Chapter 507: Infinite Death
Su Xia looked at the time and it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
He remembered that he used the potion around six in the morning.
"Fourteen hours..."
This time is almost the same as Su Xia calculated.
He stood up, put away all the potions, and took out some food from the space to fill his stomach.
Afterwards, Su Xia fully sensed himself now. His overall perception was sharper, his use of psychic power was more flexible, and his strength had greatly improved compared to before.
He opened the door and found Hal standing guard outside loyally, not moving at all, and very dedicated to his duties.
The Hal in this area is much more indifferent than the Hal in the Oasis Camp, and he just has a cold personality.
"Hal, my promotion is over." Su Xia walked out of the room and said with a smile.
"Congratulations, Captain." Hal said a compliment, but his voice still didn't sound very dynamic.
"What's going on outside?" Su Xia asked.
"No, everything is fine!"
"That's good."
Su Xia stretched, loosened his stiff muscles, and then walked towards the exit.
He actually wants to find someone to fight with to verify his true strength.
Of course, the things at hand are more important, so let’s go to Longcheng first.
There are undercurrents in Longcheng now, and rumors are everywhere. There must be someone behind all this, fanning the flames.
If Su Xia can find out who is behind this, a fight is bound to happen.
"I'm going to leave for a while, Hal, you stay here."
Su Xia gave an order, then left the wreckage of the spaceship, put on the familiar fourth-tier mecha, soared into the sky, and headed straight for the depths of the southwestern mountainous area.
Dragon City, one of the seven major gathering places for human beings, is known as the last bastion of human beings in the southwest of the Central Continent.
This city is very mysterious and has always been a place of longing in the hearts of many wilderness rebels.
There are many legends about this city.
Some people say that it was built underground, so the mechanical clan has never been able to find it. Others say that it was built inside the mountain and hollowed out more than a dozen mountains.
Of course, some people also think that the Mechanical Clan had already discovered the location of Dragon City, but just did not take action, deliberately leaving behind this not-so-strong opponent.
There is competition only when there are rivals, and competition can drive technological development.
“Maybe that statement is correct.”
Su Xia has fought against the mechanical race many times and is very clear about their capabilities.
Although the southwestern mountainous area is vast, as long as the mechanical clan searches at all costs, they will definitely find the location of Dragon City.
"Leaving behind a part of the human resistance may be to reflect the level of technological development of the mechanical race itself?" Su Xia thought secretly.
When there is only one powerful force left on a planet, this force can easily lose its motivation to make progress, and thus start infighting and division, leading to technological stagnation and ultimately demise from internal friction.
The most powerful time is also the most dangerous time.
Su Xia understood this truth.
The legendary mechanical master should also understand this.
Perhaps, only after finding another qualified opponent will the mechanical race begin to take action against the human resistance.
Su Xia was thinking as he moved forward, not slowly, flying over the vast hills and over the endless dense jungle in the dark night.
At four o'clock in the morning, he suddenly focused his eyes on a certain area below and slowed down.
"Huh?"
In a valley below, he felt many powerful breaths of life.
They are not human, but mutated beasts.
In the valley, dozens of wild beasts were fighting. The scene was bloody, with broken limbs everywhere and the sound of roars could be heard everywhere.
Deep in the valley, there is a crack, and there are more beasts and monsters fighting in the crack.
"The catacombs?"
Su Xia became interested, lowered his altitude, and slowly landed above the valley.
In this world, there are many mysterious caves.
Some caves contain high-level monsters, while others may contain treasures buried by previous generations.
For example, the large cave map that was discovered in the north before, the treasure buried in that map caused a chaotic fight among the player forces in the entire north, and there is still no result to date.
A bug nest is actually a type of cave, but its danger level is the highest among all caves.
In the cave discovered by Su Xia, many wild animals have evolved into insect-like characteristics, such as thick armor, sharp horns, and sharp claws.
"These beasts are all crazy, confused, with red eyes, and they are in a very abnormal state. Could it be that they have eaten some kind of food with hallucinogenic effects by mistake?"
Su Xia's eyes moved slightly. He felt that he might be able to find some precious materials for refining medicine in the cave.
Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate and killed him directly!
His behavior was like a wolf entering a sheepfold, rushing around, killing countless people, and in the blink of an eye he had carved out a bloody path.
By the time he reached the entrance of the cave, the level of his titanium an particles had risen by three levels.
Su Xia has never paid much attention to the level of titanium particles, because this upgrade route can only strengthen the flesh and blood body to a certain extent, and is far less powerful than the psychic route.
What does it matter if your flesh and blood body becomes stronger? It's still just a bullet!
After taking a quick look at the upgrade bar, Su Xia lost interest and rushed into the cave.
"roar--!"
A beast as ferocious as an elephant pounced at him, with sharp fangs and a deafening roar.
Su Xia activated the power of the mecha, leaped up suddenly, and with a jumping slash and a psychic thrust, he pierced the beast's head and then landed steadily.
Killing these monsters is much easier than killing humans and machines.
The current situation is a complete loss to Su Xia.
At this moment, a system prompt suddenly popped up in front of him.
[Warning: Pollen particles of the "Death Phantom Flower" have been detected. Please turn on the mecha's poison gas protection system.]
[Please note that if you experience headaches, dizziness, nausea, hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, etc., you may have inhaled the pollen of the "Death Phantom Flower". Please leave the area immediately and find a quiet place to rest.]
"Death Phantom Flower?"
Su Xia frowned. He had never heard of the name of this flower.
As a high-level pharmacist who has mastered two pharmacist experience books, he knows most of the medicines in the world.
Moreover, he specialized in poisons and had considerable knowledge of drugs with hallucinogenic effects.
He was definitely in the top five on the planet when it came to studying illusions.
But even so, he had never heard of it.
"The beasts here may have become like this because they absorbed pollen." Su Xia thought.
After just a brief thought, he continued killing, all the way deeper into the cave.
You're here now.
I can't go back empty-handed.
Of course, Su Xia did not let go of the corpses of these wild beasts. He put them all into the storage space, trying his best to store every grain of rice.
After more than three hours, Su Xia couldn't remember how many beast monsters he had killed. The whole mecha was dyed dark red by blood, and his titanium particle level soared to level 42, approaching the first-tier players at this stage.
In terms of monster killing efficiency, Su Xia is far superior to ordinary players.
Normal players, when facing monsters of the same level, basically need to form a team of six or seven people, and work hard to surround and kill a monster, and finally divide the spoils equally. The efficiency of killing monsters is terribly low.
Su Xia, on the other hand, killed people instantly along the way, and sometimes even used thermal weapons to fire directly, killing a large number of people at a time, without being stingy with bullets.
This level of monster-killing efficiency is something that ordinary players wouldn't even dare to imagine.
“Crack!”
Another monster had its head chopped off by Su Xia, its body separated, blood gushing out, and it fell to the ground unwillingly.
At this time, Su Xia noticed that there was a small pink flower the size of a thumb growing on the stone wall behind the monster.
The petals are translucent and look very fragile, as if they would break with a slight breeze.
[Death Phantom Flower: A drug with a strong hallucinogenic effect. It is often used to produce anesthetics in some civilizations. The hallucinogenic effect of its pollen is stronger than that of the original flower. Once inhaled, one will fall into a state of hallucination, madness, and frenzy. The duration of this state depends on the number of pollen particles inhaled.]
[Note: In the pharmacist system, this drug is used to make a sixth-level potion called "Infinite Death"]
Prompts popped up at both ends, helping Su Xia confirm the identity of the little flower.
"Infinite Death?" His eyes moved slightly and he recited the name.
There is no mention of this drug in the two pharmacist's experience books.
Judging from its name, it should be a super strong hallucinogen.
"Can you make people experience death over and over again in a hallucination? But what's the point of this? To torture people?"
Su Xia speculated for a moment, and finally shook his head, unable to think of any use for it.
But as I said, since we are here, we can’t make this trip in vain.
With a wave of his hand, he put the Death Fantasy Flower into the storage space.
Just because it’s useless now doesn’t mean it won’t be useful in the future.
Since it can drive so many beasts and monsters crazy, there must be more than one Death Fantasy Flower here, and there must be more in the depths of the cave.
Su Xia did not stop and continued to kill towards the deepest part.
Time passed, and an hour flew by.
During this period, Su Xia has collected more than thirty Death Phantom Flowers. The further he goes in, the more frequently he encounters them.
Gradually, these small pink flowers began to appear in clusters, each cluster having more than a dozen flowers, making it quite easy to collect.
…
At six o'clock in the evening of that day, Su Xia finally broke out of the cave.
At this time, there were already thousands of Death Fantasy Flowers in his storage space, and the collected monster corpses were innumerable, so much so that the space was almost full. He had to use the sharing function of his two clones to throw some of the corpses into the huge space on the third underground floor of the pharmacy.
After a long period of killing monsters, Su Xia's titanium particle level also rose to level 53.
He clenched his fists and felt that his physical strength was indeed stronger, but only to a limited extent.
Now, even if he doesn't wear a mecha, activate the psychic shield, or use any weapon skills, he can beat the monsters in the cave to death with just a pair of fists!
But humans are intelligent creatures after all. We should try to use technology as much as possible. Flesh and blood strength is the last resort.
“Buzz——!”
Su Xia turned on the power of the mecha, flew into the sky, and continued to rush towards Dragon City.
More than five hours passed.
At around eleven o'clock that evening, Su Xia finally approached Dragon City.
On the big map, the small dot representing his personal location information almost overlaps with the icon representing Dragon City.
The legendary Dragon City is indeed hidden in the belly of more than ten mountains.
In the mountainous areas of the southwest, many mountains have been hollowed out.
Long before the rise of the mechanical race, when the various countries within the human race were confronting each other, the construction project in the southwestern mountainous area began.
At that time, the workers hollowed out the mountain, poured steel bars and concrete inside, and built doomsday shelters that could withstand missiles and were hidden deep in the mountains, in order to prevent possible internal wars among humans in the future.
In fact, these mountain shelters are similar to the deserted small cities in the north of the continent. They are all prepared for world war.
However, those in power at the time did not expect that the mechanical race would rise before the internal war among humans broke out.
In the face of racial survival, past internal conflicts seem insignificant.
Things in the world are unpredictable, and no one can predict what the future will be like.
[Attention: You have entered the location area "Dragon City", please be careful]
The system popped up another prompt, indicating that Su Xia had officially entered the scope of Dragon City.
Su Xia had already covered his entire body with nanorobots and turned on the stealth function to prevent himself from being discovered by the sentinels of Dragon City and causing unnecessary trouble.
Looking down from a high altitude, the mountains and forests below are no different from the rest of the area.
The hills are undulating, the trees are dense, and the vegetation is lush. It looks exactly like a primitive jungle, with no sign of human habitation.
When the night wind blows, the fallen leaves dance, the mountains surge, and the scenery is extremely pleasant.
"It's a very good disguise. Even I can't tell that this is Dragon City without the help of the system." Su Xia nodded secretly. His first impression of Dragon City was pretty good.
There were more than a dozen hidden Dragon City sentinels below. They were all wearing standard third-tier mechas and huddled in the jungle, like black stones, motionless.
Those mechas concealed their life breath, and even the mechanical race's life detectors could not detect it.
A clear stream meanders through these dozen mountains, with the water flowing gently.
Su Xia slowly lowered the altitude and searched for a long time, but couldn't even find the entrance to Dragon City.
"Even I can't find it, that's good."
He took out the map Zhang Fang gave him and looked at it carefully.
On the map, there are several hidden entrances and exits, which are used specifically by their academic faction.
Following the instructions on the map, Su Xia found a big tree halfway up a mountain. At the bottom of the tree, he discovered an extremely hidden cave entrance.
He took off his mecha and jumped into the cave. After descending about two meters, he landed on solid ground.
This is a long corridor.
There was no light in the corridor and it was pitch black.
Su Xia wore life-sensing glasses and walked forward in the darkness. After walking about seventy meters, he reached the end of the corridor.
At the end is a big door, and next to the door is an identity sensing device.
"Please show me your ID card."
Upon detecting Su Xia's arrival, an emotionless mechanical voice came from the identity sensing device.
Without hesitation, Su Xia took out the ID card awarded by the system and placed it on the sensing device.
"bite!"
"Identity approved!"
"Su Xiaoxia, welcome back to Dragon City."
