Ninth class citizen

Chapter 147 Mission Item No. 2

The terrain inside the Icewind Cave is complex, with several forked roads appearing every certain distance.

He Xinengwu's purpose was very clear. He kept walking and only chose the fastest path in the middle, where the most exotic beasts gathered. The end of the path directly pointed to the task item numbered 1.

The six mission items in this wilderness survival competition are scored from high to low according to the difficulty of obtaining them.

Although both mission items No. 1 and No. 2 are in the Ice Wind Cave, the target beast of No. 2 is of a lower grade, so the score is much lower. In addition, the route leading to it is complicated and twisted. Three days may not be enough to get it and then return to the central route, so He Xinengwu gave up.

For those who are determined to win the championship, the most efficient option is to just kill everyone, obtain mission item No. 1, and be the first to leave the wild arena.

They walked forward all the way, completely unaware of a certain small team that had been following them for several hours before they turned into the cave on the far right at a fork in the road.

"From now on, we must cheer up."

The members of the Xiluo Xinghua team moved forward carefully and soon heard a rustling sound that made their scalps tingle.

"Alert!" Haydn called out softly, and all the team members immediately formed a formation inward.

Everyone had seen countless corpses just now, and had already guessed what strange beasts might appear outside the Ice Wind Cave. So when densely packed black myriapods crawled out from the countless cracks in the stone walls of the cave ceiling, everyone thought, "As expected."

This black insect called Thousand Points of Snow is shaped very much like the straw sandals woven by ancient humans. It is completely black, with only a small spot on the tip of its foot being white, hence the name.

Most of them have no rank at all, and only a very small number of particularly large individuals can reach the strength of first-level exotic beasts.

Although there are more of them, they cannot pose an effective threat to the team members.

The three mechas had long been equipped with modified source energy flamethrowers. They formed a triangle formation and sprayed towards the upper part of the stone wall. The high temperature immediately burned the thousands of snow points, causing them to squeak.

The fire-type extraordinary beings below also provided timely support. The ice, wood and gold-type extraordinary beings worked together to form a giant shield, covering the heads of other team members and catching the gray-black insect corpses that kept falling.

In just over ten minutes, the Shiloh Xinghua school team's first battle with the monster was over.

Killing a non-grade Thousand Points Snow only gave 2 points, so the wave I just killed gave me 688 points. There were also 3 first-grade ones that sprayed corrosive ice arrows, but they were blocked by the multi-element hybrid shield below, and then killed by the mecha spear, which turned into 300 points.

We won the first battle and scored 988 points. Although it was not much, it was encouraging.

Going further, this kind of small-scale battles happened four or five times, and the total score of the team exceeded 4000. The players who were a little nervous before gradually relaxed.

After passing through a long corridor, an oval cave appeared at the end.

Everyone entered the cave very carefully, but found that the terrain was flat and empty, with no strange animals.

In a corner of the cave, there is a small circular pool with a diameter of about ten meters. In such a low temperature environment, there is only a thin layer of ice on the water surface, which looks somewhat weird.

Haydn sent people to check around.

The top of the high stone wall is completely seamless without any holes, and the area surrounding the cave is also covered with thick ice, making it absolutely impossible for a millipede to jump out.

No one noticed anything unusual, so they focused their attention on the small pool.

The mecha spear gently broke through the thin layer of ice, and vaguely saw the water below was bright blue and bottomless. Their group had the most comprehensive resources, including a water quality detector. After taking it out and testing it, they found that the water here was of excellent quality, rich in many elements beneficial to the body, without any bacteria or other impurities, and very suitable for drinking.

One of the team members immediately suggested: "Captain, it's getting late, why don't we rest here tonight."

Haydn was actually also moved.

People who travel for a long time in a low temperature environment definitely need to rest. The current map shows that they have advanced more than one-third of the way in the Ice Wind Cave, so they can rest and continue on their way.

Before giving the order to rest, he subconsciously glanced at Nan Rong.

Her face did not look very good, and her eyes kept moving between the pool, the stone wall above her head and the surrounding ice.

"Do you have a different opinion?" he asked.

"Yes." Nan Rong nodded: "Look around the pool. Whether it's the top wall or the ground, the ice is much thicker than other places. And here too."

She pointed to the ice layer near the pool in the cave, which had several thick dents like tree trunks. "These dents are probably not formed naturally."

"You mean, there might be unknown dangers in this pool?"

“That’s right.” Nan Rong nodded. “Otherwise it can’t explain why there are no other exotic beasts in this cave, because this is the territory of a high-level exotic beast.”

Haydn looked at Nan Rong and chose to believe her without hesitation.

"Keep going and find some other place to rest."

Although the team members were a little sleepy, they still picked up their equipment and walked forward resignedly.

Nan Rong should have been walking in the center of the team to provide support as she did before, but at this moment she suddenly had an idea and slowly fell to the end of the team.

Qian Duoduo, who was in charge of the defense, came forward and said, "Don't worry, we all trust your judgment. This broken place is indeed a bit weird."

Before he could finish his words, Nan Rong quickly pushed him forward with force, then he squatted on the ground and flipped backwards in a very strange posture. When he stood up again, the source energy flame sprayer on the arm of the mecha had already started charging and firing.

Qian Duoduo was pushed and staggered, just in time to dodge the attack of a thick pink whip.

He stood up and saw the monster entangled with Nan Rong in a fierce fight.

"Be careful!" He shouted, subconsciously warning loudly: "Non-combatants, retreat, others come to support, what the hell is this thing!"

Haydn returned to the cave entrance under the protection of his combat team members. When he looked up, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "A third-level exotic beast, a long-clawed, powder-whiskered beast!"

Component enthusiasts are more familiar with various materials and the exotic beasts that provide them than others. Roland said immediately:

"It is indeed a long-clawed powder-whiskered beast. But wait a minute, isn't the mission item No. 2 that we are looking for the one-eye of a second-level six-legged powder-whiskered beast? How come there is a third-level one here?"

(End of this chapter)