ocean-life Chapter 80 Strange Things
Chapter 80 Strange Things
The troop transport spacecraft hovered in mid-air, more than ten meters above the ground.
Below it lies a hilly area, with lush green trees covering the land.
Inside the spaceship, four people jumped out of the hatch.
After a few thuds, the four landed calmly.
They exchanged a glance, and the bandaged man spoke first: "Let's split up here. Each of the four areas can choose one to stay in. If there are any emergencies, there's a temporary channel on the bracelet that we can contact each other at any time. We'll check on each other's survival status through the channel every night."
He looked at the other three and continued to ask:
Do you have any other suggestions?
The gray-skinned man and the four-armed man shook their heads.
"That's settled then." The bandaged man didn't say anything more, opened the map, glanced at it, and took the lead into the depths of the dense forest.
The remaining three exchanged glances and each chose a direction to leave.
In the blink of an eye, the air fell completely silent, leaving only a few crushed, withered branches in the same spot.
After walking in the woods for a while.
Xu Yang glanced at the map and compared it with the surrounding environment before confirming that he had arrived at the designated area.
Then, he took out a black watch-like device from his bag.
This is a detection device that the department issued to each member before boarding the spacecraft. It is a specialized detection device for fungal beasts and fungal towers, with a range of about ten kilometers.
It can be connected to a wristband.
Xu Yang turned on the bracelet and paired the two devices.
Instantly, the holographic screen on the bracelet went black, leaving only a green dot in the center, which was his location.
A red dot will appear if a target is detected within a 10-kilometer radius.
This area is the region that Xu Yang is responsible for guarding, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will be staying here for many days to come.
He looked around at the trees and recalled the journey he had just taken—he had encountered nothing and heard nothing.
There are no problems at all, and that's the biggest problem.
Xu Yang glanced down at the black screen.
The only thing that can be confirmed is that no fungal beasts have appeared here yet.
As for whether it will happen?
Xu Yang thought it was possible.
After all, when He west divided the groups, he provided a map of the areas that wasn't connected by a single line.
This suggests that the approximate location of the fungal invasion was predicted in advance by the human side.
That's why they were sent here to be stationed.
……
The isolation zone is a black swamp.
Several temporary tents were pitched next to the swamp.
At the campfire in the middle, the tree trunks scorched by the flames emitted a rotten stench.
A tall, effeminate-looking man sat by the fire.
He was shirtless, with crimson flesh crawling across his chest, and he was holding a dagger in his hand, turning it over and over the flames.
zizi——
The red-hot blade sliced into the meat.
Qi Mingxuan gritted his teeth, sweat dripping from his forehead, and cut off the scarlet flesh from his chest.
These bizarre flesh and blood had grown into his body; cutting them off was tantamount to cutting off his own flesh.
Ta-da.
A man with a goatee emerged from the tent.
"Boss, the brothers asked me to ask you, are we really going to continue searching?"
"What's wrong?" Qi Mingxuan turned his head, giving the goatee a cold glance. "Is my word no longer valid?"
The goatee took a half step back and shook his head repeatedly, saying, "No, no, I just wanted to confirm."
Qi Mingxuan didn't say anything more, but just turned his head to continue cutting the meat.
A few nights ago flashed before my eyes.
His men received a phone call from a man who wanted to join the doomsday caravan.
The Pledge of Allegiance is the location of a scavenger camp, plus seven original biohazard plugins—though the guy wanted to take one for himself, so he said six.
To ensure the success of the convoy attack, the other side even explained the approximate strength of the three people they had hired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In short, the attack that night was a success.
He suspected it was a trap before he arrived, so he didn't use any of the trump cards he had prepared at the first moment.
Three members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs died, the defectors died, and a large number of scavengers also died.
The seven bio-engineered plugins were on the corpse of a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The other party was planning to take the plugins for himself but failed to escape.
Qi Mingxuan was extremely excited.
It wasn't because of the plugins themselves, but because with these seven plugins, he had gathered all the resources needed to officially purchase the Evolution Essence from the Magic Cube.
but--
Almost immediately after achieving victory, they were attacked by several monsters.
Although he severely injured the monster with his pre-prepared trump card, he was also seriously injured himself.
They escaped, but the plugin was lost.
So, the evolution essence...
Thinking of this, Qi Mingxuan felt a surge of frustration.
The words of the Rubik's Cube potion shop owner seemed to echo in my ears again—
"Either you exchange normal supplies for what you need, or you help me kill someone. But either way, the deadline is before the Red Fall ends. Once it's over, it's over."
Now, there are about half a month left before the end of the Red Fall event.
Qi Mingxuan's eyes darkened.
Although there are two options, there is actually only one.
The option of killing was almost impossible. He knew nothing about the target named Xu Yang, and the information provided by the Rubik's Cube was pitifully little. He didn't even know where the target was.
If they can't find anyone, half a month is clearly not enough.
At this point, only one option remains.
Find the heavily wounded monsters, kill them, and retrieve the plugin.
Before the campfire, Qi Mingxuan cut off the last piece of flesh from his chest, grabbed the wine beside him, and took a big gulp.
He took a deep breath and shouted to the surrounding tents, "Pack up, let's go!"
……
Before we knew it, dusk had fallen.
In the lifeless forest, a tent is pitched on a small mound.
Crackling, crackling...
The firewood made a slight popping sound.
Golden sparks burst forth from the bonfire.
Outside the tent, Xu Yang squatted by the campfire and made a simple pot out of sheet metal.
Soon, in a pot of boiling water, several pieces of dried meat were cooked until soft and mushy.
Steam rose from the pot, carrying a faint aroma of meat.
Xu Yang let it cool for a while until the temperature dropped slightly before he picked up the tin pot and drank the soup.
After a few gurgling sounds, he finished the broth, but then he sighed.
"Sigh, it's hard to even find some wild game in this forest."
He spent the entire afternoon touring the area he was responsible for. There were only trees, and very few animals. He only occasionally saw a few red birds, which flew away in the blink of an eye.
"This place is a bit strange, but I don't know why."
As Xu Yang was thinking, he routinely opened the detection interface.
Just as he was about to put it away, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
Suddenly, a small red dot appeared at the edge of the detection range.
A fungal beast? At this time?
Xu Yang frowned and looked up at the sky.
At this point, the sun was almost completely dark.
The red dot was about ten kilometers away from him, and it would probably be nighttime by the time he got there.
In this world, it is almost impossible to see with the naked eye at night.
Xu Yang stared at the red dot on the edge of the screen, hesitating and undecided.
Suddenly, the red dot unusually moved out of the detection range.
gone.
Having suddenly lost the need to make a choice, Xu Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
I haven't really relaxed yet.
Suddenly, belatedly, a look of confusion appeared in his eyes.
If the fungal beast is going to invade the safe zone, then we should head in its direction now.
Why did it... leave?