Updated: 2012-07-07

Ten days passed, and the Z7 base was unscathed.

After Zero brought the information back at first, it really attracted the attention of Old Jack. To this end, Old Jack ordered that no one should enter or leave the base, and suspended mining operations to prevent the sound of mining from attracting the attention of the tyrannical creatures. At the same time, Old Jack asked Zuo Ge to lead the team and stand guard 24 hours a day to strengthen the surveillance and martial law at the entrance and exit of the base.

However, ten days later, nothing happened, and nothing unusual was found around the base, so Old Jack lifted martial law.

Although Zero was still a little uneasy, the direction of the creature's movement was so obvious that it was almost pointing directly at the base, but how could it disappear out of thin air. But he knows better that it is impossible for Old Jack to stop the operation of the base for a long time, and ten days is already the limit of the Z7 base. Therefore, martial law was lifted, and Zero did not prevent it.

Regarding the reconnaissance of the area around the base, he personally participated in the operation and also confirmed that there were no traces of the approach of suspicious creatures. That being the case, the lifting of martial law is a matter of course.

The Z7 base is back to its original operation.

It's just that the original hunting mission has been canceled, and with the migration of the largest wolf pack near the base, there will be no new wolf pack to threaten the safety of the base in the near future. Zero is back to his usual days of three o'clock and one line, cycling between acting as Leah's guard, the driving range, and sleeping. He has been at the base for two years and is basically familiar with life in the new era.

According to Zero's own wishes, he would have to leave the base as soon as the first-order Liliang and defensive enhancement abilities appeared. After completing the mission in Silvertree City with an excellent finish, Zero's ability was affirmed by Old Jack. The hibernation chamber that was hidden by Old Jack as a collector's item, and Old Jack had generously asked Zero to carefully inspect the hibernation chamber. It's a pity that not much of value was found in this appliance that Zero woke up.

The only clue is a set of English engraved on the back of the hibernation chamber.

Halson!

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a human name. However, Zero queried through the base's computer, and there were hundreds of people named Halson. This clue is no different from having no clue for zero.

If Zero wants to find his past, he has to try his luck elsewhere.

In the aftermath of the cataclysm, the world's land plates have changed. What was once the five Oceanic states is now left with only one highly polluted sea known as the Nu Sea, and only three of the six major plates have been moved, connected and collapsed.

New plates were naturally renamed, such as the continent where Zero is now located, known as Middle-earth.

The Middle-earth plate was formed by the collision of the original Eurasian plate and the American plate, and is the largest plate known as Shijie. Of course, the state system, which was located in the two major sections of the old era, is gone. The continent is now ruled by big corporations and chaebols like Parkland.

The Z7 base is located on the edge of the Middle-earth plate, and it can provide very little information to zero. Zero had to go deep into the center of the continent to get more information from other companies or chaebols.

But he didn't leave.

It's all for Leah.

This girl, who is very similar to the shadow in the dream, makes Zero reluctant to stay away. It seems that by staying by Leah's side, he can occasionally live in a dream, thus forgetting the cruel Shijie outside.

On this day, Zero and usual came to Leah's lab, and Old Jack was there. The grandfather and grandson were engrossed in observing a potion, and even Zero's arrival did not attract their attention. Zero leaned against the door, knowing that Leah was working on an antivenom serum that could ease the damage and invasion of a tertiary virus. If the research is successful, the Z7 base will not only have the ability to initially treat the tertiary virus, but also obtain other economic resources through the sale of drugs.

But with a soft thud in the test tube, choking smoke rose. Even Zero, a layman, knew that Shiyan had failed.

Old Jack patted Leah on the shoulder, who was crying and mourning. After comforting his granddaughter for a while, Old Jack's eyes fell on Zero: "You go to the study with me, I have a task for you today." ”

Zero nodded, and left the lab after Old Jack.

Half an hour later, he appeared in front of the gate of the work area.

The gate is opening, and when there is a crack in the door for only one person to pass through, Zero burrows into the dark mines.

He was given a reconnaissance mission.

Recently, miners have discovered traces of gold-swallowing insects in the depths of the work area.

The gold-swallowing insect is shaped like a maggot, and its body length is about 20 meters. Due to the lack of an element in the body of this bug, they like to swallow metal minerals, and then use their strong stomach acid to disappear, and finally extract the required elements to provide to the body.

However, because of their special penchant, they are the enemy of any mining area. Gold Swallowing Worms will occupy the mining area as a nest, they are vegetatively reproduced, often a gold swallowing worm can give birth to a nest of worms in the following year, which will make an area's mineral deposits nothing.

The gold-swallowing shili has degenerated, but its underground habitat and metal devouring make the skin on the surface of the insect's body comparable to that of strong lipid armor, which is good for impact resistance and blasting, making it difficult to kill. Therefore, all kinds of mining bases have a deep hatred for this kind of bug, and they have a big headache.

Zero's mission is to scout the bottom of the mining area, and once the existence of the gold-swallowing bug is discovered, what Zero needs to do is to collect various information such as the number of bugs, paths, etc. So that old Jack could decide whether he should ask for support from HQ or abandon the mine.

The danger of a reconnaissance mission is relatively low, and the less you are paid for it. After completing this mission, Zero only got 20 yuan in compensation. But Zero didn't refuse, and if he didn't get a task, Zero's monthly salary would be so much.

Riding Old Jack's minecart to the bottom of the work area, Zero is led by a miner named Nick to a mine. The walls of the cave also reveal patches of natural copper ore, but a circular passage appears on the other side of the wall. There was something like bodily fluids left in the tunnels, and the grayish-white liquid was left behind by the gold-swallowing insects, which acted as a lubricant, allowing the gold-swallowing corpses to quickly move underground.

Naturally, this passage was drilled out by the gold-swallowing worm, whose mouthparts were covered with sharp inverted teeth. In addition to easily biting through metal, it is also capable of digging through large quantities of mud and stone. However, the substance needed by the gold swallowing worm will quickly melt into a mud stream and expel from its anus, without taking up the capacity of the stomach pouch.

Zero wiped his hands on the clean wall, and he told Nick to go back to work, but he crawled into the passage where the Gold Eater had infested.

He had to find out where the bug had gone, whether it was passing through the mines, or was it going to make a home?

[Thank you for your support in making this book the fourth place on the new book list of the classified channel.] I will continue to work hard to write a more haode plot to be worthy of everyone's support!!]