Chapter 645: Glowing Sea
The glowing sea, a new term that emerged only after the war, is not a sea in the true sense of the word, but refers to certain areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
In these areas, the surface of the ground is covered with specks of yellow-green fluorescence, and it has been so long since the nuclear explosion that these spots of light have barely dissipated, and the concentration of radiation in the soil is high enough to make the Geiger counter sound an ultra-high decibel alarm.
In addition, the sea of light is also shrouded in a perennial fog, and visibility is extremely low.
There are many causes of the Luminous Sea, but there are only two types of them that account for the largest proportion - one is the nuclear weapon base or warehouse that has been detonated, and the other is the area that has been repeatedly washed by a large number of nuclear bombs.
Victoria Harbour is the second case.
For the average player, the Glowing Sea is a place they absolutely don't want to approach, not only because of the radiation that the isolation suit and power armor can't completely block, but also because of the "natives" who live in the Glowing Sea.
Whether it's a B-level Alpha deathclaw or a Vampire Mosquito that doesn't even have an F-class, as long as you encounter these things in the Glowing Sea, players basically don't want to leave the Glowing Sea alive.
Qi Lin parked the speedboat at the edge of the Glowing Sea, and then swam to the shore with his weapon.
This place, known as the "New Territories" in old times, is next to the sunken Kowloon Peninsula, and across the bay is Hong Kong Island, shrouded in thick fog.
As soon as Qi Lin went deep into the Luminous Sea not far away, he found something lying in the open space hundreds of meters ahead, and when he got closer, he saw that it was the corpse of a death claw.
Deathclaw is a human-made biochemical monster based on a small lizard, which was genetically modified in the laboratory, and DNA fragments of various creatures were injected into the lizard's body, eventually creating a powerful monster like a combination of werewolf and lizardman.
In terms of blood relationship, the king blood dragon lizard and the deathclaw are actually close relatives, so there has also been a statement that the king blood dragon lizard is also a biochemical monster created by humans before the war, but it has not been confirmed.
The original intention of the human race was to use this biochemical monster as a substitute for ordinary soldiers, but before they could drop their deathclaws on the battlefield, the nuclear warhead had already fallen from the sky-
Many of the deathclaws that were kept in the experimental cages died, but those who survived were mutated again under the influence of radiation, becoming stronger and more ferocious.
The surviving deathclaws wandered into the wasteland, multiplied, and became one of the creatures at the top of the wasteland food chain.
There are many types of deathclaws, and their strength is obvious, but the weakest deathclaws are also at the level of E-class mutant creatures, while the strongest individuals are the legendary deathclaws that can reach the top of B-rank and the alpha deathclaws that are in the middle and upper reaches of B-class.
The Legendary Deathclaw, as its name suggests, is just a legend, and there have been no player sightings so far, but the Alpha Deathclaw is different, and since the launch of the Wasteland Survival Code, there have been a total of six public encounters, all of which are in the depths of the Glowing Sea.
The well-armed, all-evolved, power-armored expedition team had little to no resistance in the face of the Alpha Deathclaws, and this information was only recorded and circulated after the members of the expedition team were resurrected.
And this death claw in front of Qi Lin is just an ordinary death claw of E, it has turned into a dried corpse, and its body is full of holes, obviously, these are the masterpieces of bloodsucking mosquitoes.
Although this giant insect is only an elite-level mutant creature, it is very difficult to deal with, especially the neurotoxin hidden in their mouthparts, even if it is a death claw, when it is injected into the body by this toxin, it will appear paralyzed for a period of time.
And during this time, it was enough for the mosquitoes to absorb all the blood in the death claws.
"Was it killed by mosquitoes...... Hey? ”
Qi Lin walked around the corpse of the deathclaw, but was stunned to find that on the side of the corpse of the deathclaw, there was a hole with a burnt black edge, one end of which was located on the waist on the left side of the deathclaw, and the other end was the rib of the chest on the right, which happened to run through its heart.
The only thing that can inflict such a wound is an energy weapon such as a laser gun, which is rare in the wasteland.
Qi Lin couldn't tell how long this deathclaw had been dead, so he couldn't be sure if there were any other players in this glowing sea besides him now.
Being able to hold an energy weapon and kill a death claw shows that the other party is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Qi Lin couldn't help but raise his vigilance, while urging the concentrating vortex to frantically absorb the radiation energy in the environment, while holding a large-caliber assault rifle, silently advancing towards the depths of the luminous sea.
The Glowing Sea is a forbidden place for the player to symbolize death, but if two teams of strange players encounter each other in the Glowing Sea, they will never choose to join forces, on the contrary, these players will do everything they can to kill each other.
Players who enter the Glowing Sea with strong radiation are all witnesses looking for rare items left in the Glowing Sea, such as those destroyed nuclear weapon arsenals, if the explorer can find something still intact in them to take out, for these things left over from before the war, related to nuclear weapons, the purchase price given by the big consortium is very generous - if you are lucky enough to find a nuclear warhead in it that has not been detonated, it is almost equivalent to getting rich overnight.
And what if the other party has this kind of thing on them? Kill the other party, then this thing is not your own?
In the eyes of the player, fighting the same kind is far less dangerous than provoking high-level deathclaws roaming the depths of the Glowing Sea.
If Qi Lin had encountered not a corpse of a deathclaw at this moment, but a team of players, then a battle would probably have been inevitable.
"How could anyone come to this glowing sea...... This is not the site of a nuclear arsenal......" Qi Lin was a little puzzled, the real secret of activating the core, so far only he and Cooper knew, there was no possibility of leakage, so what was it in this sea of light that was attracting other players?
Indeed, Hong Kong was definitely one of the richest cities in the world in the old days, but money has long lost its meaning in the wasteland, and those who can afford to use energy weapons will not care about the luxuries of the old days. Just for a few precious metals and gemstones, you won't venture into the glowing sea.
Or was their purpose the Chinese fleet sunk in Victoria Harbour?