Act I: Broken Heart Chapter 16: Strange White Shadow
The white shadow was less than 30 meters away from Ressa, and even though Ressa was invisible in the invisibility cloak, he didn't feel the slightest sense of security.
Carefully crawling back behind the broken wall again, and after the white shadow left, Ressa picked up 3 slightly larger red crystalline fragments on the ground again.
According to the idea of keeping up with his heart, Ressa set up a miniature probe with his personal terminal in the grass not far away, and then quietly left the location of the broken wall, judging from the contact just now, as long as there is a buffer distance of 30 meters, the white shadow will not notice him, if he holds his breath, it should be no problem to get closer, but Resa doesn't want to experience the feeling of suffocation and death.
He wasn't sure if the white shadow would come back, he couldn't set up a miniature tracking robot like a mechanic would, so he had to wait for the rabbit in a stupid way, and considering his remaining supplies, Ressa decided that if he didn't see the white shadow again within an hour, he was going to bypass the area and explore the central area ahead.
The waiting time is especially slow!
Ressa didn't wait for the white shadow to arrive, which couldn't help but make him feel a little frustrated, he didn't see what the shadow was at a glance, and after waiting for another 20 minutes, Ressa recovered the miniature probe and began to move sideways, walking in the direction of the market area.
Compared with the scene of the collapse of the houses in the residential area, the market area is another scene, the shelves are not messy, it seems that there is not much impact here, but the shelves are basically empty, even if there are some scattered goods are under the wind erosion has become an empty shell that will be broken at the touch of the wind.
The market area is much smaller than the residential area, and Ressa's luck is quite good, he can carefully search every location without the harassment of beasts, and he really finds a special metal box the size of a cigar box in a hidden corner.
Wind erosion only darkened the color of the box, but did not form a substantial erosion, the box did not lock, only two safety buckles tightly fastened, open the safety buckle, one blue and one purple two reagents lying quietly in it, looking at the white mist on it, it seems that the box actually has the effect of refrigeration.
Ressa didn't find the ingredients of the reagents, and the box didn't have a lock, indicating that the two reagents weren't very rare, so Ressa carefully put the box away and walked through the market area, exploring the past towards the heart of the city.
At this time, on the other side of the city, bright gunfire continued to vent, shooting at the white shadow in the air, but these bullets did not seem to have any effect on the white shadow, and when the white shadow fluttered imminently, the two sentry machine guns were muted one after another.
Behind the sentry machine gun, a middle-aged man with a broken arm kept retreating, while retreating, the energy gun in his hand was still shooting out a white energy beam attacking the white shadow, but it was all a futile struggle.
"What the hell is this?" Looking at the white shadows that were getting closer and closer, the middle-aged man didn't care about the two sentry machine guns in front of him, and a silver coin appeared in his hand, but when he was about to crush the coin............
The white shadow suddenly turned into a white mist and enveloped the man, and with the man's heart-rending scream, the coin slipped from his hand.
The dense blood vessels were agitating on his forehead, and his body was drying up at a speed visible to the naked eye, as the blood vessels on his forehead continued to agitate, as if earthworms were swimming in his head, and as the blood vessels peristalsis became more and more violent, the man's eyes were completely bloodshot.
Blood lines continued to flow out from the man's eyes, ear holes, nostrils, and the corners of his mouth, and turned into a red mist to wrap the man's head, and the next moment, the man's head exploded, and the splattered flesh and blood quickly dried up, forming a red mist that converged into the blood mist in the air.
The white shadow appeared above the blood mist, fluttering, the blood mist continued to squeeze and deform, and finally turned into an egg-sized red crystal in the white shadow's hand, on one side, the shriveled corpse quickly decorated, and even the sentry machine gun on the side quickly formed rust marks.
Unbeknownst to Ressa, an explorer like him had already died on the other side of the city, because under the fierce gunfire, as long as it was far enough away to be blocked by the many wreckage, there would be no sound.
After passing through the market area, Ressa entered a small square overgrown with weeds, and some broken sculptures could be seen lying in the grass. In the center of the square, the fountain, which has long since dried up, is hidden by weeds, and looks more like a flower bed overgrown with weeds. Here, Ressa once again picked up a few fragments of red crystals.
The bloody aura of these crystals was obviously much richer than before, Resa put away the crystallized fragments, he didn't have much time left, and the unknown substance in the air was much thicker, making his invisibility cloak unable to maintain invisibility, which also made him more cautious.
Looking at the countdown displayed on the personal terminal on the wrist armor, Resa frowned, this time the exploration did not meet his expectations at all, and it took a lot of exploration value not to mention, after nearly a day, except for the strange white shadow, there was not even a single beast.
This made Resa lament bad luck and glad that she didn't encounter too difficult situations.
There are still 56 minutes left in the time displayed on the personal terminal, after which the reagent will lose its effect, and at that time, you can either return to the Twisting Fortress in order to be safe, or take the risk of believing that the tactical helmet can filter out the unknown substances in the air, and you can stay for a few more hours, and if you fail, you will risk being manipulated by illusions again.
There are still 7 energy bars in reserve, and even if a battle breaks out in the next 50 minutes or so, it will be enough. The anti-poison had not been used yet, and the only thing that had been harvested this time was the two unknown potions, and the fragments of red crystals that were close to 20 pieces.
I don't know if I can earn back the exploration value consumed this time. Ressa crossed the square, turned the corner, and immediately after, the scene in front of him made Ressa's hair stand on end.
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The frost fell on the fortress, and it was early in the morning, although the nodes were still scattering snowflakes, but it did not affect people's enthusiasm, even if the genius was bright, the market area was already overcrowded, but today's atmosphere was a little delicate, on the square at the end of the market, thousands of ragged people were bustling in a corner of the square.
They were all survivors who escaped from the Frostfall Node, and although the battle team of the Frostfall Node saved them, in such a strange environment, they had no home, no food, and even some people had no clothes, and they all huddled in the corners of the square, even if the square was large.
Thousands of people crowded into one corner were also crowded, and they did not dare to approach the center of the square, where a few men covered in blood and lying on the ground without knowing whether they were alive or dead.
Once they are close to the center of the square, if it is the guards, they will just signal them to leave the place, and if it is some family member with a background, they will drive their men to beat them severely.
In the last days, there is no shortage of wanderers who have nothing, and living is the greatest gift for them.
Not far away, in the middle of the square, several well-dressed young men had lewd expressions, and in the middle of them was a young woman in rags. The slightly thin body reveals the breath of youth.
Although she had multiple scars on her body, it did not affect the unique attraction that emanated from her body, and not far from these people, several young men who were also ragged were lying on the ground covered in blood, motionless.
"Garbage-like things dare to get in the way of Ben Shao's eyes." A disdainful voice sounded, and a young man with a slightly pointed chin and triangular eyes spat at several men lying in a pool of blood on the ground, and thousands of people not far away watched this scene numbly.
No one wanted to help the girl, and no one dared to help the girl, and the few young people who fell to the ground and did not know whether they were alive or dead were a lesson for them. And as the girl's pleading sounded, even the eyes of some of the thin men among these wanderers flashed with lustful light.
A few guards not far away couldn't stand it anymore, but after seeing the appearance of those young men, their eyes flashed with anger but helplessly dispelled the idea of wanting to go up to rescue the girl. Obviously, these young men were not something the guards could afford to offend.
"It's too much!!" The crisp female voice reached the ears of several people, and several young men looked back in surprise, they didn't believe that there would be anyone here who dared to meddle with their affairs.
As a result, it was a girl with cute cat ears, a pink chestnut ponytail hanging down to her waist, wheat-colored skin revealing a faint flush caused by anger, the girl's tall figure, dressed as a maid, made the flames in the hearts of several men burn more intensely.
"What about excesses? You bite me! The man with triangular eyes smiled evilly: "Don't think about meddlesomeness, if you don't leave, I'll catch you together."
The man's words caused several men behind him to laugh, making the girl's cheeks flush.
This girl is none other than Yan Xin, who went to buy vegetables and prepare breakfast.
With her first-order human-beast ability, it didn't take much effort to clean up these guys. It's just that the 3-meter-tall little giant behind these guys is estimated to be easier to clean up himself.
Looking at the girl's empty eyes, Xuan Xin understood the taste of despair, and her personal experience made her wake up from nightmares every time she thought about it.
She wanted to help the poor girl, but her strength didn't seem to be able to do it all. For a while, she could only glare at a few people.
"Heh~~~~~~ temper is quite stubborn, you guys, catch her for me!" The triangular eyes revealed a lewd light, and behind him, several agile figures flashed out from behind the giant man, fanning towards Yan Xin..................