"I ...... Where is it? ”

The skeletal face opened its eyes, looked around in confusion, reached out and stroked the crystals around it, and the cold touch flowed all over its body.

She rubbed her aching forehead and tried to remember what had happened before, but the memories of that time seemed to have been erased, leaving only some blurry images.

"What the hell is going on?"

Skeletal Face slowly stood up, looked around and stared at the nearby crystals, she was still a little dazed, but she came to her senses in an instant:

- This is the interior of the underworld?

The last time she came here to explore, she only lingered near the entrance for a while, and didn't choose to rush in and die. But this time the situation is different, and now I should be in the depths of the "underground world".

Moreover, the newcomer who brought him in was already missing at this time.

Skeletal Face didn't understand what was going on at all, and as soon as the crystallized face of "slippery skin" appeared in his mind, his heartbeat began to speed up inexplicably, and a strange heat flow seemed to surge in his body.

"I'm ...... What's going on? ”

She looked down at her hands in confusion, trying to figure out where this inexplicable throbbing came from, but saw a strange picture:

His hands, which were originally "slippery", were covered with a layer of transparent crystals, and the skeletal face immediately rolled up his sleeves, only to see that a layer of crystals also appeared on the skin of his arms.

- Is this the same "crystallization" as the newcomer?

Realizing that he had mutated, Skull Face subconsciously wanted to leave this place, and his right foot, which was supposed to take a step, stopped in place and did not move.

She immediately looked down at her feet, which she hadn't noticed, and then immediately realized that half of her feet were embedded in the dark blue "crystal floor", but she didn't feel any pain or anything else.

The dark blue crystals here seemed to be devouring her body, and the skeletal face pulled out her feet with force, and before she ran forward for less than two steps, there was an almost hypnotic thought, which kept flowing through her mind:

- Sleep, it's safe here.

- There's nothing to worry about, you can sleep peacefully.

- Don't waste your efforts......

A strong sense of sleepiness struck, causing Skull Face to stumble and almost fall. Despite the allure of those voices, Skull Face remembered where he was, and a strong danger signal surged through his consciousness.

Syllable!

She raised her right hand and slapped her cheek vigorously, and the whole person immediately became much more sober. But the abnormal touch on her face made her face even more solemn.

Skeletal Face touched his cheeks with both hands, and half of his face, which was originally only dry bones, felt like a cold crystal to the touch.

"I ...... Mutating? ”

The speed of the change in his body is much faster than he imagined. Skull Face tried to move his arms, feeling the power of the body.

The current self is much more powerful than before he came, and if it weren't for the nearby crystals trying to assimilate his body, Skull Face would probably continue to stay here, wantonly absorbing this powerful power.

In the underground cavern blasted by the hydrogen bomb, the radiation level is unbelievably high, and the skeleton's body is constantly evolving just by standing here.

- So, those explorers who have never returned, are all bewitched by this power and "absorbed" by the crystals in the hollow?

Thinking back to the condition of her feet, Skull Face immediately understood the reason for the disappearance of those poor people, but as a heroic NPC, she naturally would not be as weak as those waste wood.

Syllable!

Skull Face took a hard step forward, taking a determined step into the depths of the cavern.

Even if the newcomer was gone, she still chose to explore the underground cavern. After all, such an opportunity can be said to be rare for wasteland explorers.

Skull Face took out a miniature flashlight from his pocket, and the slender pillars of light that were cast reflected in the dark void nearby, and the crystals of different shapes refracted the light of the flashlight, as if it were a fine handicraft made by a master craftsman, and the appearance can be described as wonderful.

"This place, ...... the hell"

Skullface made a confused sound and continued to walk forward.

Then, a figure appeared in front of her.

……

"Welcome back, compatriot."

A cold voice sounded in the hollow in front of him, causing Lin Chi's pace to stop.

The voice sounded even more heartless than the early Frankenstein, as if it came from the cold depths, but it was very much in line with the style of the place.

Realizing that the other party's voice might have come from the crystal, Lin Chi, who stopped his steps, asked, "Are you a resident here?" ”

"We are immortal beings, not only me, but you too, my compatriots."

That "person" welcomed Lin Chi's arrival in a voice without any emotion. Lin Chi walked to the direction where the voice came from, and finally saw the guy who was talking to him.

Like himself, the other party is also a "humanoid creature" composed of crystals, but his body is white, and the other party is a dark dark blue.

Unlike humans, who are carbon-based, this inhabitant is thoroughly silicon-based. He stretched out his glass-like right hand to Lin Chi, and the angular crystal head flashed with a strange blue light:

"You are also one of us, join us, and you can gain immortality and eternity."

As he spoke, a line of text lit up next to the dark blue humanoid object:

Crystalloid people, heroic NPCs (boss level), cannot be recruited.

"I'm sorry, I can only stay for three more days." Lin Chi told the truth.

- As a player who stayed in the game for "five days" at most, the "immortality and eternity" in the crystal mouth was just a joke to Lin Chi.

Of course, he did think about "immortality" and the like, but not in such a ridiculous way.

"You have been gifted by the nuclear god to evolve so quickly and become one of us."

The dark blue crystal man stood in place and said to Lin Chi "Knowing it with affection and moving with reason", and continued to persuade: "You may still be bound by the lowly status of 'human', but you must know that we have already surpassed human beings now, and we are the strongest existence in the world, the master of the top of the biological chain!" ”

"Really?" Lin Chi laughed: "Then why are you hiding underground?" ”

"Because this is the best place for us to live, and such a powerful light shines on our bodies at all times. Compared to the poor radiators on the surface who robbed the source of radiation, we are the messengers who are truly blessed by the gods. The crystal man's voice was still cold, but inexplicably with a bit of pride.

"Oh, let me think about it......" Lin Chi lowered his head and pretended to be thinking.

He thought that in the cave he would trigger a boss fight, or something like a special quest. The way things turned out is indeed something that was not expected.

However, even if the other party's words sounded very reliable, Lin Chi, who noticed those bodies in the crystal, naturally would not easily believe the other party.

"It's okay for me to join you, but I want to know something first." Lin Chi said.

"Ask a question." The crystal man opened his arms and looked like he knew everything.

"I want to know, are you eating people here?" Lin Chi stretched out his hand and patted a crystal beside him, making a dull thumping sound: "What is hidden here, you should know better than me, right?" ”

In the face of Lin Chi's questioning, the crystal man's voice was still calm, and he answered Lin Chi's question lightly:

"Please don't care, they're just the weaklings who have been eliminated. The poor creature who is too intoxicated with power will only end up with this fate. ”

"What's going on?" Lin Chi's crystallized eyes lit up with a ray of white light.

"Stupid Radiant people, vainly trying to trespass on our territory, their poor bodies can't withstand the crystallization process at all, and can only be assimilated by nearby crystals and become a hollow part."

Speaking of this, the crystal man laughed mercilessly, and his extremely cold voice sounded as if it came from hell, sounding extremely terrifying: "The weak who cannot evolve can only end up like this, and only a very few of the strongest can survive the crystallization." ”

"Oh, forget it, I'll have to go back and have a look."

Hearing the words of the crystal man, Lin Chi turned around and left without saying a word, and with 190 points of strength and agility, the whole person turned into a white flash and disappeared in front of the crystal man.

According to the crystal people, what happened here is actually a terrifying mutation, and those who are sealed in the crystal are all dead who have failed to evolve.

I don't know exactly what the principle of this evolution is, but that's not the point now - if the crystal man didn't lie, the skeletal face still in the cave would undoubtedly be in danger!

On the one hand, there are boss-level followers who can't be recruited, and on the other hand, there are hero-level NPCs who have already done half of the recruitment task, and Lin Chi's choice is naturally the latter.

Moreover, the crystal man I met just now did not meet the characteristics of the recruits described in the contract. After all, silicon-based creatures probably won't like roast beef......

"You...... To betray us? ”

The crystal man's voice was close at hand, as if it came from a very close distance, Lin Chi, who was "flying close to the ground" at high speed, had no interest in continuing to chat with the other party at all, and said perfunctorily without looking back: "I'll be back......"

However, the other party does not seem to be willing to let him leave easily:

Rumble!

The crystalline earth under his feet began to fall apart, revealing unfathomable cracks, and Lin Chi raced through the shattered earth at a speed close to that of a sports car, but crystallized walls rose in front of him.

Bang Bang Bang!

Rushing to the twenty-meter-high deep blue crystal barrier, Lin Chi used both hands and feet to climb over the obstacle in two seconds. He crossed the back hurdles and ran forward like a hurdler.

- Now there is no time to continue talking nonsense about the crystal people, if it drags on any longer, the skeleton face will most likely be swallowed by the crystal assimilation, and at that time, he will undoubtedly lose a powerful leader...... No, it's a powerful subordinate.

Lin Chi, who was rushing forward, once again rose a huge wall of crystalline material around his body, this time the speed of terrain change was much faster than just now, and Lin Chi was soon sealed in a confined space of about two hundred square meters.

Looking at the dark blue "glass wall" around him, Lin Chi waved his arm violently and hit the wall in front of him with a heavy punch.

Boom!

A dull loud noise spread through the clearing, but aside from a few fine cracks, there was no trace left on the crystal barrier.

Seeing that the full force of 190 points of power was blowing, it had no effect on this wall. Lin Chi didn't intend to waste his efforts, he stood in the middle of the clearing and moved his muscles and bones, pressed his crystal knuckles, and didn't make any sound.

"Do you want to fight?" He said loudly.

"What humans call 'glass' is extremely fragile when it is only a thin layer, and even those pathetic carbon-based creatures can easily be shattered with a single punch."

The crystal man's faint voice continued to echo in the enclosed space, and he did not directly respond to Lin Chi's provocation, but instead read the lines seriously: "But even the most fragile inferior glass, as long as the volume and density are large enough, can be turned into the hardest substance in the world, and what you are facing is the strongest barrier in the world." ”

"What are you trying to express? I'm not glass. Lin Chi sneered.

Crystal people naturally don't know that "glass" has other meanings in modern human network language. He also ignored Lin Chi's ridicule at all, but issued an ultimatum to this "betrayer":

"I'm giving you one last chance, do you want to join us and be one of us?"

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested." Lin Chi said seriously.

"Then there is no way...... the crystal man's voice became even colder, and a strange green light flashed in the faint blue crystal barrier.

"If you refuse to join us, you will obediently melt here and become our nourishment......"

"Your body is a very important resource, and we will never let you escape!"

The crystal man's voice was like a soul seduce, lingering in Lin Chi's ears for a long time.

Realizing that these guys had finally revealed their true nature, Lin Chi clenched his translucent fists, and a familiar text prompt finally appeared in his sight:

The preconditions have been completed, and the boss battle "Crystal" has been triggered.

"It is a well-known fact that human beings who are exposed to nuclear radiation will mutate in their bodies. Most of these variants appear in the patient's body as cancer or deformity. ”

"People who are exposed to super strong nuclear radiation will not be able to regenerate their cells, and can only watch their bodies decay and become miserable living dead, and it is said that some people have even been melted directly."

"However, according to some bizarre legends, in extremely rare cases, excessive radiation can cause a change in the 'nature' of the irradiated organisms."

"Perhaps, you can go from a carbon-based creature to something else? It's a pity that no one knows if this kind of thing will really happen, and all the human beings who have been exposed to super radiation have died without exception. ”

When you reject the crystalloid proposal and try to leave the underworld, the boss fight will be triggered automatically.

Please note that once the boss is triggered, you will not be able to leave the arena until one of the players has been completely eliminated.