After clearing the area, Sang Luoluo followed Lei Qi out of the place. The vines with pink flowers began to move slowly, seemingly intending to attack them.
Lei Qi reacted quickly, firing a laser at its roots, accidentally severing them.
Seeing this, Sang Luoluo put the fallen part into her spatial storage.
Make way for the two of them.
"Great opportunity! Run!" Lei Qi shouted.
Sang Luoluo quickly followed.
A rustling sound began nearby, followed by squeaking, as if mice were watching them.
A dozen enormous rats sprang from underground and ran toward the two of them. Lei Qi fired at them.
Sang Luoluo then took a grenade from the weapon box and threw it not far from the two of them.
The rat was blown away by a grenade as it came along, and Lei Qi seized the opportunity to quickly finish it off.
Because the grenade exploded too close, both men were affected to some extent. Lei Qi, his face dark, said, "If you had thrown it any closer, we'd both be done for."
Sang Luoluo pulled out two grenades and handed them to him. "Why don't you throw them? Of all the weapons they left behind, this is the only one without a combination lock, and it contains about twenty grenades."
Lei Qi took the grenades anyway. There weren't many, and the two of them didn't know how long they would be trapped here.
Every single one must be put to good use.
Lei Qi said, "These mutated rats have probably taken over this whole area; they're everywhere underground. Stay close behind me and don't wander off."
Sang Luoluo had just taken a step when she noticed an attraction to Crystal Core beneath a pink-flowered vine five meters away. This attraction was exceptionally strong, and Sang Luoluo didn't want to give up.
He suggested, "The pollen of this pink flower is poisonous. Why don't we dig up a few live vines and take them back to the lab?"
Lei Qi turned to look at her. "Aren't you afraid of being poisoned?"
Sang Luoluo pointed to their masks. "They've been fine for so long, haven't they? Maybe there's something nearby that can kill it."
After thinking about the mission, Lei Qi didn't refuse. "Alright."
Sang Luoluo her hand and pulled out an excavator. Lei Qi was startled. "How come you have this thing? Aren't these things only found on construction sites?!"
Sang Luoluo said calmly, "When you're out in the game, you need to have all the necessary tools."
"Stay away, I'm about to start digging, don't let me touch you."
After Sang Luoluo finished speaking, she manipulated the shovel and dug towards the roots of the vines. She dug down to more than three meters underground and felt that she had hit a rock. Sang Luoluo dug out the rock and the roots together with several more shovelfuls before she was done.
After putting away the excavator, Sang Luoluo out and retracted the vines into the Stasis Zone space. The attraction she felt came from the large rock she had dug out; the rock was so big it reached her waist.
The Crystal Core detector that Lei Qi carried with him also did not react.
Sang Luoluo out and put the stone away as well.
Lei Qi had gotten used to Sang Luoluo collecting stones, branches, and other odds and ends; these things could actually come in handy when needed.
The stone that Sang Luoluo threw into the space was used by her Mental Power to smash it against another large rock. Since she had no cutting tools, she could only smash it like that.
After a loud bang, the large rock split in two, revealing a pink Crystal Core core inside, which emitted a pale pink fluorescence. It fell onto the open space and was instantly absorbed.
The next moment, Sang Luoluo realized that the space had unlocked ten acres of peanuts and thirty acres of wheat.
Wow, that's some energy!
Sang Luoluo unconsciously curled the corners of her lips into a smile.
Lei Qi glanced at her. "What are you laughing at?"
Sang Luoluo glanced at him, then took out a peanut. "Here, have some peanuts."
Even with just a small peanut, Lei Qi couldn't resist the temptation and accepted it with a smile. He'd never eaten peanuts before, but he'd seen rich people eat them. "How come you have one too!"
Sang Luoluo casually made up a lie. "I bought it on the black market."
Lei Qi was surprised but quickly recovered. "You've even been to the black market. Impressive!"
He'd been to that place a few times, but he couldn't afford the prices. There were lots of good stuff on the black market, but he didn't have enough points.
The peanuts, freshly harvested from the field, had their shells tightly attached to the kernels. Lei Qi finally managed to peel one open, but the shell snapped open, and the kernel popped out and fell to the ground.
He reached for it, but a faster, dark figure darted past, snatched the peanut, and swallowed it.
Enraged by this, Lei Qi shot the mutated rat in the head!
There were only two peanuts in total. If you eat them, what am I supposed to eat?!
After saying that, Lei Qi carefully put another peanut into his mouth.
The skin was thrown on the ground.
Another mutated rat darted out, trying to scavenge its skin. Sang Luoluo fired a shot, hitting only one of its legs. Lei Qi had to finish it off with a follow-up shot.
As soon as Sang Luoluo approached the mutated rat, she felt an attraction, and the Crystal Core detector next to Lei Qi also sounded an alarm.
"It has Crystal Core!"
" Crystal Core!"
They both spoke at the same time.
Lei Qi asked, "Everyone who sees it gets a share, so let's split it in half, no objections, right?"
Sang Luoluo nodded.
Lei Qi used a knife to pull the Crystal Core out of the rat's body; it was only the size of a grain of rice.
"Go back and test the energy, see how much it has. I can exchange it for points and give it to you." Lei Qi wiped the Crystal Core and put it away.
Sang Luoluo shook her head. "If possible, I'd prefer the Crystal Core. I can exchange them for points for you, or some food would also be fine."
Lei Qi wanted food more. Selling the Crystal Core was easy, but food was more important. "Then I want food. Leave it with me first."
Looking at the mutated rat's corpse, Sang Luoluo asked, "If one mutated rat has Crystal Core inside its body, do the other mutated rats also have Crystal Core inside their bodies?"
Lei Qi: "Very likely. They're social animals. Last time our team was clearing out mutated ants, we found several Crystal Core, worth several months' salary."
Seeing the greedy look in Sang Luoluo's eyes, he said, "It's dangerous here. We can't handle so many mutated rats."
Sang Luoluo took out a handful of peanuts. "What if we use these?"
Lei Qi glared at him. "Don't waste food!"
Sang Luoluo shook her head. "It's not a waste. If it has Crystal Core inside, we'll still come out ahead and be able to exchange it for more food."
Sang Luoluo took out the excavator and climbed up with Lei Qi. The two sat on the high place, and then Sang Luoluo threw a handful of peanuts onto the ground.
The moment the peanut hit the ground, the commotion immediately attracted more than a dozen mutated rats to fight over it.
Lei Qi fired more than a dozen shots, killing them all without missing a single one.
"Great marksmanship!" Sang Luoluo said, tossing down two more handfuls of peanuts, making Lei Qi feel a pang of heartache.
The effect was obvious; this time, more than twenty mutated rats rushed over.
Lei Qi simply threw a grenade at him.
With a bang, the mutated rat corpses exploded.
At this moment, Elder Yan of the base's Guard, was extremely anxious. Seeing his son's signal suddenly disappear on the screen, he had a very bad feeling.
Chapter 47 Trapped in a Tree Branch, How Many Stones Do You Have Left?
Two hours have passed, and there has been no movement from S16 Squad. This is not right, very not right.
Elder Yan only had one son. I remember pacing around in his office, and finally he made a decision: to send S17 Squad to rescue him. No matter what, they had to bring him back alive.
Time was of the essence, Elder Yan provided them with two helicopters. The coordinates he gave them were the place where Yan Lang last disappeared.
At this moment, Sang Luoluo and her companion were unaware of the commotion at the base. They had no signal at all in the forest. Sang Luoluo sat on the excavator, throwing peanuts down, which attracted the mutated rats to come and snatch the peanuts.
Lei Qi felt sorry for them. Although this method could easily kill the mutated rats, it was such a waste of food.
"If you don't give me the peanuts, I'll kill the mutated rats."
Sang Luoluo turned to look at him. "Hmm?"
Sang Luoluo said, "If the two of us go down now, we'll definitely be targeted and eaten by the mutated rats. We won't be able to get out of here unless we clear out the mutated rats nearby."
Upon hearing this, Lei Qi suggested, "If you throw away a peanut, it will only attract one mouse to fight over it. How about this: you give me the peanut, and I'll kill the mutated mouse with it? I really can't stand watching you waste food like this!"
Hearing him say that, Sang Luoluo slowly replied, "Of course I agree. As long as you can do it, I'll give you as many peanuts as you can kill mutated rats."
"It's a deal, no take-backs allowed."
Sang Luoluo nodded vigorously.
Lei Qi reached out and beckoned, reminding him, "Peanuts."
Sang Luoluo picked up two and placed them in his hand.
He peeled the peanut and ate it himself, throwing the shells away. This still attracted the mutated rats to come and see. Lei Qi seized the opportunity and fired several shots, killing four mutated rats.
Sang Luoluo tossed him two more peanuts.
He peeled and ate them directly; the aroma of peanuts filled his mouth, making him feel very satisfied. These few peanuts were hardly enough for him.
He simply jumped down, using himself as bait, and shouted up at Sang Luoluo, "Get your peanuts ready, count them!"
Sang Luoluo watched from above. In just one minute, more than a dozen mutated rats suddenly emerged from a burrow behind the bushes and rushed towards Lei Qi Lei Qi, clearly intending to eat him.