Chapter 4: Steam Trolls
"You really didn't buy even a little bit of information from the intelligence merchant and just came in?"
"Hmm."
"Hehe, no wonder you dare to stay in room 2012."
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"This [407 Anomalous Biological Containment Facility] has been proven to have four floors, with a hundred rooms on each floor. Some of the rooms had monsters, some were empty. The twelve hours the iron door is closed is night, and the monsters will riot, roaming the bunker corridors, and anyone who leaves the room will be killed, and occasionally break into the room to kill people. Now that the iron door is open for twelve hours is daylight, monsters will be trapped in the room, which is also the best time to explore this extradimensional space. However, it's not completely safe, and if you want to kill monsters and get out of the material, you have to explore the room. And when you open the door, you will face an unknown monster... This is also the reason why the mortality rate is so high. β
"How powerful is the B-class calamity?"
"It is known that there is a B-class catastrophic in rooms 1099, 2012, 3045, and 4011. Except for 1099's [Corrupt Giant] who was killed. The other three B-class calamities have not been killed so far, but at least a few hundred people have died. After all, this space limits the rank of entrants, and B-level calamity is difficult for large teams to kill. β
"And you're still...?"
"[Fallen Witch] is very special, and she is spiritual, she has her own weaknesses. I have some special methods to restrain it, and it will be much less difficult. I'll go into more detail about some of these details later. β
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Although this mechanical arm girl speaks with instinctive indifference and wariness to strangers, she doesn't hide what she should say.
The character is not nonsense and straightforward.
Ji Xun also felt that it was quite an appetite.
He tried to ask as many ambiguous questions as he could, hiding his ignorance, and gradually learned some useful information.
This mysterious magical world has gradually lifted a veil in the dialogue.
It seems to be a world where both humans and monsters have supernatural powers, as well as magical items such as steam machines and magical cards.
......
Open the door, be on guard, search.
The mechanical arm girl can do it alone.
Ji Xun doesn't have to do anything, just be a drag oil bottle behind him with peace of mind.
Along the way, more than a dozen rooms were empty.
Ji Xun walked very leisurely.
I didn't feel the danger of a 70% mortality rate.
However, as he walked, he seemed to have discovered something abnormal, and suddenly looked stunned, and pondered silently in his heart: "The door is twenty steps apart... Is there really something wrong with the layout of room 2012? β
He didn't know what his little discovery meant, so he didn't say anything, and continued to follow.
The gaslight in the hallway was unstable, and the dim light dragged the figure for a long time.
The two of them were talking, and at this time, they walked to the door of room 2049.
Like before, the mechanical arm girl plans to go in and have a look.
But as soon as he pushed open the iron door, a sudden change occurred.
The movement of opening the door alarmed the monster inside, and with a "clang", even the heavy iron door was bounced open by the strong wind, and slammed into the wall.
A foul smell of rotting flesh mixed with a fishy wind came to my face.
Seeing this, Ji Xun's pupils shrank suddenly.
With so many rooms open, this is the first time I've encountered a monster.
Before he could react, a two-headed hound that looked like it had been skinned rushed out.
It's obviously a deformed dog, but it has the size of a male lion, and the sense of oppression like seeing a demon.
He also saw the hint on the monster's head in an instant.
γBath Double-Headed Houndγ
Explanation: A first-order D-class catastrophic body, a hellish aberrant canine form creature that specializes in mental shock, with amazing burst speed and biting ability.
"Spiritual shock? The monsters in this world are not normal..."
Ji Xun immediately understood what the pressure was like a substance, and the hand on the revolver on his waist also instantly exerted his strength as a self-defense.
But apparently, the mechanical arm girl was faster.
She didn't seem to be surprised that a monster would emerge from the room, and she lifted the steam spray gun on her right arm like lightning and calmly pulled the trigger.
The high-pressure spray gun deflated violently, and her body shook with it.
"Bang!"
A deafening explosion of air exploded in the cloister in an instant.
The monster had already pounced less than a foot in front of the girl's eyes, but the moment the steamy white mist erupted from the cannon, the lion-like body stopped in the air. Then after a moment of stalemate, the muscles were torn apart by high pressure, and they were crumbled into a cloud of blood mist on the spot.
"Drain~"
The sky burst open in a scarlet spray.
The steam disappeared in an instant, and the vision became clear.
The entire room was filled with radial flesh and blood, and the smell was so disgusting that the gas mask was so disgusting.
"What an exaggerated power."
Ji Xun looked at this steam black technology, and suddenly felt that it was a wise choice not to have a conflict before.
In this kind of narrow bunker, this is much better than bullets, and the range of the ultra-high pressure gun is simply invincible.
Presumably, this is also a warning in this way: Don't be careful in front of me.
The corners of Ji Xun's eyebrows raised slightly, and he said in his heart: This thought is straightforward.
He glanced at the emptied barometer on the mechanical arm, and silently estimated the energy storage time in his heart, which should be more than thirty seconds, which is also a shortcoming.
If this temporary teammate has any crooked thoughts, this can also be used.
The mechanical arm girl dropped the monster in seconds, and glanced back at Ji Xun, "You..."
I wanted to say something and swallowed it in my mouth again.
This cannon does have the meaning of showing strength.
But she was surprised that this guy was not shocked by the calamity?
"Is there a talent in mental strengthening..."
She said a word, without further ado, and walked into the room.
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Of the hundred rooms on the second floor, they explored about forty of them, but only encountered 2049, one of which was a monster.
The rooms that were not opened were marked by the Intelligence Merchant as "Unknown Risk Rooms".
The goal of the mechanical arm girl is very clear, which is the [Fallen Witch], so she has no interest in the monsters in other rooms.
She also had no intention of taking the elevator to other floors.
However, to Ji Xun's surprise, apart from the two of them, there was no one else on the second floor, and more than a dozen human broken corpses were seen.
Ji Xun wanted to get more information, so he asked, "Is there no one else on this floor?" β
The oil bottle didn't cause any trouble all the way, and the tone of the mechanical arm girl was obviously much better, explaining: "Most of the aberrants on the second floor are spiritual. These monsters usually have some weird attacks that can be tricky to deal with. The monsters that are easy to kill,It's almost cleaned up yesterday.,The rest are some troublesome special monsters that need some means to solve.γ Therefore, even if the average hunter goes to the third floor, where the mortality rate is higher, he will not look for bad luck on the second floor. This is a team space of 100 people, and there should be dozens of still alive upstairs and downstairs, but if you can't touch it, it's best not to touch it. β
As she spoke, she added: "Don't touch the door if it's not open, no one knows what's inside." Once you encounter a calamity of grade C or above, you may be wiped out. β
"Hmm."
Ji Xun didn't say much.
That's the benefit of buying intelligence.
You won't bump into some monsters that you can't solve.
Mechanical Arm Girl: "Let's go, let's go to the next room." β
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Just as Ji Xun and the others were searching for empty rooms one by one on the second floor, outside room 1099 on the first floor, more than two dozen well-equipped guys were cleaning up the corpses of the B-class calamity [Corrupt Giant].
This group of people is not ordinary treasure hunters, they are the vanguard elite of the Blackwater Mercenary Regiment.
Informal professionals want to hunt down B-class calamities, and only an elite team like them can do so.
Even so, there were many casualties.
But looking at the harvest, the mercenaries smiled again.
"Hahaha... Unexpectedly, there was a finished contract card of Yaoyin quality, which is still a rare [Plum Blossom 4-Mystery] sequence. This time you're going to make a fortune! β
"yes. If this thing were to be sold at an auction house, it would definitely be a hot item. This time out, dividends will definitely be indispensable. β
"Eh, did you find any? Even if it was out of the silver card, the 'boss' was not interested. What the hell did he come in looking for? β
"You know what. Didn't you hear the captain say that this 'boss' is a real big man from the city? We think that the silver talent card that is already hard to come by is not necessarily a big deal in the eyes of those big people. The one clearly wanted rarer material. And the development progress of this alien space is less than 50%, and there are obviously many hidden plots that have not been developed. Maybe there's even a legendary gold card..."
"Oh, that's right."
"So what? Kill this [Corrupt Giant] Our mercenary group, both elite groups, have suffered a lot of losses. Who can kill those B-class calamities on the second, third, and fourth floors? β
"yes. This space also restricts entry to the ranks, and the monster strength is ridiculously high. Lao Tzu has explored dozens of extradimensional spaces, and I have never encountered such an evil sect..."
"Whatever. The boss went to the fourth floor in person, let's take the money and do things, just wait here. β
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