In the scorching sun, next to a large spaceship in the port of Lighthouse City, Li Jinyi was anxiously checking his phone over and over again.

"What is Lu Xin doing? I've been waiting for him for half an hour, and the phone can't get through, and the message won't be returned. His brow furrowed, and his mouth made "tsk" sounds from time to time.

"Otherwise, if you send him the general coordinates of this mission, it's up to him to decide whether to go or not, we'll have to go, we've been waiting long enough. Captain Aaron walked over and reminded.

"Well, okay captain, sorry for the delay. Li Jinyi bowed to everyone and apologized.

The team then boarded the ship one by one, and when everyone was seated, Aaron Wilson repeated the mission to the team.

"I didn't go into enough detail before, but I'll elaborate on it again this time. Orders from above are to be sent to a void shroud in the eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula to support the Fifth Squad of the Star Alliance. In addition, they have been in that area for six days today, and there has been no news of them, so they are a little uneasy, so they sent us to find out the situation. ”

The fifth squad? Li Jinyi heard the captain mention the specific team name for the first time.

Isn't this the same team that helped Master and us stop Saquig who escaped in a spaceship in the skies over Tokyo at that time? They're going to have an accident? No, isn't it? I remember that the captain of the fifth team was a high-level member, and although the high-level team was also strong and weak, it was generally much stronger than the average team.

If the fifth team is really in danger, doesn't it mean that there are middle-level or even higher-level void creatures in that shrouded area? But this is only the periphery of the shrouded area, where are there so many mid-level and above. The report said that in the past week, the players of all camps, thousands of teams, have encountered less than ten mid-level generals in total, such a small chance, really let me win twice in a row?

With all the ideas, Senior Sister Zhong Ziran didn't know when she had already sat next to him.

"Junior brother, you said that this is a task that can't be completed by a team with high-level members, why should you let us go? Wouldn't it be better to let the teams with titles such as Battle Scars, Messenger of Redemption, Star Judgment, and Hazy Moon Qingxiao go? Oh, by the way, there is also the Arc of Silence, it is said that those girls have gone deeper than 200 kilometers into the interior of the Great Envelopment Area, since they can fight so well, why don't you come over first to settle this matter, rescue teammates must be in the first place, right? Zhong Ziran said and touched Li Jinyi with his shoulder.

The Star Alliance has internal rules that only if all members of the team are high-level members, the team will have a special title, otherwise it can only be replaced by the corresponding number, such as the 437 squad that Li Jinyi was in before, or the 164 squad where he is now.

It is worth mentioning that although the conditions are very harsh, there are not a few teams with titles in the Star Imperial Alliance, there are more than 200 teams, and what Zhong Ziran said is only the most powerful among them.

Senior sister, you said that my heart is on the road! It's really depressing, I originally thought that I only needed to lie down and win with my predecessors, but who knew that I would face such an unknown and dangerous situation. Li Jinyi slandered a few words.

"Maybe the leaders think that the fifth team is just lost, or has not yet found the location of the Void general, rather than encountering a strong enemy that is difficult to get rid of, and the intention of sending us over may only be to help them find their way, chat with them, etc., so as to convey the will of 'Star Alliance will always be with you' to the members of the fifth team who have been missing for almost a week, so that they can feel at ease. Although there was some panic in his heart, he still maintained the sense of humor that a gentleman should have.

Zhong Ziran covered his mouth and chuckled, and then said: "I didn't expect you to be quite optimistic, junior brother, I feel much more relieved to hear you say this." ”

She paused, pursed her lips, and continued: "But Senior Brother Xiaoli, if you really encounter danger this time, you must protect Senior Sister Oh." ”

"Of course. As a team member, you have the responsibility and obligation to protect the personal safety of every teammate. Li Jinyi nodded and smiled.

"Ah, I really want to hurry up and experience the junior hero's rescue of the American-style princess hug!" Zhong Ziran blinked his eyes and put on a rather charming look.

"Hahaha, senior sister is really good at laughing. Li Jinyi smirked, swallowed his saliva, and turned his head to look out the window.

Ten minutes later, everyone landed at the target location.

It is a river valley with a not-so-majestic cliff on both sides and a clear river that is not wide in between.

The team members entered the Void Light Curtain and searched upstream along the banks of the river in two groups.

The water quality of this river in the inner part of the Void Shroud is unusually turbid, and the surface of the river floats in the colors of chaos and depravity, although it is the same river water as the clear stream outside the light curtain, but the color is very different.

This is due to the fact that the river is polluted by the Void Element, and outside the Void Envelope is the area of influence of the Creation Engine's Annihilation Command, which can remove all Void matter and magic and eliminate pollution, which leads to this phenomenon of one river and two states.

However, this ability to remove the influence of the Void has no effect on the mutated creatures of the Earth that have been physiologically distorted.

Traveling along the riverbank, Lai was always on the lookout for dangers that might break out from the water or from the cliffs.

At some point, a pungent smell filled the air, and just as Li Jinyi noticed it and looked around to find the source of the smell, Aaron's shout came from the other side.

"Come on, we've found a cave on the side of the road, and the entrance of the cave has what appears to be a sign left by a member of the Fifth Squad!"

Zhong Ziran, who was traveling with Li Jinyi, took out his staff when he heard this, and after reciting the incantation silently, huge colorful bubbles suddenly appeared, and the bubbles quickly wrapped several team members, moved to the surface of the river, and floated across the not wide river until the opposite bank.

"It's a fun way to cross the river. Lai Jinyi praised that he had originally planned to take out the glider he had purchased and fly to the opposite shore like a captain, but now it seems that there is no need for this.

After sending several people ashore, the bubbles burst one after another, Li Jinyi subconsciously raised his hand to block in front of him, but found that there were no droplets splashing out after the bubbles burst, and it seemed to be condensed by pure magical energy.

Being able to control the magic energy in such a thin and stable state, it seems that the level of the senior sister should not be low, at least from the perspective of the magic field, it is more than one grade more powerful than me, he thought to himself.

Walking towards the mountain with the captain, Li Jinyi felt that the pungent smell was getting stronger and stronger, and even reached the level of choking.

Didn't they smell it? Why didn't they react at all?

Li Jinyi frowned and looked at the others, but was surprised to find that the rest of them had all put on a kind of magic mask with a light blue shimmer at some point.

It's very thoughtful, why didn't I think of preparing a mask. Li Jinyi scratched his head, a little self-reproachful.

Seeing the puzzled and uncomfortable appearance of the new team member next to him, Captain Aaron suddenly reacted, hurriedly took out a mask of the same style from his pocket, handed it to him, and said:

"I'm sorry, but because our team has had the experience of gas poisoning before, everyone has prepared a lot of magic masks, and during the mission, they will take them out and put them on as soon as they smell a strange smell, and they have all developed this habit, and forgot to remind you of this new member, haha. ”

Li Jinyi smiled and shook his head to show that he didn't mind, thanked Aaron a few words, took the mask and quickly put it on, and between exhaling and breathing, he felt that the unbearable irritating gas gradually dispersed from his respiratory tract, and the air became fresh and sweet again.

Halfway up the mountain, he saw a beacon rune projected with a red arrow, and the cave that the captain said next to the rune.

The cave was about five meters wide and embedded in the mountain in an inclined state, and the walls of the cave were covered with dark purple filaments, and some fist-sized spheres dotted on them were still spewing out some kind of light flocculent.

Lai was sure that the pungent smell in the air was produced by the flocculent matter that drifted around in the wind.

"The red beacon rune must have been left by the members of Team Five, and some of the food waste they had discarded was found nearby. The arrow of the beacon points to the hole, and it looks like we're going to have to go inside and take a look. Aaron stood in the middle of the crowd with his hands on his hips.

"Ahh

Aaron shook his head slowly: "That will not only startle the snake, but also consume the oxygen in the hole, so that a large amount of toxins from combustion will accumulate inside, which is not something that masks can solve, and not only will we not be able to get in, maybe the members of the fifth team will be suffocated or smoked inside." ”

The captain analyzed it very well all the things before also reflected that he was very thoughtful about things well, it seems that there is no leader with developed limbs and a simple mind li jinyi touched his chin and nodded approvingly.

Aaron ordered one last inspection of equipment and belongings, and then he stepped ahead of the crowd into the corrupt and depraved sloping cavern.

Ten members of the team lined up in a long snake formation and cautiously walked towards the depths of the cave.

The fist-sized spores on the walls of the cave stopped spitting and shrank into the thick layer of dark mycelium, feeling the light from the team's flashlights or lighting spells.

Li Jinyi walked at the end of the line, this is the care of his predecessors, let him walk in the position where he can be the last to come into contact with danger and the first to escape from the cave.

The large mask that Aaron gave him was not the right size and was a little loose, and just as he was about to reach out to adjust it, a male team member suddenly screamed in front of him.

"Ahh

The corpse? Was the member of the fifth squad really killed? Li Jinyi was shocked and hurried forward.

"Calm down, Brian!" Aaron's voice followed, "That's not a human corpse, that's, it's, uh-huh......"

For a moment, he couldn't name the species to which the corpse belonged.

"Low-level void creatures, corpses of withered demons. Zhong Ziran added.

"Yes, Wither!" Aaron nodded.

Li Jinyi ran from the end of the line, followed the light, and the scene in front of him couldn't help but make his hair stand on end and his vest cold.

On the road ahead, there were dozens of terrifying monsters with dark skin, skull appearances, huge trunk cavities, and coarse bones, giving people the feeling of a tiger's back, but their limbs were extremely thin.

It seems that the fifth team experienced a fierce battle as soon as they entered here, and it is not known if anyone was injured. No, there are so many monsters, it's impossible for no one to get hurt, Li Jinyi muttered to himself in his heart.

At this time, the voice of the senior sister suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Don't be afraid, little scene. Zhong Ziran next to him patted him on the shoulder.

Hearing this, Li Jinyi immediately relieved the tension between his eyebrows, made an indifferent expression and said, "Thank you senior sister for your concern, I'm just a little surprised, some corpses can't scare me." ”

In fact, he was still frightened, and he seemed to be scared a lot at a certain moment just now, he laughed at himself silently.

"You're all right. Aaron looked around at everyone, quickly counted the number of people, and after confirming that it was in order, he continued, "Finding a large number of enemy corpses is not a bad thing, first, it proves that the fifth team really entered here, and we are not looking for the wrong place; ”

Captain, the first half of your sentence sounds fine, but the second half of the sentence sounds like "As long as we meet the Void General, we are all done". Isn't this about the same as sending him to death? Li Jinyi secretly complained to himself.