Only I can make them stronger

There were five people in the car, and she was the only one who was so naive that she didn't understand anything. She thought that the others were talking about some serious topics, so she couldn't help but defend Xia Ye.

In her heart, Xia Ye has always been a tall heroic figure.

"Hahaha!" Upon hearing this, Xia Ye also gave a thumbs up to the back: "The eyes of the masses are indeed sharp. Feidi, be good and don't play with these rabble."

"Believe it or not, I'll just make a sharp turn and crash into the government affairs center and everyone will explode?"

"I'm wrong, auntie. Please drive while I catch up on some sleep."

"You're so lazy..."

Anko rolled her eyes and stepped on the power pedal again.

In this way, the off-road vehicle, under the skillful driving, accelerated from time to time and carried the five-member team into the wilderness.

…………

"It's so boring... Every time I go out, I have to throw Xiaojiu into the trunk and pretend to be dead, so I can't see anything..."

"What's so good about the city? There are so many rules..."

At Shadow Claw headquarters, Joey rolled back and forth on the ground without any image, complaining to the air.

"I haven't seen Xiao Xiaye for twenty minutes. I'm dying!"

"or……"

"Kill someone for fun?"

Joey stopped talking to himself and stared at the ceiling with his silver-pink eyes for a while.

Suddenly, her body slowly rose from the ground in a strange arc, looking like a soft invertebrate.

Then, Joey casually dialed the internal pager.

In less than a minute, a Shadow Claw captain came to her door and knocked twice.

"What instructions does Researcher Joy have?"

Although every Shadow Claw squadron captain now hated Joey, but just because of his words "He just yelled at me, so this cycle's share will be reduced by 30%", all the personnel of a squadron disappeared from the base the next day.

Since then, no one dared to give this guy the cold shoulder.

Soon, the door opened and a mysterious researcher in protective clothing appeared in front of the squadron leader.

For some reason, although he couldn't see the other person's face, he felt as if the other person was staring straight at him, making his hair stand on end.

"Researcher Joey... are you trying to ask about the progress of what you requested?"

The squadron leader swallowed, tried to overcome the trembling in his body, and asked with difficulty.

"Forget it, it's boring..." Suddenly, a distorted voice came from under the other party's protective suit.

It sounds like he has a sullen tone, which is quite rare.

But soon, the other party's emotions seemed to become high again:

"Wait, is there a contact point for Shadow Claws over in the abandoned city of Katari?"

"This... I'm not too sure. Only the leaders know the distribution of power..." the squadron leader said timidly.

"Is that so? Then call someone and tell them that I want to go there to do something. Check if there is anyone there. If there is, ask someone to take me there, right now."

"Ah? Ah! Oh! Okay..." The squadron leader was about to subconsciously ask the other party's purpose, but was blocked by a chill in his heart. He quickly picked up the pager and called the second-in-command Philip.

"Um...right...okay...alright, Researcher Joey, Chief Fili said he'll be here soon."

"Oh, thank you. You can go now." Joey waved his hand, and the squadron leader turned around and left quickly as if he had been pardoned.

But before he could take two steps, a silver bell-like sound suddenly came from behind him.

There was excitement and coquettishness in her voice, as if she was talking to herself:

"Xia Ye, I'm pretty free lately, I'll go play with you..."

Woman? Whose voice is this?

The squadron leader paused, puzzled.

Just as he was about to turn around and look back, the voice sounded again:

"Ah! I was so excited that I forgot to disguise myself! I'm sorry... I didn't intend to kill you..."

Who to kill? Me?

When this thought came to his mind, the squadron leader suddenly felt a chill in his spine.

The next second, a terrifying force field filled with strong malice slowly spread out from behind him.

He turned his head stiffly, but all he saw was a bloody mouth that filled his entire field of vision.

13. Encore of the Spider Fear

Xia Ye, who was sitting in the passenger seat with his eyes closed, suddenly shuddered for no reason and sat up straight.

Just now it seemed as if something was watching me from the dark.

I woke up suddenly, only to find that there was only an ordinary wilderness around me. Occasionally there were two Type 1 dogs, but they were quickly pulled away by the speeding off-road vehicle.

"Are you having a nightmare? Are you feeling guilty?" An Ke sneered.

The cooperation involving important decisions has come to a truce, but there is still room for verbal abuse.

"Did you just feel like you were being spied on?"

But Xia Ye was in no mood to argue with this girl at the moment, and asked with a serious and puzzled look on his face.

"Peeping? No?" Karen looked out the window stealthily, and saw nothing there.

"nothing?"

The three people in the back seat shook their heads, and An Ke ignored him.

"This is strange..." Xia Ye muttered softly, turning on [True Insight] and scanning the surroundings.

There were no abnormal fluctuations in the surroundings.

"Could it be that I really had a nightmare that I have no recollection of?"

Seeing this, Xia Ye had no choice but to give up and lean back in his chair.

……

The route planned by Canaanzi was indeed good. Along the way, the group did not encounter any large-scale groups of Devil Beasts, and the scattered wandering Devil Beasts posed no threat to Xia Ye and Karen.

In this way, a day passed quickly, and before the journey was less than one-third complete, night had quietly fallen.

Although Xia Ye brought a tent, he didn't plan to use it this time.

One reason was that it was difficult to divide the group among five people, and the other was that after the horror hotel incident in the highway area last time, Xia Ye felt that it was safer to sleep in the car.

Although it is not very comfortable to sleep sitting like this, it is better than having any accidents.

Tents and other things should be saved for use when conditions are difficult.

The sound of gentle breathing echoed in the car, against the backdrop of the tranquility of the wilderness at night.

Apart from the moonlight, the only light around was provided by the occasional lit rock crystals on the ground or the dim fluorescent sap on the bark of some twisted trees.

The empty wilderness seemed particularly eerie at this time.

Just when Xia Ye was about to fall asleep, a sudden noise beside him startled him.

It seemed like Anke suddenly kicked something.

He opened his eyes and looked to the side, but found in the moonlight that An Ke's little face seemed pale, and the whole person was curled up in the driver's seat and trembling.

"what happened to you?"

Xia Ye's voice suddenly sounded beside her ear. She was so scared that she almost screamed, but the other party quickly covered her mouth.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. There was no need to wake them all up unless there was an emergency.

"Don't shout, just nod if you can."

Xia Ye leaned close to An Ke's ear and whispered.

After a few seconds, the tender little face under the palm was gently tapped.

"What's going on?" Seeing this, he took his hand away and asked again.

"No...nothing."

At this time, she still subconsciously chose to be stubborn.

Xia Ye didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, but looked around. Then he found that in the dim shadow in front of the car, there seemed to be something moving rustlingly.

He turned on [True Insight], and soon the rustling noise became clearly visible before his eyes.

It's just a Type 2 [Giant-abdomen Spider].

This thing looks scary, and the second type is as big as a car, but in fact the shell is thin and soft, and the power is quite weak. Its only feature is that it moves at a relatively fast speed.

This kind of monster is very common in low-level dangerous areas where there are many trees. An Ke is a third-level alien after all. Is he so scared?

"Could it be... that you are afraid of spiders?"

Xia Ye asked softly in An Ke's ear.

"No...Is it not possible..." An Ke shrank back.

Xia Ye's words made her feel like she was being laughed at.

But some fear deep in her bones made her lose a lot of her usual sharpness.

"That's not what I meant. It's just that it's not convenient to go down and kill it right now..."

Seeing that An Ke was really scared, Xia Ye didn't plan to tease her anymore, but said helplessly.

No wonder she had such a turbulent mood when she met that spider-like white monster in Highway Town.

But on a night in the wilderness, fighting must be avoided if possible.

In a silent environment, the senses of many nocturnal beasts are several times sharper than those of diurnal beasts, and the slightest disturbance may attract a large number of attacks.

Even if this area is still a level-two danger zone with little threat, if the type-two monsters keep coming, they will probably have a tough night.

"I know... You don't have to worry about me. It can't get in anyway..."

An Ke bit her lip and said stubbornly.

She didn't want to expose her vulnerable side to others, especially Xia Ye.

"This girl is really stubborn..." Xia Ye thought, not knowing whether to laugh or cry as he looked at her calves that were almost shaking like a sieve and her pretty face that was trying to remain calm.

But it wouldn't be good to just ignore her.

Anke was the most tired among the group after driving for a whole day, and there would be at least a few more days of long-distance travel to come.

"How about I hold you while you sleep? You bury your face in my chest and I cover your ears?"

After thinking it over, he sighed and decided to be a little gentler to this vulnerable girl.

The provocative attitude before was just for the sake of strategy, but still having that attitude now is really mean.

Hearing this, An Ke slowly widened her pink eyes, turned around, and looked at Xia Ye in surprise.

"He...is he...caring about me?"

"Or does he want to take this opportunity to tease me?"

Encore was a bit confused, and for a moment even the fear was thrown to the back of his mind.

Thinking about Xia Ye's proposal, she was actually a little moved.

But her self-esteem made her sit still and hug her calves a little tighter.

Such a proposal seems a bit embarrassing.

Unconsciously, the fair neck was covered with a thin layer of pink under the cunning moonlight.

"Don't worry, I'm just worried that you won't get enough rest and fall asleep while driving tomorrow. It would be really troublesome if you run into a pile of monsters. If you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Seeing the other person's look, Xia Ye smiled secretly in his heart. He also knew that she couldn't lose face all of a sudden, so he softened his tone and played hard to get.

After saying that, he closed his eyes and pretended to fall asleep.