paranoianovel Chapter 284 You are surrounded!
Chapter 284 You are surrounded!
The embers of the campfire flickered on the sand, and the night wind carried a chill, yet it could not extinguish the blazing fire burning in everyone's hearts.
Fu Xiaojian has always hated being mobilized, but every word he says sounds like one, as practiced as drinking water.
Night had fallen over the entire camp, and the campfire had burned out.
But the ashes still retained warmth, and the occasional flickering sparks were like the most dazzling stars in the night.
The convoy members had already rested at Fu Xiaojian's urging.
Xu Si also returned to the "Nirvana" car.
The car doors closed, shutting out the cold and wind from the outside.
"Commander, routine environment scanning continues; no anomalies detected so far!"
"Continue monitoring!" Xu Si ordered, then fell asleep next to the sleeping ones.
He wants to sleep tonight.
That kind of sleep where you don't think about anything else.
As dawn broke, before the blood-red sun had even risen, and while the desert was still shrouded in biting cold.
Su Su's fists rang out throughout the entire convoy, like the most punctual alarm clock.
Fu Xiaojian slowly woke up and took a deep breath of the cool, dry air.
The walkie-talkie was tuned to 144.000MHz yesterday, and there was only a faint electrical hum, nothing else.
He had a habit of provoking walkie-talkie frequencies before.
This is to enable communication with other convoys or possible broadcast signals beyond visual range.
Yesterday was a pleasant surprise.
After a quick breakfast, the engines roared to life one after another.
The convoy set off again.
Less than two hours after the convoy began its journey through the desert, the warning sound of Nirvana shattered the tranquility.
"Alert. Large-scale underground energy reaction detected, forming an encirclement. Quantity: 37, Energy peak assessment: Level 2-3, unsettling standard. Feature detected: Sandstorm, similarity 87%, Distance: 4.8 kilometers, rapidly approaching."
"All vehicles, brake immediately! Form a circular defensive formation! Danger!"
Almost simultaneously, Fu Xiaojian's tense voice came through the convoy's loudspeakers; his danger perception was rapidly turning red.
Xu Si stood up instantly, his starry eyes suddenly lighting up.
A 3D terrain map automatically unfolds on the crystal screen.
Thirty-seven scarlet points of light were rapidly approaching from all directions beneath the sand, forming a pincer movement.
Xu Si flew directly towards the area with the highest concentration of strange creatures, as he was currently in dire need of strange creature drops.
Jiang Li's barrier and Xiao Luo's psionic barrier were activated immediately.
The distance of less than five kilometers was not long for Xu Si, who was riding a sword.
The battle erupted almost instantly, with Xu Si showing no mercy and even appearing somewhat impatient.
It wasn't the eagerness for purification points that was the eagerness for the bizarre drop.
Xu Si rode his sword through the air, his black cloak fluttering behind him, his star-like eyes taking in the entire sea of sand below.
The eeriness of the desert seemed to take Xu Si, who was charging straight at him, by surprise, and his forward movement paused.
"You're surrounded!" Xu Si didn't know why a group of ragtag soldiers had come.
However, level 3 weirdness will cause drops.
The star vein pierced through the endless yellow sand in an instant, rapidly traveling beneath the sand layer.
The eerie sight of the entire sand dune being stirred up, resembling a boiling sea, was now fully exposed to view.
There were twelve in total, the same sand swarms we had encountered before.
But the number far exceeds that of before.
With a thought, Xu Si caused the [Sword of Punishment] to emit a deep hum, and the starlight flowing across its blade became even more intense.
He did not directly use the energy-consuming "Starburst".
With so many strange occurrences, Starburst is actually less effective than Starburst and Sword of Punishment.
"Starlight - Sudden Rain!"
The precise control over energy after taking the general type IV enhancement drug is now on full display.
Countless fine, needle-like, and sharp-pointed dark red starlight burst forth from his body.
It is not indiscriminate scattering, but rather as if guided by an invisible hand.
It was precisely aimed at the violently fluctuating energy nodes beneath the sand layer!
The goal is not to kill with a single blow, but to attract hatred and then annihilate the enemy.
Puff puff puff puff—!
Hidden behind these starlight rays is Xu Si's prepared method of reaping rewards: the Sword of Punishment.
Sequence 4 completely overwhelms the weirdness of levels 2 and even 3.
Of the twelve strange creatures, only one withstood Xu Si's two waves of attacks.
However, when it leaped out of the sand and launched its final counterattack against Xu Si, it was directly beheaded by Xu Si.
Xu Si then realized that it was a bizarre creature resembling a giant scorpion.
[Purify Level 2 Eerie Specter - Sandstorm, Purification Points +2000]
[Purify Level 2 Eerie Specter - Sandstorm, Purification Points +2000]
[Purify Level 3 Eerie Creature - Giant Scorpion Sandstorm, Purification Points +4000]
……
[Purify Level 3 Eerie Creature - Giant Scorpion Sandstorm, Purification Points +4000]
[Remaining Purification Points: 65000]
After collecting the three strangely dropped items, Xu Si immediately went to support the convoy.
However, a fierce battle was also raging near the convoy at the same time.
Both Tashan and Susu, who made Ivan uneasy, demonstrated combat capabilities that met his expectations.
Outside the barrier, Tashan and Susu were already locked in combat with several strange creatures.
Su Su's fighting style was as elegant as a dance; with each punch and turn, those strange things shattered directly.
Tashan, on the other hand, was as simple and honest as an old farmer. Binding, petrifying, and shattering were his most direct and efficient means of attack.
Despite the countless attacks hitting him, he seemed completely oblivious.
More attacks were hitting the barrier, and only Jiang Li, in Sequence 2, managed to hold it up while waiting for the rest of the team to clear it.
Yang Fan, who was only in Sequence 1, was extremely anxious, as the Gun Master Sequence was inherently a battle maniac.
However, Sequence 1 rendered him completely ineffective against this bizarre group.
Ivan was completely terrified, and the red-haired man, needless to say, single-handedly blocked one of the strange forces coming from that direction.
The other members of the team were also more capable than he had imagined.
This not only gave him a clearer understanding of the team, but also a clearer understanding of himself.
"Come with me! I'll protect you!" Ivan said awkwardly to Yang Fan.
Actually, there are people who are more suitable than Yang Fan, such as Wang Hu and Shao Bing.
However, Shao Bing needed to protect Dou Dou and the others, and Wang Hu also needed to protect Yao Yao and the convoy, so they couldn't fight at all.
However, the barrier doesn't seem to last very long.
If the strange entity were to break through the barrier, one can imagine what would happen to the convoy.
This reminded him of the tragic situation their convoy had suffered not long ago.
"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Yang Fan shook his spear, his fighting spirit surging.
Even though he was only at Sequence 1, his fighting spirit was no weaker than anyone else's.
Fortunately, the two remained conscious and chose a strange, weak side to attack.
Ivan immediately erected a steel shield to protect the two of them.
Yang Fan seized the opportunity to thrust his spear through the gaps where the shield occasionally opened.
This is also one of the reasons why Ivan sought to cooperate with Yang Fan.
The battle reached its climax in an instant.
The clanging sound of steel resounded like the purest symphony in their ears.