The fog is getting thicker and thicker.
Visibility has decreased from ten meters at the beginning to less than three meters now.
Apart from Huai Xu, everyone else was greatly affected and hindered.
The group cautiously advanced in the direction from which the explosion had come.
As the fog thickened, Qin Ze had a bad feeling.
Nangong noticed the worry between Qin Ze's brows and said, "It's probably just a monster self-destructing. With the teaching assistant accompanying him the whole time, there shouldn't be any problems."
The teaching assistants are all level three, and the strongest of the monsters they release is only F, and their numbers are limited, posing no threat to the teaching assistants at all.
"Excuse my bluntness, but this is not the sound of a self-destruction."
"No problem, the sound is too muffled. A self-destruction should be crisper and louder."
"It's more like a gunpowder explosion."
"No one knows more about self-destruction than us."
"..."
The clones of the Self-Destruct Squad on the Local Area Network each expressed their own opinions, none of them believing that what had just happened was a monster self-destructing.
Qin Ze's unease grew stronger.
Huai Xu, the scout leading the way, raised his right fist, and Qin Ze and the others immediately stopped.
"It's just ahead."
Huai Xu lowered his voice.
With a single glance from Qin Ze, the professional team immediately dispersed.
Nangong Qianrou couldn't help but marvel once again at the team's incredible execution.
They all had an unconditional trust in Qin Ze.
Qin Ze stepped forward, walked through the thick fog, and soon saw the explosion site.
Several large trees nearby were cut in half, and there was a rather deep crater in the ground.
Clearly, a fierce battle had recently taken place here.
Qin Ze looked up and sniffed; there was a faint smell of sulfur in the air.
Nangong and the others followed from behind.
After assessing the situation, she frowned slightly. "Were they attacked by an F-type monster?"
With only one or two F-type monsters present, it would be impossible for such extensive destruction to occur.
Qin Ze: "Do you think it's possible?"
To avoid the F-type monsters clustering together, the organizers specifically separated them during release.
"Cough cough cough..."
A cough came from the bushes not far away.
There's someone here.
Huai Xu drew his bow, he parted the bushes to both sides.
A man was lying inside; he was the captain of the Shi'an Academy training team and the representative who took the oath that day.
He was in very poor condition at this time, and his breath was weak.
His right arm had vanished.
His abdomen was ripped open horizontally, and several sections of his intestines were exposed.
If it weren't for the fact that martial artists have a stronger life force, an ordinary person would already be dead.
Nangong hurriedly fed the other party medicine, Lu Tongtong stepped forward to help when she saw this.
The severed intestines were stuffed back in, sprinkled with hemostatic powder, and then bandaged. The same procedure was performed on the right arm.
"He needs to receive treatment immediately." Nangong looked at Qin Ze.
"Contact the command center and ask them to send medical personnel up," Qin Ze replied.
Nangong took out his communicator and started calling, but no one answered for a long time.
"The signal is lost."
Nangong's expression was solemn.
Wen Jing took out his phone, checked the signal, and nodded to Qin Ze.
Qin Ze wasn't surprised; when he saw the man's injuries in the bushes, he had more or less guessed what was going on.
"Cough cough... you... you guys..."
The man opened his eyes, his face pale and bloodless.
"Where are the others?" Qin Ze asked.
"They... were taken away by robots," the man said haltingly.
"We encountered seven robots. They were incredibly powerful. The teaching assistant was defeated, and the others were all injured and taken away."
"I used my ability to hide briefly, and they didn't find me..."
Apart from Qin Ze, everyone else just stared at each other blankly.
robot?
Isn't it about hunting exotic beasts?
Robot? What the heck?
Qin Ze's earlier worries came true.
Humanoid combat weapon.
It's probably one of the simpler models from the Pearl City batch, with only a rough machine exterior.
"Which direction did they go?" Qin Ze asked.
The man pointed.
"Take him down the mountain," Qin Ze said to Nangong.
The group is currently halfway up the mountain, and it will take some time to descend.
The man's injury is severe; if it's not treated promptly, he'll die.
"What are you up to?"
"I'll go see if I can bring him back."
Nangong resolutely refused. "No, that's too dangerous!"
Qin Ze waved his hand. "No problem. Even if I can't beat them, I can still outrun them, right?"
Nangong was speechless for a moment.
Indeed, Qin Ze's level three strength allows him to move freely on this mountain.
Having too many people around him not only doesn't help him, but it also slows him down.
Nangong sighed, "Then be careful and act within your capabilities."
Qin Ze nodded, then said to the others, "We'll listen to our senior; she'll fill my spot."
Wen Jing: "I'll go with you."
Qin Ze refused. "If you leave, how will we fight the enemy?"
"That's settled then, you all hurry down the mountain."
After giving his instructions to everyone, Qin Ze turned and walked into the thick fog.
From this moment on, the nature of this field training camp has changed.
After Qin Ze left, Nangong and the others carried the seriously injured man down the mountain quickly.
On the other side, following the direction indicated by the man, Qin Ze swiftly advanced using the Vermilion Bird Step.
Bang--
As they rushed forward, a missile tore through the white mist and came hurtling towards them.
Qin Ze tilted his head, and the missile grazed his face, blasting a large tree behind him into pieces.
A silver robot slowly appeared.
It was covered in metal plates and wires, and had no aesthetic appeal whatsoever.
Qin Ze said disappointedly, "It's too ugly."
Compared to the Valkyrie, one is in heaven, the other in the deepest hell.
As soon as he finished speaking, several more robots appeared in the surrounding trees and bushes.
Who exactly are you?
In a luxurious villa, the president of the Green Group was tied up tightly and hung from the ceiling.
In front of him stood Taoist carrying a huge wooden box on his back.
The Taoist wanted to investigate the location of the research institute, but he had no idea where to begin.
But then a thought flashed through his mind: why not just ask someone who knows?
So, the CEO was left hanging from the ceiling.
"Tell me about Project Zero."
The CEO was taken aback. "You're from the rival company?"
The Taoist said in a deep voice, "Just answer whatever I ask you. My patience is limited."
"I don't know." Seeing the Taoist's gloomy expression, the CEO quickly added, "I really don't know."
"This is a top-secret project in Black Mountain. I'm just working for them. Do you think an employee has the right to know?"
The Taoist affixed a talisman to his forehead.
The next second, the president felt itchy and hot all over, and his body kept twisting.
I really don't know!
"They only asked me to send a group of people to them periodically under the guise of recruiting volunteers."
"Recently, something seems to have gone wrong with those volunteers who were released back into the wild; Black Mountain is sending people to hunt them down or take them back."
That's all I know!
The Taoist snapped his fingers, and the talisman's effect disappeared.
The CEO was drenched in sweat, looking completely exhausted.
"One last question: the exact location of the Shi'an Research Institute in Black Mountain."
" Cold Mountain, in Cold Mountain."