Time: 19:00
Coordinates: Death Desert Depths (1,344, 3,894)
In a city ruin that was covered in yellow sand, the sun had set on the other side of the sky, leaving just a little bit of afterglow that left long after shadows of the sand-covered buildings in the city ruin. Some of the buildings looked worn out after being exposed to the elements for long periods of time.
“Vroom! Vroom!”
The shadows of two vehicles, two dust-covered SUVs, moved into the ruins, leaving dust in the wind. After that, both vehicles stopped at a certain location!
“Finally, we are here!”
“This should be the place, right?”
“Yeah, the rendezvous point mentioned in the chip is this place. According to the information stored by the NPC, this is a large base that the army back then built for the Zergs.”
A simple conversation between the people inside the two SUVs could be heard.
“Military bases usually have decent things. However, we have no way of exploring it in our current condition.”
Chairman Jiao looked around with a curious expression at first, but then a look of disappointment filled his face.
The place they were in was obviously in ruin. However, most of the place had been covered by the desert sand. Additionally, some of the exposed areas that weren’t covered in sand had been badly damaged!
If they were to explore the place with just their squad, then they would need at least a few months to accomplish the task.
“So what should we do next? Did the system provide any hints?” the newly joined Fire Manipulator, Burnt, asked Mu Zi.
Mu Zi was the person who accepted this mission. And he also had more information compared to the others.
“No. We probably have to find that A-2 underground research base on our own.”
Mu Zi got out of the energy SUV with his submachine gun in hand. He looked at the screen of his Scout Bracelet and shook his head.
The information chip obtained in the underground ruin did not indicate the specific position of the A-2 underground research base.
It only said that after they arrived at the location and after they explained their situation to the people at the military base, they would be led to the A-2 underground research base.
However, it was now clear that when the NPC left the recording in the information chip, he had not imagined that it would be decades later before anyone got their hands on the chip.
The military base that was supposed to be the rendezvous point had almost completely been devoured by the sands of the desert.
Of course, even though the NPC did not mention it, as players, each of the players from the group had already thought of this.
However, it did not affect their decision, and they still decided to get to this location.
The reason was that since the system had issued this mission, it meant that it could be completed.
Apart from that, to Feng Luo, this mission was not his main priority. His main priority was to find a way to heal 24K.
“There’s actually no hint at all? The system should technically give some hints, no?” Burnt asked, puzzled.
At that moment, Mu Zi suddenly shouted, “Pay attention! Something appeared!”
The Legendary-grade Recon Meter in his hands quickly projected a screen in front of everyone.
On the projected screen, multiple yellow dots moving at high speed appeared!
Moreover, unlike normal movement, the group of white dots was not moving towards them from afar; instead, the group was moving from underneath them!
Mu Zi spoke clearly and concisely. “Monsters! Underground! Over there!”
When this happened, the submachine gun had already been raised to a height parallel to his chest, bullets loaded as he took a battle stance!
“Underground?”
Apart from Burnt, who reacted slightly slower than the rest, the other players had already quickly moved to bring out their weapons. Dai also turned the six-barreled machine gun towards that location.
The target displayed on the Recon Meter was a building that was almost completely covered in sands about a hundred meters away from them. Only the top part of the building remained above the sand.
After everyone made preparations quickly, the sand in front of the buried building that seemed ordinary suddenly burst into the air!
“Boom!”
An agile yellow figure flew out of the sand like a cannonball!
It was a small monster with amazing mobility.
It had a tiny black crescent-shaped ear and large eye sockets with black rims. The nose was conical and brown, and the creature’s body was covered in yellow fur that camouflaged it nicely amidst the yellow sand. It looked like a combination of a rabbit and a fox!
[Mutant Meerkat. Base Level: 55. HP: 9,600. Gregarious. A normal group contains around 30 to 100 units. Naturally brutal, aggressive.]
The screen of the Legendary-grade Recon Meter quickly displayed the information of the cute-looking monster to everyone.
As a creature with a base level of only 55, a single Mutant Meerkat was definitely considered weak in this kind of environment, where the average level for monsters was 70 and above.
However, as a gregarious-type monster, their numbers could definitely make up for their individual weakness.
As long as they charged as a group, even some Elite-grade Level-70 monsters in this area would become prey for these meerkats!
And this time, they had obviously chosen Feng Luo’s group who had just stepped into their domain as their prey.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
One after another, Mutant Meerkats charged out from under the sand in front of the battered and worn-out building. After that, they started moving towards the Nightless City Club group.
“Bang!”
“-12260!”
However, the meerkats who had become used to being the boss around the area had clearly met their match today!
The first Mutant Meerkat that surfaced was already close to Feng Luo’s group. It looked fierce and menacing as it closed in.
As it moved at high speed, it was struck directly by a Sniper bullet. Then, it exploded, and blood splattered on the ground. Its body was turned into mincemeat!
Since after the update, the damage of the last hit could exceed the remaining HP of the target, Feng Luo’s shot actually dealt a damage number that was higher than that of the meerkat’s total HP!
“Ta, ta, ta!”
Submachine gun rounds also rang in the air.
A series of bullets hit the Mutant Meerkat’s body, and the supposed agile footsteps of the meerkat suddenly twitched as if it was dancing.
“Boom!”
A firewall appeared from thin air and ignited the skin and fur of a few Mutant Meerkats that were not able to rein in their charge. In an instant, the smell of roasted meat also filled the air!
“Ta, ta, ta!”
The last sound to appear was the sound of machinegun fire, and it also announced the fate of these Mutant Meerkats!
*****
The battle did not last very long. After around a minute, no more white dots were moving upwards on the display of the Recon Meter.
Instead, a few of the white dots that were halfway through their journey to the surface suddenly turned around to move quickly back underground, to a zone that was so deep that the Recon Meter could not detect due to the terrain.
One Pillar Skyward, assigned to pick up items, shook off the blood on his sword and said with a smile, “Ha! These monsters don’t have high HP, but the things they drop are quite nice. Some of them actually dropped silver crystals. If we just consider the materials, that’s at least 5,000 to 6,000 credits right there.”
“But these little bastards’ attack power ain’t that weak. Moreover, they move very quickly! It was a good thing that Mu Zi’s Recon Meter warned us in advance. Otherwise, we might have lost someone,” said the panting Fire Manipulator, Burnt, with lingering fear while he was being treated by Little Snow after three Mutant Meerkats closed in on him earlier and attacked him, making him lose his energy shield and half of his HP.
In the depths of the Death Desert, no monster could be called ordinary.
Do not be tricked by the seemingly casual and relaxed atmosphere earlier. The place was really quite dangerous!
Mu Zi looked at the Recon Meter. After confirming that there weren’t any monsters coming up, he turned around and noticed Feng Luo gazing at the almost completely buried building where the Mutant Meerkats appeared earlier. It looked like Feng Luo was thinking about something.
“Brother Feng, what are you thinking?”
