The sky outside gradually became darker and the sun began to slowly set in the sky.

As the sun gradually disappeared, the whole forest seemed a little strange.

The white mist that originally shrouded everyone's heads began to descend little by little, as if it was affected by the local atmospheric pressure or some natural law.

The fog descended little by little, and even though it was very close to the ground, there was still no sign of slowing down.

Under such extreme and abnormal changes, Zheng Gaoya's abilities began to gradually lose their effectiveness.

Everyone took out the food and portable fire starters that had been prepared long ago and skillfully built a basic camp.

Ray's already red eyes only took one look at the pile of tinder, and a red laser swept over. The pile of things quickly caught fire, bringing warmth to the five people around him and dispersing the white fog that had no visible boundary.

"Everyone, my ability is almost ineffective. If thick fog covers every night from now on, I think we have to be careful."

"Captain, what do you think?"

"Turn on the portable positioning device."

"good."

Several people agreed in unison, and then adjusted a somewhat abrupt hemispherical button on the cuff of their combat uniforms until it began to flash green light at a fixed frequency, indicating safety.

It's better to be prepared...

Zheng Gaoya secretly rejoiced in his heart that the combat uniforms worn by the second batch of exploration teams were new products of the fog research and development department of the institute. Many useful functions were added without increasing the quality too much.

This includes quickly locating teammates.

In the thick white fog, something might attack their fragile camp at night, and the device for locating teammates can automatically sound an alarm if any teammate is away from the captain for a certain distance.

At this moment, Zheng Gaoya heard a puzzled voice:

"Where is my button (locating device)?"

He turned his head and saw that the person who was speaking was Team Extraction.

"What's going on?"

"Captain, my right positioning device is missing. I don't know when it happened."

Zheng Gaoya looked at the locator attachment location, where only a hole remained, and frowned slightly:

"Is the left arm still usable?"

"able."

“Okay, then use the left arm first. Don’t worry too much about it. If you lose it, you lose it.

"Does anyone else have any questions?"

Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Zheng Gaoya said seriously:

“Twenty minutes to eat, then sleep to replenish your energy.

"Gang Feng and I will guard the first half of the night, and Extraction and Ray will guard the second half."

"clear!"

Everyone agreed in unison and started to work on their own things.

The simple and crude dinner soon ended in silent silence, and Senior Zhang Tong’s belongings were finally kept by Zheng Gaoya in a secret pocket on his body.

The sky had become completely dark, and something that shouldn't have appeared in the air appeared. It was some fluorescent powder, some of which was green, some was grayish white, or blood red.

The first time he saw the powder, Zheng Gaoya reminded everyone to put on masks.

Even though this would make it a little difficult to fall asleep, it was nothing compared to my own life.

Extraction stuffed himself into the sleeping bag, turned his head to the side, and faced his back to the campfire, ready to fall asleep.

Suddenly, a bulge on the ground around the sleeping bag caught her attention.

The bulge didn't look like a root about to break out of the ground, but rather like some creature had deliberately piled up a handful of soil together.

She forced her hand out of the sleeping bag and tried to push down the strange and unsightly pile of dirt. A small object that was gleaming with a slight luster was revealed under a thin layer of dirt.

Extraction gently picked up the thing and brought it to his eyes. He saw that it was a hemispherical locator with a slightly glassy texture and a faint green glow.

In an instant, great fear surged into Extraction's heart.

She subconsciously wanted to throw the thing far away, but she maintained basic sanity thanks to long-term training.

Even so, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated uncontrollably, and the rush of blood dispelled all her sleepiness, causing her to suddenly open her eyes.

Extraction tore off his mask, sat up from his sleeping bag and began to breathe in fresh air.

The sky was already bright at this time. Although the forest was still a little dark, the tiny luminous dust particles had disappeared, and the fog that was about to sink to the ground returned to the air more than ten meters above.

Several teammates who had just woken up looked at her in confusion.

"What's going on?"

Suyuan ran over and began to check the various vital signs of the extraction.

"No, it's okay... I seemed to have had a strange dream."

"Really? Take a closer look at the source."

"I know."

After a while, Extraction's emotions gradually stabilized, and Tracing Source finished the examination and confirmed that she had no problems.

As consciousness and rationality return, the memories extracted from the dream are gradually fading away.

It was no longer clear what exactly was scaring her.

Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she raised her right hand and looked at her sleeve, where there was a locator flashing green light.

Everything works fine.

Extraction said nothing more and just packed his sleeping bag.

Suddenly, she saw a small mound of earth less than one meter away from the sleeping bag.

She walked over with the last trace of fear left after the dream faded away, and dug up the pile of soil bit by bit, but there was nothing inside.

Extraction felt somewhat disappointed but also somewhat relieved. Suddenly, she looked at the right cuff of her sleeve as if possessed by a ghost. After thinking for a few seconds, she pulled off the locator with force.

Then she carefully lowered the locator into the soil and rebuilt the small mound with her hands.

She did not tell anyone about this, but just had breakfast quietly and then continued to explore with her companions.

For some reason, Extraction always felt a little more tired than normal.

She was extremely sensitive to her vitality and did not need to check to determine her current physical condition.

The problem is, everything seems to be normal, so where does my fatigue come from?

Could it really be caused by my nightmare?

As they walked forward, the gray and white trees around them kept repeating.

Extraction occasionally turned his head to look at the circular scars left by the fallen branches, and always felt that they were eyes staring at him.

Suddenly, the people who were moving forward heard someone shout:

"What is that?"

The team members looked in the direction the extraction pointed, and saw a metallic strip embedded in the outer wall of a dry puddle two or three meters away, which was formed by the entanglement of roots and vines.