Hidden Serpent Swarm

The entire Blood Brake Squad remained nearby, conducting their search.

Considering the strength of that two-headed Black-Line Snake, they took the Vanke Dream City residential area as their starting point and fanned out toward the third ring, searching methodically.

Fortunately, the monsters in this zone were generally not too powerful.

With the mental network between master and servant assisting them, as long as everyone avoided that Carrefour supermarket, spreading out to search individually wasn't dangerous.

Two days passed like this before An Zhengxin made a discovery.

On the ground in one direction, he found some mucus.

Based on experience, this was the natural trail left behind when a snake-type monster moved.

Given the quantity and size of the mucus, this monster's body was definitely not small.

There was a high chance it was the two-headed Black-Line Snake!

Bai Yang immediately rushed over, took out his spiritual energy meter, opened the back cover, scooped up a strand of mucus, and placed it inside.

This was a special use of the device—by inserting a part of the target, it could lock onto the search subject.

No matter how far the distance, it could provide a rough directional hint.

Following his habit of preparing for the worst, he had secretly kept a few strands of Luo Feng's hair during previous training sessions.

Unexpectedly, it came in handy here first.

Bai Yang closed the lid and channeled spiritual energy into the compass.

After a moment, the needle on the spiritual energy meter shook violently. Judging by the amplitude, the target was indeed between a high-level beast general and a low-level lord!

That was very close.

Bai Yang immediately led the group, following the spiritual energy meter's needle as they advanced.

Soon they left their original area and entered what was roughly the fourth ring.

The beast hordes here were completely inferior to those in the third ring.

They generally consisted of dozens to hundreds of monsters, with leaders mostly ranging from high-level beast generals to low-level lords.

The surrounding scenery also began to change.

It was no longer a suburban environment but a zone on the outskirts of the city.

There were large patches of green vegetation alongside numerous high-rise residential buildings, making the terrain complex and varied.

"Everyone be careful. There are too many buildings around here. The field of view isn't as open as before—stay alert," Bai Yang warned.

The squad members naturally acknowledged.

As the distance closed, the needle on his spiritual energy meter trembled more and more frequently.

Everyone knew the monster was not far away, and they all grew more vigilant.

This type of highly venomous monster was different from ordinary beasts. Normal injuries posed little threat to these "freaks."

But this kind of venom was another story. With one careless mistake, even the master might not have time to rescue them.

The surrounding grass grew taller and taller. Heavy lead-gray clouds hung in the sky. Their squad was the only one in this vast area.

On the ground here, they could already find plenty of that disgusting mucus from before, confirming they were on the right track.

Everyone moved cautiously, unwilling to make any noise. The whole scene was both silent and eerie.

They felt as if, from those low shrubs, the long grass, the dilapidated residential buildings, or some unnoticed corner, or the trash heaps scattered along the roadside, all kinds of snake monsters could suddenly burst out and attack them fiercely.

For some reason, this scene with no monsters in sight

made them understand even more clearly what an apocalyptic sight this place had been back then.

Bai Yang cast aside distractions and used his Psychokinesis to carefully probe everything around him.

But the clutter here was too much, making it far slower than in other areas.

Soon the spiritual energy meter told them they had arrived.

But there were no monsters around. The group stood in a circle, looking in all directions, finding nothing at all.

Bai Yang was puzzled. The spiritual energy meter wasn't a technological product but a kind of magical item; logically, it shouldn't break.

Yet the needle was fixed straight in place, indicating the location was right here.

No matter how he searched with his Psychokinesis, there was indeed no monster within several dozen meters.

Where was the problem? What was wrong?

He carefully glanced at the needle's direction, then raised his head and looked at the surrounding environment.

He tried to sketch a terrain map in his mind, then suddenly took out his handheld computer and pulled up the old municipal map of this area.

Bai Yang thought for a moment and finally laughed: "I understand! So that's it."

"Master? Where exactly is the monster?" An Zhengxin asked hurriedly.

"Right here, right beneath our feet," Bai Yang explained.

Seeing that the team members didn't understand, he added, "This is the outskirts. Back in the day, there was a large sewage treatment plant here.

Beneath the ground nearby, there's an extensive network of underground pipes and sewers, carrying things that the current base cities no longer have any use for.

Nowadays, base cities seal off any pipes leading directly into the city to prevent monsters from crawling in. So no one thought of it."

Since they knew the correct location, things became simple.

Bai Yang immediately pulled up the old maps from back then, and the group advanced toward the derelict sewage treatment plant not far away.

Sure enough, they hadn't even walked a kilometer before encountering several giant pythons attacking them by the roadside.

These pythons were only at the high-level warrior tier, but judging by the patterns on their scales, they were indeed members of the Black-Line Snake family.

Bai Yang had no time to waste on them. With a single use of Psychokinesis, he tore them apart into several segments in midair.

These snakes were worthless to him—even their fangs were too inferior to break the defense of a high-level beast general. Taking them would be useless.

The group soon slipped into a building that had decayed nearly into ruins—the old sewage plant.

Bai Yang held his handheld computer and led the team to find the underground sewage pipes from back then.

The torrents of sewage were long gone. As the elevation changed, the energy meter in his hand shifted again, the needle pointing rigidly in one direction.

He told them that this time, they had definitely found the right place!

The entire team re-entered combat readiness. Bai Yang took the lead, walking forward along the pipe.

Deep underground, there was not a trace of light. Though the team members had prepared Infrared Goggles, their vision was still limited.

Bai Yang's Psychokinesis and the various genes he had absorbed earlier ensured his own eyesight.

His full abilities were almost entirely unimpeded here, allowing him to use them to their fullest.

So with a thought, he made the entire team float, drifting slowly forward.

Inside the vast, empty pipe, even the slightest vibration could travel far.

Several hundred meters deeper underground, a colossal python suddenly lifted its head.

It sniffed the air in confusion—something was approaching?

If Bai Yang had seen its appearance here, he would have been shocked.

This Black-Line Snake, though lacking a second head, already had clearly visible horns on its skull.

It was more of a flood dragon than a snake—it had truly set half a foot into the realm of the "Dragon Beast"!

Its physical body had already reached the early Lord Level, but its actual combat power was even higher!

And around it, densely packed, were hundreds of giant snakes of all kinds!

A beast horde of this scale could definitely dominate a region in the third ring!