"you....."
Without hesitation, Gu Lingxiao teleported and slapped him across the face.
"If I say you're trash, then you're trash."
This slap completely stunned Ye Xiaofeng. Shouldn't he have just argued with him verbally? Why did he actually hit him?
Ye Xiaofeng immediately backed down.
"Alright, everyone calm down. This mission is very important, so let's all focus on the mission," Zheng Guohao said, acting as a peacemaker.
The group continued onward, and after finding a safe place to rest that evening, Jin Xiulan came over to express her gratitude.
"Thank you for saving me today. If you ever need any help in the future, please feel free to contact me," Jin Xiulan said, bowing.
"It's good that you can remember it," Gu Lingxiao said casually, and then ignored him.
After Jin Xiulan left, Zheng Guohao came over again.
Thank you.
"Heh, what are you thanking me for? I thought you two were a couple when I saw how nervous you were." Gu Lingxiao saved Jin Xiulan partly because of Zheng Guohao, since the arrangements had been quite good and the attitude had been very polite.
Secondly, he has to complete the task after receiving the reward, and he will naturally help if he can.
Zheng Guohao was a little embarrassed when his secret thoughts were exposed, but he didn't refute them because he really liked Jin Xiulan.
But the next moment, he discovered that Gu Lingxiao's hand had recovered, and his right hand was now holding a bottle of water and drinking.
Your hand...
Gu Lingxiao smiled but didn't say anything.
But in Zheng Guohao's eyes, that smile was somewhat unfathomable, and at the same time, it was a way of telling him not to ask any more questions.
After everyone left, Gu Lingxiao closed his eyes to rest. There were already three-stage creatures in the city, so could there be even stronger ones in the wild forests now?
That chameleon was at least a third-stage evolved creature; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to blast its own hand into a bloody mist.
Of course, rescuing Jin Xiulan is easy; you can teleport with her. But you can't seriously injure the evolved chameleon. If it hides and ambushes you later, that will be troublesome.
The main reason is that I don't want to expose my dark elemental ability, which can spread and expand, and can also achieve a scanning effect.
However, this ability cannot control the damage. Apart from Gu Lingxiao himself, any other creature that comes into contact with it will either be injured or killed, making it an indiscriminate attack.
As dawn broke, the group resumed their journey, encountering more and more dangers the closer they got to their destination.
They finally entered Lijiang University on the fourth day without any casualties. It was all thanks to Gu Lingxiao that they were able to do so so quickly and safely; he resolved almost all the dangers.
This also convinced everyone that Gu Lingxiao indeed had a violent temper and a foul mouth, but he wouldn't abandon someone just because of a little friction.
Of course, this only applies if he's on your team. If he's an enemy, it's hard to say; those monsters died horribly.
Almost none of them were intact, but there were exceptions, such as Cheng Yuxiang, who still held a grudge against Gu Lingxiao for that punch he received earlier.
He felt that Gu Lingxiao's early intervention had prevented him from having a chance to perform.
Over the past few days, Gu Lingxiao discovered that they determined the level based on the number of enhancements. One enhancement corresponded to the first stage, and the second enhancement corresponded to the second stage.
None of them were enhanced a third time.
"Can you figure out the exact location?" Gu Lingxiao asked.
“We were in the library when we first contacted each other, but five days have passed and it’s hard to say if anything has changed,” Zheng Guohao replied.
Where is the library located?
Zheng Guohao took out a map and pointed, "This is the library."
He then pointed to a spot near the edge of the map, saying, "We're here now, only one kilometer away."
"I'll go take a look first, you guys wait here." After saying that, Gu Lingxiao disappeared from the spot, which was only the distance of two teleportations for him.
Gu Lingxiao paused as soon as he appeared on the first floor of the library. He saw a mutated zombie wandering around and easily dealt with it; its strength was only at the second stage.
It's easy for me, but among those professors and students, there's only one evolved being, and according to the description, he's only at stage one. With a stage two zombie around, the chances of him surviving are probably quite small.
I searched the place and found only messy bookshelves, no one, not even a corpse.
They've most likely left. Where will they go?
He teleported back to his original spot twice and told Zheng Guohao what had happened.
"They're not here? That makes things a bit tricky. Lijiang University covers a huge area and has a huge population. Besides the zombies, the main problem is all sorts of monsters. I don't know why there are so many monsters here."
"I don't know if you've seen it before, but it looks like a monster stitched together."
"Alien?"
“That’s a good adjective,” Zheng Guohao nodded.
“We’ve killed a few before, but the crystals don’t seem to be of much use,” Gu Lingxiao said, mainly wanting to see if the military had any way to utilize them.
"It's really useless, and extremely dangerous. One of our evolved beings absorbed the energy inside and turned into a monster."
Getting back to the main point, "Should we split up to search? Gu Lingxiao's ability is fast, but he can't use it continuously."
Gu Lingxiao looked at him, wondering how he knew he couldn't use it indefinitely, as long as there were enough crystal tubes to quickly restore it, but he didn't explain.
"Then let's split up and divide into three pairs of maps, each representing a different area."
“Four teams, I’m faster by myself,” Gu Lingxiao said, explaining that it would be more convenient for him to act alone.
“Okay, then four teams. Gu Lingxiao, is it possible for your special ability to find the furthest west side?” Zheng Guohao said.
Gu Lingxiao glanced at the map, memorized the buildings, and then vanished instantly.
The library I just found is in the middle, and the experimental building and classrooms are to the west.
When Gu Lingxiao appeared outside the experimental building, he was taken aback. He saw that the first floor of the building was filled with gray mist, and he felt uncomfortable as he approached.
Despite the discomfort, Gu Lingxiao continued forward until he came into contact with the gray fog and finally realized what it was.
"Where did all this pollution come from? And it's still spreading outwards and upwards. Although it's not spreading fast, it's only a matter of time before it reaches the outside world."
Gu Lingxiao cut off the deformed limbs and quickly retreated. He was afraid that if he stayed too long, his head would become deformed, which would be very troublesome, because he didn't know if his head could regenerate after being cut off.
After thinking for a moment, Gu Lingxiao headed towards the third floor and above. Since he had agreed to the search, he might as well get it done.
As for the first and second floors, even if they survived, they would have turned into aliens, so there was absolutely no need for them to survive.
When Gu Lingxiao arrived on the third floor, he froze for a moment the instant he appeared.
The room was filled with countless alien creatures, their eerie eyes staring at Gu Lingxiao. However, instead of attacking him, they greedily absorbed the wisps of polluting energy emanating from downstairs.
It's as if they are instant noodles, while the polluting forces are delicacies, so naturally they won't attack Gu Lingxiao.
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