A few hours later, the four people sitting in a circle completed the exchange of information.

"In other words, this illusion actually has no direct lethality, and even if you die in it, it's just a change of scene?"

Qiu Xiang touched his nose and made the final confirmation.

White had a blue nose and swollen face, and he couldn't bear to look at it a few more times, but he nodded, as if he was very proud of the important information he had provided:

"Yes, but it feels real to die, of course I haven't really died, but the pleasant pain, ah!"

Hua Ye's sandbag-sized fist came down again, interrupting White's speech, and he spat out a puff of smoke rings, expressing his dissatisfaction with the fact that his team members were not ashamed but proud.

"It's been reported to the command center, and it says there is no information about this thing, but what we're looking for should be on the second basement floor."

After a short break, according to the grouping on the first layer, Qiu Xiang and Zhou Qi, White and Hua Ye each explored in different directions.

"By the way, what did you see in the illusion?" Qiu Xiang's mood seemed to be very good, and Zhou Qi's originally suppressed mood became a lot happier under her infection.

"I saw Midtown, where I live, and it was pretty much the same, but a little bit less like." Zhou Qi remained vigilant, and by the way, he was just talking trash in his head.

Qiu Xiang pouted, as if he was not satisfied with his perfunctory answer, "Ah, let me tell you, I was startled when I saw the beast tide coming again." ”

Zhou Qi stopped, and he suddenly became a little interested in Qiu Xiang's illusion, "Is it the beast tide like five years ago?" ”

Qiu Xiang nodded, there was silence on the second floor of the basement, and the metal box in the center didn't know how long ago a gap had opened, and it seemed that there were not many mutant beasts left in the long-standing illusion, because the two of them were not in a hurry.

"Five years ago, I was young, and I was actually just outside the city when the beast tide broke out, and it took a lot of effort to return to the city." Qiu Xiang's expression darkened a little, as if he thought of some bad memories.

Suddenly, she seemed to think of something, looked up at Zhou Qi and asked, "By the way, are you very familiar with Mr. Old Cat, I remember that he brought you back last time." ”

Zhou Qi touched his nose and replied, "Old cat, he can be regarded as my master, I learned all these survival skills in the wilderness from him." ”

"Oh, that's great, no wonder Zhou Qi is so skillful, speaking of which, Mr. Old Cat saved my life back then." Qiu Xiang's eyes shone with pure light, and he seemed to be very grateful to the old cat.

"Back then? Are you talking about the beast tide at that time? ”

"That's right, we were chased all the way by the A-class mutant beast, I was scared and cried, but Mr. Old Cat's 'whoosh' dart directly killed the mutant beast, super handsome."

Zhou Qi was stunned, for so many years, he heard the old cat boast about how powerful he was back then, he thought it was stronger than himself and Xu Yao, but he didn't expect the old cat to have this strength, one dart to kill one A, this is not much better than Qingxiaozi. The next time we meet, be sure to ask the old guy how he did it.

The feeling of being targeted by a poisonous snake suddenly surfaced again, and Zhou Qi took out his long knife and looked around cautiously. Damn, isn't the illusion over, how do you feel like a new shadow is approaching? Zhou Qi secretly had a headache, but when he turned around, he found that Qiu Xiang was looking at him strangely.

"Why did you pull out your knife all of a sudden, there's nothing nearby." Qiu Xiang pointed to the infrared detection equipment in his hand, this thing Zhou Qi had seen before, and he had tested the mutant beast accurately.

Zhou Qi frowned, and was just about to say something, but the next moment, under the spiritual warning, he swung his knife and slashed at the blind corner of the field of vision on the right side.

"Ahh Qiu Xiang exclaimed, a huge skull suddenly rushed towards her, fortunately, Zhou Qi's knife was decisive and accurate enough, and the skull flew out, Rao was so, and Qiu Xiang was still startled.

"Haven't you seen anything like this in the Illusion?" Zhou Qi was still staring at the skull, which was as hard as iron, floating in the air, and a dark shadow gathered directly below it, rippling like a wave of water.

Qiu Xiang recalled it seriously, then shook his head and replied:

"No, at least the mutant beasts I saw at the time were very normal, and there were no such strange things."

"It doesn't necessarily look the same, it's mainly that there's a flowing shadow directly underneath." Zhou Qi flew and stepped on the skull directly under his feet, this thing was really better than the one he had seen before, he pointed to the black shadow under the skull's feet and popularized science to Qiuxiang.

Qiu Xiang looked at the shadow carefully, recalled his memory more seriously, and shook his head.

"I haven't seen it, well, maybe there is, but I haven't."

Zhou Qi raised the long knife and stabbed it hard at the shadow, as if it was a short delay through the water curtain, the shadow dissipated, Zhou Qi only felt as if something was coming along the long knife, and his body was faintly improved.

"Oh, this thing looks quite special, I haven't seen it before, is it a new mutant beast?" Qiu Xiang's eyes widened as he stared at the fragile skull that had lost its luster and landed on the ground.

Zhou Qi shook his head and said his conjecture:

"It doesn't feel like a mutant beast, this shadow doesn't look like it's alive, it just has some instincts."

Qiu Xiang nodded, the wilderness is vast, and there are countless strange things, and this shadow is probably a product of the old era or a deformed derivative of the mutant beast's ability.

Without resting any longer, the two of them continued to search for the target item, and the command center gave them enough detailed information, a silver-white metal suitcase, and a certain number of mechanical guards around it in a secret laboratory or secret door on the second floor. It even separately pointed out what to do with the leakage in the box if it was damaged, but it didn't say anything about what was in the box at all.

This is not an easy task, although after an unknown number of years of erosion, the overall structure of the second layer has been severely damaged, and the mutant beasts have been completely absent from the operation of the illusion. But it is still a little difficult to find secret doors in the can-like rooms, so he can only rely on the equipment in Qiu Xiang's hand to poke through the walls to see if there are any holes behind the walls.

Anyway, the two of them were lucky, and found a metal suitcase hiding in a room that looked like a toilet. The mechanical guards of the old era were dutiful and still maintained all-round vigilance, but unfortunately this place has been abandoned for too long, even if the power supply equipment that does not know the principle does not stop working, it is somewhat lost to its former glory.

Easily disposing of the mechanical guards who are not enough power, Qiu Xiang and Zhou Qi looked at the silver-white metal suitcase curiously, in fact, both of them were very curious about what was inside, but Zhou Qi had enough professionalism, and Qiu Xiang strictly followed the work rules, so the two of them only guessed a little, and did not really open it.

"Ha, the captain said let's gather at the second level of the hub, you don't have to study it."

Qiu Xiang hung up the walkie-talkie and urged Zhou Qi to gather.

Zhou Qi picked up the suitcase, always feeling a little awkward in his heart, although the strange illusion and unknown shadows disrupted their exploration progress in the eyes at first, but the road was still too safe and smooth. Ever since he came into contact with the green gem, his already sharp instincts have become more and more accurate, and there is always an inexplicable heart spasm at this time.

The way back was smoother than the way they came, and they didn't need to explore the rooms on the road, just need to be wary of possible shadow monsters, and the two quickly returned to the hub. Surprisingly, White and Hua Ye actually came back earlier.

"Well done, two, I thought we were going to spend the night here, but now it's okay, we can go home directly."

White seemed to be very satisfied with the easy task, and of course, it was possible that he was even more satisfied with Zhou Qi.

Hua Ye still maintained the vigilance and sharpness that belonged to the captain, he spit out a smoke ring and flicked the ignited cigarette ash:

"How's it going, are there any dangers along the way?"

Zhou Qi threw the suitcase to the ground, deliberately stayed away from the metal box for a distance, looked at Qiu Xiang, and did not speak.

Qiu Xiang talked in detail about the experiences of the two of them along the way, especially the strange shadow monster and the secret door that actually opened in the toilet.

Hua Ye seemed to be very interested in shadow monsters, he had never seen such a thing in the illusion world, out of professional instinct, he felt that this kind of monster should not be simple.

"The shadow monster you're talking about, isn't it just a strange look, with a big black shadow like liquid underneath?" White popped up suddenly, he seemed to have seen such a monster.

Zhou Qi nodded and asked uncertainly:

"You've seen this monster in the Illusion?"

White pondered for a moment and replied, "After dying in the illusion once, all the monsters that appear again are like this, all over the mountains, and they are all hard, just like ......."

He suddenly lost his voice, and Qiu Xiang asked curiously:

"Like, isn't it scary? Your face is scared and innocent. ”

Zhou Qi suddenly picked her up, and pointed to the outside of the hub with a solemn expression:

"It's not like anything, it's that there are really shadow monsters all over the mountains outside."

On the other side, Hua Ye also picked up White, and the two didn't communicate much, but they made the same action almost at the same time.

Qiu Xiang turned her head to look, startling her, under the dim light, the red and yellow light reflected the layers of skeletons, some were complete, some only had heads, and some were still with rotting flesh and blood, and there was no edge in sight.

Zhou Qi frowned, he didn't know when he was surrounded, but this was not the time to reflect, he looked at Hua Ye, and the two reached a tacit understanding and agreement in their eyes, breaking through!

Activating the Blood Flower in an instant, Zhou Qi rushed out with Qiu Xiang in his arms, and the silver-white suitcase and metal box hung behind him.

In the layers of shadow monsters, the cannon roared, and there was no other sound