NOVEL NEXT Chapter 28: 028 Skeletonization
When he jumped in the air and fell down, An Yizhen smelled a pungent smell. There seemed to be a big lump of rotten things in the hole below, emitting a stench, filling the bottom of the hole. She could smell it even though she was wearing a protective suit, and it was obvious that the smell was strong.
After waiting for the “ground”, she looked at the khaki-yellow soft lump around her. What kind of trampoline is this? Did Zhuang Zimo misunderstand the word trampoline? She has completely fallen into a pile of flying now… Alas, if she hadn’t hid unprotected in the pile of rotting corpses, she must have vomited in the hazmat suit now.
Zhuang Zimo was secretly relieved when he saw that An Yizhen had no adverse reaction to being transferred to the “dung heap”. His tone was full of apologetics: “Sorry, you are moving too fast, I haven’t finished my words yet. There should be a huge corrosive flora below this. It is estimated that too many corpses were left behind to grow this big. It’s a little irritating, but we have protective clothing, so it’s not very harmful.”
“Where is that tentacle monster? I think the legend written in Garland’s diary looks like an alien spaceship falling.”
“According to Garland’s diary, John and she also believed that the ‘god’ a hundred years ago was some kind of extraterrestrial creature. The life-saving capsule he/she was riding in fell to the earth, and it was estimated that he/she was seriously injured. More effective communication, unable to contact companions, unable to return to space again. Any sacrifice to virgins is a superstitious practice of the local people. It is nothing more than using enough flesh and blood to turn on some kind of biological treatment device. When the treatment is in place, the tentacle monster will wake up, Laying an egg. That kind of egg isn’t necessarily a good thing.”
An Yizhen turned on the light on the protective suit and looked at the cliff at the top. The area without moss was very smooth. The abyss really seemed to have been smashed out by something, so he asked, “I can’t see the bottom of the pit. Will it be under the colony when we go to the spacecraft or the rescue capsule?”
“I checked just now, and there are no other holes under the colony. The so-called rescue capsule may have burned out when it passed through the atmosphere, or it may have been discovered by the gold owner behind John and taken to other places for research. In reality The United Nations of World Beauty and Benefit has a special base to study these cosmic UFOs, and many of their black technologies come from this.
Let’s not talk about that, look over there, there is a cave, there is a tentacle monster pattern at the entrance, which is the same as the drawing on the door of the small warehouse on the third floor in the underground test area. Let’s go over there. ”
An Yizhen followed Zhuang Zimo to step on the soft and collapsed fungus, and went to the entrance of the cave with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Sure enough, I saw that the iron gate that was supposed to seal the place was already crooked, as if it had been smashed by this giant fungus that smelled of rancidity.
“Look, there’s a pile of bones over there!” Zhuang Zimo, with a bright flashlight in his hand, swayed into the cave and found a pile of bones.
An Yi was heartbroken. With so many bones, he could at least make up a small 100. Which bone is John’s?
“We still have 4 hours to be fully immune to the virus. Let’s examine half of these bones one by one, and we will soon be able to tell if they are quest items. There should be a prompt when approaching or touching the quest items.” Zhuang Zimo said calmly.
An Yizhen nodded and said nothing. She has done a lot in the apocalypse to turn over the rotten corpses for edible and usable materials, and those who couldn’t do this would have starved to death long ago. Although there were many bones in the cave, there was no rotten flesh. Looking clean, she immediately went to work without any obstacle.
If she is agile, she will do more work, and try to close the work as soon as possible. The smell around is so unpleasant.
An hour later, the two of them had already touched all the bones. If they were ordinary people, they might not be able to finish it in four or five hours. Too bad they didn’t have what they were looking for.
The bacterial colony outside did not know what was stimulated, it was much larger than when they first came in, and it had completely blocked the hole they entered and exited. With no fresh air coming into the cave, their protective suits activated their own oxygen system.
The system maintains an oxygen supply for at most 30 minutes. No matter how high the physique is, without oxygen, people will not be able to live for long.
Zhuang Zimo tried to shoot with a wooden warehouse, and used fire to burn those bacteria clusters. Those bacteria clusters did not shrink back, and new shoots soon sprouted in the injured area.
An Yizhen couldn’t hear the system’s prompts, guessing that the energy level of this flora must be lower than the blood-sucking vines outside, and the phagocytic system didn’t want to eat it at all. She shook her head at Zhuang Zimo and explained, “I can’t deal with this either. Let’s hurry up and find a sample.”
Zhuang Zimo reassured: “It’s okay, we can dig a mountain and dig a road to go out from somewhere else, it just takes a little effort.”
An Yizhen naturally believed in Zhuang Zimo’s ability, thought for a moment, and said, “If I were Garan, I would have attached great importance to the man I admired or even admired. His detached limbs must not be stored with other things. Confusion. So it may be hidden in some special place in this cave alone, and we will find out whether there is a hidden cave.”
“Well, let me use the universal tool knife.” Zhuang Zimo took the knife and quickly knocked on the top and bottom of the hole where there were gaps. A few minutes later he stopped in one place and greeted: “The sound here is wrong, you stand far away and be on guard, I will knock it open and see.”
“Oxygen won’t last for a long time. The bacterial mass outside is expanding as it is now, and it is likely to engulf where we are now. Why don’t you panic at all, in case you can’t find anything?” An Yizhen asked curiously.
“If it’s not here, look elsewhere. The time limit set by the copy is still too early, we can also try to find the way to the underground test area from here. It seems that there are plans to build a secret passage in Garland’s diary. I was in The underground laboratory has been around for a long time, and the shape of the building is deduced from the ground. It is not too far from here, at most one or two kilometers, and it is not difficult to dig tunnels that connect with each other.”
After Zhuang Zimo finished speaking in an orderly manner, he recalled that An Yizhen’s current physique was still not high. On this island full of mutated viruses and mutated creatures, even if he was immune to the virus, he might be infected by other things. He said it was easy, and he had to ensure that there was a more secure method, and she couldn’t let her take risks.
“Don’t worry, if I am infected or parasitized, you will kill me immediately, and I will be able to return to the real world to enjoy happiness.” An Yizhen said it easily.
Zhuang Zimo looked into An Yizhen’s eyes and said in a deep voice, “Don’t kill.”
The handsome guy stared affectionately, and An Yizhen’s heart skipped half a beat for a moment. He couldn’t hold back the indifferent expression on his face, and asked with a smile, “Aren’t you reluctant?”
Zhuang Zimo lowered his eyes, hid his true thoughts, and deliberately pretended to be indifferent: “Who knows whether you have brought the virus with you when you return to the real world, and whether you have human sanity. You are so dangerous, it is safer for the country to stay here. ”
Hearing this, An Yi was really impulsive, and wanted to take off his gloves and touch the hateful man in front of him. The Devouring System said that he had unknown energy fluctuations at the beginning, and he was D+ grade. Now his all attributes have reached 22 points. Is this man’s energy level higher? Let’s make up for the system.
The Devouring System sensed her thoughts and stopped pretending to be asleep. He happily urged: Come on, touch him, his energy level peak is now at C+, which is better than the monsters on this island.
Zhuang Zimo felt an indescribable murderous aura emanating from An Yizhen, which made him tremble, and couldn’t help suspecting that she wouldn’t really take off her gloves and touch him, right? It might even be possible to kill him in the air without touching it.
The comments on the barrage in the Longguo live broadcast room exploded, with various concerns:
[Is this handsome guy speaking human words? Have you thought about it, dare to hurt my goddess An like this? You can’t have a good coax. I bet ten packs of spicy sticks, this kind of straight man must be single for a lifetime! ]
[What’s wrong with thinking about the country? Support my male **** Zhuang Zimo. ]
[support +1]
[Didn’t the country build a biochemical protection device where the goddess An left? If she does have the virus when she comes back, she can be isolated on the spot, and maybe she can be cured. ]
[She was originally the logistics team, and it should be returned to the real world after her death. Why leave her on that lonely island? ]
[Don’t be arrogant, if she gets infected and turns into a zombie, will she be judged to be dead, and she can return to reality directly without bothering others to kill her. Killing teammates is so cruel. ]
[I guess the male **** means that if he is infected, it is best not to return to the country to cause harm. ]
[Zhuang Zimo said this deliberately because he was afraid that Goddess An would be too cruel. The unknown creatures on the island are indeed dangerous. Remember that Miss Ai died of mutant spores? It is impossible to prevent. ]
[I think there is something weird about this giant fungus, all their way down is blocked by this thing. I hope they can find the mission target sooner, so they don’t have to think about the way out. ]
At this moment, Zhuang Zimo said, “If I am infected, you will kill me directly. What about now?”
“Well, don’t worry, it’s painless to save.” An Yizhen replied through gritted teeth. No matter what others think, no matter what his intentions are, she can really be cruel to touch him anyway. Even if he can satisfy the Devouring System, he also enters the resurrection process, but it is not impossible to survive.
What he said just now really annoyed her, and she strengthened her previous thoughts. She must not be confused by this man’s appearance, and she must not think of him more than fighting friendship. This man is a heartless, cold-blooded killer. If he is really infected, she will definitely not be soft-hearted.
Seeing the determination in An Yizhen’s eyes, Zhuang Zimo felt relieved, and Mo Yun punched the camouflaged stone wall.
It was thinner than expected. It was only a few tens of centimeters of slate. It couldn’t help Zhuang Zimo’s full-strength attack with internal energy, and it completely shattered.
A small cave was exposed behind the broken stone slab, and a puff of smoke was exhaled. Fortunately, they were all wearing protective clothing and were not affected. After the smoke and dust dissipated, the exposed place was inaccessible to adults, and it was vaguely visible that something was hidden inside. It was a tin box, very heavy. That is, with the power of Zhuang Zimo, he can drag things out.
A layer of strange resin was smeared on the gaps of the iron box, and the box surface was written in the United States and Benefit United Nations characters that it must be opened with a designated “key”, otherwise the items in the box would be destroyed automatically.
“Key?” Zhuang Zimo looked at the box carefully, and found no fingerprints or modern scanning ports, only a tiny, unusual-shaped keyhole.
An Yizhen suddenly remembered the toy ball found in the room where John lived on the top floor. She took the small ball out of her backpack and let Zhuang Zimo disassemble it. The small bell inside was tied to a small, special-shaped key.
When the key is placed in the keyhole, there is a “click” sound, and the box opens with a sound.
The moment he opened the lid of the box, he could see the well-preserved limbs. With the influx of outside air, the limbs that were originally lifelike and even seemed to have elastic skin quickly became shriveled and withered, skinny, and their flesh turned to ashes.
The players on the field heard the prompt: [Main player Zhuang Zimo found the original sample of TL virus. 】
This was to be expected, neither An Yizhen nor Zhuang Zimo thought it was too strange.
The mission of customs clearance is to find and destroy the original sample of the TL virus. Zhuang Zimo took out a lighter and ignited the bones in the box.
Looking at the burning bones, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, their focus was on the box. This box was unexpectedly heavy, and it contained only a few limbs. Even if it was an iron-clad lead box, it was not of this weight. And this box doesn’t seem to be afraid of fire, the bones are turned to ashes, but the color of the box has not changed, and there is no burning.
Zhuang Zimo poured the burning bones out of the box, cleaned the box briefly, and said, “See if you can put this box in the parcel box? I’m not strong enough to carry it.”
An Yizhen touched the box, the last 150 points of stamina disappeared instantly, and the box also entered the parcel bar. But she didn’t hear any broadcast, and a dazzling white light lit up in front of her eyes.
An Yizhen and Zhuang Zimo returned to the pure white main **** space.
A piece of beautiful music resounded in the minds of everyone in the Dragon Kingdom, and a clear prompt sounded along with the music:
[The original sample of the TL virus has been destroyed, and the Dragon Country player successfully passed the primary graduation copy, ranking third among the 100 countries where the LL star is still present. All citizens of the Dragon Kingdom will receive a bonus of +1 physique. 12-hour rest period for on-field players to receive additional rewards. There will be no live broadcast during the break. The Dragon Kingdom team will enter the next dungeon after 12 hours, and the live broadcast will be started again at that time. Please pay attention to the rest of the audience.
The rest of the rewards are as follows: all surviving players in the field +1; free allocation of attribute points +1. 】
The audience of Longguo cheered again with the barrage:
[Great, this is the clearance? I also plan to wash and sleep first, and then watch it again when I wake up. Fortunately, I dawdled for a while, otherwise I would miss the wonderful ending. ]
[I was going to the hospital to see a doctor, but now I don’t seem to have a headache or soreness anymore, I’m not sleepy at all, I feel like I can work for the motherland for another 40 years. ]
[I am the doctor who said that the cancer patient can live for ten years. He has smashed the sign, and the national physique is +1. I don’t think that patient will come to me again in his lifetime. ]
[Delayed retirement is a foregone conclusion! ]
[Ah ah ah, my mother signed me up for another sports training class. Originally, I was able to pass the college entrance examination in sports, and the score line rose again and again, and I felt a little desperate. ]
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[The pharmaceutical factory closed down, the boss ran away with money, and all kinds of health care products were sold at half price! Right in the center square of Jin, buy one get one free. ]
[Upstairs, who still takes health care medicines in China now? Go abroad now. ]
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[Did anyone observe that box carefully? The box must be quirky. ]
[If it is really good material, why is there no broadcast of material realization? ]
[Maybe it is part of the quest item, or it may be the legendary high-level material or the like, only the players can hear the broadcast. ]
[Agree upstairs, the Dragon Kingdom barrage player in the last dungeon is also the dungeon equipment that I found out, so there is no national broadcast. ]
[Note the official news briefing: The first two countries that passed the primary graduation copy are Xiong Guo and the United States and the United States, which are 32 minutes and 28 minutes faster than our players.
The first one to pass is Xiong Guo, the whole people +1 strength, the 3 players surviving in the field have +3 all attributes, the free distribution attribute +3, and the hidden attribute is turned on; the second passed the United States and the United States is the whole people + 1 point of intelligence, all 4 players surviving in the field +2, free allocation of attributes +2, open hidden attributes.
This reward mode is basically the same as the reward attributes obtained by the top three countries in the previous instance. All have the attribute of +1 point for the whole people, but it is different which attribute is added. The rest time of the players is also different, the first place can rest for 24 hours, the second place is 18 hours, and the third place is 12 hours.
Speculation conclusion: The time flow rate may be different in the places where players from different countries rest. ]
[Feeling that the reward attributes of the whole people are random? ]
[The initial average physique of our Dragon Kingdom seems to be a little low, and it is quite appropriate to add 2 points successively. ]
[The people of Xiong Country are so stout, they should be very strong, right? Will their daily necessities go bad faster? I plan to resell a batch of pots and pans and small household appliances to Xiong people. ]
[People in the United States and the United States seem to have a low average intelligence, just to make up for what they lack. ]
[One more question, what are the rewards for those countries that pass the customs from fourth place onwards? ]
[Answer to the upstairs, there is no national + point reward for the fourth place. I hope we can keep the top three in the next copy. ]
[Dragon country people just blow it! You only have two players left. It may not be easy for other countries to pass the border, but more players survive than you. I wish you the best of luck in your next encounter with a strong opponent! ]
[I know you above, from Obama, right? Haven’t gotten tired of watching the black screen yet, have you got enough venomous wasps? ]
086 took a welcoming gesture in the main **** space and congratulated: “It’s a pleasure to see you again.”
An Yizhen took out the indestructible box and handed it to Zhuang Zimo: “Just now, it’s just a temporary storage. I’ve always been a bad hand, so I won’t touch it. You can study it yourself.”
Zhuang Zimo took the box and asked 086: “What is this thing? Can it be authenticated or exchanged for other things?”
086 smiled slightly: “Last time I said that when you come back here again, you can open an exchange shop. Can you show me what you got? Maybe something with exchange value.”
Zhuang Zimo handed the box to 086.
086 received the box and immediately gave the identification result: “This is a box made of super-gloomy wood. The gaps on the exterior are coated with materials that exceed the level of space-time technology on this plane, and have a super anti-corrosion function. In the ancient times of the Dragon Kingdom, this kind of special-class The material is generally used to make the coffins of nobles. There is no such wood heavier than metal in the real world.”
“Then what can I exchange for it?” Zhuang Zimo asked, thinking of his strengthening stone, “I want to exchange for a weapon from another world that can increase strength or break defense, and can be inlaid with strengthening stones. Do you have any recommendations?”
086 replied earnestly: “There is a list of weapons listed below for reference. You can choose to exchange them directly after you choose them yourself. Friendly reminder: Before you have mastered the secondary skill of gem inlay, using the enhanced stone inlay road has a higher chance of failure.”
Zhuang Zimo did not understand any second-level life skills. If the inlay was forced, the chance of failure would be too high. He could only rest his mind first, quickly browsed the list of weapons, and immediately selected the “white bone armor-piercing knife”.
According to the weapon description, this knife is a primary growth weapon that can be inlaid with strengthening stones. Players with a strength attribute greater than 20 points can be equipped in the weapon slot. When equipped, the player will increase 10 points of temporary strength and 3 points of temporary defense. However, the current level of the weapon can only be used continuously for 30 minutes, so it is necessary to disarm the equipment for maintenance, and cool it down for 30 minutes before using it. By chance, you can get the relevant fragments to upgrade the weapon. After the upgrade, the equipment time will be increased and the maintenance time will be shortened.
The other types of weapons on that list, although some can add more power or break defense, and some require no maintenance and no cooldown, none of them have the growth function. At present, Zhuang Zimo only has one weapon column. He can also use his own hot weapon or modern cold weapon to deal with ordinary monsters. After weighing it, he feels that if he can exchange weapons, he should choose this one that can be upgraded, and it is more cost-effective to keep it slowly. .
Although he already had a mature idea, Zhuang Zimo solemnly asked An Yizhen’s opinion and asked, “I want to exchange this box for a weapon. If you want to exchange something, tell us and we will discuss it.”