the Wanderers? It's the Wanderers%×."

The content of the chip becomes more and more confusing as it goes on. From the last record, it seems that this person has completely lost his mind, and even kills anyone he sees - a typical symptom of cyberpsychosis.

Li You thought of the series of commissions in the game again, the seventeen cyberpsychopaths in Night City.

If all the tasks of subduing cyberpsychopaths received from Regina are completed, it is not difficult to find that in fact, the cause of these so-called "cyberpsychopaths" is not due to excessive implantation of prostheses. Prostheses are at most a trigger, and what really makes them sick is the extremely oppressive and cruel environment of Night City.

For example, the man in front of him, Li You doesn't know where he belongs to, nor does he know his past. He only knows that he is an unlucky guy who wants to seek revenge on the Randao Society and finally lost himself in the process.

Pulling out the recording chip, Li You called Dakota.

"Hello? Dakota? The commission has a result, and this matter is a little complicated."

Dakota said: "Complicated? Is there any accident?"

"It's like this, we are in Stone Ridge Mountain..."

Li You was halfway through his words, and suddenly his expression moved, and Yuzu and Edge also turned their heads and looked to the east.

The roar of the engine came from the wasteland, and the exhaust smoke could be vaguely seen in the distance-a car was approaching, and there was more than one car.

"Sorry, Dakota, I seem to have a guest here, I'll hang up first." Li You cut off the communication, and with a glance, Edge and Yuzu gathered around and prepared for battle.

However, this tense atmosphere instantly dissipated when Li You saw the logo on the approaching vehicle.     "ALDECALDOS" - the arrival is the convoy of the Adecado family.

When an armed off-road vehicle with two motorcycles stopped in front of them and the drivers got off, Li You was even more relieved.

It was the two brothers Mitch and Scorpion, and there were two other Adecados whose names Li You didn't remember but were a little familiar.

Mitch was older and looked a little bald, and his left arm was a very conspicuous black matte prosthesis. As for Scorpion, he had a hard face, but was younger, with a leather hood on his head, and both hands were military prostheses, giving people a dangerous aura.

When they saw the trio of Li You's obviously unique personalities, they were also stunned and obviously alert.

Mitch and Scorpion looked at each other, then stepped forward to say hello: "Hey, friends, what are you doing?"

As for Scorpion and the other two, they all stayed behind and held their guns calmly.

Li You took in everything, and after thinking for a moment, he responded loudly: "It's okay! I'm a mercenary from Night City, and I came here to investigate on Dakota's behalf!"

"Dakota?" Mitch was stunned, "You came from the city? Why did you run to such a place?"

"It's a long story!" Li You said, "Dakota commissioned me to investigate the movements of the Random Blade Society in Stone Ridge Mountain, but when I walked over there, I was attacked by a cyber psychopath, so I chased him here. Look, he's still here."

Hearing his words, Mitch and Scorpion and others behind him all changed their faces: "Stone Ridge Mountain? Cyber ​​psychopath?"

Mitch gave Scorpion a look, so Scorpion immediately made a phone call: "Hello? Dakota?"

-After a while.

The three of them, Li You, Mickey and Scorpion, gathered at Dakota's auto repair station in Bad Land. The cyberpsychopath Li You and the others captured was placed on a simple stretcher and lay aside.

Dakota looked at Li You, with a look of surprise on his originally calm face: "...So, you were sniped by this guy when you were investigating Stone Ridge Mountain, and then not only did you not run away, but you also fought back in that situation. Kill him? In an empty wasteland?"

Li You was not modest. There was no need for this in Night City. He nodded and said, "That's it. I looked at his recording chip. This guy originally wanted to seek revenge from the Luan Dao Gui. However, after killing a bunch of Luan Dao Gui, he himself He went crazy and beat anyone he saw. I had no choice but to kill him."

Dakota, as well as Mitch, Scorpion and others, looked at the unconscious cyberpsycho beside him and the Ice Storm lying beside him, and were speechless for a moment.

"...Okay, Li You, I understand the situation. You completed the commission perfectly, and I will send you the money right away." Dakota paused before saying.

"In addition, I have a small request. Leave this person to us. When he was mad, he also killed many people in Adecado."

Mitch added on the side: "Scorpion and I originally came to find him, but we didn't expect that you would get there first - you are really interesting."

Li You was a little curious about what Adecado planned to do with him, but since everyone was unfamiliar with him now, he didn't ask any more questions.

"Well, a cyberpsychopath is of no use to me anyway."

He didn't say anything yet. There was a bounty of several hundred euros hanging on this cyberpsycho, and he had already claimed it in advance.

Dakota nodded: "Thank you, friend. Not only did you complete the commission, you even helped us subdue this cyberpsycho. The original reward was too little."

She returned to the computer desk nearby, took out a SID card from the drawer, and handed it to Li You: "Take this, the car on the far left in the open space outside is yours."

"So generous?" Although Li You was surprised, he took it politely and just dealt with business affairs with the middleman.

Dakota said: "No, this guy is very dangerous. If you help subdue him, you may have saved several Adecado lives. This little thing is nothing."

Mitch and Scorpion on the side also nodded: "Although I don't want to admit it, looking at the prosthetic body and weapons on this guy, if we fight against him, we may lose several people, so you have really helped us a lot."

Scorpion even said directly: "Thank you very much, my friend."

Li You smiled: "I see, then I won't be polite, friends of Adecado."

Although it was an accident to get connected with Mitch and Scorpion, Li You certainly would not give up the opportunity to establish a good relationship with them and climbed up the ladder on the spot.

Mickey and Scorpion didn't have any objections. They came up and smiled and patted Li You on the shoulder, which was regarded as recognition.

After that, Li You watched the two of them flirting with Dakota, and immediately realized that they should have something to say, so he said very wisely: "Then I will leave first, and you can chat slowly."

Mi Qi and the others didn't try to stop them. Li You and the others immediately walked out of the auto repair station, and the door closed behind them.

At the edge of the open space outside the door, Li You found the car that Dakota had given him.

It was a dark gray Tingwei Colby Lone Peak, with long and rigid body lines, a high chassis and thick off-road tires. The car is a two-seater, but comes with a rather large pickup bed.

The Colby Lone Peak is the most popular freight vehicle in Night City. It is affordable and has reliable performance. It is different from the standard Colby's modified pickup truck. It is also widely used by small business owners, homeless people and mercenaries. Welcome - Except for the different uses, small bosses use it to transport goods, while mercenaries generally use it to stuff the corpses of mission targets.

Li You was also a little surprised when he saw this car. It's not that he likes this car very much, but because of the existence of this pickup truck bucket, Yuzi can sit in the car properly instead of having to lie down and squeeze in the back seat.

It seems that Dakota also considered this when delivering the car.

However, judging from the wear and tear on the body and the shell frame with obvious signs of disassembly and assembly, this car should not only be second-hand, but also dismantled from an armed vehicle driven by homeless people.

But Li You didn't have any objections. It was just a means of transportation anyway.

Yuzi on the side was also very happy. At that time, she climbed onto the rear side of the car, causing the whole car to sink.

Li You: "..."

Hmm...how much horsepower does Colby have? He should be able to pull the three of them, right?

He suddenly missed the pickup truck borrowed from the Whirlpool Gang that was abandoned in Stone Ridge Mountain. Although it has a small space, the horsepower is at least enough.

"Well...get in the car, let's give it a try."

Li You got into the driver's seat, and Aiji climbed into the passenger seat. Yuzi reached out and knocked on the windows on both sides, saying hello to them, looking very happy.

Seeing that he was so satisfied, Li You also smiled: "As long as you like it."

He started the car and stepped on the accelerator. Colby Lone Panting, he drove slowly up the Badlands road.

The horsepower of this car gave Li You a little surprise. It seemed that the car's engine had also been modified. Even if it was carrying three of them, the speed could reach around 90, which was considered to be very powerful.

"Okay, everyone, sit tight, let's... go back to Stoneridge Mountain!"

——Why do you want to go back to Stoneridge Mountain? Don't forget the purpose of Li You's trip.

Yes, he was looking for a place to place the Night Devil's lair.

Li You was originally troubled because he couldn't find a suitable cave, but when he passed by Stone Ridge Mountain before, he suddenly understood.

Why must he find a ready-made cave? If there is no cave, can't I just dig it myself?

And it just so happens that the ghost town of Stone Ridge Mountain is not large in area, but it is fully equipped. In the game, V and Panam used a broken car and a bunch of parts to repair the transformer and re-power the town.

So, if the Night Devil's lair is set here, he can still use these equipment in the future, isn't it wonderful?

Coincidentally, after so much busy work, it is now night, and it will be completely dark in a little while.

Li You parked the car next to the abandoned gas station at the intersection, got off with Yuzu and Edge, and cleaned up the corpses of the Night Wandering Ghosts on the ground.

By the way, he also looked at the messages on his mobile phone, which contained a thank-you message from Dakota and a notification of a transfer of 4,500 euros.

After doing all this, he entered the bar opposite the gas station, waiting for the night to completely cover the earth.

"… Almost done. Yuzu, I have to trouble you again." Not long after, Li You looked at the sky and turned to Yuzu and said.

"No, digging the soil is fun." Yuzu gestured twice, indicating that he didn't feel tired at all.

"I forgot that you like to build blocks and play with sand." Li You laughed, "Then leave it to you!"

Yuzu nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"

With a glimmer of light, Yuzu began to transform into the second stage of the poisonous scorpion!

...

At midnight, Li You and Aggie placed the Night Demon's Nest in the deepest part of the underground cave dug by Yuzu.

Yuzu worked very hard, digging until he dug nearly ten meters underground, and then began to expand horizontally, avoiding the foundation, and dug out a huge underground space with a length and width of five or six meters and a height of more than three meters.

As for the excavated soil, Li You drove Colby Lone Peak and transported it to an abandoned house in the corner of the town.

At this moment, Yuzi has recovered to the first stage and is looking through the coffee drinks in the vending machines on the ground. Anyway, there will be no NCPD in this ghost town to catch them stealing, so Li You just let him go.

His attention is now more on the Night Demon Nest in front of him.

[Night Demon Nest (small scale)]

[Item introduction: A primary nest that can breed a small number of Night Demons for you. ]

[Overview of Nest Properties]

[Core Level: Level 2 (can only breed 12 Night Demons at the same time). ]

[Hatching Speed: Level 2 (breeding and hatching time: 40 hours). ]

[Hatchable Types]

[Ordinary Night Demon (both speed and agility, with basic intelligence, afraid of ultraviolet rays). ]

[Perceptual Night Demon (both speed and agility, not afraid of ultraviolet rays, needs to be transformed by living humanoids, and the intelligence after transformation is consistent with the mother.)]

[Nest Defense: None. ]

[Special Function: Night Demon Transformation, Queen's Blessing. ]

[Nest Core Experience: (486/500)]

[Nest Energy Reserve: (626/2000)]

[Function Menu]

[Nurture Night Demons: Nurture Night Demons through the nest. The time required is related to the core level. It needs to be in an area rich in nutrients or provided with food by humans. ]

[Night Demon Transformation: The nest can transform living humanoids into sentient Night Demons. They have the ability to be immune to ultraviolet rays. After the transformation is completed, they can retain some memories and their intelligence is consistent with that of the mother. ]

[Queen's Blessing: When the Night Demon Queen is near the nest, the nest core experience acquisition speed is increased, the Night Demon breeding speed is increased, and the core energy consumption is reduced. ]

[Other functions have not been unlocked yet. ]

[Fixed characteristics: Night Demons hatched in the nest core have the ability to spread viruses, but when leaving this world, all Night Demons and the viruses they spread will be forcibly cleared. ]

The experience value of the Night Demon Nest Core is very close to upgrading, and it is only 14 points away from upgrading. In other words, it was a matter of converting fourteen ordinary Night Demons or seven Perceptive Night Demons.

Even if the slowest method was used, it would only take three or four days to upgrade.

However, the biggest problem was that although Yuzu dug the underground cave deep enough and Li You also camouflaged it at the entrance bar, the nest itself had no defense capabilities, and he was still worried about leaving it alone here.

So he decided to capture a few guys from the Luan Dao Society to convert them into Perceptive Night Demons and let them guard the nest.

"Yuzu, please watch here, let's go..."

But before Li You finished speaking, the roar of the engine came from outside again.

Li You took Edge out of the bar and saw that two modified off-road vehicles with the Night Wanderer logo had stopped at the intersection, and five Night Wanderers walked down from them.

Three of them gathered around Li You's Colby Lone Peak and looked at the car body, while the other two came to Li You and said with a smile:

"Hey! Friend, are you new here? Haven't seen you before? Tsk tsk, this girl is really cool! Your car is not bad either!"

The two night wanderers looked at Aggie, then at the car next to them, and were almost drooling.

Li You looked at everyone present, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"… Good to be here, good to be here."

The two night wanderers looked at each other and said, "Is this guy crazy?"

But when they saw that not only Li You was wearing strange clothes, but also the woman next to him was not afraid at all, but looked at them with a somewhat pitying look, the two night wanderers finally realized that something was wrong.

"This is a tricky trick! Brothers, retreat..."

Before he finished speaking, Li You had already taken out a samurai sword and beheaded the two people at the same time!

When the two heads fell to the ground, they still had a dazed look on their faces, and they didn't realize that they were dead.

Li You, holding the knife, walked towards the remaining night wanderers who had not yet reacted, including the guy who didn't get off the car, and there was a faint flash of lightning on the knife.

From his mouth, he spit out the second half of the sentence he had just said:

"... Don't leave if you come."

It's rare to have time, so I'll update a little more.