kingnovel Chapter 895: Lulu'er's Fate
Chapter 895: Lulu'er's Fate
"System, is the upgrade complete?"
Chen Futu was recently experiencing a painful increase in the rate at which the system was consuming crystal cores.
"Upgrade complete. Points device unlocked in the store. Please check it yourself."
"Upgrade rewards will be issued, including the host's Eye of Insight, mountaintop defensive fortifications, and regional channel coverage of 10,000 kilometers."
"Within the coverage area of the regional channel, the coordinates of mutants that are one level higher than the host can be marked."
The system upgrade is finally complete.
Chen Futu's heart skipped a beat when he looked at the map in the regional channel backend. He saw that one area was covered with a dense array of large red dots, all of which were seventh-order mutants. Other areas had a few scattered red dots, but they were far apart, the closest being one or two thousand kilometers away.
"System, what are those big red dots? Why are there so many of them?"
Chen Futu had a very bad feeling.
"Please explore on your own, host."
"Use some points to scan me."
The area panel in front of Chen Futu showed a dark, dense area. It was a desolate mountain, teeming with countless mutated creatures. A group of strangely shaped seventh-tier mutated creatures were gathered together, seemingly waiting for something, and appeared somewhat uneasy.
"Good heavens, if you accidentally stumble through this, you'd probably be reduced to nothing but bones."
After carefully examining the scene, Chen Futu felt a chill run down his spine. The gathering of so many high-level mutants was probably not a good thing. Perhaps they were plotting something, and they were not far from the Chaotic Realm Mountain, at most a thousand kilometers away.
Fortunately, the Chaotic Realm East City and West City lie between them and Chaotic Realm Mountain, so even if there is any anomaly, Chaotic Realm East City will be the first to be affected.
Chen Futu pondered for a moment and then concealed this information.
If this matter is leaked, the people of the East and West Cities will probably pack up and run away. It is said that the major forces in the East and West Cities have seventh-level experts on duty, so they can become cannon fodder at the forefront of the Chaotic Realm Mountain.
Next, Chen Futu carefully examined the system reward, the so-called Eye of Insight, which could identify detailed information about targets no higher than himself, including but not limited to their rank and skills.
As for the defensive fortifications, they are actually weapon systems serving the villa. As long as you get within three or four meters of the villa, something like a probe hidden in the wall will extend out and launch an attack. There is one in each of the villa's front, back, left, right, and top, but the specific attack strength is not clearly stated by the system. Chen Futu is confident in the destructive power of these things.
"Chief, the weather has improved recently, why don't you let everyone go out together to collect crystal cores?"
Bingfeier finally couldn't resist coming over.
Chen Futu frowned and said, "I have a bad feeling that something big is about to happen."
"But nothing unexpected happened outside."
Bingfei couldn't understand Chen Futu's words, or was it that the Great Leader's intuition was beyond imagination?
In truth, Chen Futu couldn't quite explain what that feeling was. Perhaps it was because he had developed an instinctive sense of danger from countless battles, and this discomfort lingered in his heart. Otherwise, he would have gone out long ago to try hunting seventh-tier enemies in preparation for his advancement.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. During these three days, the teams tried their best not to stray too far from Wujie Mountain when they went out. At first, nothing unusual happened, but on the evening of the third day, several members of the Fire Cloud Gang who had been scattered went missing. Even their names in the regional channel dimmed, which meant that they were dead.
"Bingfei'er, where did they go? You should have a record of that, right?" Chen Futu asked seriously.
Bingfei pointed to the map. These teams went to the Northwest together. Logically speaking, they shouldn't have gone too far, and it was unlikely that anything unexpected would happen.
"Besides them, which other squad hasn't returned?"
"They've all come back, but Lulu'er just led her team to go look for them."
"You stay here, I'll go out and take a look."
"Chief, just to be on the safe side, you should take a small squad with you."
Bingfeier was worried; she felt that the Great Chief's premonition might have come true, and that an unknown danger was indeed approaching.
Chen Futu declined Bing Feier's offer and teleported down the Chaotic Realm Mountain alone, heading towards the area where the several teams had disappeared.
Meanwhile, Lu Lu'er led a team of more than a dozen members to the scene of the incident.
A desolate city, a scene of utter desolation, with yellow sand swirling with debris among the ruins of collapsed buildings.
"Captain, is this the place?"
A girl nearby asked cautiously, and Lu Lu'er frowned and said, "Haven't you noticed? It's too quiet. This kind of quiet is a bit unusual."
The team members tensed up and instinctively gripped their weapons tighter.
Lu Lu'er scanned the surroundings with her eyes, then gave the order to split into two teams to search for the people. Regardless of whether they were dead or alive, they had to be found alive or dead, just in case some force was targeting Luanjie Mountain.
"Captain, if they were attacked, they should have sent a message for help."
A girl's sudden words sent chills down Lu Lu'er's spine. She quickly stopped the team that was about to disperse and search, "You're right. If they were ambushed, they couldn't possibly not have reacted in time. So it's highly likely that they were ambushed by mutated beings, and there were quite a few of them. Moreover, those mutated beings are very strong and kill extremely quickly, which is why several teams were wiped out before they could even communicate with the regional channel."
"In that case, should we still look for the captain?"
"Get out first."
Lulu realized she had been reckless.
So she cautiously got everyone into the car and quickly left the ruins.
The girls turned around together as ordered, but just as one of them opened the car door, a gust of wind suddenly hit her face. Before she could even scream, her head was instantly gnawed into bones, and her body crashed to the ground.
"It's a snake or fly! Get out of here!"
Lulu'er's face turned pale instantly. She finally understood why so many teams couldn't return; they had encountered such monsters.
The world of the heavens is home to many mutated beings, but the danger level of these mutated beings also varies. For example, rat swarms and ant swarms are relatively terrible disasters, but there are some disasters that are everyone's nightmare, such as snakes and flies.
They are no more than one centimeter in size, look like small, transparent snakes, and have wings that wriggle in the air.
Because their bodies are transparent and they cannot make a sound when vibrating their wings, it is difficult to defend against them in advance. Once they get close, you are often facing a swarm attack of millions or even tens of millions of them.
While they were thinking, the girls in the team were suddenly torn apart, their faces and bodies ripped apart. One by one, their stark white skeletons collapsed with a thud, and in the blink of an eye, not a single bone remained.
"Thunder Prison!"
In a moment of desperation, Lu Luer covered the team members around her with lightning rings. This scene was like a cage of lightning encasing the group, with crackling sounds all around like firecrackers. As the snakes and flies that approached were electrolyzed, foul odors and toxic substances were released.