Ark Journey

"Natural disasters are beyond human control. Don't underestimate them, Provence. As a messenger of natural disasters, we must be responsible for the people who trust us, and we must be worthy of the wages, so we cannot miss any possibility."

"Senior, you are right."

"We need data from a deeper location... Oh, I have to trouble you again."

After they found Xue Zhi and explained everything to him in detail, Xue Zhi, who was copying books, decisively packed up his equipment and headed to a place where the Originium radiation was more serious.

Before setting off this time, Xue Zhi fed Alpha a purification potion in advance so that it could move better in high-radiation areas.

After all, once close to this area, even Xue Zhi would feel a little numb on his skin. This was a manifestation of extremely high radiation. He was not afraid of the Originium, but the physical phenomena caused by the Originium could still affect him.

"This way?"

Putting away the phone whose screen was flickering, Xue Zhi headed in a certain direction according to Alpha's instructions.

Without getting close to the target location, one can hear the sounds of fierce fighting and indescribable roars coming from afar.

After getting a little closer, Xue Zhi could even feel the heat waves and the constant shaking of the earth.

"'Todai Swearing', what kind of big thing is this time......"

A sharp sound of Alpha came from above its head, and a crescent-winged beast that looked like a bat, which should have stayed in the dark at this time, was fighting with it.

There are more Originium crystals on the skin surface of the Winged Beast, perhaps this makes it look particularly violent, and it can even emit sound waves that cause the air to vibrate to attack.

Alpha relied on its faster speed to dodge its attacks, and at the same time, it suddenly went behind it and attacked its wings.

In a few moments, the Winged Beast, whose flesh wings were damaged and unable to maintain flight, fell heavily to the ground.

However, when it was half dead and saw Xue Zhi who wanted to come over to pick up the corpse, it still emitted a sound wave at him.

"So bad temper?"

Xue Zhi, who had resisted the sonic attack, killed it with one knife.

Just as he was about to put it into the space, Alpha made another sound, which made him notice a group of crescent-winged beasts flying towards the target location.

"Fly up!"

After receiving the order, Alpha instantly increased its altitude like pulling up onions in dry land.

Xue Zhi raised her hand and released a thick chain of lightning, shooting down a large number of Winged Beasts in the air.

After collecting some of the corpses, Xue Zhi quickened her pace.

After climbing a small bare hill in the increasingly intense heat wave, he saw a strange sight he had never seen before.

It was a huge spherical creature that looked like active volcanic lava. The rolling magma slowly flowed down from the cracks in the rocks, and inside the cracks, you could see sparkling Originium crystals.

Every time he moves, the land will be burned. From time to time, he will drop obsidian formed by cooled magma. The highly toxic rock steam that permeates around him dyes the surrounding air with an ominous color.

Not far from him was a very low crater, the magma inside seemed to be constantly boiling and emitting bubbles.

Perhaps it was He who kept those winged beasts away from their habitat. This area is no longer suitable for the survival of ordinary creatures.

Opposite to Him was a rock crab whose original appearance could no longer be recognized. This creature, which was originally somewhat beautiful, looked messy after being engraved with an Originium derivative that was half its size.

But this one was definitely much more difficult to deal with than the one Xue Zhi had encountered before. Every time it swung, it could cause the ground to shake violently and create a big hole.

However, this terrible attack was just like tickling the spherical creature, and had no effect on it except for knocking off some obsidian.

Chapter 11: Death of Pompeii

The high-temperature jets he fired were enough to make the crab's limbs red and swollen even if they just touched it. This kind of attack could not be resisted by stacking armor.

Seeing that the Crab was gradually losing strength, Xue Zhi had no time to sigh, threw down her equipment, prepared a bottle of fire resistance potion, and activated the Ascension Core.

“It’s amazing…”

The voice was still echoing in the same place, but the person had already appeared above the crab's head.

【-twenty four】

Two ordinary diamond swords appeared out of thin air. As for Fusang, although the demon sword in the Batouken could absorb experience and repair itself, he was still reluctant to use it to chop the monster covered in lava.

Holding two long swords of the same shape, Xue Zhi stabbed down with both hands, piercing the tip of the sword into the crab's brain.

The crab with a damaged brain instantly lost control of its limbs and fell heavily, becoming Xue Zhi's springboard.

Avoiding a scorching jet shot from the air, Xue Zhi successfully stepped onto His body.

The scorching temperature hit me in the face, but my body quickly adapted to this deadly temperature.

[My body is at least at the level of a DND legendary warrior, so I guess taking a bath in lava won’t be a problem]

A strong wind suddenly blew up, dispersing the thick poisonous steam and allowing Xue Zhi to see His surface clearly.

Two sharp swords danced wildly, cutting the rugged rocks under their feet like cutting tofu, trying to find His core.

Feeling the pain, he let out an unspeakable roar, and several streams of rock and magma shot out from under Xue Zhi's feet.

"day!"

Xue Zhi jumped away instantly and saw that the bomb she left behind - a W special, mixed with a large amount of Originium and high-energy explosives, was pushed away by the heat flow. The explosion that could have severely damaged him was weakened due to insufficient range.

But the weapon that was ahead of its time still left him with visible scars.

A large piece of rock disappeared out of thin air, and the red and yellow magma underneath gushed out like blood.

In mid-air, Xue Zhi swung her sword to sweep away several pieces of hot lava mixed in the jets. During the fall, the tip of the sword, with its unparalleled force, successfully pierced into His body.

He exerted force on his waist and abdomen to roll back onto His body, and after standing firmly in the lava, he swung both swords at the same time, cutting His fragile inner part which was not protected by the rock.

He felt a very strange touch under his feet, as if he was standing on flowing muscles.

The deeper they went, the thicker the fog became, and even the strong wind that was lingering around Xue Zhi was powerless to stop it.

The sound of the constantly detonated Originium was as beautiful as a symphony.

There was no feeling of the scorching temperature, but the extremely distorted air around made the moment dangerous.

"As expected, these creatures are created by the things left behind by civilizations that entered the era of interstellar colonization. Ordinary people are really no match for them."

Lamenting his terrifyingness, Xue Zhi, with a calm expression, put away his sword, threw the ender pearl high up, and then smiled as he pressed a high-powered bomb into his now penetrated body.

The magma that kept overflowing and surging as if it had life tightly wrapped around his arms, and the heat streams coming from all directions made the rune shield emit a bright light in an instant.

His body is like a spider web, preying on the scoundrels who dare to break in.

[I hope your bomb is powerful enough, W]

Thinking of her lover, Xue Zhi was gradually enveloped by the lava.

Then, a huge white ball of light took his place, accompanied by an irritating sound like metal tearing.

"Phew, it's a good thing I didn't use [Fusang] to stab Him, otherwise I really don't know how much durability I would have lost."

Xue Zhi, who had teleported to the side, looked at the damaged new weapon and shook her head in pain.

The explosion of the high-powered bomb in front of him was almost over. More than half of his body disappeared, revealing his core that was beating slowly like a heart.

It was a spherical object made of Originium and rocks, with magma constantly gushing out from its broken parts.

Xue Zhi, who had changed into [Fusang], returned to His body, but this time there was no gushing jet to greet her.

He was dying.

But when it was about to die, it still showed terrible destructive power.

The body, unable to emit any jets, quickly crashed into the nearby mountain wall, and large and small rocks fell down on its head.

Invisible mental power appeared around him, blocking the falling rocks.

Xue Zhi, expressionless, raised the knife and pierced His core.

【+200000】

Before Xue Zhi had time to be happy, she saw that the brightness of the core in front of her was gradually increasing.

He felt an inexplicable sensation in his body, and when he was about to use the same trick again, the source stone on the core vibrated violently, and the surface seemed to form dots of rune-like words.

Xue Zhi was attracted by this and before he could throw out the ender pearl, he was swallowed up by an explosion even more violent than the previous one.

The explosion collapsed the severely damaged hill next to it, and thick smoke formed a mushroom cloud and floated upwards.

The volcano nearby also began to erupt, and the power of nature was clearly revealed. Lava jets and volcanic ash rose into the sky, even more terrifying than when He was alive.

The originally clear blue sky was instantly covered by thick volcanic ash, and the source stones mixed in the lava were excited by the heat.

This strange substance that was brought out by the lava and dispersed in the air began a complex but rapid reaction, and suddenly a small natural disaster began to brew here.

Heat is absorbed and converted into internal energy.

The extremely high ambient temperature dropped at a rate perceptible to the human body, and the remaining moisture in the air condensed into ice crystals visible to the naked eye.

"'Todai Swear Words', even if he dies, he can still explode, right?"

The wind from nowhere blew away the ashes near the ground, and a purple-black object with several pieces missing emerged from the ashes.

Xue Zhi, who used obsidian to withstand the explosion, collected these hard stones.

As he stepped out of the shelter, he immediately felt the cold wind blowing on his body, and a few Originium snowflakes fell on his shoulders.

Regarding this incomprehensible situation, Xue Zhi murmured to herself:

"What the hell is this?"

Although she was surprised by this miraculous change, Xue Zhi quickly picked up some remaining biological fragments and stones formed by solidified magma and rushed to the camp.

Although he didn't understand the formulas, these strange things were definitely worth studying.

After washing herself vigorously with water several times, Xue Zhi walked away and caught Alpha who fell from a high altitude.

It was smart. When it saw the fierce fighting over there, it flew far away and was not affected.

After quickly arriving at the camp, Xue Zhi told the two messengers everything she had seen.

They had been worried for a long time when they heard the loud noise and the mushroom cloud rising into the sky.

Now, seeing the warm biological tissues in his bag that emitted strong Originium radiation and could not be distinguished as inorganic or organic, he was even more shocked.

Alpha's camera also recorded the image of the giant creature.

After analyzing the image for a long time, the older messenger said uncertainly:

"The thing you encountered might be 'Pompeii', a kind of infected creature that is a legend in the outside world but has been recorded by the Scourge Messenger Agency as a real existence."

Xue Zhi doesn't care much now, after all, he can't beat her.

"Well, he's already dead anyway, and his body is gone."

Although the two messengers were surprised that Xue Zhi could actually kill that kind of monster, they did not dwell on it. They just took the samples and continued to work on calculating the natural disaster.

At dusk, the scope, time and form of the disaster were successfully calculated.

Chapter 12: Commission

The three of them gathered in front of the computer, looking at the disaster area marked on the screen with shock on their faces.

There are quite a lot of settlements within this area, which also includes several routes frequently used by messengers.

However, the Scourge Messenger Organization has sent warnings about the brewing scourge here before, and we just hope that more people will listen.

"We have to leave immediately. This place is also within the affected area. At the same time, use the radio to send information to the surrounding area, warning passing messengers and nearby settlements that have not yet relocated to move quickly."

"Understood, Senior!"

After quickly organizing the equipment, the two vehicles drove one after the other out of the disaster area.

At the same time, the high-power radio they carried in their car was constantly sending information to the surroundings.

"A large-scale natural disaster will occur in the XXX area in five hours. Repeat, a large-scale natural disaster will occur in the XXX area in five hours. Stay away immediately. Stay away immediately!"

Because it was a dedicated channel for the Scourge Messenger, people nearby who received the message packed up their things and prepared to leave without any suspicion.

The messenger who was heading this way immediately changed direction.

Only some crazy people with broken brains who think Originium is the savior of this land are rushing here.

Looking at the people fleeing on the road, Xue Zhi said to herself:

"The Scourge... a threat that the Terrans cannot contend with at this time..."

At three o'clock in the morning, the two cars that had already run out of the disaster area stopped.