Remove all restrictions and transform into a bizarre girl.

Xia Luoling and Xia Luoxue also came over, carrying weapons in their hands. They only relaxed their fingers when they saw that there was no more movement at the bottom of the pit.

Xia Luoling stood next to her, took out several boxes from her space, and collected all the unfamiliar items and the Sequence 7 Azure Crystal into them before sealing the boxes.

Seeing that Xia Luoling had already collected the items for the mission.

Chen Nian stood up, sheathed her Miao sword, and turned to look at the distant horizon.

"Let's go back and report first," Chen Nian said. "The mission here is complete."

The night was still dark, but a faint glimmer of light had begun to appear on the eastern horizon, as if something was peeling away the layers of darkness from the edges.

The winter night wind was still biting, but the warm air that had been rising from the ground had completely disappeared, and the surrounding temperature had returned to normal.

The group walked back along the route they had come from.

Chen Nian walked in the middle of the group, the sand under her feet making a soft crunching sound under her boots.

One Sequence 7 Mysterious Crystal wasn't enough to make the three girls change their seeds.

It seems we need to take on more missions to slay the monsters.

The return journey was a bit faster than the way there.

In the time leading up to dawn, the temperature dropped to its lowest point, and the breath exhaled condensed into a thin mist in the cold air, but the pace did not slow down.

Chen Nian walked in the middle of the group, and could hear the steady breathing of the people behind her and the rhythm of their boots on the sand. Compared with the pace when they came, there was a sense of relaxation after completing a mission.

As dawn broke, the faint light at the edge of the horizon spread into a pale grayish-white, and the outlines that had been blurred in the night became clear.

In the distance, tents and vehicles gradually came into view in the morning light, and the camp lights appeared less bright as the sky gradually brightened, as if diluted by the morning light.

As they entered the camp, the soldiers on duty glanced at them, asked no questions, and simply stepped aside to make way for them.

Chen Nian told the other girls to rest on the side, while she walked towards the command tent in the center of the camp. The curtain at the tent entrance was lifted, and a light was on inside, with people talking.

She stopped at the door and waited for the conversation inside to end before raising her hand to tap on the tent frame.

The lieutenant colonel looked up from the pile of documents, saw her standing in the doorway, put down his pen, and gestured for her to come in.

Chen Nian went inside and briefly explained the mission situation: the coordinates were confirmed, an energy node existed underground, the eerie phantom was defeated, and Xia Luoling had collected samples.

After listening, the lieutenant colonel didn't ask for any more details. He made a few marks on the form in his hand and said, "You've worked hard, but now is not the time to rest. The new mission has been sent to your terminal. After a ten-minute break, you will set off again."

Hearing the lieutenant colonel's words, Chen Nian nodded.

"it is good."

Chen Nian didn't ask any further questions and withdrew from the command tent.

The morning light was a little brighter than before, and the eastern sky had transitioned from gray to pale gold. The lights in the camp began to seem superfluous in the gradually brightening sky.

She stood outside the tent, took out her terminal and glanced at it. A new mission briefing had been sent to her terminal, titled "Clearance of the Mysterious Nest at Coordinates B-7," with a topographical map and a few lines of brief annotations attached. The message was sent ten minutes ago.

She quickly glanced at the contents, then put the terminal in her pocket and turned to walk towards the barracks.

The other girls had finished dealing with their things and were waiting for Chen Nian to come out.

Seeing that Chen Nian had come out, he immediately waved to her.

"New mission, coordinates B-7." Chen Nian walked to the middle of them. "We'll depart in ten minutes."

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Su Wanqing stood up briskly: "I'm ready, I can leave anytime."

The others didn't say anything, they just nodded.

The ten-minute break passed quickly in the quiet atmosphere.

Chen Nian put away the terminal and reconfirmed the coordinates on the mission briefing. The coordinates were about fifty kilometers from the current location, in the southeast of the camp, and the terrain map showed a low hilly area.

She mentally reviewed the distance and direction, then turned to look at the others who were already prepared, scanning them one by one to make sure everyone was in good condition.

"Let's go." She stepped out of the camp and started walking in the southeast direction.

The morning light gradually grew brighter after they set off.

The light spread from the eastern horizon, illuminating the ground with a pale golden glow. The terrain, which could only be seen as outline in the night, began to reveal details: low bushes, withered grass bent by the wind, pebbles scattered on the ground, and weathered rock layers.

Chen Nian walked at the front of the group, the sand under her feet making a soft crunching sound with each step, like a continuous low-frequency feedback, leaving clear footprints in the places she stepped on.

Fang Anya walked about a step behind her to the left, occasionally turning her head to observe the surrounding terrain.

Su Wanqing followed behind, two kukri knives tucked into her suspenders. She walked at a slightly faster pace than usual, but her breathing remained steady.

After walking for about four hours, the terrain ahead began to change.

The flat ground gradually rises to a gentle slope, on which are scattered rocks of varying sizes, dark in color, covered with dark moss, which gleam with a moist sheen in the morning light.

Chen Nian slowed down and stopped at the bottom of the slope.

"We can already sense an eerie atmosphere ahead, and there are many of them."

"Get ready."

After Chen Nian finished speaking, she could feel the breathing rhythm of the people behind her slightly adjust, changing from the steady pace of traveling to the shorter, more alert frequency before battle.

She didn't look back, continuing to move up the gentle slope, her steps lighter than before, her boots crunching over the rocks and sand, trying to avoid the loose stones that might make a sound.

The rocks on the slope are of varying sizes, some half-buried in the sand, their edges weathered and rounded, their surfaces covered with dark moss, which gleams damply in the morning light.

Just as everyone cautiously approached...

Suddenly, a cold wind, seemingly from nowhere, blew a rock down from a high place.

It hit Su Wanqing's shoulder directly.

Su Wanqing winced in pain, slipped, and made a noise.

"Su Su, you..."

"No, it wasn't me... it was..."

Chen Nian shook his head, manifested his Miao sword, and said, "Prepare for battle!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the group of strange beings turned around and looked at them.

"roar!"

The strange creatures emerged from the cave faster than expected, like a swarm of disturbed bees pouring out from the depths of their nest.

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