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Chapter 45 Hidden Side Quest

However, he quickly calmed down.

I need to hurry up and not hold the big boss back!

At this moment, on the scene...

Lightning still rages.

And continuously attack a certain area.

This is the characteristic of the seventh-tier magic [Chain Dragon Lightning]: it directly sweeps away enemies in front of it, and if there are still other enemies alive, it will continue to attack.

"They're quite tough-skinned and thick-skinned."

"Then let's fire another one."

"Chain Dragon Thunder!"

The terrifying and raging lightning struck again, bringing not only intense heat but also illuminating everything!

In a short time.

The atmosphere roared!

An explosion resounded across the sky!

Amidst its mournful cries and screams, the flower-calyx beast finally collapsed heavily to the ground.

[Successfully defeated the mutated Devouring Beast. Story Points +3700.]

This thing feels much better than the original.

It's almost four thousand.

It's all Gaia's fault!

Also.

Those spiky eels gave me over 500 story points.

The total direct income was over 4200.

One spiny eel costs approximately 20 story points.

The plot points provided by the pan-evolving Devourer are not fixed; they depend on the number of times they pay rent.

Paying more will lead to promotions and raises.

Snake Dog offers a few more plot points than Spiky Eel, but not by much more.

Replace it with the old Gaia.

There's no income unless you actually kill the snake-dog, and it will keep resurrecting.

What is this if not a dung monster?

How disgusting!

It's nothing now.

However, Su Jin frowned. There had been too much damage, and he needed to clean up the rubble.

The Gaia team still needs to carry some things through here.

"Second-tier magic - Shockwave!"

After cleaning was mostly done.

Su Jin looked towards the front of the base.

In his eyes, many points of light were moving rapidly, one of which was particularly large.

Apart from the Calyx Beast, the ecological zone lord who prefers to stay in one place, this area is home to other creatures.

There's another lord who can move.

Chicken Bro!

This thing moves around with a bunch of minions.

The combination of movement and stillness makes this base truly remarkable.

If things continue like this, it's only a matter of time before Chicken Bro and the Gaia people who are collecting resources run into each other.

I need to go and destroy it myself first!

......

On the Gaia side, there are many small teams.

Everyone dispersed and went into various rooms to search for the necessary supplies.

Some were placed in fixed boxes.

We still need to figure out a way to open it.

Some people patrolled with guns, looking tense, hoping to encounter fewer Devouring Beasts on this floor. Two undergraduates had already set up a barrier to block the relevant entrances, but if the Devouring Beasts were right next to the supplies, it would be troublesome.

However, now only one male undergraduate student remains - Xia Ping.

Xia Ping's face was also full of worry.

Not long after arriving here, Yan Yun, who was skilled in detection, said that she heard someone calling for help.

We must find a way to rescue them!

Ha ha.

I'm not stupid.

What kind of good intention is it to save someone?

You're only going for the side quests.

For Xia Ping, the priority now should be to grab the supplies and leave this hellish place as soon as possible, rather than trying to uncover more side quests.

Advancing is more important.

The two parted on bad terms.

Yan Yun selected a few people and left.

Seriously, at a time like this, they still pull this stunt.

However, there is also good news.

At that moment, someone exclaimed in surprise.

"I've found quite a few weapons, come quick!"

Everyone went over to take a look.

This place stores all kinds of firearms; after all, it's a large-scale supplies storage base, so naturally it also has firearms.

They've finally found a place.

But some people hesitated.

"It's been sitting here for so many years, are you sure it's still usable?"

"It's alright, my talent can unlock and restore them. With time so tight, I can probably only make about five or six in a short time. Let's use this one, the Hydra Z-50 extended electromagnetic sniper rifle."

"Ordinary firepower is simply no match for these damned Devouring Beasts!"

Xia Ping's lips twitched slightly.

"Wait a minute, the talent you mentioned earlier, isn't this it?"

The other person scratched their head sheepishly.

"Cough cough."

After all, the atmosphere had been so tense and unpleasant before, and the few undergraduates had come over arrogantly, wanting to give out all the information.

Naturally, many people were unhappy about it.

Ask, ask, ask! What the hell is that?

Who do you think you are?!

How could the Gaia people easily reveal something as important as their talent?

Therefore, a few people lied about their talents.

Of course, they did restrain themselves somewhat.

Unlike Su Jin.

Even the name is fake.

Its appearance was also a disguise created by the magic mask of the Black Holy Scripture.

As Anlong reunited with everyone, Su Jin returned shortly afterward, and the group naturally learned of Yan Yun's actions.

An Long looked very unwell.

"Insatiable greed!"

"As a detection specialist, she should stay with the main group and always be there to identify dangers for the team."

"The result was so foolish!"

However, we can no longer contact each other even through communication devices, and some areas here disrupt communications.

Someone spoke out in despair.

"There's nothing we can do but wait and see when she gets back."

"What if the people we save can become our help?"

Su Jin denied this claim.

"No."

"I've already observed this; there are no other living people in this place besides us."

Everyone was immediately terrified.

What does that mean?

Could it be that the Devouring Beast has evolved to the point where it can mimic human voices and thus set traps?

Oh my god.

This is terrifying.

Anlong sighed.

"Never mind then, it seems we're going to lose another strong player."

"As for what I did just now, Captain Li, I sincerely apologize to you."

He lowered his head.

"Because of my misjudgment, two undergraduate students were killed in battle."

"If I had believed you from the beginning."

"Then there wouldn't have been such a big loss."

"It's all my fault."

Su Jin didn't pay much attention.

"Chief An, there's no point in talking about this now. Let's just consider it a thing of the past."

"Thank you, but I'm not strong enough right now, so you should be the head of the team."

Su Jin received a notification.

[The team leader position has changed. You are now the leader in charge of everyone. Once the mission is completed, you will receive an additional 1,000 story points.]

That's the advantage of being a team leader.

That was a temporary squad leader.

Then Su Jin summoned some skeletons to carry the load.

However, he was not satisfied.

The skeleton is too weak; it moves slowly and has low defense. It would be shattered into pieces if it were hit by the Devouring Beast.

That would make it suitable for the Empire's farming experiment.

to this end.

Su Jin activated a fourth-tier spell, Undead Summoning, which caused the appearing undead archmages and skeletal warriors to collect their equipment and carry it away. As for the higher-level ones, there were fifth-tier heavy skeletal warriors.

Unfortunately, these things are low in intelligence.

The quantity is not large.

At most, they can only move the items that the Gaias placed here.

I don't have the brains to loot or anything like that.

They're all better suited for fighting.

This made Su Jin sigh, wishing he had some humanoid subordinates with decent intelligence.

After reaching the current level.

More advanced magic is harder to obtain.

Su Jin doesn't even have many seventh-tier magic spells.

What I know now was obtained by analyzing the magical items of the Theocracy.

"Once you find the new resources you need, bring them over immediately. I will use magic to detect similar items in other places."

"Once we've collected everything, we'll charge out!"