Chapter 120 Desert Survival Day 13 (8) Overcoming Psychological Barriers…

Although the saying "Where there are poisonous snakes, there must be an antidote within seven steps" has no scientific basis, in the exploration area, the treasure chest guarded by the sandworm contains insecticide, and the treasure chest guarded by the long-horned snake contains antidote, so does the treasure chest that Yu Miaomiao just got contain something to deal with these locusts?

The flamethrower, judging by its name, is a weapon that sprays flames, which just fits her previous thoughts. It should be a good thing to deal with locusts.

What she took out was a square metal box with a nozzle hanging in the middle. It had a handle for holding and a strap for wearing. The nozzle could be extended or hung, all facing outwards, so she shouldn't hurt herself if she carried it on her back.

With the help of night vision goggles, he bent down and killed all the annoying hamsters at his feet. There was no time to dismember them one by one. Yu Miaomiao was about to go out with the flamethrower on his back.

As soon as my hand touched the cactus bark, an idea struck me. I took a closer look at the suction crusher. "You can use the crusher in any situation. It automatically absorbs objects floating in the air."

Do locusts count as floating objects? Perhaps? Since it's for any situation, can it be used in the expedition zone as well?

She tried to take out the crusher to see what it was like, but was prompted with "Insufficient space, item failed to be used."

It seems to be a very large machine, and the inside of this cactus is actually judged to be an independent space.

Yu Miaomiao imagined that the flamethrower combined with the suction crusher might reduce the damage she suffered from the locusts while digging.

Two more hamsters emerged from the ground. She stabbed them to death, then pushed aside the cactus skin and walked out.

A swarm of locusts was stationed outside, and the layers of locusts directly blocked the door. Through their almost transparent wings, she accurately found the treasure chest.

When the locusts at the door saw her, they swarmed over and covered her entire body from head to toe.

Looking at the locusts so close to her, Yu Miaomiao felt very disgusted. She could even see the locust right in front of her eyes inserting its sharp feeding tube into the shield, and then it instantly lost consciousness and slipped under her eyelids, and then the second locust took over.

Swarms of locusts flapped their wings continuously and struggled to get into her body. One bite killed her with the snake and insect repellent potion, and the next one took over.

A treasure chest had already been lost in the area, and they realized that the human in front of them was the one who would steal the treasure. No matter how scared they were, when they saw her walking towards another treasure chest, each guardian monster had to put aside their fear of the snake and insect repellent potion and bite Yu Miaomiao to death like a moth to a flame.

As she ran, all the locusts in the area surrounded her, wrapping her in a dense network of black feeding tubes. As their wings flapped faster and faster in sync, a "buzzing" sound rose and fell.

The noise beside her ears was getting louder and louder, and Yu Miaomiao's solar plexus was rumbling, but she had no time to care about her physical condition. She was more worried that the louder the noise, the faster it would attract patrolling monsters.

A countdown appeared in his sight, 5 minutes. For Yu Miaomiao, who had to dig and unlock the door at the same time, the time was not very sufficient.

She had already walked to the brass treasure chest, looked at the shield durability that was decreasing a little every two seconds, bent down, turned on the flamethrower behind her, and placed the suction crusher next to the brass treasure chest. After turning on the two machines, she swung the pickaxe and started digging fiercely.

Buzz buzz buzz

Seeing that Yu Miaomiao was about to touch the second treasure chest, the guardian monsters became even more anxious and squeezed into the gaps one by one to get onto her shield.

But if they flew in the air above her head, they would be sucked into the crusher. If they attacked her from behind, they would be burned to death by the scorching flames. They could only attack her from the front.

There were so many locusts in her sight that they could not be more numerous. They no longer cared whether the one flying in front of them was their companion or not. They lay on the body of the last one that was not dead and stirred their mouthparts. Some of those that were not killed by the snake and insect repellent potion were strangled to death by their own kind.

Yu Miaomiao hid under the material transport pipe of the huge crusher, trying her best to overcome her fear of these locusts with strange mouthparts. She bent her body, held her breath, and dug the ground hard.

There was fire behind her, burning the locusts, and a burnt smell filled the air. The crusher on her left was running rapidly, sucking all the locusts near her head into the hopper, and discharging the powdered locust corpses from the outlet on her right.

Fortunately, the durability of the shield is the same at the front and back, so the speed at which it falls is significantly slower.

She swung the pickaxe frantically and finished digging in 2 minutes. Then she picked up the treasure chest and ran away.

I can’t hold it...it’s heavy, very heavy, at least hundreds of pounds.

Yu Miaomiao made the decision almost instantly and opened the lock on the spot.

The flamethrower has been used, the crusher has been used, and the shield has been consumed. It is impossible to give up at this moment.

She didn't care about the countless insects surrounding her and burning her. The noisy sounds gradually disappeared and she had only one thing in mind: unlocking the door.

"Click" and "click"

There was a crisp cracking sound, her shield shattered, and the lock on the treasure chest opened at the same time.

[Lucky trait successfully triggered. Expedition Land Gift Pack: 81 Screws, 65 Iron Ingots, 133 Copper Ingots, 222 Scrap Iron, 120 High-Quality Sand, 7 Mineral Water, 78 Wood, 47 Resin, 30 Feathers, 20 Linen, 42 Plastic Blocks, 2 Winter Melon, Dried Shrimp and Meatball Soup, 2 Recipes for Regenerating Skin Ointment. Stored in the system warehouse.]

The locusts around turned into ashes as the system sounded. Only then did Yu Miaomiao come back to his senses from his previous concentration and observe the surrounding situation.

It turns out that when people are extremely focused, they can really ignore the sounds that affect their actions and the frightening things.

The hundred-square-meter space was filled with smoke haze that had turned them into ash. The smoke had an earthy smell that made people feel very uncomfortable. She was choked and coughed repeatedly, so she had to walk out.

Three or four bugs that had just burrowed into her armored legs disappeared, and as she walked, she became aware of the tingling pain in her calves.

The unpleasant smell disappeared only after we walked past the yellow and shriveled cacti.

After putting away his armor and taking out his shotgun and putting it aside, Yu Miaomiao sat on the yellow cactus at the exit and lifted up his trouser legs to check.

On his calf, which had been tanned these days, there was a dense line of blood pits extending from the ankle to the knee, and it was still oozing pus and blood.

Yu Miaomiao took two bandages and wrapped them around her legs several times, then sent messages to herself and Lulu.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Is Lulu free now? I'll give you the [Regenerating Cream Production Drawings], could you please make one for me right now?"

There are two treasure chests in this area. The things in one of the treasure chests seem to be able to be used to deal with the guardian monsters, namely the crusher and the flamethrower. Of course, these two items must have other uses, but at least they helped her just now. Fortunately, she chose the silver treasure chest at the beginning.

The things in the other treasure chest were probably for dealing with injuries, so she thought the tissue-growing ointment was used to heal bite wounds. However, she couldn't just wait, so she could only try using a bandage to see if it worked.

After sending the message, Yu Miaomiao raised his gun and shot at the bee monster that was less than 10 meters away from him.

Shoot it in the head with one shot, aim at the second bee monster with the second shot, and you can kill both with two shots.

The third monster came very quickly, almost at the same time as the last time. She had already changed her sword in advance, and with the help of her uninjured left leg, she kicked back and rushed forward, using inertia to increase the power of the sword and killed the last bee monster.

This time, the bee monster's spear was only about 3 centimeters away from her, and the blood plasma from its half-split head splashed onto her at the same time.

There was sticky blood all over her face, but the smell wasn't fishy at all. It even had the scent of nectar. Yu Miaomiao took out some tissue paper to wipe her face clean, then washed it with well water.

She had just been lamenting that her clothes didn't need to get dirty, but now they were really dirty. Putting on a primary shield, she learned all the new drawings and checked her messages.

[System prompt: Player Miaomiao is not short of water and has unlocked the crafting of an oversized head-mounted hat for both sunny and rainy days.]

[System prompt: Player Miaomiao is not short of water and has unlocked the crafting of the Skin Regenerating Cream. Wisdom value increased by 1.]

"Fat Fat: Okay, trade it to me."

The production of skin-growing ointment requires filtered water/mineral water*1, honey*2, aloe vera liquid*2, and mucus*1. Yu Miaomiao gave the drawings and materials to Lulu.

There was still no cloth bag dropped next to the three dead bee monsters, and naturally no honey. It could only be said that when the time came for luck to be triggered, it was triggered after all. She didn't feel too bad that there was nothing now.

She also asked why the second copper box was so heavy, because there were so many iron blocks inside.

After resting for a while, I started to feel hungry again. As expected, the higher the physical strength, the greater the consumption.

The clothes were already dirty, but she didn't mind. She wiped them twice to make sure they wouldn't restrict her movements due to the stickiness. She would change them after she went out.

Now she was sitting on a withered cactus, holding an umbrella in one hand and eating the salted egg yolk rice dumpling she had just gotten with the other.

Peel off the rice dumplings leaves, and the hot rice dumplings will emit the aroma of rice and meat.

Take a bite, it is fragrant and delicious, and you can feel the plump glutinous rice grains covered with fat in your mouth.

Before he could take the second bite, a scavenger bird flew in from the sky.

After putting the half-eaten rice dumpling back into his backpack, Yu Miaomiao sat on a cactus and shot one and two arrows with his crossbow until he finally hit the target with the third arrow.

As expected, the sitting height is different, and the shooting angle will also be different.

By the way, where was the last scavenger bird she had just shot that fell into this area? When she looked back, it was empty. There was no carcass of the scavenger bird. It was probably eaten by locusts.

Yu Miaomiao took out the rice dumplings and continued to eat them. She moved her legs and felt that it was not as painful as before. She lifted a corner of the bandage and found that the skin inside seemed to have begun to heal. However, the missing skin and flesh were still concave. It seemed that even without the use of skin growth ointment, the locust bite would cause permanent damage.

The egg yolk with lava oil and the pork belly that is fat but not greasy are simply amazing to the taste buds. The rice grains are very chewy and the aroma of the meat spreads from the mouth to the stomach, which is very satisfying.

The salty and fresh aromas are fully displayed in this meat rice dumpling. After eating it, the rice dumpling leaves disappear.

Hey, there are still a few grains of glutinous rice on the leaves that she hasn’t finished eating. She couldn’t help but sigh that the food in the apocalypse is still of high quality and tastes much better than some chain-store rice dumplings.

Yu Miaomiao took out a few sips of mineral water. While waiting for Lulu's message, she saw a new temporary conversation message.

"Is Ziren here? I've decided to start working on the stabilization device. Sure enough, I received a pretty good blueprint as a manufacturing fee. It's a medium-sized energy storage battery. Do you need it? If you do, I'll make it for you in half an hour today."

Not sure if he had figured it out or if it was the result of a discussion with Api, Yu Miaomiao didn't ask any more questions.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: I just got this blueprint for making an oversized sun-rain dual-purpose hat. Can you help me make this? I don't know how long it will take, but I think half an hour should be enough for you. But I need it a little urgently, so I want to use it now, okay?"

"Is Ziren here? You want to see if it's useful at the expedition site, right? I can make it for you right now. Give it to me. If you can confirm it's useful, A-Pi and I can use it when we go there in a couple of days."

Unexpectedly, Ziren not only figured out how to make good use of his OEM advantages, but also prepared to go on an adventure.

"Meow Meow is not short of water: Yeah. Okay."

Although one of the shields was completely damaged, for some reason, Yu Miaomiao felt more at ease.

Whether it's that she can now kill three patrolling monsters relatively easily, or shoot down the annoying scavenger birds in the sky with a few arrows, or even conquer a small area of ​​locusts that she dared not even think about, what else can't she do?

In modern times, Yu Miaomiao is not only afraid of insects but also snakes. However, here, he can not only overcome his psychological barriers, but also open the treasure chest in front of these creepy things.

She checked the progress of the strategy and found that it had just reached 5%. It seemed that the two treasure chests in this locust area should account for a large proportion of the treasure chests, as many as the treasure chests of the cuckoo bird and the mammoth. Her confidence in the next adventure increased.

She touched her right leg with her hand and felt no pain. Apart from feeling a little strange about having a little less flesh, it did not affect her normal activities, so she decided to continue on her way.

Walking through the area surrounded by cacti, there is a large grassland with various strange animals doing their own things, most of which are related to hunting and carnivory.

She carefully avoided the sharp-horned sheep in front of her, swung her knife and chopped off its head, opening the treasure chest next to it.

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Exploration Land Gift Pack: Screws*7, Iron Ingots*11, Copper Ingots*4, Scrap Iron*16, Wood*13, Animal Hides*2, Nylon Cloth*1, Linen Cloth*1, High-Quality Cloth*1. Has been stored in the system warehouse.]

She didn't walk fast on this road because the further she went, the greener the grass became. In addition to making sure all the treasure chests were opened, she also needed to be wary of hyenas that might appear out of nowhere.

Although she has a protective shield, she would try to kill these monsters before they can bite into her shield in order to save some durability.

After these monsters were dismembered, only a piece of slime remained.

While walking on the grass, she recorded the situation of the treasure chest and did not forget to look at the lake a few times to confirm that there was no treasure chest in the lake. Only then did she walk to the willow tree roadblock with peace of mind.

She killed more than 30 monsters along the way and opened 22 treasure chests. Her exploration progress has reached 7%.

While killing monsters along the way, she figured out some patterns. Mainly, after killing 2 monsters, 1-3 scavengers will appear. If the time from the appearance of the scavenger bird when sprinting downward to the shooting is more than 3 minutes, the patrol monster will appear.

She had just killed four patrolling monsters, so she only had 31 bullets left, so she had to use them sparingly.

Now that her archery and sword-wielding skills have become very proficient, she plans to try using a crossbow and a broadsword next time she encounters a patrolling monster.

On both sides of the lake, from the left to the right ends of the Oasis Road, there are several rows of very lush willow trees. They form a natural roadblock, separating the oasis behind and the area where Yu Miaomiao is located.