Da da da~
"who!?"
The sound of leather boots stepping on the ground coming from the gray ruins ahead startled the top team that had been exploring the map!
In this damn place, any unusual sound would make people nervous.
Ten people raised their guns and aimed in the direction where the sound came from.
Da da da~
The sound of leather boots was getting closer. Lao Ao's hellhound jumped in front of everyone, with a mouthful of fire in its mouth, ready to spit out high-temperature flames at any time to break through the thick fog.
The 10 people are surrounded by summons. Although they may not be able to resist the invisible attacks of the phantoms, they will still alert the players if a phantom passes through their bodies.
At this time, the Bearded King was captured by the Fox Demon. Because it was too big and walked upright, it would be constantly attacked by the phantoms, making it difficult for the players to defend against it.
The output of the Bear King is half physical + half cold damage. Its special skill Blizzard can cause a large ice magic storm. If it is released here, it can cause great damage to the phantoms in the range, but the cooling time is very long. The Fox Demon regards it as the finale skill. Once it is besieged by the phantoms, it will summon the Bear King to change the situation.
At this moment, hearing the unusual noise, the fox demon touched the bear king pattern on his left arm, ready to summon at any time.
"Don't shoot! We are human!"
Twelve soldiers wearing Human Alliance uniforms walked out of the gray fog, ten men and two women.
There are many stars on the shoulders of the leader. Although players don’t know much about the military ranks in the game, they can roughly know that this is an officer of a relatively high rank.
The dog asked cautiously, "Which unit are you from? Why are you in the wild? This is not a place where humans can stay for long."
"We are the garrison of the Soul-Destroying Fortress. We went out to hunt for the spirits and collect red spirit powder. On the way, we were ambushed by a group of psychedelic ghosts. We didn't realize that we had lost our way until we got here..."
The players looked at each other and saw the other's probing expressions.
"Are these real people or spirits in disguise?"
"A group of people suddenly appeared in the wild... It's really weird. We have to be careful."
"I see they have shadows, they should be NPCs, right? Will there be any hidden tasks?"
"We don't know them either, but I've seen the map given by Nangong Divine Envoy, and there seems to be a stronghold called Soul-Destroying Fortress nearby..."
"By the way, what is this red spirit powder they're talking about? Is that the stuff I just collected?"
Lao Ao took out his bottle, which contained white powder that was sparkling with green light.
As if hearing what they said, the officer explained, "Oh no... What you are holding is the Green Spirit Powder, which is the substance left after the lowest-level Void Spirit dies. The Red Spirit Powder we are looking for only appears when a high-level Void Spirit dies, and is necessary for making three-star ghost-slaying weapons."
"You don't seem to know much about what's going on here. Are you new volunteers from the Alliance? Which base are you from?"
The players saw that the other party was discussing with them very clearly, and everyone looked normal. Others were still deliberately guarding against attacks from the virtual spirits, so their suspicions were reduced.
Xigou said: "Yes, we are volunteers who just came here, in Zhenhun City."
"Ah... We are almost at Soul-Calming City. It seems we have been misled for the whole day... It is getting dark and we have used up all our defenses. We cannot stay out overnight. Can you take us back to Soul-Calming City to rest? As a reward... I am willing to give you some crystals."
"By the way, my name is Gao Shouben, I'm the captain of this hunting team, and I'm a third-level peak cultivator."
The players looked at each other and put down their guns.
"Boring Man and Wei Kunchen, you two should come closer and take a look..."
"good."
As the two of them are the tankiest frontline members of the team, it is natural that this dangerous job is assigned to them.
Gao Shouben smiled and said, "You have the basic qualities of soldiers in the Eastern battlefield. It is always right to be cautious. After all... there have been more and more pollution incidents recently."
Hearing this, the fox demon suddenly raised his head and looked at him, then nodded thoughtfully.
"Sparrow food..."
The two players stepped forward, touched and rubbed it, and nodded to the team.
"They are all warm and their hearts are beating. They are alive."
"I can't sense any cold aura, nor detect any other energy. They are all at the level of third-order evolvers. There should be no problem."
Players carry a detection robot that can accurately detect biological energy below the fourth level.
The fourth-order can only detect a little bit, and there is still a possibility of being discovered. As for the fifth-order... The Clown King once tried to test Zhao Hongwu, but the nanorobots that were invisible to the naked eye were melted in the air before they even touched his hair...
I didn’t understand it before and thought it was designed as a game mechanism.
Later I found out... that was the passive defense of a fifth-level domainer, and he himself was always in his own domain.
After checking and rechecking several times, the players seem to have confirmed the identities of the 12 lost soldiers.
The dog smiled and said, "Okay, then come back with us to Zhenhun City. This road is really too dangerous for you..."
"Thank you, the Human Alliance is with you!"
At this time, Xigou asked with great interest: "What can the red spirit powder you just mentioned be used for?"
"A three-star demon-slaying weapon can restrain all ethereal entities. In the Eastern battlefield, it is very important that every soldier has his own demon-slaying weapon!"
"A detailed and detailed weapon for killing demons..."
10 players brought 12 lost soldiers back to the Soul-Realming City, chatting about the ghost-killing weapons on the way.
After Gao Shouben's instruction, the Peak Team learned a lot of techniques on how to fight against the Void Spirits.
Among them, ghost-slaying weapons are a general term. Using a special process, the spirit powder naturally generated by the death of the spirits is added to the weapon manufacturing process. The final weapon will come with a high amount of spirit damage increase.
The higher the level of the spirit powder, the stronger its damage-increasing ability.
The lowest level Green Spirit Powder can only increase damage by about 20%, the higher level Yellow Spirit Powder can increase damage by 50%, and the higher level Red Spirit Powder can increase damage by 100%.
Red Spirit Powder has a chance of appearing only when a third-level or higher Void Spirit dies. Their team is out to hunt down third-level Void Spirits.
The players also took note of this information.
"There seems to be a blacksmith shop in the Soul-Slaying City. The craftsmen there should be able to make ghost-slaying weapons for us, but I guess we have to provide high-level spirit powder ourselves. After all, I think the Soul-Slaying City is mainly for defense, and there are very few soldiers going out to hunt..."
Lin Tang expressed his reasoning.
Lao Bai: "Alas, I went out for a few rounds today, and all I encountered were minions. All they dropped were Green Spirit Powder. I wasted too much time. I don't think I can get Red Spirit Powder today. I'll go back and ask Nangong the Divine Envoy where I can get it. I'll go get it early in the morning!"
The fox said thoughtfully: "There is a high probability that we can get some red spirit powder today."
Lao Bai curled his lips and said, "Forget it. The planners and NPCs have always said that the Eastern battlefield is very dangerous at night. Let's not take any risks. The cloning warehouse in the base has not been set up yet."
They also brought the construction drawings of the nanorobots and infrastructure given by Cheng Shaofeng. As long as they have the corresponding materials, they can automatically build the base.
But... they didn't expect that the Eastern battlefield was so backward!
There is simply not enough steel and plastic in the city, because what we have to fight against here are the void spirits, and ordinary firearms are completely useless. Even the city walls are just symbolic low stone walls. The void spirits have no substance and can penetrate at any time, so it is useless no matter how high they are.
The city's residents spend most of their time praying; that's their job.
The rest of the time, they are lucky enough to grow some food crops, and there is almost no time to utilize modern industry.
They don't use any steel materials at all, so naturally there isn't much storage space.
The players asked Nangong the Divine Envoy for it, but the city warehouse’s limited storage capacity naturally would not be given to them.
The top team can only find ways to get materials and build a branch base on their own.
On the way back to the city.
Xigou even pulled Gao Shouben over to talk about skills, and secretly learned two very useful general skills from him.
Weapon enchantment: You can add different energy attributes to a weapon based on its own energy attributes, allowing the person using this weapon to have additional attribute attacks when attacking.
Players have attributeless crystal energy flowing through their bodies. After learning, they can add attacks of any attributes to their weapons, which is very useful.
Plateau Bloodline: After being activated, it can greatly increase your own speed and be immune to most negative states. It is a very useful skill whether it is attacking or escaping. The only problem is that the cooldown time is a bit long. It only lasts for 1 minute when activated, but it has to cool down for 1 hour. It is a bottom-line skill.
After getting the two skills, Xigou was even happier.
The Lost Team also laughed happily, as if they were honored to receive the friendship of the Peak Team.
After all, in their opinion... the strength of the Peak Team is unfathomable.
After walking for an hour, they were almost in sight of the Soul-Realming City.
A ray of green mist flashed across Gao Shouben's eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.
"Come on, let's go into the city!"
The other 11 team members also became excited.
"Uh... wait a minute, to thank you for the knowledge and skills you taught me... I have a small gift for you before we go into the city."
The fox stopped and said seriously.
Gao Shouben waved his hand and said, "No, no, I can't get out without you. We are too tired and need to go into the city to rest. Let's go in quickly."
The twelve of them were eager to get into the city.
The fox demon smiled and said, "I think it's better to give you the gifts outside the city. I'm afraid... it will dirty the ground when we get to the city."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Gao Shouben turned his head.
What greeted him was Xigou's insect knife.
"Instant Shadow Slash!"
With a flip of his wrist, three green blade beams burst out instantly and slashed directly at Gao Shouben.
Puff puff puff!
Three extremely deep blood marks appeared on his chest, directly knocking away nearly half of his blood!
The three sudden blows broke three of his ribs, exposing his internal organs.
A blue ghost doll inside had a look of surprise.
It opened its mouth, but the voice came from Gao Shouben's mouth, and he said in disbelief:
"How did you...find out?"
The dog touched the green blood on the insect knife and made a sound of "tsk tsk":
"Tsk tsk, it really is a monster possessed by a ghost!"
"I thought you were human until I took action..."
"I have to say, your acting is so realistic! If the fox demon hadn't seen through a detail, I would have really been fooled by you..."
Gao Shouben turned his gaze to Yaohu. In the brief one-hour communication just now, he remembered the information of several players.
At this time, the Peak Team and their summons had surrounded 12 void spirits disguised as humans.
The fox said calmly, "You seem to be some special kind of spirits that can steal the memories of these soldiers and even maintain human behavior. Moreover, there are no flaws in your energy, so it is really difficult for ordinary people to detect it."
"Even if we examine it closely, we can't see any clues, but..."
He suddenly laughed.
"But! Aliens are still aliens after all. You disguised everything, but your subconscious still exposed your true thoughts. Your behavioral logic made you ignore an important point..."
The wound on Gao Shouben's stomach was healing rapidly, and his health was rising steadily. He said grimly, "What did you ignore?"
Demon Fox: "You never doubted that we were spirits from the beginning to the end!"
The 12 'lost soldiers' looked confused and didn't seem to understand.
The blue color in Gao Shouben's stomach became darker and darker, and the veins on his body were exposed. The face of the ghost doll in his stomach was superimposed on his original face without any concealment. The two faces looked hideous and terrifying.
"You are not virtual spirits, why are you doubting!"
Just as the fox demon was about to speak, Lin Tang, who had been holding back for a long time, jumped out.
"Big Fox! Let me come, please! I'm dying of suffocation!"
The fox demon spread his hands and said, "It's up to you. It doesn't matter whether you talk to them or not. Just kill the explosive red spirit powder."
"No! It doesn't matter! You can get materials anytime, but pretending to be cool... can only be done this once! I've already turned on the recording, it's impossible not to pretend!"
Teammates: “6!”
Bored: "As expected of our group leader, this awareness... is really high!"
Wei Kunchen: “It has that flavor!”
Lin Tang turned his head and said, "Standpoint! What is a standpoint? You are a virtual spirit, and I am a human. This is our respective standpoints. You virtual spirits are hiding in the dark and cannot be detected, but you can easily find us humans in the light."
"From the first moment you saw us, you never doubted that we were Hollow Spirits. All 12 of you, not one doubted it! Because you could easily recognize... that we are human!"
"And real humans...are suspicious of all creatures in the wild!"
"Your mistake is that you know too much information! It's exposed!"
Gao Shouben thought for a while before he realized what it meant.
He said with a fierce look on his face: "What if we are just easy to trust others? How can you be so sure that we are the Void Spirits?"
Lin Tang pointed at his healed wound and said, "Hasn't this already told you the answer?"
The ghost doll was furious, and the other 11 "people" no longer hid, revealing their true faces. Their strength increased rapidly, and they all reached the peak level of the third level!
"kill!"