hotmtlnovel Chapter 71 Is she here too?
Chapter 71 Is she here too?
Upon arriving at Outpost No. 3, Zit couldn't wait to dive into the rainforest.
Because he encountered a Sequence 0 anomalous organism at the hospital that morning, he only used a few syringes for collection, leaving the rest untouched.
Perhaps because he was terrified of poverty, Qi Te never entrusted his own belongings to others. Therefore, he always carried his entire set of gathering equipment himself.
Using his sensory abilities, he collected five biological samples in less than half an hour. After the beast tide arrived, Zite abandoned the other samples, keeping only this collection box, because it contained a relatively rare and unusual creature.
The box lid opened, and a creature that looked like both a fish and a frog suddenly awoke and darted out of the box.
"Damn, he'll collapse in three steps!"
D3's pupils contracted, and the thing nicknamed "Three-Step Fall" jumped three meters high, exhaling a yellowish-brown gas from its mouth.
When the wind blows, the gas spreads out rapidly.
The vultures, which were attacking frantically, suddenly let out a piercing scream. Several of them at the center of the gas flapped their wings and then plummeted straight down to the valley floor. The raptors on the outer edge of the gas abandoned their prey and flew away unsteadily, like drunkards who had drunk fake alcohol.
Poison arrow toad, danger level B, highly venomous. Generally, it will not attack creatures larger than itself.
If bitten, or if its tongue licks a wound, death occurs within three seconds. Therefore, bounty hunters have nicknamed this aberrant creature "Three Steps to Death."
If the emitted gas is colorless and odorless, inhalation will cause instant paralysis. The yellowish-brown gas also has a neurotoxin-like paralyzing effect, but the duration is greatly reduced.
The Blue Shield team members and students all wore breathing masks that could filter toxins, but the vultures did not.
Liu Baichuan was injured, and theoretically, the wound should have been numb upon contact with gas. However, Liu's constitution was immune to most toxins, as he possessed natural magic resistance.
"Well done!"
Uncle D3 gave a shout of praise, but seeing that Qi Te had already closed the lid and didn't seem to intend to throw the collection box away, he immediately reminded him, "What's the point of keeping this thing? It's a hindrance."
Zitel looked at the poison dart toad that was jumping further and further away with some regret: "There are still samples of that abnormal creature's secretions inside, which are definitely of research value."
"What a crazy kid."
The dwarf uncle shook his head, but his gaze toward Chit was full of admiration.
"It's here! The plane is here!"
The students, still shaken, looked at the few small black dots in the distance and immediately felt a surge of adrenaline, burning the last of their strength as they desperately climbed upwards.
"Don't panic, stay calm, look upwards, don't look down."
Liu Baichuan loudly reminded them, and then directed Qin Yun, who had earth elemental abilities, and Qing Feng, who had metal elemental abilities, to help the other students stabilize the rocks they were climbing on to prevent them from breaking and causing them to fall off the cliff.
The phrase "survival of the fittest" is vividly demonstrated at this moment.
Most students are in the physical fitness category, but their levels are not high. Strength and speed types don't have much room to perform on the rock face.
The one with the biggest advantage is undoubtedly Qiao Yi, who has already sent Cao Yingchong, Yue Wanwan, and a female member of the Blue Shield team to the top of the mountain.
At that moment, he flashed to the side of another female classmate.
Girls are generally weaker, so everyone agreed to prioritize rescuing the weaker ones. Cao Yingchong was sent up first for safety reasons; the mountaintop isn't entirely safe, and there are unusual creatures there.
The group of vultures had just attacked the group on the mountaintop. Fortunately, they had the support of Cao Yingchong's wind blades and the female team member's firepower; otherwise, they would have died as soon as they reached the summit.
Soon, with Joey's help, most of the students had reached the summit.
The helicopter, which was originally just a small black dot, is now clearly visible.
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"Holy crap, ouch, ouch, ouch!"
Tony Leung kicked open the car window, which had a small shard of glass, and crawled out using both hands and feet.
After the car crashed headlong into the pickup trucks, it flipped over due to inertia and smashed between the two pickups. The roof of the SUV was largely crushed, and its four wheels, pointing upwards, were still spinning.
The violent impact caused Uncle Gun's neck to break, and his head was twisted almost 180 degrees backward, making him look extremely terrifying.
Because Tony Leung noticed it early, he was able to activate the impact protection mode on his neck helmet in time. By then, the helmet was already ruined.
"uncle"
After calling out twice without a response, Wei Zai reached out and grabbed the backpack containing the dragon eggs without saying a word.
As he pulled the bag strap outwards, Uncle Gun's body suddenly moved.
Immediately, Uncle Gun, his face covered in blood, gasped for breath and then coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Tony was startled, but he still gripped the bag strap tightly, trying to pull it out.
"Legs, legs are trapped, back compartment, crowbar."
Tony understood what Gun Uncle meant, but a thought suddenly popped into his head.
Of the seven people, only the two of them survived. If Uncle Gun also died, then the remaining payment would be all his.
"Don't get any funny ideas... cough cough... Boss, you only recognize me."
Uncle Gun's reminder brought Tony Leung back to his senses.
"No, Uncle, I didn't mean anything by it. I'll go get the crowbar..."
Wei Zai gave a sheepish, half-hearted answer, secretly relieved that Uncle Gun's healing abilities were strong enough. If he had really died, he wouldn't have been able to contact his former employer even with the dragon egg. Selling it on the dark web also carried the risk of being double-crossed.
Wei Zai is a strength-based superhuman, and he easily pried open the broken car beam.
Gunner's severed left leg healed to the point where he could barely walk within just a dozen seconds.
"Where is that thing? Where did it go?"
Tony shook his head: "I don't know, maybe the canyon was too narrow to catch up, so they gave up."
Uncle Gun frowned, gazing at the sky, but saw no sign of the golden salamander, not even a roar. But he knew in his heart that once the golden dragon awoke, it would not so easily abandon its young.
A roaring sound startled Wei Zai, but he quickly realized it wasn't a dragon.
"A helicopter, the rescue team must have arrived."
Uncle Gun paused for a second in confusion, then realized that the four pickup trucks that caused his accident had the Blue Shield logo printed on their cargo beds.
Therefore, it must have been the Blue Shield field staff who called for help.
"Go up!"
Gunner slung his backpack over his shoulder, pulled out two pickaxes from the back of the truck, threw one to Tony Leung, and charged toward the rock face.
The car was destroyed, and herds of animals were surging toward the middle from both ends of the canyon.
There is no other way but to climb up the rock.
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During the rock climbing, the Blue Shield team lost two more members. Team leader Xu Su was covered in wounds, with a gash in his abdomen from the claws of a tiger-leopard beast, his combat uniform stained with blood.
A B+ level expert like him would be perfectly capable of escaping unscathed from the surging beast tide. However, he had to ensure the safety of the gathering team members, clearing the way and holding the line, engaging in high-intensity combat for nearly half an hour, which resulted in his severe injuries.
Watching the students cheering as they reached the summit, and the Blue Shield team members who, despite their injuries, endured the excruciating pain and remained on guard with their guns, Xu Su once again felt the urge to retreat.
In mission after mission, he watched his colleagues and subordinates fall one by one. Some died without a complete body, some were completely destroyed, and today, all of his fallen subordinates have become food for the aberrant creature.
Protecting the target is important, but don't their lives matter too?
During the last mission, Xu Su had this thought in his mind. As a field security personnel, it was wrong to have such thoughts, which made him realize that he might not be suitable for this line of work.
Xu Su shook his head self-deprecatingly, then felt a slight chill on his wrist.
A slender, jade-like hand rested on the back of his hand, where his knuckles were exposed and covered in blood.
Xu Su looked up in surprise and saw that the beautiful face behind the transparent mask was covered with tear stains.
"Thank you, you saved us, thank you!"
Yue Wanwan spoke softly, while simultaneously using her special ability.
New flesh and blood tissue quickly grew on the back of Xu Su's hand, and the most serious wound on his abdomen was also healing rapidly.
At the same time, Qi Te, who had just reached the summit, quickly took out his phone.
On the way to the canyon, his phone vibrated, but he was lying on the roof of the car and didn't have time to check the message.
Where there are satellites, there are signals, and the skies above the globe are almost completely covered by satellites.
Upon opening the Feixun app, Qi Te's brow furrowed sharply.
Before leaving the city, he rented a small house in an old residential area near the college. He was originally worried about not being able to find a suitable live-in nanny, but when the plump aunt heard about this, she immediately said that since it was winter vacation and she had nothing to do, she could go and take care of Qi Te's mother.
I initially thought it was a message from the plump auntie, worried that something had happened to my mother, but unexpectedly, the message came from Jiang Luo.
Furthermore, it is spoken language, not written language.
Qi Te quickly opened the voice message.
"Run!"
In just two seconds, with only two words, it was definitely Jiang Luo's voice.
Why did you tell me to run?
Did it foresee that I was in danger?
"No, if they knew I was in danger, they would have explained the situation, not just said two words."
Furthermore, Jiang Luo's voice sounded hurried and weak, as if...
Qi Te's mind raced, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
Click on the voice message to play it at 0.25x speed.
really!
The background noise could be faintly heard as the roar of a ferocious beast.
So, she's also in the border area?
No, to be precise, it should be in this border area!
Thinking of this, Qi Te quickly dialed the voice call.
The soft music had barely started when it was completely drowned out by the roar of the helicopter.
Rescue has arrived!