Chapter 24 [Underground City Fifth Floor Function Opened: Medical...
Yunze stood on the edge of the sand dune and swung the peach branch in his hand suddenly. The branch quickly wrapped around the player buried in the sand like a whip and threw him steadily into a safe area.
"Ahem...Thank you!"
The rescued player struggled to stand up, his face still in shock as he survived a disaster.
However, before Yunze could take back the peach branch, Uncle Miao at the side could not help but scold him:
"Yun Ze, your way of saving people is too rough! Be careful not to tear the bones apart if you do that!"
Yunze shrugged nonchalantly, with a lazy smile on his lips, and raised his hand to point at the other rescue team members who were busy behind him:
"Uncle Miao, don't you think they are always saving people this way? It's fast and efficient. Why should we be gentle at this time? How many people can we save by digging the sand slowly?"
Uncle Miao looked in the direction Yunze pointed, and sure enough, he saw that many members of the Oasis Guild used similar methods to rescue people: they created vines and branches to quickly drag the trapped players out of the sand pit.
Some high-level wood-type ability users even use their abilities to weave a thick "vine net" to pull out people buried in the sand.
Although the method seemed a bit rough, it was indeed very efficient. At least most of the rescued players were out of danger.
Uncle Miao looked at the scene in front of him, turned his head silently, indicating that out of sight, out of mind, and continued to count the casualties in their small base.
This sandstorm was fierce, but because Zhu Yu gave an advance warning and the leaders of major trade unions had made adequate defense preparations, the overall casualties were not serious.
Due to the lack of manpower and resources, some small unions were well prepared, but eventually there were loopholes in their defenses, resulting in many injuries and disappearances.
A considerable number of these small unions are affiliated with large unions and rely on the resources and protection of the main unions.
After the disaster, they sent out messages for help to the main union.
All major trade unions immediately dispatched rescue teams to support the members of these affiliated unions and launched a large-scale rescue operation.
The president of the Oasis Union was kind and benevolent, so he naturally dispatched a rescue team with sufficient supplies and equipment to rush to the worst-hit areas to launch operations as soon as possible.
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Yunze inserted the peach branch into the sand again. Just as he was about to pull people up, his face changed slightly and he quickly retracted the peach branch.
I saw that the end of the peach branch was burnt black and a wisp of black smoke was coming out. It was obvious that it had touched something unusual under the sand.
He narrowed his peach blossom eyes that always smiled, his expression unusually solemn:
"There's something wrong with this sandstorm."
Before he could alert the other rescue players, a scream came from a distance: "Ah——"
Another player just touched the sand and was shocked by the hot breath and stepped back repeatedly, and his palm was even burned.
Most of the rescue members of the Oasis Guild are people with wood-type abilities, and the thing this type of ability fears most is fire.
Seeing this, Yunze immediately waved his hand and ordered:
"Stop the rescue for now! Everyone, stop using your abilities and stay alert!"
He called a gold-type psychic and said, "Use your powers to make a tool to isolate that piece of sand. I want to see what's inside."
The gold-type psychic nodded, clasped his hands in front of him, and released his supernatural powers.
In an instant, a huge metal sand shovel took shape.
After a while, the gold-type mutant used the sand shovel to separate the sand in the area in front of him.
Uncle Miao put on protective gloves, walked into the area carefully, and used tools to dig up the sand.
The sand was pushed aside bit by bit, revealing a faint red light.
He took a closer look and his expression instantly turned grim.
"It's a broken fragment of a fire crystal core..."
Uncle Miao frowned and picked up the crystal core fragment.
The edges of the fragments were still slightly hot, and it was obvious that there was residual leakage of fire energy.
Hearing Uncle Miao's words, all the players present shuddered and tensed their bodies unconsciously.
As we all know, in this high-temperature copy, complete crystal cores can be used for weapon forging or upgrading superpowers.
But the broken crystal cores are different. The energy in these fragments is out of control and extremely unstable.
If the player accidentally touches it, he will be hurt, especially the low- and middle-level psychics, who may lose their combat ability or even die.
Uncle Miao slowly stood up, glanced at the pale-faced rescue team members around him, and said with a serious expression:
"All members of the rescue team below C-rank leave immediately! The rest of you should be careful not to touch any abnormal sand with your body parts unless necessary."
"yes!"
"clear!"
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"Peng Yi, Erfeng said there's someone under the sand pile over there!"
Qi Lecheng shouted at Peng Yi in an urgent voice.
“Here it comes!”
The wind was whistling. Peng Yi raised his hand and exerted a little force on his palm. A gust of wind suddenly blew up, blowing the sand into the air.
However, the dust and sand that the strong wind blew up all rushed in the direction of Qi Lecheng. Qi Lecheng was choked on the spot and his face was full of sand. He spat wildly:
"Peng Yi, can you see clearly? All this sand is blowing towards me! Cough cough!"
Peng Yi scratched his head, looking embarrassed:
"Sorry, brother. This is my first time using my supernatural powers to save someone. I'm not very skilled at it yet."
After adjusting the wind direction several times, Peng Yi finally found the right position.
The sand and dust were blown away accurately by the wind, and soon a half-meter-high sand pit appeared, revealing a gray arm.
"There is indeed someone here!" Qi Lecheng shouted in surprise.
He patted Erfeng on the head and praised:
"Erfeng, your nose is sharper than a dog's!"
Er Feng, who was lying on his shoulder, immediately got angry and shouted angrily:
"You are the dog! Don't scold me!"
"Okay, okay! I won't scold you anymore!"
Qi Lecheng raised his hands in surrender helplessly, and then commanded:
"Stop making trouble, Erfeng, come over and give me a hand, pull that person out!"
Erfeng rolled her eyes, flapped her wings, quickly grew larger, and jumped into the sand pit.
It opened its mouth and grabbed the player's sleeve. Just as it was about to pull the person out with force, it suddenly let go, let out a sharp cry, and flew up with its wings flapping.
"What's wrong?!" Qi Lecheng was startled by Erfeng's sudden reaction. He watched Erfeng fall to the ground with its wings trembling slightly.
When he got closer, Qi Lecheng discovered that the tail feathers that Erfeng had just grown were stained with a hint of dark green.
In just a few seconds, a few feathers began to wither and curl, and then fell to the ground as if they were corroded.
"Erfeng! Your feathers!"
Peng Yi was also shocked and ran over quickly.
Qi Lecheng quickly hugged Erfeng and nervously checked its tail feathers:
"Hey, are you okay?!"
Just then, Zhao Shu strode over with a heavy face.
She looked around the scene and said:
"I just received news from the president that this sandstorm is mixed with a large amount of crystal core fragments. The situation is much more serious than expected."
Her eyes fell on the second phoenix in Qi Lecheng's arms. She frowned immediately, walked forward, squatted down, carefully examined its tail feathers, and said in a deep voice:
"It's contaminated by poison crystal core fragments. The energy of the crystal core fragments will leak out. Once these sands touch the poison fragments, they will have a corrosive effect. It will be very troublesome if they touch them."
Qi Lecheng's expression changed. He looked down at the dark green marks on the tail feathers of the second phoenix and touched its head distressedly:
"So that's what happened... Erfeng, does it hurt?"
"Chiu..." Er Feng cried out weakly, turned her head, and looked aggrieved.
After Zhao Shu confirmed that the toxin that Er Feng was infected with was not serious and had only slightly corroded the roots of its tail feathers, she and Qi Lecheng neatly plucked out the remaining tail feathers amid Er Feng's wailing.
Then she stood up and looked at the team members around her:
"From now on, everyone please take turns using tools and abilities, and avoid direct contact with the sand and dust. Be sure to stay alert during the search and rescue process, take your time, and don't rush."
"Understood Captain."
Qi Lecheng nodded, then whispered to comfort Erfeng in his arms, "Don't try to show off this time. Just lead the way and I'll do the digging."
"..." Erfeng covered her bald butt and barely flapped her wings.
Peng Yi took a deep breath, and the air current between his palms began to rotate slowly. His movements were obviously much softer than before, and the strength was also more precisely controlled than before.
The rescue operation in the desert continued, but everyone was on edge.
Because danger may be lurking under the sand at any time.
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Zhu Yu stood in the underground garden. He had just taken his hand away from the road sign and slowly raised his eyes.
Above the dome, after experiencing the impact of the sandstorm, the transparent sky is still clear and bright, without a trace of dust.
The outside world is in a mess, but here seems like a peaceful paradise.
However, the players in the dungeon were not as calm as those in the dome.
In the train station and elevators, many players were walking hurriedly, with tired looks on their faces, as well as a bit of anxiety and worry about surviving the disaster.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Yu sighed slightly in his heart, secretly glad that he decided to hand over the first train station to Lin Li's Liuhuo Union.
It was because of this decision that she met the game's conditions in the shortest possible time, unlocking more carriages and new stations, and providing other players with a safe haven.
But what really moved her was that after the sandstorm occurred, many players inside and outside the Lost City were buried in the sand while fleeing.
She did not have her own members and affiliated unions like other unions, but the Liuhuo Union, Sunflower Union and other unions living in the dungeon extended a helping hand at this time and sent people to rescue her.
And the better news is that just now, she received a new reminder from the system:
[System prompt: New area opening conditions have been unlocked]
[Dungeon Level 5 Function Opened: Medical Center (Hospital)]
[Hospital opening conditions: Please invite a healing psychic of level A or above as soon as possible to serve as the hospital director to unlock the medical functions and treatment equipment inside]
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