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"Looks like we're in luck!"
Mu Zi smiled and took the initiative to pick up the Crystal Core. Just as he was about to take a step …
"Wait!"
Feng Luo suddenly called out to him, his eyes staring in the direction of the Crystal Core.
"What's wrong, Brother Feng?"
Mu Zi stopped in his tracks, a little confused.
Before Feng Luo could say anything, the Crystal Core that had fallen beside the Mutant Rat Commander actually shook twice on its own. Then it suddenly floated into the air and quickly "escaped" along the corner of the wall.
"What's going on? Can the Crystal Core run away?"
Chairman Jiao was stunned.
"There's a ghost in the game!"
Boss Meng was also a little confused.
Bang!
While everyone was still a little stunned and shocked, the M110 in Feng Luo's hands had already fired a shot.
"Pa!"
The Crystal Core fell to the ground with a crisp sound. At the same time, a system notification appeared in everyone's vision.
You (Your team member) killed Level-25 Gatherer Beetle (Normal). You received 16,000 (xx) experience points …
"I see!"
Now everyone understood what had happened. Of course, it was not a ghost, but a monster.
With Feng Luo's enhanced vision, he could roughly see the appearance of the monster that had stolen the Crystal Core.
It was a type of beetle with a brown body and a dark brown carapace covering its surface.
But to be precise, it was not very appropriate to call them beetles.
Because their bodies were not spherical like the Suicide Bombeetles from before. Instead, they were oval, with two scorpion-like pincers at the front and six segmented legs at the bottom.
The Crystal Core dropped by the Mutant Rat Commander had been clamped by one of its pincers, and it was running quickly with its six segmented legs.
However, because of their brown bodies, it was very difficult to be seen in such a dark environment. Plus, they were moving along the dimly lit wall, so no one had seen them clearly before.
Then, after Feng Luo shot one dead, everyone realized that it was actually a monster that was "playing tricks."
However, the monster stealing the Crystal Core, which was similar to players stealing equipment, still felt a little strange.
It was fine if players stole equipment, but why would there be such a strange thing as a monster stealing loot?
"Ah, look, there's more!"
Due to the strange situation earlier, Orange was hiding behind Mr. Meng in fear. When she looked around, she found more "thievery operations".
Not only the crystal core, but also some of the larger crystals dropped by the ordinary rats. A few brown Gatherer Beetles also secretly grabbed them and ran quickly.
"Stop them!"
Chairman Jiao shouted. The staff in his hand glowed, and a fifty-centimeter-tall spike drilled out of the ground, sending a brown beetle flying.
However, even though it was sent flying into the air, the large pincers of the scorpion-like brown beetles were still tightly gripping onto the crystals.
Bang!
It wasn't until Feng Luo, who was now very hot to the touch, accurately shot it in the air and blew it up that the E-grade energy crystal fell.
However, even though everyone tried to stop it, a Gatherer Beetle still managed to escape in the end.
It crawled into a dark corner and disappeared behind a pillar the size of two people.
However, before that, Feng Luo had also received information about them.
Gatherer Beetle, Level 25 Normal. Species number: jcg- 02364. Estimated chip compatibility: 35%.]
Compared to the Suicide Bombeetles from before, these Gatherer Beetles had a compatibility rate of 35 percent, which meant that they had a one-third success rate. However, Feng Luo was not very interested in them. 【Love ↑ Go △ Small ↓ Say △ Net
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Because from the name of this beetle, he knew that it was likely to be a support type. He needed a pet that could help him in battle.
However, the appearance of this beetle proved that there might be something he wanted in the ruins.
"Huh? Strange. Why does it look like a statue of a god? "
Chairman Jiao, who had failed in his pursuit of the last beetle, raised his staff and circled the "pillar" twice.
"A statue of a god?"
Feng Luo froze for a moment, then quickly walked over.
It was an irregular "pillar" about the size of two people. It was about four meters tall, and its top was connected to the ceiling of the parking lot.
The color of the pillar was gray with a hint of black. The surface was not flat, but it was uneven. The middle part looked more like a human figure. Chairman Jiao probably thought it was a statue of a god because of that.
The surface of the pillar was covered with bowl-sized holes. The Gatherer Beetle that had stolen the crystal had probably escaped into the holes.
"This shape …"
In Feng Luo's mind, the building that he had thought was a statue of a human through the sniper scope of the M110 appeared. He realized that the materials of the two were very similar. They both looked like stone, but not quite like stone.
However, the holes on the two were the same. The only difference was that the former had smaller holes, which were probably only suitable for the Suicide Bombeetles to enter and exit. The holes in front of him were larger, which was enough for the Gatherer Beetles to enter and exit.
"I understand now!"
Feng Luo finally understood why a large number of Suicide Bombeetles had suddenly appeared behind them. These guys had come out from the pillar, or rather, from the "statue of a god."
No, to be precise, they had come out from underground. By shining a strong flashlight on the "statue of a god" in front of them, one could see that the holes were actually connected to the underground.
Underneath the ruins, there were probably tunnels dug by the bugs or borrowed from the city's drainage system.
In other words, these beetles were probably under the players' feet.
"But how did they avoid detection? Is it because the tunnels and the" statue "have the ability to block detection? Or … "
Feng Luo thought of another possibility, but he could not prove it at the moment.
At that moment, he suddenly heard a notification from his communicator that someone was requesting a call.
"Old Feng, where are you guys? How's the situation?"
Mu Wu's voice came through the communicator.
"We're hiding in the underground parking lot of a building. We've escaped the pursuit of the Suicide Bombeetles. We haven't lost anyone yet. What are your losses? "
Feng Luo expected that the sudden outbreak of the Suicide Bombeetles would definitely cause a lot of losses.
Although they had sent a warning message to Mu Wu and the commander's car the moment they discovered the situation, there was not enough time for everyone to successfully retreat.
"The losses are huge," Mu Wu said. "In this wave of beetles, three squads were wiped out. Even a mecha was destroyed by hundreds of beetles. We've lost a total of 93 people. If some of the Suicide Bombeetles hadn't shifted their target to the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group and the Veterans Tribe, the losses would have been even worse! "
Mu Wu's voice was slightly heavy. After all, they had just started the mission, and it was really unexpected to encounter such a situation.
"The situation is a little unexpected," Mu Wu said. "And this is only in the Level 20 area. The Level 30 and 40 areas are likely to have similar problems. So the boss has decided to hire 500 players each from the Veterans Tribe and the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group. Otherwise, we might not be able to complete the mission! "
"Yes. Anyway, we've already invested so much money. It doesn't matter if we spend a little more! "
Feng Luo did not care about this matter. After all, it was not his money that he was spending.
The loss of nearly 100 people had a big impact on the plan. This was because the death penalty in War was relatively severe. In addition to losing one level of experience, players had to wait 12 hours before they could log back into the game again.
In other words, even if these people rushed back to participate in the battle, they would probably have to wait until tomorrow.
So it was necessary to increase the number of hired players.
"In addition, because the headquarters in the north area has not been attacked by the Suicide Bombeetles, there are relatively more people left," Mu Wu said. "That's why we've decided to split five squads to help us catch up with the progress. This is to prevent the monsters from gathering in a certain area due to one side's progress being too fast."
Mu Wu said through the communicator.
Feng Luo felt that 50 people was a little small, but as the commander, it was not up to him to decide what the "young master" Dark Night Stars thought, so he did not say anything.
"By the way, after our research, we found that these beetles might …"
Feng Luo told Mu Wu about the "statue of god" that he had just thought of.
"You mean, these beetles came out from the holes of the 'statue of god,' and their passage or gathering place is underground?"
On the other end of the communicator, Mu Wu pondered for a moment.
"To be precise, I don't think that thing is a statue of god," Feng Luo said. "It's just a pile of soil that the beetles dug up when they dug a tunnel. You should know that many insects can use special secretions to make the hardness of their nests not inferior to concrete. "
Feng Luo said.
"It doesn't make sense that it looks like the pattern of a statue of god," Mu Wu said. "Speaking of which, there seems to be a 'temple' in the center."
"Every species has its own architectural style," Feng Luo said. "Maybe these beetles like to do that. Or maybe the game company is deliberately mystifying things to increase the atmosphere! "
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