Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

The fog can give these strange beasts countless opportunities to come back. Once entangled, countless strange beasts will follow.

Therefore, whether it is the official investigation team or the civilian survivors, even if they have powerful abilities, they will try to avoid activities at night.

Even if something must be done at night, avoid fighting with strange beasts.

Shen Qinyin's location was within the coverage of the reinforced dusk stone. The white light formed a hollow area like a cavity in the fog. As long as it was within a range of thirty meters, the fog could not penetrate.

It is not clear whether it has the same effect on strange beasts.

As the strange beast in the perception network got closer and closer, Shen Qiyin was finally able to see the other party's outline with her naked eyes.

Two strange canine beasts were moving slowly towards her, one in front and one behind.

Shen Qiyin put her finger on the trigger of the Exorcist Holy Spear. Once the opponent had the intention to attack, she would quickly eliminate the target and then take Xiaoxiang back to the room to hide.

Half a minute later, the strange beast in front had reached the edge of the white light.

It raised its head, and its eyeless head swayed from side to side, as if it was "looking" at something.

The second strange beast also followed and came to the other side. Its subsequent behavior was the same as the first strange beast. It suddenly stopped moving when it got here, as if a big hole appeared in the area in front of it, causing them to constantly wander around the edge.

Shen Qiyin and stood in the center of the light source, approaching each other little by little, closing the distance.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters...

Shen Qiyin pointed the muzzle of the gun at the head of the leading monster. Her body was less than five meters away from the beast!

But the other party was still like a beast with its senses blocked. Its sunken eye sockets were clearly facing where Shen Qinyin was, but the tip of its nose suddenly turned to the right, as if it was attracted by some force and changed direction.

The other one used its sharp claws to repeatedly test the edge of the white light, looking like it was touching an invisible wall, and its claws were always scratching in vain about half a meter away from the aperture.

After a moment, the two strange beasts turned around synchronously, ignoring the area covered by white light, and walked back into the fog.

After making sure that the other party had completely left the perception network, Shen Qinyin finally breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes and eyebrows showing joy.

Very good, it seems that the Dusk Stone is just as I expected. It can not only block the fog, but also avoid the invasion of strange beasts.

Although it is not clear what level of monsters it can be effective against, as long as I can block the largest number of monsters at level one, I will have a lot to do.

For example, building night facilities.

Whether it is an orchard or a farmland, any facility that needs to be placed outdoors at night can avoid becoming the target of attack by strange beasts to a great extent as long as it is protected by the Dusk Stone.

The soldiers on the front line of Huaibei Province also used these stones to resist the invasion of fog, strange beasts and other large armies. If there were no black tide, the defense forces of the provincial and ministerial military regions would definitely be safe with the help of these things.

Next, we need to figure out whether ordinary dusk stones can interfere with the second-level monsters. Although monsters are rampant in the fog, due to the vastness of the map, second-level monsters rarely appear without groups of survivors to attract fire from the outside world.

Shen Qiyin and the others did not plan to enter Huaibei Province, so they could only ask Chen Guanglin for this information.

Shen Qinyin already knew about the protective ability of the dusk stone. Now it depended on how long the turbid and flawed stones could last.

In order to make the best use of it, Shen Qiyin decided to extinguish and recycle the defective stone first, and as for the endurance stone, she would only test the turbid dusk stone tonight.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Just before dawn, the turbid dusk stone that had been shining all night finally went out before dawn.

However, this result was beyond Shen Qiyin's initial expectations.

She picked up the murky Dusk Stone, which had been completely drained and transformed back into an ordinary stone, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart:

It is worthy of being a special material developed by the country. Such a small piece can actually produce light continuously for nearly eight hours.

In other words, an area with a radius of ten meters is enough to avoid the invasion of fog and low-level monsters for a whole night.

However, the White Flame I type is a newly created fog-resistant material, and the technology is not very mature. It can only be used to avoid the fog, and it is still a drop in the bucket against the Black Tide.

If the country has enough time to conduct in-depth research, perhaps it can really develop advanced materials that can completely resist the invasion of the Kuroshio Current?

Unfortunately, time is too tight.

Because of the existence of the Black Tide, even if Shen Qinyin had enough dusk stones, she would not be able to cultivate farmland.

They are now relying on the Huaibei Province defense line to retreat to a corner of Huanglin City. No one knows how long this defense line can hold out.

The Black Tide is the country's current number one enemy. At this stage when Shen Qiyin has not yet developed, it is really too much for her to face it.

Shortly after dawn, Chen Guanglin appeared at the door of the B&B carrying an old mountaineering bag.

Only he came this time. As for his daughter Chen Xiao, she was probably left at the repair shop by her.

When he saw Shen Qinyin, he first showed a simple smile on his bearded face, and then he carried his backpack and walked into the B&B.

"Here, the promised White Flame I, five pieces, I brought it to you."

"Also, these two good things are given to you for free."

After Chen Guanglin placed the five dusk stones on the ground, he picked up his backpack and shook it down. Two soft cylinders fell to the ground with a "pop".

"Mushroom bag?"

Lin Qiutang was the first to recognize it and quickly picked it up to examine it.

This mushroom bag is wrapped in a thick, uniform and well-sealed plastic film. The surface is covered with tightly interwoven and vigorously growing white mycelium. It feels heavy when weighed and is elastic when squeezed lightly. The quality looks very good.

"Did you do this yourself?" Lin Qiutang asked.

"Of course not," Chen Guanglin grinned, "it was done by the experts in our team."

"Team? Aren't you a lone traveler?"

"In the beginning, yes. Because the Kuroshio was so powerful, many people didn't dare to go to the front line. And since there was no place to hide, they had to huddle together for warmth. Gradually, more and more people came to our area.

As of now, our team has 27 people. How about that? Isn’t it a good size? "

When Shen Qiyin heard him talk about the auto repair shop yesterday, she deduced that the other party must have a survivor base, but the number of people was much more than she expected.

With so many people, food is definitely a big problem, but neither Chen Guanglin nor his daughter are in the state of being starving and skinny.

It seems that my guess was correct. They must have access to food sources far beyond my imagination.

Chapter 111 Military District Commission

"27 people?"

Shen Qiyin covered her mouth in feigned surprise, then said with a smile, "This is no longer an ordinary survivor team. It's not an exaggeration to describe it as a survivor base."

"We named it the 'Huanglin City Gathering'." Chen Guanglin grinned, revealing his yellow teeth. "Many survivors in the gathering have mastered a unique craft, so we live quite well.

Actually, I wanted to recruit you to join us. After all, those with talent are all very powerful fighters, and the more we have, the better. But judging from your expressions, you probably don't want to join us. Otherwise, going to the front lines is better than staying here. Although the front lines are dangerous, at least there are sufficient supplies."

Shen Qinyin shrugged and said nothing.

Lin Qiutang rubbed her cheeks and asked with a half-smile, "You're confessing this now because you discussed it with everyone after returning. They think we have a good reputation and can cooperate in depth, right?"

"Little Sister Lin is a smart person, you should be able to understand me. It's the end of the world, so we have to be cautious. And you are unwilling to surrender to the provincial military region. There must be reasons other than worrying about the danger on the front line, right?

Don't worry, I won't ask about this matter. We all have some secrets, as long as it doesn't affect each other's interests."

Chen Guanglin's smile was still innocent, but his eyes looked more and more cunning.

Fortunately, this old fox is just cunning and not a bad person, otherwise Lin Qiutang would not be willing to cooperate with him any further.

He was not wrong. Shen Qiyin needed to keep the notebook's special abilities secret. Lin Qiutang did not want to be officially recruited and leave Shen Qiyin. None of them wanted to have direct contact with the provincial military region.

Therefore, if they want to get information about the front line and surrounding areas, they really have to rely on Chen Guanglin.

In addition, the scale of the gathering Chen Guanglin mentioned was not small, and it certainly had the resources they needed. There were many benefits to cooperation between the two sides.

"What I'm most curious about now is how you can ensure food supply when gathering so many people."

Shen Qiyin asked straight to the point, "If the food you ate was instant noodles, canned food, etc., you could still use the excuse of cooperating with the military region, but what you gave me yesterday were all fresh fruits, especially bananas, which will oxidize and spoil quickly if kept refrigerated.

At a time like this, even the provincial, ministerial, and military regions wouldn't go to the trouble of transporting such food that is difficult to preserve and easily spoiled, right?

Since you deliberately revealed this secret to us, you probably intend to use it as a 'big pie' to get some benefits from us, right?"

Chen Guanglin's inner scheming was exposed, and he immediately admitted it frankly: "It's true, Shen Xiaomei, I only dare to reveal my cards because I trust your character!

As for what you said about asking for some benefits, that's a bit of an underestimation of us. We can make money together, right?"

Shen Qiyin twisted her hair into a circle with her slender index finger and asked, "Tell me, what do you want us to do for you?"

"No, no, no, it's not me who asked you to do this, but the official." Chen Guanglin immediately became serious when talking about serious matters, "It's like this, I received a commission from the provincial military region the day before yesterday to investigate the entities wandering along the Huaining Line.

Do you know the Huaining Line? It's the railway line that runs from south to north, directly to Huaibei Province, passing through Huanglin City.

It is said that a new entity has recently appeared in that place. The current threat level is unknown. However, since it is an investigation mission outsourced to social personnel, the entity will definitely not exceed D-level.

There is a shortage of manpower on the front line, and the flow of supplies cannot stop day and night. Because of the rumors about this entity, the route from Huanglin City to Huaibei Province has been suspended for two days.

The authorities want us to find out more about it. If the threat is too great, they will consider sending some investigators to eliminate it. As civilian survivors, we only need to find out the extent of the threat posed by the enemy; there's no need to engage with them."

Lin Qiutang said, "According to the official investigation team's regulations, D-level entity investigation missions require at least three junior investigators to work together. However, there are exceptions. For example, investigators with exploration abilities are allowed to conduct investigations alone, even at a junior level.

According to the official rating criteria, Mr. Chen, your rating should be above junior and below intermediate investigator level. Why don't you go yourself?"

“Oh, I must have been there…”

Chen Guanglin smiled bitterly and lifted up his clothes, only to see a conspicuous scar on the right side of his waist.

"I was just scratched by a strange beast the night before yesterday. Luckily, the scar wasn't deep. Thanks to you guys, I used potion to drench it last night, and it's back to this shape."

"...If you control the dosage properly, it won't leave scars. You're being too frugal."

"There's nothing I can do. Scarcity makes things valuable. I can't bear to part with it. Anyway, listen to me. That entity seems to have the ability to summon strange beasts. We lone rangers really can't handle so many strange beasts, so I have to leave this job to you.

The reward is 20 White Flame I. Here is the order, you can see it for yourself."

As he spoke, he took out a red-headed document with the military's red seal and handed it to Lin Qiutang for review.

After the other party finished reading, he continued, "As the middleman, I'll take 50% and I'll make up for a day's worth of your food. Is that okay?"

Lin Qiutang frowned and shook her head: "Too much, 30%."

"make a deal!!"

Lin Qiutang: “…”

Shen Qiyin couldn't help but turn her face away.

This old fox was aiming for 30% from the beginning, he should have just called out 10%.

Forget it. It just so happens that I need to test the effect of the Dusk Stone tonight. Let him take advantage of it first, and then make him pay back with interest later.

As long as you know the information about their food, you don't have to worry about these trivial details.

Soon, it was dark.

Shen Qiyin and Lin Qiutang came together to the location marked on the power of attorney.

It is about 30 kilometers away from Huanglin City. If you walk another 40 to 50 kilometers north along the railway, you will reach the front line of Huaibei Province.

The air was shrouded in mist and everything was silent except for the rustling of leaves in the wind.

She did not bring Tang Miao and Xiao Xiang with her on this operation, mainly because Tang Miao lacked experience and Xiao Xiang made too much noise. The most important thing in an investigation mission was not to alert the enemy.

So it is enough to just bring Lin Qiutang with you.

Oh, and of course, mona.

Mona turned into a black cat and lay on Shen Qinyin's shoulder. She didn't know if it was Shen Qinyin's illusion, but it seemed that Mona had been listless and listless since this morning, and looked like she was hungry.

Shen Qiyin tried to feed Mona fruit, but the little guy refused to eat it at all.

Well, it’s not a cat after all, so it definitely doesn’t need to eat.

She tried to communicate with Mona, asking it if it was hungry, but she didn't get an accurate response from it.

How about giving it some fish?

Although the other party is not a cat, what if it eats it?

While thinking about this question in her mind, Shen Qiyin suddenly stopped flying and held Lin Qiutang's hand tightly.

She stared at the mist in the distance, her expression serious: "Here I come."

Chapter 112 Devouring the Beast

The night was dark, and the 300-meter range of the perception network seemed empty, but Shen Qiyin had already noticed that there seemed to be some object moving slowly within it.

Lin Qiutang does not have the same powerful detection ability as Shen Qinyin, so her every move needs to follow the other party's instructions.

"It's just ahead, about two hundred and sixty meters away."