Along the way, the Red Sand Zone seemed to awaken, with more and more Red Scorpions bursting out of the sand.
These Red Scorpions moved in groups ranging from three or five to more than a dozen.
They tried to block the Gale Ranger's path with their massive pincers or pierce its armor with their venomous stingers.
But all their efforts were futile.
The Gale Ranger's web of fire had no blind spots.
The Light Machine-Gun Turret and Roof-Mounted Ballista fired in turns. The moment a Red Scorpion appeared, it was met with merciless slaughter.
Su Ye did not even need to act himself. He sat inside the vehicle, watching monster corpses fall outside the window.
As the monsters were killed, Whirlwind and the others hurried out of the vehicle, expertly harvesting materials and collecting the dropped items.
Su Ye noticed that the drop rate for Sand-Gold Orbs was noticeably higher in the Red Sand Zone.
Back in the Yellow Sand Zone, he had killed five hundred Sandified Lizards and a boss just to gather fifty Sand-Gold Orbs.
But after advancing through the Red Sand Zone for only about an hour, he had already collected more than fifty.
"This drop rate is pretty interesting. Looks like the deeper we go, the better the loot."
Su Ye put the newly delivered Sand-Gold Orbs into his backpack.
As they pushed deeper, the number of Red Scorpions continued to increase.
Sometimes, dozens of Red Scorpions attacked them at once.
But under Fifteen's precise control, the Gale Ranger's mounted weapons demonstrated terrifying suppressive power.
Every bullet and every ballista bolt struck a Red Scorpion's vital point with pinpoint accuracy.
Along the way, they encountered another, even larger sandstorm.
Red sand filled the sky, blocking out almost all light and reducing visibility to less than