About how my wife resurrected me as tentacles after my death.

"Together?" the team leader continued, extending his hand.

Old Zhou glanced at the hand, then at Yu Wan, who remained silent beside him.

Then he smiled and reached out to shake hands, "Level 2 Aberrant, just call me Old Zhou."

"Level Two Anomaly, Kyle."

After shaking hands, the leader glanced at Lao Zhou's team and lingered on Yu Wan for a second longer.

It wasn't because she was pretty, but because she was standing at the very back, her hat pulled low so her face couldn't be seen, but the cold aura she exuded was somewhat oppressive.

However, he only glanced at it once before looking away.

The meaning of cooperation is quite clear.

Anyway, it's not a loss. The nest is so big, and there are so many rock scorpions. They can each fight their own battles without interfering with each other.

Moreover, Lao Zhou had another plan in mind.

In terms of cunning, can this young man outmaneuver him?

He had been living outside the city for over a decade and had seen all sorts of tricks.

The two groups joined together and walked forward.

The hills were undulating, and underfoot were gravel and cracked sand, with a few sparse clumps of gray-green shrubs.

After walking for about half an hour, a huge stone mountain appeared in front of us.

The mountain is grayish-brown, and its surface is covered with cracks and caves, some large enough for a person to crawl through, and others only the size of a fist.

At the foot of the mountain, there were scattered white bone fragments, some large and some small.

Occasionally, a few low-level magical beasts would peek out from the cracks in the rocks, but upon seeing so many people, they would retreat back inside.

Yu Wan was still at the very back, with Lao Zhou and A Dao leading the way, A Jing on the left, and the five members of Kyle's team on the right and in the middle.

The two teams were clearly separated, with a distance of several meters between them, and neither side crossed the boundary.

As you venture deeper, the rocky mountains get closer, and the cracks and caves become clearer.

Yu Wan suddenly stopped.

She took the detector out of her pocket.

The detector is even worse now; there's an extra crack on the screen compared to last time, and it's wrapped in bandages again and again, like an old garment covered in patches.

She pressed the power button, and the screen lit up, emitting a faint blue light.

Then her fingers stopped.

Very dense red dots.

It wasn't just one or two, but a dense, swarming mass, crowding the edge of the screen and almost forming a large dot.

Yu Wan stared at the red dots for two seconds, then looked up at Old Zhou in front of her.

Others also noticed that something was wrong.

When Lao Zhou stopped, the five members of Kyle's team also stopped.

Everyone stood still, looking in the direction of the rocky mountain.

The air became very quiet, and even the low-level magical beasts that occasionally peeked out from the cracks in the rocks disappeared.

Then, the ground began to tremble slightly.

The sound came from the direction of the rocky mountain and became increasingly clear.

Gravel rolled down the hillside with a clattering sound.

A giant scorpion crawled out of the largest cave.

Its surface is covered with a rough carapace, and the ends of its eight legs are covered with black claws that are deeply embedded in the rock.

The tip of its tail is a curved, venomous barb, dark red, as if stained with blood.

This giant scorpion alone is already huge enough.

But it didn't come out alone.

Behind it, from the cracks and caves in the rocky mountain, one scorpion after another crawled out.

Large and small, they surged out like a tide.

"Damn it..." Old Zhou cursed under his breath.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be possible for them to be so dense.

Rock scorpions are solitary magical beasts, with a maximum of two or three in a nest: a male, a female, and a cub.

But there are at least several dozen of them in front of us.

They huddled together, trampling each other, as if they had been driven out by something.

Kyle was the first to react.

He took a step back and shouted, "Deploy the explosives! Use the outer mechs, we're out of here!"

The four people behind him immediately pulled out disc-shaped devices from their backpacks and threw them on the ground.

The devices landed on the ground, popped up small supports, stood firmly, and emitted a "beep beep beep" sound.

Old Zhou realized what was happening. He raised his hand and fired a shot.

"Bang--!!!"

The bullet hit the nearest explosive device with pinpoint accuracy.

The device was blasted away and exploded in mid-air, its orange-red flames illuminating the gray sky.

"Fuck your mother!" Old Zhou roared.

"If you retreat, where will we go?"

They don't have the money to build any kind of external mecha.

That kind of thing costs tens of thousands of points, enough for him to do more than ten missions.

Kyle's team has money, they have equipment, they have a backup plan, but they don't.

Kyle's face darkened.

He turned to Old Zhou, his hand already gripping the handle of the gun at his waist.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

The swarm of scorpions outside is getting closer and closer.

The first few rock scorpions had already climbed to the foot of the mountain, less than fifty meters away from them.

Old Zhou didn't retire.

He stood there, pistol still raised, muzzle pointed at Kyle.

"How about we fight together?" His voice was steady.

"Let's die together now."

Kyle stared at him, Old Zhou stared at him, and no one around dared to move. A Dao's hand was already on the hilt of his knife.

Kyle's team of four also held their weapons, and the two sides faced off, separated by only a few steps.

The swarm of scorpions drew closer, forty meters, then thirty meters.

Kyle finally spoke: "Okay."

His voice was cold, but his hand loosened its grip on the gun handle.

Old Zhou slowly lowered his gun.

Then, Kyle did something else. He took a small glass bottle out of his pocket, filled with a pale green liquid.

He uncorked the bottle and threw it at the feet of Old Zhou's team.

"Bang—" The glass bottle shattered, and a pale green liquid splashed out, spilling onto the ground and onto Lao Zhou and A-Qing's trouser legs.

That's a lure.

The scorpion swarm immediately erupted in excitement.

Their bodies suddenly turned this way, and their black eyes suddenly lit up, turning into a dark green.

Their tentacles thrashed wildly, and their eight legs paddled rapidly as they surged toward the lure.

The speed is more than twice as fast as before.

"Damn it!" Ah-Ching cursed under her breath, lifting her foot to wipe the liquid off her trouser leg.

But it's already seeped in, and can't be wiped off.

She looked up in the direction of Kyle's team.

Kyle had already activated his exoskeleton, the suit of equipment unfolding close to his body.

The scorpion venom couldn't penetrate their mechs; the venom shot at them pierced the silver-white armor plates without leaving even a scratch.

"Boss, there's another woman in the back." One of the team members noticed Yu Wan, who had been at the very back.

"Kill anyone who blocks your way."

Kyle's voice drifted down from the side.

Yu Wan stood still, without moving.

It didn't move when the swarm of scorpions emerged, and it didn't move when Kyle threw the lure.

She slowly raised her head.

Her hat was blown off by the wind, revealing her entire face. Her long, silvery-white hair was spread out and fluttered behind her.

Her eyes were blood red.

Chen Yuan just remembered his earlier thought.

The shadow form can blend into any shadow.

This also includes people's shadows.

The shadow began to slowly attach itself to Yu Wan's body, enveloping her arms like black liquid, and then swallowing them upwards.

In theory, this would allow him to bestow power upon her.

Moreover, this is enough power to break the claw of a level three magical beast...

What would happen if it hit a person?