NOVEL NEXT Chapter 435: Poison-type Ability
As the military chopper flew closer to the compound, the members looked through the windows and saw the desolated building.
"It's so strange. There is no trace of zombies at all," Qin Luzi muttered in a low voice.
Hearing this, Yu Fuyun said, "Brother Qin, isn't it good that there are no zombies in this area? We can finish our mission faster."
"Unless it's an abandoned mine, there are usually people in the compound. Without any trace of zombies, it means that the residents had already left this place before the apocalypse started," Li Sikai explained.
"Old Qin, is there any trace of survivors?" Zhang Yuan asked.
Qin Luzi checked his map for a while before he said, "There is no trace of survivors either."
Despite seeing no sign of zombies or survivors on his map, he still felt that something dangerous was lurking in the area, waiting for them to fall into a trap.
Zhang Yuan hovered above the compound for a while before he landed on the open field between the compound and the underground mine. After everyone came out of the military chopper, Jiao Lizhi stored it in her space.
As soon as they stepped into the underground mine, Jin Xuyan raised his hand and said, "Everyone, be careful."
Opening his palm, he created a ball of flame. This time, he lowered its temperature, and the black flame changed into a bright yellow flame. With the flame illuminating the narrow path, the members followed him.
Standing at the end of the group, Shen Jinzhe used his flame to light the surroundings. With Wen Mo and Wen Kai in the middle, they would be able to react promptly to defend the members if they were suddenly attacked.
As the Phantom Team walked further into the underground mine, the air became thinner and more suffocating. Jiao Lizhi looked around as they walked. When she stepped on something squishy, she stopped in her tracks and lowered her head.
Taking out a flashlight from her space, she shone it on the thing under her shoes. As she moved her foot, she saw that the black, sticky liquid squirmed for a moment.
If it had been anyone else, they might have dismissed it as stinky goo. But Jiao Lizhi had lived through the apocalypse before and had encountered many strange creatures after the second rain.
At that moment, her face turned pale when she realized what was under her shoes. Without hesitation, she shouted, "Everyone, be careful!"
The next moment after she spoke, countless black goo shot toward them from the walls.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
When Zhang Yuan and the Wen brothers heard her warning, they instantly created a barrier to block the attack. But due to the speed of the black goo, they only managed to block some of it.
As soon as the black goo touched the members' shoes or clothes, it released an acidic liquid. Feeling the pain on their bodies, the members pulled out their daggers and used them to remove the goo.
The burning pain on their skin caused the members to let out painful groans. Seeing this, Jiao Lizhi quickly splashed them with water. Using her energy to control the temperature, she heated the water until it bubbled.
In her previous life, she had heard about countless mercenary teams who suffered huge casualties during trips to unknown mines. Back then, she had only thought those people were unlucky to have met such troublesome mutants.
But now, connecting the information from her past life to their current situation, she was sure that the unknown mine was the one they had entered.
Seeing that her attack had minimal effect in removing the goo, Jin Xuyan used his fire to burn it. This time, he managed to reduce the amount of goo, but to completely kill it would take too long, long enough for the members to lose their lives.
While everyone was focused on removing the goo from their bodies, Mo Junjie realized that it feared his black mist.
Taking advantage of the situation, he took out a glass container from his space necklace and stored some of the black goo before putting it away.
After obtaining the sample, he opened his palm. In less than a second, black mist seeped out and flew toward the black goo covering the members' limbs and bodies.
When the black mist touched the goo, it let out a sizzling sound. The goo shrank and avoided the mist as if it were being burned.
Seeing this, Xiao Qi said in surprise, "Captain, this thing is suddenly escaping."
Jin Xuyan raised his gaze and saw Mo Junjie controlling the black mist to surround the goo. After gathering it into one spot, Mo Junjie waved his hand and the mist thickened instantly.
In less than a minute, the small area was filled with sizzling sounds, and soon after, the black goo had turned into vapor, leaving nothing behind.
The members watched in shock. They had always thought Mo Junjie was weak and, at most, had awakened a basic-type ability such as heightened hearing or vision.
Now, seeing how he controlled the black mist with ease, they realized they had been wrong about him. Which part of him was weak? He was as strong as they were, okay!?
Noticing the members' sharp stares, Mo Junjie took out a white handkerchief from his pocket, covered his pale lips, and coughed several times before saying, "I forgot to tell everyone. My ability is a mutated ability, poison."
The moment they heard this, they were stunned. It took them a while to regain their composure. Feng Yun looked at him and asked, "Brother Mo, your illness… Does it have anything to do with your ability?"
Hearing this, Mo Junjie stiffened for a moment before letting out a chuckle and replying, "You are indeed a very observant person."
After a moment of pause, he added, "I used to be very healthy. Only after I awakened my ability did my internal organs start to fail, and I became sick."
When everyone heard his words, they finally understood why Jiang Lixin had been unable to cure his sickness permanently. Unless he could remove his ability, he would never fully recover.