My apocalyptic heroine has come true

The group that launched missiles at Shelter 0331 will definitely know.

By then, there will only be more missiles falling.

"Are you threatening me?"

The camera of the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft turned, the wing engine made a humming sound, and gradually approached Xiao La.

Xiao La stood there calmly, raising his hands to indicate his surrender.

"You can't understand this as a 'threat'."

"From my perspective, this is the only thing I can do before I die. Once those mutants engulf Vault 2737, I'll be dead for sure. But if a missile falls... I can bet on the 'humanity' of the person who launched the missile. I still have a 0.0001% chance of survival."

"Of course, this is a step I don't want to see, but it's also a step I have no choice but to take."

Xiao Ba raised his hand and said.

He may have his difficulties.

But Shu Fangming couldn't sympathize with him.

However, there is no point in dwelling on this outcome now.

Fang Ming's purpose of coming here was to discuss the next countermeasures with Xiao La.

"Your people have been investigating for so many days. What else do you know about those mutant spiders?"

Fang knew this would be a long conversation, so he simply landed the drone on the table and let it hover.

By the way, take some shots of the radio transmitter to see its structure and principle. If the channel can match... Fang Ming might be able to build one himself.

"Of course,"

Xiao La sat down, took out another cigarette and lit it for himself.

"I've discovered that they've become less sensitive to 'living things.' They're more interested in killing 'machines' than 'human beings.'"

"Yeah," Fang Ming agreed after hearing this.

"I have the same guess."

"No, no, I'm not guessing, I have evidence." Xiao Ba shook his head.

"Yesterday, and today, when those mutant spiders appeared, there were still many residents outside my shelter. In the past, they would have chosen to attack crowded places. After all, killing is their nature and their pleasure... But these two times, they clearly lost interest in 'living people'. Their targets were the small power generation equipment outside the shelter, or even the shelter itself."

Xiao La exhaled a puff of smoke, took a thick notebook from his waist, and opened it on the table.

"After my investigation, I have summarized this information... This is all the information I have, and I am telling you now:"

"First, the evolved mutant spiders appear outside not to kill people or find food, but only to destroy our technological equipment."

"Secondly, the mutant spiders' self-destructive abilities are limited. They can only detonate the energy crystals in the bodies of dead mutants. They cannot resonate with those mutants that are still alive."

"...Regarding this second point, I've made a new discovery. These mutant spiders are aware of the limitations of their own abilities, so they're actually actively killing those mutant species at night!"

Xiao Ba grabbed his hair and said in an incredible voice:

"I witnessed mutant species killing each other with my own eyes. This is the first time I've ever seen such a scene! Those slightly larger mutant spiders were actually helping the little spider kill the gray mouse, and even took out the energy crystals from the gray mouse's body!"

"...Not only are their teamwork skills incredibly sophisticated, but their intelligence far exceeds my expectations! I even suspect their brains are evolving!"

Xiao La's tone was particularly excited.

At least when he said these words, Fang Ming did not see any trace of deception. At this moment, he was just as shocked as Fang Ming at the abilities displayed by the mutant spider.

"Are you saying that they are actively killing mutant species that appear at night in order to create a larger explosion range?"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes!"

Xiao Ba said confidently, "They took the energy crystals out of the mutants' bodies and piled them together... just like you did before!"

Fang Ming: "..."

If Fang Ming had previously doubted whether these mutated spiders were intentionally imitating and learning from him.

So now.

Xiao La's words further confirmed his guess.

They learned resonance from Fang Ming's energy cannon and learned the "storage" ability from Fang Ming's behavior of collecting energy crystals.

If they were allowed to continue learning and evolving...

Fang Ming will watch the birth of a monster army!

"However, there's one thing I'm sure of... They won't harm their own kind. Even when they're in large numbers, they won't self-destruct. I suspect this is because they come from the same 'nest,' or 'mother.' Just like ants from the same ant nest, they won't kill each other."

Xiao La took a full puff of smoke and slowly exhaled through his nostrils.

He took a deep breath and said, "This is actually beneficial to us... We don't have to worry about those mutant spiders exploding in front of us. At least they won't kill their own kind."

"So, I came up with an idea, I wonder if you agree with it."

Xiao Ba paused, looked at Fang Ming's camera, and said seriously:

"Right now, the safest place is actually their nest..."

"We must destroy that place immediately before they complete their next evolution!"

Chapter 97 I wish you good luck

With the information obtained from the administrator Xiao La, Fang Ming hurriedly left Shelter 2737.

During the time when Fang Ming was developing, the administrator Xiao La was also busy.

According to the original agreement between the two, Fang Ming would use the equipment in his shelter to develop new weapons and stockpile gunpowder in preparation for the next attack.

Xiao La was responsible for collecting intelligence. The nest of those mutant spiders was below the ruins of the 0331 shelter. Xiao La was born and raised nearby, and he was very familiar with the situation and structure of the 0331 shelter.

During these days, Xiao La has sent a total of ten teams to survey the ruins of the 0331 shelter.

The first few surveys were conducted using remote-controlled vehicles, while the subsequent ones involved sending people in batches.

Going to the mutant species' lair is not a wise move. It is almost a life-threatening situation, so even if Xiao La ordered his residents in a threatening tone, these people were still unwilling to go.

However, there were a few brave residents who really needed some resources to save their lives and chose to sign up.

According to Xiao La himself, there were a total of thirty people who went down, twenty-three of them did not come back, five returned with serious injuries, and only two were slightly injured.

At first glance, the survival rate sounds worrying.

But if you think about it, it's a miracle that I was able to come back alive after getting close to the mutant species' nest.

Even ordinary people with conventional weapons can come back...

Fang Ming was thinking that if he concentrated all his resources on one person, the survival rate would be quite impressive.

Especially that fluid neural exoskeleton... If used by someone who knows a little bit of combat skills, it is not difficult to get out of the nest alive.

This person must be able to fight, have a certain understanding of biological nests, and be someone Fang Ming can trust.

This person cannot be Xia Xiaochi.

Fang Ming was reluctant to throw his little heroine into the nest of mutant species.

In fact, a candidate already appeared in Fang Ming's mind at this time.

However, he didn't see her around Vault 2737.

"I heard from Xiao Ba that you are one of the survivors?"

Fang Ming used the high-definition camera of the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to capture a human face, and then hovered the drone over it.

This person was exactly the one who survived among the thirty people that Xiao Lai had just mentioned.

Although Xiao La told Fang Ming most of the information about the underground, he said that if Fang Ming was still worried, he could go and ask him in person, so Fang Ming really went.

In the camera footage, the man was holding a welding machine. He was thin, with a naked upper body revealing deep ribs, rough and charred skin, and his face was covered in dirt.

When he heard Fang Ming's voice, he was startled at first, and quickly put down the tools in his hand and stood up.

“…Yes, it’s me.”

"Tell me the details of what happened next."

"Down below... there's a very deep cave beneath Ruins 0331, about two meters wide," the man said as he recalled. "We followed the route provided by the terrain vehicle and continued down. Those mutant spiders are long-legged creatures, and since they were able to emerge from there, it proves there's at least one safe path, one that leads to the deepest part."

"...We followed the path on the left and walked for about two or three hours before reaching the bottom."

The man lowered his eyes and gestured to turn left with his hand.

"Did you encounter any mutant spiders on the road?" Fang Ming asked.

The man shook his head. "Based on our observations, the mutant spiders reduce their activity at noon. We speculate that either it's because the sun is closest to us at noon, and these mutant spiders aren't completely immune to 'daylight,' so they don't like to come out at noon... or, like most creatures, they need to 'rest,' and between day and night, they choose to rest at noon."

"In short, the sacrifices of the previous teams bought us this valuable information, and we used it to our advantage and returned safely."

"Tell me what you saw, or some precautions." Fang Ming paused for a moment and continued asking.

Fang Ming had already heard about the information the other party said from Xiao La.

He mainly wants to get some details now.

The man scratched his head and said, "To be honest, I didn't see any mutant spiders on the way down... but I'm sure the place we're going to is the mutant spider's nest."

"Why are you so sure?" Fang Ming asked.

"Because I saw a lot of things..." the man recalled, "Spider silk, spider legs, spider shells, those things piled up like a mountain. The further you go in, the more things there are, and the denser the spider webs become."

"any left?"

"No, we didn't dare go down for too long. My companion's thigh was scratched by a rock on the way down, and I took him back. On the way back, we were chased by a mutant spider. However, the spider chasing us looked like an elderly person, and it was not fast. I successfully returned to the vehicle, but my friend was not so lucky..." The man said, with a hint of bitterness in his eyes.

Fang Ming did not continue to ask.

He sorted out the useful information in his mind.

These people can provide little intelligence.

However, what he said matched the map that Xiao Lai provided to Fang Ming.

For Fang Ming, this hand-drawn route map hanging on the drone is the most valuable thing.

"It's dark down there,"

Seeing Fang Ming's silence, the man thought he was not satisfied, so he quickly added.