Xu Xin did not step out of the safe area rashly. He took out the energy core fragments from his backpack.
Although it is daytime now, the sky is not that bright. Countless white and thick clouds are piled up in the low sky. The shadows of the clouds cover the entire jungle, making the already bleak jungle even more melancholy.
But the moment the energy core fragments were taken out, the surroundings were illuminated by a bright white light. At the same time, the temperature, which was only five or six degrees, began to rise rapidly, reaching over twenty degrees.
Holding the energy core fragment, Xu Xin planned to step into the area to explore.
"Hmm?" Coco looked at the glowing core, then looked at the danger zone, and tilted her head in confusion.
"All of you, stay here and don't move. I'm going in to take a look."
Xu Xin turned over and got off the wolf, moving towards the danger area.
Coco didn't stop him, which meant that maybe there was really no danger.
Xu Xin focused on the map and stepped into the dangerous area.
The moment he stepped in, a red dot suddenly lit up beneath his feet!
Is there danger?!
He immediately jumped back to the safe area.
The ground cracked slightly during the vibration, but to Xu Xin's surprise, the mutant monster underground did not come out of the crack. On the map, the red light spot quickly faded and finally disappeared without a trace.
Mimi jumped over from behind when the red dot became the brightest, and swung her claws forward in advance, trying to attack the vines that were about to emerge, but she missed.
It fell to the ground, letting out a puzzled cry.
Just like last time, these mutant creatures underground sensed the light of the energy core fragments on the ground before coming out and shrank back.
However, this time it actually caused the ground to crack.
The last time he passed that area on his Silver King, there was nothing unusual on the ground, only red dots rising and falling like waves could be seen on the map.
But it's normal. After all, this is a dangerous area. Although that area is a deterrent protection area, it is still a protection area.
Although those mutant creatures were unable to drill out of the ground under the illumination of the energy core fragments, Xu Xin did not intend to go deeper into it.
According to his guess, the closer he is to the culprit, the stronger the underground mutant creatures will be. They can already crack the ground now. If he goes further, they may come out and attack him.
Let's get ready for the coming winter and the beast tide tomorrow.
He collected the energy core fragments.
With this thing, those underground creatures dare not come out, let alone kill them.
Xu Xin thought about it for a moment. Maybe he could let Mimi go in and run a circle to attract all the mutant vines, and then he could directly take out the energy core to kill them collectively.
But then he gave up.
In the lake of the cave, Xu Xin experienced the pleasure of using the core to kill blood-veined piranhas, but that was because those piranhas had gone deep into the lake and the exit was relatively narrow. So when Xu Xin took out the core, those piranhas were crowded at the exit and could not escape quickly, and only most of them were left in the end.
The bright white light of this energy core fragment will take at least five to ten seconds to kill the mutant creatures.
This amount of time is enough for the mutant vines to retract back into the ground.
And, most importantly, he cannot gain any points by killing mutant creatures with energy core fragments!
That won't do. This time, he wants both the mutant vine juice and the points, not one less.
"Mimi, run a few dozen meters along the edge of the protected area." Xu Xin gave Mimi an order.
Mimi immediately scurried out, stepped outside the edge of the reserve, and started running along the edge of the reserve.
On the map, a red dot suddenly lit up, the ground cracked, and thick blood-veined vines suddenly emerged from the ground!
Mimi's speed was not fast, or rather, compared to its fastest speed, its current speed was like taking a walk, as if it was playing with these vines that had just emerged from the ground.
Every vine almost pierced Mimi, but after Mimi turned around and returned to Xu Xin, not a single hair was scratched off, and she even killed a vine before leaving.
Kill the blood-thorn vines and get points: 50 points.
Yes, yes, there are indeed enhanced vines nearby.
Xu Xin looked at the vines that were swinging back and forth at the edge of the protected area but did not enter the protected area to attack, and took out his halberd.
The vines here will not actively enter the protected area to attack. The last time the vines actively entered the protected area to attack was at the edge of Li Yajun's protected area. The vines there are stronger than here, and the points are higher than here.
Moreover, the Silver King will also be affected and his blood lines will light up over there, but not here.
According to his inference, it should be closer to the culprit that caused all this.
However, you also need to be careful here, because last time, the vines here also entered the protected area and attacked once, but suddenly the blood pattern lit up, protecting it and retreating.
At this time, at the edge of the reserve, a row of vines were swaying in the wind. The dark green vines were dotted with blood patterns or blood thorns, which looked very strange and terrifying in the bleak and dark surroundings.
Xu Xin immediately swung his halberd at the root of the vine.
“Ka-ka-ka!”
The side blade of the halberd effortlessly cut through the roots of four vines in succession.
The four stiff vines stopped swaying and fell stiffly.
Xu Xin slightly turned his body to avoid a vine that was about to hit him. The vine fell to the ground with a loud bang, raising a cloud of dust and fallen leaves.
Kill 2 Blood-Veined Vines and 2 Blood-Thorn Vines, and get points: 160 points.
Each blood-veined vine is worth thirty points, which is slightly less than the blood-thorn vine.
The vitality from the halberd handle brought Xu Xin's entire state to the best, and he even felt enhanced. He didn't stop, and swung the halberd at the row of mutant vines while running.
“Crack! Crack! Crack!”
He cut off the roots of several mutant vines, and the thick vines fell heavily to the ground.
"Hmm!" Coco stood on the Silver King's head, waving her little paws to cheer for Xu Xin.
The remaining mutated vines no longer sat there waiting to die. Several of them were quickly retracting into the ground, while the rest directly attacked Xu Xin in the protected area!
Sure enough, the vines here can still attack the inside of the protected area! But they won't attack actively!
"Mimi!" Xu Xin dodged the whip of a blood-thorn vine by leaning sideways, and raised the halberd in his hand, directly cutting it into two pieces.
Mimi pounced on him immediately, with her sharp claws extended.
Two cold lights flashed, and the two blood-marked vines were immediately broken into several pieces by Mimi's sharp claws.
Suddenly, the vines closest to Xu Xin paused for a moment, and the blood light on their bodies immediately became stronger, and then they attacked Xu Xin together!
Stabbed, whipped, and even a vine was used to tie up his feet and pull him into the danger zone!
Xu Xin was caught off guard. He swung his halberd and cut off the thickest blood-thorn vine that was thrown towards him, but his foot had already been grabbed and was about to be pulled directly into the danger zone!
At this moment, Ah Fu's scream rang out, causing all the vines to freeze for a moment.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Xin immediately cut off the blood-marked vines tied to his feet. Silver King also pounced on him and bit one. At the same time, Mimi, who was dodging and playing with the vines nearby, also discovered the danger to Xu Xin and instantly burst out and rushed over.
A few cold rays flashed, and the five vines surrounding Xu Xin all lost their lives, fell to the ground, twitched slightly, and then slowly calmed down.
Xu Xin and his contracted beasts worked together and quickly sent the remaining vines directly to the west.
"Ying!" Keke had been hiding behind them. When she saw them completely clear the vines, she ran up and jumped into Xu Xin's arms, looking at him with some worry, "Ying..."
"What happened just now?" Xu Xin touched Keke's little head and muttered to himself in some doubt.
The attacking method of those vines just now was completely different from the vines he had experienced before!
Whether it was in the red fog near the salt mine cave or in the battle to defend the tree house, the vines' attack methods were chaotic and disorganized.
That's why Xu Xin was able to break out from the vines during the defense battle.
If they organized their attack in a disciplined manner, the possibility of them breaking out of the vines would be close to zero.
The gap in combat effectiveness between a ragtag army and a real army is enormous.
And those five vines just now actually cooperated with each other!
A blood-thorn vine wrapped around his ankle, and the other two stabbed at him from the upper left front and lower right front. Two more blood-thorn vines were thrown directly into the protected area and swung towards him from the left and right sides!
Almost all the directions he could escape were blocked. Even if he retreated, he would be pierced directly by the oncoming blood-thorn vines!
This... How come there is suddenly some order? !
Could it be that the vines here are controlled by something
Could it be that the thing that controls them and makes their attacks more organized is the culprit that makes them stronger
Somehow, Xu Xin thought of what Ji Chaoyang had told him, the predicted mutant human holding tools.
Will those guys be able to control the actions of the mutant creatures
If this is true, then the attack power of this beast tide will probably be raised to a higher level.
This crisis is really difficult for ordinary survivors to survive.
Xu Xin was not worried that he would be swallowed up by the beast tide in the snow. After all, he had a plant heart, a control panel for a crossbow with explosive arrows, and a fragment of an energy core that could kill mutant creatures, which were enough to resist the beast tide.
What he was most worried about was the giant anaconda in the lake and other giant beasts that might attack.
Shaking his head, Xu Xin took out the energy core fragment, and the surroundings were instantly illuminated and warm.
Under the illumination of the energy core, even if he entered a dangerous area, no mutant vines would emerge from the ground, so he easily put all the vine corpses into his purple backpack.