mysterious forerunner

Chapter 400: The Flatterer's Secret

"If he's missing, he's dead!" Lisa said bluntly, "The effect of the drug should have worn off by now. He can hear us talking, and the communication channels are all open. If he was trapped somewhere, he would have called for help through the radio long ago."

Lisa looked at Alberto again and said, "Let's go. This place is too infested."

Someone immediately echoed: "Let's go, let's go."

Everyone felt very unlucky this time. They entered Settlement No. 7 just fine, but were inexplicably blocked by a terrifying monster!

I didn't kill any whispering ghosts, I made a wasted trip and almost got buried with them.

If you don't kill the whispering ghost, you won't accumulate any cultivation.

Everyone wanted to get to the next location as quickly as possible. The time to enter the [Trial Field] was limited. Every time other trial participants came in, they were promoted by two levels.

If we keep wasting time like this, I'm afraid everyone can only advance one level this time.

Alberto glanced at the huge corpse of the [Drifting Hunter] in the distance and said, "But... who killed this monster?"

Lisa was smart enough to say: "Need I tell you? Of course it's Lord [Ostosai]! This is the trial ground He opened for us. Such a powerful monster should not appear in the outer ring.

This thing must have sneaked here, so of course you are very angry, and it is not surprising that you killed it immediately."

Everyone thought about it and nodded in acceptance of this inference.

"Then..." Just as Alberto was about to say let's go, Silvia suddenly said, "We have to look for him. After all, we came in together. If he's alive, we have to see him. If he's dead, we have to see his body."

Alberto and Lisa frowned together, especially Lisa who took a step forward to scold the guy dressed like a middle-aged housewife.

Lisa and Sylvia are two completely different people.

There wasn't much of a difference in age between them, but Sylvia was the type of person who got settled down early with her family, then gained weight amidst the daily necessities of life and gradually lost the luster of life.

Lisa, however, is the type who "hasn't had enough fun yet".

From her clothes to her makeup, everything is exquisite and her skin and figure are well maintained.

Go to the bar for a drink in the evening, and you can hook up with tonight's bed partner with just a glance.

But Lisa is an extreme egoist, while Sylvia still retains some normal kindness in her heart.

When Lisa faced Sylvia, she had a strong sense of self-confidence and felt that she could crush Sylvia in every aspect.

Now let the people in the team vote, Lisa believes that everyone will support her.

Alberto held Lisa back and reluctantly agreed, "Then let's look for it."

After all, giving up directly would easily disappoint other people in the team.

"Everyone, be careful when searching. The blood of this monster is extremely contagious. Don't get close to the blood river."

The crowd dispersed, and Lisa was followed by several men, all of whom looked reluctant.

Silvia and Giulio were the most attentive.

Witt followed Giulio, pouting and looking very unhappy.

Twenty minutes later, everyone came back and found nothing.

Director Zhang wants to hide, how can these people find him?
Lisa spread her hands and said, "I told you not to look for it. You've wasted a lot of time."

Sylvia lowered her head and said nothing.

Alberto said, "Okay, now it is almost certain that Guy is dead. If we can't find his body, he might have been eaten by the monster.

Let’s go to the next location…”

Sylvia suddenly spoke up and said, "You guys go, I'll stay here."

"You're such a crazy woman!" Lisa yelled in dissatisfaction.

Alberto also frowned: "You are too stubborn. Guy is dead and we still have to continue the trial."

Lisa even sneered, "Are you attracted to that guy Guy? Haha, only a fool like Guy can be attracted to someone like you."

Sylvia stared at her bravely and said, "Women like you will always only think with your lower body!"

Lisa was furious: "What did you say!"

She strode towards Sylvia, and with her hands she reached out to grab her thighs. A cowhide gun belt suddenly appeared around her waist, with two ancient revolvers hanging on both sides, held in her hands.

There was also a row of large-caliber bullets on the gun belt, and the tip of each bullet seemed to be burning with a dark red flame.

She held the gun in both hands and pointed it at Sylvia.

The barrels of the two revolvers were surprisingly long, and were engraved with complex magical patterns. As Lisa activated them with her power, the patterns began to burn with dark red flames.

Powerful mysterious waves radiated from the two guns.

Lisa's face was fierce and ferocious: "Damn fat woman, if you have the guts, say it again!"

Two men followed Lisa.

One is Luseca from the White House, and the other is someone from the Pentagon.

In a short period of time, Lisa already had two protectors.

And Sylvia was all alone here.

No man stood up for her.

Lisa raised her eyebrows proudly and asked, "What can you compare with me?"

Sylvia did not repeat what she had just said. Instead, she looked at Alberto and said, "You guys go. I will stay. This is my own decision and I am responsible for it."

Alberto shook his head: "You are crazy!"

Alberto pressed down Lisa's gun: "There's no need to waste mysterious bullets on such a lunatic."

He waved to everyone: "Let's go."

Julio couldn't bear it, so he persuaded Silvia: "What's the point of you staying? Guy should be gone. No matter what your purpose is, it's meaningless. Come with us."

Sylvia still shook her head: "Julio, you are a good guy. Believe me, staying is the right choice."

Giulio sighed, "If you want to stay, I can't change your decision. If you change your mind, don't chase us. You can't face those monsters alone. Go back the way you came and wait for us at the entrance."

While Giulio was holding Witt's hand, they jogged a few steps together to catch up with Alberto and others who had already walked far away.

Zhang Qingxiang hid in the dark and frowned. What was Sylvia doing? What was she doing here? What was she doing here?
"Did I reveal something on the way and she saw it?"

After Alberto left the range of Settlement No. 7, he released a military jeep directly from the storage of secret objects on the dilapidated wasteland. Everyone got on the car together. Those who had no seats climbed directly onto the roof, and then sped away, raising a cloud of dust.

Sylvia watched them go away, visibly relieved, then climbed onto a roof and shouted, "Sir, I know you are still here, and you can hear me."

"My profession is a [Beast Tamer], but I'm not just an ordinary [Beast Tamer]. My university major is entomology, and my secret spirits are all insects. I have all the abilities of insects.

I noticed it the moment you captured the Hidden Mist Monster. I knew you were an absolutely powerful person hidden in the team!"

Zhang Qingxiang was stunned, then cursed inwardly.

"I should ask Benita to give me the detailed information about these people from the Mysterious Bureau."

[Beast Tamers] who specialize in insects are very troublesome.

Their fighting power is erratic.

For example, they may look very thin, but they may have an insect spirit such as an ant, and can borrow the power of this spirit, so they become extremely powerful.

Insects have many strange abilities.

For example, extraordinary perception.

He opened the divine chamber to capture the [Hidden Mist Monster], and no one in the entire team noticed it. However, he did not expect that Sylvia was hiding nearby and saw everything clearly.

Come to think of it, I was not able to hide the fact that I had killed the Drifting Hunter from her.

After Zhang Qingxiang complained to himself, he quietly left the hiding place.

Then he quietly went to the inner circle without looking back.

With his strength, even Sylvia wouldn't be able to see through his concealment methods if she paid attention.

Zhang Qingxiang walked three kilometers away and looked back: Sylvia was alone, sitting on the roof with her knees hugged, looking pitiful.

Like a meat ball.

"This woman is a stubborn person. Is she going to wait here forever?"

Zhang Qingxiang walked another two kilometers and couldn't help but look back again:
Sylvia was still sitting on the roof, not moving at all.

She is a level five person, and if she stays here alone...she will definitely die.

[Trial Field] will follow the arrangements of [Ostosey] most of the time, and the monsters in the outer ring are basically level five.

But after dark, this rule will undergo some subtle changes, and seventh-level monsters will infiltrate from the middle ring.

Therefore, the guides given by predecessors also record this in detail. When night is about to fall, you need to find a shelter immediately.

A "day" in the trial field lasts thirty hours, twenty hours during the day and ten hours at night.

Zhang Qingxiang hardened his heart and walked a distance, but finally stopped and sighed, "Forget it."

After all, this woman just faced Lisa bravely and was determined to find herself.

Zhang Qingxiang turned around and went back.

When Sylvia saw Zhang Qingxiang, she jumped up excitedly and jumped down from the roof. When she landed, she made a big hole in the ground. She rolled over like a ball for several times. She was covered in dust but she didn't care. She ran to Zhang Qingxiang without stopping for a moment: "Sir, I knew you wouldn't abandon me."

She chattered excitedly: "Alberto and his gang are arrogant, selfish and stupid. Only by following you can we survive this trial."

Zhang Qingxiang snorted coldly: "The place I'm going to is very dangerous. You may not be able to survive if you follow me."

"I'm sure I can." Sylvia was more confident than Zhang Qingxiang.

Zhang Qingxiang was helpless: "Okay, follow me if you want. If you regret it later... I will send you back."

Zhang Qingxiang had it in mind. When she reached the inner ring, she would be so scared when she saw Ergalp that her legs would go weak. So he would use the Steam Engine Core to transform into a means of transportation and send her directly back to the entrance.

Zhang Qingxiang turned and left, and Sylvia hurriedly followed.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Qingxiang became impatient and directly released the [Steam Engine Core], which transformed into a steam off-road vehicle, rumbling and emitting black smoke.

Sylvia immediately said: "I can drive for you, my driving skills are pretty good."

Zhang Qingxiang did not comment, and Sylvia immediately sat in the driver's seat.

In fact, the [Steam Engine Core] can run by itself without being driven.

Sylvia suddenly became talkative in front of Zhang Qingxiang: "Before the mysterious incident, I had to pick up and drop off two children from school every day. We were planning to have two more..."

Having said that, Sylvia suddenly sighed and closed her mouth.

[Steam Engine Core] After speeding through the wilderness for more than ten kilometers, two figures suddenly appeared in front.

Sylvia borrowed the power of the insect spirit and had a very good look: "It's Julio and Witt!"

Zhang Qingxiang didn't know what to say. What were these two guys going to do after coming back?
Giulio had already seen the huge [Steam Engine Core] and thought it was something strange. He was so scared that he immediately protected Witt behind him.

Sylvia turned the steering wheel and rushed towards them. Halfway through, she stuck her upper body out of the car window, waved her hands and shouted excitedly to the two of them: "Julio, Witt, it's me!"

Julio breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

[Steam Engine Core] creaked and stopped in front of the two people, then rushed forward more than ten meters.

Zhang Qingxiang glanced at Sylvia and said, "It seems your driving skills are not that good."

Sylvia jumped out of the car, excitedly walked around Julio and Witt, then whispered about what Zhang Qingxiang had done. The two were stunned for a moment, and then were dragged into the car by Sylvia.

When the two saw Zhang Qingxiang, they seemed a little reserved and awed.

Silvia said to the two of them, "Your Excellency is kind-hearted and will definitely protect us. Following Alberto will not end well."

Zhang Qingxiang asked coldly: "Why did you come back?"

Julio answered honestly: "I promised Silvia's husband to take care of her..."

Sylvia said unhappily: "We are already divorced, he abandoned me and the child for that Brazilian woman!"

Julio couldn't say anything about this matter.

Sylvia couldn't help but continued angrily: "If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have joined this inexplicable organization!"

She is a traditional housewife. Although she has become a professional and joined the mysterious bureau with her husband, she always follows what her husband says.

Her husband joined this organization of human betrayers, so she followed suit.

Before joining, she didn't even know what kind of organization it was.

It is impossible to withdraw after divorce.

This time's trial quota can be regarded as compensation given to her by her ex-husband.

The relationship between the two has always been like this. The ex-husband likes to make the decisions and has never even asked her whether she is willing to accept this kind of compensation.

Her ex-husband thought this was a good thing and arranged it for her.

After saying this, Sylvia realized that something was wrong. Everyone present was a member of this organization.

Zhang Qingxiang glanced at Julio and asked calmly, "What about you? How did you join?"

Julio is a good guy.

In the deep space vehicle, Zhang Qingxiang deliberately fell into a deep hole, and only Julio rescued him.

Julio moved his lips a few times, as if he didn't want to say anything.

Witt beside him said unhappily: "It's because he wants to please his father!"

Julio looked very unnatural and slowly explained the reason.

His father could not accept his orientation, and their relationship was always bad.

His father didn't even invite him home for dinner on Christmas.

After the mystery came, both father and son became professionals and joined the mysterious bureau.

Suddenly one day, his father took the initiative to ask him out.

Giulio didn't agree with the "philosophy" of this organization, but in order to gain his father's approval, he joined it anyway.

Later, Witt was also dragged into the water.

Zhang Qingxiang said nothing more.

It's still the same idea. When we see [Ergarp] and these people are so scared that their legs go limp, we will send them back to the entrance.

It’s nice that the three of us can take care of each other.

[Steam Engine Core] rumbles forward, rushing all the way.

Giulio suddenly saw a piece of broken fighter plane stuck diagonally into the ground in front of him.

The fighter planes in this world are somewhat different from those on Earth. They are shaped like a giant surfboard.

"Not good!" Julio slapped his head. "There's a gray area ahead. We can't go in. Once we enter, we will be turned into a gray clay figure by the rules inside..."

It’s mentioned in the guide that this area is strange and ominous, but the rules there are very strong and anyone who enters it will be “turned to ashes”.

Even after it comes out, it will remain in this state and will break and shatter with the slightest touch.

Even if the body is exposed to the sun for too long, it will become dry and cracked and may cause collapse.

But the sound of the [Steam Engine Core] was too loud. When Giulio said this, Sylvia didn't hear clearly. Julio rushed over and yelled in her ear again, and Sylvia slammed on the brakes. However, her driving skills were really average, and the huge [Steam Engine Core] still rushed past the range of the fighter plane.

Julio cried, "It's over..."

According to the experience of our predecessors, once you enter this [gray area], there is no way to recover, at least not in the trial field.

You can only return to the entrance carefully and then return to the earth.

In the Earth world, it will take four days for this graying to slowly fade away.

You must be extremely careful along the way and don't encounter any monsters, otherwise you will be shattered at the slightest touch. How can you fight?

A dead end.

Zhang Qingxiang said to Sylvia calmly: "Keep going."

Julio touched himself and found that he was not turned to ashes.

Sylvia listened to Zhang Qingxiang and stepped on the ground. The [Steam Engine Core] rumbled and continued to move forward.

After running several hundred meters, Sylvia said to Giulio proudly, "With you here, there is no need to worry about any danger."

Witt carefully stood behind Julio. He had behaved disrespectfully towards Zhang Qingxiang before. He was such a powerful man, he wouldn't hold a grudge against a small person like me, right?

But Witt was a little uncertain: Do you have any thoughts about my sweetheart Giulio?

Who says strong people can’t like men?
Many business and political bigwigs in North America like men, okay?
You mean he's such a big and strong man and doesn't look down on Julio?
nonsense!

What's wrong with my sweetheart Julio? Why does he look down on her?

While Witt was struggling with his thoughts all the way, the [Steam Engine Core] had already rumbled into the core area of ​​the [Gray Area].

The land here is gray and the terrain is undulating like hills, but on these grave-like hills, eyes are slowly opening!

His eyes were dark grey with a flat pupil running horizontally across the centre; they were cold and dark, without a trace of emotion.

Each eyeball is almost as big as the hill.

All these eyeballs were opened towards the direction of the steam engine core. Hundreds of these strange eyes were looking at the steam engine core at the same time. Sylvia, who was driving, suddenly felt her scalp tingling!
Witt scratched his chin with his hands, and shouted with a look of fear: "These things are the real weirdness in the [Gray Area]!

They are the masters here!

Their power spread along the earth, forming this area!
Ahhhh…I feel like I’m turning into a clay man…”

"Your feeling is wrong." Zhang Qingxiang said lightly, with a double meaning.

Sylvia considered herself a good driver, but she always stepped on the brakes at the wrong time, and her bias was very obvious - she always stepped on it too late.

When Sylvia saw those huge horizontal pupils, her scalp suddenly felt tingling, as if she had been hit and became stiff. For a moment, she was so scared that she forgot to step on the brakes.

So the [Steam Engine Core] rushed forward and hit a huge eyeball head-on with a bang!
The eyeball looks extremely huge from a distance, and even bigger when you get close!

The core of the steam engine has now turned into a steam off-road vehicle, which is much larger than a normal internal combustion engine off-road vehicle.

It's about the size of a light tank.

Passing through the pupil of the huge eye, I found that the pupil was flat and the core of the steam engine was actually not as big as the pupil.

This created a kind of pinprick effect, and the turbine core rushed over, and the huge eyeball seemed to be pierced by a needle.

All kinds of pus, nematodes, deformed neurons, etc. inside splashed everywhere with a "puff". Witt looked back and immediately retched, deeply regretting turning back.

Sylvia's fat feet finally stepped on the brakes - but this time, the engine core had its own ideas and didn't listen to her.

Brakes are useless.

After all, Sylvia is not Zhang Qingxiang, and she cannot suppress this secret object.

Boom, boom, boom...

The core of the steam engine rhythmically spews out large clouds of black smoke from the two thick inverted L-shaped exhaust pipes in front of the front of the car. This is the core of the steam engine roaring: full speed ahead!
Not only that, while moving at full speed, the [Turbine Core] is still deforming!
A huge spiral drill head appeared in front of it, with saw teeth and steel barbs on it!

It rushed straight towards the second giant eyeball.

puff--

puff--

puff--

One by one, their eyeballs were pierced. Witt, Giulio and the other two held hands tightly. It was too exciting. We needed to support each other, otherwise our hearts would not be able to bear this kind of excitement.

Sylvia was completely dumbfounded, with an expression on her face that looked like she was about to cry: I just stepped on the brakes, did I hit some mysterious button that caused this secret object to go out of control?
This secret item looks very expensive, I can’t afford to pay for it!
She turned her head stiffly and looked at Zhang Qingxiang quietly, "Sir, you won't bother with me, right?"
Zhang Qingxiang did not stop the [Steam Engine Core], allowing this secret object to be used to its full potential.

[Steam Turbine Core] Hundreds of giant eyeballs were punctured in one breath. There were originally more than 400 of them in this "hilly area".

The remaining huge eyeball closed immediately.

But it was meaningless, a layer of gray-black mud "eyelids" could not withstand the crazy "reverse hook ultra-high speed diamond breakthrough drill" of the core of the steam turbine!
Then there was a series of clear and distinct popping sounds, and seventy or eighty huge eyeballs were punctured.

Zhang Qingxiang patted him lightly and said, "When you've had enough fun, hurry up and leave."

The core of the steam engine then slowed down and stopped, and then two huge black smoke rings rumbled out from the two thick exhaust pipes.

It's like a scumbag who blows out two smoke rings to show off after having sex.

Then, with a "whoosh" sound like a train whistle, the steam engine core left the [Gray Area] contentedly.

This [gray area] is actually the most difficult test question that Ostosai left in the outer ring when he created this [Trial Field].

There is such a place in each of the three rings: outer, middle and inner.

The trial participants who came in before did indeed think that this was the most dangerous place in the outer ring.

[Steam Turbine Core] pushed forward.

When the core of the steam engine was raging, many huge eyeballs even tried to shrink their bodies, making themselves appear smaller than their companions, and trying not to attract the attention of the ferocious monster.

[Steam Engine Core] After coming out of the gray area, Sylvia, who was in charge of driving, always felt that there was something different about this secret object, but her rank was too low, and she couldn't tell exactly what was different.

Julio quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "We will soon leave the outer ring and enter the middle ring. According to the strategies summarized by our predecessors, this area is relatively peaceful..."

Before he could finish his words, a strange chirping sound came from the sky ahead, and a cloud of black smoke suddenly gathered in the sky.

It seemed to sway in the wind, gathering and dispersing in various shapes, and then suddenly turned into a black torrent, swooping down from the sky and heading straight for the crowd.

After a while, everyone could see clearly that it was a venomous bee that was even bigger than the pterodactyls of the Cretaceous period!

The whole body is black, with gray-white mosquito-like markings.

Behind the tail there is a circle of six thick and long poisonous stingers, like the cylinder of a revolver, and there is also a hard horn on the front of the head!

The fluff growing on their round bellies turned out to be countless black worms that lived in symbiosis with them. As the poisonous bees flew around, these worms squirmed wildly, lighting up each other with strands of purple-black magic electricity!

"What the hell is this?!"

Julio let out a strange cry: "The strategies of our predecessors never mentioned this kind of weirdness."

This strange thing rushed up to three hundred meters above their heads with a whoosh.

With their speed, the distance of three hundred meters can be reached in an instant!

They did not stop at all, and even before launching the attack, they accelerated again in this final distance and dived down faster than before.

Sylvia's voice trembled: "Sir, this secret object can withstand..."

Zhang Qingxiang was very calm and was too lazy to move.

Before Sylvia could finish her words, she suddenly saw the strange swarm of bees rushing down madly, and their originally black bodies suddenly turned gray.

Then, as it continued to dive, it was pulled by the surrounding high-speed airflow and shattered into pieces of soil that fell down!

Sylvia and the other two opened their mouths wide: What's going on?

The huge swarm of bees had at least hundreds of thousands of bees, which kept rushing down one after another for more than ten minutes.

The core of the steam engine still maintained its speed and rushed forward, and the road behind it was filled with gray mud fragments.

The poisonous bee monster behind finally reacted and quickly pulled up to avoid death.

But the vast majority of the entire bee colony have died, and less than one-fifth of the original number remains!

"Buzzing..."

They circled high in the sky, and it was unclear whether they were mourning for their companions or determined to continue hunting.

Finally, the small remaining flock reluctantly pulled itself up and prepared to fly away - but the core of the engine was not happy.

You guys are still hovering over my head!

I gave you face, right?
The forward speed of the steam engine core remained unchanged, and two hatches suddenly opened on the rear top of the car body, and two huge cannons with huge caliber, extremely short barrels and somewhat crude workmanship rose up from them.

boom!
boom!
The huge recoil force caused the engine core to vibrate twice in succession.

Sylvia was so shocked that she quickly took her hands off the steering wheel to indicate that it was not me.

Did I hit some mysterious button again?
Sylvia was completely unaware that although her hands had left the steering wheel, her right foot reacted by pressing the accelerator to the bottom.

If this really is a car, it would be really terrifying.

The cannon fired out two huge balls of dark red light, seemingly slow but actually fast, catching up with the rising swarm of poisonous bees, and instantly exploding into a sky full of red light and flames.

The remaining poisonous bees fell down one by one, burning.

The poisonous bee colony was completely destroyed.

The engine core shook itself with satisfaction.

Julio suddenly understood: "This secret item of yours... can pierce those giant eyeballs, seize their abilities, and create gray areas!

And this gray area moves along with this secret object!"

The trembling voice revealed his inner shock. The secret object's ability to take away strange things was unheard of!
Zhang Qingxiang actually did not intervene, everything was the will of [Steam Engine Core] itself.

After seizing the power of those giant eyeballs, the steam engine core was upgraded to the next level.

Sylvia felt that this secret object had undergone some changes, not because of the ability to seize it, but because of its promotion.

The core of the steam turbine was speeding up faster and faster, and its speed had already reached that of a land aircraft.

Zhang Qing said to Sylvia: "Lift your foot off the accelerator pedal."

Sylvia let out an "Ah" before she reacted. She quickly raised her foot and the core of the steam engine made a regrettable rumble, slowing down a little.

Then it rushed across a clear rock mark on the ground, and behind it was the range of the middle ring.

The weird levels in the middle ring are from level seven to level nine.

[Steam Engine Core] is promoted to the ninth level, and there are already monsters here that can compete with it.

However, because his previous performance was too explosive, Sylvia and the other two inexplicably trusted it and felt that this secret object under them could still dominate this area. Zhang Qingxiang still did not intervene. Now the first priority is to get to the [Thorn Whisker Wheel] as soon as possible.

Wait until the steam engine core encounters a monster that cannot be solved before taking action yourself.

But then, Zhang Qingxiang discovered that the core of the steam turbine was no longer moving in a straight line!
It doesn't always maneuver in an S shape. In most cases, the core of the steam turbine still moves in a straight line, but occasionally it will suddenly make a detour.

During this period, the core of the steam engine encountered a group of giant toad-like monsters.

When this monster opens its mouth, it can spit out a long black river.

There is no water or even any liquid in this long river.

This darkness is like a black hole that can swallow anything.

This is an eighth-level weirdness.

Once you get to Central, it’s rarely mentioned in the guides of our predecessors.

In fact, trial participants rarely set foot in the central ring.

Julio didn't know what this weirdness was called.

However, the [Steam Engine Core] ignored the long dark river and rushed straight through it. The huge wheels crushed seven or eight giant toads to death, and the rest scattered.

Then we encountered a strange kind of Stonehenge.

They formed the shape of a magic circle. No matter how many pieces you broke the boulder into, you could not break the magic circle.

Because the real body of this strange thing is not those huge rocks but a magic circle.

This is a strange magic circle.

[Steam Engine Core] Although it had an advantage in rank when facing this monster, the opponent was using softness to overcome hardness, and the Steam Engine Core was almost mentally exploded. In the end, it used all its strength, and withstood the huge and ferocious drill, it broke through the strange constraints of the magic circle and rushed out.

But he never dared to look back, and dealt with the strange magic circle like he was dealing with a swarm of poisonous bees.

Run!

After a series of operations like this, Sylvia and the other two's admiration for the steam engine core was like the endless rushing of a river, like a towering mountain to look up to!

Only Director Zhang laughed in his heart, thinking that this core of the steam engine also had its cunning.

The monsters that were rampaging around were all below level eight.

It suddenly made a circle in the middle of the journey, so there must be a ninth-level monster in the area it circled.

The steam engine core may not be unbeatable. First of all, we know the owner's intention and need to pass it as soon as possible.

Secondly, if it gets into a tough fight, it will be detrimental to its "tall and mighty" image.

This secret object actually played with its personality in front of Sylvia and the other two noobs!
Only that strange magic circle didn't give any face and almost caused the core of the steam engine to collapse!

Afterwards, the steam engine core once again smashed an eighth-level dead wood monster into pieces with unstoppable force, and then flew away amid the admiring exclamations of Sylvia and the other two. The gray sky began to darken, and the night was about to fall in the trial field.

Julio said subconsciously: "We need to find a shelter at night..."

The so-called "shelter" was specially arranged by Ostosai.

Only He has the power to provide shelter in this world.

The previous trial participants simply didn't have this ability.

The shelter is clearly marked by a large diamond-shaped rock floating above the ground.

Before night falls, these diamond-shaped rocks will even emit light to guide the trial-takers to arrive as soon as possible.

Under the diamond-shaped rock, there is a cave, which is marked with the power of Ostosai. Those powerful monsters dare not attack this place at night.

There are a total of sixteen shelters in the outer ring, all of which have been explored by predecessors and their locations are marked in the guide.

No one knows how many shelters there are in the central ring. Only Cheryl has discovered one and marked it out, but it is far away from Zhang Qingxiang and his team's current location.

In fact, up to now, only Cheryl and Joe Hart have truly ventured into the Central Ring. The other trial participants, who boasted that they had once entered the Central Ring, had merely jumped back and forth on the boundary between the Outer Ring and the Central Ring a few times.

Zhang Qingxiang had no intention of looking for shelter.

If Zhang Qingxiang happened to meet one on the road, he wouldn't mind going in to take a look and learn about the power of Ostosai.

But there is no need to go out of your way to look for it and hide in it for a night, which would be a waste of time.

The master did not mean that, and the [Steam Engine Core] received it immediately.

So the black smoke billowed, the steam engine roared, and it continued to move forward.

Julio said no more.

The powerful weirdness of the night is powerful for us, not for you.

……

"It's going to be dark soon!"

The two men from the Pentagon pulled the sand-colored tactical scarves on their faces upwards.

As night fell, the wind and sand in this destroyed world became stronger and stronger.

There were only five people left in the team.

Another person died in the Pentagon, and Benjamin also died in the White House.

Alberto looked disheveled and dejected, and he no longer had that calm and confident look on his face. His hair was disheveled, and his clothes were torn in several places. There was a long wound on his arm, which had not healed completely even after taking the secret medicine. This showed how powerful the evil that caused the wound was.

Lisa had put on makeup before she came in, but now it was all gone.

With a mixture of sweat and tears and her makeup smudged, her face looked like that of a ghost.

Lisa deeply regretted that she supported the decision to enter Central.

Why come to the Central Ring to die when you can just kill monsters in the Outer Ring?

Just over ten hours ago, that idiot Sylvia insisted on waiting for the "Guy" who had long been dead in the monster's mouth at Settlement No. 7.

Causes the team to split.

Then Giulio took his little lover and turned back to look for Silvia.

The number of people in the team suddenly dropped to seven.

But Lisa wasn't worried at all and wanted to have a drink to celebrate.

Lisa always disliked the mysterious bureau because of Guy, and they always challenged Alberto's authority.

They are the black sheep.

It is the rotten flesh on the whole body. Cutting it off will make you healthier.

Everything that happened next seemed to verify Lisa's point of view. Without a second voice in the team, efficiency was greatly improved.

Under Alberto's leadership, they hunted the four monsters as quickly as possible, and then they saw a deep rock mark on the ground in front of them.

That is the dividing line between the outer ring and the middle ring.

This line suddenly became tempting to everyone present.

Everyone knows that very few trial-takers can enter the middle ring.

Those who can enter are all "legends".

This includes Cheryl and Joe Hart, whom they look up to.

We should have left as quickly as possible, but it felt like there were nails under everyone's feet.

Benjamin was still alive at that time, and the one in the Pentagon was still alive.

There were no reductions in the team.

After three minutes, Benjamin asked tentatively: "Shall we go in and take a look?"

This opened Pandora's box, and everyone agreed: "Don't go too deep, let's take a look near the boundary."

After a heated discussion, someone said, "We may not be able to break into the Central Ring with our strength. Mr. Alberto is at level seven, and the monsters in the Central Ring are at levels seven to nine.

Although we are at level five, after such a long period of training, we are both about to be promoted to level six, and together we can be considered two level sevens."

"Yes!"

"With our cooperation with Mr. Alberto, we have the strength to make it to Central."

Among these voices, the loudest one was Lisa's.

Lisa really believed so, and the temptation to enter Central was like the voice of the devil, constantly ringing in her ears.

After she returns, this achievement alone will allow her to become the most arrogant queen among the many professionals in the White House.

From now on, whether it is a private bar party or various official formal cocktail parties, she will choose everyone present.

Other male professionals, regardless of their identities, would be honored to be chosen by her and become her exclusive partner tonight.

But they never expected that once they entered Central, they would find that everything was completely different from what they had imagined.

Even if all the six levels are added together, it cannot be considered a seven level.

Not to mention those guys who are about to be promoted to level six but are actually still at level five.

Professionals below level 5 are mostly low-level combined forces, and can indeed resist high-level ones.

They used low-level thinking to speculate on high-level issues and suffered a great loss!
Soon after entering Central, they found themselves lost!

To be exact, it was not until they were attacked by a dark red, skinless mummy that they realized that the moment they entered the territory of this monster, they were affected by its ability and lost their sense of direction!
Benjamin died in that battle.

Except for Alberto, no one else posed a threat to the monster, and attacking them was no different from tickling them.

Alberto took out the money he had paid for registration and finally led everyone out of the mummy's territory.

But soon they found that they seemed to be followed by something. They were all like frightened birds, running for their lives and not caring about anything else.

When they finally got rid of the unknown weirdness behind them, they found that they had already gone deep into Central and were far away from the "boundary"...

Then a giant toad jumped out from nowhere and spit out a long black river from its mouth. A trial-taker from the Pentagon ran into it and disappeared silently.

Alberto yelled at everyone to run and he would cover their retreat.

It did run away, and the giant toad seemed to be afraid of something for some reason, and did not have a strong desire to chase it.

Then the monster that had been following them secretly suddenly emerged from the ground. It was a ghost claw monster. Its entire body was illusory, and only the eight sharp claws surrounding its body were real.

One claw injured four of them, and the scar on Alberto's arm was left at that time.

What followed was another desperate escape. Everyone desperately threw out their life-saving trump cards, just hoping to hold off the ghost claw monster for a moment and buy themselves precious time to escape.

They finally escaped, and their misfortune seemed to be over, and no other monsters came to them again.

But soon they discovered: it was getting dark!

They can't find shelter!

Everyone was surrounded by deep despair at this moment.

Regret and fear filled everyone's heart.

They were already extremely tired, and the sky was getting darker and darker, but when they looked around, they could not see the light of the diamond-shaped floating stone of the shelter at all.

Everyone sat down on the ground, ready to wait for death.

Alberto felt the most regretful in his heart, because he knew that these people combined could not fight against a seventh-level person.

But his experience in the outer ring gave him great confidence.

Once you reach the middle ring, you will be able to hunt down seventh-level monsters. Even if you encounter an eighth-level monster, you can at least escape.

A moment of arrogance led to his desperate situation!
Finally, the night fell completely, it was pitch dark, and a deep mysterious force enveloped the entire trial field.

It's like... a lifting of the ban.

Something terrible has been released!

"Click!"

Someone at the Pentagon turned on a tactical flashlight. As the light just came out, there was a swish sound and a sharp edge swept across. The tactical flashlight was cut in half and went out immediately.

Alberto growled angrily, "Asshole! Do you want to attract all the monsters here?"

He was the one who took action.

The people in the Pentagon remained silent, which was indeed due to their own lack of consideration.

But being in such darkness is so painful that everyone would yearn for light.

Alberto thought about it and felt that he should boost morale, so he said: "The trial field is so big, we can hide here, and we may not be discovered by those monsters!

If we can make it to tomorrow, we can go back alive!"

Even if I make it to tomorrow, can I really go back alive?
But everyone deliberately ignored the question and said, "You are right."

"Next, each of us must not make any movements or sounds unless necessary!"

Then everyone fell silent.

Watching the infection value on your body increase little by little.

The infection at night is much higher than during the day. You can hold on during the day, and the increased infection value can be ignored.

Ten hours have passed in the trial field at night. At this rate, the infection value will reach a very dangerous level during the day, but everyone's secret medicine has been used up.

Enduring the torment of fear in the dark night, Lusekha didn't know how much time had passed. Suddenly, he saw a hazy gray-blue light appear in the distance, floating in the air over a hundred meters away, swaying towards him like a huge lantern.

Lusekha thought he had seen it wrong, so he rubbed his eyes and looked again. Oh, it turned out that he had seen it wrong. The light disappeared.

But when he turned around, he found that the ball of light appeared in the opposite direction and was approaching by several hundred meters.

Lusaka realized something was wrong: "You guys..."

Before he could finish his words, the light changed its direction again, and this time it came directly above everyone. Without Lusekah's reminder, everyone looked up at the light...

Long blood-red tongues stretched out from the light and accurately wrapped around everyone's neck!
Alberto swung the musket in his hand, cut off his tongue with the bayonet, and then rolled to the side desperately.

Others also wanted to cut off the tongue, but they didn't have the ability to do so.

Their secret weapons and secret techniques stood on the tongue, and were either slid aside by the slippery and sticky saliva on it, or directly bounced away by the tongue.

In an instant, everyone was hung by the tongue's neck and pulled to a height of several dozen meters.

Only then did they see clearly that the hazy gray-blue light was actually a huge gray-blue balloon.

A huge green worm was hanging under the balloon. The worm was covered with mouths, and each mouth had three such tongues.

More tongues entangled with Alberto.

The piece of tongue that had just been cut off by Alberto fell to the ground, but it crawled quickly along the ground like a poisonous snake and chased after Alberto.

The tongues above his head kept rolling towards him, and Alberto broke several of them in succession.

The tongues also turned into poisonous snakes, chasing him on the ground, trying to entangle his hands and feet.

The number of tongues on the top of the head is also increasing. The more tongues Alberto cuts off, the more unfavorable his situation becomes, and he will be attacked from both sides.

Finally, Alberto was not paying attention and dozens of broken tongues shot out together and trapped his body. He activated his arm armor and blew up a layer of golden gusts to fight against those broken tongues and prevented them from wrapping around him.

But the tongue above his head kept rolling over, wrapping around his neck, his hands, and his legs...

Alberto was also hung in the air with a red face.

Everyone had one thought in their mind: It’s over!

The monsters at night are indeed powerful. Just one of them can kill us all.

In despair, they suddenly saw two beams of light swaying and shooting towards them in the distance, followed by the roar of huge machines.

They tried to look over there and saw a strange-looking car speeding towards them with bright headlights on.

What is it? A mechanical weirdness?
Who except a weirdo would dare to turn on the car lights at night?

Suddenly the car stopped a few dozen meters away, then the door opened and several people ran out quickly.

Alberto, Lisa and others thought they were dazzled, those people were clearly Silvia, Giulio and Witt!
Are they still alive?

And they also entered the Central Ring.

How dare you wander around in Central at night with your car lights on!
Although they couldn't figure out what was going on, everyone seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, struggling with their hands and feet to attract their attention and ask for help.

If they could still make a sound, they would have shouted for help long ago.

But as soon as the three of them ran out, they were stopped by a cold voice: "Stop."

The three of them stopped together, not daring to disobey.

Then, another person got out of the car.

Alberto and Lisa's eyes widened suddenly: Guy!
He is actually still alive, and seems to be the leader of these people!

Is that weird car his secret?
Zhang Qingxiang looked coldly at the people falling in mid-air, with no intention of rescuing them.

Zhang Qingxiang has such a heart of stone as to watch them die!
They are all traitors to humanity and do not deserve any sympathy at all.

The presence of Giulio and the other two was a coincidence with a very low probability, as none of them really wanted to join this traitorous organization.

Zhang Qing didn't believe that among the traitors hanging there, there would be such a coincidence.

So, let them die.

Suddenly, several tongues stretched out from the night sky and rolled towards Zhang Qingxiang's neck.

Zhang Qingxiang flicked his finger and a secret technique was released.

Purple-red lightning burst out from the fingertips, and those tongues instantly turned into ashes.

The monster in the sky shuddered, as if it was hurt.

It no longer bothered Zhang Qingxiang, but tightened its tongue little by little, strangling the necks of the people hanging above, making them thinner and thinner.

Alberto, Lisa and others were completely desperate, but at this moment, despair was not the strongest emotion in their hearts.

The strongest feeling is immense regret, he turned out to be so powerful!

If we had known this, we wouldn't have been so rude to him before.

If we treated him kindly like Giulio and Silvia, he wouldn't have stood by and watched him die, right?
This was everyone's last thought, and then those tongues retracted forcefully, their necks broke, and their consciousness fell into darkness.

After hunting down these people, the gray-blue hazy light in the sky slowly drifted away, and suddenly went out and disappeared when it was a thousand meters away.

Zhang Qingxiang returned to the car first.

Sylvia and the other two were a step slower.

It was difficult for them to adapt to the situation after watching their former companions being killed.

After Zhang Qingxiang waited for them to come in, he decided to make it clear: "They deserve to die!"

"If you were like them, and were also staunch traitors to humanity, there would be no way you could have come this far with me!"

With Zhang Qingxiang's strong character, how could he forgive a huge mistake of principle just because these people treated him better?
The three of them were sweating profusely. Fortunately, they had accidentally mentioned the reason why they joined this organization during the previous chat.

But then I thought again: Is it really just idle chatting?

I am just chatting, but not to you.

Before I knew it, I was under your control.

The gap between you and us is not just in strength. We are no match for you in every aspect.

They didn't know yet that at a certain moment when the [Steam Engine Core] was speeding, a "life-controlling ghost thread" had appeared in their bodies.

This is Director Zhang's precautionary measure.

This is a matter of great importance and must be ensured to be foolproof.

[Steam Engine Core] Galloped all night.

After daybreak, [Steam Engine Core] felt ashamed that it was too dark. Coupled with the interference of more intense mysterious forces, it was also a little disoriented last night, so it took many detours.

Otherwise they would not have met Alberto and his group.

After daybreak, [Steam Engine Core] still hadn’t gotten out of the Central Ring.

[Steam Engine Core] decided to do something to please the master and make up for the mistake of last night.

So there was a change in the carriage, and a set of stoves and kitchen utensils appeared.

Sylvia cheered: "Great, I can make breakfast for everyone, are you hungry?"

They were indeed hungry, but Julio and Witt didn't dare to say it and looked at Zhang Qingxiang.

Zhang Qingxiang was also hungry, but Director Zhang was a little hesitant: "North American food..."

Sylvia curled her lips and said, "I'm Italian. Believe me, you will fall in love with Italian food."

[Steam Engine Core] Although it can transform into stoves and kitchen utensils, it cannot transform into food ingredients.

However, Sylvia's secret storage contained all kinds of fresh ingredients. After she worked for half an hour, a fragrant breakfast was served to everyone.

After eating, Zhang Qingxiang nodded with satisfaction and said, "You boasted to me about your driving skills, but the facts prove that your driving skills are terrible.

You didn’t brag to me about your cooking skills, but the facts prove that you are a pretty good cook.”

"Uh..." Sylvia was embarrassed, not knowing whether the Excellency was criticizing or praising her.

Julio was very satisfied with the meal, and he said casually: "If I were Gugel, I would never divorce you just for your cooking skills...Ah!"

Witt pinched him hard.

Guggor is Silvia's ex-husband and Giulio's good friend.

Sylvia's expression darkened and she quietly cleared the dishes.

During breakfast, the [Steam Engine Core] drove on its own, and Witt pointed outside: "Look, we have reached the limit of the inner ring!"

A wall of wind rose out of nowhere on the ground.

The boundary between the outer ring and the middle ring is just a rock mark on the ground. The boundary between the middle ring and the inner ring is much more solemn.

The wind wall is dark red, very similar to the color of the Danxia landform.

And that wall of wind was surging, like the tornadoes commonly seen in North America.

You may ignore the boundary between the outer ring and the middle ring and step over it in one step, but you will never fail to see the boundary between the middle ring and the inner ring.

[Steam engine core] It was roaring and spewing black smoke, and it was about to rush into the inner ring.

Then with a bang, it was directly bounced away by the wind wall.

[The engine core] is huge and heavy, but at this moment it is like a baseball in a child's hand, and it will go away with a whoosh.

[Steam Turbine Core] rolled in mid-air, still a little dazed, but soon realized that something was wrong, a disaster had occurred!
Because inside it, several people were rolling and fighting, and there was chaos.

[The core of the steam engine] deformed rapidly before hitting the ground.

There was no time to care about Sylvia and the others, so she just jumped out.

But the master cannot be negligent.

[Steam Engine Core] turned into a huge steam robot, landed on the ground with a bang, and used a kneeling posture to cushion the impact.

Press one hand on the ground to keep steady and raise the other hand high.

That hand was holding Zhang Qingxiang.

[Steam Engine Core] was even very considerate and transformed a chair into something on the palm of his hand.

There is also a seat belt on the chair that buckles the owner.

Foolproof!
When they were inside the core of the steam engine, Zhang Qingxiang was of course motionless. Only Sylvia rolled around and fell all over, and then the three of them were thrown out directly.

Thinking in different directions, they fell down with two thuds. After finally recovering and sitting up, they saw the [Steam Engine Core] holding you up so flatteringly... Suddenly, their perception of the nature of the secret object changed drastically:
You are so good at flattering, do you know other secrets?

The most unlucky one was Witt. The direction in which the delicate and tender boy was thrown was exactly that wall of wind!
Bang—whoosh!

Witt was bounced out by the wind wall, drawing a parabola and hitting the ground several hundred meters away, splashing up a cloud of dust.

Julio was startled and rushed over: "Sweetheart!"

"How are you--"

He helped Werther up and held a princess in his arms.

Fortunately, Witt is also level five and can withstand such trauma.

But while Giulio was relieved, he was also secretly wondering: Did the steam engine core do it on purpose?

Witt had always suspected that you had improper thoughts about him, and your words and actions were often directed at him.

The core of the steam engine is trying to please the director and taking this opportunity to deliberately punish Witt?

He didn't dare to say anything or ask, and walked back holding Witt.

Zhang Qingxiang had already stepped down from the hand raised high by the steam engine core and looked at the wind wall: "That's it, you can go back now."

This wind wall is a boundary and also a protection for the trial-takers, preventing them from mistakenly entering the inner circle.

The monsters in the inner ring that were at the commanding level were restricted, and they were not allowed to run to the middle and outer rings to cause trouble.

The only ones who can come out from the inner ring should be the Dominant level.

The Overlord class already possesses a high level of intelligence, is able to control itself, and faithfully executes Ostosey's orders.

[Steam Engine Core] spurted out large amounts of steam with a hissing sound, and the huge metal head shook its head repeatedly, expressing its loyalty and determination to escort its master into the inner ring.

Zhang Qingxiang sneered: "You want to go in and look for another opportunity to break through to the Domination Realm, right?"

(End of this chapter)