Chapter 174 Desert Survival Day 26 (2) I didn’t expect it to end…

Coming to the Devil's Bend again, before Miaomiao could stand firmly, she subconsciously dragged the weight bag forward.

Last time she almost got through it by herself, this time she wanted to see if she could get through it earlier.

The reddish-brown rocks beside her began to gather towards the center the moment she landed. She held the rock wall with one hand and walked forward, trying to save as much effort as possible.

The rock wall did not feel the expected warmth, but only uneven stones. She didn't know if her guess was correct.

After taking just two steps, a strong wind blew in from the passage in front of me, accompanied by bursts of "Yiyaya" sounds.

She touched the earplugs and found both sides were plugged in, but why could she still hear such ghostly screams? Could it be that these noise-canceling earplugs are not suitable for scenes with devil bends?

Then why are they called earplugs...they can't block any sound.

No, Hua Bie clearly said that it was useful. It couldn't be useless specifically against her. Could it be that even the Devil Bend's screams would be upgraded?

Upgraded to a ghost scream that can penetrate earplugs?

Probably not. If it is the exploration mechanism, it will not change.

For example, in the Dark Oasis, she uses her hat to block the light, allowing her to avoid the perception of most actively attacking monsters. This is not only useful for her, but also for Lulu and the others. Moreover, this mechanism has always been useful and has not changed.

This indicates that the system will not modify the exploration site settings and monster behavior based on the activity data of different players.

Isn't it a mechanism of exploration that monsters absorb energy from rocks?

Actually, it does count, but... it doesn't say that you can't change the monster's combat ability. The survivor's personal values ​​can become higher and higher, and the monster will naturally become stronger and stronger.

Since Hua said earplugs are useful, she might as well wear them for now. Maybe they will be useful in certain situations.

Yu Miaomiao eats level four food made from doomsday ingredients every day, so her physical strength increases every day. High physical strength does not mean that it will be easy to drag sandbags, but at least she will not get tired so quickly, and it can also delay the time to replenish her physical strength. She has strong endurance in exercise and combat.

In addition, she had eaten a full meal before going out, so she concentrated on moving forward all the way. This time, it only took her 12 minutes to pass the first level of the Devil's Bend.

When I walked out, my shoulders just touched the rock wall.

Fortunately, the strong wind along the way did not blow towards her directly all the time. Like last time, it came from different angles and would not create more obstacles just because she walked faster than last time.

Seeing the familiar open intersection, she still had half of her strength left, so she ate two tangerines to replenish her strength.

Yu Miaomiao has 4 more chances including the Devil's Bend adventure land single experience card numbered 61 and this time. If the system does not give her a new bound adventure land card, she will have to clear this annoying adventure land in these 4 times.

“Eeeeeee——”

The wind grew even more fierce, mixed with the shrill howling of ghosts and wolves, as if telling her that it was impossible for her to succeed in one go.

Yu Miaomiao ignored the voice and walked towards the monkeys who were eating the internal organs.

Every time she kills a monkey, it is her chance to open a treasure chest.

When she opened the treasure chest, she paid attention to the monkeys she had killed. The blood of the little monkeys had indeed all flowed into the ground. In the end, each monkey turned into a mummy and then slowly turned into ashes.

As she became more and more skilled at opening treasure chests, she could quickly open each chest without waiting for it to be covered with centipedes. When she came to a new fork in the road, she found that the ghost screams seemed to be just some unpleasant noises and did not cause any adverse effects on her.

My head won’t become dizzy from listening for too long, and sudden shouts won’t affect my killing of monsters. It seems that these earplugs are really useful.

It turns out that the function of earplugs is not to block sounds, but to prevent those strange noises from interfering with the mind, allowing her to concentrate more on fighting.

Coming to a stone wall that was more than one meter thick, she didn't plan to encounter the large blood monkey today, or she would wait until the last treasure chest was opened before turning back to take a look.

So she walked towards the path on the other side of the bare stone wall without hesitation.

Yu Miaomiao had never been on this road before, so she deliberately slowed down her pace. The wind had stopped at this time, and the mountain scenery on both sides was clearly visible.

Behind the red rock layer, on the higher mountains, there are some deep red trees. Not only their leaves are red, but also their branches. The red all over the mountains reveals a weird feeling.

“Eeyyyyy——”

As she looked at the blood-red scenery, the cry was heard again. A breeze blew, and pebbles fell from the mountain.

There were not many stones, and they were very small, but because they fell from a great height, the stones with inertia might hurt people. She nimbly turned around in this spacious cliff valley.

This is just the beginning. As time goes on, the falling rocks will become more and more numerous and larger.

She didn't know how Hua Bie got through. He hadn't woken up yet, so she couldn't ask.

Yes, how badly was he injured...his hands and feet were broken and he was bleeding a lot, it must have been very dangerous at the time.

I glanced at the friend list and his name was still there. Just like Yingying said, as long as the person is still there, everything is fine.

As the stones fell, she continued to tap the soil with her shovel to make sure no treasure chest was left behind.

As she walked, her progress had reached 16%, but she hadn't seen a single monster until she saw a rock wall covered with densely packed bats.

In the middle of the stone wall, about a little taller than her, there was a hole in the wall. A group of bats were coiled around the hole. Because there were too many bats at the entrance of the hole, she couldn't see what was inside at all.

Just below this hole in the wall, there is a small cave, and the entrance of the cave is also surrounded by a group of bats.

The gray-black bats resting on the entire stone wall were staring at the direction she was coming from with their fangs bared and blood-red eyes wide open.

Yu Miaomiao maintained the state of tortoise breathing as she walked.

She could sense that the monsters were simply watching the intersection and hadn't noticed her.

But how can I get those two treasure chests?

She felt that the two treasure chests appeared together because there must be a linkage mechanism.

If you open one of them, the other one will be surrounded by so many bats.

Putting aside the question of whether her shield could withstand being bitten by so many bats, at least hundreds of them, the key point is that if the entrance to the cave is blocked, she will not be able to get it out. Can she only let the longhorn beetles or spiders in the cave drag it away?

She hadn't heard from Iris or Huabie about the situation with bats. The information about the previous exploration sites was inconsistent with the information provided by others. It seemed that she could only rely on herself to explore.

If there are two cave entrances, does that mean there must be two treasure chests?

What if one of them was a trick? After she had worked hard to get rid of a bunch of bats, the treasure chest in the other cave might really be linked and slowly dragged into the stone wall by the little monsters in the cave.

Thinking of this, she felt strange. What on earth was the stone wall that could absorb so many monsters and treasure chests?

suck?

Yes, the stone wall is made of stone, so why can it hide so many little monsters?

Could it be that the stone is not a stone, but something else, a monster that can stretch and shrink freely?

What kind of animals can stretch freely? There are so many that she has no idea yet.

If she wanted to determine whether there was a treasure chest in the two holes in front of her, she could use... the metal detector she had obtained from the life resource card draw a long time ago.

At that time, she was still wondering why the system gave her this thing when it already had a resource search function. It came in handy now.

The metal detector can detect a depth of 10 meters, and I hope the detector will not alert the bats.

This road was probably less than 10 meters wide. She leaned against the other stone wall, squatted down, held one end of the display screen, pointed the probe in the direction of the cave, and turned on the instrument.

"Beep Beep"

The screen shows "4 meters, iron, titanium"

If there is iron, there should be a treasure chest.

She picked up the detector again and scanned it towards the hole higher up.

“Woo——”

There is no text on the display, it seems there is nothing.

As expected... a cunning system.

Yu Miaomiao put the detector back into her backpack. She was very careful with every movement and every breath she took followed the method of tortoise breathing, so the bats that were either circling or hanging were not awakened by her.

Looking through the holographic screen, I saw a wall full of red blood bars and gray and black animals, which made me feel like I had intensive phobia.

We come to the end of the world to break all fears.

She put on a pair of rubber gloves. Although she was wearing soft armor and arm protectors, the multiple layers of protection made her feel more secure. After putting on the safety helmet, she slowly approached the cave.

As if sensing something strange approaching, the bats hovering on the wall gradually became agitated, waving their wings and ready to attack.

The bats coiled at the entrance of the cave were flying up and down in a panic. Perhaps they were in too much of a hurry. Several bats accidentally bumped into each other's bodies during their panicked flight, splashing a layer of oil and a fishy smell.

Theoretically, bats should be afraid of bright light, fire and high-frequency sound waves. She was not sure whether lighting equipment such as waist lamps could be considered bright light, but she had a rocket.

She needed a gap so she could reach in and take out the treasure chest.

He took out the fire bow and shot at the left and right sides of the cave entrance.

The moment the fire appeared, all the bats were startled and made "chirping" sounds. At the same time, a strong wind blew, accompanied by ghostly screams, and blew out the fire.

At this time, Yu Miaomiao had already reached into the cave with both hands, touched the treasure chest, and pulled it out.

There was an obvious reaction force pulling on the treasure chest, her vision gradually blurred, and bats flew towards her. At this time, she no longer cared about maintaining her breath and tried her best to take the box out.

The harder she tried, the stronger the reaction force became. Her entire body was filled with bats, countless fangs gnawing at her shield, and the bats' sharp claws tearing back and forth. Each bat was determined to break her shield and tear her apart.

"Squeak" and "chirp" the bats in her ears kept calling one after another. She didn't know if it was the earplugs that worked, but she just felt it was very noisy and not disturbed. It was just that there were too many bats and it was really scary.

As long as you open the treasure chest, these bats will disappear!

With this belief, she pulled hard and took out the treasure chest. She sat down on the ground due to inertia, and her hands did not dare to stop for a moment, and immediately opened the lid of the treasure chest.

[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait. Expeditionary Land Gift Pack: 11 Screws, 10 Iron Ingots, 1 Refined Titanium Ingot, 1 Flamethrower Refill Tank Crafting Drawing. Stored in the system warehouse.]

As the sound rang out, the surrounding bats did not disappear, but continued to bite her shield. At this time, the durability of the intermediate shield was only 26 points.

In less than 3 minutes, 70 points were lost to this group of little monsters. The key point was that the treasure chest was opened, but the monsters did not disappear.

The rocket she had just shot out did drive the bats out of the two gaps, but the evil wind in the Devil's Bend was obviously helping the bat monster, and it immediately blew out the fire on several bats at the entrance of the cave.

She took out the flamethrower she had gotten from the Dark Oasis last time and sprayed it at the surrounding bats along the wind.

"Sizzle"

A foul odor accompanied the smell of burning.

She used a blowtorch to completely ignite the group of bats. One bat after another was ignited. The stronger the wind, the more intense the fire became, but it did not blow out the raging flames from the blowtorch.

Black smoke filled the air around her, and the foul smell surrounded her, choking her whole body.

The bat in front of her was burned to death, but her body was still covered with bats.

These bats seemed to have a lot of fat on their bodies, and the flying bats directly ignited the fat on her body. I don’t know if it was because of the shield, but the fire was extinguished the moment it touched her shield, and did not really burn the fat on her body.

The shield durability is only 6 points left.

Although the shield would put out the fire and prevent the monster from being burned to death, she didn't dare take it off because the bat's claws and fangs were not to be trifled with.

Sound waves, strong light, she used everything she could think of.

I took out my waist lamp, turned it on and hung it around my waist. The bat was still there, so it seemed useless.

She immediately took out the screaming chicken with her other hand and turned on the screaming mode.

The "Oh-oh-oh" sound instantly penetrated the flock of bats and echoed in the valley, and her ears were filled with the "Oh-oh-oh" sound.

The bats attached to her shield were scared away one or two meters by the cry. They flapped their wings quickly in the wind and gathered strength again to fly towards her.

Halfway through the flight, he didn't get too close because of the scream.

The Screaming Chicken can only scream for 1 minute, and there are 8 times left. She can't use them all this time, so all she needs is for the bats to leave her.

After the bats were a short distance away from her, she immediately turned on the flamethrower, aimed the flame at the bats still struggling in the air, and burned them all to death at once.

The flaming sky and thick smoke that had just been set on fire by the entire flock of bats were quickly blown out by the wind. The charred corpses and the stench also drifted away with the wind, leaving no trace around her.

The screams of ghosts in the wind continued, but whether it was the screams of bats or the screams of the devil's own body, it seemed that they did not bother her at all. She just felt it was noisy, and the earplugs were indeed useful.

But no matter how noisy it is, it can't be as loud as the doll in my hand that is still making "oh oh" sounds.

This screaming chicken is really loud. When she held this little toy in her hand, she felt that the scream was about to pierce her eardrums.

The bat was gone, so she quickly put it back into her backpack. The main part of the sound disappeared, but the sound echoing in the mountains did not stop.

Don't cause the mountain to resonate, but sound resonance generally only affects the snow-capped mountains, not the rocks...

Just as she had this thought, a rumbling sound came from the mountain.

Looking up, I saw thick red smoke billowing from the top of the distant mountain. A large amount of red rock and soil slid down from the top of the mountain. The overwhelming red mud covered the entire sky and earth in red.

Damn it, with so much dirt falling down, she would probably be crushed to death.

Do you want to leave?

If it's just soil, it might not be impossible to get away.

As the soil rolled down, it drove the small stones down and then fell on the big rocks. Countless soil and stones piled up on the huge rocks, rolling all the rocks down together.

“Ya ...

The screams were even more miserable, the same as the ones she heard before she retreated from the blood monkey.

It seems that this adventure site is about to disappear again.

run!

Yu Miaomiao made a quick decision and used the return card.

Before the red soil covered his face, he returned to his house.

The screams suddenly stopped as the scene in front of her changed.

Collapsing on the floor, looking at the familiar bed and house, she slowly came back to her senses.

There was no sandstorm outside the house at this time, and the sand was still burned by the scorching sun.

Because the shield was completely broken, a lot of red dirt fell on her body. If it weren't for this dirt, she would have felt that what had just happened was like a dream.

The difference from last time is that this time when I came back, I didn’t feel as tired. Those cries were gone and no longer lingered in my ears.

This is probably the function of earplugs. Professional, it really is professional.

She was just about to go out and take a shower when she heard the familiar system sound.

【System prompt: Please draw your gift pack card】

She had just returned when she encountered the card draw. It turned out that her trip was less than 2 hours.

Three yellow cards appeared in front of me.

It looks like the same type of card as yesterday.

The first one on the left has a white background with bright yellow flower spikes painted on it, which blends in with the vine pattern on the card, making it look very elegant and beautiful.

This combination of plants looks much better than previous cards, no longer relying on pure brightness to attract attention. Has the system's aesthetics improved? Has the artist changed?

After opening it, it said: "Resource Card for Relieving Battle Fatigue."

Yu Miaomiao: ...

Relieve...fatigue, could it be some kind of massage or muscle relaxant?

The middle card also had a white background, with ginkgo leaves printed on it. They blended seamlessly with the vines, as if the leaves were meant to grow on the plant. "Mid-Air Combat Resource Card."

Mid-air...?

Well...weird definition.

The last card on the right still had a white background, covered in pale yellow grids, like vines wrapped in a cage. When I flipped it open, I saw only the words "Protection Combat Resource Card" written on it.

Hesitating for even one more second would be disrespectful to the last card.

After making her selection, she went to collect the card draw reward.

[System Notice: Start defending combat resource card rewards]

[Successfully trigger the Lucky trait, obtain Advanced Shield*2, Iron Ingot*99, Titanium Ingot*9, Refined Titanium Ingot*9, Slime*139, Golden Armor Crafting Drawing*2.]

Awesome! Just hearing the name, she felt that this lottery was worth it.

Advanced shield, that’s an advanced shield!

An intermediate shield can keep her safe for a long time, but an advanced shield is unimaginable!

And there are two of them!

This lucky trigger came at the perfect time.

It’s a pity that I didn’t provide the production drawings for the advanced shield, otherwise I wouldn’t have to worry about such advanced items in the future.

But the golden armor should be very powerful too. Just from the name, you can tell that it is not an ordinary thing.

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

[System prompt: Player Meow Meow is not short of water and has unlocked the crafting of flamethrower refill tanks. Wisdom value increased by 1.]

Although she did not suffer from the aftereffects of the Devil's Bend this time, she did not know how long she would stay next time. In order not to waste cards and to meet Xiaoguai smoothly in the evening, she would stay in the base today to prepare all kinds of combat supplies and go again tomorrow.

Taking out the workbench, Yu Miaomiao prepared to make the new craft he had learned - golden armor.

She glanced at the materials needed to make this craft, which were all the supplies she had just obtained.

It must be very complicated to make so many iron blocks.

She was hungry right now, so she wanted to see how much this quick fried rice could improve the production efficiency.

And she also needs to continue expanding her house. In order for Xiaoguai to stand upright and stay comfortably, she needs to build it higher.

The metal support plate looks similar to the metal wall, but it is only one-fourth the size of a metal wall. If you want to double the height of the house, you will need 15 more.

The consumable materials are more than those for making a single metal fence, but the metal fence is only suitable for one-story buildings, and the second floor must rely on this new support plate.

Another advantage of the metal support plate is that it can not only be used on the exterior walls of a house, but can even be placed horizontally anywhere in the house through the holographic screen to form a separate partition board.

Likewise, metal support plates must be attached to the metal roof.

She has already expanded her house by one-third, which is four times the size of the cabin. Based on the area of ​​her existing house and the size of the metal roof, she still needs 63 dollars.

As for the metal staircase, she only made one. One set of stairs can directly connect the first and second floors, but she personally does not have such a high demand for house use for the time being.

The purpose of raising the height of the house is just for Xiaoguai. In this sense, Xiaoguai is a money-eating beast.

According to the current development of the system, survivors can DIY the interior layout of their own houses, and even make them suitable for multiple people to live in. Does this mean that the sea world is encouraging multiple people to survive together?

Take out a plate of steaming hot and fragrant egg fried rice.

It looks very appetizing.

The rice grains coated with egg liquid were dotted with green chopped green onions, and her stomach cooperated very well by making a "gurgling" sound.

Take out the included spoon, scoop a spoonful, and put the fried rice into your mouth.

The rich egg aroma blooms in your mouth, and when you bite it, you can feel the distinct grains of rice. The slightly burnt taste makes the rice more full-flavored. After chewing it a few times, the rice is very elastic.

Egg fried rice can be so delicious even without any other ingredients.

She hadn't tasted delicious food properly for a long time. Before, she mostly just ate casually in the expedition area. Now she finally had the chance to sit down and have a meal without any other dangers or strange smells.

These days, I feel tired just thinking about it.

The food is not much, but it can replenish the 40 points of physical strength that have been lost in one go, and the strength value also increases by 10 points in an instant. It’s really a good thing. Can you give me more in the future?

Yu Miaomiao felt that her body was filled with a mysterious power, and she couldn't wait to start working on the workbench.

The construction hammer that was originally hammering slowly outside the house started to move quickly after the last mouthful of rice was eaten, and sparks were emitted from the hammer again.

Well, it's busy, and that's right!

Yu Miaomiao didn't want to waste time, so she went to the workbench and started making golden armor.

Wearing limited gloves, her speed was twice as fast as before. Now, after eating the quick fried rice, her hands on the workbench seemed to be moved by an invisible force to work quickly.

These hands seemed to be not their own, and they would consciously follow the diagram's quick movements. In an instant, the iron block in their hands was cut into countless thin threads, which were then woven into fine nets.

The whole process was as fast as watching a PPT. It was not until the system sound rang in her ears that she realized that she had made an extremely complex golden armor in just 20 minutes.

[Successfully trigger the lucky trait and synthesize 2 golden armors]

If she continued at her previous speed, it would take at least 2-3 hours.

Kuaishou is indeed fast.

While the effect of the food was still there, she moved on to the next item.