Chapter 23: Refusal
The surroundings become clear.
Wu Xiaode found himself in an abandoned underground passage.
The passage was littered with rubble, and there were some corpses, with little room to put your feet.
Darkness and dead silence reigned over the place.
Since there is no light, you can't see the direction and you can't tell where the end of the passage is.
Wu Xiaode stood in the center of the underground passage.
The exhaustion on Xia Huilan's face was put away, and she took out a small and delicate pistol from her pocket, checked the magazine, and loaded it again.
Xia Salamander stood to her right with a shallow smile on her face.
"Please enter the duration of the battle so that I can allocate my tactics reasonably." Xia Salamander said.
Xia Huilan looked at Wu Xiaode and said, "How much soul power do you have?" β
"Five o'clock - it seems that I have to kill five monsters before I can take you back." Wu Xiaode said.
"Understood." After Xia Salamander finished speaking, he didn't move.
Xia Huilan showed a look of satisfaction, patted Wu Xiaode's shoulder and said, "You just awakened and have five points of soul power?" That's pretty good. β
After making the decision to stay and help Wu Xiaode, Xia Huilan seemed to let go of the knot in her heart, and exuded an enterprising momentum.
- She's an expert in mechanical technology!
"I'm completely dark about this place, and I don't know what to face." Wu Xiaode said solemnly.
"Teleportation is random, so everyone's situation is different." Xia Hui Landau.
"Is the world big?"
"After research, it can be determined that this is a very large alien world, and no one has been able to explore its boundaries for half a year."
"Sister, you seem to be a little desperate about this world?"
"Yes, judging by the data, it's terrifying - let me see - the underground abandoned passageway, this is not a known teleportation location, but it is well connected, and monsters will find it soon."
"Because I'm new?"
"Yes, the fluctuations in the newcomers will attract them."
As soon as the words fell.
In the void in front of Wu Xiaode, a miserable green ghost fire suddenly appeared.
The three of them immediately assumed a posture of vigilance.
However, nothing appeared around, only those ghost fires fluttering in the air, slowly condensing into lines of small words:
"Welcome, friend."
"This is the leader of the Ghost Fire team."
"Come on, we have enough reliable companions, food, weapons, intelligence."
"βIf you're willing to join us and help each other, put your hand on the fire and say, 'I do.'"
Wu Xiaode quickly finished reading it and said, "Uh...... So what do I have to give? β
Those ghost fires gradually formed a new line of small words:
"You don't need to pay anything extra, just come, it's not easy for us humans to survive in this world, one more person, more strength!"
Wu Xiaode shook his head again and again and said, "Forget it, there's no need." β
Once again, the ghost fire constitutes a new small print:
"The survival rate of the Awakened has become even lower in recent days, do you really think you can survive on your own?"
Wu Xiaode smiled: "That's right, I'm so cool." β
The ghost fire froze and slowly dissipated.
A line of small ice crystal letters quickly appeared on the Book of the Dead:
"This ultra-long-distance communication has ended."
Wu Xiaode breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as he turned around, he met Xia Huilan and Xia Salamander's inquiring eyes.
"According to past statistics, group formation can improve the survival rate." Xia Salamander smiled.
"Why refuse?" Xia Huilan asked curiously.
Wu Xiaode said seriously: "Sister, just now I asked him what the price he needs to pay, but he said that he didn't have to pay anything, but there is no such reason in this world." β
His gaze became cold, and he continued: "Don't say it's a team, even in society, if a person doesn't have to pay anything, then what kind of treatment will there be, you say yes." β
"You think it's a trap?" Xia Hui Landau.
"I don't know, anyway, I don't trust this inexplicable benefit." Wu Xiaode said.
Xia Huilan pondered: "Yes, this is an extremely dangerous world......
"That's right," Wu Xiaode shrugged, "I'm just a newcomer, so it's best not to be seen through by those old birds." β
"Don't you trust me either?" Xia Huilan raised her eyebrows and said softly.
"Sister Lan is the best, I trust Sister Lan the most." Wu Xiaode hurriedly went to shake Xia Huilan's hand.
Her hands were slender, soft, with a hint of coolness.
"Stinky boy, come less!"
Xia Huilan glanced at Xia Salamander and shook off Wu Xiaode's hand.
Wu Xiaode took a step forward with a smile, his eyes looked around, but his hand reached over again and grabbed Xia Huilan's hand.
Xia Huilan didn't move.
There was a rustling sound from the depths of the dark passage.
"Something's coming." Wu Xiaode.
"Summer salamander ready." Xia Huilan.
"It's about to go into combat mode." The soft voice of the summer salamander sounded.
The summer salamander walked towards the darkness step by step, emitting a soft light all over its body, making everything in the passage unobtrusive.
The sound of Suoso was closer.
Xia Salamander raised his handββ
A dazzling light emanated from her hand, illuminating the nearly 100-meter range of the passage.
By some point, the walls of the passage were crawling with colorful scorpions, each the size of a desk.
Wu Xiaode stepped forward, stood side by side with Xia Salamander, and opened a boxing fight.
To be honest, the number of scorpions is a bit too much.
Beware of them swarming.
I don't know if these scorpions from another world have any other abilities.
Wu Xiaode was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard a female voice in his ear:
"I'll do it."
Xia Salamander grabbed a streamlined gun from the void, aimed at the center of the tunnel, and gently pulled the trigger.
An invisible concussion burst out from the head of the gun.
Buzz β
The entire channel suddenly emitted an ultra-low-frequency vibration sound from near and far.
Wherever the vibration passed, the scorpions hissed one after another.
Their brains burst open, and their brains splattered all over the ground.
The only fish that slipped through the net was about to pounce, but was pointed at by Xia Huilan's pistol and hit a whole extended magazine.
The scorpion was covered in bullet holes, blue blood gushed out, and lay on the ground without moving.
"It's been a long time since I've used a gun." Xia Huilan rubbed her wrist.
Just one breath.
All the scorpions are dead.
The dark, abandoned passage fell silent again.
Wu Xiaode stiffened his fists, looked at the corpses of monsters on the ground, and muttered in a low voice: "...... I'm ...... Didn't make a ...... shot."
"What?" Xia Huilan didn't hear clearly.
"It's okay, I just think the rice is so soft and fragrant." Wu Xiaode said.
Xia Huilan glanced at him and said, "The night is still long, you have to save your physical strength." β
"What do you mean? We'll be able to go back if I've killed five, sister. Wu Xiaode asked ignorantly.
"That's not the case, you're going to kill that kind of monster with soul power, and this kind of ordinary monster doesn't count." Xia Huilan explained while changing the magazine.
Wu Xiaode suddenly realized.
Fortunately, Xia Huilan followed, otherwise she really didn't know these common senses.
Xia Salamander suddenly spoke:
"There was an anomalous vibration ahead, and after spectral analysis, it can be determined to be a prominent fluctuation of soul power based on its characteristics."
"What do you mean?" Wu Xiaode asked.
"The big guy is coming." Xia Huilan said with a serious expression.
The three of them found a corner, dragged some obstacles to form a temporary position, and quickly prepared for the battle.
Soon.
A huge silhouette appeared in the depths of the passage.
The salamander took out a soft-shelled bulb and threw it far away.
The light suddenly illuminated the passage.
A monster about the size of a truck is constantly swimming towards it.
If you only look at the body, it is a monstrous python, covered in damp and dark scales, dragging long sticky marks on the white bones piled up on the ground.
But it had a large human head, staring at a pair of eyes full of murderous intent, looking down on the three tiny humans in front of it.
"Hiss-hiss-"
It let out a murderous sound and lunged towards the three of them
"The identity comparison failed, the database did not have monsters of that category, and tentative attacks began."
Xia Salamander said softly, reaching out and grabbing it in the voidβ
A minigun was grabbed by her, held in one hand, and pointed at the monster.
The corners of Wu Xiaode's eyes jumped.
Xia Huilan noticed that he was a little concerned, and explained softly: "I loaded it with a small space storage warehouse to use as an arsenal. β
"What kind of technology is this...... I've never heard of it......" Wu Xiaode muttered.
The minigun was already making a buzzing sound.
Da Da
Full fire!
Bullets cut through the long passage like a pouring streamer, and crashed into the monster like a shower.
The human-headed monster snake seemed to be taken aback, and quickly hid its head in the long snake's body.
"Bullet Attack Effect: Low."
"Weakness is suspected of being the head."
"Change weapons."
Xia Salamander still said in a gentle tone of "welcome home", put away the minigun, and grabbed it again in the void with both hands at the same time.
A huge cannon appeared in her hand, and she held it on her shoulder.
"The electromagnetic cannon is ready."
"The current environmental suitability is rated as A+."
Almost completely unclear -
The human-headed monster snake erupted into a miserable cry, and was knocked out by some force like a garbage sweeper.
The salamander stood in place, but its feet were deep in the ground, and only above the knees remained on the ground.
The recoil is too strong!
Only a killing machine like her can be fearless of the recoil of the electromagnetic cannon!