Chapter 17 A-level monsters


    Soon, Littlefinger and Gao Gong took action separately. Littlefinger mobilized his network to search for traces of desert worms in Scavenger City and even further urban areas.


    Gao Gong decided to deal with the desert worms in the heavy metal swamp first.


    ??The two men''s actions were somewhat urgent. According to Littlefinger, forcing the mechanical hunters to hunt the radioactive beasts was only the first step. Soon, the security group would organize the mechanical hunters into armed teams to go out and hunt the wandering beasts.


    Once you are organized into a team, you will have limited freedom of movement.


    ?With a slight gunshot, a mud pit suddenly exploded next to a metal worm. The big worm was startled and quickly burrowed into the swamp.


    "grass!"


    Gao Gong gritted his teeth. He didn’t feel it at first, but when the desert worms ‘know’ that they are being hunted, hunting becomes very difficult.


    ?These worms will burrow into mud pits as soon as they are slightly frightened. The deeper these mud pits are dug, the more metal content there will be, and some places are even as hard as metal.


    The excavator is of no use even if it comes.


    Except for catching five on the first day, Gao Gong''s harvest decreased every day. On the third day, it took him a whole day to catch one.


    Except for a few big bugs, the harvest in the past few days has been almost zero.


    According to his understanding, Little Finger’s harvest is not as good as his own.


    “Although I don’t know why you insist on catching such a big bug, your current mentality is not suitable for work.”


    Huang Yuanli, who had always been carefree, rarely became serious. She sat up and said seriously:


    “You take a rest first, and I’ll go back and ask the tribe for you to see if there is a better way to get rid of these bugs.”


    ?Gao Gong took a deep breath, letting the cold, rusty air enter his lungs, exhaled it, and then looked at the other person with a surprised look on his face.


    “You actually care about people?”


    “Nonsense, I’m better than you, okay?” Huang Yuanli rolled her eyes. "You should call me sister."


    “By the way, this is a new flavor of lollipop, do you want to try it?”


    “New flavor, give it to me!”


    ? Huang Yuanli’s eyes lit up and she snatched the lollipop away from the senior engineer’s hand.


    “Is this what sister does?” The senior engineer laughed strangely and rubbed the other person’s head with his palms. I have to say that for such a height, he could rub it quite easily.


    “Hey! I’m warning you! If you dare to touch my head again, I’ll let a bee bite you in the butt!”


    ? Huang Yuanli suddenly became furious, and while her face turned red, she bared her teeth at the other party.


    "I''m going back. It seems that''s all I''ve gained today," the senior engineer stretched and said, "I''ll get off work early today."


    “That’s right, work and rest should be combined, and life cannot be opportunistic. If you are addicted to walking on the tightrope, you will fall off sooner or later. This is what our professor told me.”


    ? Along the way, in order to prove her eldest sister style, Huang Yuanli licked the lollipop and pointed at the other party in an old-fashioned way.


    “You listen to your sister, she will protect you...”


    Gao Gong''s expression suddenly changed. He bent down and picked up Huang Yuanli. At full speed, he crossed a distance of more than ten meters and rolled into an abandoned house in a few seconds.


    “Uh-huh—”


    Huang Yuanli''s mouth was tightly covered, and she thought that the other party was showing off his **** and wanted to drag her to the woods to do something. However, the next moment, she didn''t think so.


    ?This is the first time he has seen a senior engineer so nervous.


    Then, her pupils suddenly opened wide, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably.


    Thick dust and smoke covered the sky, and the high-intensity light pollution produced by radiation diffusion shimmered like breathing. The rich heat seemed to be directly facing the crater. Wherever it passed, rocks and gold flowed. Whether it was a metal tree or a cement floor, everything melted. Come on.


    The strong energy fluctuation makes it impossible to see the monster''s body clearly. Looking directly at it is like looking directly at the sun.


    It itself is a moving group of small nuclear explosions.


    The two of them clenched their teeth. For a few seconds, it seemed like an hour, or even a day.


    After the ''nuclear explosion'' left, Huang Yuanli''s eyes rolled up, her hands and feet trembled involuntarily, and white foam spurted out of her mouth.


    Gao Gong''s expression changed, he quickly put down his backpack, took out a radiation needle from the bag, and inserted it directly into the other person''s neck.


    ? Huang Yuanli finally came to her senses, covered her mouth fiercely, climbed out of the senior engineer''s arms, found a sewer and retched.


    “vomit, vomit—”


    Gao Gong was also very uncomfortable. How should I put it? It felt like a handful of cockroaches had been stuffed into his clothes.


    He opened the properties page—


    [Re-radiation state: -50% of all attributes, lasting 10 days, with a certain chance of causing cell distortion, severe organ damage, and accompanying anemia, lesions, premature aging, etc.]


    Gao Gong shook his head, took out a radiation needle and pierced himself.


    Soon, this situation changed.


    [Light radiation state: -10% of all attributes, lasting 3 days, causing mild nausea, dizziness, and arrhythmia]


    ? Huang Yuanli finally vomited out all she could, then wiped her sweat and stammered: "That one just now was -"


    "At least B+, most likely A level." Whether it is B+ or A level, there is a name among the players, called boss leader, which means that this kind of monster often has a large enough genetic territory and dominates the territory. A group of genetic bosses with the same attribute. The biggest difference between them and S-class is that they have not taken the last step.


    Taking that step is to break through the limit of the second level and reach the third level.


    Generally speaking, monsters above level 60 are also called planet monsters.


    ??Huang Yuanli''s calves were shaking and she couldn''t stand up. "But this is obviously a low-risk area."


    According to waste pickers, general urban areas are divided into low-risk areas, medium-risk areas, and high-risk areas.


    There must be an A-level monster in the high-danger area.


    ?In the Scavenger City, there are two recognized A-level monsters, one is the ‘Red Queen’ in the Red Lantern District, and the other is the ‘Mechanical Fortress’ in the Metal District.


    ??The Red Lantern District where the former is located is a recognized restricted area, and any plane flying above will be shot up by the Queen.


    The latter is the source of one-third of the mechanical and biological beasts in the Scavenger City.


    ?If nothing else happens, the waste collection city will soon be divided into an additional high-risk area.


    Even if the opponent is not A-level, he must be on the verge of degeneration.


    “You should be lucky that it was an A-level monster just now. In its eyes, we are just ants. If it were a B-level or C-level radioactive beast, it would probably attack us on the spot.”


    Gao Gong took a breath and said with a heavy heart: "Let''s go. In the future, no matter which district the Scavenger Market is in, it will be very dangerous."


    The two of them were very careful on their way back to the city. They stopped and walked. The senior engineer released the human-headed dog, and Huang Yuanli released the electronic bee. They did not continue until the safety was completely confirmed.


    It wasn''t until they reached the edge of the city that Huang Yuanli relaxed and opened her mouth, wanting to say something.


    ?But her expression soon changed again, because the electronic bee that was released came back again, and brought back an electronic bee.


    ?Two electronic bees were flying around each other, as if they were conveying something.


    Huang Yuanli''s expression changed drastically, and she subconsciously grabbed Gao Gong''s arm, "Oh no, our tribe is surrounded by monsters."


    The Scavenger City is not completely surrounded by a steel jungle. Before the Mechanical War, it was a famous tourist city that preserved the oldest forest area on the planet. After the war, that ancient forest also became a restricted area with few human presence.


    ??The off-road vehicle increased its horsepower and rushed toward the forest along the shabby asphalt road.


    ??The road to the forest is not easy to walk and is full of potholes. Fortunately, the degree of distortion here is not high, at least it does not completely block the road.


    “Is it this direction?”


    “That’s right, Electronic Bee said it was here.”


    Gao Gong glanced at the electronic bee on the opponent''s palm. How did the two communicate through nerve sensing? Exotic domestication? Or bioconduction?


    ?The trees on both sides are getting taller and taller, and the branches between the trees are intertwined, like two rows of high walls standing between the sky and the earth.


    Gao Gong suddenly thought of the word "monophobia".


    Soon, Gao Gong saw a corpse on the road. The eyes of the corpse were white, and it was cut off at the waist, and its intestines were spilled on the ground.


    ?The further you go, the more corpses there are, all of them chopped into pieces. Some corpses have nerves that have not completely died, causing their hands and feet to still move.


    Huang Yuanli covered her mouth fiercely.


    “Can’t go forward!”


    ?At a corner of the road, Gao Gong slammed on the brakes and picked up the sniper, as well as some equipment that Huang Yuanli had never seen before.


    In order to recover from the injury on his palm, Gao Gong had been holding back on beatings. Now two weeks have passed, and the previous injury has been healed to some extent.


    Watching the senior engineer pull out the big knife he used when they first met, and with a few "swipes", he made a big hole in the tree wall. For some reason, Huang Yuanli suddenly felt a strong sense of security. .


    ?The two took a detour and climbed up the hill. After climbing about a hundred meters, they heard screams and shouts.


    “I’ll go up and have a look.”


    The senior engineer swung the steel rope claw and hooked it onto a thigh-thick branch. He climbed up in a few seconds. He repeated his old trick and quickly climbed to the top of the tree. He blinked his right eyelid twice quickly and turned on the aiming mode. , the view continues to zoom in, through the leaves and shrubs, and above the road.


    ??More than 20 people wearing animal skins were seen hiding behind a makeshift bunker, holding rifles and shooting in the distance.


    The ones at the front are particularly tall, at least two meters tall, holding steel bars and hammers. Whenever the mechanical biochemical beasts on the opposite side rush up, they will rush up and push them back.


    In the back, several girls about the same height as Huang Yuanli had their eyes closed, and above them, a dozen metal sparrows were hovering. Whenever the situation ahead was unstable, these sparrows would charge like small fighter jets. Fight them back.


    ?Gao Gong opened his vision to the limit and finally saw the monster on the opposite side clearly.


    Hmm, old acquaintance.


    By the way, should I change my name?


    Dear friends, what do you think of the title "Cyber: Who is the Natural Disaster"?


    (End of this chapter)