Chapter 169 A "Guest" from Another Region
When they were very close to the border of Xia Kingdom, they encountered a large swarm of ferocious insects. Rong Yi left the protective shield to the two children and turned to deal with the swarm of insects with Wei Yanqing.
When the two girls saw the ferocious insects rushing towards them, they thought they were doomed. The older girl hugged her younger sister tightly and closed her eyes. After a long time without any movement, she cautiously opened her eyes and found that the terrifying insects were being kept out by an invisible shield.
Even seeing the insect's body details up close, the grown-up girl still chose to close her eyes; it was so disgusting.
"Okay, open your eyes."
Rong Yi's voice rang in their ears, and the two girls opened their eyes to look around, but there wasn't a single ferocious insect.
Wei Yanqing said unhurriedly, "It'll be less than ten minutes' walk to the encampment."
The older girl returned the button from her clothes to Rong Yi, knowing that it was this button that had protected her and her sister.
Rong Yi: "When we get to the encampment, those uncles and aunts will definitely ask you about what happened before. Just tell them the truth, including the part about meeting us."
The girl nodded obediently.
The group soon spotted a tank formation, but refrained from firing because the enemy had detection equipment and identified four humanoid figures.
Seeing that Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing, who had been away for a long time, had brought back two children, they were surprised and also had a glimmer of hope.
The two children were likely rescued near the border, which suggests that there may be other survivors there.
The girl, whose body reeked of the putrid smell of rotting insects, was taken by the aunt in the medical tent to take a bath and change clothes.
Therefore, the middle-aged officer approached them again.
"I've heard the report that you rescued two girls from Xia Kingdom. Thank you in advance."
This statement indicates that he knew that Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing were not from the Xia Kingdom.
Wei Yanqing nodded, "You're too kind. I couldn't just stand by and do nothing, especially since it wasn't far from here."
The middle-aged officer took two steps and stopped. "Over there... are there any signs of survivors?"
Actually, he wasn't confident even when he asked that question.
Wei Yanqing replied crisply, "No, only those two girls were lucky enough to survive. If we had arrived a few days later, their protective items would have been useless."
The town was deserted, and the swarm of ferocious insects couldn't even reach the border of Xia Kingdom. If this continued for more than a few days, the insects would start eating the corpses of their own kind. Even if they were covered by the ferocious insect shells, the two girls wouldn't survive.
The middle-aged officer seemed to have made a decision and asked, "Do you two still want to go into the neighboring country's territory?"
Rong Yi nodded. "Go ahead. We saved the two children by accident this time, otherwise we wouldn't have come back."
The officer frowned. "In that case, if you see any more Xia people... or any living people in that territory, please bring them back. We are willing to pay the appropriate reward."
He seemed to have prepared something under the table, reaching out to take out a box, which contained third- and fourth-tier insect crystals.
Wei Yanqing raised an eyebrow, glanced at Rong Yi, and the two decided whether to accept the request through their exchange of glances.
Rong Yi turned his head and said, "Okay, but you need to make it clear how many insect crystals each person has, and what their specific tier is."
"What tier?" The officer didn't quite understand, but he roughly knew that she was referring to the energy contained within the insect crystals. "These are insect crystals dug out from sub-adult ferocious insects. We can give each of us two of these."
It wasn't that they were stingy or what, but killing a single ferocious insect was incredibly difficult, and the cost of the weapons was substantial.
Rong Yi had no objection, "Sure, but I'm not sure if we can bring anyone back, since we've completely fallen."
In the occupied areas, the Xia Kingdom provided assistance to neighboring countries, but unfortunately, the number of ferocious insects was too great, and the neighboring countries' territories were limited, so they soon lost all contact with them.
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The northern border region.
Song Hang and his group had almost left the desert when they encountered an official helicopter formation and boarded a plane to reach the border outpost in the northern desert.
Perhaps because this place is too desolate, there aren't many players here; including them, there are barely a hundred or so people.
In response, the officers at the garrison opened up, saying that Xia Kingdom had garrisons along its borders to defend against the ferocious insects, and that there were many capable people like them in other areas. They were free to leave if they did not wish to remain there.
Upon hearing this, Song Hang and his group knew they couldn't leave. The other players on the border who had managed to establish themselves were all quite skilled. They preferred to harvest more insect crystals in this less crowded area rather than try to squeeze in with the other players, who might not even be able to outcompete them.
So after two days, they began to work with the official team.
The northern desert stretches to the horizon with endless yellow sand; as far as the eye can see, there is nothing but yellow sand.
Song Hang was wearing a thermostatic suit, but it didn't cover his face. His face, wrapped in gauze, felt hot, and he licked his lips from time to time.
Beside him was his team leader, Qin Bei. "These cunning little bugs are incredibly elusive and dangerous. I wonder if we can catch some of them today."
All Song Hang could think about was taking a sip of water while his captain was complaining.
Before them, several teams had been wiped out here. The first team came to scout, but none of them survived, and the same happened to the teams sent afterward.
Therefore, the official team specifically contacted them to ask if they would be willing to join the team, because they knew the players' methods were amazing.
Song Hang temporarily put down his gun, tilted his head back and gulped down a large mouthful of water that he had chilled earlier, letting out a long, satisfying sigh.
"Isn't Sun Wen here? He'll be able to tell as soon as there's any movement."
The official testing equipment couldn't detect anything, but their teammate Sun Wen, a human-shaped dynamic vision camera, could see any moving object without escaping his notice once he entered his special state. After identifying the movement, he would automatically focus like a camera.
The man known as Sun Yat-sen kept looking around, his pupils constantly contracting and dilating, which surprised the official team who were silently following him.
Today, their temporary team consisted of the official team and their player team. Song Hang and his team were on the left, the official team was on the right, and Sun Wen was walking in the middle.
Some team members had extremely dry faces, so they took out some water, poured some into their palms, and patted their faces to cool them down.
"Oh my god, how long will it take to walk in the desert? Even if there is water, it won't be able to withstand this sun. I'll be dried up like a dried-up man."
The team members looked in unison at the official team next to them. The special operations member, who was being stared at, said in a deep voice, "About three more hours should be enough, if we still haven't gotten anything."
With this accurate reply, the players turned around and continued on their way.
"Seriously, do we think we'll encounter any bugs if we keep going like this? All I see is yellow sand, and I haven't seen a single bug's claw."
Qin Bei heard her teammates complaining, "Three hours will pass quickly. After we finish here, we'll go to other places to make up for the insect crystal loss."
The official compensation for this collaboration was only partial. In order to ensure long-term cooperation in the future, Qin Bei still agreed to come and join the team.
Sun Wen kept his lips pursed, observing everything around him, afraid of missing even the slightest detail.
Almost everywhere he looked was yellow sand blown by the wind, but his perception, honed over a long period in dungeons, allowed him to detect something amiss from numerous subtle details.
"Be careful, something might be wrong."
(End of this chapter)
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