From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 144 Abyssal Creatures “Invading” at Night
The tracked vehicle continued to move forward, and the sky gradually darkened.

Although visibility is not high in the fog during the day, it is even lower at night, almost to the point where you can't see your hand in front of you.

"It's getting dark, we have to find a place to rest. Visibility is too low at night, sometimes I even doubt whether my perception skills can see the road ahead clearly."

Because the visibility was too low, Guard Wu did not dare to drive too fast, for fear of driving into the ravine.

We really had to find a place to camp at night, as we were not mentally or physically able to continue the mission.

Moreover, night is when the creatures of the abyss are most active and is also the most dangerous time of the day.

"We need to find a suitable place to camp." Lu Heng took out the map and began to check it.

A soldier in the team pointed to a place on the map and said, "I've been here before. There is a ranger's house at this location. We can go there to rest."

When the team was formed, a soldier who was familiar with the environment of Liuchuan was specially assigned to it, and his opinions were followed along the way.

"Then let's go to this location."

After half an hour.

The team came to the ranger's house marked on the map. The house was made of bricks and stones and was rather simple.

However, in such a remote place, it is good enough to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Everyone got out of the car, moved important supplies into the house, and then covered the car.

There was no one in the house. The ranger should have withdrawn from the foggy area. Some pots, pans, and other daily necessities were left in the house.

After determining the camping site, the team was divided into three groups. Two groups went out to collect firewood, and one group stayed behind to repair the house and set up weapons.

Since you may be attacked by creatures from the abyss at night, you must set up weapons and lay traps to deal with possible dangers.

After collecting enough firewood, I built a fire, put a pot on the stove, and started to boil water to make soup.

The staple food is compressed biscuits, which taste so-so. I also brought some canned meat, which I cooked into soup. I soaked the compressed biscuits in the soup, and it tasted much better.

After filling his stomach, Guard Wu took out the crystal core he had obtained from cleaning the battlefield today.

"I got two crystal cores today. Do you guys need any of them? If you do, take them and use them."

He was in charge of the overall planning of supplies in the team, so the spoils were kept with him.

Lu Heng reached out and took the two crystal cores and looked at their properties.

The first one is the C-level [Advanced Corrosive Slime], which is an upgraded version of the corrosive slime of the Abyss Woodlice.

The second one is also a B-level skill crystal core [Break the City].

[Breaking the City: Increase the speed to launch a collision that is strong enough to break through the city gate. All objects with a mass lower than the user will be knocked away along the collision path. Since the impact is too fierce, it is easy to cause damage to the user. Skill consumption: 30 energy; skill level: B level.]

Seeing this skill, Lu Heng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

This skill is very powerful, but it has some shortcomings.

It's already written in the skill description that because the impact is too strong, the user will be hurt.

Lu Heng had seen a psychic use this skill in his previous life.

The force of the collision is very strong and can directly knock the opponent away, but if it hits an iron plate, you will also feel dizzy.

Moreover, the psychic I met in my previous life only dared to use 60% of the power of his skills, and could not bear more than that.

The characteristics of this skill are very obvious.

In fact, this is for those defensive ability users, and they have to be defensive specialists with very high physical fitness.

When used by ordinary combat-type psychics, it is considered the Seven Wounds Fist, injuring the enemy by one thousand and hurting oneself by eight hundred.

When Lu Heng saw that it was this skill, he held it in his hand and said, “This is useful to me, I’ll take it.”

No one objected.

Most of the team members are from the military or national defense colleges. Their goal is to find the rift point and complete the mission. They will not hold a grudge because of a skill crystal core.

The reason why Lu Heng wanted this crystal core was very simple.

The mechanical tiger has 3 skill slots, but only one is currently in use, and this [City Breaking Charge] is very suitable for it.

The disadvantage of [Breaking City Charge] is that if your own defense is not high enough, you will be hurt because the collision is too violent.

The mechanical tiger does not have this problem at all. Its entire body is made of liquid metal, so even if it is hit and deformed, it will not be damaged.

Therefore, using this skill has no side effects.

Lu Heng took the skill crystal core, walked out of the house, patted the mechanical tiger's big head, and then stuffed the skill crystal core into its mouth.

A few minutes later, the skill name [City Breaking Charge] appeared on the data panel of the mechanical tiger.

"Familiarize yourself with the skill data, and analyze the usage and timing." After Lu Heng finished speaking, he patted Tiger's head again, then turned and walked back into the house.

The mechanical core of the mechanical tiger is highly intelligent and has been integrated with source essence. Its computing power is much stronger than that of Blue Star's AI, so it is natural for it to be able to use analytical skills.

……

night.

The team was divided into three groups, taking turns to keep watch while the rest rested.

Nothing happened that night until the next morning, when everyone was awakened by the voice of Guard Wu.

"Wake up! Something strange appeared on the ground!"

Several people in the team who came from military units quickly stood up.

Lu Heng also suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, turned his head to look at the door, and saw a layer of strange things extending from the crack of the door.

This layer of stuff was like a blanket, spreading along the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, and would soon cover the entire room.

"What is this? So disgusting!" When Lin Zeyu sat up, he stepped on this thing and a layer of it stuck to the sole of his shoe.

After this thing stuck to the sole of the shoe, it started to grow from the sole to the slope, and no matter how hard you try, you can't get rid of it. Everyone stamped their feet, but this thing continued to spread along the shoes to the feet.

When Lu Heng saw this thing, he frowned and reminded: "Put it on the fire and roast it!"

Only ashes remained of last night's fire.

However, there is a fire-type psychic in the team who can release fire at will.

Flames shot out and burned the entire house.

The "blanket" on the ground shrank rapidly after encountering the flames and retreated out of the gap in the door.

After temporarily pushing back this layer of "blanket", everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about the problem.

"What exactly is this?"

"It should be a fungal mat." Lu Heng had actually recognized what this thing was.

It is the abyss fungal mat, but it is different from ordinary bacteria and can be regarded as bacteria from the abyss world.

"Fungal blanket? Is it something original to our world, or from the abyss?" Everyone's eyes widened, their cognition was severely impacted.

"It's the abyssal fungus. It's not dangerous if it sticks to you, but if it grows into your body, it will be troublesome. Even going to the hospital won't be able to remove it."

When Lu Heng said this, he pointed to the tracked vehicle outside the door and said, "Go out and check the vehicle. This thing can corrode metal."

The fire mutant immediately sprayed flames to clear a path and ran out to tear off the cover on the tracked vehicle.

Once the cover was pulled off, it was seen that the entire tank was covered with fungal blanket, as if the tank had grown hair.

The flesh-colored hairs on the fungal mat are enough to make your scalp tingle.

Without waiting for a warning, the fire mutant immediately sprayed fire to burn off the fungal carpet covering the car.

When the fungal blanket encountered the flame, thick dust floated out.

Everyone quickly covered their noses, worried that the spores would be inhaled into the lungs. If fungal mats grew in the lungs, it would be all over.

After the fungal mat was cleared, Guard Wu quickly climbed into the car and tried to start it.

However, the vehicle engine did not respond at all.

"It won't start!"

Lu Heng bent down, looked under the car, exhaled and said, "This car is unusable. Even if the engine can start, the bearings won't turn."

Just now, the fungal blanket covered the entire car and had grown into the bearings. The metal on the wheels, bearings and other places had bulges.

Lu Heng straightened up and said, "Check if there is any problem with the weapon. We will have to walk on our own for the rest of the journey."

According to the original plan, most of the foggy area can be reached by car, and the remaining small half requires walking.

So, the plan was to hike from the beginning.

Now it’s just a matter of walking ahead.

However, this would prolong the mission.

Also, some weapons cannot be brought.

Especially the 20mm machine gun, which is a vehicle-mounted cannon and is too cumbersome for a single soldier to carry.

"What should we do? This cannon is our most powerful weapon." Guard Wu checked the machine gun and found it was still usable.

However, the car couldn't move and was difficult to carry.

It's not that it's impossible to take it away. With the physical fitness of a psychic, carrying this machine gun away is not a big problem.

However, this will affect the team's progress speed.

Lu Heng thought about it, reached out and patted the mechanical tiger, and said, "You can take it. Just let the mechanical tiger carry it on its back."

"Is it okay?" Guard Wu was not sure about the load-bearing capacity of this mechanical tiger.

After all, this thing doesn't look like it can carry weapons.

And they can't see the data of the mechanical tiger.

Lu Heng waved his hand and said, "Move over here."

Guard Wu picked up the machine gun and placed it on the back of the mechanical tiger.

The metal surface of the mechanical tiger is a bit slippery, and there is no interface to fix it, so it cannot be placed stably.

However, what happened next made everyone's eyes widen.

The metal on the mechanical tiger's back began to deform, forming a bracket that was directly connected to the interface of the machine gun. It was fixed directly without even tightening the screws.

"This thing is... so magical." Guard Wu widened his eyes and exclaimed in admiration.

Lu Heng looked at the weight and said, "Let's hang two more boxes of supplies. We can't carry more."

The mechanical tiger itself is not designed for the function of transporting materials, so the things it can carry are relatively limited.

However, being able to carry a machine gun and two boxes of supplies has greatly reduced the pressure on the team.

Finally, after loading everything, there was still some space left on the mechanical tiger's back.

Lu Heng waved to Su Muyu, held her hand, and let her sit on the tiger's back: "This mission may last for a few more days, and you are the only one with a means of transportation."

Su Muyu pursed her lips and said, "Isn't this inappropriate?"

All the team members said in unison: "Suitable, reconnaissance still depends on you."

When Su Muyu uses the summoned creature's vision for reconnaissance, it is inconvenient for her to move around, so letting her ride on the back of a mechanical tiger can improve the team's movement efficiency.

(End of this chapter)