8. Sneak attack of the dead

Although the criminal soldiers are used to explore the way, there are still basic survival guarantees.

Among the combat equipment that Sergeant Mars brought to Leno was a breathing mask with a canister.

After putting this thing on the head, you can only observe the surrounding environment through two thick glass lenses, and you can also hear your own breathing, which is easy to make people nervous.

Li Nuo had only seen this thing in war-themed or zombie-themed works before, and now it's the first time I've worn it...

Truth be told, he was more curious about the undead than uneasy... At least for now.

This is a state of mind that belongs exclusively to the traverser.

- Because they have crossed over and have a systematic body, they take it for granted that they will survive and become legends.

Before they actually face the threat of death, they will approach their journey with an attitude of playing life.

Li Nuo thought that he was cautious enough, far more careful than ordinary traversers, but in fact, deep down in his heart, he knew very well that he would save the day.

Therefore, when he stepped into the stairwell leading to the first underground area, he had some slackness in his heart because of his curiosity about undead creatures.

Soon, because of a little accident, he put away the mentality he shouldn't have, got completely serious, and took his first hiring assignment seriously.

The accident came from a sinister undead creature.

It lurks on the walls of the stairwell.

It has the same appearance as a normal stone wall, and no matter how you look at it, it looks like an ordinary stone brick.

But when Li Nuo exuded the aura of biochemical bait and came to a distance of about 10 meters near this "stone brick", a black shadow flew out from the "stone brick".

At this moment, Li Nuo was completely powerless to resist.

With the help of the light of the coal lamp, he found this black shadow rushing to his face, but because he had not received military training, he could not control his body in time and made dodge movements.

Seeing it, but he couldn't avoid it, Li Nuo's eyebrows jumped violently, as if he foresaw the tragic situation of being pierced through his head by a black shadow.

Fortunately, Sergeant Mars kept his promise and quickly reacted to the dark shadow and saved the slow Lenovo.

A yellow bullet, shot from a short-barreled rifle equipped with a silencer, landed precisely on the "stone brick" that shot a black shadow, exploding a blood splash with purple-black sewage.

A large mass of black, filthy flesh fell from the wall, turning into a puddle of "mud" mixed with bone and fur.

At the same time, the black shadow that was about to fall on the door in front of Li Nuo completed the entire process from Giant Hard to Microsoft, and then from Microsoft to Panasonic in just half a second, and fell to the ground with a click.

Li Nuo slowly exhaled the air flow held in his chest, and subconsciously raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead. Only then did he realize that the breathing mask was blocking his palm, and he could only let the beads of sweat slide down his cheeks...

"Thank you.." Leno turned and nodded in thanks to Sergeant Mars, who had helped.

Sergeant Mars deliberately feigned coldness, responding with an almost invisible nod.

He stepped forward, crossed over to Li Nuo, picked up the black shadow on the ground with the tip of his gun, and put it to look at it in the light of the coal lamp.

The true face of the black shadow came into Lino's eyes with Sergeant Mars's movements.

It was a tentacle covered in tiny black hairs.

The tentacles are connected to the "mud" that has fallen to the ground, and the tip is a flower-like mouthpart with sharp teeth.

It is conceivable that if Sergeant Mars had fired a third of a second in the evening, the mouthparts of the black-haired tentacles would have been on Lenovo's face...

"What is this?" Li Nuo asked in a low voice.

Sergeant Mars shook his rifle and shook the black-haired tentacles to the ground, glanced at Li Nuo and said:

"Crypt Lurkers, a low-level Stitch of the Necromantic Sect, disguised as stone bricks, hide in walls, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack. It smells of biodecoys, so it will sneak up as soon as you step into its range. ”

Sergeant Mars returned to the queue and talked to the others, but did not hide from the sinner.

Li Nuo stood silently and listened, gradually realizing how rich the combat experience of the Imperial Army was.

They had only relied on the remains of an undead creature to deduce the general situation of the catacombs.

The corporal in the team said:

"The crypt lurker we encountered had a total length of about 3 meters, and the flagella on the tentacles were short and hard, about 6 millimeters long... I judged it to be a mature crypt lurker with the ability to spread vertically. ”

Another soldier pulled out a plan of the tomb and placed it in the light of a coal lamp.

Sergeant Mars made a few gestures on the map and uttered his speculation:

"Mature Crypt Lurkers move at a vertical speed of 10 meters per second, and they can swim quickly through solid stone bricks and walls.

"It usually takes two months for a corpse to summon a crypt lurker of this level on a large scale.

"We are located at a depth of two meters, about 100 meters vertically between us and the passage of the three basement floors of the tomb.

“... It is preliminarily estimated that there are a large number of mature undead creatures in the tombs on the second and third basement floors, and they have been existing for at least two months. ”

"It's not good news."

"Yes... To make matters worse, if you want to resurrect such a large-scale mature undead creature, you have to be at least a level 2 corpse. ”

Mars concluded:

"We need more intel to pinpoint the exact level of the Corpse. So move on, guys, and let's make the way for the Imperial Army... For the glory of the Empire! ”

A group of team members responded with a low roar:

"For the glory of the Empire."

The soldiers stopped communicating and turned their gaze to Li Nuo.

Li Nuo did not twist very knowingly, and honestly walked slowly down the stairs under his feet.

This time, he was much more serious, completely restrained his emotions that he shouldn't have, and devoted himself to observing his surroundings.

As he walked, he suddenly discovered a clever trick to use deconstruction.

When Deconstruction is activated, the system will give the target a name.

For example, the clouds in the sky at the junction of suffering.

Li Nuo thought it was an ordinary cloud, but the system directly gave it an "abnormal" name, reminding the host that there was an abnormality in the cloud.

Li Nuo can take advantage of this to discover the crypt lurkers disguised as stone bricks in advance.

He goes all the way, dropping deconstruction all the way, but he doesn't use any energy to deconstruct it, he just gets the name of the target object from the system.

This method is very useful.

Within five minutes of encountering the first Crypt Lurker, he found 6 sneaky Crypt Lurkers through this method.

Despite knowing the existence of the sneak attacker in advance, Li Nuo did not make any unusual moves.

He didn't want to expose his ability to spot crypt lurkers.

He didn't take evasive measures to avoid the crypt lurkers in advance, but crouched down with his head in an agile posture at the moment when the crypt lurkers launched a sneak attack, protecting his head and making room for the soldiers behind him to shoot.

Such a set of dodging moves like a coward looks a little embarrassing.

Li Nuo can't manage so much, his life is important, and his image or something is standing aside.

You can't expect Sergeant Mars to miss a shot every time. Right?

The soldiers didn't say much, and gradually got used to this criminal soldier who would squat down with his head in his hands whenever the wind and grass were blowing...

Sergeant Mars watched Lino's move, his eyes flickering faintly.

It is said that the scholars at City College are well-dressed and respectable, but they are all very timid, and when they encounter danger, they will be stunned and like fools.

Isn't Leno Jarvis doing well?

Well... Although the action of holding your head and squatting is also a bit silly, it is better than being in a daze.

Sergeant Mars nodded silently, relieved to see that Li Nuo was so adaptable. After all, the next investigation work will not be as simple as it is now.