The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

【warn! 】

[The host is about to enter the seventh-order strange realm. The strange energy in this area has a very strong erosion effect. The host's current strength is unable to resist the erosion. ]

[Extremely strong strange energy fluctuations have been detected in the current area. Unpredictable dangers will occur. The geographical environment has undergone tremendous changes due to the influence of the strange domain. Please treat it with caution! ]

The system rating was high, and it was bolder. At this time, it did not say anything like "ten out of ten chances of survival" or "nine out of nine chances of survival", which showed that it had a certain degree of confidence in "itself" and Shen Ge's strength.

Although he might not be able to defeat a high-level monster of level six or seven, he was no longer forced to flee like he had been in the past two years. At the very least, he could disrupt the situation and escape unscathed.

Of course, someone would never mention that he did not escape unscathed when facing a sixth-order monster not long ago, but left one hand behind.

But none of this matters. What matters is that when Shen Ge heard the system warning, he had already opened his strange eyes and looked towards the mountain ahead. The strange thing is that he could only see strange energy black fog spreading over the mountain, and the top of the mountain was completely hidden in the strange energy black fog. No traces of high-level weirdness were found.

If the strange black fog drifting towards the top of the mountain was replaced by white fog, then this dense mountain would look as beautiful as a paradise.

It’s a pity that it is surrounded by strange black fog and the dense jungle-like plants give people a gloomy and terrifying feeling.

Fang Mingyue saw Shen Ge standing there staring at the mountain, so she asked, "Shen Ge, is there any problem?"

"It's okay, let's go." Shen Ge couldn't tell for the time being whether this "mountain" was a strange entity or not, so he could only find the cave mentioned in the intelligence first.

"Follow me." Fang Mingyue gestured to the soldiers behind her, and a group of people followed Shen Ge up the mountain.

Thick black fog with strange energy was floating in the mountains, casting a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere over the dense primeval forest.

The smallest trees here require at least seven or eight people to hug them. The bark of the big trees is covered with moss, and vines are entwined around the trunks like giant snakes.

On the ground, ferns and bushes grow in clusters like a green ocean with rolling waves, and every leaf shines with a healthy luster.

The air is filled with a scent that mixes earth, resin, and wildflowers, and one cannot help but breathe deeply, wanting to inhale as much of this pristine scent as possible into one’s lungs.

Deep in the jungle, you can occasionally hear the sound of gurgling streams. A clear stream flows silently through the woods, and the water surface reflects colorful spots of light.

"Erosion by weird energy?" Shen Ge stood by the stream with a frown on his face. Although the system often exaggerated, its main purpose was to make him retreat and stay away from high-level weirdness.

But since advancing to level five, this situation has become less common, so putting aside the "exaggerated words", the system's warnings are still very accurate.

The two most critical points in its early warning of the "mountains" are "territory" and "erosion effect". No matter which of these two, the scenery like a paradise on earth should not appear before our eyes.

No wonder after receiving the information from Tu Dou Bi, the new parliament did not hesitate to form an advance team to explore. With such an environment and resources, who would not be confused in doomsday?

The advance team led by Fang Mingyue was used to seeing ruined cities at the end of the world. This was the first time they saw such beautiful nature after the end of the world, and they couldn't wait to breathe a few more breaths of fresh air.

At this moment, Shen Ge suddenly shouted, "Put on your gas mask. Don't inhale too much air before you find out the situation here."

"Ah?" Everyone was stunned and almost blurted out "Why?", but the person who said this was not an ordinary soldier, but the "hero" of the shelter.

Most of the soldiers in the advance team had witnessed Shen Ge's strength and were very convinced of him. Upon hearing this, they quickly checked their gas masks.

The deeper they went, the more complicated the road conditions became. Fang Mingyue had to arrange several soldiers to use sabers to cut the vines in front to clear the way.

"Shen Ge, I feel something is not right. In the video sent back by Captain Tu, there was clearly a way to go up the mountain, but now..." Fang Mingyue said to Shen Ge.

Shen Ge had also watched the video sent back by Tu Doupi, and had the same doubts in his mind: "From the map, the route should be correct. We can only wait until we find the temporary camp they set up."

Fang Mingyue nodded. She naturally had no objection to Shen Ge's suggestion, but such a strange environment made her feel uneasy.

At this time, a soldier who was clearing the way ahead noticed something strange: "Report, Captain Shen, Captain Fang, look at these vines we cut down, they are healing very quickly... This feeling is like, like strange flesh and blood."

Everyone stepped forward to look at the vines, and indeed discovered that the cut vines were growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Looking back again, they saw that the mountain road that had been opened up before was now covered with vines at the farthest end.

Weird flesh and blood?
In fact, Shen Ge had asked the system to scan the surroundings before going up the mountain, but unfortunately, there was not even a red dot on the [map]. It can be seen that either the weirdness of this area was affected by special weird energy so that the system could not detect it, or... there was a "big surprise" waiting for Shen Ge and others.

"Captain, the camp, there is a camp ahead!" At this time, the soldier responsible for clearing the way ahead noticed a tent that was completely entangled by vines.

The tent had been crushed and deformed. If it weren't for the exploration team flag on the door, it would have been difficult to find the tent.

The group cut through the vines that blocked their way and entered the temporary camp area, only to find that the place looked as if it had been abandoned for more than a decade, as it had long been filled with all kinds of plants.

But from the time Tu Dou Pi transmitted the information back to the refuge to the time the advance team set out here, it took less than two days in total.

Fang Mingyue ordered the soldiers to search the camp, but after a long search, no useful intelligence was found. No soldiers from the exploration team or the ghost hunting team were seen, and there were no corpses or signs of battle.

The absence of corpses and signs of battle is considered "good news", at least it proves that there has been no strange attack here. The biggest problem still lies in the cave.

Whether it is to search for the whereabouts of Tu Dou Pi and others, or to ensure that this "mountain" is actually a high-level weirdness, or there are high-level weirdnesses hidden underground, Shen Ge and his party have to go to the cave once.

The group searched upwards from the campsite. Strangely, the mountain road from the beginning to the temporary campsite became narrower and narrower due to the various plants. Now there are fewer plants on the road leading to the cave. When you reach the cave entrance, the plants are growing more than ten meters away. The area around the cave is bare, as if the surrounding plants are "avoiding" this cave, or there is something terrible in the cave.

After arriving at the entrance of the cave, Fang Mingyue first asked two soldiers to use a strange energy detector to try to detect the strength of the strange energy and the breath of life in the cave.

Shen Ge also turned on the weirdness and looked into the cave, but apart from the diffuse weird energy black fog, he did not see any traces of weirdness or weird space. Since even he could not see anything, the weird energy detector brought by Fang Mingyue naturally did not yield any results.

"Reporting to the captain, apart from detecting a very strong strange energy reaction in the cave, the strange energy detector did not find any traces of strangeness or life forms." said the soldier in charge of operating the strange energy detector.

"Shen Ge, what should we do now?" Fang Mingyue asked.

Although she was the apparent commander of the advance team, everyone knew that was just an explanation to the new parliament. In fact, the "outsider" Shen Ge was the real commander.

"Let's go in and take a look." Shen Ge did not mention the division of teams, because once they entered the "mountain", they were already in a trap. It made no difference whether they were inside the cave or outside the cave.

"Okay." Fang Mingyue asked the soldiers to put away the strange energy detector, and then asked two soldiers to guard the technicians and equipment at the entrance of the cave, while the rest followed her and Shen Ge into the cave.

"On the way here, I have already taught you how to deal with various strange areas. Remember my words. If you get lost in a strange space, don't run around like a headless fly. First, try to determine your position, and then find the rules of exploration."

"The strange space is not scary. Use the strange energy locator to record the beacon. As long as you don't lose your composure, you can find the strange weak point and escape from the strange space."

In fact, what Shen Ge said can be said to be the most basic knowledge about fighting ghosts of the Special Policy Department in "reality", but those are all summarized by the Research Department and the Special Policy Department based on repeated experiences in fighting ghosts.

It has only been a few years since the appearance of the monster and the fall of the entire world. The development of the monster's abilities has not been possible, let alone the research of these anti-monster tactics.

After Shen Ge finished speaking, everyone walked into the dark and narrow cave passage. After walking for more than ten minutes, the cave, which was originally six or seven meters wide, became narrower and more humid.

Shen Ge, wearing the tactical gloves he got from Fang Mingyue, brushed the wall of the cave, only to find that it was not ordinary water stains, but a black sticky substance.

Black blood?

Shen Ge couldn't help but think of the sticky black blood that he had seen oozing out of the flesh wall in the high-level weird stomach. The only difference was that the "black liquid" here was not as sticky as the black blood, nor was it as corrosive.

After walking forward for a few dozen meters, everyone suddenly heard a rustling sound. Shen Ge swept his strange flashlight forward and found a group of "black fog" crawling towards them.

Looking more closely, it is not "black fog" but "little spiders" the size of a baby's fist, which look bloody and fleshy. They are called spiders because they have eight legs, but in fact they look like a skinned chubby baby's hand with eight fingers.

"Something strange is happening, be careful!" Fang Mingyue noticed a group of "black hands" moving in the beam of the strange energy flashlight and immediately put everyone on alert.

Shen Ge decided not to leave the strange area, and formed an invisible barrier to block the black-handed spider on the other side of the passage, then reached out to Fang Mingyue: "Give me a Molotov cocktail."

Fang Mingyue quickly handed over a few Molotov cocktails. Although the invisible barrier was transparent and invisible, with Shen Ge's ability, he could control its movement even if he couldn't see it. Therefore, after "opening" a gap, he threw all the Molotov cocktails handed over by Fang Mingyue in.

The next second, the passage was instantly ignited by the Molotov cocktails, and crackling sounds were heard in the fire. Everyone could even smell a burnt odor.

What was strange was that the flames seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, but only Shen Ge knew what was happening.

Although Fang Mingyue felt strange, she did not ask too many questions, because at this time she noticed that the walls of the cave illuminated by the fire were densely covered with these black-handed spiders. If someone had claustrophobia, he would probably faint from fear after seeing this scene.

However, the ratings of these black-hand spiders are not high. The small ones are all level one, and the slightly larger ones are only level two.

Shen Ge had many ways to deal with them, but he chose the most direct one, which was to burn through the entire passage with fire, once and for all.

Fang Mingyue stood behind Shen Ge and watched the flames devour countless black-handed spiders. Suddenly, she thought of a question: "Shen Ge, it seems that there is only this one road since we entered the cave. And judging from the number of these black-handed spiders, it is unlikely that we can pass directly..."

Fang Mingyue’s meaning was very simple. If they encountered so many black-hand spiders, they would most likely choose to “retreat” instead of continuing to move forward.

She would think so, and so would Tu Dou Pi, but the video message sent back showed no sign of their return.

Did they die at the hands of these black-handed spiders, or did they find another passage?

Shen Ge obviously understood what Fang Mingyue wanted to say, but he thought of another possibility: "Perhaps we have been trapped in a strange space since we entered the cave. The good news is that we are not separated by the strange space. The bad news is that if we don't deal with these spiders, we can only retreat."

As soon as Shen Ge finished speaking, he heard a "bang" sound behind him. A soldier suddenly fell down and hit the wall of the cave.

Because the incident happened too suddenly, the soldiers behind him thought they were attacked. They didn't even have time to help him, but instinctively raised their guns and aimed at the wall.

But under the illumination of the flashlight beam on the gun, there was nothing on the wall of the cave, so the two medical soldiers hurried forward to check on the man's condition.

"Captain, he fainted." After checking the soldier, the medical soldier found no obvious wounds on his body, but the soldier's breathing was getting weaker and weaker.

At this time, Shen Ge opened his strange eyes and took a look, but he sensed a trace of strange energy fluctuations on the soldier's back. So he stepped forward and pushed the soldier's body to the side, pulled open his combat uniform and saw a thumb-sized black blood clot on the soldier's lower back.

"What is this?" A medical staff member pressed the blood clot with medical tools. The strange thing was that the blood clot seemed to have life and slowly swam towards the soldier's vest.

Seeing this, Shen Ge quickly pulled out the saber on Fang Mingyue's calf and stabbed it directly into the black blood: "Be careful, this is a parasitic weirdness!" (End of this chapter)