mysterious forerunner

Chapter 398 [Hidden Mist Demon]

A bullet blasted a clear hole in the abdomen of the Spiny Fang. Its huge body was pushed up and it rolled to one side in pain. Suddenly, it howled. The spikes and shells made of special materials on its head, back, and tail exploded together, dividing into countless tiny and sharp spikes, which scattered out at a speed faster than a bullet.

"Damn it!" The trial participants cursed loudly and used their abilities to protect themselves.

Alberto was prepared for this, and his body suddenly turned into a two-dimensional picture.

The spikes passed through his body as if they were passing through a layer of shadow, without causing him any harm.

Zhang Qingxiang watched secretly and couldn't help but be surprised: This Alberto's profession is actually a very rare [Projectionist]!
Within a certain range around himself, he can switch freely between "movie" and reality.

The explosion of those spikes made of special materials is the final means for the Thornfangs to die together.

These materials were originally its armor, and if they were all shot out, it would be completely unprotected.

However, this thorn-fanged beast saw that it was going to die, so of course it had to fight for its life.

All the trial participants, including Zhang Qingxiang, received complete strategies for the outer and middle rings before entering.

Let’s not mention Zhang Qingxiang. Among these people, he is a bug.

The guide describes in detail various strange attack methods.

However, the other trial participants were completely unprepared for the Thornfang's tactic of mutual destruction, and only Alberto seemed to have foreseen it.

In fact, it is clearly written in the guide.

The Thornfang Beast likes to sneak attack the trial-takers who have just arrived here in that hidden cave - this is its behavioral habit.

But behavioral habits are not inevitable.

This is the [Secret World] rather than a repeatedly refreshed game scene.

Therefore, even if you ignore the descriptions of "behavioral habits" in the guide, you should not ignore the descriptions of weird fighting methods.

This shows that the quality of this batch of trial participants is very low.

Although it is already the fifth level, the quality of the fifth level in this era is far inferior to that in the early days of the mysterious advent.

Zhang Qingxiang secretly shook his head: Do these people really take their lives as a joke?

[Trial Field] is only relatively safe, not absolutely.

There are as many as 142 kinds of monsters discovered in the outer, middle and inner rings of the entire [Trial Field].

The printed guide was several hundred pages long.

Therefore, many trial participants were not able to even finish reading it, let alone write it down.

Just like football, the favorite sport of North Americans, there are many people with excellent physical fitness, but only a few can become star quarterbacks.

There are plenty of guys who have the physical tools to be a star quarterback but can't memorize a team's hundreds-page playbook.

The other thorn-fanged beast that was swept away by Alberto's arm armor fell to the ground and rolled over, but it was not in a hurry to attack. It lowered its front half like a wild beast, let out a low growl of protest from its throat, and slowly circled around Alberto and the others, as if looking for an opportunity to attack.

Alberto had indeed read the guide carefully, and when this scene appeared, he stared at the thorn-fanged beast closely.

But this was just to confuse the other party. He whispered in the call channel: "Luceka, Lisa, Benjamin, pay attention to the collapsed launch tower at eleven o'clock.

Next, a few thorn-fanged beasts might jump out from there.

Others, please be alert and do not act rashly!"

These three and Alberto are all from the White House, and Alberto trusts them more.

For everyone else, Alberto's only request is: just don't make trouble.

He had just killed a thorn-fanged beast cleanly and neatly, which had already impressed everyone. Even though everyone was looked down upon, they were not dissatisfied.

Zhang Qing was also very satisfied with Alberto. It was his first time entering the trial field and he was able to memorize the strategy and apply it on the battlefield. He couldn't ask for more.

This Alberto is also a little talent, but it's a pity that he is a spineless person and became a traitor.

At this time, Director Zhang felt a little regretful, as if "you are a beautiful woman, but you become a thief."

The reason why he is said to be a small talent rather than a big talent is that Alberto is just acting rigidly according to the strategy and lacks the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Maybe it's because he's surrounded by trash that makes Alberto stand out.

Director Zhang believed that if his men, such as Tian Mingkun and Peng Shuangjie, were here, their performance would definitely be much better than Alberto's.

For example, by now, his capable subordinates should have discovered that there was no movement from the collapsed launch tower, but at the seven o'clock direction, a thin layer of mist rose from the ground in a ditch.

The mist was close to the ground and was gray and black in color. After the destruction of this world, the overall color tone was also gloomy and dark - so the mist was indeed easy to be overlooked.

The emergence of this sign proves that under that piece of ground, there is another fifth-level monster [Hidden Mist Monster] lurking in the outer ring.

This anomaly is also recorded in the guide and emphasized in bold, red font.

The combat power of the Hidden Mist Demon itself is not very strong, it only has two characteristics: psychedelic, and difficult to kill.

But it can combine with the Thornfang.

Once the Thornfang sucks in a Hidden Mist Monster, both will immediately transform into a very difficult monster to deal with.

The size of the Thorny Fang will quickly expand to a huge size of thirty meters, and it makes up for the shortcoming of having only physical attacks. It can use a variety of secret techniques and is as difficult to kill as the Hidden Mist Demon.

The biggest loss suffered by the previous trialists in the outer ring was caused by this kind of fusion abnormality.

However, in a battlefield environment, the Hidden Mist Demon is indeed not easy to be discovered.

Seeing the thin mist coming quickly along the ground, Alberto was still concentrating on pretending to be alert to the thorn-fanged fang in front of him. In fact, he had set a trap to lure the thorn-fanged fang out of the lift tower.

The others either kept a secret eye on the lift tower or just stayed there and did nothing.

Zhang Qingxiang sighed secretly, and when the [Hidden Mist Demon] approached within ten meters and was about to rise into the air, he took a step towards the seven o'clock direction.

Director Zhang's [Divine Chamber] opened a crack and sucked the [Hidden Mist Demon] in.

There are other ways to deal with this kind of weirdness, but Director Zhang is very interested in this [Hidden Mist Monster] and plans to catch another [Spiky Fanged Fang] later to study these two weirdnesses carefully.

When Lisa saw Zhang Qingxiang's action, her expression suddenly changed: "Don't make trouble..."

Before he finished speaking, three thorn-fanged beasts jumped out from the collapsed lifting tower!
Originally, Lisa and the other two were going to deal with one each, and since they were all level five, they could withstand even the passive attacks.

But Lisa was distracted by scolding Zhang Qingxiang, and the Thorny Fang pounced on her. She reacted a little slowly and immediately fell into a disadvantage.

Although Lisa is level five, her occupation is [Cowboy].

Female [cowboys] are naturally weaker than male [cowboys] because the strength of this profession is physical fitness.

Lisa was immediately scratched by the thorn-fanged beast, leaving a long wound on her body!

Alberto was anxious, but the thorn-fanged beast in front of him pounced on him and entangled him, preventing him from being rescued.

Lisa was defeated step by step. The thorn-fanged beast she faced was much larger than its companions and seemed to be the leader of this group of thorn-fanged beasts.

The thorn-fanged beast is also very cunning and knows the tactics of the upper horse against the lower horse.

laugh--

The tail of the thorn-fanged beast suddenly stabbed out from a tricky angle and pierced Lisa's left leg!
"Ah!" Lisa screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

Alberto gritted his teeth and activated his professional skills.

A flat Alberto immediately appeared at the spot, and he was exactly the same as the real Alberto, with real attacks and real secret objects.

In this "movie scene", Alberto is fighting with the Thorny Fang.

The real Alberto had already appeared beside Lisa, stabbing out with the musket in his hand.

The huge thorn-fanged beast had already pinned Lisa to the ground and opened its mouth wide to bite her.

The two bayonets on the front of the musket pierced into its upper jaw with a hissing sound, and then Alberto pulled the trigger without hesitation.

boom!
A ball of fire blew the upper half of the thorn-fanged beast's head apart.

The Thorny Fang didn't even have time to activate his mutual destruction skill before he fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Alberto quickly dealt with another thorn-fanged beast that was fighting with its companions.

At this time, there were only two thorn-fanged fangs left. The one that was entangled by the "movie screen" suddenly jumped back and let out a long and sharp howl. The other one also turned around and ran away.

The two thorn-fanged beasts quickly disappeared into the cold and gloomy fog.

Alberto said gloomily: “Benjamin, treat Lisa.”

Benjamin is a physician.

Lisa stared at Zhang Qingxiang with resentment on her face: "Damn it! It's all because of you!"

Alberto walked up to Zhang Qingxiang and said dissatisfiedly: "I have already said 'don't act rashly', which word in it don't you understand?!

Now, because you didn't obey orders, when we encountered the first batch of monsters, some important members were seriously injured.

And my professional skills can only be used once a day.

It was wasted because of your stupidity!"

Zhang Qingxiang said calmly: "I am not acting rashly."

There was no explanation that I saved you.

But it is absolutely impossible to expect Director Zhang to listen to your scolding so obediently.

The reason why he saved these people was not because Director Zhang was kind-hearted. These people were traitors and deserved no death.

But Director Zhang still needs them to cover for him.

If Alberto and the others continue to speak ill of them, Director Zhang will open the [Divine Chamber] to take them all in, perform some "transformations" on them, and turn them into his puppets.

"Okay, okay," a guy with a body like a bodybuilder and skin care that is smoother and more delicate than a woman's stood up and pulled Zhang Qingxiang: "Stop talking."

This man is also from the mysterious bureau. His name is Julio, and he and Zhang Qingxiang are considered to be "one of our own".

After stopping Zhang Qingxiang, he spread his hands to Alberto again: “Our people only took a small step, Lisa was a little too sensitive, and he was also wrong in this matter.

We all come together to take the test, so we should unite, don't you think?"

Alberto glared at Zhang Qingxiang fiercely, and without saying anything else, walked away to check Lisa's injuries.

Alberto is ambitious, so he knows that it is not a wise choice to start an internal conflict as soon as he enters the trial field.

Julio whispered to Zhang Qingxiang: "Don't mess with him in the future."

Then he walked to another companion, who was also a man, but he was petite and lovely, with a feminine charm between his eyebrows.

Seeing Julio standing up for Zhang Qingxiang, he rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction, and when Julio tried to hold his hand, he shook it off in angrily.

Julio quickly explained with a smile: "Sweetheart Witt, I have absolutely no other thoughts about him, it's just because we are both from the Mystery Bureau.

You have to believe me, I only love you in this life!"

He grabbed Witt's little hand, pressed it against his chest, and spoke affectionately.

Zhang Qingxiang quickly hid far away.

Witt was still throwing a tantrum, and Giulio persisted and coaxed him for a long time before Witt calmed down.

But Witt secretly made a threatening gesture to Zhang Qingxiang, meaning: Bitch, stay away from my man, I will keep an eye on you!

Zhang Qingxiang nodded quickly and said, "Okay, okay, don't worry, I will definitely stay away from him."

Benjamin's treatment was very effective and Lisa recovered quickly from her injuries.

Alberto breathed a sigh of relief, and Benjamin complained to him, "You also wasted my healing secret technique today!"

Alberto thought for a moment and whispered to his people, "We don't need to worry about that guy's life or death anymore. If he continues to act on his own, let him be."

The other three nodded.

Lisa regretted it so much that she had said something to that guy, which resulted in her being seriously injured and almost losing her life.

That guy didn't even know how to be grateful and even talked back to Alberto. Such a person deserves to die.

Alberto determined the direction based on his experience in the guide, pointed to the nine o'clock direction, and said to everyone, "Let's go in that direction. Under the farthest lift tower over there, there is an abandoned deep space aircraft, which has become a strange nest called [Disease Abnormality].

This kind of monster spreads disease, but we have prepared the corresponding equipment, and this kind of monster is the easiest to brush experience. "

So the group headed in that direction.

"There may be some other weak monster attacks on the road, so everyone just be careful." Alberto said again.

Everyone nodded. They couldn't just rely on the seventh-level protection along the way. Everyone had their own skills and the ability to protect themselves.

Zhang Qingxiang didn't want to waste time. He thought he should find an opportunity to be "captured" by the monster, leave the main group, and go look for the [True Mystical Treasure].

But Alberto wants to hunt down the [Disease Monster], which can only spread disease and will not capture people.

Zhang Qingxiang wanted to go to the six o'clock direction, where there was a group of [Two-Faced Spider Monkeys]. They loved to catch their prey and bring it back to their nests. They would first wrap the cocoons with spider silk and use them as reserve food for their soon-to-hatched children.

But it would be too abrupt to leave just like that. Zhang Qingxiang thought about it while following everyone towards the lair of the [Plague Monster].

The nest had a complex structure. If I fell into a deep pit after entering, I could be separated from the team. I thought no one would risk saving me. I passed a ruin in the middle. It might have been a factory or warehouse. Now there were only a large area of ​​broken walls and some broken pipes.

Suddenly, countless black tadpoles the size of rabbits swam out from a row of pipes!

Their tails are strong and powerful, and with a flick of the tail they can shoot out like an arrow.

They have huge mouths filled with sharp teeth and full of venom!
Everyone was in a panic because Alberto had already made it clear in advance that he would not provide anyone with shelter along the way, so everyone had to fight on their own.

Naturally, they were divided into three camps according to the White House, the Pentagon and the Secret Service.

The individual combat power of these small monsters is not strong, but their numbers seem endless, and they move in the void as if they are swimming in water, much more freely than these professionals.

Everyone used their abilities to kill one group and then another group rushed up.

Soon the area was surrounded by these strange tadpoles, each of which opened its terrifying mouth and bit towards everyone from all directions.

From a distance, the ground was covered with black tadpoles forming a sphere that was forty or fifty meters high!

The trial participants were trapped inside the sphere.

Zhang Qingxiang was originally standing next to Giulio, but Witt squeezed over and separated the two people.

Zhang Qingxiang took a step to the side and put some distance between himself and the two people.

Although Witt is a little bottom, his profession is actually a [teacher], and his future advancement path will be very clear. He is a [physics teacher].

He continued to kill the tadpoles in large numbers by means of "changing gravity" and "attracting lightning".

But this guy was fighting while snaking his fingers and screaming: "Oh my, this is so disgusting!"

"Ahhh, I'm scared to death!"

"Eh——, it's so sticky, so disgusting!"

Finally, the little bottom couldn't stand this "torture" anymore and screamed, "Julio, find a way, we can't kill all these things."

Julio made a bitter face, struggling to hold up his own defense zone: "What can I do? The strategy didn't mention this kind of weirdness at all!"

Alberto, who was not far away, was also confused: How could such a difficult thing suddenly appear at the edge of the outer ring? This shouldn't be the case...

Zhang Qingxiang sneered in his heart. Alberto's dull shortcomings were exposed again.

The reason why this unprecedented weirdness appeared in this location is that it is not weird at all, but just an illusion.

The mastermind behind the scenes was none other than the [Hidden Mist Monster] that he had captured before.

The Hidden Mist Demon has the ability of "psychedelics". Usually, this ability will just trap people in the fog, making it impossible to tell the directions, creating a situation like being trapped in a wall of ghosts, and eventually the trapped people will be exhausted to death.

But this [Hidden Mist Demon] somehow advanced to the sixth level, so it was able to directly transform "psychedelic" into "illusion" and create this terrifying swarm of tadpoles.

Zhang Qingxiang had already seen through these illusions, and even saw two [Spiky Fangs] hiding under a broken wall just a hundred meters away.

They were the two that had escaped before.

They did not give up, but cooperated with the [Hidden Mist Demon] and continued their hunting!

Alberto gritted his teeth and shouted to everyone in the communication channel: "Let's gather together and concentrate our strength!"

Alberto raised his hand high, and with a bang, a light golden gust of wind rose from his arm armor, scattering all the tadpoles around and clearing a passage.

Alberto yelled, “Follow me!”

Then he took the three people from the White House and first rushed to the Pentagon. After rescuing the four people, he rushed all the way to the Mysterious Bureau.

Everyone was grateful to Alberto.

Zhang Qingxiang watched from the side. Although Alberto couldn't completely get rid of these tadpoles, he was at level seven and should be able to hold on for dozens of hours in a battle of this intensity.

If no other forces intervene, this battle will eventually become a competition of endurance between Alberto and the sixth-level [Hidden Mist Demon].

It is impossible for [Hidden Mist Demon] to maintain an illusion of this intensity forever.

It is most likely that Alberto, who is at the seventh level, will win, but Zhang Qingxiang sees that the [Hidden Mist Demon] is currently at ease and feels that this process will last at least ten hours.

How could Director Zhang have the time to waste time with you?

So Zhang Qingxiang took a step outside.

Julio exclaimed, "Come back!"

However, Zhang Qingxiang turned a deaf ear and continued to fight while walking out. It seemed as if he was blinded by bloodlust and completely ignored the situation around him. He unknowingly left the team.

"You're crazy..." Julio yelled and was about to pull Zhang Qingxiang back.

Witt glared: "How dare you!"

Julio hesitated. Alberto and Lisa were already extremely annoyed with Zhang Qingxiang, and now he was acting on his own without following orders. Lisa also yelled at Julio, "Leave him alone!"

Julio didn't dare to move, but he kept shouting at Zhang Qingxiang: "Guy, come back soon!"

The alias Zhang Qingxiang used in this operation was "Guy".

But Julio's shouts were useless. Zhang Qingxiang was completely separated from the team. His strength alone was very small when facing these terrifying tadpoles, and he was soon overwhelmed by the huge waves of tadpoles.

"Oh!" Julio slapped his thigh, feeling sad and regretful.

Alberto watched all this happen coldly and snorted secretly.

This is also a process of establishing his authority, letting everyone know that this will be the result if they don't listen to him!

After Zhang Qingxiang was submerged by tadpoles, two thorny-fanged fangs hiding in the dark pounced on him.

[Hidden Mist Demon] and the Thornfang Fang work together very well.

If a prey item is overwhelmed by a group of tadpoles, they will immediately pounce on it and hunt it down.

Otherwise the prey will see through the illusion.

However, the two thorn-fanged beasts' sure-fire attack missed. Not only did it miss, they also crashed into a mysterious area and could never get out again.

Zhang Qingxiang was satisfied that the [Spiky Fang] was also caught.

I can now slowly study the special and strange combination of [Spiky Fang] and [Hidden Mist Demon].

Alberto led everyone to persevere, and Alberto stimulated everyone: "Everyone must go all out, otherwise you will end up like Guy!"

Just as he finished speaking, everyone saw Guy walking out from the tadpole wave again!
"Ah--" Witt screamed in fright, because Zhang Qingxiang's whole body was covered with those ferocious tadpoles.

The tadpole opened its fanged mouth and bit Guy one bite at a time.

Zhang Qingxiang spread out his hands and said to everyone: "Everyone, this thing is not harmful at all? This is all an illusion!"

But Alberto suddenly had an idea and shouted: "Don't listen to his nonsense!

He has been mysteriously parasitized, and he is here to deceive us!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately felt that he was worthy of being a seventh-level person, as he could see through the weird conspiracy at a glance!
Lisa punched Zhang Qingxiang and yelled, "Get lost!"

Zhang Qing was also very impressed by Alberto's intelligence and talent.

After thinking about it, Director Zhang didn't want to waste any more words, and he flashed into the crowd's defense circle at high speed.

After Alberto determined that "Guy" had been mysteriously parasitized, everyone was on guard against this monster, which might suddenly attack.

The place where Zhang Qing crashed into was the defense zone of four people in the Pentagon.

The four men cursed angrily, a thick electric current shot out, a bloody saber slashed across, and a large net of spiritual light woven by a magic circle covered their faces.

They attacked with all their might to stop Zhang Qingxiang.

However, when Zhang Qing was colliding, he was suddenly tripped by a stone under his feet. He stumbled and coincidentally avoided the obstruction of three forces!

Then it rushed into the four people, and the ferocious tadpoles on its body scattered and killed the four people respectively.

The four people were caught off guard and were jumped on by dozens of tadpoles, causing them to scream in agony before death.

"what--"

But after the scream, they waited for a long time, but did not feel the expected severe pain of being bitten.

When he looked down, he saw those horrible tadpoles were still biting him, but they did not cause any harm to him.

"What Guy said... is actually true?!"

There was no need for them to confirm, Alberto and the others were staring at them, and they saw that those horrible tadpoles did not actually cause any harm.

"Is it really an illusion?"

Alberto was also a little bit unbelievable.

He thought about it, then stepped out and approached the wave of tadpoles outside. A group of tadpoles pounced on him fiercely and bit his arm hard.

Alberto confirmed: "It is indeed fake!"

“Asshole!” Alberto was so angry that he started to curse: “What’s going on? Get out here and I’ll tear you to pieces!”

The sixth-level [Hidden Mist Demon] slipped away in advance when Zhang Qingxiang took away the two [Spiky Fangs].

Without the cooperation of [Spiky Fang], its illusion can be easily seen through.

The illusion that was left now, without the support of the power of the [Hidden Mist Demon], had begun to dissipate as Alberto cursed.

Those terrifying tadpoles began to fade one by one, and finally disappeared completely.

Just now it had condensed into a tadpole sphere forty to fifty meters high, trapping the trial participants in the center with an extremely terrifying momentum. Now everything has disappeared, and there is deathly silence all around.

This dead silence seemed to highlight Alberto's embarrassment.

Most people looked at each other in bewilderment, while the four people in the white house were extremely embarrassed.

"Thanks to Guy." Julio couldn't help but say.

Lisa murmured, "He just got lucky."

Everyone agreed with this.

Even Julio didn't think that Guy had seen through the illusion. He thought that he was seeking death and unexpectedly broke the illusion by accident.

Zhang Qingxiang didn't care. Let's go quickly. When we reach the lair of the [Epidemic Monster], I will find a chance to leave the team and look for my [True Mystical Treasure].

Alberto was silent for a long time, and finally he was able to rebuild his mind. He wiped away the embarrassment just now like a spider silk, and then said, "Let's go on."

"Everyone, keep in formation and don't get ambushed by monsters again."

"Yes!" Everyone responded and continued to set off. This time, no other monsters came to cause trouble, and the trial participants successfully arrived at the base of the lifting tower.

The tall launch tower has long been riddled with holes, but it still stands stubbornly on the destroyed land.

Below the launch tower, there is an abandoned ellipsoidal deep space vehicle.

This thing is also huge, four hundred meters long and about two hundred meters high.

It is larger than the aircraft carriers of the major powers on Earth.

The deep space vehicle was also riddled with holes and stuck diagonally on the ground.

On the surface, everything seems calm.

However, the trial participants were still four or five hundred meters away from the deep space aircraft, and a red rash had already appeared on the surface of everyone's skin.

Moreover, this rash is very small and does not hurt or itch. If ignored, it will soon develop into a fatal disease!

Benjamin and another doctor in the team immediately said, "Back off, back off a hundred meters and wait and see!"

After retreating a hundred meters, the two [doctors] first quickly cured everyone's illnesses, and then continued to observe.

This distance is safe.

Benjamin said, "Everyone, take out the secret items you prepared in advance."

Because the guide recorded everything about [Diseases and Monsters] in detail, each trial participant prepared the corresponding secret items.

The best choice to deal with this weirdness is, of course, a secret object with "absolute immunity" ability.

But they are not at the level to obtain such precious secret objects.

What they took out were basically secret items with "isolation" abilities.

Some of them have a layer of light shield rising from their bodies, while others wear a layer of mysterious "clothes" that can also isolate themselves from the outside world.

The most bizarre guy used a secret object to turn himself into a robot!

Zhang Qingxiang was really not prepared. After thinking about it, he performed a secret technique - which also formed a layer of light shield outside his body. However, this was a defensive secret technique and could not achieve absolute isolation.

Director Zhang plans to get away with it.

But there is someone in the white house with "eagle eyes and golden pupils".

Lisa frowned and looked at Zhang Qingxiang: "Don't get close to me after you go in. If you are infected with the strange disease, don't infect me!"

(End of this chapter)