Chapter 8: The Crisis of the Expedition
Summer mornings always come a little faster.
When Zhang Xiaoman stepped out of the original space, the sky outside was already bright.
Looking at the surroundings, this place is still the same as before, except that the ground inside the stone henge seems to be a little smoother and a little lower.
"Huh? What about people? Zhang Xiaoman looked around, but did not find Yang Yangyang and others.
After looking around the stone henge again, he still didn't see any trace of a few people, and Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help but hesitate.
"These guys, can't they be gone? Could it be that I spent a night inside, and it's been a long time outside? ”
He felt that what he was seeing now might be a few days, or even months, in the morning.
"Forget it, if they're gone, then I'll just rub the hearthstone back. Anyway, I was going to do this, but if I was asked to be a boat at sea for another ten days, I really couldn't stand it......"
Zhang Xiaoman muttered to himself, but under his feet he walked towards the ruins on the periphery of the stone formation, and he was going to take a turn around here first to familiarize himself with the environment. After all, according to his previous plan, this island wants to be used as his base for good development, so he naturally needs to understand it.
After walking for a short distance in the direction of the girl-shaped peak, until he came out of the clearing near the stone henge, Zhang Xiaoman came to a stop by a broken wall.
When I came to this site before, it was still at night. At that time, it was only illuminated by flashlights, and it was not very clear to see many places. Now that he is free, Zhang Xiaoman naturally wants to observe the situation here.
Looking at the seven-pointed star pattern carved on the wall, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"I can't imagine that all these things I said casually before have become reality in the end...... There are even a lot of details, and the system has perfected it for me by itself. It's like these relics, I don't know if they were generated by the system, or if they were originally there, but they were just used by the system? ”
Zhang Xiaoman shook his head, feeling that he couldn't reach any conclusion about these causal issues.
He looked around, and a dark green thing suddenly came into view.
"This is, tent?"
Zhang Xiaoman walked over in a few steps, looked at the broken tent on the ground, and was puzzled.
"Isn't this tent the one we used when we camped before? How did it break like this? ”
He crouched down and flipped the fabric from the tent a few times, narrowing his eyes at the sight of a large scratch.
"It's a claw mark!"
Zhang Xiaoman stretched the fabric open, revealing in front of him a huge claw mark, which looked at least 15 centimeters wide, which was terrifying.
"Yang Yangyang, what danger have they encountered? No, this island is logically free of beasts...... Could it be...... Monster!? ”
Thinking of this, he was suddenly shocked.
At the same time, a scream was heard not far away.
"Help!!"
Zhang Xiaoman immediately turned his head and looked into the depths of the ruins, it was Yang Yangyang's voice.
He got up and ran in the direction from which the voice came without hesitation.
Unleash the Star Guard!
During the run, Zhang Xiaoman used this skill that had been magically modified by the system again.
I saw that beside him, a burst of black light suddenly appeared, and then condensed and formed in the air, and in just the blink of an eye, two tall figures appeared in place.
These two people are the Star Guards, that is, the Yellow Sand soldiers before Zhang Xiaoman.
The color of their equipment has changed from yellow to blue-purple. The cloak on the back has also changed from the original pattern of Shurima to the current seven-pointed star, which represents the symbol of the Star Alliance. They were sturdy, nearly two meters tall, their faces completely obscured by their helmets, revealing only a pair of eyes that danced with purple light.
As soon as the two Star Guards appeared, they understood the meaning of their masters, and ran with Zhang Xiaoman's side one left and one right, and the target was the place where Yang Yangyang screamed before.
Zhang Xiaoman glanced at the two guys with new skins, and then looked ahead again, he was busy saving people now, but he didn't have time to admire their new looks.
"Accelerate!"
Zhang Xiaoman gave an order in his heart, and the two guards sped up and rushed to the front.
"Brother Man, help!!"
Yang Yangyang's scream came again, Zhang Xiaoman heard the voice, and saw that not far in front of him, on top of a high erected stone pillar, a figure was holding the pillar deadly, and below him, it seemed that something was jumping hard, trying to catch the people above.
Zhang Xiaoman ran forward for a short distance, and immediately saw the appearance of the monster below.
It was a humanoid monster covered in black hair, at least 50 centimeters taller than the Star Guard, and looked like a werewolf from a horror story. It's just that unlike a werewolf, its head is smaller, its mouth is much shorter, its tail is more slender like a tiger's tail, and its whole body shape is a little more like a beast than a human.
The monster that looked like a werewolf jumped several times, and when he saw that he had never been able to catch Yang Yangyang, he also reacted at this time, buried his head, and hit the stone pillar fiercely, and almost broke the broken pillar in just one stroke.
"Ahhhh!!!h
Yang Yangyang suddenly let out a series of screams, his eyes were closed, and he didn't dare to look at the situation below.
When Zhang Xiaoman saw this scene, he knew that time was pressing, so he ordered his two guards to rush forward and attempt to launch a surprise attack on this monster.
The monster's reaction was also very sensitive, and when the star guard approached to sneak attack, it suddenly noticed, suddenly turned around to look behind it, and jumped away with a turn.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help frowning, this monster seemed to be very difficult to deal with.
The starguards' surprise attack was fruitless, and then they launched a pursuit. In this kind of real battle, they didn't actually use Zhang Xiaoman to command in detail. Because they themselves have a strong sense of fighting, if Zhang Xiaoman forcibly commands, it will only backfire.
Soon, the battle between the star guard and the monster entered a white-hot stage, and both sides were fighting to the death, and they went all out as soon as they shot.
"Whew!!"
The monster let out a scream, and it was stabbed in the stomach with a shot from one of the guards, and the head of the spear was half at the end, and its eyes turned red with pain.
"Bang dang!"
The monster slapped the star guard who attacked him with a backhand, only to see the star guard fly out several meters in an instant, and on the armor on his chest, a terrifying wound was clearly visible.
This kind of wound, if it were an ordinary person, would definitely not be able to stand up at the moment, and I am afraid that it would not be long before he died in pain.
However, it was the star guard summoned by Zhang Xiaoman who was hit by the monster, strictly speaking, it was just a humanoid energy body composed of dark energy, and now after being hit by this blow, it immediately climbed up like a nobody.
Zhang Xiaoman watched this scene from a distance, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, although it was a very serious battle scene now, he somehow suddenly had a feeling of "werewolves vs. zombies".
The physical fitness of this monster is obviously stronger than that of the Star Guard, but while it is inferior to the other party in terms of quantity, it is suppressed by the thick-skinned and durable attribute of the Star Guard, and after a few rounds, it soon begins to lose its physical strength.
"Roar!!"
The monster roared angrily, its body was covered in crimson blood, and its body was a little shaky.
It waved away the two star guards, and suddenly looked at Zhang Xiaoman, who was standing in the distance watching the battle, and confirmed his eyes, this is the weakest person.
At that moment, the monster howled frantically, and before the two star guards could re-surround it, its two front paws pushed to the ground and ran straight towards Zhang Xiaoman.