Chapter 214: Mutated Beasts in Extreme Heat
[Wasteland calendar February 1st, 12:00, disaster season, sunny. 】
[It is the second day of the disaster, the temperature is 32-42℃]
A certain area.
The wind was blowing, raising fine sand from the ground, the plants were drying up, and the earth was cracking.
The riverbed was extremely dry, with cracks and gullies appearing on the banks. Water vapor was evaporating at a speed visible to the naked eye, an eerie speed.
The rock showed signs of weathering overnight, and large chunks fell off with a slight break.
"This is a prelude to land desertification."
Li Jingyi squatted down, grabbed a handful of yellow soil and examined it carefully.
Lu Shi’s handsome face was sunburned red, and his calm and confident demeanor as a domineering president disappeared.
Wearing a camouflage sun hat, he looks more like a backpacker.
"It doesn't look like there's any water here."
The team member spoke in distress, and the long line of more than a dozen people looked dejected.
They had been searching for water all morning.
Lu Shi originally had nearly 500 people in the base, after he established the territory.
He immediately spent survival points and supplies to upgrade the territory to level 2 and expand the territory area.
Just enough to accommodate all members.
Lu Shi achieved good results in the trial mission. His initial territory was 2,000 square meters, and after upgrading it was 4,000 square meters.
It looks like a lot, but each person only has 8 square meters.
There is not even enough space for a shelter.
Therefore, many members just joined the territory but did not move into it.
Lu Shi spent a lot of materials on territory construction, only to find that the water level of a river next to the base had dropped by half after yesterday's exposure to the sun.
Only then did he lead the team upstream along the river, hoping to find a new source of water.
The disaster developed too quickly. Everyone originally thought that even with a high temperature of 30 to 40 degrees Celsius, the water in the river would not dry up so quickly.
But everyone has forgotten that this is a disaster controlled by the system. It wants the river to dry up by three o'clock in the morning. How can it be allowed to wait until five o'clock?
However, this speed indirectly reflects that this disaster is not as simple as the natural disaster they understand.
"Be careful. We haven't seen any mutant beasts in this natural disaster."
The people in the team nodded cautiously. It was already the second day, and indeed they hadn't seen any trace of mutant beasts.
Lu Shi raised his head and used his hands to block the direct sunlight. His dark red cheeks were almost peeling.
There were two huge goshawks circling in the sky, and Lu Shi had been observing them for a while.
It’s 12 o’clock, and if we can’t find any water, we have to go back.
During extreme heat disasters, the sun is at its hottest between 2pm and 4pm.
The heat waves rising from the ground can burn people to death.
The entire wilderness is like a huge steamer, as if it wants to stew people alive.
Passing by bare rocks and sparse vegetation on the ground.
Li Jingyi, who was leading the team at the front, brought good news.
"Base Commander! Lord! Found it! Water source!"
The whole team was excited, everyone clapped and cheered, and at the same time retreated to both sides to make way for Lu Shi.
Lu Shi stepped forward and saw a small pond in the direction Li Jingyi pointed.
For some reason, this pond covers a very small area, only one square meter, and there is not much water in it, but the spring at the bottom of the pond is bubbling with water.
Seems like an endless supply.
With a look of delight on their faces, the thirsty members of the team rushed forward.
He kept shouting that he was very thirsty, and at the same time he took out the cup from his backpack and was about to bend down to scoop up the cool-looking water.
However, Lu Shi stared at the messy marks beside the small pond, which looked like they were cut by some sharp claws, with a frown on his face.
"Wait..." Don't be too impulsive!
Before he finished speaking, the fine sand around the small pond suddenly began to surge.
It was rolling like boiling water, and the team members were shocked, but fortunately they reacted quickly and rolled backwards to a safe distance.
"What's this!"
"Something's down there!"
"So...so many feet!! Black ones!!!"
So many feet?
Lu Shi reached out and took out a shotgun from his back, loaded it, and pulled the trigger at the tumbling sand.
“Bang!”
“Rustle, rustle….”
The mutant dodged the bullet nimbly and it hit the ground, brushing past one of its legs.
But at this time, the mutant beast also crawled out from underground, and countless legs kept moving.
People with trypophobia dare not take a second look at it.
"Centipede!!!"
"It's actually a centipede! It's so big, it should be called a centipede monster!"
“Back off!”
As soon as Lu Shi saw the centipede clearly, he ordered the team members around him to leave.
The team of more than a dozen people retreated more than ten meters.
This centipede was more than ten meters long and had a round body. One of its feet was as thick as Lu Shi's arm.
Each of its feet was covered with extremely sharp barbs that flashed coldly under the scorching sun.
The tentacles at the top are waving wildly, collecting information in the air.
Lu Shi's eyes sank slightly. It seemed that the footsteps by the pond were caused by it.
However, it was this centipede monster that was attracted after the pond was refreshed.
Or, this pond was refreshed along with the centipede monster.
If it is the former, the mutant monsters near the water source will probably be attracted. How can they defend it?
If it is the latter, then that is the way to survive this natural disaster: kill mutant beasts, collect water, and live longer.
In just a few seconds, Lu Shi had thought of all the possibilities.
The team members behind him drew their weapons one after another, but without Lu Shi's order, no one dared to act rashly.
But the centipede monster in front of him couldn't bear it anymore.
After collecting information from the air, it began to circle around the pond, making a hissing sound from its mouth.
It has made its position clear. If you covet its water source, you must first pass this hurdle.
Lu Shi's mind sank slightly. He glanced at his left and right, and two adjutants immediately took a few people to the left and right, surrounding the centipede and waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Then Lu Shi loaded the bullet.
"Everyone, ranged attack."
Now that they have encountered it, they are determined to get this water source, so they have to fight this centipede monster!
Let’s see whether their bullets are harder or the centipede monster’s shell is harder!
The melee team members put up their shields and formed groups to protect the people around them who were providing damage. The centipede monster circled the pond faster and faster.
It directly wrapped itself into a circle, blocking its thickest defensive shell on the outside.
Bullets hit its body with a bang, but were completely useless.
A huge amount of dust rose up next to the small pond, gradually blocking the pond, making it impossible to see the situation inside, and the gunman had no way to aim.
"Boss! No, there's no way to break through the defense!"
Lu Shi put down the gun in his hand, replaced it with a sharp Tang sword, and suddenly stood up and slashed towards the center of the dust.
The centipede monster spun faster and faster, the ground shook, and dust flew.
When Lu Shi slashed with the knife, there was a sound of metallic collision and he felt his palms were numb from the shock, but he did not withdraw his attack.
Instead, when there were signs of the shell breaking under his hand, he raised the knife and attacked again.
But this time, before his knife fell, a scream from a teammate beside him was heard!
Lu Shi turned his head subconsciously and saw that at some point, a team member rushed forward with a knife in hand like him.
When he raised his knife to chop, he was attacked by a centipede monster.
No one saw how the attack took place. Lu Shi only saw that the team member had his eyes wide open, a knife held in both hands, and a big hole in his chest as thick as a forearm.
The barbs hooked the flesh and pulled it out, leaving a bloody hole in the chest, with tiny pieces of flesh stuck to the team members' faces.
Click!
Lu Shi suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
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