Chapter 112 Countdown to the End of Mysterious Oasis
Time flies.
The 598th day of the end of the world, February 20th.
The power of the extreme cold weakened and the temperature gradually rose.
The temperature inside the primary protective cover remains at around 0 degrees Celsius, while outside it is -30 degrees Celsius. People have ended their "hibernation" and have become active again.
The Federation released a series of simple and easy-to-use tasks, such as snow removal, road clearing, house building, mining, etc. Although the contribution is low, it can still maintain three meals a day. Once released, they were snapped up in an instant.
Inside the Federal Building meeting room.
On both sides of the first row sat the chief executives of the capital district and the northeast district, followed by the chief executives and marshals of the northwest district, southwest district, and southeast district, and finally the ten high-level card drawers who participated in this mission.
Qiao Qiao, Tang Mingli, Xia Momo, Ji Ling, Xiao Yan, Diwu Boshan, Wang Fuyun, Guan Rui, Shangguan Jiang, and Liu Liu who came back from the desert and knew the exact location.
The director of the Special Management Bureau stood in front of the screen and introduced: "This mission is the only A+ level mission so far. The difficulty is self-evident. The main purpose of the operation is to find out the source of the beast tide and eliminate it to prevent future troubles."
"Therefore, we have sent out nine SR-level card drawers and one R-level card drawer, led by Wang Fuyun of Tang Ming Gift Box. The specific information of each person has been distributed to everyone. I hope you will read it carefully. The departure time is set at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Finally, I wish you all a triumphant return!"
After returning, Qiao Qiao sat on the sofa and looked through the latest information. In order to better understand his companions, the Federation required them to report their card abilities in advance.
Qiao Qiao, two SR-level cards, flying card and magic wand.
[Flight Card: Each time you use it, you will randomly grow a pair of wings, and can fly for 1 hour per day]
[Magic Wand: A magic wand for specific people, which can learn 6 basic magics]
Tang Mingli, three SR-level cards, money ability, prison made from lines drawn on the ground, and absolute healing.
[SR-level card: Money ability. Money talks. You can use money and items to bribe your enemies. The more it suits the other party's wishes, the better the effect. Be careful of being reported for bribery. You can only use it once for the same object and only three times a day.]
[Draw a Prison on the Ground: Randomly lock a skill or an SR-level card of a mature or lower mutant creature, time limit is 3 minutes, can only be used once a day]
[Absolute cure: Absolute cure in non-death state (only for the person himself), cooling period: 30 days]
Xia Momo, two SR-level cards, Momotaro's rice ball and cage card.
[Momotaro's Rice Ball: Can create rice balls to control animals, the success rate depends on the opponent's ability]
He currently has five mutant animals under his command: snow leopard, Saker Falcon, polar bear, black bear, and Siberian tiger.
Ji Ling, a SR-level card, God of Cookery
[God of Cookery: You can make food with different effects based on various ingredients]
Xiao Yan, an SR-level card, Medusa's Gaze.
[Medusa's Gaze: Made in imitation of Medusa's eyes, staring directly at a target for more than three seconds will turn it into stone. Limited to five times a day.]
The fifth Boshan, an SR-level card, the poisonous insect.
[Poisonous insect: produces a female insect with toxins every month, which can control all nearby insects]
Wang Fuyun, an SR-level card with the ability to read minds.
[Mind Reading: Can read other people's inner thoughts, each time lasts for one minute, limited to three times a day]
Guan Rui, an SR-level card, the forest fire and ice man.
[Forest Ice and Fire Man: Special physique, can ignore extreme heat and cold]
Shangguan Jiang, an SR-level card, teleportation.
[Teleportation: Usage range is within 100 meters, limited to ten times per day]
Liu Liu, three R-level cards, musket, □□, and protective shield.
This time no one hid the true contents of the cards, but Qiao Qiao still hid some of his strength and only reported two cards.
Yueying was busy on the side, putting the things that Qiao Qiao usually used into the shadow space.
Qiao Xinghe was busy in the kitchen. Qiao Huizhou brought up two dishes. "Don't look at them yet. Come, try them."
Qiao Qiao looked over and saw that they were his favorite garlic crayfish and spicy crab!
"Wow, Mom and Dad, you've worked so hard." She went over, hugged Qiao Huizhou and gave him a kiss.
Qiao Xinghe came out of the kitchen and brought out three bowls of seafood fried rice, "Hurry up and wash your hands and eat."
…
The 599th day of the apocalypse, February 21, the weather was clear.
Ten people set off in a small 20-seat bus. The vehicle was modified and a huge snowplow produced by the system was installed in the front of the bus, making it as easy as walking on flat ground wherever it passed.
Liu Liu sat in the driver's seat, Wang Fuyun sat in the co-pilot seat, and several people from the Northeast District sat in the back.
There were only ten seats left on the bus, and the remaining seats at the rear were removed. Xia Momo's snow leopard, polar bear, black bear and Siberian tiger hid in the corner, while the Saker Falcon was released to scout the surroundings.
Wang Fuyun looked out the window at the endless white snow, and her eyes felt a little sore. "It's easy to get snow blindness if you drive in the snow for a long time. Let's take turns driving every hour."
Everyone agreed.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the 601st day of doomsday, February 23rd.
“This is it.”
Liu Liu was stunned when he saw the empty snowy ground. He quickly explained, "I didn't lie to you. I did see many mutant animal cubs in this direction before. If we calculate the distance, they should be right here."
"Are you sure you didn't go the wrong way?" Xiao Yan's face was full of annoyance. He had little patience to begin with and had endured the discomfort while staying in a car with other people for two days. Now he got nothing. This was something he couldn't accept.
Liu Liu was so anxious that he was sweating in the cold wind. "I swear, I am definitely not in the wrong place. I have lived here since I was a child. It is definitely nearby."
Tang Mingli spoke up to smooth things over, "Okay, now that we're here, maybe the traces are hidden under the snow. Let's split up and look for them nearby."
Without any other clues, they could only follow the advice.
Xia Momo's mutant animals search for clues nearby.
Qiao Qiao put Xiao Qiao and Qiao Man down and asked them to help with the search. No one noticed that the shadow under Qiao Qiao's feet was rolling and twisting, and wanted to come out but was held down by her.
Moon Shadow and elven blood are her biggest trump cards. Although he took action many times during the beast tide, he always appeared in the form of a shadow. So far, no one knows that he is Qiao Qiao's shadow.
There are too many suspicious points about the "God's Descent" organization. They were able to almost destroy the Northwest Region on their own. Their strength should not be underestimated. She must be extra cautious.
"ah!"
The scream interrupted Qiao Qiao's thoughts.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
"Where is Ji Lingren?"
The others hurried over, but there was no one in front of them, so they could only look at each other in confusion.
"What on earth happened? How could a living person suddenly disappear?" Shangguan Jiang's face was full of panic. He was not afraid of the endless tide of beasts, but the invisible unknown existence made him panic.
"The distance between her and I was less than a hundred meters. I didn't notice anything when she disappeared." Xia Momo's face was gloomy. The Northeast District could not afford to sacrifice a high-level card drawer, not to mention that they had cooperated in missions many times and had developed feelings for each other. She didn't want anything to happen to Ji Ling, both publicly and privately.
Several people were chattering about it.
Qiao Qiao had a feeling that something was wrong and that there was something nearby, so he walked a distance to the left and reached out to feel forward.
Suddenly, her fingers touched a soft and elastic film. She put her entire palm on it, and the film rippled like the surface of water.
"Here!" Qiao Qiao shouted.
When they came over, Qiao Qiao thought for a moment, raised his legs, and entered the film.
Everything blurred before her eyes, Qiao Qiao staggered to her feet and found herself in a separate world.
The temperature was as comfortable as in the small protective cover, with only a thin layer of snow underfoot. A hundred meters away, there was an oasis, although due to the low temperature, most of the trees had withered and the lake was covered with ice.
Behind the oasis stands an exceptionally large white building, which occupies 70% of the independent space and is comparable in size to several research institutes in the northwest region.
Qiao Qiao smelled a fishy odor and quickly covered her mouth and nose and put on a gas mask. Her eyes widened in disbelief and she thought, "The smell in Li Danchen's laboratory, could it be... no way."
"Where is this?" Qiao Qiao's thoughts were interrupted. She turned around and saw that except Liu Liu who stayed outside, everyone else had come in. They were all shocked at the scene in front of them.
Tang Mingli asked: "Where is Ji Ling?"
Qiao Qiao shook her head. "I don't know. I didn't see her when I came in."
"What are you doing?" Diwu Boshan was puzzled when he saw her wearing a mask.
"I……"
Qiao Qiao was about to speak when he was interrupted by a roar.
“Ouch!”
Xia Momo's five mutant animals all went crazy, as if cats had encountered catnip. They drooled, made hoarse sounds in their throats, and ran towards the laboratory like crazy.
Qiao Qiao shouted, "Stop them!"
Xia Momo, her face pale, grabbed the nearest polar bear, but it slashed her forearm with its claws, tearing her winter clothes into pieces and soaking them with blood.
Qiao Qiao didn't bother to hide. He put the struggling Xiao Qiao in his arms into the shadow and disappeared the next second.
The mutant animals ran a few steps on the ice, and with a "crack" sound, the ice broke. Except for the flying Saker Falcon, the other four all fell into the lake.
A lot of fish can be vaguely seen swimming under the lake. They have strange shapes and are obviously mutant animals.
The mutant fish smelled the scent and pounced on it to eat it. Even though Xia Momo's mutant animal was huge, it could not withstand the large number of the other side, and within a few breaths, it was all covered with wounds.
By the time the eight people chased the mutant animals to the lake, the surface of the lake was covered with blood.
"Dabai!"
"Calm down and don't be impulsive. We don't know what the situation is underwater." Tang Mingli and Qiao Qiao stopped Xia Momo from rushing down.
"How can I stay calm! They have followed me for so long, I can't just watch them being eaten by the mutant fish!" Xia Momo's eyes were red, and her wounds broke again as she struggled, with blood gushing out.
Qiao Qiao suddenly pressed her shoulders and said, "Look in the water!"
Only the polar bear swam back with wounds all over its body and struggled to get ashore.
Xia Momo broke free and went forward to kill the mutant fish that was still biting the polar bear. Others helped to drag the polar bear away from the lake.
"What is going on? They have been so obedient, how could they suddenly go out of control!" Xia Momo immediately used the hemostatic agent and bandage produced by the system to treat the dying polar bear.
Although his hands were moving skillfully, his emotions were clearly on the verge of collapse.
After much hesitation, Qiao Qiao finally expressed her suspicion about Li Danchen.
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