Everyone picked up their luggage and left in a hurry.
The moment the cockpit door was closed, the rock wall collapsed and countless mutated ants poured out like a fountain, filling up the entire crypt.
Luo Yuan's scalp went numb with just a glance.
"Don't delay! Run!" Luo Yuan shouted in a low voice. He knew that the cockpit door would not be able to stop the mutated ants for long with their sharp mouths.
The group of people rushed out of the transport aircraft in panic. They slowed down when they saw the bored giant ape squatting on the ground not far away. The giant ape was seven meters tall. Even when it was squatting on the ground, it was still more than three meters tall. Its body was muscular and majestic. Even looking at it from afar, it gave off a strong sense of oppression.
"Don't stop! This is my new battle beast!" Luo Yuan shouted and gestured for the giant lizard to squat down.
The giant lizard snorted and quickly knelt down.
Everyone quickly ran towards the giant lizard, their faces still filled with shock.
Everyone climbed up the giant lizard in a hurry. It seemed to feel that something was wrong as it walked without hesitation towards the dense forest.
Seeing that Luo Yuan had left, the giant ape stood up and quickly followed him.
After experiencing countless painful lessons, it had deeply understood that if it didn't stay by the side of that short and cruel fellow, what awaited it would be a nightmare.
Sitting on the back of the giant lizard, everyone felt a little more at ease. From time to time, they would secretly turn their heads to look at the strange mutated beast. It looked like an ape with a majestic body. Its hands were above its knees and its whole body was covered with golden hair. It looked majestic under the dusk sun. If it was given a stick, it would easily remind people of a rebellious mythological character.
However, its expression had completely destroyed its majestic appearance. It shrunk its head and acted sneakily, indescribably wretched. When it noticed that everyone was looking at it, it would show a flattering expression from time to time. It made everyone feel weird.
Obviously, the giant ape had completely regarded those who looked like Luo Yuan as a terrifying existence.
"Boss Luo, look!" Lin Xiaoji shouted.
Luo Yuan quickly turned his head and frowned. The wreckage of the transport aircraft had been completely covered by mutated ants. From afar, it looked like a thick layer of blue carpet had been covering the wreckage. Moreover, the carpet was still spreading and wriggling like a wave.
Everyone's expression changed slightly as they watched this scene from afar. They felt their scalps go numb, and even the two mutated beasts became restless.
However, the spreading speed of the ant tide was too slow, so it did not cause too much panic. When the crowd gradually left the area and could no longer see it, everyone relaxed.
"It would be great if we had gasoline to burn those things to death!" Huo Dong said.
"You still want to use gasoline? Let's not talk about the fact that we don't have any here. Even if we do, we can't waste it here. You should know that we don't even have enough gasoline for the military in the reconstruction area, "Commander Xia said.
"The reconstruction area is so difficult. Isn't there a big oil field over there?" Huang Jiahui asked doubtfully.
Commander Xia shook his head heavily and said, "There is indeed a big oil field in Taklamakan. Before I came here, I found another big oil field. However, it can't withstand a lot of daily use. The total number of troops now, including the reserves, is more than 10 million. Not to mention the various transport trucks, there are more than 100,000 tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled cannons.
That's just the army. We haven't even calculated the number of the air force, which also uses a lot of fuel. The amount of fuel we have is barely enough to sustain our needs.
In fact, not only fuel, but everything else is lacking. Food, iron ore, coal … "
Huang Jiahui and Huo Dong did not speak anymore. Everyone's heart felt heavy, as if there was a huge rock pressing on it.
Luo Yuan's face was calm. He suddenly had a strong desire to go to the reconstruction area. Perhaps this was the cruelest era of mankind, an era where civilization exhausted all its potential and struggled to survive. However, it was also the most magnificent era.
He could not always avoid it. He had to learn to face it!
It was not for the sake of saving mankind, as he did not have the ability to do so. It was for the sake of unity and survival of mankind. It was his duty to do his part.
… …
It had been a week since they moved back to the grotto.
After the lightning storm, the plants had started a new round of crazy growth. Everyone, who had nothing to do besides training, had become extremely busy. They had to weed the area within a kilometer of the grotto almost every two to three days.
In just a week, the areas that had been weeded and the areas that had not been weeded had become very different, as if they were two different worlds.
During this period, the mutated bird did not come to cause trouble again. Luo Yuan was not sure if it was dead or afraid of the place, but he guessed that it was the former.
The ant tide had disappeared four days ago, as if it had suddenly appeared and mysteriously disappeared. No one knew where it had gone. Perhaps it had returned to the ground. Luo Yuan went there to take a look. The place was almost unrecognizable. It was a mess.
Within a radius of more than ten kilometers, there were white bones everywhere, and it was dead silent. In this area, not only were there mutated creatures, but even more than half of the plants had disappeared. Even those that were left had their barks full of holes, and had been gnawed into a mess.
These ants were not afraid of cold or raw materials. They ate almost anything except stones.
The disappearance of the ant tide made Luo Yuan heave a sigh of relief. Although the moving speed of the ant tide was not fast, it was not a big threat. However, it usually emerged from the ground without any warning and covered a large area. Once you were surrounded, there was almost no other way but to kill your way out.
Moreover, the density of the ant tide was so high that it was almost overlapping with each other. It was completely incomparable to a normal beast tide. If the encirclement had been slightly larger, even Luo Yuan would not have had a high chance of survival.
After all, in terms of area of effect, the only skill he could bring out was Earth Stomp. However, there was a limit to how many times it could be used, and it would be exhausted after a few uses. If he still couldn't break out of the encirclement, only death awaited him.
They were also lucky that the ants only came out from one point, which allowed them to easily escape with their lives.
Apart from the remnants of the ant tide, the past few days had been unusually peaceful. It was so peaceful that it felt a little peaceful. Compared to the big lake where high-level mutated beasts gathered, this was indeed a desert area. It was "remote and uninhabited". Only some low-level mutated beasts would occasionally come here for Huo Dong and the others to practice.
Taking advantage of these peaceful days, Luo Yuan also began to experiment with his new special ability.
This special ability came with the upgrade. Luo Yuan did not notice it at first, but when he was dealing with the five skill points that had not been allocated, he realized that there were now three special abilities on the attribute panel.
Every five levels, the system would give him a special ability.
When he first got the system, he had gotten the identification skill when he was level zero, and the synthesis skill when he was level five. Now that he was level ten, the new skill was the detection skill.
At first, Luo Yuan was excited. He had played games before, and with the detection skill, he would become completely transparent during battles. This was undoubtedly a huge advantage.
However, he gradually realized that this skill was not as mysterious as it was in the game. The information he got was very simple, to the point of being rough. As for the specific attributes or skills, he did not even need to think about it.
To put it simply, it was like a mysterious database connected to Baidu Encyclopedia.
For example, Luo Yuan was using the detection skill on an unknown grass.
The information he got was as follows:
"Genus: Herb"
"Name: Sawtooth Grass"
"Remarks: Non-toxic. This is a very common mutated grass that grows in the northern hemisphere with high temperatures. Its tubers are thick and have a certain value for food. Its leaves are slightly bitter and have a weak healing effect."
Although the information he got was simple, it was not useless.
Of course, the information could be roughly analyzed with Appraisal. However, Appraisal only focused on a part of the object, while Appraisal focused on the whole object. Moreover, there was a difference in the distance between them. Appraisal required physical contact, while Detection could detect anything within 50 meters of the object. This made it very convenient for Luo Yuan to collect information, and it greatly increased his survival ability and ability to avoid danger.
Luo Yuan looked at Huo Dong, who was practicing his knife skills not far away. He had an idea and quietly used the detection skill.
"Race: Human"
"Sex: Male"
"Remarks: This is a member of the human civilization on Earth. The average intelligence is around 9 to 11 points. Weak physique, good at thinking and creation. It has developed to the peak of a level two civilization. It has a certain potential."
PS: My colleague called me today and found out that there was an exam tomorrow. I broke out in a cold sweat! After writing a chapter in a hurry, he did not have time for the second chapter. He would be reading very late today.
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