Ji Xun's team of ten people walked towards the depths of the dark research institute.
It is currently a C-level plot difficulty.
The intelligence said that the strongest monster that appeared was a first-class A-level disaster, so it was not a big problem.
But because there is no second-level card master in the team, it seems that there is no backbone, and the other eight team members seem a little resentful.
No one would think that a first-level mechanic would be the guarantee to lead them through the level.
But since it's a team mode now, there's nothing anyone else can say.
Dong Qi also felt the strange cold gazes on him from time to time, which was very awkward.
I wanted to explain something.
After all, she is the only one who knows that the strongest person in the team is not herself.
But Ji Xun.
In terms of combat power, this guy is much better than the average second-level card master.
But after taking a look at the indifferent expression, Dong Qi didn't say anything and just walked beside Ji Xun.
Ji Xun walked, observing the surrounding environment along the way.
Although the intelligence has already marked in detail most of the discovered spatial layout of this underground research institute.
But he wasn't careless at all.
All the clues obtained now may be the key to solving the problem.
After walking for a while, he also discovered that the Titan Mechanical Research Institute was a very regular underground research institute.
It is surrounded by thick cement walls on all sides, which are indestructible space rules items.
There are some mechanical doors, too.
This is the first floor of the institute, and the entire underground building is roughly in the shape of a "Y".
The three teams are each in a corner of the corridor, and there will be many laboratories on the way.
Eventually we will meet at the central control room.
There is a passage to the underground level.
The lights in the passage flickered on and off, and some movements made by unknown monsters could be heard in the darkness.
Along the way, there were some blood stains in the corridor, as well as some remains of the corpses of some eaten creatures.
Not long after walking, the team came to a huge oval space.
This looks like an office for the staff of the institute.
Various archive materials and broken instruments were scattered everywhere on the ground.
The surrounding walls are covered with thick explosion-proof glass. It looks a bit like a viewing compartment in a zoo. It seems that some monster experimental subjects were previously locked inside.
But now, the glass is cracked and broken everywhere due to the huge impact, and there are black blood stains everywhere on the wall.
Ji Xun'erguo moved slightly, looking at the dark place, with green light overflowing.
His keen hearing allowed him to notice that a monster was being attracted.
However, he didn't have any strange feelings. Instead, he was very interested in the scattered information on the ground.
I picked them up along the way.
It seems that the above are all in Talungu language.
The will of space has not been translated, which means it is not the key to breaking the situation.
They are just decorative items and cannot be taken out.
Moreover, these documents are incomprehensible even to non-experts in ancient writing, and there is no mention of them in the previously obtained information.
But Ji Xun could roughly understand it.
"Experiment No. 102-6. This experiment is trying to connect the brain-replenishing nerves and machinery of the red-haired ape. The rejection of the experiment is very obvious."
"Experiment No. 115, the research on 'artificial muscle fiber' has been initially successful. It replaced the gastrocnemius muscle in the leg of Experimental Subject No. 8 and achieved super bouncing. Three days later, the experimental subject became deformed and died."
"Experiment No. 1191T, the subject attempted to fuse a mechanical heart."
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Although there were some technical terms that he didn't understand, it didn't stop Ji Xun from roughly knowing what this laboratory was studying.
"Mechanical prosthetic technology?"
Ji Xun looked thoughtful.
Now I understand why there are so many living monsters in the 1981 Research Institute, which studies machinery.
He was thinking about the problem in his head and didn't pay attention to others.
But this behavior seemed a bit pretentious in the eyes of other team members.
These files are ancient Talon texts dating back thousands of years, and even the most knowledgeable paleographers in the Federation may not be able to understand them.
In the eyes of hunters, this behavior is a waste of time.
Without having time to think too much, others also discovered something at this time.
As the only normal first-level card master in the team, the hook-nosed man noticed the movement and exclaimed: "Be careful, the monster is coming!"
At this point, even Dong Qi became nervous.
She was not wearing the unique Gunnir Orkin armor, but another ordinary mechanical exoskeleton of her own design.
As soon as the monster came out, he raised his hand and took out an ammunition box as high as a person from the storage ring and hung it by his leg. At the same time, along with the clicking sounds of mechanical skeletons and gears, the six-round Vulcan cannon behind the shoulders also started to rotate.
At this scene, the other eight teammates swallowed in envy as they watched.
This was the first time they had seen such sophisticated and high-end mechanical equipment.
Without thinking much, a group of ugly-looking deformed monkeys suddenly appeared in the distance.
They are tall, have tentacles on their bodies, have barbs and long tongues in their mouths, or have various sarcomas. In short, they have all kinds of strange and deformed appearances.
As soon as they appeared, everyone immediately pulled the triggers, and intensive gunshots rang out.
The hook-nosed man also acted as a temporary commander and kept drinking.
"Hit the head! Hit the heart! Otherwise, you won't die!"
"Be careful of those corpses on the ground, they are not completely dead!"
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These monsters are all deformed from the red-haired apes used in the research institute's experiments. Most of them are only as strong as a card master's apprentice and can be killed with firearms.
Ji Xun didn't contribute much. He only occasionally saw monsters breaking through the fire blockade, so he used a large-caliber pistol to make up for it with two shots.
And Dong Qi’s performance was very eye-catching.
"铿" "铿" "铿".
Two six-round muskets glowed blue, and the metal bullet casings kept beating on the ground, and soon they piled up into a hill.
With such a high rate of fire, even without aiming, it would be difficult for the monster to break through the fire net.
Her firepower alone suppressed almost the entire team.
With such a super violent output, not long after the first wave of monsters rushed out, they almost turned into a pool of flesh and blood.
The battle ended quickly.
In just a moment, the monster seemed to have disappeared.
Quietness returned to the huge underground laboratory.
The other eight teammates looked at Dong Qi with weird expressions.
They previously felt that they would suffer a big loss if they did not have a second-level leader in the team.
Looking at it now, it seems like this mechanic is pretty good?
The eldest lady of any family, why don't you come and experience some kind of hunter game?
Dong Qi noticed those glances and didn't know why.
But Ji Xun looked at it with a slight smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.
He knew why those other people looked so strange.
Because even with such sufficient ammunition, ordinary hunters would not dare to consume it like this.
The style of play just now is indeed efficient and neat, but it is purely using money to destroy monsters.
The ammunition consumed is definitely not proportional to the gains that monsters can bring.
This is fundamentally different from the idea of hunters taking risks to seek wealth.
But thinking about it, everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and they even thought it was a surprise.
With such a "foolish young lady" who has never been to another dimension at first glance, their losses will be even lower.
Ji Xun didn't say much.
This time when she brought Dong Qi in, she had to understand something on her own.
The first wave of monsters was killed in this way, and the hunters also went to look for some low-level extraordinary materials among the corpses.
Ji Xun walked over and used the feast skill on the pile of corpses.
His feast has now reached Level 3, and its devouring can cover a large area and is extremely efficient.
Just as he was holding it in the corpse, he absorbed the extraordinary characteristics of the power of hundreds of monsters around him like a whale.
However, because the monster's level is too low, there are not many attributes that can be improved.
And Ji Xun didn't come here for these monsters.
His eyes fell on the pile of corpses, a monster that was beaten into two pieces but was still struggling.
He squatted down and checked.
"Immortality characteristic."
Ji Xun looked at the corpse that was quickly reviving, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Generally speaking, this kind of low-level monster, which is not an undead creature, should not have such "immortal characteristics".
But it just so happens that there are monsters in this laboratory.
It can only be killed by blowing out the head or heart.
And Ji Xun could clearly see that after the monsters' limbs were beaten to pieces, the extraordinary characteristics of the distortions spilled out uncontrollably.
Thoughts were fruitless.
He tried to touch the monster with his hand, and the feast devoured these overflowing characteristics in a targeted manner.
A magical scene happened.
The monster that was still struggling just now seemed to have been drained of its life force, and then died.
The heart and head are still intact.
"Is that true?"
When Ji Xun saw this, he already understood something.
If he guessed correctly, the breaking point of the advanced plot difficulty in this space is right here!
As long as the "immortality characteristics" of monsters can be specifically restricted, the difficulty will be greatly reduced.
For Ji Xun, these out-of-control extraordinary characteristics can be swallowed!
The most important point is that he speculated that the immortality of these monsters was most likely caused by the mysterious pollution source of the 1981 Research Institute.
For a time, Ji Xun combined the known intelligence and thought of many possible subsequent plot developments.
And his action of studying the corpse was another weird behavior in the eyes of others.
Even Dong Qi was confused and couldn't understand what these corpses were worth studying.
It is currently a C-level difficulty. Normally, you only need to kill monsters all the way, deal with a relatively dangerous first-level disaster, go to the core cabin and close the passage from the first floor to the second floor, and you will be considered cleared.
However, this group of people they came in this time were not just for C-level difficulty.
When everyone was cleaning up the battlefield and reloading ammunition, enlightenment suddenly appeared.
"The confidential archives room on the second floor of the Titan Research Institute has been discovered. The exploration degree is +15%. The second-order disaster-level deformed creature has been quietly lurking in the darkness. B-level mission triggered: take the file lock box out of the research institute."
Seeing this enlightenment, everyone's expressions immediately became solemn.
Level B difficulty, the mortality rate is currently close to 70%.
In other words, normally, seven of their ten-person team would die.
Even the group was wiped out.
However, I have cleared this difficulty level before and have a mature strategy.
Moreover, it was already agreed before coming that they, the independents, could choose not to go to the second floor of the research institute, and the risk would be greatly reduced.
Only Ji Xun looked at it with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
Ordinary second-level disasters are not a particularly big threat to his current strength.
But when you think about the equipment and personnel of the previous Steel Hands Hunters, the purpose of those guys is probably not just to clear the B-level difficulty.
And now it can be seen that the other two teams are advancing much faster than theirs.
Ji Xun became more and more certain that those people might have some information that outsiders didn't know.
But it doesn’t matter.
Thinking of the uncertainty he was about to face, he felt that this extradimensional space was starting to become a little interesting.
The difficulty of the plot was raised to level B, and the atmosphere in the team instantly became tense.
But in this space, you need to kill monsters and complete the plot to obtain high settlement rewards.
Even if you stay on the first floor, it's best to clear out more monsters.
Now that few monsters have been killed, everyone can only bite the bullet and continue moving forward.
Not long after walking, the second batch of monsters appeared.
There are still some deformed monkeys, but this time, disaster-level monsters appear among the monsters.
It was a tall bloody orangutan that was more than five meters tall, had red hair and fangs, and was covered in blood. Its head almost touched the ceiling of the corridor.
【Corrupted Giant Demon Ape King】
Detailed explanation: First-order A-level disaster; the ape king of the abyss rift, eroded by mysterious pollution, possesses terrifying power, physical defense and immortality;
Ji Xun looked at the lingering blood and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Seeing this monster, the expressions of the others in the team changed drastically.
This is the most difficult monster that can be encountered on the first floor of the research institute.
Unexpectedly, their team was so unlucky that they met directly.
The real combat power of the first-level A-level disaster has crushed most second-level card masters, and it also has the undead characteristic, making it extremely difficult to kill.
"Damn it, it's actually this A-level disaster!"
"Everyone, be careful, don't be approached by monsters!"
"Ordinary bullets are useless, you have to use magic bullets and bombs."
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These words are not, but are said to Dong Qi, the main output.
You must know that one piece of special ammunition costs nearly 10,000.
Ordinary hunters don't say they don't have much in their hands. Even if they do, they have their own little thoughts at the moment and don't use it if they can.
The team kills monsters together, but the ammunition belongs to you and will be gone once it is consumed.
This is the disadvantage of wild teams.
The team members have no basis of trust among each other and work independently.
Dong Qi has a straightforward personality, and listening to these words, there is no trace of ink.
She took out a special ammunition box, loaded it with a click, and a special flame burst out.
Ji Xun only observed the few teammates in the team who were obviously playing tricks, and then looked at the money-burning play, raising his eyebrows and saying nothing.
Not even ready to help.
Just put a cold gun aside.
Although he brought Dong Qi to another dimension this time.
But it’s impossible to bring it every time in the future.
There are some situations that she needs to know how to handle.
That [Corrupted Giant Demonic Ape King] already has some wisdom, and its own attributes are too strong.
Even the damage of special bullets is very limited.
As soon as the monster appeared at the end of the passage, it led a group of monsters and charged all the way.
high speed.
And after rushing through the straight corridor, it actually started to move flexibly!
The speed was so fast that it was difficult for Dong Qi's trajectory to catch up.
Even though its body was beaten with holes everywhere, it was still vigorous and vigorous. It rushed to the team's defense formation despite the firepower. With a "boom", it crashed into the ten-man team's defense formation like a truck.
Dong Qi was not afraid, and gave up the six-round artillery. He controlled the mechanical arm and pushed forward directly. The steam boiler roared, and he did not lose in the wrestling.
She alone withstood this most dangerous A-level disaster.
Ape King is a purely physical attack, and the risk is completely controllable.
Not a big problem.
Ji Xun still had no intention of helping.
Instead, he looked at the injuries on the monster and thought in his mind: "Is it strange that this immortal characteristic is not healing ability, but pure energy support?"
After careful observation, Ji Xun also discovered some clues.
Moreover, it was not just this giant ape that was in danger. His eyes scanned the darkness and narrowed slightly.
He smelled a dangerous aura hidden in the darkness.
Furthermore, according to visual inspection, the number of monsters is much higher than what was stated in the information.
Something had obviously happened ahead.
It was not difficult for Ji Xun to guess what tricks those guys who went to the second floor might have used.
The ten-man team started fighting with the monster group.
Although Dong Qi was able to resist the ape king, the others were already weak in strength and equipment, and it was difficult to deal with the tide of mobs.
Finally, casualties appeared.
The moment a guy's gun jammed, he was knocked down by a monster, and then he was submerged in the siege of dozens of monsters.
"Oh help me! Help me quickly!"
The screams were endless.
Seeing this, Dong Qi felt that his teammates should reach out to save him, so he pulled away. Several explosions of "dong", "dong" and "dong" were heard, and several high-power micro-missiles were fired at the Ape King. Exploded.
As soon as the green flames rose, the huge body over five meters high was blown away.
This scene left several other teammates dumbfounded.
Dong Qi rushed over and scattered the pile of monsters.
But that guy had been bitten all over his body, and most of his neck was bitten off. Blood was gushing out like a spring, and he couldn't survive.
Dong Qi frowned as he watched. Suddenly, the machinery on both arms clicked, and the muzzles of the two large-caliber cannons suddenly accumulated pressure.
This is the "Haig Type V" military steam nozzle that she modified through some ancient mechanical drawings. It is more powerful than the top products on the market.
Having already accumulated energy for a long time, she decisively pulled the trigger at the wave of monsters in front of her.
With a "bang", ultra-high-pressure steam spurted out, and a large group of minions in front of him suddenly exploded into blood mist, splattering all over the ground.
After clearing out a large number of monsters, the pressure on the other team members was instantly relieved.
But at the same time, those few people also saw Dong Qi's increasingly outrageous equipment, and their eyes froze: No wonder he was not assigned to the second level, this guy is so strong?
But the monster hasn't been killed yet, so it's not the time to rest.
Dong Qi shook her arms and threw out the alloy mechanical sword. Then she rushed towards the ape king alone.
Dong Qi used those mechanical equipment that were at the bottom of the box, and it was no problem to deal with a first-level disaster.
Not long after, the seriously injured [Corrupted Giant Demonic Ape King] was blasted into the mouth by the muzzle of the cannon, and several micro-missiles smashed its head into pieces.
The death of Calamity also announced the end of this crisis.
Extraordinary properties converged on the corpse, converging into a single glowing muscle.
Ji Xun walked over, and while devouring the extraordinary characteristics, he also peeled off the muscle and sealed it in the containment card.
The crisis was over, and everyone's eyes fell on the shining silver muscles.
A-level disaster produced this very good silver material.
But compared with the ammunition Dong Qi consumed, the value was probably not much more.
Ji Xun had no intention of sharing and collected the materials directly.
Seeing his behavior, other teammates looked unhappy.
Silver materials can be valuable.
Try your best to explore, all you want is money.
If you don’t ask for it now, it will be harder to ask for it later.
Finally unable to bear it any longer, a green-haired young man immediately said: "Hey, um, we should also have a share of this silver material."
This is a peaceful mode, and he is not afraid of his teammates rising up and killing people.
According to the intelligence, if they only explore the first floor and kill this disaster, the biggest crisis will have been eliminated.
It doesn't matter if we break up.
Out of the extradimensional space, who knows whom?
Dong Qi watched silently from the side.
She vaguely guessed that Ji Xun had not taken action before, as if he had a deeper meaning.
Seeing the greedy look in these guys' eyes at this moment, she seemed to understand.
Ji Xun glanced at the man and said calmly: "My friend killed this disaster and it has nothing to do with you."
Lu Mao was choked by this, with a cunning flash in his eyes, and asked: "It doesn't matter? My friend is dead, you say it doesn't matter?"
This guy had just seen Dong Qi spending a lot of valuable special ammunition to save people, and he had already concluded that this was a fool who he thought had good intentions.
You might get some benefits by opening your mouth.
Ji Xun saw through this guy's little thoughts and said calmly: "Oh. So what?"
The green haired man looked furious: "You obviously have such powerful mechanical equipment, why didn't you use it earlier? You had to kill us, so why did you use it?"
Dong Qi's expression was slightly different when he heard this.
To be honest, this is true.
If she had fought with all her strength, no one would have died just now.
But she also always felt that being held on the moral high ground made her very unhappy.
But I don’t know how to argue.
But Ji Xun said unceremoniously: "We brought the equipment, and the ammunition consumption is also ours, and we don't let you share it equally. I can use it if I want, why should I listen to your pointers?"
Exploring dead people in an extra-dimensional space is perfectly normal.
Another wild team.
We are strangers to each other, not bodyguards with any responsibilities.
They just need to take responsibility for their own lives.
We are all veteran hunters, and everyone understands this.
But except for Lu Mao, several other people also wanted to share the spoils, but no one spoke.
Seeing that he was not being fooled, Lv Mao looked annoyed and turned to talk about other things: "It's so damn unlucky that I brought so much high-end ammunition and didn't tell anyone in advance. Isn't this harmful?! If it's the Ke Sen group! If we were as long as them, we wouldn't have been so passive just now. Now my friend died in the battle, but we don't have a share in the spoils? Hahaha. Do you think it's reasonable?"
It looks like he is being irritated, but in fact this guy is very shrewd.
The implication is that the uneven distribution of the team is a problem that you are hiding. Now that all your friends are dead, it was all because of your ability but not your full strength. How dare you keep the spoils to yourself?
If Dong Qi were alone, he might actually make some compensation out of guilt, and even contribute more in the future.
However, Ji Xun seemed to have heard something ridiculous and asked: "Haha, your friend?"
In the battle just now, two people died and three were injured.
This was despite the fact that Dong Qi had superior combat power and was able to hold off that A-level disaster all by himself.
Otherwise more people will die.
Instead of being grateful, these guys are now trying to make trouble.
As he spoke, he glanced at the guy's waist from the corner of his eye and said, "If I guessed correctly, the gun on your left waist is also filled with magic bullets, right? If you could spare the ammunition and shoot before, , your so-called friend won’t die either. So, tell me, why didn’t you shoot, and now you have to blame us?”
He had been observing these people before.
The green haired man had used that gun when he was trying to save his own life, but when his so-called friend was about to die, he didn't fire another shot.
This is very ironic.
"you"
When Lu Mao's privacy was violated, he immediately fell from his moral high point and his face turned red.
When Dong Qi heard this, he already understood something.
Ji Xun even felt that it would be a waste of time to explain to such people.
Now that Dong Qi understood, he had no intention of wasting any more time.
After all, the real drama is about to begin.
Ji Xun glanced at a few people and said in a deep voice: "One more thing. Do you know why you are alive until now?"
He sneered and said something that surprised everyone: "It's not just because my friend fights regardless of the cost. It's also because I'm here."
As soon as these words came out, not to mention several other people's expressions turned cold.
We are alive thanks to the female mechanic.
But what does it have to do with you, a guy who fishes all the time?
As the first rank in the team, Hook Nose said: "Your Excellency, do you still want to take action against us? I'm afraid you have forgotten that this is a peaceful mode. Besides, we have no enmity or enmity with the two of us. We can discuss the spoils and so on. , not to the point of "
The adventure is not over yet, and he is a little afraid of the other party's betrayal.
"hehe."
Ji Xun interrupted with a sneer, without any intention of explaining.
While everyone was looking at him with confusion, he suddenly became violent.
He kicked the ground hard, leaving a series of afterimages of his body on the spot, and then launched a brutal charge towards the wall.
There was a muffled "dong" sound, as if it hit something halfway.
Ji Xun rushed into the wall, and several people saw clearly that he knocked out an invisible monster like a monkey from the void.
【Blood Shadow Scythe】
Detailed explanation: A level B disaster; a monster transformed from a former assassin card master, good at various stealth assassination techniques;
After the shadow was knocked out, the others, including Dong Qi, realized that there was always a disaster-level monster peeping from the side.
Everyone looked panicked for a moment.
Assassin-type disasters are still B-level!
If you really want to make a sneak attack, the second-level card master will be fatally threatened.
Huh.
No, there is no information about this monster at all.
Where did this come from?
However, before anyone could figure it out, Ji Xun slammed the monster against the wall, and then used a powerful punch [Erjibeng] to hit the monster's head like lightning.
There was only a "bang" sound, and the watermelon exploded, filling the wall with scarlet red.
Everyone was just shocked by the sneaking monster, but in the blink of an eye they were stunned by the bloody scene in front of them: killed a B-level disaster with one punch?
How can this be? !
Their heads seemed to be slow for a moment before they transformed the bizarre scene they saw into a look of shock on their faces.
This strength is really terrifying!
At this moment, they only realized it later.
It turned out that the real reason for the uneven distribution of the teams was not the female mechanic.
But this mysterious master who can kill first-order disasters with his bare hands?
Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the hook-nosed people, and they instantly understood the meaning of what they just said.
If it hadn't been for this assassin-type monster to be targeted, it might have assassinated it long ago.
No one here can survive!
Lu Mao looked at the monster whose head was blown off and swallowed hard.
Headshots with bare hands are much more visually impactful than mechanically blasting monsters.
It would be easy for such a master to kill him.
He immediately regretted why he had to stand up and talk so much just because of his greed.
Ji Xun paid no attention to these people, killed the monster, called Dong Qi who was not far away, and the two of them walked towards the depths of the research institute.
The people with their aquiline noses looked at each other in confusion.
In fact, from beginning to end, there was no need for Ji Xun to stay in the team.
The reason I waited so long before was just to wait and see what the other two teams wanted to do.
And just now when Ji Xun saw the disaster [Blood Shadow Scythe] that had never appeared in the intelligence.
He guessed that those guys might have triggered some new plots.
Dong Qi was still recalling the previous conversations, as if he had some enlightenment.
Walking and chatting.
"Ignore those people?"
"Yeah. They won't survive."
"ah?"
"If nothing else, it should trigger the A-level difficulty."
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Dong Qi was also surprised when he heard this.
Ji Xun couldn't explain it clearly, because most of it was just speculation.
But coincidentally, not long after he said these words, everyone in the institute saw a new revelation at the same time: "The laboratory hatch on the third floor of the institute was opened, the exploration degree +35%, the security of the institute The system is triggered and all exits are locked. A-level mission triggered: Investigate the source of the laboratory pollution leak. After surviving for five days, rescue will arrive."
(End of chapter)
