Chapter 146 A "Guest" from Another Region
Looking at his handsome face that was completely exposed, Rong Yi was naturally uncomfortable. "This is a high-level dungeon. We might encounter opponents with similar talents to you. Is it alright not to wear a mask?"
Wei Yanqing said calmly, "I wore a mask before because I was weak. Now that I'm stronger, wearing a mask again would be bad."
Since he said that, Rong Yi naturally believed his decision. "I went to the top floor of one of the office buildings in the CBD to deal with some ferocious insects. I didn't have time for the rest. The police from this world came at that time, so I couldn't interfere anymore."
The country's official forces were functioning normally, and Rong Yi certainly didn't want to attract attention.
“The ferocious insect,” Wei Yanqing repeated the term.
“Yes.” Rong Yi rubbed the back of his head. “I don’t remember anything before entering the dungeon world, but when I saw these bugs, their names and related information immediately popped into my head. I’ve probably seen them before.”
Wei Yanqing licked his lower lip with the tip of his tongue. "This is not a bad thing. At least we can deal with it better if we have some understanding of it. With so many meteorites, it seems that this time we are dealing with these ferocious insects."
If everyone can accept the dungeon world, then accepting and learning about the ferocious insects is not difficult.
“Let me talk about Xingchao District. There are many industrial parks there. A meteorite hit a factory. At that time, everyone was eating in the canteen. Many people were bitten by the insects. I was in the factory at the time. When I came out, I found that there were several other factories that had been hit by the meteorite. So it’s more chaotic there than here.”
The factory has a large number of people gathered together, and it is not like an office building with different floors, so it is easy for insects to spread and attack, causing even greater chaos.
Rong Yi: "I went to a shopping mall a few blocks away from the office building and stayed for about half an hour. That shopping mall was also closed off. I guess some bugs escaped."
Dongdong——
Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock at the door, and then the door opened. "Hello, this is where you're served the food."
They didn't just sit there alone; Wei Yanqing ordered the dishes.
After the dishes were laid out, several waiters went out and closed the door again.
Rong Yi looked at the hot food and asked, "You have money?"
She had wanted to ask when she was ordering, but Wei Yanqing's question interrupted her train of thought.
Wei Yanqing showed her the balance on her phone, and Rong Yi leaned forward with her elbows on the table, asking, "Where did you get the money?" Had she brainwashed someone into transferring money?
"Do you suspect that I made my money illegitimately?" Wei Yanqing chuckled.
Rong Yi looked up at him, then immediately looked away, thinking to herself, "Is her expression that obvious?"
"After arriving in Fuxin District, I sold a few pieces of gold to make money, but because the shops I went to were not legitimate, the prices were lowered."
Legitimate gold buying shops require proof of identity.
Rong Yi couldn't help but exclaim, "To find a restaurant like this in a strange place, impressive!" He then picked up his chopsticks, took a bite of food, and asked, "The taste is so-so, how many dishes are left?"
"Five dishes, we should serve them all next time, then go to the suburbs and rest in the car afterward."
The suburbs were chosen not only because the management there was not as strict as in the city center, but also because many meteorites fell outside the city, and the ferocious insects would have to pass through various suburbs to enter the city.
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Shi Haokong and his colleagues stayed up all night, meticulously searching every building in the CBD business district. They even closed the underground passages early for inspection. Finally, they found more than a hundred strange insects, most of which were the size of basketballs. Among them, three had extremely hard black shells that bullets could not penetrate, and they had to be killed by rocket launchers.
These insects were sent for research overnight. Shi Haokong looked at the stretchers being carried out of the building, each one covered with human remains.
When they found the last three, the insects were devouring people. When they shone their flashlights on them, they saw people who had been eaten down to only half their bodies, as well as a seven or eight-year-old child who was missing an arm and whose face had been gnawed.
Enraged, he emptied his magazine, and only then did the three black-shelled monsters slowly turn around, their sharp mouthparts covered in bits of flesh.
The woman, who had been eaten down to half her body, had died, while the child was unconscious but survived.
As the last stretcher was loaded onto the vehicle, an older colleague patted him on the back and said, "Xiao Hao, would you like some water?" The colleague handed him a bottle of lemon-flavored soda.
Shi Haokong shook his head with a stern face, "Old He, it's only a few small meteorites that have fallen in the city, and this is what happens with the large meteorites in the mountains..."
He already knew inside information that most of the meteorites that fell in the city were about the size of a fist and in limited numbers. However, the situation was different in the mountainous areas. According to tests, there might be meteorites that were one or two meters tall. There were already news reports of some forests catching fire.
Now that the hottest summer has passed and we've entered the cool autumn, wildfires are less likely to start.
Old He sighed, "It's sparsely populated there, so it's easier to control than densely populated cities. The higher-ups have already sent people there to carry out the mission, so it shouldn't have much impact on the city."
Shi Haokong shook his head. "No, I don't think it's that simple. Are they short-staffed over there? Transfer me there too."
Old He knew he always worked incredibly hard, but the mountainous areas were too dangerous. "I will if needed."
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The people they described who went to the mountains to carry out the mission were searching the forests with various advanced instruments, worried that insects might have already emerged from the meteorite.
"A deer has been spotted ahead, lying on the ground."
"Advance to explore."
The team, dressed in professional gear, surrounded the fallen deer. When the gun lights shone on it, they could see that the deer's belly was moving, but the rest of its body was unresponsive.
Those looking directly at the deer's belly saw the blood-soaked area, with two unidentified objects surging inside, and blood gushing from the wound from time to time.
"The target is suspected to be in its abdomen. All units are requested to increase vigilance."
The atmosphere was extremely tense. Perhaps sensing that people had come from outside, the deer intensified its abdominal movements, and then a creature covered in blood and flesh emerged, hissing at the sight of people.
"Target spotted, fire!"
Bullets rained down, and everyone around opened fire. The deer, which had looked relatively intact, was smashed to pieces, exposing the venomous insects hidden in its abdomen. However, their black shells were difficult to break, but the impact of the bullets rendered them immobile.
Perhaps due to its growth stage, the black shell wasn't fully developed and was eventually broken through, revealing the pink flesh inside.
Three minutes later, the two ferocious insects were killed.
"The danger has been temporarily averted."
Two of them approached cautiously, keeping their guns pointed at the gnats to prevent them from feigning death and launching a sudden attack.
After firing several more shots, they confirmed his death.
"Collect the bodies and continue the search."
Two ferocious insects were put into a box that was emitting white smoke.
Twenty minutes later, the team found the meteorite.
In the darkness, the black glazed meteorite was covered with red "lines".
"Such a large meteorite only caused such a small area of impact?"
There was no large crater where the meteorite landed, and the surrounding trees were not damaged much, which was completely contrary to previous predictions.
"Freeze immediately to prevent unhatched worms from coming out. The helicopter will arrive in five minutes."
Everyone took out their equipment and sprayed cooling gas at the meteorite. Soon, the red color on the meteorite's surface was covered by white frost.
(End of this chapter)
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