Chapter 7: Aros
Aros still wore that lifeless expression, glancing indifferently at the three of them before lowering his head and slipping into the pit.
He took out the navigation device and glanced at it; there was still a considerable distance to the destination, and he had to get to the other side. After a moment of hesitation, he removed the night vision goggles, raised his gun, and cautiously walked onto the stone bridge suspended in the air
Tang Fang stopped in his tracks, gestured to a few people behind him, lowered his night vision goggles, leaned forward to take a look, reached for a fragmentary grenade at his waist, pressed the detonation button, and gently tossed it out.
With a swift motion, the dagger returned to its sheath. The woman forcefully pried open his five fingers to reclaim her water bottle, then walked slowly, trailing behind the five men of Tang Fang at a distance.
Tang Fang仔细观察了一下，不禁感到有些失望，平台上除了大量的卵之外，竟然没有看到一只成虫
Is this kid seeking death? Clearly, the smell of this route is the most pungent, yet he still chooses to jump down
Hiss ... ...
The collection of life energy has been completed, with a total of 46.
From the official perspective, the Butcher Operation is merely a suicide mission. However, Tang Fang is well aware that there are no extraterrestrial beings underground; at most, there are only some low-powered rock worms. To be honest, he does not care much about the so-called resource points, but he is quite interested in those rock worms. The more life energy he absorbs, the more little dogs he can hatch, thus ensuring his own survival.
"Aros actually chose to go with him?" The three men exchanged glances for a moment, and ultimately gritted their teeth and followed suit.
With a bang, accompanied by an explosion, a series of sounds of stones colliding came from ahead
With a familiar ease, he commanded a larva to transform into an egg. He approached the front of several burrows on the opposite side, paused for a moment in contemplation, and then leaped into a slanted pit. The woman remained silent and similarly followed him into the pit
Everyone fell silent, and after a while, they erupted into a burst of laughter
The setting sun cast its light upon her, drawing a straight shadow behind her. Drops of blood trickled down her cheek, resembling a blood-soaked female demon.
As the aftershocks dissipate, a few individuals emerge from the underground chamber. The light sweeps across a stone cave measuring nearly three zhang in circumference, adjacent to which are four or five tunnels.
As I proceeded along a slippery passage, a pungent stench wafted through the air, the odor of rock worm excrement.
The pit was deep and dark. After walking for more than ten minutes while bending down, Tang Fang finally heard a distant sound of water dripping, "滴嗒滴嗒." He turned off the lights, put on his night vision goggles, and slowly moved along the cave wall towards the entrance. As his gaze swept across, he discovered that what lay outside was actually an abyss.
The sound of a grenade rolling on the ground was heard.
Next, the continuous chirping of insects sounded; it was evident that the rock insects had sensed something.
Byron did not speak; after wiping his dagger, he sheathed it at his thigh and turned away with an air of exceptional nonchalance
The three individuals exchanged glances, looking at the insect carcass behind them, then glancing at the several dark, bottomless pits beside them. After a moment of hesitation, they ultimately chose to compromise and jumped in one after another
Tang Fang frowned slightly and narrowed his eyes
A three-foot-wide rocky path stretches horizontally, with a bottomless pool of water ten zhang below. On one side of the pool is a rocky platform that rises one or two meters above the water's surface, covered with the eggs of rock worms, from which the pungent odor of excrement emanates.
Snap
As a fellow person of Asian descent, Tang Fang couldn't help but glance back, only to see her slowly walking over to the Black man, offering him the water bottle in her hand
As the thunderclouds completely obscured the sky, Tang Fang and his companions entered the underground cavern. Officially speaking, this mission was quite simple: locate the resource points marked by the research vessel, determine the mineral composition and reserves. Of course, dangers were not absent, as they might encounter an attack from rock worms along the way.
The man with stubble did not speak, slowly picked up the gun, and followed behind. There were only one woman, three men, and one injured person remaining.
Hahaha. Grosso glanced at him with a mocking expression, turned to walk away, and waved his hand saying: "If you want to come with me, then come on."
A few white men exchanged glances, then quickly followed suit, and shortly after, two others hesitated for a moment before hastily catching up.
Damn it, bastard, is he trying to kill us
Time passed second by second, and before one knew it, we had already delved hundreds of meters underground. The rock worms are masters of tunneling, creating a labyrinthine network of interconnected burrows of various sizes, winding and turning in every direction.
A total of twelve individuals chose to follow Haosen, as he was once a pirate leader. In terms of reputation and character, he far surpassed Grosso
Hawson stood up, grinned widely, and quickly chased after Byron, followed by the short man, and then the woman with a tulip tattoo on her chest
However, it is not too late
Thank you. The Black man reached out to take it, unscrewed the cap, and was just about to drink when suddenly, a glimmer of light flashed under the setting sun, and a bright dagger instantly severed his carotid artery, causing blood to spurt all over the woman.
More than 20 insect corpses lay in the area where the fragmentation grenade exploded, with gravel and yellowish-green insect bodily fluids scattered all over the ground
The three men in the middle began to discuss again, while Aros maintained a consistently indifferent expression. As for Tang Fang, a glimmer of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and the value representing the crystal on the system screen jumped to 35.
As the setting sun descends, a blood-like glow stains the clouds at the horizon, transforming the desolate desert and Gobi into a scene of icy coldness in an instant. The black wind, laced with radioactive materials, howls like a knife, swirling and coiling, coalescing into towering columns of wind. A purple lightning bolt cleaves through the vast sky, heralding the arrival of the stormy night unique to Planet 5
The entrance to the cave was right before him. Tang Fang turned to glance at the sky behind him, which was as dark as ink. The thunderclouds rolled like waves, and the fierce winds roared. No one could survive the thunderstorm on Planet 5, not even the indigenous people of this planet, who could only hide in the cave, trembling with fear.
He is willing to die, let him die; we might as well take a different path
It was those three men who, upon leaning over the edge of the pit and taking a sniff, could not help but change their expressions.
Grosso took a total of 8 people, and after excluding the 4 who died, there are still 20 people remaining
Tang Fang waited for a moment, and seeing no one leave, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, straightened up, and walked towards the setting sun.
Only seven people remain on site, one of whom is an injured person
The vast majority of the prisoners have served in the military and naturally do not regard these lowly creatures with any importance. For them, this task is merely a lucrative job, and once the objective is achieved, they will regain their freedom
Only the Black man with a bullet wound in his leg and the Yellow woman wearing a leather collar around her neck remained in place
Grosor released the safety catch of the automatic rifle, tilted his head slightly, aligned his right eye with the scope, and slowly raised the gun, aiming it at Tang Fang
As he watched the crystal value on the system interface rise to 81, Tang Fang's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile. As long as he could kill as many rock insects as possible, he would be able to collect more life energy to form an army of small dogs