Chapter 279 The Beast Tide Is Coming A Strange Phenomenon (4000 Words)

"What crisis?" Xu Xin put down the control panel in his hand and asked.

He knew that this second stage was definitely not just as simple as the cold winter.

"In the prophecy, I saw not only the ice and snow, but also the beasts haunting it." Ji Zhaoyang's voice became a little dignified, "Moreover, not only ordinary beasts, but also mutant beasts!"

Xu Xin was startled by his words: "After the cold winter comes, all the beasts in the jungle will return? Will there be wild mutated beasts?"

Except for those giant beasts and the monsters guarding the golden treasure chest, Xu Xin had never seen any wild mutant creatures moving on the ground.

The blood-striped rabbit and the blood-striped cat were both summoned by him from the altar, and the blood-striped sailfish was drilled out of the vortex, neither of them were ordinary beasts.

"...not just a return, those beasts, there are a lot of them, very many. It's like... the beast tide we experienced for the first time." Ji Zhaoyang was talking while eating something, it should be something that can be eaten. Oranges that restore mental strength.

"You mean, we may have to face a wave of... mutated beasts?" Xu Xin asked after being silent for a while.

"That's right, that's what I mean. The beast tide may come again, and this time the enemies are much stronger than last time."

beast tide...

The last beast swarm was the first activity after the novice reserve ended, and it was also the first disaster they experienced. In that beast swarm, the average death rate in the entire area exceeded 30%, which should be the most casualty activities.

As soon as it came up, it gave all the survivors a blow.

And this time the beast horde appeared after a few days of calm.

Xu Xin suddenly realized that this time, including today, nothing happened for three consecutive days.

The last novice protection period was also three days.

Could it be that these three days are actually the protection period of the second stage?

After these three days pass, is the real start of the second stage, and the real disaster will come?

Probably.

However, it is the survivors now, not those who just passed the novice protection period and didn't understand anything. It is already possible to contend head-on with the beast tide.

But relatively, this beast tide is definitely much stronger than the last beast tide.

Xu Xin glanced at the lake outside the window and felt a slight chill in her heart.

During the last beast tide, the giant anaconda in the middle of the lake appeared from the lake, which frightened him so much that his hands and feet became cold.

That was the first time he saw the terrifying behemoth of this world.

If there is still a wave of beasts this time, then the giant anaconda in the center of the lake is likely to return again!

...hope it doesn't attack the treehouse.

As long as the giant beast doesn't make a move, at least he himself is not in any danger. Instead, it can make the plants feel refreshed and absorbed.

"By the way, how did you see the new prophecy scene? Didn't you only see one scene?" Xu Xin was a little surprised, "Didn't you say last time that the next prophecy cannot be made before the prophecy is fulfilled? "

"It is indeed a scene, but the time has been extended." Ji Zhaoyang explained, "In Qi Xuefei's tree house before, the prophecy lasted only a dozen seconds, but if I go back to my own tree house, my prophecy Indoors, the prediction time will be extended."

"The prophecy room? It sounds a bit powerful." Xu Xin raised her eyebrows, this thing sounds so mysterious.

"My special functional area, most of my decorations are on it, and today I made some decorations, so that the growth of the prophecy room has reached a new height, and I saw these things." Ji Zhaoyang The voice was a little helpless, "It really consumes decoration."

Take boost points like his alchemy room. It seems that the functional areas with special abilities have a very high demand for decoration enhancement points.

"In Qi Xuefei's tree house, my ability can only last for a dozen seconds, but in the prophecy room, I can predict for nearly a minute." Ji Chaoyang explained.

"In the last few seconds of this minute, I saw countless beasts and mutated beasts coming out from behind the snow-covered trees, as if they had ambushed there early. The surroundings of the tree house were instantly surrounded by wild beasts. The group is surrounded. And... I don't know if I read it wrong..."

Ji Chaoyang's voice suddenly became a little hesitant, not knowing whether to say it or not.

"What's wrong?"

"At the end of the prophecy, I seem to see...human beings?"

Humanity?

Xu Xin was startled: "What do you mean? You mean there are humans among the beast horde?"

"It's not an ordinary human, um... It doesn't necessarily have to be a human. It's covered in fur, bloodstained all over, walks upright, and holds tools in its hands... It doesn't look like a chimpanzee either, maybe it's a special animal in this world?" Ji Chaoyang is not very sure, "I have predicted many times and wanted to observe clearly, but each time it flashed by at the end, and only gave me a few distant outlines, so I couldn't see the overall appearance clearly."

A whole body of hair, blood marks all over the body...

Xu Xin took a light breath.

He thought of the first batch of survivors in the dungeon who were forcibly mutated by Changyin and others with mutation potions.

Aren't they all covered in fur and bloodstains all over their bodies?

Really human? mutant human?

And also use tools...

"What kind of tools are they holding in their hands?" Xu Xin asked immediately.

"It should be an axe, but I can't see it clearly, so I'm not 100% sure." Ji Chaoyang said.

ax……

Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn't sound like a very strong weapon.

"The mutant humans I saw in the dungeon are very similar to the one you just described."

He had told Ji Chaoyang about his experience in the dungeon before, and Ji Zhaoyang also knew that he had seen mutated humans in the dungeon.

Ji Chaoyang was silent for a long time, thinking about something.

Xu Xin didn't speak, he was also thinking about how to get through the coming disaster.

After dozens of seconds, Ji Zhaoyang spoke.

"Xu Xin, we're afraid we're going to start a defensive battle." Ji Zhaoyang's voice became a little lower, "It's icy and snowy, and the temperature outside is at least tens of degrees below zero. Most of the survivors are unlikely to be able to go out. , if these mutated creatures attack the tree house, the survivors must defend it inside the tree house."

"Well, I think so too. Although we have plant hearts, we don't need to worry too much, but others..."

Among the explorers, only four have plant hearts guarding the tree house.

Xu Xin, Ji Chaoyang, Wen Guixin and Wang Lei.

If the beast tide will attack the tree house, then the remaining five people will need to protect the tree house by themselves, let alone the other survivors.

"From the picture you predicted, do you think it is very likely that those wild beasts will attack the tree house?" Xu Xin asked.

"It's very big." Ji Zhaoyang said firmly, "I said, those wild beasts seemed to be lying there a long time ago. They didn't have their heads in the first second, but they all poked their heads out from behind the tree in the next second, like It’s like someone is directing.”

"...Those mutant humans?"

"Probably."

"If it can hide behind a tree, it shouldn't be too big, right?"

"Well, the biggest one I saw was a snow wolf weighing less than 100 kilograms. But I can't take it lightly. I only saw it for a few seconds, so I knew if there was a bigger one behind."

call……

Xu Xin let out a long breath and pursed her lips.

Beast tide being manipulated and directed?

This reminded Xu Xin of the ant tide in the tree house defense battle.

This crisis is not easy to get through.

Fortunately, the expert in tree house defense has just been subdued by him.

Although they can't provide advanced weapons yet, the new green-level heavy crossbow can be mass-produced.

There are countless green-grade fine wood and animal tendons in their hands.

Xu Xin immediately told Ji Chaoyang about Ma Hongwei, and told him about those new heavy crossbows.

"Tree house continuous crossbow?" Ji Zhaoyang and Xu Xin immediately thought of it together, and his voice became louder, "Can this kind of continuous crossbow be loaded with explosive bolts?"

"I haven't tried it yet, but it should be possible." Xu Xin said.

"Go and try it out, if you can, it would be great." Ji Zhaoyang's calm tone revealed a trace of surprise, "The power of the explosive crossbow bolt and the firing rate and penetrating power of the crossbow bolt itself It doesn’t matter too much, it will explode after collision. If this kind of crossbow is equipped with explosive bolts, it only needs green level to play a big role. By the way, can the control panel be mass-produced?”

"Not yet, every control panel needs blue-level logs." Xu Xin sighed, and he also felt a little pity about this. "You have to grow this thing yourself, and I'm afraid not many people have grown it."

"Blue logs?" Ji Chaoyang immediately said, "I still have three pieces left in my hand, I'll trade them to you now, give priority to the control panels for those few without plant hearts, we can don't for now .”

As he said that, Xu Xin immediately received a transaction reminder.

The four of them have plant hearts. As long as tens of thousands of ants don't attack together like last time, unless they are too strong mutant creatures, they won't be able to threaten the tree house itself.

"I also have a lot in my hand. Ma Hongwei has planted a lot of blue-level logs himself, and I also planted one tree myself. One is enough for each of the explorers."

"That's good. By the way, there is one thing I want to ask." Ji Chaoyang asked, "Can you see the number of people in District 187? Has their total number been decreasing recently?"

The number of people in District 187 has been decreasing?

It seems... it is.

Lou Feier told him that the number of people in District 187 dropped so fast that everyone panicked, and their boss Zhang Daoguang had to tell everyone the truth and warned them not to fight among themselves.

"That's true. Have you found anything?"

"The survivor in the tree house to the east of Li Wenxi died last night. I don't know how he died. When I passed today, there was only one dying tree house left."

died?

"Killed by our own people?" Xu Xin was a little puzzled. People in District 187 who could kill people in this area could only belong to District 188.

"No, I don't think so." Ji Zhaoyang vetoed, "If someone killed him, why wasn't the tree house taken away?"

"...Are you worried that there is something in the dark that is hunting the survivors?" Xu Xin shook his head, "If that is the case, why is there nothing wrong with our area, but all the dead are from Area 187? Perhaps, he ran to the area by himself. Killed by underground creatures outside the protected area?"

"It's possible what you said, but..." Ji Zhaoyang's voice was a little puzzled, "A person with only one floor of a small tree house means that when he was active in the dungeon, he found the entrance of the dungeon, but he didn't dare to open it." Enter, can this kind of person really, really dare to run out of the protected area six kilometers away in this cold weather?"

"This..." Xu Xin rubbed his chin, "It's too cold to freeze to death? It's possible, right? No one provided them with fireplaces, and we have already warned them in advance to make fireplaces and collect as much wood as possible .”

The melting furnace needs 100 green-level stones, and many people actually can't get them together in a short time.

"It's definitely possible." Ji Zhaoyang pondered for a while.

Then he said: "In addition to the explorers, I also have a little contact with some other top-ranked people. Several of them told me that people in other nearby areas died inexplicably in the past two days, but the tree The house had not been dug, and when they passed by, the tree house was in a dying state.

Although I don't know why it hasn't endangered our Area 188, but in short, let's be more careful. I have no contact with people in the outer districts, so I can only rely on you to ask. "

"okay, I get it."

After hanging up the call, Xu Xin immediately contacted Ma Hongwei.

Lou Fei'er was still there, and Xu Xin ordered her to help, but she didn't dare to be lazy and just leave.

He immediately confirmed the number of people in District 187 to Lou Feier.

To his surprise, there were only 701 people left in District 187!

More than a hundred people died!

this……

Xu Xin looked at the regional channel of District 188 again.

The number of people is very stable, and no one has died recently, because he has just set Ma Hongwei as the owner of the parasitic tree house, and the number has even increased by one.

"Do you know how the people over there died? Didn't they freeze to death without making a fireplace?" Xu Xin asked.

"How is it possible? The remaining 800 people in District 187 are the elite among the 10,000 people selected by Zhang Daoguang. How is it possible that they can't even get together 100 green stones." Lou Feier immediately denied, "In District 187 Although it is weaker than us, it is not so weak. As for how he died... Zhang Daoguang also asked us to pay attention, but so far there has been no result."

Indeed, on the day they asked more than 3,000 people in District 188 to make fireplaces, there were less than 100 people who couldn't find the materials and needed their help at the end of the night. The more than 800 people in District 187 are all elites, so there must be more than 100 people who couldn't find all the materials and were frozen to death, right?

But if it was killed, why did the tree house not be excavated?

strangeness……

Is it true that what Ji Zhaoyang said, is there something strange that is taking the lives of the survivors?

But why are they all right in District 188?