Chapter 72: 072 Highly alienated area
An Yizhen opened his eyes and saw a green rattan wrapped around Zhuang Zimo.
Zhuang Zimo didn’t even take a weapon, he tore the cane with his hands, and uprooted the tree where the cane was, and used it as a chain hammer. He held the cane in his hand, and the trunk swept across a large area.
The surrounding rattan trees wiggled and fled, and some unfortunately were directly smashed.
Strictly speaking, these are no longer normal trees. The vines were originally climbing on the trees, but now these trees are like trumpet replicas of the ancient trees. The branches grow from the dark brown trunks, like countless trees. The tentacles can swing freely, and are covered with spikes that can penetrate the human body. These trees seem to be intelligent, more animal-like, like other living creatures, except that they take root under their feet.
An Yizhen took out a machete and chopped off the tall weeds beside his feet. She was extremely fast, clearing a large empty field in the blink of an eye.
Zhuang Zimo then threw away the tree and looked around.
Zhuang Zimo is taller than An Yizhen, with a good physique and better eyesight, and he can see farther through the blocks of vegetation.
An Yizhen took out the infrared telescope to find out whether there were any warm-blooded living creatures around, and then compared with the tips of the Devouring System, to study which monster to kill first would be more cost-effective.
“This seems to be the forest when we left.” Zhuang Zimo has a good sense of observation and direction of the surrounding, and quickly came to the conclusion, “There is a deep pit not far away, which is the original location of the divine tree, and now there is a Not an inch of grass grows.”
The two of them have come to the side of the deep pit in a flash.
Zhuang Zimo bent down to check the ground and the surrounding environment, watching the moss rising around the deep pit, he hesitated: “These moss and fungi don’t seem to have formed in a short period of time, many days have passed since we left.”
“A lot of days? Can you be more specific?”
“Look, the shape of the mountain over there hasn’t changed much, but the surroundings are silent, haven’t you found any warm-blooded animals?” Zhuang Zimo didn’t answer, but instead asked.
“Yes, there are no normal animals within the range that the infrared telescope can see.” An Yizhen realized something, “The animals that lived in the mountains and forests suddenly disappeared, which is very abnormal.”
“Well, they may have run away, or they may have been eaten by these trees. Look at those trees with moving branches, with dark red blood vessels around their trunks. These trees may be blood-sucking, like the gods.” Zhuang Zimo was still in the mood to joke, “Maybe those blood-sucking mutant mosquitoes turned into nutrients and affected the surrounding tree species.”
“I feel something like a divine tree. It’s in the 3 o’clock direction. No, it’s moving very fast.” An Yizhen was reminded by the swallowing system and knew that there was an A-level energy body in the forest, and its mental power was very strong. Gao, maybe it’s the **** tree, maybe it’s another mutant species, she took off her gloves and ran after her.
In order to catch up with An Yizhen’s speed, Zhuang Zimo was equipped with a black crystal dagger. But when he arrived, he heard the prompt:
[Logistics team player An Yizhen killed the remaining spiritual body of the special boss tree in the apocalypse dungeon, preventing the area from continuing to be alienated. As a reward for the first kill of the special boss in this dungeon, An Yizhen personally received a reward of +1 for all attributes and an exclusive A-level treasure chest 1. 】
Zhuang Zimo didn’t even see what the A-rank monster looked like. Anyway, the tree in front of him quickly withered and turned gray.
An Yizhen habitually wanted to give the treasure chest to Zhuang Zimo, but found that there was no way to trade it with others, and the exclusive treasure chest could only be opened by herself. She hesitated for a while, and decided to find a place with good feng shui.
There are still some B++ monsters in the forest that can be cleared up. Maybe more treasure chests or materials can be dropped?
The Devouring System urged: “It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten Grade A food. As soon as I came in, I was appetizing, and I suddenly felt hungry. Don’t let it go, there are more than a dozen B++ around, host, rush!”
“Isn’t it true that you don’t even eat B++’s energy body?” An Yizhen complained.
The swallowing system replied arrogantly: “I really don’t have anything to eat. Why should I eat bad when there is something delicious.”
“…” An Yizhen said, “Then you can show the strange position, I will let Zhuangzi Moqing the rest and get you some B++ energy body to eat.”
There is a “carrot” with a delicious energy body hanging, and the swallowing system obediently gives a map with complete markings. All it wants to eat are red, and the rest are marked in yellow.
An Yizhen quickly drew the picture displayed in his mind on the paper and gave it to Zhuang Zimo: “You go to clean up the yellow one, and I’ll come to the red one, faster than anyone else.”
Zhuang Zimo fell into contemplation as he looked at the number of yellow dots on the map, which had more than tripled. Well, maybe he worked hard? But when he really started to kill, he found that the locations of the yellow dots were basically all kinds of mutant plants rooted on the ground. No attribute bonuses.
On An Yizhen’s side, 10 B-grade treasure chests were collected one after another, and those moving monsters didn’t lose their hair. She was so angry that smoke came out of her nose. Could it be that the monsters that devoured the system and drained energy would not have any remaining output? Anyway, she just doesn’t believe that her hands are so black, there are so many living fluffy monsters that can run and jump, or monsters with scales all over their bodies, how can they not lose hair, scales or flesh?
After Zhuang Zimo cut down the mutant tree, he followed the red dots to find the bodies of those monsters nearby.
So the audience heard another batch of monster materials that were embodied in the real world.
An Yizhen said that she has become a Buddha. Probably because she was too fast and had to give the strange corpse some time to react before dropping anything?
After the first round of cleaning, An Yizhen handed the 10 B-level treasure chests to Zhuang Zimo, hesitating whether to open the A-level chests. It’s the same in the morning and evening, anyway, only she can. This forest seems to be for them to brush materials, and I don’t know what it has become outside the mountains and forests. Why don’t you open the boxes and fill up the materials.
An Yi really calmed down and opened the exclusive A-level treasure chest. So she saw a projector the size of a Rubik’s cube. Touching the projector, the instructions received in my mind are: Solar portable projector, a full set of stargate design drawings are stored inside, if it cannot be played normally, you can bask in the sun to replenish energy.
An Yizhen almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
In the Dou Beast dungeon, she spent a lot of interstellar currency to buy the electronic version of similar content materials, and also sent it back to the real world. There are still dozens of mobile storage devices filled with various scientific and technological achievements in the interstellar age, which are basically solar projection or three-dimensional air projection screens. Although the content is complex, but the things are more complete and more, she does not need an additional player to store the stargate blueprint separately!
Is this the exclusive treasure chest of A-level? It’s too dark and pitiful.
Zhuang Zimo looked at this and reassured: “This is still in the dungeon. We may not have all the technical knowledge that we have realized at the time. It takes time to sort out the design materials of the special stargate and broadcast it. How can there be direct A set of Stargate full data is more convenient and quick to play? Besides, those countries that have not experienced the background of the interstellar era should get this data at all costs. Otherwise, how can they complete the task?”
When An Yizhen heard the words, her mentality suddenly eased a lot. Indeed, it may be repetitive information for her, but it is a valuable resource for players from other countries. Now that players from many countries coexist, they can’t just use brute force, but also need to focus on strategy, in order to make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses to complete the task as soon as possible.
At this time, the barrage in the Longguo live broadcast room was not idle:
[Official announcement: The countries that have entered the same copy are the two main players of the United States and the United States, John James Bond and Jennifer K, the main player of the Obama country, Park Taijiang, the main player of the Java country, Karan, and the main player of the Ella country. you…]
Followed by what dungeons these players have experienced, appearance characteristics and possible attributes, special equipment conditions, etc. are listed.
The bullet screen brushes the information so quickly that even the audience of Longguo, whose physical attributes are much higher than the average level of LL stars, are basically impossible to read all of them, but Zhuang Zimo and An Yizhen will remember them after reading it once.
In addition to the two old “friends” James Bond and Jennifer K, the Park Taijiang left a deep impression on them. Referring to the relationship in the real world, these three have a lot of personal grievances with them. It is very possible that Park Tae-jeong took the initiative to join the players of the United States and the United States. If the two countries join forces, their strength will far exceed the players from Java and Ella who are left alone.
The barrage continues to refresh:
[Official reminder: The Stargate data from the Doudou copy to the real world has been developed and cracked by the expert team, in order to build it with feasible technology in this era. If there is any problem with the construction of the star gate in the copy, you can communicate with each other. ]
An Yizhen said happily: “Very good, this is equivalent to an additional set of R&D teams to build Stargate. After all, with the technology and materials available in this world, from drawings and theories to the construction of real objects, it will definitely take time. research experiments.”
Zhuang Zimo said: “Then I’ll open all the B-level treasure chests, right? What if there are materials that can be used to make a star gate. Those mutant woods and mixed monster meat pieces just now can only be eaten and drunk to make something different. use.”
When it comes to eating and drinking, An Yizhen is a little hungry. Could it be that she spent a lot of energy just moving at a high speed and needs to be replenished in time? In addition, the higher the level of the phagocytosis system, the more energy it consumes. I don’t know how long this batch of energy harvested in the mountains and forests can be squandered.
Zhuang Zimo was also hungry, and frowned slightly: “There’s something wrong with this forest. I don’t usually get hungry so fast. Maybe something else is absorbing our energy.”
An Yizhen suddenly woke up. At first, she thought that the swallowing system was doing something wrong, or that she was hungry because she exercised too much, but now it seems that something is wrong.
Maybe some low-level things are absorbing energy, and the swallowing system can’t perceive it. She nodded and said, “Yes, let’s get out of here first and go to the county town. Wait until a safe place to open the box.”
Under the leadership of Zhuang Zimo’s strong sense of direction, the two quickly ran towards the county town.
On the edge of the forest, you can see a lot of bones, some human and some animals, it is very likely that they lost their lives as soon as they entered the forest. In the forest before, the traces of these living creatures were much rarer than here.
“The physique of ordinary humans and animals is much weaker than ours. If there is a mutation in the absorption of energy in this forest, they may not be able to support it and will die soon. The traces of these bones show that the animals may have fled, and humans seem to be Go into the forest.” Zhuang Zimo counted the number of human bones and said solemnly, “There are too many human beings, and they all go into the forest. There are a lot of cars in front of them, all kinds. It doesn’t look like much. Traveling is more like fleeing. Could something go wrong in the county seat?”
The two did not have any props and mobile phones like the previous copy, and the clothes were brought out by themselves. With their backs on their shoulders, they took out their own mobile phones, but there was no signal in the forest. Now that they have come to the serious road outside the forest, they have seen many abandoned cars, and they guess that a disaster may have occurred.
Most of the cars were empty, and people on the edge of the woods probably got out of these cars. There were also movements in some cars. An Yizhen glanced at them quickly and saw some familiar zombies.
For a moment in her trance, she thought she had traveled back to Earth again.
At that time, she also followed the survivors to the suburbs. Some people say that there are fields and land in the suburbs, even in the mountains and forests, you can find food, and there are not so many zombies in the city. But in fact, the zombie virus affects not only the city. Nature is connected, and the ecological chain has never been cut off because of cities or villages. Animals that cannot survive in the city will run to the countryside with the virus faster than humans. By the time humans left, the changes in animals and plants had already occurred silently.
However, the situation here is different. The source of the mutation at the beginning should be the viruses leaked in the laboratory. Creatures that are homologous to the sacred tree cannot do without this forest, but the virus-infected insects and other animals with legs and feet have escaped the control of the sacred tree, trying to escape from here, chasing more nutrients and food.
In the last copy, there must be mutant creatures that slipped through the net and went to places where humans live. The virus broke out in the county town and produced zombies. People fled and strayed into this mountain forest. It was still a dead end.
Zhuang Zimo found a car, and the car radio on it was still working. He searched patiently for a long time, but there was no clear signal.
An Yi was really cold.
Zhuang Zimo was not discouraged, he turned on a device that he had brought with him with satellite signal reception function, and after debugging it, he finally heard the intermittent and vague broadcast:
“Dragon Kingdom citizens, the disaster of zombie virus outbreaks and animal and plant mutations has spread across the country. The country has set up survivor bases in various provinces. Please transfer to the following bases as soon as you hear the broadcast…”
This is followed by a series of base numbers, and a broadcast of the base’s location.
An Yizhen pulled out a paper map from a car, corresponding to the location of the province in Minsu County, and circled two bases that were not too far away. One is a large state-owned mine on the outskirts of the provincial capital, just 20 kilometers away; the other is that there is no specific name on the map at all. It should have been the location of the garrison military area, which is about 15 kilometers away from here, and is close to the border between the DM country and the Dragon country.
“Which base to go to?” An Yizhen saw Zhuang Zimo frowning and thought, and reminded, “How about opening the box first? Maybe there will be clues?”
“The country has entered a state of disaster. We suddenly come out and say that we are going to build a stargate and launch a spaceship. Do you think anyone will believe it? The country’s energy is all about eliminating zombies and viruses. How should we intervene in order to get rid of it faster? Accept?” Zhuang Zimo didn’t open the box, but asked this worriedly.
An Yizhen didn’t think it was so complicated, and replied easily: “Don’t we have Xu Xiaomin’s nameplate? Since her father is from the National Security Agency, we might as well go to the base and contact the high-level first in the name of finding someone. It should not be difficult to hypnotize the relevant decision-making meetings or let me meet the key decision-makers. Although the country is in a state of disaster, so many bases are still there, and there are satellite broadcasts, and the social order has not completely collapsed. Stargate launches a spacecraft, which is still expected. We can’t just build a stargate just for the two of us.”
The Dragon Kingdom is very similar to the motherland of An Yizhen on Earth. It never advocates individual heroism. In the event of a catastrophe, the individual will definitely go to the collective, and the country will not leave the people alone. Just looking at the existence of so many bases, the open containment of survivors can already reflect the power of a great power.
“Then go to the base of the state-run mine. It is close to the provincial capital, and there may be more survivors and more resources. There may be an influx of refugees from other countries on the border side, the situation will be complicated, and the location on the civilian map is not clear. Still looking for it.” After Zhuang Zimo finished speaking, he opened all 10 Class B treasure chests in one breath.
As a result, they got 6 second-grade Jinchuang medicine, 3 big return pills, and 1 electromagnetic gun (can only be used in this dungeon, it needs to be used with electricity).
Even if you don’t take medicine or something, you can save people. Just bear with it. But looking at this, the rest of the base has been abandoned. Even if the electromagnetic gun can be used to kill zombies, where can I find electricity in the barren mountains and mountains? With guns, it’s not as fast as they kill monsters with their bare hands.
Opening the box did not delay them running on their way, and they arrived a few kilometers in a flash, and they could vaguely see the outline of the buildings in the provincial capital.
Suddenly, a missile fell from the sky and landed directly on the location of the state-owned mine. Violent explosion. The flames of the explosion shot into the sky, and something similar to a mushroom cloud rose from the sea of fire.
An Yizhen was shocked: “Is it a nuclear bomb?”
“No, the power after the explosion is not that great. But it may be a small intercontinental missile, the kind that does not have a nuclear warhead. The trajectory is from the northeast.” Zhuang Zimo finished, pulling An Yizhen After hiding in a rock, avoid being attacked by the air waves stirred up by the missile.
He switched on the device that could receive satellite signals just now, listened intently, and said, “It’s a missile fired from the country of Obama, actively attacking our country’s targets. The leadership here hasn’t figured out the situation yet, and reminded the surrounding bases to be careful. Take precautions. It seems that we can only go to the bases that are not marked on the map.”
“Did the Obama players do it? Why did they attack here?”
Zhuang Zimo glanced at the prompt of the barrage and briefly outlined the main points: “According to the live broadcast analysis of the European countries and the United States and the United States, real-world experts have made contact with the players of the two countries. These two countries are also spreading zombie viruses and alienation throughout the country. Animals and plants, but they have evolved power users. It is presumed that there are power users who take the line. The United States and the United States have a military base in the Obama country, and Park Taijiang is currently the FS that launched the missile. inside the base.”
“Then the Dragon Kingdom here should also have abilities, right?” An Yizhen hesitated, “If the other party attacks us in advance where we may appear, should we avoid the base so as not to implicate innocent people, and solve it first. Players from other countries? Will the power players here also be aware of our existence and take the initiative to contact us?”
“The United States and Benefit United Nations have their own industrial base, and they may be able to build their own stargates and spaceships before the disaster. However, after the fall of the whole territory, they are independent, and they may not be able to gather manpower to build stargates. They should have adopted the method of uniting our country. It is more reliable. Why would they blindly attack our territory so blindly? Do they also have Stargate blueprints?” Zhuang Zimo asked the void.
The barrage gave him the answer immediately.
Zhuang Zimo relayed the news from the real world to An Yizhen: “They don’t have the Stargate blueprint for the time being. The missile just now is the farthest range that the FS base can hit. Oppa has a prophecy ability, who was caught by Park Tai. Jiang asked for your location information. The attack should not mean the United States and the United States. It is Park Taijiang who is still brooding about us. Fortunately, the prophet can only predict once a day, with an accuracy rate of 60%. , and it is not that Park Taijiang can completely dominate.”
“Then let’s go to the 307 base. From the big map, although the 307 base is on the border of the DM, it is beyond the range of the missile.” An Yizhen paused, then said,
“In addition, besides the 307 base, we have other options. The places on LL that are conducive to launching spacecraft should be based on the bases where rockets and satellites were launched before, right? I don’t think opponents will rashly move these mission-related launch bases. After all, the country of Europe and Pakistan does not have such a base, and the bases of the United States and the United States may not have enough manpower to operate. To build stargates and spaceships, in the end, we still have to rely on countries with more skilled workers and rich resources, and they have ready-made use. It is more convenient and quicker than temporarily rebuilding one.”
Zhuang Zimo nodded, agreeing: “Let’s go to the 307 base to see the situation. It’s not too far from the 307 base to the WZ launch vehicle launch base, the straight-line distance is only more than 1,000 kilometers.”
His answer was a bit Versailles. The territory of Longguo counts tens of thousands of kilometers from south to north and from east to west, spanning 4 time zones, and you can experience the scenery from the equator to the North Pole in Shanghai. It is completely unimaginable for the citizens of a small country like Obama. The people of Longguo said that it is not too far away and will arrive in one or two hours. Be sure to ask what the measure is, and the other is to figure out the means of transportation.
In Obama, you can get anywhere in the country with a 4-hour drive. Open a plane in Longguo, and it is very likely that you will still not be able to fly out of the country within 4 hours. Therefore, more than 1,000 kilometers is indeed not too far.
On the way to the 307 base, the two did not enter the forest, but took the road.
There are many abandoned vehicles on the road. Occasionally encounter zombies, they kill easily. There are some living creatures hidden in the mountains and forests, which are mutant creatures. During the day, they just hide and do not come out.
Because the energy level of those mutant creatures is too low, An Yizhen lacks interest. Zhuang Zimo didn’t want to waste his energy either, he would only clean up when they attacked actively, otherwise he wouldn’t have time to pay attention.
At a distance of 5 kilometers from the 307 base, they encountered a village.
It was noon, and there was a house in the village where smoke rose from cooking.
Zhuang Zimo listened intently and said, “There are 4 people who seem to have come out of Base 307 and want to go to the Alienation Area to collect samples and monitor the development of the mutation.”
“Are they power users? The outside environment is so dangerous that ordinary people should not dare to leave the base casually.” An Yizhen said, “Why don’t I show up and get in touch with them. Since I’m going to the base, someone will take me there. Wouldn’t it be easier to see the top?”
“I’ll come with you, you are such a delicate girl in the wild mountains and wild mountains, they may suspect that you are not human.” Zhuang Zimo’s last sentence was a turning point, and An Yizhen almost became angry again when he heard it.
“You’re not human!” An Yi gave Zhuang Zimo a furious look, “Then tell me, what are our identities? Let’s make a good confession, so that we won’t be in trouble for a while.”
Zhuang Zimo suggested: “For the time being, let’s say that we came from the base of the state-owned mine. It was suddenly attacked there. We don’t know the situation, so we went to the 307 base nearby. You can listen to me for the rest of the details.”
“Understood, anyway, after you’ve said it, if they don’t believe it, I’ll hypnotize it again and instill your identity and origin, right?”
“Clever, after all, it is more troublesome to explain what the otherworld trial field is, and it is easy to cause more doubts.”
The two discussed safety and acted immediately.
Moments later, they had become old friends with the four soldiers in uniform. An Yizhen focused on brainwashing the leader of Captain Li, making him believe that he had seen Zhuang Zimo in the provincial capital. The two joined the army together in the provincial capital. Later, Zhuang Zimo retired and went to work in the special department.
An Yi really didn’t expect Zhuang Zimo to be so talented, his identity is not inferior to that of a professional writer, he has a set of rationale and evidence, and all the details are in place in one step.
“I deeply regret what happened to the mine base, and condolences to you both!” Captain Li reassured and asked, “Comrade Zhuang and Comrade An, did you collect samples when you passed through the highly alienated area? The task is to collect samples from the alienation area, but we can’t get to the highly alienated area. As soon as we get close, we will feel dizzy and lose our strength. Your combat uniforms are very advanced. If you go back with us, maybe the experts in the base can learn from imitations. ”
“We have nowhere else to go, let’s go to base 307 first. We have to contact the chief to report the situation in time. There are substances in the highly alienated area that can secretly absorb the energy of life forms, which are very dangerous. We have also collected samples. Some.” Zhuang Zimo didn’t reveal the existence of the storage device, he just pointed to the finger bag, and when he entered the base, he would steal the mutated material from the storage ring and use it as a sample.
While he was talking, the communicator on Captain Li’s shoulder rang, he connected the external broadcast, and there was a rush of voice: “The third patrol team is asking for support, asking for support, the western trunk road of the base was attacked by a group of zombies… ah… “