Volume 3: Tide of Gray Mist Chapter 50: Encounter in the Gray Fog
The gray fog was everywhere, and the thick mist threads intertwined like dark clouds, making the city dark and hazy.
Towering buildings were looming in the gray fog. The outer walls of the buildings, which were dozens of meters high, had lost a lot of paint, and cracks were spreading all over them, like gray-black climbing vines crawling all over the building.
From those huge cracks or windows with shattered glass, cold eyes can be vaguely seen, staring at the deserted streets outside.
There are also rusty and dusty cars, broken billboards, shattered shop windows, and so on.
This is a dead city.
Four figures wearing robes with flame patterns were walking carefully in the silent and dim street.
Polly walked in front.
According to the tactics formulated before coming, she and Captain Shi Yunxi stood in front and behind. Miss Anna and Sister Cen Jingjing, who were in the middle, held bright torches to illuminate the surroundings.
This is for safety reasons. If an accident occurs and one of the torches goes out, there is still another one burning.
Through the light of the torches, the surroundings came into view.
Pearly couldn't help but feel desolate. "The world is about to fall. Could this be the future of our Blue Planet?"
"It is very likely, so the mentor created the flame and trained us, and we have to prevent the disaster."
Prevent disaster.
As she chewed on Captain Shi Yunxi's words, Poli had a different realization for the first time.
It's not just the simple oath when joining the club, nor is it just because of the dazzling redemption list, it's just because the disaster is too heavy.
The destruction of a city can be escaped by oneself.
You can escape the destruction of a country.
But can one escape the destruction of a world?
The dilapidated city made Polly feel very uncomfortable. She wondered if the cities she had passed by before, which were occupied and destroyed by evil, had gradually become like this?
I can't run away anymore. I am now a warrior of the flame, a warrior holding the fire of dawn and dispelling the darkness!
"Be careful, there are three evil spirits up there."
Hearing Cen Jing's words, Pearly quickly came back to her senses. She didn't look up as if to look around, but turned her arm into diamond in an instant. Following the fishy wind blowing towards her, she threw a heavy punch.
Bang——
The evil creature, which was over two meters long and as big as a cockroach, had its entire head shattered. Its body rolled to one side under Polly's tremendous force, smashing a bunch of display windows and knocking down the posing models. It was no longer alive.
The second cockroach was so evil that it had just jumped into the air when it was cut off by Anna's hot and sharp flame thread, and its entire head was cut off.
But a third one swooped down and bit Polly fiercely with its sharp teeth.
Looking at this scene, Shi Yunxi did not take any action.
Her tactical position was to reserve strength to deal with emergencies, which had been planned before departure. Now, it was not yet dangerous.
She trusted Polly.
Polly's left arm turned into diamond in an instant. With a "clang" sound, the evil sharp teeth tore through the wide sleeves and bit one or two small holes in the combat uniform, but could not bite through the arm that was as hard as diamond.
The next second, Anna's support arrived, and the fire line pierced the evil spirit.
A battle that seemed thrilling but was actually ordinary came to an end.
Whether it is Pearly, Anna, Cen Jing, or Shi Yunxi, they are almost familiar with the battles in the ghost world.
In most cases, encounters are not difficult. With the team's combat power, even if they encounter two or three three-star evil spirits , they can be killed in a short time.
But when exploring the strange world, one needs to consider not only killing, but also movement, endurance, etc.
"let's go."
"Next, we'll turn left and enter an area where there are less densely populated buildings. This section of the road will be easier to walk on."
After hearing what Shi Yunxi said, Pearly scratched her head and expressed her curiosity, "Captain, isn't this your first time walking this road? How do you know there are fewer buildings on the road ahead?"
"Because of the map, the strange world is the other side that is deep beneath reality. Most places are in contrast to the real environment. For example, where we are now is the strange world of Linshan City. I have collected a detailed map of this city before coming here."
Emmmmm, she still suffered from her lack of education.
I must make good use of my time to catch up on my lessons when I get back. I must not be a poor student like President Iloxi .
"I understand, I understand." Polly nodded.
Captain Shi Yunxi is so reliable~!
The team did not move in a straight line. They had to avoid areas with complex and changeable environments, as well as the huge figures that occasionally passed by.
Avoid if you can, go around if you can, this is the rule of exploring the strange world.
Polly followed the instructions and kept these little tricks in mind.
Occasionally, we would take a detour because of treasures.
This happened quite a few times because Captain Shi Yunxi bought a "treasure detection radar", a special ability that only official Xinhuo members can buy.
Able to discover mysterious materials within a certain range centered on oneself.
The detection radar is charged by the hour and is not cheap, but everyone thinks it is an official benefit of Xinhuo. So many mysterious materials have been collected along the way.
12 pieces of green material and 1 piece of blue material.
In comparison, such a small fee is not worth mentioning. They think it is too cheap and are worried that the organization will lose too much money as a result.
When collecting materials, Polly kept her eyes wide open. She knew that the treasure was all around her, but there were still many times when she couldn't find it or recognize it.
This is another disadvantage caused by lack of education.
As expected, as expected, we can't learn from President Yi Luoxi and be a poor student. The top students make a lot of money, but the poor students may lose everything.
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More than an hour later, the four-member team finally arrived at their destination.
A treasure collection point located in the underground parking lot.
"here it is……"
The environment ahead, dilapidated and dead silent, at least contrasts with reality.
But here, there are no rusty vehicles in the underground parking lot. Instead, it is as if you have walked into a huge underground cave. The cave is cold and damp, with mostly rugged ground. Some places are concrete and have standing steel bars.
The primitive and the modern are harmoniously integrated.
After being shocked for a while, Shi Yunxi finally spoke.
"We have arrived at the target area, stay alert!"
She looked around, walked forward, squatted at the junction of the smooth concrete floor and the rugged rocks, and fiddled with it slightly with her silver-gloved hand, revealing a look of joy.
"Found it! It's the Void Stone! It's embedded in the underground area at the intersection. I can see three of them now!"
This is blue-grade material!
Usually the purchase price of the organization starts at 30 contribution points, and the higher ones can be 70, 80, or even hundreds of points. And because this is a task material, the premium can be at least 50%.
No wonder this mission is so valuable.
Polly was also excited, and her ponytail swayed.
At this moment of getting rich, they have to be more cautious. Polly and the other three are well aware of this. Three of them are on guard, while Anna, who can condense fire and has powerful cutting ability, is mining.
"I'm starting."
Anna inhaled, half-crouched on the ground, and rubbed the rough junction. After observing for a while, flames emerged from her palms, condensed and compressed, turning into a thin red silk rope, and began to cut the earth.
Squeak, squeak, squeak——
Sparks flew.
Anna's cutting was faster than any other tool and made less noise. It wasn't long before she mined the first "Gap Stone".
The second and third followed closely.
The flames on the two bright torches swayed slightly, spreading a soft light, dispersing the surrounding fog and bringing light to the dark underground space.
But there are still evil things that can't be avoided.
The most dangerous time was when three giant death worms appeared. They were three-star evil spirits and were good at burrowing into the ground. When they broke out of the ground, scout Cen Jing was a little slow to warn them.
Earth and rocks flew everywhere and the ground collapsed.
The delicate body wrapped in the robe fell downwards, as if falling into an endless abyss.
Polly was startled and rushed forward quickly.
But the one who is faster than her is Shi Yunxi.
"Water Flow: Green Wave Water Blade!"
She shouted softly, and the water surrounding her body turned into sharp turquoise water knives, which shot out with a whoosh. Several water blades accurately hit the same part of a giant worm, and cut the worm in half with one strike.
This was just the beginning. There was more water surrounding Shiyun Creek, and the sound of rapid flow could be heard.
The water flowed out like waves, and at the same time, she gathered power in her right fist, and a pure white cold current gushed out from her silver-white gloves.
"Water current, quick freeze, and permanent cold current!"
The freezing power of the Ice Fist was released, spreading along the flowing water to the two giant worms.
In a moment, two magnificent statues were frozen and embedded in the middle of the collapsed rock.
As Shi Yunxi's last green water blade fell, the worm statue shattered into several pieces and fell into the seemingly bottomless abyss.
Also falling down were two pieces of Gap Stone that had not yet been mined.
Anna climbed up and her eyes followed the falling rocks, full of regret.
Shi Yunxi was the same, but she was calmer, "More evil spirits have discovered us, it's time to leave."
After stuffing the Gap Stone and all the valuable things around it into the backpack and calling the team members, the four of them quickly left the underground space.
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“Hoo~Hoo~”
The sky outside was still gray, which made people feel much more at ease than the completely dark underground cave.
Polly leaned on her knees, breathing heavily.
It was tense, but also exciting!
She blinked and looked at Captain Shi Yunxi, and the scene of killing three three-star evil spirits in just a few seconds emerged in her mind. She realized the strength of the Fire Bearers of the organization.
Under the cover of the torch light, the giant death worm did not chase after them anymore.
Seeing this, several people drank the potion to recover a little, and then returned along the same route they came.
Walking through the steel jungle shrouded in thick gray fog, occasionally catching a glimpse of a huge shadow in the fog from afar, either waiting patiently or taking other roads. Polly listened to the instructions and walked forward carefully. Suddenly, she saw an unusual light and shadow appear in the thick fog in front of her.
The bright orange light floated in the air, a tiny dot, but more eye-catching than the vehicles and evil spirits hidden in the gray fog.
Polly paused.
Just when I was about to ask the captain's opinion, I saw the bright orange light coming faster and faster.
Like a gust of wind breaking through the gray fog, in the light of the fireworks, Polly could clearly see the orange light - an oil lamp, and the person holding the oil lamp.
“Huh!”
