The reconnaissance team, led by Lias, was the first to arrive in the upper world.

There is not much information about this level from the Lord of the "Golden" City, except that it is full of rocks and occasionally finds some mineral deposits.

After arriving at this level, Lias saw the true face of Lushan here.

This layer looks like a naturally formed cave, the diameter of this cave in front of it is hundreds of meters, and there is no lighting in the cave, only some shiny fungi grow on the walls of the cave, so that the world is not completely plunged into darkness.

"Everyone's on alert!" After suffering a loss in the city of "Gold", Lias did not dare to relax any longer, and he ordered: "Everyone is not allowed to take off their protective masks, and they are ready to fight at any time!" ”

The five convoys were still arranged in accordance with the previous exercise, scattered around the core hub, monitoring the surroundings for any suspicious situations.

After Freya's "Iron Bull" rose up on the blue platform, she asked the question that everyone had been worried about: "Can the cavern on this level go straight to the next core hub?" Will the Iron Bull and the Giant Rhino be able to pass through these caverns? ”

Lias couldn't give a definite answer: "We know too little about this level, and when everyone comes up, you stay here, and I'll take the reconnaissance team in to collect information." ”

Soon the Giant Rhino and its follow-up team also arrived on this level, and two huge mobile barriers and dozens of mechanical chariots almost filled the open space outside the core hub.

"Everyone is on the defensive," Susie said, pulling the big screen in front of her, "The surrounding environment is normal, the air temperature and harmful substances are within the acceptable range, everyone can take off the protective mask." ”

After the team arrived, the next step was a reconnaissance operation against the cave.

The three chariots of the reconnaissance team disappeared into the faint fluorescence of the cave, and Lias and they had only driven four or five hundred meters away when they saw the entrances of two black holes in front of them.

A bad thought suddenly popped into his mind, this level couldn't be a huge labyrinth made up of countless cave forks, right?

……

While Lias was scouting the route in the cave, Tang Hao was directing the tea powder to extract the active ingredient to make a fortifier from the man-made creek.

In order to plant these artificial plants, the interior of the "Giant Rhino", which was already a little crowded, was specially set aside for it.

There are drip irrigation devices, artificial sunlight, and the environment can be said to be very luxurious.

A cylindrical fruit has been mashed and placed in a centrifuge after a period of separation, resulting in a lilac liquid.

Tang Hao highlighted it, and the item's attributes were quickly displayed:

"Carbon-based Enhancement Solution" strengthens carbon-based creatures to gain (Strength +15, Agility +15).

The item's details contain a strict formula for calculating the dosage of the drug, which can be administered intramuscularly or intravenously.

The duration of the medication is twenty-four hours, although there is a period of up to a week of weakness after that.

Continuous dosing can prolong the duration, and the period of weakness can also be cumulative, up to three consecutive injections, exceeding the dose can lead to irreversible damage to the individual, or even outright death.

Tang Hao was surprised by the terrifying effect of the potion: "A shot of booster is actually equivalent to the enhancement effect provided by the fifth-level 'template', this is too perverted, right?" ”

The base intelligence lieutenant explained: "This booster can only improve the basic ability of the individual, unlike the 'Psychic Warrior' module, which has special skill improvements. ”

"And the booster also has its side effects, it can only be used before the battle, and there is also a period of weakness, which is a very fatal weakness on the battlefield."

Tang Hao shook his head: "These weaknesses are nothing at all in front of its strengthening effect. ”

"This booster is capable of turning an ordinary soldier into a superman, and to be honest, I can't think of any reason not to promote it on the battlefield."

The adjutant replied, "It is true that the booster has been used on the battlefield, but most of the marines only have room to play in landing battles and broadside battles, and they are not otherwise required to participate in the battle. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Hao remembered that in the era when the enhancer was born, it was the era of the Star Sea War, and the war of that era, such a basic attribute was not enough to see at all, it was just a small fight.

"But," Tang Hao thought of another question: "Since the intensity of war in that era has little to do with the strength of individual soldiers, why are there still research projects like 'Space Marine' and 'Soul Warriors' that pursue individual combat effectiveness?" ”

The adjutant replied: "The specific reasons for the federal government and the military to initiate these two studies are top secret and cannot be known locally for the time being. ”

"However, inferring from the available information, it is more likely that the strength of the individual fighters will affect the direction of the war."

"There is also a more realistic reason, and that is the cost performance problem, although the resources required to create a 'Space Marine' are hundreds or thousands of times higher than that of ordinary soldiers, but a 'Space Marine' squad can complete a decapitation operation that a war group cannot do."

"As for the 'Psi Warrior' project, Your Excellency Commander, this machine believes that the core of this project is you, the high-level neural network."

"When you link each Dominator through a high-level neural network to obtain the 'bond' effect, it is very likely that even the 'Space Marine' will not be the opponent of your 'Capable One'."

……

Lias had been leading the team to run in the cave for more than an hour, and he was a little helpless to find that his previous hunch was actually right.

The cave in front of him had once again split into two branches, and this was the forty-fifth time he had encountered it.

"Stop, let's rest for a while!" Lias said on the team channel.

The three vehicles form a triangle back to back, and the crew members remain vigilant during breaks.

Ena reports the situation of the reconnaissance team to the "Giant Rhino" through a neural network, and she is also responsible for recording the map.

"Lias, we're almost forty kilometers away from the core hub, do we want to continue in one direction?" Ena asked.

Lias was also a little undecided now: "Ena, we have come all the way, and we haven't seen anything else except the fork in the road, this world is a little too strange, right?" ”

Eena replied, "If it's a huge labyrinth, maybe we shouldn't be so aggressive, but use some stupid way to map the whole labyrinth." ”