The little insect had arrived in an unfamiliar wasteland.
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The sun was blazing and bright in the sky, and the surrounding area stretched as far as the eye could see, with no trees, rivers, or Wilderness Beast in sight, only piles of animal bones.
Wen Jing sensed his surroundings and was surprised to find that there were indeed no Wilderness Beast nearby.
It's important to understand that her current sensory range is vastly different from before. With 61 points of mental power, plus the special mental boost from devouring the queen ant, she's many times stronger than she was at the beginning.
"In this wasteland, the danger we need to be wary of isn't the creatures, but the wind."
During the tactical meeting, she learned from Ji Shuang that the wasteland area was relatively safe and that she would not encounter danger under normal circumstances.
However, it should be noted that once the wind starts blowing nearby, there will inevitably be attacks from Wilderness Beast.
Moreover, these attacking Wilderness Beast do not truly die; even if they are killed, their bodies simply disappear and reappear after a period of time when the wind blows.
However, since other people's information can only be used as a reference, Wen Jing personally confirmed it again.
With no signs of wind, she patrolled the area, determined her position based on the terrain and the sun's position in the sky, and then, as agreed upon in the tactical meeting, began to announce her location.
Because the surrounding environment was safe and its own sensing speed was fast, Wen Jing was the first to report the 'location'.
"I am Wen Jing, and I am in District 3..."
boom!
The moment the Mental Link was established, four other people who had also recently arrived in this wasteland and were about to take various actions experienced a sudden explosion in their consciousness.
The frosty white bird's feathers bristled as it wobbled and landed from flight;
The meerkat instinctively covered its ears with its hands, but found it was no use;
The armored rat curled its body into a ball and instinctively rolled away to avoid it;
The lizard fared even worse; it kicked its legs and it took a long time to regain its balance, wobbling unsteadily.
Normally, when communicating with teammates Mental Link in the Ancient Wilderness, what you hear is a normal mono volume.
At that moment, what they heard was sixteen-channel full-range reverberation, and the speakers were right next to their eardrums.
The most deadly thing is not the diffusion of sound waves, but the impact on the spiritual level.
The essence of Mental Link is a one-way broadcast; under the powerful signal impact of a super-strong signal tower, the signals of the other four signal towers are directly overridden.
Well... of course, saying "covered" isn't quite accurate. To be precise, when faced with Wen Jing's mental signal, the four of them felt like they'd been hit with a stick. It was difficult enough just to stabilize their own consciousness, let alone revert to transmitting a signal in their concentrated state.
In terms of intensity, the impact on others now is not much different from the mental brainwashing Wen Jing faced with the ant queen.
At this point, everyone disregarded the discussions held in the tactical meeting room, and upon arrival, they reported their positions to each other and then chose the most suitable location to assemble.
Without a doubt, they all made a clean and silent decision to head straight for District 3 where Wen Jing was!
Meanwhile, Wen Jing in District 3 was quite confused.
"Strange, why is no one responding? I already have the Skill Points, there's no way I haven't learned this skill..."
"Could it be... that you lack experience using this technique for the first time and your voice was 'low'?"
So she tried to increase the intensity:
"I'm Wen Jing, I'm in District 3, can you hear me...?"
Where are they...?
boom!
At the same time, the teammates who were on their way suddenly stopped moving and suffered another heavy blow.
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"That's strange, there's still no response..."
Wen Jing, who was teaming up with others for the first time, was quite puzzled. "If all else fails, let's go find them. We can search all ten districts and surely find some people. After all, there are no Wilderness Beast in this area, just be careful of the wind."
She was standing on a piece of animal bone, and in the time she had been waiting, she had explored the entire area.
The only conspicuous piece of white beast bone in this place showed no energy fluctuations; it was essentially the same as the soil on the ground and had no value in being eaten.
Just as Wen Jing was about to leave, she suddenly sensed the movement of other creatures nearby, and her figure faded away, entering an invisible state.
"Pfft pfft pfft..."
Before long, accompanied by the sound of flapping wings, a snow-white bird flew in from a distance. It seemed to be surrounded by a layer of cold air, causing the temperature of the air around it to drop sharply.
The white bird's eyes were also wary, and it looked around as if searching for something.
Seeing this, Wen Jing did not exit stealth mode, but first used the Mental Link to ask, " Ji Shuang?"
Upon hearing this, the next moment, Shiratori's body trembled uncontrollably, as if he had suffered some kind of shock.
After wobbling and regaining its balance, it immediately started jumping around anxiously, scratching the ground with its paws and chirping.
Huh? What's going on?
Wen Jing was puzzled, but vaguely guessed that the white bird in front of her must be Ji Shuang.
Fortunately, the white bird on the other side seemed to understand something. She stopped what she was doing, stared wide-eyed, and looked very determined.
Wen Jing, Wen Jing remained silent and observed the situation.
Finally, after a short wait, she heard the first words from her Ancient Wilderness teammate—a faint, somewhat intermittent Mental Link.
"You... don't speak!"
Because it's more important to keep Wen Jing silent right now, but what Ji Shuang really wanted to say was:
Is what you're learning really about Mental Link? It's different from what we learn!
Chapter 68
Look how messed this has gotten...
Seeing Ji Shuang's reaction, Wen Jing could easily see that there was a reason why he wasn't getting a response from his teammates.
Considering that he had just devoured the queen ant to gain her mind control abilities, and the speed advantage he had gained in learning the Mental Link technique, the problem clearly lay in the characteristic of ' Basic Hive Mind '.
Could it be because of this characteristic that her mental strength is different from others?
Wen Jing didn't interrupt, and Ji Shuang's Mental Link gradually stabilized.
"Where are you?"
Her round blue eyes darted around, searching for Wen Jing's figure.
The next moment, Ji Shuang felt something was wrong with her claws and looked down.
A tiny, inconspicuous insect, its color almost indistinguishable from the barren soil, stood beside his feet, tapping its forelegs against them.
As she lowered her head, the little insect also raised its head, stopped tapping, and stared at her with its pair of shiny black compound eyes.
" Wen Jing?"
The insect didn't use the Mental Link again, but raised its forelegs and tapped again in response.
Upon receiving an affirmative answer and confirming that the strange creature before her was indeed Wen Jing's Wilderness Body, Ji Shuang couldn't help but let out a surprised "chirp".
Wen Jing's Wilderness Body is so small!
Although she had heard about it beforehand, it wasn't until she actually saw it that she had a real comparison.
After all, there is only one known case of an insect-like Wilderness Body. In his past explorations of the Ancient Wilderness, Ji Shuang had never encountered an insect-like Wilderness Beast before.
Even many people at the Red Earth Academy are interested in learning about insects, obscure creatures that zoos may not even exhibit, all because of Wen Jing's sudden emergence.
However, after the initial surprise, Ji Shuang felt a sudden chill run down her spine—
If Wen Jing could arrive at her feet silently without being noticed, he could also deliver a fatal blow silently.
Thankfully, this was my teammate...
Ji Shuang couldn't help but feel fortunate.
Meanwhile, as Ji Shuang was the first to arrive in District Three and shut down Wen Jing's "loudspeaker," another intermittent mental broadcast also came from afar.
" Ji Shuang... you... and... Wen Jing... have reunited?"
Similar to voice, the Mental Link is unique to each person. Teammates who had previously teamed up with Ji Shuang could immediately recognize each other, not to mention that Wen Jing's last words were directed at Ji Shuang.
"Yes, Eve, Wen Jing and I have already met up. Everyone should be on their way. The meeting point will be in District 3 this time."
After a pause, Ji Shuang glanced subconsciously at the little insect standing quietly beside her, its 'expression' completely unreadable, and continued in the Mental Link:
" Wen Jing is no longer speaking. Everyone else, please report your locations and confirm you are safe."
A moment later, another mental fluctuation appeared.
I've arrived in Zone 3.
Before the Mental Link was established, Wen Jing's antennae twitched slightly, and he turned his head in one direction.
Before long, a sphere appeared, rolling and speeding across the wasteland.
It was an armored rat, or rather, an armadillo.
Seeing He Yunping stop and look around halfway through his roll, Ji Shuang jumped up and cried out. He quickly found his position, curled up, and rolled over towards her.
Before He Yunping could even be surprised by the small size of Wen Jing's Wilderness Body, Eve, whose Wilderness Body was a Eve, arrived here like a yellow lightning bolt, having also crossed the wilderness.
The five-person team consisted of four members, but one member was nowhere to be seen and had not yet responded to the others via Mental Link.
The atmosphere suddenly turned serious as a possibility came to mind.
The others gathered successfully, but Brown, even though he was just an ordinary student and relatively weak, was still a third-year student. If he couldn't even establish Mental Link, it was highly likely that he had encountered danger.
This is very bad. If it were the other four people, even if they couldn't completely solve the danger in the wasteland, they could at least save their own lives and summon their companions.
Brown is not only the weakest, but also the most crucial 'key' to exploring this area.
" Brown, Brown, please respond."
If you do not respond within ten seconds, we will determine that you are in an emergency and will execute Emergency Plan C.
The three teammates from the Operations Department communicated through a mental link, while Wen Jing stood quietly to the side, not issuing any 'broadcast'.