Chapter 66 The Little Match Girl
Lins transferred the 1 point to him neatly, and the number on his wrist turned to zero again.
It seemed that Ashley still ignored him.
But the good news is that they have seen the oasis while flying.
The oasis lies in a low-lying area, dotted with a clear lake and lush greenery. Like a sapphire surrounded by emeralds, the rich blue-green hue creates a powerful impact. It's hard to imagine such vitality lurking in this barren desert.
However, even though they were moving very fast, they were still a long way from the oasis.
The last rays of sunset have faded from the horizon, and darkness has begun to cover this desolate land.
The raised sand dunes are like dormant giant beasts, making people lose their way.
The severe challenges do not end there. The specific heat capacity of sand and stone is much smaller than that of water. The desert cools down rapidly after losing its heat source.
The Zerg are not as cold-resistant as they are heat-resistant, so they have to slow down and choose to hide in a place sheltered from the wind.
This was even more true for Lins's body. When the temperature dropped to minus twenty degrees Celsius, he began to feel his limbs become stiff and cold.
"Are you okay? Don't freeze to death." Rex pulled Lins. Although they were competitors, more importantly, they were students of the same grade. He didn't want to see anything really happen to his classmate.
Although it was cold, it wasn't enough to incapacitate the female insects. Furthermore, they were wearing military school uniforms, a material that allowed them to regulate their temperature to a certain degree.
There was no way she would be like Lins, with ice beads on her eyelashes.
"I really owe you from my past life!" Rex cursed. He returned the points he had just taken from Lins to Lins. "Please ask for help from your senior one more time. I don't have enough points to buy a bonfire."
Lins' voice was a little lazy: "You are such a good bug."
He slid his fingertips across the screen stiffly and discovered that the chat interface with his teammates had an additional voice messaging function.
Although we can't talk, the message conveyed by voice is always more than ten words.
He pressed the record button and a five-second countdown popped up.
Sure enough, he was still as picky as ever, only giving five seconds.
Lins' voice was a little hoarse. He sniffed and the cold air made the tip of his nose red.
"Senior, Leng Leng, help."
He spoke slowly, saying only six words in five seconds.
Rex scratched his hair frantically.
What's the point of saying this? He really thinks he's a male insect! It would be a relief if Ashley didn't beat him to death!
He began to regret it, feeling that it was useless to give it one point.
——
Night fell, and there was almost no light in the dense jungle.
A thin thread that was almost invisible to the naked eye trembled due to a slight vibration, and a silver light flashed by.
The silk threads gradually gathered together, forming a large net at the end.
A black shadow quickly passed by, moving rapidly in the direction where the vibration came from.
The white butterfly was stuck in the spider silk. Its broad wings with beautiful spots were flapping hard, but the fine spider silk weakened its strength.
——To some extent, spiders are the natural enemies of all winged insects.
Their extremely sticky webs are naturally designed to restrain the wings, the most powerful weapons of winged insects in combat.
Even the sharpest bone wings would find it difficult to cut through this seemingly thin spider silk.
The shadow approached.
He passed through the sparse branches and leaves, casting a terrifying shadow on the ground.
Eight slender legs supported the spider's abdomen. They alternated rapidly and arrived in front of the prey in the blink of an eye.
Hu Yi's heart sank when he saw the person coming.
When he was selected to be in the first group of skydivers, he had a bad feeling - sure enough, Ashley was in the same group as him.
Fortunately, his parachuting order was before Ashley, and he was a butterfly. As soon as he landed, he flew forward desperately. When he looked back, he saw two unlucky guys who had died on the spot lying next to Ashley.
Is there anything more tragic than being eliminated before you even start?
Now we have it.
This poor unlucky guy is him. When the other female insects were eliminated, at least they faced Ashley in human form.
But in front of him was the atavistic "Black Widow"!
The hourglass-shaped red spots on the black spider's abdomen were as red as blood. Hu Yi knew who the person was without even having to see his face.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Hu Yi begged for mercy, his white butterfly wings flapping even more fiercely. "I live next door to you, we are neighbors! Please let me go!"
"I'll bring you breakfast, clean the house, and do the laundry!"
"Don't, don't, don't kill me. I'll give you all the points..."
A gust of wind blew by, the shadows of the trees swayed, and the mottled moonlight was cast down.
Ashley's handsome face emerged from the darkness, and the six red marks on his face made him look even more ghostly.
Hu Yi's breath was choked and he began to tremble uncontrollably.
He noticed the first red mark under Ashley's right eye grow wider, as if it would open up any second and a scarlet pupil would peek out from it.
More terrifying than elimination, he smelled the scent of death.
There's always been something wrong with this demon's spiritual sea! But why is he still able to regress even with the suppression ring on?
He was well-informed and had seen posts from military academy students on StarNet.
[…His remaining six eyes are the eyes of death.]
Ashley's hand had already stretched out, with long, slender fingers and distinct joints.
Hu Yi couldn't utter a single word of begging for mercy; they were all stuck in his throat.
He is going to die!
Ashley would kill him!
This devil! This eight-eyed monster!
There was a soft "buzz" sound, and the watch on Ashley's hand vibrated.
After a brief pause, the watch recognized the teammate's distress message and automatically broadcast the voice message.
In the silent jungle, I dared not even breathe loudly. Only this hoarse and nasal voice could express my grievances.
"Senior, Leng Leng, help."
Hu Yi looked at the fingertip that was about to poke his eyes and moved slightly, and then was taken back by its owner.
He noticed that the voice sounded somewhat familiar.
It was that daring freshman from last night! Lins from 306!
He and Ashley became teammates! ?
The penalty for a teammate's "death" during this training session was very severe.
Does that mean...
Hu Yi's Adam's apple rolled nervously for a moment. He said carefully, "This barren planet is most likely C-267. My teammate landed on an oasis with mutant plants. He saw the iconic white-eyed flower. The entire planet of C-267 has a suitable temperature, except for the Clement Desert."
"Your teammates are most likely there."
Hu Yi's heart was set, and he pulled out his last trump card: "In the last airdrop, I got a prop card that can be exchanged for a sand boat!"
He took the card out of his pocket with difficulty and showed the front of the prop card to Ashley.
Ashley's scarlet eyes lingered on the card for a moment, and he raised his hand to take the card.
The spider silk gradually dissolved as its owner wished. When Hu Yi pulled the sticky silk off his body, he found that Ashley had disappeared.
Ashley seems to have a good relationship with that Lins?
Hu Yi thought uncertainly, and recalled the voice message that had just been played.
He shook his arms to get rid of the goose bumps that suddenly appeared.
If he didn't know who Lins was, from that voice and that tone, he would have thought it was the male insect that Ashley liked!
What made him feel even more incredible was that Ashley actually let him go because of his teammates.
——
A huge moon-like satellite appeared over the desert.
The cold moonlight took away all the temperature, but the sand dunes were not calm. The yellow sand splashed everywhere as if it was boiling.
"Four o'clock!" a sharp shout rang out, "Get out of the way!"
Immediately afterwards, the yellow sand rolled and a giant sandworm star beast rose from the ground.
Its dark red body continued to elongate and wriggle, resembling an animal's intestines, yet its diameter measured a full three meters. Its exposed head was covered in ringed fangs, and six slender tentacles waved in the air, instantly engulfing a nearby Zerg.
Rex grabbed Lins' shoulders and flew into the sky.
The cold wind blew sand and gravel straight into my face.
"What the hell is this?" Lins spat out the sand in his mouth. His face was blue with cold, but he was still mumbling, "Crazy Zerg?"
"You don't even know the Sandworm Star Beast. Did you fail your high school academic subjects?"
“…”
I'm sorry, real aliens don't know what "星豸" is.
Isn't this a Zerg world? Are the Zerg's enemies still Zerg?
"And how could the atavistic Zerg be so ugly! If she looks like this, she will never be able to get close to a male Zerg in her life!" Rex shouted speechlessly.
"Stop chatting! Kill the Star Beast first!" the trapped strange female insect shouted, "A successful kill will earn you 30 points!"
He reverted to his original form and transformed into a hard insect armor, then cut off one of the tentacle of the sandworm star beast.
The tentacle bounced a few times when it fell on the sand, and looked very elastic.
This star beast appeared when Lins and Rex were looking for a cave. It suddenly drilled out of the sand. Lins watched it crush the cave and the flying yellow sand almost buried him.
Behind this star beast were three female insects, some running, some jumping, some flying, and all kinds of things.
Lins watched and found that the defense and attack power of the sandworm star beast were not strong, but the several Zergs did not leave any fatal injuries to it.
"Sandworms reproduce asexually and can survive no matter how many pieces they are cut into." Rex saw Lins's confusion and raised his watch, which also showed that he had accepted a new task.
[Kill the Sandworm Star Beast and receive 30 points upon completion]
"Look at that tentacle just now."
Lins looked at the ground as he said. Sure enough, the tentacle had differentiated into a small sandworm star beast, and countless small fangs grew on the severed cross-section.
This is growing too fast!
"How can we kill him?"
"Fire or sun."
"So, just wait until daybreak?"
"Sensing the rising temperature, the sandworms will burrow into the sand."
The method of killing the sandworm star beast is actually very simple. The problem is that it is early morning now and it will take another six hours before dawn. Moreover, this star beast moves very fast in the sand, so it is difficult to hold it back.
Successfully killing the sandworm star beast will earn you thirty points, which only converts to five hours, so it is not a waste of time.
"Let's collect points and exchange them for fire." Rex shouted loudly and successfully got the white eyes of another female insect.
"It's changed. Five points. Three more points for expedited delivery." He said as he showed the fire in his hand.
If Lins saw correctly, it was a box of matches.
A box of matches that was an antique and rarely used even by ordinary people in his original world.
"Puchi." He couldn't help laughing. He finally understood why these three female insects were chasing the sandworm star beast relentlessly. This was eight points!
The sunk costs are too high!
The third-year seniors are really good at messing with people's mentality.
"Let's just give up." Rex sighed. "Without anything combustible, these matches can't even burn that tentacle-turned-sandworm."
"Borrow a light!" Lins laughed, "I'm freezing to death."
"What good are a few matches?"
"Fire is better than no fire." Lins' lips were a little purple from the cold, and he looked very convincing. "Ever heard of the little female insect selling matches?"
"1 point!" The strange female insect flying in the sky also wanted to recover as much blood as possible, so he threw the box to Lins.
There were only two lonely matches inside.
No wonder he agreed to the deal.
Lins nudged Rex with his arm and signaled with his eyes that he should give the point.
Rex's eyes widened in disbelief and he pointed at his nose: "Me?"
"I don't have any points." Lin Si said innocently, "Senior ignored me——"
Rex wanted to strangle Lins to death, but the strange female insect had already flown in front of them, and was about to start a fight if they didn't give in.
"I'm so unlucky." Rex cursed, "He and I are not teammates at all!"
"But you're together now."
"But we are together now."
The strange female insect and Lins said in unison.
Rex pinched his nose and turned the points over. The strange female insect laughed and even had time to introduce herself: "Yi Jinpeng."
The three of them were still trying hard to pull the tentacles of the sandworm star beast to prevent it from burrowing into the ground.
Lins has already lit the match here.
"Do you really want to use this to keep warm?" Rex also squatted beside Lins, and the next moment he suddenly fell silent.
Lins' fingers shot out fine spider silk, and in a blink of an eye, the tentacle-turned sandworm star beast was wrapped into a small cocoon.
He set the spider silk on fire.
The flames suddenly ignited, and the small cocoon turned into a fireball. They could see the sandworm star beast twisting and rolling inside.
Lins stretched out his hand and felt the warmth of the flames.
"It's finally warm."
He sighed and then twitched his nose: "This thing smells strange when it's roasted."
Don't blame him, he hasn't eaten all day.
There was a slight "buzz" sound, and Lins's watch vibrated.
"Hey, the mission turned green."
As Rex looked on in disbelief, Lins's watch displayed a line of green words.
[Successfully killed the Sandworm Star Beast, points +30]
At the same time, Rex's watch also vibrated, and the mission was updated.
Kill the giant sandworm (3.02 meters in diameter). 30 points will be awarded upon completion.
Obviously, the way to take shortcuts is blocked.
"Fuck you, Lins!" Rex yelled.
Lins shrugged: "I don't know either."
He flicked his finger and approached Rex: "I'll pay you back the points I owe you first."
Rex's watch showed that 30 points had been credited to his account.
"Hey, Lins, you're really good, a good female who keeps her word—" Rex felt a chill on his back before he could finish his words.
He looked up suddenly.
Three strange female insects appeared in front of him, looking at him with burning eyes.
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