Cataclysm King

Chapter 152 A-Level Plot

Ji Xun's team of ten people walked towards the dark depths of the research institute.

It's currently level C story difficulty.

According to the intelligence, the strongest monster that appeared was only a first-order A-level disaster, so it was not a big problem.

But because there is no second-tier card master in the team, it seems that there is no backbone, and the other eight players seem a little resentful.

No one would think that a Tier [-] mechanic would be the guarantee to lead them through the customs.

But because it is now in team mode, others have nothing to say.

Dong Qi also felt the strange cold eyes sweeping over him from time to time, which was very awkward.

I wanted to explain something.

After all, only she 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 that indifferent expression, Dong Qi didn't say anything, and just walked all the way beside Ji Xun.

Ji Xun walked all the way, observing the surrounding environment all 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 either.

All the clues obtained now may be the key to solving the problem.

After walking for a while, he also found that the Titan Mechanical Research Institute was a very conventional underground research institute.

There are thick concrete walls on all sides, which belong to the indestructible space rule category.

There are some mechanical doors, too.

This is the first floor of the research institute, and the entire underground building generally presents a "Y" shape.

The three teams are each in a corner of the corridor, and there will be many laboratories on the way.

They will eventually meet at the central control room.

There is a passage to the basement.

The lights in the passage flickered on and off, and there were some noises made by unknown monsters in the darkness.

Walking all the way, there are also some bloodstains in the corridor, and some corpses of creatures that have been eaten.

Not long after walking, the team came to a huge oval space.

This is like an office for the staff of the research institute.

All kinds of archives and broken equipment are scattered all over the ground.

The surrounding walls are covered with thick explosion-proof glass. It looks a bit like a viewing compartment of a zoo. It seems that there were some monster experiments in it.

But now, the glass is full of cracks and damage caused by the huge impact, and there are black blood stains everywhere on the wall.

Ji Xun's ear Guo moved slightly, his eyes looked at the dark place, and the blue light overflowed.

His keen sense of hearing made him realize that a monster was being attracted.

However, he didn't show any abnormality, instead he was very interested in the materials scattered on the ground.

As we walked, we picked them up all the way.

It seems that the above are all in Talungu language.

The will of space has not been translated, which means that it is not the key to breaking the game.

It is only a decorative item and cannot be taken out.

Moreover, these documents cannot be understood by non-ancient text experts, and there is no mention of them in the information obtained before.

But Ji Xun can roughly understand it.

"Experiment number #102-6. This time, the subject tried to connect the brain-replenishment nerve of the red-haired ape to the machine, and the subject rejected it very obviously."

"Experiment number #115, the research on 'artificial muscle fibers' has been initially successful. After replacing the gastrocnemius muscle in the leg of the No. 8 subject, the test subject was deformed and died three days after obtaining super strong bounce."

"Experiment number #1191T, the subject tried to fuse the mechanical heart"

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Although there are some technical terms that he can't understand, it doesn't prevent Ji Xun from knowing roughly what the laboratory is researching.

"Mechanical prosthetic technology?"

Ji Xun looked thoughtfully.

It can be regarded as understanding why there are so many living monsters in the 1981 Research Institute that studies machinery.

He was thinking about the problem in his mind, and he didn't pay attention to others.

But in the eyes of other players, this behavior is a bit pretentious.

These files are all ancient Tarun scripts 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 the hunters, this behavior is a waste of time.

Before he had time to think about it, other people also discovered something at this time.

The hooked-nosed man was the only normal first-order card master in the team. When he noticed the movement, he exclaimed: "Be careful, the monster is coming!"

With that said, 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 he heard the monster come out, he raised his hand and took out a one-person-high ammunition box from the storage ring and hung it by his leg.At the same time, with the rattling of the mechanical bones and the sound of gears, the six-wheeled Vulcan cannon behind the shoulders also turned.

Seeing this scene, the other eight teammates swallowed enviously.

This is the first time they have seen such sophisticated and high-end mechanical equipment.

Without thinking about it, a group of ugly 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 pulled the trigger immediately, and the dense gunfire of "da da da" rang out.

The man with the hooked nose also acted as a temporary commander, drinking non-stop.

"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 were all deformed from the red-haired apes used in the research institute's experiments, and most of them only had the combat power of card master apprentices, and they could be killed with firearms.

Ji Xun didn't make much effort, and only occasionally saw monsters break through the fire blockade, so he used a large-caliber pistol to make up two shots.

And Dong Qi's performance is very eye-catching.

"Keng", "Keng", "Keng".
Two six-round muskets were emitting blue light, and the metal shell casings kept beating on the ground, and quickly piled up into a hill.

With such a high rate of fire, even without aiming, it is difficult for monsters to break through the firepower net.

Her firepower alone suppressed almost the entire team.

With such an ultra-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.

Quiet was restored in the huge underground laboratory.

The other eight teammates looked at Dong Qi with weird expressions.

They also felt that there would be a big loss if there was no second-tier leader in the team.

Looking at it now, it seems that this mechanic is not bad?

Miss of which family, is it okay to experience some hunter games?

Dong Qi noticed those gazes and didn't know why.

But Ji Xun looked at the corner of his mouth with a slight smile.

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 smash monsters.

The ammunition consumed is absolutely not proportional to the gains that monsters can bring.

This is fundamentally different from the idea of ​​hunters coming to adventure for wealth.

But after thinking about it, everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and even felt that 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.

Bringing Dong Qi in this time, she has to comprehend something by herself.

The first wave of monsters was killed in this way, and the hunters also went to the piles of corpses to find some low-level extraordinary materials.

And Ji Xun walked over and used the feast skill in the pile of corpses.

His Feast has reached Lv3 now, and Devour can cover a large area with extremely high efficiency.

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 grade 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, one head was beaten into two knots, but it was still struggling on top of the monster.

Squat down and check it out.

"Undead 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 monsters are not undead creatures, so they shouldn't have this "undead characteristic".

But unfortunately, the monster in this laboratory has it.

You have to explode your head or heart to kill it.

And Ji Xun could clearly see that after the monsters' limbs were beaten to pieces, the extraordinary characteristics of the distortions spilled out uncontrollably.

Think hard to no avail.

He tried to touch the monster with his hands, and feasted on these overflowing characteristics in a targeted manner.

A miraculous scene happened.

The monster, which was still struggling just now, gradually seemed to be drained of vitality, and then died.

The heart and head are still intact.

"Is that true?"

Seeing this, Ji Xun already understood something.

If he guessed correctly, the high-level plot difficulty of this space, the breaking point is here!
As long as the monster's "undead characteristic" can be restricted in a targeted manner, the difficulty will be greatly reduced.

For Ji Xun, these out-of-control extraordinary characteristics can be swallowed!

Most importantly, he speculated that the undead characteristics of these monsters were 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, in the eyes of others, is another weird behavior.

Even Dong Qi felt very puzzled, and couldn't understand what there was to study about these corpses.

Currently it is C-level difficulty. Normally, as long as you clear the monsters all the way, deal with a more dangerous first-level disaster, and go to the core cabin to close the passageway to the second floor, the level will be considered clear.

However, they didn't come in this group of people just for the C-level difficulty.

When everyone was clearing up the battlefield and loading ammunition, suddenly enlightenment appeared.

"The confidential archive room on the second floor of the Titan Research Institute was discovered, and the exploration speed was +15%. The second-order catastrophe-level deformed creatures have been quietly lurking in the darkness. The B-level task is triggered: take the archive password box out of the research institute."

Seeing this enlightenment, everyone's expressions immediately became dignified.

B-level difficulty, the current death rate is close to 70%.

In other words, normally, seven of their ten-member team would die.

Even group annihilation.

However, this difficulty has been passed before, and there are mature strategies.

Moreover, it has been agreed before coming that they can choose not to go to the second floor of the research institute, and the danger will be greatly reduced.

Only Ji Xun looked at it, but there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.

Ordinary second-order disasters are not particularly threatening to his current strength.

But when you think about the equipment and staffing of those members of the Iron Hands Hunters before, the purpose of those guys is probably not just to clear the level B difficulty.

And now it can be seen that the other two teams are advancing much faster than theirs.

Ji Xun became more and more sure that those people might have some information unknown to outsiders.

But it doesn't matter.

Thinking of the uncertainty he was about to face, he felt that this different-dimensional space was starting to be interesting.

The difficulty of the plot was raised to B level, and the atmosphere of 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 it stays on the first floor, it's better to clear up more monsters.

Now that they haven't killed a few monsters, everyone can only bite the bullet and continue to move forward.

Not long after walking, the second batch of monsters appeared.

There are still some deformed monkeys, but this time, there are disaster-level monsters among the monsters.

It was a tall blood gorilla more than five meters tall, with red hair and fangs, full of blood, almost reaching the ceiling of the corridor.

【Corrupt 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;
Looking at the lingering blood, Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly.

Seeing this monster, the faces of the other people in the team changed drastically.

This is the most difficult monster that can be encountered on the first floor of the research institute in intelligence.

I didn't expect their team to be so unlucky, so they met directly.

The real combat power of a first-tier A-level disaster has crushed most second-tier card masters, and it has the characteristic of immortality, so it is extremely difficult to kill.

"Damn it, it's actually this A-level disaster!"

"Be careful, everyone, 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 the price of a piece of special ammunition is nearly [-].Ordinary hunters don't say they don't have much in hand, even if they do, they still have their own thoughts at the moment, and don't use it if they can.

Killing monsters is done by the team together, but the ammunition is your own, and it will be gone when it is consumed.

This is the disadvantage of wild teams.

The team members do not have any basis of trust among each other, and they fight on their own.

Dong Qi's personality is straightforward, and he didn't have much ink after listening to these words.

She took out a special ammunition box, loaded it with a click, and burst out a special flame.

Ji Xun only observed the few teammates in the team who were obviously playing tricks, and then looked at the money-burning style of play, raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Not ready to help.

Just put the cold gun aside.

Although he brought Dong Qi to the different-dimensional space this time.

But it is impossible to bring it every time in the future.

In some cases, she has to know how to deal with it herself.

That [Giant Corrupted Demon 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 emerged at the end of the passage, it led a group of mobs rushing all the way.

speedy.

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 it was beaten all over with holes everywhere, it was still alive and well, rushing all the way to the team's defensive camp with firepower, and with a "boom", it crashed into the ten-man team's defensive formation like a truck.

Dong Qi was not afraid, and gave up the six-round artillery. He controlled the mechanical arm and directly pushed forward. The steam boiler roared, and he did not lose in the wrestling.

She alone withstood the most dangerous A-level disaster.

The ape king is a purely physical attack, and the risk is completely controllable.

The problem is not big.

Ji Xun still didn't intend to help.

Instead, he looked at the injury on the monster, and pondered in his heart: "It's strange that this undead characteristic is not a healing ability, but a pure energy support?"

After careful observation, Ji Xun also found some clues.

Moreover, the danger is not limited to this giant ape, his gaze scanned the darkness and narrowed slightly.

He smelled something dangerous hidden in the darkness.

Furthermore, the number of monsters by visual inspection is much more than what is said in the information.

Something had obviously happened ahead.

It's not hard for Ji Xun to guess, maybe those guys who went to the second floor used some tricks.

The ten-man team fought against the group of monsters.

Although Dong Qi resisted the ape king, the others had poor strength and equipment, and it was very difficult to deal with the tide of mobs.

Finally, casualties still 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, save me! Save me!"

The screams were endless.

Seeing this, Dong Qi felt that his teammates should reach out to save him, so he pulled away from the pull. Several explosions were heard, and several high-power miniature missiles landed on the ape king. It exploded.

As soon as the green flames rose, the huge body more than 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 has been bitten all over his body, most of his neck has been bitten off, and blood gushes out like a spring, seeing that he can't survive.

Dong Qi frowned as he watched, suddenly the machinery on both arms creaked, and the two large-caliber muzzles suddenly accumulated pressure.

This is the "Hagrid Type V" military steam nozzle improved by herself through some ancient mechanical blueprints. It is more powerful than the top products on the market.

After accumulating energy for a long time, she suddenly pulled the trigger on the monster Chaoguo in front of her.

With a "bang", ultra-high pressure steam spewed out, and a large area of ​​minions suddenly exploded into blood mist, splashing 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 now the monster has not been killed, it is not time to rest.

Dong Qi's arms shook, and the alloy mechanical sword was thrown out, and 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 [Giant Corrupted Demon Ape King] was hit in the mouth by the muzzle, and several miniature missiles blasted his head to pieces.

The death of Calamity also declared the end of this crisis.

The extraordinary characteristics converged on the corpse, forming a shiny muscle.

Ji Xun walked over, and while devouring the extraordinary characteristics, he also stripped the muscle and sealed it in the containment card.

The crisis was resolved, and everyone's eyes fell on the shimmering silver muscles.

A-level disaster, produced this very good silver material.

But compared with the ammunition consumed by Dong Qi, the value is probably not much more.

Ji Xun didn't intend to share at all, so he just put away the materials.

Seeing his behavior, the other teammates' expressions were not so good.

Silver material can be valuable.

Desperately explore, the original reason is money.

If you don’t ask for it now, it will be harder to ask for it later.

Finally couldn't help it, a green-haired young man immediately said: "Hey, that, this silver material. We should also have a share."

This is a peaceful mode, and he is not afraid of his teammates violently killing people.

According to the intelligence, if they only explored the first floor and killed this calamity, the biggest crisis would have been eliminated.

It doesn't matter if you tear your face.

Out of the extradimensional space, who knows whom?
Dong Qi watched silently from the side.

She vaguely guessed that Ji Xun hadn't made a move before, as if he had other deep meanings.

Seeing the greedy look in these guys' eyes at this moment, she seemed to understand.

Ji Xun glanced at that person, and said lightly: "This disaster was killed by my friend, and it has nothing to do with you."

Lumao was choked by this, cunning flashed in his eyes, and asked: "It's okay? My friend is dead, do you think it's okay?"

This guy just saw Dong Qi not hesitate to spend a lot of valuable special ammunition to save people, so he already concluded that he was a fool who he thought had a good heart.

You might get some benefits by opening your mouth.

Ji Xun saw through this guy's little thoughts, and said lightly: "Oh. So?"

The green hair had an angry expression on his face: "You obviously have such powerful mechanical equipment, why didn't you use it earlier? You have to use it if you want to kill us?"

Dong Qi's expression was slightly different when he heard this.

To be honest, it does.

If she had fought with all her strength, she probably wouldn't have died just now.

But she also always felt that being held on the moral high ground made her very unhappy.

But 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?"

It is normal to explore the dead in different dimensions.

Another wild team.

Everyone is strangers who have nothing to do with each other, not bodyguards with any responsibility.

They just need to take responsibility for their own lives.

Everyone is a veteran hunter, and everyone understands this truth.

But apart from Lu Mao, several other people also wanted to share the spoils, but no one said anything.

Seeing that it was not easy to fool around, Lumao looked annoyed and turned into anger, and turned to talk about other things: "It's really fucking unlucky, if you don't tell me in advance if you have so many high-end ammunition, isn't it harmful?! If it is the Kesen regiment If we were in a team with them, we wouldn’t be so passive just now. Now my friend died in the battle, but we don’t have our share of the spoils? Hehehe. 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 teams is a problem that you concealed.Now that my friends are all dead, it's because you have the ability to not do your best, so you have the nerve to take the spoils all by yourself?

If Dong Qi were alone, maybe he would really offer some compensation for his guilt, and even contribute more in the future.

However, Ji Xun seemed to hear something ridiculous, and asked back, "Hehe, your friend?"

In the battle just now, two people were killed and three were injured.

This was when Dong Qi was so powerful that he held off the A-level disaster all by himself from the beginning to the end.

Otherwise, more people will die.

These guys are not only not grateful, they are still here to make these moths.

He said, glanced at the guy's waist from the corner of his eye, and said, "If I'm not wrong, the gun on your left waist is also filled with magic-breaking bullets? If you could spare the ammunition before and shoot , your so-called friend will not die either. So, tell me, why don’t you shoot yourself, and blame us now?”

He had been observing these people before.

The green hair had used that gun to save his own life, but the so-called friend was about to die, but he didn't fire it again.

This is very ironic.

"you"

Lumao's privacy was violated by someone, and he immediately fell from the moral high ground, his face flushed for a while.

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 didn't intend to waste any more time.

After all, the real drama is about to begin.

Ji Xun glanced at several people, and said in a deep voice: "There is one more thing. Do you know why you can survive until now?"

He sneered, and said something that surprised everyone: "It's not just because my friend fought 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 that 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, Hooked Nose said: "Your Excellency, don't you still want to attack us? I'm afraid you have forgotten that this is a peaceful mode. Besides, we have no grievances or enmities with the two of you. We can discuss the spoils and so on." , not so"

The adventure is not over yet, and he is a little afraid of the other party's betrayal.

"Ha ha."

Ji Xun interrupted with a sneer, without any explanation at all.

In the bewildered eyes of everyone, he suddenly became violent.

With a sudden kick on the ground, his figure left a series of afterimages on the spot, and then he made a brutal charge towards the wall.

There was a muffled "dong", as if it had hit something on the way.

Ji Xun slammed 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: Tier [-] B-level calamity; a monster once transformed into an assassin card master, good at various stealth assassination techniques;
After the shadow was knocked out, others including Dong Qi realized that there was still a disaster-level monster peeping from the side.

Everyone panicked for a moment.

The Assassin's calamity is still B rank!
If you really want to sneak attack, the second-tier card masters will be fatally threatened.

what.
No, there is no such monster in the intelligence.

Where did this come from?

However, before everyone could figure it out, Ji Xun slammed the monster against the wall, and then built up his inner strength with a punch [Two Extreme Collapse], hitting the monster's head like lightning.

Just listening to the sound of "bang", the watermelon burst, and the wall was scarlet.

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 that 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 truly 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?

The hooked nose and the others had cold sweat on their foreheads, and instantly understood the meaning of what they just said.

If it wasn't for this assassin monster, it would probably have assassinated it long ago.

None of the people here can survive!
Lu Mao looked at the monster whose head was blown off and swallowed hard.

Headshot with bare hands, which is much more visually impactful than killing monsters with mechanical bombardment.

It was easy for such a master to kill him.

He immediately regretted why he had to stand up and talk out of that little greed just now.

Ji Xun ignored the intentions of these people, killed the monster, greeted Dong Qi who was not far away, and the two walked towards the depths of the research institute.

The few people with hooked noses looked at each other in blank dismay.

In fact, from the beginning to the end, the two of Ji Xun didn't really need 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 information.

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.

Talking while walking.

"Don't care about those people?"

"Well. They won't survive."

"what?"

"If there is no accident, it should trigger the A-level difficulty."

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Hearing this, Dong Qi was also very surprised.

Ji Xun couldn't explain it clearly, because most of it was guesswork.

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 this chapter)