ocean-life Chapter 388 Crow's Advancement
Chapter 388 Crow's Advancement
Yang Shu's little schemes were naturally unknown to others, and even if they did, they wouldn't care.
At this moment, Xu Si was sitting in the cockpit of Nirvana. The light spots on the holographic screen moved slowly, and the star pulse always maintained about 80% of the maximum coverage area.
It's not for the sake of vigilance, but has become a habit.
That damned "causal isolation" is like a thorn stuck in your bone; it doesn't hurt, but it's irritating.
He studied the system panel countless times, scrutinizing every word from the feature descriptions to the notes.
There is only one conclusion—this is a passive characteristic.
It cannot be manually turned off, manually triggered, or manually discarded.
Unless he encounters another rare item like the [Chessboard of Generals], which would strip him of this trait again.
He's like a bad hand that's been forcibly handed to him; you can't even throw it away.
Xu Si took out all the remaining strange drops.
There are only five items in total: mineral core, filthy soil, mud ball, mad worm egg, and slug gel.
These strange drops don't look like the kind of substrate that could be used to make these kinds of strange items.
"System, can you create a strange object stripped of its special properties?"
The system provided no notification or response.
In other words, there is no hope at present, and it cannot be done even with purification points alone.
Xu Si stared at the system panel in silence for a long time, and finally had no choice but to helplessly put those strange items back into the dimensional space.
There's no way to do it for now, so we'll just have to put it aside for the time being.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the pent-up emotions deep within his chest.
Yi Yi seemed to sense the subtle change in his emotions, and emerged from his heart to rest on his shoulder.
"Xu Si, aren't you going out today?" Xu Si usually stays on the roof of the car.
Xu Si looked up and gazed out through the porthole of Nirvana.
The blood sun has already risen very high.
On the distant horizon, a few withered trees of unknown species can be vaguely seen, like the earth stretching towards the sky in a defiant roar.
"Hmm," he responded, his tone slightly more relaxed than the night before, before floating to the roof of the car.
Yi Yi smiled and tugged at his collar with her little hand, then said nothing more.
The convoy moved slowly under the blood-red sun.
Everyone tacitly avoided mentioning the harrowing events of that night, as if it were just an ordinary nighttime drill.
It wasn't really that thrilling, because the situation was more like a one-sided victory.
Therefore, even ordinary people don't feel much about it.
It was much easier than encountering the strange groups before.
This not only proves the team's improved strength, but also confirms the possibility of Fu Xiaojian's previous statement about establishing a safe zone.
This also boosted the confidence of everyone in the team.
Therefore, the team members are currently in a more relaxed state.
Especially considering that the last battle was completed without Xu Si, a powerful figure, participating.
If Xu Si had been there, it might have been a massacre.
Therefore, the team members' morale is now almost at an inflated level.
Especially for ordinary people, their morale soared to unprecedented heights with the addition of a pharmacist to the convoy.
However, the atmosphere inside Jiao Jiao's chariot was somewhat subtle.
Su Su was driving, and Jiao Jiao was sitting in the passenger seat. Like a little tiger, she looked at Fu Ruoxue in the back seat, who was sitting comfortably as if she were in her own living room, and she was furious.
She didn't even know where she found a small mirror, about the size of her palm, and started tidying her long, disheveled hair in front of it.
"...You really think this place is your home!" Jiao Jiao said, dissatisfied.
"No, no, you are the host and I am the guest! I will follow your lead!" Fu Ruoxue didn't care about Jiao Jiao's targeting at all, but instead found it a little funny.
"You—" Jiao Jiao was choked and speechless, her teeth grinding together.
"Watch out or I'll kick you off the bus!"
Su Su glanced at it in the rearview mirror but didn't say anything.
She knows Jiao Jiao too well.
This little girl is all bark and no bite. If Fu Ruoxue were really kicked off the car, she herself would probably be the first to object.
You can't!
"I can"
You can't!
"..."
The little girl was so angry that she was speechless again.
She simply turned her head away, facing the back of her head towards Fu Ruoxue, and stared blankly at the wasteland rushing past the car window.
Fu Ruoxue wasn't annoyed. She just glanced at her from the side, her lips curving slightly, and continued to comb her long hair at a leisurely pace.
Su Su drove silently, her gaze sweeping between the two of them, without saying a word.
The atmosphere inside the car seemed stiff, but it was actually changing little by little.
"Stop and rest in the woods ahead!" Fu Xiaojian's voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie before noon.
"Aunt Fu, isn't it not noon yet? Why are you resting so early today?" Jiao Jiao asked over the walkie-talkie.
Today is a bit unusual; we've only been gone for less than three hours, which is a bit too early.
"DouDou's crows may have advanced to the fourth level of weirdness. Let's take a break and see how things go!" Fu Xiaojian reported simply.
"Huh?" The convoy members were shocked.
This may be the first time they have faced a bizarre promotion.
Even Xu Si, sitting on the roof of the car, couldn't help but look at the black dot that was gradually expanding in the sky.
This guy must have gone out for a nice meal, otherwise he would have been promoted long ago.
However, if we're talking about who had the worst expression, it would definitely be that birdman.
The convoy waited beside a grove of dead trees for an inconspicuous black dot to land on the horizon.
No one cooked or did anything else; everyone was waiting for what was about to happen.
A bizarre promotion is extremely rare.
Under the blood-red sun, the black dot rapidly expanded in everyone's sight, not flying towards the convoy, but swelling, twisting, and tearing in mid-air.
The promotion process has begun.
DouDou was the first to sense that something was wrong.
"Caw caw—" she cried out instinctively, her voice filled with barely suppressed panic.
The black crocodile stared at its kin in the sky with its cold, vertical pupils, and let out a low hiss, as if it were on alert, or as if it were responding to some ancient call.
Everyone in the convoy watched this scene in silence.
They were all shocked by the scene before them.
The black dot at the edge of the field of vision had now expanded to an extremely exaggerated degree, like an inflated hot air balloon.
The three heads cast overlapping shadows under the blood-red sun, each one twisting and deforming at a visible speed.
The current appearance of the [Death-Slaying Crow] is more in line with its eerie image.
It flew along, its feathers falling as it went.
Before long, a dark red new skin membrane was revealed below. The membrane was covered with dense patterns that resembled both blood vessels and roots, pulsating in the air.
DouDou clenched her little hands into fists, as if she were quietly cheering him on.
In the sky, the mournful cries of ravens pierced through the clouds. The sound was not like the howl of a wild beast, but more like the wailing of some ancient and twisted musical instrument in the wind.
The three heads were now indistinguishable from one another, seemingly forming a tightly bound rope.
Its flight posture was now difficult to maintain.
Until it fell from the sky not far from the convoy.