Chapter 22: Exploration Mission (1)

"Exploration mission, search for abandoned residential buildings with coordinates (793, 2912)." Dora's voice reached everyone's ears, and the goal of the mission was displayed in words on the mask.

"Is it only 20 kilometers?" The coordinates are in units of one kilometer, and Ethan mentally converted it to come to this conclusion.

"And we can't stay in the wilderness for too long." Said a member of the group.

The system fighters are not afraid of the radiation particles floating in the wilderness, and can open their masks at any time to breathe. However, their combat members are only ordinary people, and they are not immune to the effects of radiation. It's still early in the morning and the temperature isn't too high, but by midday the temperature rises dramatically, often reaching high temperatures in the 40s during the warm season. On the premise of not turning on the armor cooling function, people will be dizzy after three or five minutes of stuffiness inside, and they will pass out from heat stroke after a long time.

Spending the night in the wilderness is a very taboo thing, the night vision is small, and many powerful mutant creatures will come out to hunt at this time, and firing at night will attract more monsters, which is very dangerous.

Ethan nodded in understanding. Although he knew the distance, he had never actually experienced what it was like to walk 20 kilometers in the desert.

Once she had chosen her direction, Ashera trotted forward to complete her mission and return to the shelter before dark.

At 10 o'clock, it was only an hour before the team set off, and everyone in the fifth group, except for the captain Ethan, was already complaining and saying that they couldn't run.

At this point, there are still 13 kilometers to go to the destination.

Because Christina and the others were newcomers who were on an exploration mission for the first time, seeing that the other seniors were silent, they couldn't complain about being tired. It's just that he is wearing 20 kilograms of armor, and then counting supplies, firearms, ammunition, etc., the total weight of the whole body is 30 kilograms, and he runs for nearly an hour with a weight, and his body is stuffy and hot, as if he is soaked in water.

Athera looked back at the members of the Fifth Group and said, "Don't stop, get to the exploration site before noon." ”

Looking up at the scorching sun gradually rising overhead, the temperature displayed on the mask also increased from 27 degrees Celsius to 35 degrees Celsius at the time of departure, and by the hottest noon, the temperature would climb to 40-45 degrees Celsius, and the wild environment would become a scorching purgatory on earth.

But the members of the fifth group were already close to their physical strength, and Athera saw it.

"Walk for 30 minutes, and after 30 minutes, keep running and moving forward." Hearing this, several people in the fifth group breathed a sigh of relief.

"Directly ahead, 220 meters ahead, the life detector detected four lifeforms, looking at the image, it should be several canine mutant beasts, not large in size, small in threat." Jeff said.

Ethan stared at the mask in front of him, and several small red dots appeared around the map.

Everyone looked in that direction, but their view was obscured by a small hill.

"Let's go and see." Kill monsters along the way to earn coins and various equipment and resources, which is also one of the main purposes of exploration missions.

Over the mountains, three sloppy and viscous pus wild dogs were besieging a gray-haired, big-tailed wolf with erect ears.

The size of these three wild dogs was smaller than that of the majestic gray wolf, but due to the advantage of numbers, the three wild dogs had the upper hand with their rogue play, and at this moment they were about to decide the winner.

Athera and Ethan hurried towards the four monsters, and the crowd standing on the hillside was too conspicuous, and they were spotted by several monsters at once.

The larger of the three wild dogs turned around and bared his teeth and barked.

"Ethan, I'll leave it to you to practice." Athera runs to the side of the monster to prevent it from escaping.

The level of these monsters is not high, so there is no need to worry that Ethan will not be able to deal with it.

[Small Wild Dog] Lv.4 [Small Wild Dog] Lv.5 [Small Wild Wolf] Lv.7

In front of him, both the wild dog and the wild wolf were much lower in level than her, and she couldn't learn their skills through their characteristics, and Ethan felt a little regretful.

"After the war, many canines inhabited the cities of the past and survived with tenacious vitality. After generations of genetic adaptation, wild dogs living in the wild have now regained their wildness, and have a certain degree of radiation immunity and cold tolerance. Jeff explained.

"It's incredible......" channel, some people sighed.

After the nuclear war, the cold winter lasted for so many years, and countless species were wiped out during that time. The domestic dog, which once existed as a human pet, not only survived tenaciously after being abandoned by its owner, but also became a hunter roaming the wilderness.

The wolf seemed to be wounded, and when he saw the wild dogs turn their attention to Ethan, he immediately spread his legs and ran backwards.

"It seems to be a she-wolf." Jeff stared at the screen and observed.

"Jeff, not everything has to be reported." In the combat command center, Dora, as the boss, reminded.

Jeff let out an "um" and scratched his head in embarrassment.

Ethan now has a whopping 7 agility and 5 strength attributes, and his speed in running in a straight line is far beyond the average human. It only took 5 or 6 seconds for Ethan to be more than 100 meters away, and he rushed up murderously.

I saw a humanoid creature covered in pitch black and without emitting a trace of smell rushing towards it at a rapid speed. No matter how crazy they were, the wild dogs knew they weren't Ethan's match and scattered.

"Swift spreads its wings!" "Backattack!" "Silver Raid!" Ethan wielded a cold light, harvesting the life in front of him at an extremely fast speed.

Perhaps by nature as a system warrior, taking a life is not so difficult to accept in Ethan's eyes. Or that it didn't cause a trace of turmoil in his heart, just like opening and closing the door normally, but he did an insignificant thing.

In an instant, it took away three lives that were still alive just now, blood dripping from the long sword in his hand, and the touch of cutting the neck of the wild dog seemed to remain on his fingertips.

"Kill [Small Wild Dog] Lv.4 and gain 8 XP."

"Kill [Small Wild Dog] Lv.4......"

“…… Gain 12 XP. ”

Next to the three corpses on the ground, there was something that shimmered.

Ethan took a closer look, and it was a gold coin and two pieces of dog skin plaster, the paper-like dog skin plaster floating in a pool of blood, but miraculously not soaked.

"Hey, Ethan, that one over there is going to escape." Athera reminded.

Fortunately, the wolf was injured in the leg, limped and was very slow.