An Old Acquaintance
"Old Han, have you checked the World Channel? I've already said we're almost out of qualifiers, why don't you hurry up Class Change?"
Han Song was still directing the queue at the entrance of the Area Dungeon when a familiar Survivor approached him and whispered something to him.
"Don't think you're safe just because you're in Zone 76. With the increasing number of professionals, it's inevitable that information about the Trial Instance will leak. Yesterday, two people posted some detailed information. You didn't see it because they were punished quickly..."
"I understand, I'll go right away."
This time, Han Song didn't hesitate as before and answered without thinking.
"Hmm, why so decisive? What triggered you?" The acquaintance was somewhat surprised.
Han Song didn't respond, but looked at the conversation that had just taken place in his Personal Channel.
[Su Luo: Your Trial Instance... It's okay, just go. Your Talent isn't actually that outstanding. Successfully obtaining a Forbidden Class will significantly enhance your abilities.]
[Han Song: Me... me?]
[Su Luo: How's your learning of blue Attribute skills going?]
[Han Song: Almost there. One more day and I should be able to get started and gain system recognition.]
[Su Luo: Then let's start with the basics and then try the trials.]
Han Song nodded to the acquaintance. "I've always been this decisive."
The World Channel was as lively as ever, with information scrolling at a dizzying pace.
[(Silver Badge)(Anonymous): If I'm not mistaken, those idiots in our area are speculating on land.]
[(Silver Badge): Land? The fear of being dominated by my mortgage before Crossing suddenly struck me. What value does land have in this godforsaken place, the Land of Darkness...? Besides, I had just finished paying off my mortgage before I Crossing...]
[(Bronze Badge): How is this being speculated on? Is it the sale of Sanctuary fusion qualifications for powerful professionals? Or the coordinates of [Dangerous Terrain]? Hmm... wait a minute, [Dangerous Terrain] is everywhere, coordinates don't need to be bought or sold at all.]
[(Silver Badge): I guess it's related to the recent reduction in the Safe Zone.]
[(Silver Badge): Oh my god, stop keeping me in suspense! It's just that the Safe Zone is shrinking and causing panic. Some Survivors are already living in the Safe Zone. Once it shrinks completely, there won't be any more survivors. They're just using force to claim territory and sell Safe Zone spots in advance.]
[(Silver Badge): Wow, why didn't you say so earlier? I'm so close to one of the Safe Zones, it's time to do something good for the overall regional economic development and to Optimization the allocation of regional resources.]
Su Luo also noticed these fragmented pieces of information. After a moment's thought, he sent a simple message to the Mutual Aid Association:
In the Future Safe Zone planning of Zone 76, a large area was reserved for him to set up a "large-scale integrated experimental and production array".
If nothing unexpected happens, most Survivors will place their Sanctuary in the Safe Zone in the future, and rely on Sanctuary serve as outposts to teleport when they go out to hunt, which will be more conducive to their development.
Zone 76 is densely populated, and the Future reduced Safe Zone will definitely be more crowded than other areas.
Of course, if the Safe Zone shrinks to nothing at all, that's a different story.
However, Su Luo did need to reserve a piece of land in case of unforeseen circumstances.
Immediately, the Mutual Aid Association replied, indicating that they had reserved an entire Safe Zone for Su Luo in advance.
Zone 76 has a total of 17 Area Dungeon, which means there are 17 Safe Zones, Su Luo will occupy one of them.
[Su Luo: I'm just putting some things in here, it doesn't need to be this big]
[Qin Lang: It's nothing, it was the president who instructed us.]
[Su Luo: Okay then]
After turning off the Personal Channel, Su Luo's Laboratory had been sailing for more than two days, Crossing countless unpredictable terrains and dangerous airspaces, and was now approaching Zone 76.
Leaving took a lot of time, but returning didn't take much time, since knowing about those incredible terrains beforehand allowed us to be prepared to drive on the highway.
This was even under the circumstances that Su Luo was blocked by the [Abyss], sometimes couldn't find her way, and the terrain changed.
So, are we going home?
Yuncang No. 29 lay listlessly in the Laboratory, looking like it was about to shut down.
I don't know what the mechanism of [Dangerous Terrain] is, but it can cause this human-machine program to malfunction. Even though Su Luo has been passing through [Dangerous Terrain] very quickly these past two days, the occasional [Mental Corrosion] almost took Yuncang No. 29's life.
"More or less." As Su Luo passed by that familiar gravity mountain, her eyes lit up, and she quickly changed course.
To the side stands an unusually tall, dark red "mountain" that appears to be made up of countless giant insect carcasses.
An Appraisal flew out and landed on an old acquaintance.
[Mutated Insect Queen (Boss)]
[Level: 7]
[Strength: 20.6]
[Spirit: 21.2]
[Constitution: 21.5]
[Skills: Command, Shell Shedding, Offspring Devouring, Rapid Production, Sacrifice, Adaptation, Nirvana]
The Laboratory floated in mid-air, below which lay a scene resembling a ravaged scroll of hell. Amidst layers upon layers of monstrous carapaces and mangled limbs, the Insect Mother that Su Luo had encountered was currently waging a bloody and efficient "feast."
Its appearance was even more ferocious than Su Luo remembered. The thick carapace that originally covered its entire body had cracked in many places, revealing the New Life flesh underneath that was constantly pulsating and flowing with a fluorescent green viscous liquid.
Its complex mouthparts were opening and closing at an almost insane speed, tearing apart and swallowing the piled-up corpses of its offspring.
Youth has no price; my son, it melts in your mouth.
It became uglier, but also stronger. Its strength and Constitution Attributes had both increased by a fraction of a second compared to when Su Luo last saw it.
For a monster with Attribute of around 20 points, this level of increase is astonishing, especially in such a short period of time.
After pondering for a while, Su Luo understood what had happened on the chaotic ground.
It seems that the Swarm clashed with an unknown monster. In any case, most of the Swarm died, and the mother insect was also seriously injured and dying. She was frantically eating her delicious offspring to recover from her injuries.
"By absorbing high-energy, homologous life forms, not only can recovery be accelerated, but the Attribute can also be greatly increased... Or was it originally this strong?"
Su Luo looked at the skill panel returned by the Appraisal skill and found it quite interesting.
Based on the feeding speed and the amount of remaining carcasses, it is estimated that the Insect Mother will need about two to three more days to complete this "feast".
Su Luo observed for a while, noting down the coordinates and aura, and at the same time, cast several location Spells on the mother insect.
Su Luo knew how to repay kindness. The insects had selflessly given him crucial physical references and sparks of inspiration for his early derivation of the Spell Permanence Technique. Naturally, Su Luo wanted to ensure they lived a good life.
Of course, Su Luo decides what constitutes a good day.
At that moment, a figure staggered out of the experimental chamber and collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.
It is the Nanmen Shi.
His current condition was several times worse than when he had just emerged from the gravity anomaly zone. His skin was an abnormal reddish-brown, somewhat like a roast duck, as if it had just been pulled out of the oven.
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Roast duck is indeed delicious.