Chapter 54: The Omen

"Wow, that's a lot!" It may be the first time I have seen such a scene in my life and exclaimed.

"Be quiet, don't get their attention." Spring Oriole hurriedly reminded.

Fu Bin asked softly, "Is this situation normal?" ”

Chunying shook her head and said, "It's not normal. In the past, there were not so many moving creatures at this time, and most of the people who were driven out were old, weak, sick and disabled. Now it seems that most of the creatures are going to abandon their nests, and if this happens, there will probably be a climatic or geological disaster, such as earthquakes, torrential rains, etc., so the scale of this animal tide may be very large. ”

"With so many creatures launching a beast tide to storm the base together, can we 2,000 people stop it?" Fu Bin was worried.

"Not really." Wind and Rain Life explained: "Most of the creatures here will still scatter, only a small number of creatures will run in the direction of the base, and those entropy energy creatures with small numbers and strong abilities have their own way of survival, and generally will not participate." Also, creatures with the ability to fly won't join in the fun. Therefore, the general beast tide is mainly small and medium-sized ordinary creatures, which is basically a feast for the immigrants in the base, and they can harvest a large amount of contribution points at the doorstep, in fact, everyone wishes that the beast tide was larger. ”

Fu Bin was a little relieved when he heard this, but after a rough calculation, there were only two or three thousand small and medium-sized biota attacking the base, and each person only needed to kill one or two on average. If it weren't for the rush here, it would be very easy and even too little.

Chunying said: "Anyway, we just need to report the situation we see here to the base, and how to deal with it is not a matter for the three of us." ”

The trio made a reconnaissance record and prepared to explore the Great Rift Valley for some distance, and then return to base along the other side of the route, thus completing the entire reconnaissance of the mission area. This time, Fu Bin wanted to go through the middle of his life, and he didn't object again.

The spring warbler took the lead again and ran to the farthest place, probably for fear of alarming the beasts, she did not call the drone to collect the two small beasts on the ground. Wind and rain life can't give up these dozen or so contribution points, think about it, put the two creatures on their backs, ready to take them back.

Fu Bin and Fengyusheng no longer need to reconnoiter along the rift, they directly plug in the route back obliquely, and then basically keep going hand in hand.

However, as soon as he entered the predetermined route, Fu Bin found that there seemed to be a situation on the side of Fengyu Life, and he encountered something difficult and was leaning towards Fu Bin. The reason why the two went hand in hand was that they meant to help each other, and when Fu Bin saw this, he changed direction and ran towards him.

The distance of more than 1,000 meters, under the rapid sprint of the two, is only a matter of more than a minute. However, Fu Bin has never found out what trouble he has encountered in his life, but the two little beasts on his back have been thrown away, and they must be more urgent.

It wasn't until the two of them were only thirty or forty meters away that Feng Feng Sheng shouted: "Go back!" ”

Fu Bin stopped and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

Fengyuren ran over panting, grabbed Fu Bin and ran back, and said, "There is poisonous gas over there!" ”

"Gas? Where did it come from?" Fu Bin asked as he ran, no wonder Fengyusheng was panting, thinking that he was running with his breath closed just now.

"There was a deep hole in the ground all of a sudden, and poisonous gas came out of it."

"Just collapsed?"

Fengyu Life gasped and said: "Yes, even when I passed by, I almost fell down." And there was a large group of creatures in the cave, and they also seemed to be in a panic, jumping around, so they didn't chase me. ”

"What creatures, aren't they afraid of poison gas?"

"Those poisonous gases are made by them, this is a kind of social creature called poisonous ant crabs, in fact, it has nothing to do with ants, it is a reptile creature with a crustace, the size of a mouse, generally lives underground, feeds on various microorganisms, and then creates a nerve gas in their own burrows to prevent intruders, their individuals are not difficult to deal with, but a large group, very difficult."

"So what do we do now?"

"It's okay, I'm running here to prevent you from passing, at this distance, it shouldn't be affected by the poisonous gas, I'll make a record first, and then let's go around."

The two were about to return to Fu Bin's route, when suddenly they were unsteady on their feet, and they almost fell, and then a rumbling sound sounded everywhere.

"Earthquake?"

"Earthquake!" The two spoke in unison, but the wind and rain man used an affirmative tone: "No wonder it suddenly collapsed into a hole in the ground." ”

The rumbling sound continued, and the ground of the Gobi could be seen to rise and fall, and the farther away it was, the more obvious it was, and a few cracks could be seen forming up closely, but they were almost filled in by the collapsed rocks. The earthquake was short-lived, subsiding in less than a minute.

Fu Bin asked worriedly, "How big is this earthquake?" The base will not be affected. ”

"Probably level 7. The site is designed to be seismic resistant, and earthquakes below magnitude 9 are not a big problem, but the dome nodes may be affected and need to be maintained. "It's not a big problem, the most worrying thing is the creatures in the wintering rift, this earthquake is likely to make the beast tide come earlier, and it will increase in scale, no wonder there are so many moving creatures." ”

"Why is this happening?" Fu Bin wondered.

"That's for sure!" Fengyu Life said with a serious face: "In addition to the polar night, earthquakes are also easy to cause animal tides, originally it was just the polar night, and the most people who hit the base were those miscellaneous and carnivorous creatures, but if an earthquake occurs, then any creature may run around." And these two factors are superimposed, the beast tide is almost inevitable, the hungry beast herd will lead other beast herds to the base, and the larger the scope of the earthquake, the more creatures will come, so this time it is likely to be a big beast tide far more than before, and it is difficult to say that the feast will become a disaster. ”

Fu Bin exclaimed: "Then aren't we in danger now?" ”

"Yes, I'm afraid we can't continue our mission, hurry back." Wind and rain life cautiously.

"Okay!" Fu Bin stopped and asked unwillingly, "What will be the consequences if the mandatory mission fails?" ”

"It's not a big problem!" Wind and Rain Life explained: "Mandatory tasks are all completed, and as long as they are more than half completed, there will be no punishment. We're definitely halfway through the completion now, and there will be rewards. Moreover, I also gained a little bit on the road just now, so this trip is not a loss. ”

Fu Bin was relieved when he heard this, and asked again: "What about the spring warbler?" Will she be back now? ”

Fengyu Life thought for a while and said, "It's a little hard to say. Why don't we go find her first and then go back together? ”

"Good!"

The two of them bypassed the ant-beast's nest and ran diagonally towards the route of the spring warbler. After running about three or four kilometers, they had reached her route, but they found no trace of her, so the two of them searched in the direction of the rift. There were two small aftershocks on the road, and I also saw some scattered creatures scurrying around, and there was already a faint tendency to impact the base.

After the earthquake, the weather became gloomy and uncomfortable, as if there was a danger hanging over the head, and the cold wind was much stronger, which was able to affect the speed of running.

It wasn't until they approached the Great Rift Valley that they finally saw the Spring Oriole, but she was a little troubled at this point, with four spider-like creatures the size of wolfdogs harassing her incessantly. This creature called ghost spider is a very difficult thing, in addition to having deadly fangs, they also have the characteristics of being flexible and fast, have a strong jumping ability, can suddenly launch a dragon attack from seven or eight meters away, and know how to work as a team. At the same time, they are timid and cautious, and like to attack lone prey, but do not attack directly, but cooperate with several to harass until the prey makes a mistake or loses the ability to resist, and then goes up to attack and kill.

Chunying doesn't know what to think, in this case, another earthquake occurs, and the best thing to do is to run directly to the base. In this way, it will be difficult for these ghost spiders to surround her, and they can also use long-range combat skills to fight back, and maybe kill one or two. No matter how bad it is, if you can meet Fu Bin and the others, then you won't be afraid of these ghost spiders.

But this woman seems to want to continue to investigate, and can only hold on to the four ghost spiders. Seeing Fu Bin and the two coming, Chunying first asked, "Why did you run over?" ”

Fengyu said: "Sister Ying, don't you know what the earthquake represents?" ”

Chunying said unhurriedly: "There is going to be a beast tide." ”

Knowing that you were still running around, Fu Bin scolded and said hurriedly: "Senior Chunying, the mission is terminated, let's go back first, otherwise it will be too dangerous." ”

Chunying stubbornly said: "There should be a while for the beast tide, the task is almost over, we only need to go one or two kilometers further to complete it successfully, I originally wanted to give up, since you are here, these ghost spiders have nothing to be afraid of." ”

How can a woman be so desperate, Fu Bin said helplessly: "No matter what, let's deal with these spiders first." ”

Seeing Fu Bin and the two coming, the four ghost spiders retreated slightly, but they still lingered more than twenty meters away, it seemed that they were also hungry and didn't want to give up the prey in front of them. Fu Bin casually sent an arrow of order at a ghost spider, but it was lightly flashed, but it was also frightened to take a few steps back. Now Fu Bin's move is no longer the same as when he duel with Scarface, the blade of the sword did not dissipate until thirty meters away, and the eyes of Chunying and Fengyusheng both saw the range of the arrow of order, and their eyes lit up at the same time.

This perfect form of the arrow of order is actually very small, less than 10 mm in diameter, and it may not be seen if you are not careful, which is also one of the advantages of this combat skill, but this spider reacted at the same time as Fu Bin issued the skill, which shows that the perception is very sensitive.

"It's useless." Chun Ying shook her head and said, "Ordinary long-range attacks are of little use to them, unless they have the speed of a firearm, I sent no less than ten flicks just now, and none of them could touch them." ”

Fu Bin nodded, but closed his eyes, and sensed it with Mingyi Tianxin, the method of dealing with man-eating fungi cannot be used for ghost spiders, because the mucus of man-eating fungi is flammable and can be ignited with instantaneous sparks, but there is no such substance on the ghost spider, and there is no static electricity to use. But immediately, Fu Bin found other potential energy that could be used, which was an external potential well, but this pit was a bit big, and it had to be filled with a lot of entropy energy to trigger it.

Fengyu Life and Chunying saw Fu Bin suddenly close his eyes in meditation, not knowing what he was going to do, so he could only hold his weapon and continue to confront the four ghost spiders.