The next day.
Lin Lin arrived at the gathering place of the scientific research team early to wait.
The meeting point was in Hu Zhentian's office, and Hu Zhentian and Qiu Chu were waiting here early.
"Mr. Lin, I still need your help in this exploration operation."
Qiuchu stood up and took out the folder from the side and put it in front of Lin Lin: "This is the itinerary of the operation. Although our goals are different, our final destination is the same. There should be no dangers along the way. , but I still ask Mr. Lin to take care of it, after all, these scientific researchers are very precious."
Picking up the folder, Lin Lin quickly glanced at it. It was indeed just an ordinary scientific expedition. The degree of danger was almost zero. The only danger he could encounter was the possible sandstorm.
"It seems to be a very easy task. You should be able to complete it alone." Throwing the folder on the desktop, Lin Lin shrugged: "However, since I took the initiative to join, of course I will protect them. safety."
"As long as nothing comes up that I can't fix."
Lin Lin still hasn't forgotten the crape myrtle cosmic aura mentioned by the system. Just because of the presence of this thing, Lin Lin believes that unexpected situations are likely to occur.
Moreover, the system only said that there is no life breath, which may be a text trap. What if it is a zombie? That thing shouldn't... have the breath of life, right?
After a series of events in Ziwei Universe, Lin Lin can now be said to have slowly begun to believe in these myths and stories.
Desert, isn't this a thousand miles away? Maybe there is some kind of Hanba. I don't know if that guy has the breath of life.
"Boss Tiger, we are here!"
A greeting interrupted Lin Lin's random thoughts. Three people in combat uniforms walked in from outside the door, two men and one woman. It could be seen from their standing posture that they
Hu Zhentian turned around and looked at the person who came, and said: "Since we are here, let's all sit down. Qiuchu, tell them the details of the operation."
"Okay." Qiu Chu pushed up his glasses, turned on the projection and began to talk about the content of the operation, which was the content of the folder Lin Lin just looked at.
After a while, Qiuchu finished speaking. He raised his head and pushed up his glasses again: "That's it for this mission. It's a very simple mission. I believe you."
"Okay, now you guys can get to know each other. Commander Hu and I are going to see those old stubborns." Qiu Chu smiled, then followed Hu Zhentian and left the office.
"Are you the temporary captain assigned to us by Boss Tiger?"
The only female player among the three stood up, looked at Lin Lin, patted the teammates beside him, and asked Lin Lin: "You are so thin, can you really be the captain?"
"I'm just a temporary captain. I won't give you any orders. Just treat me as if I don't exist." Lin Lin didn't refute. He didn't want to waste words with others on this kind of matter. They would be separated sooner or later anyway, so there was no need to say so much. use.
"You are self-aware." The woman nodded, then stretched out her hand: "My name is Li Xi."
"Lin Lin."
"Hello, my name is Wang Nanming." Wang Nanming stood up, touched his head, and apologized to Lin Lin: "That's what Sister Xi said. Don't take it to heart. Boss Tiger said you are the captain, then You are the captain, give the orders when you need to, and we will all listen."
"Hey, Xiao Mingzi, what are you talking about?" Li Xi said displeasedly.
"My name is Qin Fang, Captain Lin, right? You can do whatever you want if you need anything." The honest-looking man smiled shyly at Lin Lin.
"Hey, hey, why are you two like this?" Li Xi was dissatisfied and sat on the chair angrily.
Lin Lin looked around and asked, "Is there no one else? Is it just the four of us?"
"There are two more, but they have already set off to explore ahead." Wang Nanming chuckled.
"Have you finished talking? Let's go as soon as possible. Finish the task early. I have to go back to play games." Li Xi stood up and walked out of the house.
…
Seeing Lin Lin come out privately, Hu Zhentian smiled: "It seems that you all know each other. In the next few days, these nerds will be protected by you. Hurry back after collecting the data, Mr. Lin You can do your own thing by yourself then.”
"Okay." Lin Lin nodded. This was indeed discussed from the beginning. They were responsible for leading the way, and he could protect them and leave on their own after completing the data collection.
Then, following Lin Lin's answer, the system actually triggered a new task.
[The host triggers random tasks to protect the scientific expedition team to complete data collection]
[Task tip: Due to the video recording, Hu Zhentian’s scientific expedition team will go to the incident site to collect data. Please protect them on the way. 】
[Task time limit: Protect all the way until data collection is completed. 】
[Task reward: 5 attribute points. 】
Looking at this mission reward, Lin Lin couldn't help but curl his lips. Isn't this reward too shabby? Just 5 attribute points, how about sending the beggar away?
But, since he was on his way, Lin Lin still accepted the task. No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat, so don’t give them up for free.
Lin Lin was very confused about the triggering conditions of this mission. This time, such a small thing could trigger a random mission. Before, he had visited other people's Nian family base camp and never saw any movement in the system.
In the end, Lin Lin could only regard Ziwei Universe as the trigger condition for the mission.
"Then are you all ready?" Seeing Lin Lin come to his senses, Hu Zhentian continued: "Everyone, get in the car. I wish you success in your mission."
…
The vehicle gradually drove into the basin. At first, there were still some green plants visible, but the further back, the more deserted it became. As the vehicle went deeper into the basin, the temperature became higher and higher, finally reaching an astonishing forty-five degrees. .
Slowly, the car stopped, and the driver said to everyone: "There are too many quicksand pits ahead, and vehicles cannot enter. From now on, you will have to walk across them by yourself."
"By the way, I want to warn you one more thing. This place is not very clean. Every year, many people go in to explore and never come back. You have to be careful."
Afterwards, everyone got out of the car. The driver turned his head and glanced fearfully at the depths of the basin, then restarted the vehicle and left here as if running away.
At this time, Lin Lin had been thinking about what the driver meant, not very clean? Never come back? And, what does the driver’s last look mean? Is it really as I thought, there are zombies or something here?
"This driver." Lin Lin glanced at Wang Nanming and asked, "Is he one of your own?"
"Ah?" Wang Nanming thought for a while: "No, it seems that Boss Hu paid someone to go to a nearby town and hired them. It is said that they know this area very well."
"What do you think about his last words?" Lin Lin asked.
Li Xi said displeased at this time: "What can you think? This is feudal superstition. They talk about gods and ghosts every day. No matter how powerful the ghost is, how many missiles can it withstand?"
"This girl is right."
Behind him, a white-haired scientific researcher agreed: "What are the monsters and ghosts? They are all deceiving themselves."
"Old man, I like what you said, let's go forward." As he said that, Li Xi pushed the scientific researchers forward and shouted: "Where are the monsters? Where are they? Come out and let me see look."
Watching them set off, Lin Lin put aside his random thoughts and said to Wang Nanming and Qin Fang: "Let's go then. You go in front. I will be in charge of the rear. If anything happens, just shout loudly."
"Received!" Compared to Li Xi, Wang Nanming and Qin Fang were more like soldiers. Even if Lin Lin was just a temporary captain, they did not show any dissatisfaction and completely obeyed Hu Zhentian's arrangements.
As a result, everyone slowly followed the map and moved towards the destination.
…
At night, several simple tents were set up, and everyone ate the compressed biscuits they brought with them under the stars.
Li Xi gnawed on the compressed biscuits while complaining: "Everything about this mission is good, there are fights, you can make money, and you can also get military honors. The only bad thing is that these compressed biscuits are so unpalatable that we all In the interstellar age, you still eat this kind of thing."
"Tell me, is our technology tree wrong? We have only developed weapons and spaceships, but we have not developed much in terms of food." Li Xi pulled Wang Nanming and asked.
"Sister Xi, are you reading science fiction novels from hundreds of years ago? Technology trees are just a concept even now, and we don't know if they are crooked or not." Wang Nanming He answered with a bitter look. To use a popular saying from long ago, Li Xi is good at everything. The bad thing is that he has a long mouth and won't stop talking.
Looking at Wang Nanming's expression, Li Xi was a little unhappy: "What's wrong? Not only do you not thank me for talking to a beautiful woman like you, but you also dislike me, right? If I'm outside, do you want to talk to me? We have to queue up to speak.”
"Yes, yes, everything Sister Xi said is right, it's my fault." Wang Nanming sighed. He shouldn't have sat next to Li Xi. Look at how quiet Qin Fang is sitting next to Lin Lin. He just eats. .
Seeing that Wang Nanming was still reluctant to talk to him, Li Xi was about to continue educating him a few words when he heard a voice coming from the researcher's side: "Help!"
Hearing the sound, Lin Lin and others immediately dropped the compressed biscuits in their hands and ran over there.
"Dr. Yang, what happened? Where is Dr. Zhang?"
Dr. Zhang and Dr. Yang just left the camp together, saying they were looking for a convenient place, but this happened.
Dr. Zhang disappeared, and Dr. Yang still had two deep wounds on his body, as if he had been bitten by something.
"Go and save Dr. Zhang quickly. He was captured by that strange thing." Dr. Yang was in a very unstable mental state at this time and was on the verge of collapse.
